The Amethyst of Bewildering

The Amethyst of Bewildering is a form of music used for entertainment originating in The Robust Berry. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. A singer recites any composition of The East Guilds while the music is played on a umola and three icithi. The musical voices cover melody, harmony and rhythm. The entire performance becomes frenzied as it proceeds. The melody has short phrases throughout the form. It is performed in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to play legato.

• The singer always should be jumpy.
• The umola always should be forceful.
• Each icithi always should feel mysterious.
• The Amethyst of Bewildering has the following structure: a verse and a brief chorus possibly all repeated.
• The verse is voiced by the melody of the icithi, the harmony of the singer and the harmony of the umola. Each of the icithi ranges from the wispy low register to the rippling middle register and the singer's voice ranges from the low register to the middle register. This passage typically has some sparse chords. The passage is performed using the aro scale.
• The chorus is voiced by the melody of the singer and the rhythm of the icithi. The singer's voice stays in the high register and each of the icithi ranges from the rippling middle register to the sparkling high register. This passage features only melodic tones and intervals. The passage is performed using the adi scale.
• Scales are constructed from twenty-four notes dividing the octave. In quartertones, their spacing is roughly 1xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxO, where 1 is the tonic, O marks the octave and x marks other notes. The tonic note is a fixed tone passed from teacher to student. After a scale is constructed, notes are named according to degree. The names are fathinu (spoken fa), thili (thi), fomire (fo), fela (fe), aweme (aw) and yaniye (ya).
• The aro hexatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 5th, the 10th, the 13th, the 19th and the 21st.
• The adi hexatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 5th, the 10th, the 13th, the 17th and the 21st.

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