The Petals of Sparkling

The Petals of Sparkling is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originally devised by the elf Ola Westwaved. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. A singer recites any composition of The East Guilds while the music is played on a icithi. The musical voices are joined in melody. The melody has mid-length phrases throughout the form. Never more than an interval sounds at once. It is performed using the eyo scale. Throughout, when possible, performers are to use mordents and alternate tension and repose.

• The singer always does the main melody and should feel mournful.
• The icithi always does the main melody and should stress the rhythm.
• The Petals of Sparkling has a well-defined multi-passage structure: an introduction, a passage and an additional passage and a finale.
• The introduction gradually slows as it comes to an end, and it is to become softer and softer. The singer's voice ranges from the low register to the middle register and the icithi ranges from the rippling middle register to the sparkling high register. The passage is performed in the upe rhythm.
• The first simple passage is at a walking pace, and it is to become louder and louder. The singer's voice stays in the middle register and the icithi covers its entire range from the wispy low register to the sparkling high register. The passage is performed in the aveya rhythm.
• The second simple passage is at a free tempo, and it is to be soft. The singer's voice covers its entire range and the icithi ranges from the rippling middle register to the sparkling high register. The passage is performed in free rhythm. The passage should be performed using trills.
• The finale accelerates as it proceeds, and it is to become louder and louder. The singer's voice stays in the middle register and the icithi ranges from the wispy low register to the rippling middle register. The passage is performed in the cede rhythm.
• 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 eyo pentatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 5th, the 11th, the 17th and the 24th.
• The upe rhythm is a single line with two beats. The beats are named amama (spoken am) and thafatha (tha). The beat is stressed as follows:
• | x - |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
• The aveya rhythm is a single line with eight beats divided into four bars in a 2-2-2-2 pattern. The beats are named mafina (spoken ma) and pama (pa). The beat is stressed as follows:
• | x - | x - | x - | x x |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
• The cede rhythm is a single line with eight beats divided into four bars in a 2-2-2-2 pattern. The beat is stressed as follows:
• | - x | x x | - x | x - |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.

Events

• In early winter of 140, The Petals of Sparkling was created by the elf Ola Westwaved in Wispyward