The Splash of Birth
The Splash of Birth is a devotional form of music directed toward the worship of Aditha Hailedbeaches the Glacial originally devised by the elf Imiwa Mothercover. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. The music is played on a zecalo and a osefi. The music is melody and rhythm without harmony. The entire performance is to become louder and louder. The melody has long phrases throughout the form. It is performed without preference for a scale and in the alo rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to add fills and play staccato.
- The zecalo always provides the rhythm and should be passionate.
- The osefi always does the main melody and should be strong.
- The Splash of Birth has the following structure: a theme and one to two series of variations on the theme possibly all repeated.
- The theme is very fast. The osefi stays in the buzzy low register. Only one pitch is ever played at a time in this passage.
- Each of the series of variations slows and broadens. The osefi covers its entire range from the buzzy low register to the ringing high register. This passage is richly layered with full chords making use of the available range.
- The alo rhythm is made from two patterns: the arazi and the cede. The patterns are to be played over the same period of time, concluding together regardless of beat number.
- The arazi rhythm is a single line with three beats. The beats are named fidale (spoken fi), tarathe (ta) and cuthefi (cu). The beat is stressed as follows:
- | - 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 |
- where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
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