The Mauve Droplets

The Mauve Droplets is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originally devised by the dwarf Deduk Mirroredcoal. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. A speaker recites The Festive Lens while the music is played on a nemo and a ecani. The musical voices bring melody and counterpoint. The entire performance is extremely fast. The melody and counterpoint both have mid-length phrases throughout the form. It is performed without preference for a scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to play arpeggios.

• The speaker always should be lively and is to be in whispered undertones.
• The nemo always does the counterpoint melody, should perform with feeling and is to be moderately soft. The voice stays in the wavering low register.
• The ecani always does the main melody, should be vigorous and is to be moderately loud.
• The Mauve Droplets has the following structure: an introduction and a passage.
• This passage typically has some sparse chords.
• Only one pitch is ever played at a time in this passage.

Events

• In midwinter of 133, The Mauve Droplets was created by the dwarf Deduk Mirroredcoal in Racedskirt after a dream