The Chants of Glistening
The Chants of Glistening is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originally devised by the goblin Stozu Stealdoor. The rules of the form are applied by composers to produce individual pieces of music which can be performed. A speaker recites nonsensical words and sounds while the music is played on a ecani and three imama. The musical voices are joined in melody. The melody has short phrases throughout the form. It is performed without preference for a scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, composers and performers are to locally improvise.
- The speaker always should be passionate and plays legato.
- The ecani always does the main melody, should evoke tears and makes trills.
- Each imama always does the main melody and should feel mysterious.
- The Chants of Glistening has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a theme, a bridge-passage and one to two series of variations on the theme.
- The theme is at a hurried pace, and it is to be loud. Each of the imama ranges from the rippling low register to the strident middle register. Chords are packed close together in dense clusters in this passage.
- The bridge-passage is very slow, and it is to start loud then be immediately soft. Each of the imama stays in the muddy high register. Chords are packed close together in dense clusters in this passage.
- Each of the series of variations is at a walking pace, and it is to become softer and softer. Each of the imama ranges from the strident middle register to the muddy high register. Only one pitch is ever played at a time in this passage.
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