The Saffron Poetry
The Saffron Poetry is a devotional form of music originally devised by the elf Omo Groupbean. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. The music is played on a nemo, a mane and a imama. The musical voices bring melody and counterpoint. The melody has short phrases throughout the form. It is performed without preference for a scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to play rapid runs and play staccato.
- The nemo always does the counterpoint melody and should be merry.
- The mane always does the main melody and should build as the performance proceeds.
- The imama always does the main melody and should feel agitated. The voice stays in the muddy high register.
- The Saffron Poetry has the following structure: a passage and another one to two brief passages.
- The first simple passage is very fast, and it is to be moderately loud. The imama stays in the muddy high register and the nemo covers its entire range from the wavering low register to the strained high register. The passage has long phrases in the counterpoint melody. This passage is richly layered with full chords making use of the available range.
- Each of the second simple passages is at a free tempo, and it is to be loud. The imama stays in the muddy high register and the nemo stays in the wavering low register. Each passage has short phrases in the counterpoint melody. Chords are packed close together in dense clusters in this passage.
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