The Luxurious Larks
The Luxurious Larks is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originally devised by the human Ase Tubephrase. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. The music is played on a sliri, a milub, a apo and a uwshe. The musical voices cover melody, harmony and rhythm. The melody has phrases of varied length throughout the form. It is performed without preference for a scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to locally improvise and alternate tension and repose.
- The sliri always provides the rhythm, should be triumphant and is to be moderately loud.
- The milub always provides the rhythm, should be forceful and is to be moderately loud.
- The apo always does the main melody, should be triumphant and is to be loud.
- The uwshe always does harmony, should be strong and is to be very loud.
- The Luxurious Larks has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a passage, a bridge-passage, a finale and a coda.
- The simple passage is slow. The apo ranges from the fragile middle register to the watery high register, the sliri stays in the raucous high register and the milub ranges from the wispy low register to the watery middle register. Only one pitch is ever played at a time in this passage.
- The bridge-passage accelerates as it proceeds. The apo ranges from the fragile middle register to the watery high register, the sliri stays in the buzzy low register and the milub ranges from the watery middle register to the sparkling high register. This passage typically has some sparse chords.
- The finale gradually slows as it comes to an end. The apo covers its entire range from the heavy low register to the watery high register, the sliri covers its entire range from the buzzy low register to the raucous high register and the milub ranges from the wispy low register to the watery middle register. This passage features only melodic tones and intervals.
- The coda is extremely fast. The apo ranges from the heavy low register to the fragile middle register, the sliri covers its entire range from the buzzy low register to the raucous high register and the milub stays in the sparkling high register. Chords are packed close together in dense clusters in this passage.
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