The Wondrous Trumpets
The Wondrous Trumpets is a devotional form of music originally devised by the dwarf Atis Carriedbridged. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. A chanter recites nonsensical words and sounds while the music is played on a uspax and two anga. The musical voices cover melody, harmony and rhythm. The entire performance is consistently slowing. It is performed without preference for a scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to play legato.
- The chanter always does the main melody and should be stately. The voice ranges from the low register to the middle register.
- The uspax always provides the rhythm and should be stately.
- Each anga always does harmony and should be spirited. The voice uses its entire range from the vibrating low register to the strident high register.
- The Wondrous Trumpets has the following structure: a passage and another one to two passages.
- The first simple passage is to be moderately soft. The passage has short phrases in the melody. This passage features only melodic tones and intervals.
- Each of the second simple passages is to start loud then be immediately soft. Each passage has phrases of varied length in the melody. Only one pitch is ever played at a time in this passage. Each passage should be performed using trills.
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