The Wondrous Butterfly
The Wondrous Butterfly is a form of music used to commemorate important events originally devised by the human Cado Passionblotted. The rules of the form are applied by composers to produce individual pieces of music which can be performed. A singer recites any composition of The Oracle of Ensorceling while the music is played on one to three zemri. The musical voices bring melody and counterpoint. The entire performance is consistently slowing, and it is to be moderately soft. The melody has short phrases throughout the form. The music repeats for as long as necessary. It is performed without preference for a scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, composers and performers are to locally improvise.
- The singer always does the main melody and should perform sweetly.
- Each zemri always does the counterpoint melody and should feel mysterious.
- The Wondrous Butterfly has the following structure: a chorus and a lengthy verse all repeated two times.
- In the chorus, the singer's voice covers its entire range and each of the zemri covers its entire range from the wispy low register to the strained high register. The passage has short phrases in the counterpoint melody. This passage is richly layered with full chords making use of the available range.
- In the verse, the singer's voice ranges from the middle register to the high register and each of the zemri stays in the strained high register. The passage has mid-length phrases in the counterpoint melody. Only one pitch is ever played at a time in this passage.
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