The Skirts of Cavorting

The Skirts of Cavorting is a form of music used to commemorate important events originally devised by the elf Nisa Strapsun. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. A singer recites any composition of The Sheen of Sweetness. Only one pitch is ever played at a time. It is performed in the amama rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to alternate tension and repose and play staccato.

• The singer always does the main melody and should be broad.
• The Skirts of Cavorting has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a theme, an exposition of the theme and a recapitulation of the theme.
• The theme is slow, and it is to be moderately loud. The singer's voice stays in the middle register. The passage has phrases of varied length in the melody. The passage is performed using the datome scale.
• The exposition is consistently slowing, and it is to be very loud. The singer's voice ranges from the middle register to the high register. The passage has short phrases in the melody. The passage is performed using the cebela scale.
• The recapitulation is at a free tempo, and it is to be very soft. The singer's voice ranges from the low register to the middle register. The passage has long phrases in the melody. The passage is performed using the lari scale.
• Scales are conceived of as two chords built using a division of the perfect fourth interval into eight notes. The tonic note is a fixed tone passed from teacher to student. After a scale is constructed, the root note of chords are named. The names are aratha (spoken ar) and imeri (im).
• As always, the datome heptatonic scale is thought of as two disjoint chords drawn from the fundamental division of the perfect fourth. These chords are named adi and thili.
• The adi tetrachord is the 1st, the 3rd, the 4th and the 8th degrees of the fundamental perfect fourth division.
• The thili tetrachord is the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd and the 8th degrees of the fundamental perfect fourth division.
• As always, the cebela heptatonic scale is thought of as two disjoint chords drawn from the fundamental division of the perfect fourth. These chords are named ifife and fathinu.
• The ifife tetrachord is the 1st, the 2nd, the 6th and the 8th degrees of the fundamental perfect fourth division.
• The fathinu tetrachord is the 1st, the 2nd, the 5th and the 8th degrees of the fundamental perfect fourth division.
• As always, the lari hexatonic scale is thought of as two disjoint chords drawn from the fundamental division of the perfect fourth. These chords are named aro and datha.
• The aro trichord is the 1st, the 3rd and the 8th degrees of the fundamental perfect fourth division.
• The datha tetrachord is the 1st, the 3rd, the 5th and the 8th degrees of the fundamental perfect fourth division.
• The amama rhythm is made from two patterns: the fidale (considered the primary) and the arazi. The patterns are to be played over the same period of time, concluding together regardless of beat number.
• The fidale rhythm is a single line with three beats. The beats are named tarathe (spoken ta), cuthefi (cu) and cede (ce). The beat is stressed as follows:
• | x - x |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
• The arazi rhythm is a single line with thirty-two beats divided into four bars in a 9-11-6-6 pattern. The beat is stressed as follows:
• | x x x - x x x x - | x - - x - x x x x - x | - - - - - x | - - - - x - |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.

Events

• In midsummer of 218, The Skirts of Cavorting was created by the elf Nisa Strapsun in Startwoods