The Trumpets of Tone
The Trumpets of Tone is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originally devised by the elf Lora Shorebirth. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. A speaker recites nonsensical words and sounds while the music is played on a thilama. The musical voices are joined in melody. The melody has short phrases throughout the form. The music is broadly layered with chords spanning the range. It is performed using the cebela scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to use mordents and modulate frequently.
- The speaker always should feel mournful.
- The thilama always does the main melody and should be fiery.
- The Trumpets of Tone has the following structure: an introduction and three unrelated passages.
- The introduction is moderately fast, and it is to be moderately loud.
- Each of the simple passages gradually slows as it comes to an end, and it is to become louder and louder.
- Scales are constructed from twelve notes spaced evenly throughout the octave. The tonic note is fixed only at the time of performance.
- The cebela heptatonic scale is constructed by selection of degrees from the fundamental scale. The degrees selected are the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd, the 4th, the 5th, the 6th and the 7th.
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