The Tulip of Sweetness

The Tulip of Sweetness is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originally devised by the elf Vinena Socketlion. The rules of the form are applied by composers to produce individual pieces of music which can be performed. Two speakers recite nonsensical words and sounds while the music is played on two to six ice, a thilama and a nithara. The musical voices bring melody and counterpoint. The entire performance is to be loud. The melody has long phrases, while the counterpoint has phrases of varied length throughout the form. Pitches are densely packed in clusters as music moves from chord to chord. It is performed without preference for a scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, composers and performers are to glide from note to note, play rapid runs, locally improvise and modulate frequently.

• Each ice always does the main melody. The voice ranges from the watery middle register to the dull high register.
• The thilama always does the counterpoint melody.
• The nithara always does the counterpoint melody and plays staccato.
• The Tulip of Sweetness has a simple structure: three unrelated passages.
• Each of the simple passages should be passionate and is at a hurried pace.

Events

• In midwinter of 220, The Tulip of Sweetness was created by the elf Vinena Socketlion in Roartouched