The Wondrous Zephyr
The Wondrous Zephyr is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originally devised by the goblin Nako Spirefly. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. A chanter recites nonsensical words and sounds while the music is played on three alpeth. The music is melody and rhythm without harmony. The entire performance should be made sweetly and is very slow, and it is to fade into silence. The melody has long phrases throughout the form. The music is broadly layered with chords spanning the range. It is performed without preference for a scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to add fills and play arpeggios.
- The chanter always does the main melody.
- Each alpeth always provides the rhythm. The voice uses its entire range from the muddy low register to the rippling high register.
- The Wondrous Zephyr has a well-defined multi-passage structure: a lengthy introduction and a theme and one to two series of variations on the theme.
- In the introduction, the chanter's voice covers its entire range and each of the alpeth covers its entire range from the muddy low register to the rippling high register.
- In the theme, the chanter's voice ranges from the low register to the middle register and each of the alpeth covers its entire range from the muddy low register to the rippling high register.
- In each of the series of variations, the chanter's voice stays in the low register and each of the alpeth covers its entire range from the muddy low register to the rippling high register.
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