The Scintillating Play

The Scintillating Play is a form of music used during marches and military engagements originating in The Ruthlessness of Arenas. The rules of the form are applied by composers to produce individual pieces of music which can be performed. The music is played on two omo and a ung. The musical voices are joined in melody. The melody has phrases of varied length throughout the form. Never more than an interval sounds at once. 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 make trills, play rapid runs, locally improvise and play arpeggios.

• Each omo always does the main melody and should feel mysterious. The voice stays in the strident low register.
• The ung always does the main melody and should feel mournful. The voice ranges from the fluid low register to the reedy middle register.
• The Scintillating Play has a simple structure: three to four unrelated passages.
• Each of the simple passages is consistently slowing, and it is to fade into silence.

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