The Pantomime of Larks

The Pantomime of Larks is a form of music used for entertainment originating in The Responsible Empires. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. A chanter recites any composition of The Tress of Paper. The entire performance should be passionate and is extremely fast. The melody has phrases of varied length throughout the form. Only one pitch is ever played at a time. It is performed using the nithros scale. Throughout, when possible, performers are to modulate frequently.

• The chanter always does the main melody and is to be loud.
• The Pantomime of Larks has a well-defined multi-passage structure: an introduction, a passage and a finale.
• In the introduction, the chanter's voice stays in the low register. The passage is performed in the oth rhythm.
• In the simple passage, the chanter's voice ranges from the low register to the middle register. The passage is performed in free rhythm.
• In the finale, the chanter's voice stays in the high register. The passage is performed in the itlud rhythm. The passage should be performed using melismatic phrasing.
• Scales are constructed from twenty-four notes spaced evenly throughout the octave. The tonic note is fixed only at the time of performance. After a scale is constructed, the root note of chords are named. The names are ani (spoken an) and shato (sha).
• The nithros heptatonic scale is thought of as joined chords spanning a perfect fifth and a perfect fourth. These chords are named thad and tunem.
• The thad pentachord is the 1st, the 4th, the 8th, the 10th and the 15th degrees of the quartertone octave scale.
• The tunem tetrachord is the 15th, the 19th, the 21st and the 25th (completing the octave) degrees of the quartertone octave scale.
• The oth rhythm is made from two patterns: the musda and the almef. The patterns are to be played over the same period of time, concluding together regardless of beat number.
• The musda rhythm is a single line with two beats. The beat is stressed as follows:
• | x - |
• where x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
• The almef rhythm is a single line with seven beats. The beat is stressed as follows:
• | - X x x - - x |
• where X marks an accented beat, x is a beat, - is silent and | indicates a bar.
• The itlud rhythm is made from two patterns: the musda and the almef. The patterns are to be played over the same period of time, concluding together regardless of beat number.

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