The Dessert of Rhythms

The Dessert of Rhythms is a form of music used for entertainment originating in The Infamous Monster. The form guides musicians during improvised performances. The music is played on a nguzo. The melody has mid-length phrases throughout the form. Only one pitch is ever played at a time. It is performed using the uto scale and in free rhythm. Throughout, when possible, performers are to glide from note to note and modulate frequently.

• The nguzo always does the main melody and should be fiery.
• The Dessert of Rhythms has the following structure: one to two passages and another one to two passages possibly all repeated.
• Each of the first simple passages is moderately paced, and it is to be in whispered undertones. The nguzo ranges from the heavy middle register to the breezy high register.
• Each of the second simple passages is very fast, and it is to be soft. The nguzo ranges from the dull low register to the heavy middle register.
• Scales are constructed from twenty-four notes spaced evenly throughout the octave. The tonic note is fixed only at the time of performance. Every note is named. The names are dab (spoken da), nolsmu (no), agun (ag), ung (ung), stotho (sto), bor (bo), osm (osm), enu (en), stol (sto), zak (za), tuxxu (tu), ugas (ug), ustrok (us), gosma (go), kabu (ka), ron (ro), zudol (zu), ospo (os), strog (stro), ulu (ul), smug (smu), tobog (to), stran (stra) and sputo (spu).
• The uto scale is thought of as joined chords spanning a perfect fifth and a perfect fourth. These chords are named ogo and ekxox.
• The ogo trichord is the 1st, the 7th and the 15th degrees of the quartertone octave scale.
• The ekxox trichord is the 15th, the 16th and the 25th (completing the octave) degrees of the quartertone octave scale.

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