[Use enharmonic synemmenon gong (宫) mode with durmak seyir for all harmonic elements. Bassline follows strictly by doubling lead instruments in perfect fourths.] [Female voice B, Cleomnestra, regal suzerain: surgically precise coloratura contralto with agility, squillo, pure operatic tone throughout, steady tessitura, mask resonance, narrow ambitus, microtonal bends] [Dynamics swell - full ensemble *including drums* joins immediately on beat 1] [Vorspiel starts with full intensity - 2 bars, full crescendo] [All vorspiels are the same copy/pasted from the opener, ghammaz section is the only one that changes the pattern.] [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Choir of ministers] * Your royal majesty, * A thousand years, thousand years, thousand years, * A thousand-thousand years to Her royal majesty. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 1] The royal palace hath extended grace As well as shown mercy For your immediate plight. Yclept Cleomnestra, Of the Ophiucid dynasty, The rightful queen of Titan, Greet ye all formally And grant ye audience. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 2] The queen hath read the decree From His imperial majesty And hath taken note of it. While it is true His majesty Is the best prospect there is, The royal palace will not yield Until the claims of His majesty Are put to the test And made unviolable. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Instrumental bridge - Ghammaz section with taqsim - 2 bars] [Ghammaz Section - non-lexical vocalizations] * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 3] Here on Titan, we value bravery, Transparency and honesty. The royal throne therefore Shall organize a series of trials By which mean ye shall prove Yer bravery, transparency and honesty. Then and only then, When these are made unviolable, Shall the royal throne submit To imperial demands. [Last section, max intensity, drum rolls building tension] [buildup] The trial is, of course, Deployed to test the men. [release] We, women shall have a nice chat While watching men sweat, Toil and likely cry Under the royal throne's designs. [start fade out, slow down] [Vorspiel - 2 bars, fadeout] * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... [end]
