The fifth installment of material no one asked for. BFM is lighter on new themes because I figured that overall not much new is introduced; as written previously, songs can be used across series for their stated purposes. There are a lot of locations revisited, and the new locations and unique scenes are not enough to bulk up this edition with a lot of content.


Rules:
Gitterns can only appear in Greci-related songs.
This includes themes for Humans and Human halfbreeds (such as Amazons, Pixies, and Centaurs)
Citoles can only appear in Veram-related songs.
This includes themes for Nymphs, Druids, and Nymph halfbreeds (such as Ogres and Goblins)
Lutes can only appear in Crybesa-related songs.
This includes themes for Demons, Dragons, Cambions, Druids, and Sprites.
Kettledrums can only appear in Axzcleminth-related songs.
This includes themes for Giants and Giant halfbreeds (such as Amazons and Ogres); it does not include giant Kin.
This does not apply to the timpani and similar (i.e. the same instrument by another name used for other realms).
Cornettos can only appear in Nience-related songs.
This includes themes for Kin and Half-Kin (such as Mermaids, Centaurs, and Fawns).
Clavichord can only appear in Wread-related songs.
Hurdy-Gurdy’s can only appear in Illiyan-related songs.
This includes themes for Elves, Half-Elves and Elfkin (such as Mermaids and Ipotanes).
This excludes the Drowning Realm.
Kortholts can only appear in Delarien-related songs.
This includes themes for Fairies and Fairy halfbreeds (such as Seelie, Pixies, and Goblins).
Handbells can only appear in Bathelles-related songs.
This includes any character with a proficiency for magic.
Nail violins can only appear in Murk Realm-related songs.
Psalteriums, Psalteries, Scheitholts, Hummels, and Lyres lacking bowed notation are plucked.
This does not apply to the Crwth.
Violins, violas, viols, violones, cellos, double bass, vielles, and rebecs are bowed, unless otherwise noted.
The dominant instrument is the first one, unless otherwise noted.
Songs can repeat across series.
Strings are catgut unless otherwise stated, except for electric instruments, which are steel.
Generic transverse flutes are pre-Modern, unless otherwise noted.
Modern (circa 1900-2022) instruments are notated by lack of preceding adjectives.
In the case of the Western concert flute, the “western concert” portion denotes the modern time range
Therefore, the Boehm flute referred is no model produced after 1900.
Instruments without a numeral amount in front of them are instruments with multiple components of an indeterminate count, conventionally played by one person.
Multiple iterations of said instruments instruments will be represented by “(xI)” with “I” representing amount of musicians per ensemble. Multiple musicians on one of the aforementioned type of instrument will be instead represented as “(xM)”, with “M” representing amount of musicians per instrument.
Electric guitar is in Drop C tuning unless otherwise stated.
Acoustic guitar is in standard tuning (EADGBE), unless otherwise stated.
Drum sets differ in construction and will be marked with a letter denoting said construction.
A set: 2 bass, 2 tom-toms, 2 snares, 2 concert-toms, 2 octobon, 1 gong drum, 2 mini timbales, 1 bongo, 1 cowbell, 1 wood block, 1 triangle 1 hi-hat, 1 crash cymbal, 1 ride cymbal, 1 splash cymbal, 1 china symbal, 1 chain sizzle cymbal, 1 ice cymbal, 1 ozone cymbal
Songs for characters overwrite songs for scenes and environments while songs for scenes overwrite songs for environments.
Character songs can blend if the moment focuses on more than one.
The Destroyers’ songs are designed for this specific purpose, due to them only having one instrument each.
Add whatever plant or produce a Druid is themed after to the base Druid theme.
In the case of the First Druid, add many plants.
Instruments are spelled as intended.
Ex. A euphone is not a euphonium, and a marimbaphone is not a marimba.
No modern equivalents of historical instruments, reinforcing the previous rule.
Ex. A Modern oboe is not a Classical oboe is not a Baroque oboe.
Modern makes of historical instruments are allowed, and preferable.
A viol is the same as a viola da gamba.
The difference between fiddles and violin is the style of playing.
Trumpets are in B-flat.
Clarinets are in B-flat.
Western concert flutes are in C.
Adapted guitars are those invented by Harry Partch.
Lyres are A-shaped, unless otherwise noted.

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