The melodys modal structure insofar effectuated tonal and modal centricity of this movement and the quasi-improvisatory treatment of the adopted melody-theme.
It does, however, include descriptions of an improvisatory tradition, particularly the singing of poetry to the accompaniment of a lyre or other stringed instrument.
The music consists of fast, improvisatory (i.e. lacking any strict rhythmic framework) passages in the right hand over slow moving left hand (or pedal) part.