F-Major
F-Major is a performance-enhancing substance, derived from the natural oils of the piano tuna, which grants the user the ability to stay perfectly in tune while singing—and to consistently hit notes they might otherwise have been too timid to attempt without help. It has also been used to treat musical instruments of all kinds, which offers the players of those instruments similar benefits. To be able to sing or play for hours on end, without any degradation in performance? It’s a dream come true!
However, the substance is heavily stigmatized. Many Edenians believe any use of F-Major to be a form of “cheating.” As a result, most of those who do partake go to great lengths to hide their use of the substance. And that development has been a boon for drug dealers, who now have a secondary income stream in the form of blackmail.
Description
In its natural, undiluted state, F-Major is a clear semifluid ranging from off-white to yellow in color. It is moist and sticky to the touch, a gross feeling which makes most folks not want to ingest it.
Common Usage
F-Major acts in numerous ways, depending on what would be most beneficial in a given situation, but it most commonly acts as a strengthening agent and/or a lubricant. When used by singers, it reduces the need for continued hydration during long performances. When used by the players of stringed instruments, it helps to keep strings from breaking and to keep tuning pegs firmly in place. And when used in the playing of woodwinds and brass, when applied to the mouthpiece or reed of the instrument, it helps to keep performers from losing their breath.
There are purportedly many other potential uses for F-Major, including the lubrication of machines, but the performers of the world continually exhaust the supply. Scientists aren’t exactly happy about this.
Poor scientists, bereft of the stinky fish oil. :( I can see why some people would view its use as cheating musically.
Yeah, I was thinking of the backlash against autotuning technology here in the real world.