Editing Filk music (section)

====Chaos====
In a chaos circle, there is no sequential organization. Any performer can simply begin playing a song after the prior song is finished, or any participant can shout out a request. Care must be taken to prevent two songs from starting at the same time. Frequently the word "follower!" is shouted in a chaos circle; this means that a performer believes they have the perfect song to follow the prior song, and they wish to immediately play it.<ref name="Gold">{{Cite web|url=http://www.kayshapero.net/filkcirc.htm|title=Filk FAQ Welcome To The Circle|website=Kayshapero.net|access-date=28 May 2022}}</ref>

The chaos circle's advantage is its spontaneity and energy. "Runs" of songs will frequently get started, with each new song intended to make some sort of connection to or commentary on the prior song's topic. The disadvantage is that it takes concentration and effort to be polite and respectful in a chaos circle: It is easy to accidentally interrupt another performer who's trying to start up a song of their own, especially in a very large circle where one might not be able to easily hear the other performer on the opposite side of the room. Chaos circles thus have a reputation of favoring bold, loud performers who can command attention. One countermeasure to such conflicts is for someone, generally not one of the current/starting-up performers, to shout "Filker up!", possibly pointing to the one being interrupted. This alerts the room, and specifically the (usually unintentional) interrupter, to be quiet and pay attention to the filker who has started performing.<ref name="Conflikt_Circle_Etiquette">{{cite web |title=Concert & Circle Etiquette |author=<!--Not stated--> |url= http://conflikt.org/content/2016/download/ConfliktRules.pdf|website=Conflikt.org |access-date=14 May 2017 |ref=Conflikt_Circle_Etiquette |page=1 |date=2016}}</ref>