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Friday, September 24, 2010

Week 1.2



A follow-up to the week 1 choral piece, this one starts with a thin, yearning, high-tension bit, then moves into B, a gradually thicker variation on the theme from the A section, with a repeating cello line that sketches out a more hopeful chord. It moves back into some of the minors from A, as it nears the end, revitalizing some of that tension in a thicker form. The resolution at the end speaks especially strongly to me at least, a minor chord that melts into major.

Would you like more specifics?  Am I making sense?  Should I stop talking about emotional impact and get down to gritty music theory explanations?  Or something in between?
In other words, how's it workin for ya?

Thanks for listening
~græy

1 comment:

  1. Nice piece and description! I like this sort of explanation because otherwise I wouldn't get the nuances (being musically ignorant). Cool idea for this blog :)

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