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Beautiful ✦ 09. Good Things

V6

[Instrumental, the held A major chord from before resolves into one broad D major chord in the strings, felt piano plays the motif in the middle register, firm and unhurried, 72 BPM, D major, 12 bars] [Instrumental, the strings begin a unified chord progression, one warm broad chord every two bars, soft harp arpeggios beneath, 12 bars] [Instrumental, bright celesta notes appear above like stars, one every bar, the progression continues, 12 bars] [Instrumental, the cellos and violas play the motif together in unison, warm and broad, 12 bars] [Instrumental, a solo violin enters on one long held high note, silvery and warm, the strings hold the progression, 12 bars] [Instrumental, the solo violin plays the fully realized motif, the two step rise, the leap to a held high note and a complete fall that lands home on D, over the progression, 12 bars] [Instrumental, the progression widens, the violins rise one register, harp glissandos, radiant and broad, the first peak of the track, never a wall of sound, 12 bars] [Instrumental, the strings thin to piano and harp, the solo violin plays one tender phrase alone, 12 bars] [Instrumental, all the strings return in rising waves over the progression, luminous and warm, 12 bars] [Instrumental, the solo violin plays the motif varied and climbing to its highest register, the strings hold broad chords, celesta stars and harp glissandos, 12 bars] [Instrumental, the highest point of the album, the solo violin at the top of its register, all the strings in one unified progression, firm piano octaves, harp, celesta stars, radiant and broad like a galaxy, never a wall of sound, 12 bars] [Instrumental, the strings pull back, the solo violin plays the fall of the motif once more, the volume falls one step every two bars, 12 bars] [Instrumental, harp and celesta stars alone over one held D major chord in the strings, 12 bars] [Instrumental, one sustained D major chord in strings and piano, one last celesta note, the volume only falls until the sound ends naturally, 12 bars] [END]