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Beautiful ✦ 12. Raindrops on Glass

V6

[Instrumental, the held A from before resolves into D major, solo felt piano plays the motif in the middle register, complete and confident, every note on the beat, close microphone, felt hammers audible, 56 BPM, D major, 8 bars] [Instrumental, the same line answers itself an octave lower, each note held with the pedal down, a gap of one beat between phrases, 8 bars] [Instrumental, a left hand enters with low D and A open fifths on beats one and three, the melody continues in the middle register, 8 bars] [Instrumental, left hand moves to warm broken chords, one chord per bar, the melody holds its high note for two whole beats, 8 bars] [Instrumental, the motif repeats an octave higher, right hand adds a soft third beneath each note, left hand rolled chords, the volume rises one step every two bars, 8 bars] [Instrumental, the motif in the upper register with two handed chords, warm and bright, sustain pedal changing once per bar, the highest point of the piece, the fall landing home on D, 8 bars] [Instrumental, the motif returns in the middle register over the same chords, the fall landing home on D, calm and complete, 8 bars] [Instrumental, right hand thins to single notes, left hand keeps one chord per bar, the volume falls one step every two bars, 8 bars] [Instrumental, the left hand leaves first, the right hand alone plays the motif one last time, complete and unhurried, 8 bars] [Instrumental, the last note of the motif lands home on D and is held, a bare low fifth of D and A beneath it, 8 bars] [Instrumental, one final D major chord is struck and held with the pedal down, ringing out until the sound ends on its own, the room tone begins beneath it, 8 bars] [Instrumental, the sound of soft steady rain falling on a window pane takes the place of the piano, close and continuous with the room tone beneath, the volume only falls until the sound ends naturally, 8 bars] [END]