Beautiful ✦ 03. Between the Ears

Minimalist synth and string quartet, silvery first violin over swelling bowed violas and cellos, reversed-pluck harp arpeggio, glassy drone, celesta and warm analog pad; instrumental, 66 BPM suspended pulse in E minor, once-per-bar sine tone panning left to right, close warm strings with airy phrase-end reverb, layers build to a wide glowing peak then thin to a held D–A fifth as the volume falls

[Instrumental, 66 BPM, 16 bars, the solitary cello drone on E rings on from the last piece, a smooth sine tone enters and pulses once per bar, E minor]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, the sine tone sweeps between the left ear and the right ear, one sweep every two bars, the cello drone on E beneath it]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, violas enter with long bowed notes that swell to their loudest at the middle of each bar and ease away, rounded warm tone]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, cellos enter with long bowed notes, swelling at the middle of each bar, answering the violas from the other side]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, a plucked harp enters, each note swelling in before the pluck like a reversed recording, a ghostly rising arpeggio]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, a silvery first violin enters, the melody rises two steps then leaps up and stays hovering on a held high note]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, a second violin joins a third below the first, the two hover together, the sine tone sweeping beneath]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, a glassy suspended drone joins on a high E, the hovering tension grows, the quartet swells at the middle of each bar]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, bright celesta dewdrops fall one note every two bars above the hovering melody]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, a warm low analog pad opens underneath the quartet, the sine tone sweeps wider]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, the quartet swells with a little more weight in the violas and cellos, the harp arpeggio rising higher each time]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, a large warm string section opens behind the quartet in long chords, never a wall of sound]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak, wide and glowing, the violin melody hovers on its highest note, the sine tone sweeps at its widest, all layers sounding]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak continues, the melody lifts a step higher and hangs, the celesta dewdrops continue]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, the celesta leaves, the second violin leaves, the large string section softens to the quartet]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, the harp leaves, the glassy drone stays, the violin melody rises and hovers]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, the glassy drone leaves, the analog pad stays, violas and cellos swell once per bar]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, the pad leaves, the quartet thins to violas and cellos with the sine tone]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, the violin returns for one last rising line that lifts and releases into a bright airy reverb tail]

[Instrumental, 16 bars, the volume only falls, violas and cellos hold a bare open fifth of D and A, the sine tone pulses once per bar and rests on the same fifth]

[END]

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[Instrumental, 66 BPM, 16 bars, the solitary cello drone on E rings on from the last piece, a smooth sine tone enters and pulses once per bar, E minor] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the sine tone sweeps between the left ear and the right ear, one sweep every two bars, the cello drone on E beneath it] [Instrumental, 16 bars, violas enter with long bowed notes that swell to their loudest at the middle of each bar and ease away, rounded warm tone] [Instrumental, 16 bars, cellos enter with long bowed notes, swelling at the middle of each bar, answering the violas from the other side] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a plucked harp enters, each note swelling in before the pluck like a reversed recording, a ghostly rising arpeggio] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a silvery first violin enters, the melody rises two steps then leaps up and stays hovering on a held high note] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a second violin joins a third below the first, the two hover together, the sine tone sweeping beneath] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a glassy suspended drone joins on a high E, the hovering tension grows, the quartet swells at the middle of each bar] [Instrumental, 16 bars, bright celesta dewdrops fall one note every two bars above the hovering melody] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a warm low analog pad opens underneath the quartet, the sine tone sweeps wider] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the quartet swells with a little more weight in the violas and cellos, the harp arpeggio rising higher each time] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a large warm string section opens behind the quartet in long chords, never a wall of sound] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak, wide and glowing, the violin melody hovers on its highest note, the sine tone sweeps at its widest, all layers sounding] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak continues, the melody lifts a step higher and hangs, the celesta dewdrops continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the celesta leaves, the second violin leaves, the large string section softens to the quartet] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the harp leaves, the glassy drone stays, the violin melody rises and hovers] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the glassy drone leaves, the analog pad stays, violas and cellos swell once per bar] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the pad leaves, the quartet thins to violas and cellos with the sine tone] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the violin returns for one last rising line that lifts and releases into a bright airy reverb tail] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the volume only falls, violas and cellos hold a bare open fifth of D and A, the sine tone pulses once per bar and rests on the same fifth] [END]

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