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Beautiful ✦ 08. Entrainment

V6

[Instrumental, 88 BPM, 16 bars, the held D rings on from the last piece, a plucked concert harp plays loose single notes, each one at its own time, no shared pulse, D major] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a warm analog synthesizer pad swells on its own time, a pizzicato viola scatters single notes, each instrument keeping its own time] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the harp and viola begin to lean toward each other, their notes drawing closer together, still slightly apart] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a muffled low drum finds a steady beat, one on every beat, and the others begin to lean toward it] [Instrumental, 16 bars, pizzicato cellos join, nearly in step with the drum, the notes drawing bar by bar closer to one pulse] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the harp, pad, viola and cellos nudge their timing bar by bar and snap into one shared groove on the downbeat] [Instrumental, 16 bars, locked together, the groove is steady and unified, the plucked notes of every instrument landing on the same beat] [Instrumental, 16 bars, celesta sparkle locks into the groove above, bright single notes on the beat] [Instrumental, 16 bars, bowed violins enter with long rising notes above the locked groove, the light beginning to open] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a solo violin plays a radiant melody that rises two steps then leaps a whole octave and holds a high note like light pouring in] [Instrumental, 16 bars, bright euphoric analog synthesizer chords join, warm and rounded, the groove driving beneath] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a large warm string section opens in long chords above the groove, never a wall of sound] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak, radiant and broad, everything locked in one groove, the violin leaps a whole octave and holds its highest note, all layers sounding] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak continues, the cellos answer the melody, a second leap and a held radiant note, the groove unbroken] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the celesta and the synthesizer chords leave, the string section softens, the groove stays locked] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the large string section leaves, the violins keep long held notes above the groove] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the violins leave, the harp, violas and drum keep the shared pulse] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the drum leaves, the harp and pizzicato violas keep the pulse, still in step] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the pulse thins to a few plucked notes, all landing together, the pad warm beneath] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the volume only falls, the pad and strings hold a D major chord with a long D in the cellos to the end] [END]