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Beautiful ✦ 01. Spark of Hope

V6

[Instrumental, 72 BPM, 12 bars, a plucked concert harp alone plays a repeating cell of four notes that rises two steps then leaps, one note per beat, looping every bar, natural wooden room, G major] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the harp cell continues unchanged, a viola enters on one long held note every two bars, rounded bowed tone] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the viola plays the melody, two steps up and a leap up, then falls back to stop one note short of home, the harp cell continues beneath] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the viola repeats the melody and each phrase is one note longer than the one before, the harp cell continues] [Instrumental, 12 bars, a fingerpicked nylon string guitar enters and plays the same cell one beat behind the harp so the two interlock, the viola holds one long note] [Instrumental, 12 bars, harp and guitar interlock, the viola plays the melody once more, the room bright and open] [Instrumental, 12 bars, a cello enters on one long low note every two bars, harp and guitar interlock, the viola continues the melody] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the viola plays the melody an octave higher, the cello holds low notes, harp and guitar interlock] [Instrumental, 12 bars, a breathy flute enters and doubles the melody with air in every note, harp and guitar interlock, the cello holds low notes] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the flute takes the melody alone in its warm low register while the viola holds long notes, harp and guitar interlock] [Instrumental, 12 bars, bright celesta notes appear above, one every bar like sparks, the melody continues in the viola and flute, the interlocking cell continues beneath] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the celesta sparks continue, the viola and flute trade the melody phrase by phrase, the cello moves in steps] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the first peak, the viola and flute carry the melody up an octave, harp and guitar interlock, cello and celesta, radiant and broad, warm wooden room] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the melody leaps higher than before and still stops one note short of home, the cello moves in steps, the interlocking cell continues beneath] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the cello carries the melody in its warm middle register while the viola holds long notes above, harp and guitar interlock, celesta sparks] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the flute and celesta leave, the viola carries the melody alone above the harp and guitar] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the cello leaves, the viola plays the melody once more and stops one note short of home, open and unanswered] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the guitar leaves, the harp cell continues alone with one long held viola note] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the viola leaves, the harp cell alone, one note per beat] [Instrumental, 12 bars, the harp cell thins to one note every two beats, then an open fifth of D and G in harp harmonics held with one low cello note, the volume only falls until the sound ends naturally] [END]