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Sylvia style koto

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[Intro] [Sound: Heavy tape hiss and needle crackle] [Sound: Deep audible intake of breath] [Sound: Single toy piano key pressed and released] [Movement 1: The Gathering] [Slow Koto plucking: Focus on the snap of the strings] [Sound: Faint wooden chair creak] [Movement 2: The Flow] [Toy Piano enters: Fragile, slightly out-of-tune chime] [Sound: Audible nasal breathing throughout] [Movement 3: The Deepening] [Koto notes are bent and slid for a "moaning" effect] [Toy piano plays single, low notes] [Sound: Record pops and vinyl static] [Movement 4: The Silence] [Koto stops; toy piano chimes decay into the hiss] [Sound: Heavy sigh] [Movement 5: Final Resolution] [Both instruments play a very slow, fragile melody together] [Fragile pp-p dynamics] [Outro] [Final Koto snap followed by silence] [Sound: 15 seconds of pure tape hiss and mechanical hum] [Sound: Record needle lift and click] [End]