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Beautiful ✦ 01. A Single Thread

V6

[Instrumental, solo felt piano, 56 BPM, D major, one note at a time, the motif stated alone in the middle register, a two step rise, a leap to a held high note, a half fall that stops open, close microphone, felt hammers audible, 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 full 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, 8 bars] [Instrumental, the motif returns in the middle register over the same chords, the half fall now lands one step lower, 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 once more with the rhythm of the opening, 8 bars] [Instrumental, the melody stops before the half fall and its last note is held, a bare low fifth of D and A answers it, 8 bars] [Instrumental, one note every two beats, then one repeated A, the volume only falls, 8 bars] [Instrumental, one bare A held with the pedal down until the sound ends naturally, nothing else, 8 bars] [END]