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Beautiful ✦ 10. Resilient Light

V6

[Instrumental, 84 BPM, 16 bars, the D minor chord from before held by the cellos, then violas and cellos begin one repeated chord on every beat with short bounced bows and a rounded tone, a steady determined pulse, D minor, warm wooden hall] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a plucked concert harp doubles the pulse on every beat, insistent and light, the bounced chords continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a fingerpicked nylon string guitar enters and picks a steady pulse of two notes per beat, the harp and the bounced chords continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the first violins enter on one long legato note every two bars above the pulse] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the first violins play the melody in D minor, two steps up and a leap up, then fall back to stop one note short of home, the pulse continues beneath] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the melody falls and rises again one step higher each time, the violins carry it, the pulse never stops] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the second violins join in harmony, the strings grow broader, the bounced pulse continues in the violas and cellos] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the cellos change to long bowed notes rising in steps, the violas keep the bounced pulse, the harp and guitar continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a large warm string section of violins, violas, cellos and basses enters on one sustained chord, the bounced pulse continues beneath] [Instrumental, 16 bars, bright celesta notes appear like first light through clouds, one every two bars, the violins carry the melody] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the melody leaps higher in the violins, the pulse driving but warm, the harp and guitar continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the strongest push, all the strings with the harp and guitar on every beat, the melody an octave higher, broad and determined, never harsh, never a wall of sound, warm wooden hall] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the turn, the chords lift one step at a time toward D major, the minor third rising to the major third, the pulse continues] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the light breaks through, the harmony arrives in D major, a harp glissando, celesta stars, the violins carry the melody, radiant and broad] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the melody lands home on D in the major key, the complete fall, the strings in one broad chord, the pulse light and steady] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the bounced pulse eases to every second beat, the strings in warm legato, the harp and guitar continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the string section leaves, the violas and cellos with the harp and guitar, the pulse every two beats] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the guitar and the celesta leave, the harp and the cellos continue, the violas hold long notes] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the harp thins to one note per bar, one long viola note] [Instrumental, 16 bars, one sustained D major chord in violas and cellos with harp harmonics above, no new notes, the volume only falls until the sound ends naturally] [END]