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Beautiful ✦ 08. Side by Side

V6

[Instrumental, 72 BPM, 16 bars, the bare E fifth from before in the cellos opens into A major as a solo cello and a solo violin begin side by side, each on one long note a third apart, A major, warm wooden hall] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the solo violin and the solo cello walk together in parallel thirds on long notes, a plucked concert harp enters with one arpeggio per bar beneath] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the solo violin plays the melody, two steps up and a leap up, then falls back to stop one note short of home, the solo cello follows the same shape a third below, side by side] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the solo cello takes the melody and the solo violin follows a third above, they swap the lead phrase by phrase, the harp continues] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a viola enters on long notes filling the harmony between the violin and cello, the harp continues] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a second violin enters and the quartet moves together in one unified chord progression, one chord every two bars, the solo violin and cello carry the melody] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a fingerpicked nylon string guitar enters with one warm chord every two bars, the quartet continues, the violin and cello answer each other one bar at a time] [Instrumental, 16 bars, bright celesta notes appear above, one every bar like stars, the violin and cello continue side by side, the harp continues] [Instrumental, 16 bars, a large warm string section of violins, violas, cellos and basses enters on one sustained chord and joins the progression, the solo violin and cello above it] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the string section widens, a harp glissando, the solo violin and cello carry the melody side by side, celesta stars] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the melody leaps higher in the solo violin and the solo cello follows a third below, the string section moves one chord every two bars] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak, the large string section in one unified progression, the solo violin and cello side by side carrying the melody an octave higher, harp glissandos, celesta stars, radiant and broad, never a wall of sound, warm wooden hall] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the peak continues, the solo violin and cello trade the melody phrase by phrase, each answering the other, the celesta stars continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the strings sustain one broad chord while the solo violin and cello play one phrase in unison as one line, then part a third apart again] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the basses and cellos of the string section leave, the violins and violas continue the progression, the solo violin and cello side by side] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the string section leaves, the quartet continues with the harp and guitar, the celesta stars continue] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the celesta and the guitar leave, the viola and second violin leave, the solo violin and cello play the melody once more and stop one note short of home, still side by side] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the harp thins to single notes, the solo violin and cello hold one long note each a third apart] [Instrumental, 16 bars, the solo violin and cello play one long phrase together in parallel thirds, the harp one note every two bars] [Instrumental, 16 bars, one sustained A major chord in the strings with harp harmonics above, no new notes, the volume only falls until the sound ends naturally] [END]