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12 Heavens ✦ IV. Crescent Arc

V6

[Intro: Instrumental, a held D sustained on muted cellos, nylon string guitar enters with a slow rocking arpeggio in D minor, moonlit and spacious, 8 bars] [Oboe Theme: Instrumental, solo oboe sings the motif with a smooth mournful sustain, guitar arpeggio rocks beneath, 8 bars] [Guitar Answer: Instrumental, guitar plays the motif alone in single plucked notes while the oboe rests, muted violins begin a thin bed, 8 bars] [Interplay: Instrumental, oboe and guitar trade phrases, plucked then sustained, romantic and melancholic, 8 bars] [Strings Gather: Instrumental, muted violins and cellos hold a soft bed, oboe sings a variation of the motif in a higher register, guitar arpeggios continue, 8 bars] [Suspended: Instrumental, the texture thins, oboe holds long notes over slow single guitar notes, time stretches, 8 bars] [English Horn Joins: Instrumental, low English horn enters and doubles the oboe an octave below, widening the woodwind color, guitar arpeggio steady, 8 bars] [Duet: Instrumental, oboe and English horn sing the motif in two parts, guitar arpeggios, muted strings warm beneath, 8 bars] [Peak: Instrumental, the highest emotional point, oboe at its warmest, muted violins rise gently, guitar rings open, never loud, 8 bars] [Release: Instrumental, English horn carries the long descent of the motif, oboe answers, guitar arpeggio eases, 8 bars] [Moonset: Instrumental, strings thin, guitar plays a slow arpeggio, oboe plays the motif once more, peaceful, 8 bars] [Outro: Instrumental, guitar plays the last note of the motif, an A open fifth rings out and sustains on muted cellos and violins, the first note of the next heaven, 8 bars] [END]