FAWM: "Song for Another Day"

Song for Another Day

17 hours ago by @arkka

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This is just a rough MIDI sketch.

I'm a big fan of 9ths so I was playing a suspension "game" where you play a chord and one of the chord tones always becomes the 9th (or 2nd) of the following chord. So if you go down diatonically, the antecedent chord's root will be sustained to be the 9th, if you go up, the 3rd will become the 9th, and if you go up a 4th, the 5th will be the 9th, etc.

Then suddenly I started hearing things I liked and let it go where it wanted to go. It's a little bit incoherent at times because I left a couple of reminders for myself in there for ideas to try if I ever make this into a more full-fledged song.

Used the free Accurate-Salamander Grand Piano for the sound (what a great project):
https://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/~cyamauch/NoctSalamanderGrandPiano/

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@nadine 8m

Guess you lost me in the first line of the description. I have no idea about music theory but I like how it sounds. Like an intro to something bigger.

@arcane 29m

Beautiful and intriguing. I'm hearing things I like too; the suspended effects add a lot of emotion, neither sad nor joyful, only complex as most of our mental processes, maybe a little pensive. I'm pretty sure this piece would be wonderful sung by a choir. Don't mistake me, your piano version is awesome. I had that thought because your harmonies are really great.

@erikleppen 5h

I like how the 9ths principle you used makes most chords a bit unsettling. As if there is never a real resolution. Surprisingly nice, for a 'rough sketch'. I think this would also work nice with strings or horns or other 'sustained' instruments.

@cestuncarre 17h

Beautiful, the suspension carry so much emotion.

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