Waltz with Me Moose Giants

Waltz with Me Moose Giants: a chameleon motive, very useful for weaving counterpoint.

The motif for 'Waltz with Me Moose Giants' in musical notation.

Figure 1: Motif for Waltz with Me Moose Giants

Where’s all the 3/4 pieces in the music of our time? Thematically this piece is an obvious dungeon synth parody. I’ll now list select schemata for future improvisations: in the 0:06 mark (see player below for playback) we have a 7-6 suspension chain. The bass follows a prinner, and the melody could easily be replaced to follow one too. The 0:18 mark lingers on a predominant harmony, but doesn’t quite fit a stereotypical indugio. I’ll still tag this piece with “indugio” for later comparisons. The 0:35 mark begins a descending-fifths sequence, however, in the first step the bass start from the inversion, whereas in the continuation it starts from the root of the underlying harmony. The 0:42 mark chains another descending-fifths sequence, this time with proper fifth leaps in the bass, and the harmonic rhythm has doubled. The 1:02 mark doesn’t quite initiate a fonte: it should be read as a descending-fifths sequence with inversions to my ear.

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Here’s the recording session video of the piece: