MasterClass exercises - Music Diary
I tried to put some points together...the diary...the story...the theme...the palette...I focused on telling the story of a glance between Ank-su-Namun and Imhotep, It's not for a scene in particular, I did this exercise to practice. I searched some information on egyptian music, scales, instruments and I tried a philological approach for the palette (Flutes, clarinets and harps, lute, drum, lira, horn) and a theme (a descendant scale).
I liked the idea to describe a crescent feeling so I chose to use the descendant scale as a continuo bass and adding instruments and melody to create a "crescendo".
I use a drum set to increase the sense of seduction, a flute to tell the love story, an arpeggio (guitar/dulcimer) to describe a sense of tragedy and a clarinet to tell the sinking of Imhotep in his destiny (She will betray him).
The song is designed to tell that all that will happens takes place in just one single moment. The song ends up rewinding abruptly on itself to return to the simplicity of the initial melody to underline the story of this glance.
I had fun, I hope you enjoy it.
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