This week I have been looking at the accompaniment for I Dream'd in a Dream. For the most part the draft consisted of parallel octaves in both the left and right hands. While this creates the simple harmonic language I am striving for, it feels a bit empty, almost too simple. I have spent quite a bit of time at my keyboard playing the different passages adding different tones trying to find pitches to complement the harmonic language. I am finding that all it takes is one or two pitches here and there to give the accompaniment that little something extra.
In addition I have taken another look at the melody of the first two lines of the text. In this case I feel that there is too much space between the phrases. With a relatively stagnant and repetitive accompaniment the melody needs to flow and move just a little bit quicker. I have take out some rests and changed some durations to create the consistent flow it needs.
I am happier with the revisions I have made. My hope is to wrap up the sketch for this song this weekend and return to working on Mutability by next week.
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