Part III of this series (the other parts are available in my Raja Sohail Bashir II account at: http://tinyurl.com/ns5egsv) is composed in F & Bb major and D & G minor. The miniature depicts a "conversation" among seven voices distributed varyingly on piano, guitar and bass. 

Composed: Aug 8,10-13, 2015

Do You Understand Me? (Part III): The Conversation Ends

This miniature romantic-ballad is composed in  C, G, Bb & F minor and Bb & C major.

It is for 5 voices with my now standard ensemble (Noteflight forces my hand!!) of piano, classical guitar and bass.

It is composed with unending love for a very special friend!

" I am only the house of your beloved,
not the beloved herself:
true love is for the treasure,
not for the coffer that contains it."

The real beloved is that one who is unique,
who is your beginning and your end.
When you find that one,
you'll no longer expect anything else:
that is both the manifest and the mystery.

That one is the lord of states of feeling,
dependent on none;
month and year are slaves to that moon.
When he bids the "state,"
it does His bidding;
when that one wills, bodies become spirit.

--Rumi

Composed: August 24-30, 2015

Thao's Theme

Update July 9, 2016:

A resampled and remixed version is available here: https://soundcloud.com/raja-sohail-bashir-vi/thaos-theme-a-development
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I mistakenly deleted the original. Therefore, I am uploading this again! SIlly me!

This miniature is composed in C minor and G, C, F, Bb, Eb & Gb major.

The overall piece is a somewhat less emotionally intense (especially as compared to Part IV of the actual "Thao Theme" series) and more upbeat (there are extended passages for those who like "quick hand" guitar play) variation.

I have, however, kept the texture and timbre quite consistent with the preceding pieces.

Composed: 17-21 September, 2015

Thao's Theme (Part V): A Variation On A Theme

As with Part I, this piece is composed in A minor (a very unusual combination for me) for three harps and a piano.

Right now I am focussing on mixing somewhat more than composing and can be grateful that I have a friend who has considerable talent and enough endurance to help me acquire the fundamentals.

I feel this mix is quite excellent. It mixes brilliant clarity with an appropriate resonance and a vibrant "rolling" rhythm.

Composed: mid March, 2016
Mixed: May 31st and June 1, 2016

Dancing On The Edge (Part II)

A list of all my Soundcloud accounts:

- Raja Sohail Bashir VII (created: Aug 22, 2016) (http://tinyurl.com/zoacnwk)
- Raja Sohail Bashir VI (created: May 17, 2016) (tinyurl.com/gluxy2t) [to upload remixes of older pieces]
- Raja Sohail Bashir V (created: May 14, 2016) (tinyurl.com/gluxy2t)
- Raja Sohail Bashir IV (created: Dec 17, 2015) (tinyurl.com/znp8ubz)
- Raja Sohail Bashir III (created: Aug., 2015) (tinyurl.com/ppfpvg8)
- Raja Sohail Bashir II (created: Dec., 2014) (tinyurl.com/ns5egsv)
- Raja Sohail Bashir (created: Feb., 2014) (tinyurl.com/l82esja)


Dancing On The Edge (Part II)

Raja Sohail Bashir V

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