Evening Settling Piano

Lock End

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Stunning For

About 10 years ago, my sister Jayci and I went to see Kristin Chenoweth perform in Broken Arrow and in the middle of her set, she announced the next song which was to be a Stephen Foster song.  I appreciate what Stephen Foster means to the American Songbook, but I'm not a huge fan, per se. 

This song was different - it had a message of hope, longing for unity, and a beautiful melody.  Written in 1854, in the days leading up to the Civil War, he paints a picture of the times:

"While we seek mirth and beauty 
And music light and gay,
There are frail forms fainting at the door;
Though their voices are silent, 
Their pleading looks will say:
Oh! Hard times come again no more!"

I fell in love with this song and its message and have always wanted to set it for Band - but nothing ever came of it, until earlier this week when I was inspired to finally sit down and do it. 

"'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard Times, hard times, come again no more.
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
Oh! Hard times come again no more!"

I hope you enjoy:  A Sigh of the Weary

A Sigh Of The Weary

NoxDelicata

Cascade

This song holds special meaning to me. Cloud Thoughts is a term I heard an amazing therapist use to describe unwanted, persistent thoughts, especially in those with OCD. She said cloud thoughts are just that, passing, floating and ever changing. If you focus on the clouds all you will see are the clouds and more clouds. But to just let them be means they will come and go in their own. They will change on their own. There is nothing to do. 
The song starts with a persistent progression (the thought) going over and over and over in the ‘left hand’. The melody starts to present itself slowly and a little out of tempo. This represents when you realize you have that persistent thought and you start to ignore it. You’re essentially making the space for your conscious thought to take over. As the song progresses the new melody starts to work in harmony with the cloud thoughts (which are always there). The idea is when you let go and just be you find harmony in what you can control and what you can not. But because you can control more by letting go you start to change your whole song. As the song finishes, it’s showing you have ‘won’ this round by ignoring and letting go. However, the clouds thoughts are always there, so it was fitting for the song to end with a ‘new thought’ fading out representing how it’s nonstop and the practice of letting go and ignoring is also nonstop.

Cloud Thoughts

Never The Same Piano

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