Drawn Onward [disquiet0252] by Formant

This track was created for the Disquiet Junto #252.

More on this 252nd weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Sonic Palindrome: Make music that sounds the same backwards and forwards” — at:

http://disquiet.com/0252/

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The plucked melody is a palindrome in structure. Each phrase by itself is the same backwards and forwards. The entire melody is then reversed starting around 1:10.

I took a few licenses with rhythm to make it overall more musical, which resulted in the forward section being in 3/4 and the reverse mostly in 4/4. The synth/cello counter melody is not a palindrome, though the string pad mostly adheres to the palindrome structure.

I'm not sure it's musically completely satisfying, but I resisted the impulse to fix it to keep the palindromic structure intact.

The title is also a palindrome.