Hold Me [disquiet0247] by Formant

This song was created for the Disquiet Junto #247.

More on this 247th weekly Disquiet Junto project — “Interpret as a graphic score an illustration drawn upon waking by Lark Pien” — at:

http://disquiet.com/0247/

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I started by randomly assigning numbers to the different figures in the image (see picture). Repeat figures received the same number. Then I figured out which notes corresponded to the numbers based on a C Minor scale. The two half figures were the only notes outside of the scale. From there I worked out a tempo and rhythm for the melody. There's some repetition and a little bit of smoothing, but basically it's as written, with some variations toward the end. The melody starts out in 3/4 to honor the waltz idea, but then organically changed into 4/4 part way through. I thought the melody would sound good on a cello, but not having a cellist available, I found a sample that had a bowed-like quality to it instead.