I have not ruled out a return to the first section.

I am continuing working on my piece Morning Prayer for soprano sax and others. The piece has stabilized in both size and length. It is currently in five major sections, each about six minutes in length, with a total time of about 33 and a half minutes. [Note: In a previous post I mis-stated that the piece had six sections, this was a typo and should have said five sections.]

The last week or so I have only been working on the last two sections, and while the first three sections still need work they are pretty stable.

I have added a synthesizer to the fast and violent fourth section. The main bass riff and percussion/rhythmic frame work has been composed, and the main “motifs” also, but I am still working on the harmonic and thematic structure of this section.

In the last week I have worked out the harmonic and melodic frame work for the fifth section, harmonically it will be an A minor pentatonic for the “A” section, and E dorian for the “B” section. This section along with the second section is “strong” thematically, id est there is an easily recognized theme and is presented in a very straight forward binary presentation of “AABA” and has a recap of the theme at the end of the section in the form of “BA”. This is in contrast with the first and third sections which have a more “improvisational” feel and organization to them.

At this point I do not feel the need to add any more new sections to this work, but I have not decided on the finish. While I am leaning towards ending the piece with the current fifth section (movement), I have not ruled out a return to the first section.

Ursus Dmens