Haiku of the Day ~ With both windows down.

 
With both windows down.
      Hot desert wind in my face.
(two forty air con.)
 
  

Haiku of the Day ~ Summer comes early

 
Summer comes early
        (lonely, arid, wild, and bare)
    to the high desert.
 
     

Haiku of the Day ~ In my face, cool air.

     
In my face, cool air.
        We turn left out of Bishop.
    (the highway ascends)
   
        

Haiku of the Day ~ High Desert Haiku

High Desert Haiku

As the city sleeps

We pull out of the driveway

with headlights on.

Aroma of sage

makes its way through the wind-wing,

(the desert greets us).

Along the highway

(in the distance, bare mountains)

a rusty wire fence.

We eat lunch.

Sitting in the shade

of the truck.

In my face and nose

the hot wind off the asphalt.

Route Three-Ninety-Five.

Nauseous from the heat

they bought me a Bubble Up

to sip in the truck.

We forsake Lone Pine

for the black asphalt ribbon.

Big Pine awaits us.

We found Manzanar,

before the first Pilgrimage,

abandoned and dry.

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This is a work in progress.  

Haiku of the Day ~ A transient convergence

A transient convergence.

   

First in winter, then in spring.

   
Do you remember?
    
   

Her Scars — A Ballet in 11 Scenes

Her Scars

A Ballet in 11 Scenes

Scene 1 — Moons Rise 0:00 – 2:42
Scene 2 — Demon Dance 2:42 – 7:27
Scene 3 — Water Ablutions 7:26 – 11:02
Scene 4 — Creature Dance 11:02 – 17:01
Scene 5 — Demon Dance II 17:01 – 23:18
Scene 6 — Katas 23:18 – 26:47
Scene 7 — The Demon King Enters 26:47 – 30:20
Scene 8 — Battle! 30:02 – 35:12
Scene 9 — Healing 35:12 – 40:30
Scene 10 — Funeral 40:30 – 44:40
Scene 11 — Moons Set 44:40 – 47:22

MP3: https://soundcloud.com/ed-w-sharpe/her-scares

Score at: http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/189907.html

47 minutes, 129 pages, 1389 bars of music; two years in the making. 

Score of the week: Ballet — 59,620 YEARS

59,620 YEARS — A Ballet in One Scene

Score of the week: http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/20562.html

The title is in reference to the fact that in 2003 the planet Mars made its closest approach to Earth in the last 59,620 years. Aldo Vitagliano, of the University of Naples in Italy, calculated that Mars hasn’t had as close a brush with Earth since September 12, 57,617 B.C., when Neanderthals ruled but modern man had begun to make inroads.

When I was writing this piece I was envisioning in my mind short ballet to go with the music.

The form of the piece is a simple arch, A (slow introduction in 4/4 time), B (the "chant" section of alternating time signatures and a slow increase in tempo), C (the central calm section in 11/4 time, basically a passacaglia that build ups as each voice is added then slows thins out as each voice drops out), The return of the B section and finally the return of the A section acting as a coda

Ballet Outline

Section A (4/4)

o Through the void of space Mars approached ancient Earth.

Section B (Mixed Meters)

o Fearful a Neanderthal shaman prays to the clan’s gods. o Slowly the clan joins the shaman in praying to their gods. o The prayer becomes a chant o The chanting breaks into a chaotic dance o The shaman start to pray again.

Section C (11/4)

o While the clan sleeps the red star waxes and wanes in the autumn sky.

Section B (mixed meters) (Return of)

o The Shaman starts to pray again. o Slowly the clan joins the shaman in praying to their gods. o The prayer becomes a chant o The chanting breaks into a chaotic dance

Section A (4/4) (Return of) (Coda)

o Through the void of space Mars returns.

Score of the Week: Black Fire

  

This a straight ahead Jazz tune that owes some of its inspiration to such classic Jazz tunes such as "So What" and "Killer Joe", with perhaps a very small dash of "City of Glass" thrown in. In 5/4 time and the Dorian mode; "Black Fire" for a large Jazz Orchestra (555+rhythm) is a bit dark, a bit edgy late at night, give me another whiskey sort of piece.

Score (PDF) and MP3 file at: http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/88632.html
 
   

Score of the week: Thou Stars of Winter

A short character piece for harp and flute.

The titles of the three movements form a Haiku.

Score and MP3: http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/33298.html
 
   

Score of the week: San Antonio Rainbow

A petite two minute atmospheric ambient character piece for Piano

Score and MP3 at:  http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/107572.html

        

Score of the Week: on that winter day

  

on that winter day a butterfly floated on the cold mountain stream

A short character piece for solo piano with a six against four rhythmic scheme.

Score and MPS: http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/28682.html

Score of the week: Dark Stairs in a Strange City . . .

   

A musical Haiku in 12/8 time divided 3+2+2+3+2. For a quartet of Alto Flute, Guitar, Bass and Drums.

Score and MP3 at: http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/32585.html