Friday, March 30, 2018

"The Sun Set"

Back in January, I realized that the first line of "The Sun Set" ("When the sun goes down") is sung to a descending melody (Bb Bb Bb A G), musically representing the sun's going down.

Last night (while writing this post) I realized that the line "From this great height" ascends (Bb C D), and that ascent musically represents something of that "height."