First, I know I’m kinda plugging you in during a process that’s already started and it might be a little confusing.
Sorry. I have to take this as it comes.
Anyway, tldr – movement 1 of Symphony 5 is done. I’ve started movement 2.
I’ve shifted my approach to the structure of the symphony from my habitual structure of fanfare, dirge, promenade, and jam. For this symphony I’ve chosen the following structure:
- Movement 1 – Verse and Chorus
- Movement 2 – Panyard
- Movement 3 – Stage Side
- Movement 4 – Jam
Each movement will hope to represent its title in some way, however esoteric it might be.
So, movement 2.
This starts with a percussion break that leads to the entry of the theme, a permutation of the theme of movement 1. Taking a call & response approach between pitched and unpitched, till we come to a cadence and some fragmentation and repetition of the tail end of the theme as a little band phrase to end the section.
That’s where I’ve gotten to. I think from there I’ll write out a little percussion jam section and then bring back the theme, a little better fleshed out. I haven’t made my mind up about that yet. But I’m thinking these percussion jams will be a recurring theme in this movement, getting shorter and shorter as new permutations of this new theme keep interrupting.
Those are my raw thoughts as I proceed a little further down the path of this new composition.
Roger J Henry Music 