23 Feb
Little Tree
Listen: Little Tree
A few years ago, Susie bought me a book for Christmas. It was a children’s picture book of an e. e. cummings poem, Little Tree. I had always wanted to write a Christmas song, and this was good inspiration.
I wanted to bring some of the modern elements that e. e. included in his poetry to my composition. I spent some time working on modern chord progressions in odd time signatures, but there was a big problem. It didn’t sound like Christmas.
I went back to a more classical approach. I included some big intervals and open voicings, not common in classical music. These uncommon elements still sounded like Christmas.
To me, at least. What do you think?
Sounds quite christmasy to me. Maybe some harpsichord or carillon…
“If the interval fits…play it ” XL2
Sounds like an opening to a fairy tale book and then about this tree that beautifully grows.
Pretty cool effects!