accidentals ever dumbening bendings in the musical stream the essence from difference eyeglasses on the page as a warning but for the force of sound you cannot brace flattened by the sharpness because each has a feel to it hot/cold young/old round/square +/- what's coming both known and unknown 020128 ... no reason hard and soft 020129 ... unhinged outside of the key secondary dominance that fades in and out quickly there were moments when i thought it was true accidentals cancelled out by the bar line the same song with momentary flutters of truth cancelled out by the bar line the sharpness of your eyes raising the flatness of my persistence should it be natural or double flat? 020328 ... god sometimes i JUST use accidentals. it's for the people who are accident prone. 020403 ... blown cherry The melody was flowing smoothly, in and out of I, IV, V, and oh so rarely iv. A little dull perhaps, but familiar and safe. And then you come along, with your bag full of accidentals, pockets jangling full of new keys. The melody morphed and twisted, the bass line began to bleed. It's a new song now. 020403 ... blown cherry I think this is the bridge I'm pulling up to now. There are new trails to be followed, but there are foes lurking at every pass, armed with unexpected bars. They filter into the background, the accompaniment becomes discordant. The trails of melody twist and distort accordingly. Light flickers above the dark, but my range does not reach that high. I woner how far it is to the recapitulation... or a least the next rest. 020529 ... blown cherry spin Until then I tread carefully, lest I trip on one of those wayward keys of yours. 020529 what's it to you? who go blather from