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Contemplation (3-5 octaves) by Fred Gramann 5-Octaves - Digital Sheet Music

By Fred Gramann

Contemplation was composed as a personal response to the loss of a dear friend. I chose to base the piece on a musical motif that has been around for centuries to represent sadness or grief: the chromatic fourth. This melodic fragment covers a perfect fourth, with all the intervals in the descending line being present from the tonic to the dominant degrees of the scale. (See the up-stem bass clef notes in measures 1-3.) Performance notes: Where notated on three staves, the center staff should dominate. When there are two notes together with an accent in the center staff, the lower note receives the accent while the G5 holds back dynamically a bit. The tempo is indeed Adagio. Pay attention that the piece always remains slow, even when forte in m. 36. Composer: Fred Gramann Season: General Voicing: 3, 4 or 5 octaves handbells with optional 3 or 5 octaves handchimes Level: 3-

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Summary
Instrument:
Handbell Percussion
Ensembles:
5-Octaves 4-Octaves 3-Octaves
Composers:
Fred Gramann
Publishers:
Chorister's Guild - Digital
UPC:
749193033821
Format:
Score
Item types:
Digital
Artist:
Fred Gramann
Usages:
Sacred
Size:
8.5 x 11 inches
Detailed Description
Handbells - Digital Download

SKU: C7.CGB1211

Composed by Fred Gramann. Handbell Score. Chorister's Guild - Digital #CGB1211. Published by Chorister's Guild - Digital (C7.CGB1211).

UPC: 749193033821. 8.5 x 11 inches.

Contemplation was composed as a personal response to the loss of a dear friend. I chose to base the piece on a musical motif that has been around for centuries to represent sadness or grief: the chromatic fourth. This melodic fragment covers a perfect fourth, with all the intervals in the descending line being present from the tonic to the dominant degrees of the scale. (See the up-stem bass clef notes in measures 1-3.) Performance notes: Where notated on three staves, the center staff should dominate. When there are two notes together with an accent in the center staff, the lower note receives the accent while the G5 holds back dynamically a bit. The tempo is indeed Adagio. Pay attention that the piece always remains slow, even when forte in m. 36. Composer: Fred Gramann Season: General Voicing: 3, 4 or 5 octaves handbells with optional 3 or 5 octaves handchimes Level: 3-.

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