I haven’t made that much progress this week in terms of my composition. I think I’m still fishing for ideas a bit and this past week, assignments really ramped up so I haven’t had much time to think about this project. That said, in the bit of free time I did have, I came across a video on TikTok that talked about sustained chords and adding interest without actually changing the chord much. For example, an F chord with a Bb over it – and it’s such a pretty chord. There is so much beauty in simplicity. I think I’d like to incorporate similar ideas in my own work. I’m hoping to flesh it out more over reading break. In the meantime, here is the video I watched in question:

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Until next week!