Tumbling

Artist / Composer
Nat Bartsch
Year
2000-2010
Style
Rubato
Difficulty
Medium
Tempo
Slow
Type
Instrumental
Key
Eb
Tonality
Major
Time signature
4/4

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Tumbling

This tune I wrote in 2007 for my 3rd year VCA recital, originally for an ensemble consisting of piano, voice, violin and double bass.

The following year I rearranged the composition for the Nat Bartsch Trio for our debut EP. It is a free-ish tune, with the phrases providing a loose  structure for the ensemble.

My aim was to create a free flowing chord progression with lots of unanswered harmonic ‘questions’, unified by a simple, singable melody. The final 8 bars of the progression provide some breathing space and a release of harmonic tension.