Learning to Ride My Broom
By Daisy on March 15, 2026 6:04 pm
Infer what you like from the title- my husband named this. These things fall out of my head.
I used a Toy piano, Celeste, Violin and Cello. The Toy Piano sounds like a Marimba, but in my head I heard the Orff Xylophones that I used when I taught General Music. The first theme (always at 90 bpm) with the octave alternating bass marches along. The second theme each time it appears rises to 100 bpm to lend a sense of urgency.
The violin rises at the end of the first theme and introduces the melodic, angular cello line. I used sul ponticello in various places, and especially at the end where the last cadence is whisper.
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