Hoping

The fourth song in the sequence that began with After All, Self-Sufficience, and What Came Before.

Musical theater style. Lots of fun chromaticisms and crunchy harmonies.

Lydia did the lyrics for this one.

I really like this. The mood of nervously hoping not to be disappointed - again - comes out very well in the music matching the lyrics. And the "crunchy" harmonies do add a lot of interest to the song.

I would have preferred a flute or recorder for the voice part in the midi as I find the synthetic voice rather unmusical - but this is a very minor quibble unrelated to the real music.

A great song!

I like it a lot. I really like the groove. And brava to your lyricist. Very fluid, very conversational, but also poetic. I like the melody a lot, and I also like the "crunchy" harmonies. I can't wait til it's complete and I can go back and listen through all of the songs (or maybe a recording?) and watch the progression.

I like this a lot.
there are some things I think could use some touching up.

this is personal, but...
at measure 7-8, it seems to me that the pauses should be longer. the lyrics call out for it. it's a bit too "continuous" there.
"just here", and "in passing" could use some extra care, extra time, extra pause.
even before I listened to the music, that leaped out at me from the score.

and the finale seems a bit rushed. I didn't quite feel a tension that releases at the final cadence.

Hey, this is lovely again, fascinating harmonies which are very expressive, a lot of good movement in the song fitting the lyrics. I do sort of agree with QcCowboy about the ending - I actually don't like the way the melody tries to resolve downwards onto the C, it's not very dramatic and with the harmony underneath so complex I think a little rethink of the last few bars to create a better sense of resolution - like in the other songs of this cycle - would be good. I also felt that "freeze time" maybe needed a bit more space - minims maybe? But overall, I love this, (and I've had your other three going round my head all week, haha) so thank you.