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Lately, I've been thinking and imagining how Ancient Greece was reinterpreted in Impressionism. And well, all of that inspired me to write something.
The dawn is that moment before sunrise when there is already light.

For a brief explanation of what resources I use:

Aurora

 

 

 

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Hi Luis,

I've become very interested in music from Antiquity, like the Seikilos Epitaph, and Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal. 

I like the effort you've gone to here with retuning your scale.

Octave species used in ancient music seems to be a very rich subject I've yet to fully understand!

I sometimes wish film composers would employ the techniques you've used here, so they can create a more authentic musical language to reflect the ancient world.

Seikilos epitaph
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Seikilos stele with poetry and musical notation
Type Stele
Material Marble
Writing Koine Greek
Created c. 1st or 2nd century AD, Tralles, Asia Minor
Discovered 1883
Discovered by W. M. Ramsay
Present location National Museum of Denmark

 

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Hello Luis,
I'll start by saying that I really like this work of yours. 
The use of a tetrachord manages to strike through immediately and gives an adequate impression of the harmonic system used back in the days, albeit constrainted to our 12-ET. I see you know the topic well or at least have done careful research into it. 
I can't speak for most listeners but I would very much listen to a whole album - or at least some sort of collection - of such explorative works, especially if these were to expand and cover modes deriving from the other two genera of tetrachords (diatonic and enharmonic).
Regards and thank you again for sharing.

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