Jen's Casting - "Who, when and where will I meet my soulmate, romantic partner?"

I come to you once again with my 12th Muzoracle casting!  This time, Jen asked the Muzoracle "who, when, and where will I meet my soulmate, romantic partner?"  (Muzoracle is a storytelling/fortune telling/divination tool similar to the Tarot card deck, but with cards with musical concepts and 12-sided Musician's dice and Solfege dice.  Perhaps it may be thought of as a special musical Oracle card deck.)

My interpretation of the cards and dice are displayed below.  Since the casting featured two cards in the suit of Voices, I used a Soprano and an Alto.  Also, there were three cards in the suit of Strings, so I used Violin, Cello and Guitar.  Finally, there was a card in the suit of Percussion, so I used the Piano.  I chose the Piano and Guitar because Jen has played these instruments in the past and she also happens to be an Alto.  If you'd like to find out more about Muzoracle and how castings are interpreted go here: https://muzoracle.net/

This short musical interpretation of Jen's casting is about ~2 minutes long.  Since the black 12-sided Musician's die landed on G, the piece is in the key of G which pertains to the throat chakra.  I created the following melodic/harmonic underdrawing guided by the cards and the dice.  Since the first card drawn was a Conductor of Voices card, I started with a lone soprano singing a chromatic neighbor tone to B, A#.  The Violin and Guitar come in next since the Minor 2nd of Strings was drawn in the 3rd position.  Following is the Alto which joins the Soprano since the Minor 2nd of Voices was drawn in the 4th position.  Finally, the Piano comes in when the Tritone of Percussion card was drawn in the 5th position.  The whole piece is repeated since the De Segno al Fine card was drawn in the 7th and final position.

If you've gotten this far, thanks for reading!  And I hope you enjoy listening to this short vocal chamber work I wrote to represent Jen's Casting.  Comments, critiques, suggestions, or observations are of course, always welcome.  Thanks for listening!

This is definitely one of your more interesting ones. I like the rhythm you chose for the piano part, very neat, and I think it pairs well with the cello. I will note that this sounded more on the eerie side to me than on the romantic side, but I suppose that's the way the die rolled. Also, the way you end the piece, you leave everyone in suspense!

I certainly like the dreamy effect and the imitations between the instruments, as well as the polyrhythms. One thing I love less is the parallel octaves between the instruments' imitations, for example in b.2 and 3 bewteen soprano and violin. I think the instrument combination is creating great effect here, as I like the guitar here. Thx for sharing!

Henry

Damn… the theme sounds so cool and elegant! It has a sort of dark urban fantasy vibe. I could imagine a dark trench coat wearing protagonist looking for answers in a weird underworld (oddly specific, I know). Quite elegant, crunchy harmonies in there and the interplay of timbres between the instruments you choose is quite masterful. Loved it!

Alright let's see what kind of hocus pocus magical mayhem these dice and cards concoct today...

listening...

Wow you sure are getting good at these haha. This is great, man. Some of the falling piano parts reminded me of Chopin, but as a whole it had such a dreamy quality to it. As a guitarist, it all looks fine and playable to me, and having ringing notes might bring an even more idiomatic texture to the music. Well done Peter!