Performing Forces, Melody, and Texture

Six-beat motif repeated by marimbas, mallet percussion, pianos and shaker.

Steady meter is established throughout the piece.

Only the texture changes.

Single tonic minor chord.

Strings, woodwinds and voices enter with repeated motif, creating a more dense texture.

Mallet percussion, pianos, shaker, strings, women's voices and clarinets.

Vibraphone enters, voice, woodwind and string parts begin to change, rising and becoming more dense.

Underlying three-chord motif is established and repeated.

Piece has reached its apex.

From here the string, voice, and woodwind melody slowly descends and becomes less rhythmically dense.

Piece returns to original texture of mallet instruments.

mallet percussion, pianos, and shaker with simple closing melody played by vibraphone.

Returns to single minor chord.