The third dance emerges

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Dances with strings, going round in cycles

THE DANCES which emerge in Emerging Dances all stem from the seed idea, the seed rhythm, which David Horne hears as a dance rhythm.

Seed rhythm

Here’s the seed rhythm.

And here are the first two dances …

1st dance

A first dance emerges in the brass instruments at the beginning of the piece. It's one of the first times we hear the seed rhythm.

2nd dance

A second dance emerges in the piccolo, oboe and upper strings (violins and violas), who are then joined by the bass clarinet, contrabassoon and cello. Again, it stems from the seed rhythm.

3rd dance

A few seconds later in the piece, a third dance seems to emerge in the strings. It's shared mid-way by the oboe, bass clarinet and brass.

The strings play continuous even notes which go round and round in a cycle. This sounds like a new musical idea, and doesn't immediately sound like either the seed rhythm or the other two dances. But some of the notes are given sharper attacks (accents) and these accents give the game away.

3rd dance

Listen again to the dance and listen especially to the louder accented notes which reveal the beats of the original seed rhythm.

The dance rhythm remains strong in the accented notes and the control exerted by the cycling notes creates a sense of driving forward to the next dance.

Where is the next dance?

More dances emerging

The fourth dance

The third dance emerges

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