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Variations on The Merrimac - Theme - Dorian

from Making Things Up by Thomas Johanson

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Variations on The Merrimac: This is the oldest work on the album, an extremely short theme and seven variations, each one exploring a different church mode. The church modes, I should probably attempt to explain, are a set of eight scales, each with a unique set of properties. While they all are built of the same “white-notes” of the piano keyboard, they have different ranges and final notes, giving each a different flavour. The modal system predates our modern set of major and minor keys, though it can sound quite modern due to the rarity with which it is utilized. I decided to split up the variations, using them as bookends for the other tracks, in order to create a larger sense of unity throughout the album.

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from Making Things Up, released July 19, 2011
Thomas Johanson: Accordion

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