Chronicles
By James Dever
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Released 7/13/2011.
Duration: 1:42.
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Download sheet music files.
Read artist commentary.
Contributors:
- Erik Scheele erikscheele Bandcamp erikscheele SoundCloud jitters20 Twitter jitmakesstuff Tumblr Jitmakesstuff YouTube erikscheele.com erikscheele.com (performance)
Tracks that Chronicles references:
Print or download sheet music files:
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Piano score by James Dever (original composer)
- Chronicles - James Dever.pdf (28.3 kB)
Artist commentary:
James Dever: (composer's notes)
A chronicle is an account of chronological events. Homestuck does not follow a chronological structure in the slightest. Chronicles is a piano version of Candles and Clockwork. Candles and Clockwork in itself is a massive hemiola as each voice exists in a different time signature. The melody is adapted in this piece to match the 3/4 arpeggio. The piece keeps changing to reflect each leg of the journey the kids have to experience in order to finish the game, not necessarily in order.
James Dever: (Bandcamp rerelease)
Chronicles is an adaption of an earlier Homestuck track I wrote, Candles and Clockwork. It was one of the first compositions I ever finished and, true to form, is a big hemiola. I wanted an ostinato in a different time signature than the melody which is what I focus on during the first section as I introduce the melody.
The second part of the song introduces the final major motive of the suite, a sextuplet accompaniment outlining the tonic and dominant. A staple of the western art canon, it was a good foundation for me to work on some melodies that weren't purely rhythmic noodling.