By James Dever jamesdever Bandcamp tylerdever Bandcamp jamesdevermusic SoundCloud jamzdenver Twitter ← Genesis Previous track by this artist → Exodus Next track by this artist.
Released 7/13/2011.
Duration: 2:06.

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Download sheet music files.
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General contributors:

• Erik Scheele erikscheele Bandcamp erikscheele SoundCloud jitters20 Twitter jitmakesstuff Tumblr Jitmakesstuff YouTube erikscheele.com Other ← Genesis Previous general contribution by this artist → Exodus Next general contribution by this artist (performance)

Tracks that reference Eden:

From Fandom:

• ˚ Disk 2 ˚ by Veritas Unae
• Garden of Eden (Part 1) by Veritas Unae and David Ellis
• A Farewell to Arms by Catboss

Print or download sheet music files:

• Piano score by James Dever (original composer)

  • Eden - James Dever.pdf (34.7 kB)
• Alternate opening bars by Seppuku

  • Eden - Seppuku (alt starting bars).png (74.1 kB)

Artist commentary:

James Dever: (composer's notes)

The Garden of Eden is where the first man Adam, and his wife Eve, lived after their creation. It is suppose to be a beautiful, blissful utopia. It also becomes the origin of sin. The piece reflects that concept. The flowing and adventurous nature of the piece is suppose to reflect the beauty and majestic qualities of the land. As far as the kids story goes, it represents the infinite potential of Skaia. This song also continues the same hemiola motif as Creation with triplets played by the right hand and eighth notes played by the left. The glissandos at the beginning and in the middle is an E flat pentatonic run, which basically means I only played on the black keys. Since it's completely ad libbed I wrote out a small little example. Basically, the left hand just continues up normally while the right hand goes back and forth while slowly climbing up (if looking at the sheet music, each note alternates on the hands).

James Dever: (Bandcamp rerelease)

The goal here was to feel like a breath of air after the first two movements had a much more minor modal center. The three over two polyrhythm keeps powering through the movement as I start introducing bass ostinati that act as the pedal tone to the melodic content.

Still in love with those flourishes after all these years.