Exodus
By James Dever
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Released 7/13/2011.
Duration: 2:08.
Listen on Bandcamp or YouTube.
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)
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Print or download sheet music files:
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Piano score by James Dever (original composer)
- Exodus - James Dever.pdf (40.4 kB)
Artist commentary:
James Dever: (composer's notes)
The Book of Exodus comes after the Book of Genesis. It narrates the mass journey out of Israel by Moses. In Sburb, the players must go through a set of tasks to escape impending doom. This song reflects the process of entering the medium. This is why I encorporated Sburban Jungle into the beginning and end. The first time Sburb is booted up you hear a bit of Sburban Jungle, just like at the beginning of the song you hear the bottom chords. Later, when John enters the medium (as well as Rose) you hear the song in more complete forms like the end of the piece. When playing, the trickiest part is definitely the triplet ostinato that continues throughout the entire song. The best method to pulling this off is by playing the note on the beat (which will always be either E flat or G) with the left hand and the rest of the notes on the right hand. You will notice that when there are lower notes, there are rests in the ostinato so that you can quickly jump down the piano.
James Dever: (Bandcamp rerelease)
Continuing the Homestuck homages, this piece prominently features the bassline from Michael Guy Bowman's Sburban Jungle.
When I was writing this movement I really wanted to explore how much I could utilize the different registers of the piano while keeping a constant ostinato running through the middle register.