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Sneaking

Around

Musical

Example

 

 

Sneaking

Around

Secret

Score

 

 

Sneaking

Around

Animated

Score

Adding a Touch of Suspense

At beat 4 of bar 6, we find one final moment of light suspense. Here the violins perform a tremolo on the notes Eb and A (2 notes from our A diminished scale):

These two notes are also a tritone apart and create a soft tension when played by tremolo violins.

At the downbeat of bar 7, the celesta plays a short descending arpeggio of notes that are all contained in the A diminished scale. In beat 2, the harp plays one last ascending arpeggio of notes from this scale:

We end the piece in bar 8, beat 2, with unison A notes (preceded by a short, comical grace note):