Blest Be The Tie That Binds

[Benjamin Burkholder]

Just looking for general comments and suggestions for improvement here.

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[Lyndon Gehman]

Ben,

This is very nice.

Two small suggestions I might make:

1. If you started the opening soprano pickup with a Do-Re eighth note slur, it might have a touch more continuity with the beginning of the second half of the song.
2. I might suggest changing the first chord in measure 12 to a vii chord instead of the IV. It would prevent the V – VII progression. See attached suggestion.

I do love the simplicity of this piece.

-Lyndon

[Benjamin Burkholder]

Thanks Lyndon! I will check this out!

[Lynn Martin]

I like this! The only issue I see is that “Sol-Fa-Re” at the end of the first phrase isn’t an intuitive soprano line. I’d change it to “Sol-Mi-Re” if possible, which also reflects what happens later in the song. It would necessitate harmonic changes, though.

[Ryan Kimberlin]

Very nice. An idea would be on m11, b3 to use a I chord.

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