One Day Wonder #120

For 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones and tuba.

I was out walking (smoking) in the morning, wondering just what the hell I was going to write for the day and this tune just hit me. There it was, right in my little head. I came back, got it on paper and decided on a strategy: the theme would repeat three times, each time it would move farther away from its extremely diatonic origins; in between there would be a few sections from particular instruments. And hey, that’s how it turned out! Finally, something that went according to plan. This piece ends up with some weird harmony surrounding what is, by design, an extremely ordinary tonal melody. If the 20th century was good for anything, it was for this kind of kooky harmony. Thank you, 20th century!