FAWM: "An Intermezzo for the Woman, The Mother, The Spouse"

An Intermezzo for the Woman, The Mother, The Spouse

2025 by @guatecoop

Liner Notes

#classical #father-sons-collab #love #lovesong #melodic-challenge #wait-for-it! @sapient had posted a melodic challenge that intrigued and inspired me. It is here... https://write.fawm.org/forums/3224 I decided to use my wife's phone number as note intervals for the melody and complete the song for Valentine's day as a gift. I then decided to ask my oldest son if he would like to join me on this new idea, which he agreed. We worked on it for the last 4 days or so and we really love it! So, here is our gift to our favorite and most important woman.

This was all done playing a midi keyboard and the instruments from the BBC Symphony VSTi. The melody was created using a phone number for the intervals and used in about 5 ways for different uses, so I played the phone number to get me started and went from there. Flute, Cello, Tuba, Trombone, Piccolo, Clarinet, Trumpet, Tympani, Tubular Bells, Bass Drum, Cymbals, and a phone number.

Lyrics

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Comments

@srcoops 2025

SPLENDID!!! WOW, THIS IS TERRIFIC! (Dad)

@wynia 2025

What a creative idea using the phone number! In her number’s case it works well (I gotta try mine now that this idea is in my head). Fun with the different instrumental textures, you all did some nice harmonizations! Kind of ye olde kingdom vibes with the woodwinds and strings

@audrey 2025

Very creative and beautiful. I'll bet she loved this gift.

@cts 2025

What a beautiful gift. It is nice to come across orchestral pieces...especially well-composed and performed pieces such as this. So many flourishes. And a beautiful finish. Very nice work here.

@lcad 2025

I love hearing classical music on FAWM and this was an absolute treat. An ambitious composition, in length and arrangement, I love the immitative duo at the opening and the grandeur it builds to. There's so much colour and story here, you should be really proud. I loved this.

@luckylou 2025

Really enjoyed listening to the track. What a cool challenge and interpretation. Thanks for sharing the sweet story of how it was made.

@bradbrubaker 2025

Ooh, the tubular bells just came in. Lovely. So it uses the phone number and then just alters the rhythm of the different digits on different instruments to create a symphony? My brain does not think like this and I am envious of those that do.

@tcelliott 2025

I saw the challenge and even came up with a melody but could no further. Yet here I'm listening to such a great creative, and great sounding implementation. I think this is a lovely arrangement and melody.

@coolparadisoMod 2025

How lovely how all the family are getting in on Fawm. This is lovely and a great nod to the lady of the house.

@morganxamethyst 2025

This is really awesome. It has something majestic to it like people discovering a new land and then moving into a castle. This could really be great film music.