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    184. Where the Moss Grows

    4:4 Be Present Calm Earth Flow Grow Notice Ribbon Scale: Ionian (Major) Song Form: Harmonized Trees Water Wisdom
    Song Learning Time Stamps:
    Start time of teaching: 00:02:33
    Start time of song in B-flat: 00:13:16
    Start time of song in D-flat: 00:17:36
    Start time of song in B: 00:23:38

    Lyrics:

    Where the river flows
    and the moss on boulder grows,
    we can remember what we deeply know.
    There is time to be here
    and see what becomes clear...
    when we let it go,
    and go where the moss grows.
    Oh, when we let it go,
    ​and go where the moss grows.
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    Song: Where the Moss Grows
    Music by: David Ruffin

    Notes: We get to sing David Ruffin's beautiful moss song in three different keys, so you can experiment with the range and how it feels in your voice in different ways -- and really feel like you know the song well by the end! So this episode is a little longer than sometimes -- but it's a great way to get a slightly longer song and harmony into your body, and still under 30 minutes. Next episode is a conversation with David, and we'll get to know this song carrier...

    Songwriter Info: David is a performing artist, community song leader and teacher with a passion for authentic expression. He loves creating space for voices to emerge fully and freely. He calls Central Vermont home, where he’s grateful to be able to share his holistic approach to voice in community through lessons, workshops, community singing and performance collaborations. David’s work is inspired by a diverse background including studies with Roy Hart Center voice teachers, deep dives in vocal improvisation, explorations in Voice Movement Therapy and over 20 plus years of performing arts, teaching and counseling/ministry experience. David believes singing helps us remember who we really are, what we're here to voice and, how we’re, thankfully, so very bound up together in this. 

    Sharing Info: The song is free to share but David welcomes financial and/or networking support if/when folks are so moved. Please contact him for recording and/or performing permission.

    Song Learning Time Stamps:
    Start time of teaching: 00:02:33
    Start time of song in B-flat: 00:13:16
    Start time of song in D-flat: 00:17:36
    Start time of song in B: 00:23:38

    Links:
    David's website: www.davidruffinvoice.com
    David's Venmo: @David-Ruffin-Voice 

    Nuts & Bolts: 4:4, major, harmonized

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    149. May My Tears Water a Sapling

    3:4 Breathe Change Earth Flow Grow Heal Moon Scale: Ionian (Major) Song Form: Unison Song Form: Unison With Separate Harmony Line Sun Trees Water
    Song Learning Time Stamps:
    Start time of teaching: 00:03:48
    Start time of reprise: 00:18:20

    ​Lyrics:

    May my tears water a sapling,
    May my life support its growth,
    May I walk with care and healing
    for new life upon the earth.

    May our breath move with the Spirit,
    flowing free around the earth,
    May we listen to the sunshine,
    and feel the moon reflect our worth.

    (based on the last line of a poem
    ​"Not Our Trees" by Laura Weber)
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    Song: May My Tears Water a Sapling
    Music by: Mary L. Cohen

    ​Notes: Mary Cohen's huge heart and willingness to do big work in the world shines through in this song, with lyrics sparked by the 2020 midwestern derecho with devastated so many trees. When we talk in next week's songwriter conversation, the depth of Mary's passion for how singing can support and feed change is evident. I hope you can join us as we explore the US prison-industrial complex and music, the role of mentorship, and how self-care can adapt. In this episode, I invite you to experiment a bit, finding musical touchstones as a way into harmonizing. In the links, you'll find several different arrangement/performances you can listen to for other harmonizing ideas, if that's up your alley.

    Songwriter Info: Mary L. Cohen, Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Iowa, is lead author of Music-Making in U.S. Prisons: Listening to Incarcerated Voices (2022). She co-founded the International Music and Justice Network: IMAJIN Caring Communities, a group of researchers from 18 countries who study music-making in prisons, and you are welcome to join by contacting Mary to get on the group email list (mary-cohen@uiowa.edu). From 2009 to 2020 she led the Oakdale Community Choir with incarcerated and non-incarcerated participants where participants have written over 150 songs, and the Oakdale Choir performed over 75 of these songs, available with the Creative Commons License. To continue working toward the choir’s goals of building communities of caring through singing and songwriting, she founded the Inside Outside Songwriting Collaboration Project where partnerships between incarcerated and non-incarcerated songwriters create original songs, build relationships, and learn about transformative and generative justice. She has been a keynote for conferences in Germany, Canada, and Portugal, interviewed by the BBC3 Music Matters, and has over 40 publications in journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. She leads weekly music groups inside the Juvenile Detention Center of Linn County.
    ​
    Sharing Info:     The song is free to share, and Mary welcomes networking support and invites you to further your education and activism regarding environmental justice, restorative/transformative/generative justice, and simply acting with kindness to all you encounter.
    ​
    Song Learning Time Stamps:
    Start time of teaching: 00:03:48
    Start time of reprise: 00:18:20

    Links: 
    Oakdale Community Choir website: https://oakdalechoir.lib.uiowa.edu/
    "Not Our Trees" by Laura Weber: https://prairiewoods.org/not-our-trees/
    Outside singers (non-incarcerated choir members) from the Oakdale Community Choir (now disbanded because the current warden will not allow it to restart) performed "May My Tears Water a Sapling" at the Anne Frank Tree Planting Ceremony from April 29, 2022, on the University of Iowa Pentacrest. You can see this performance that begins with a powerful spoken word piece by Jhe Russell at 1:14 on this YouTube video.

    Nuts & Bolts: 3:4, Major, unison with optional harmonies

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    139. Bend and Rebound

    4:4 Accept Change Determination Earth Flex Gentle Heal Mantra Motion Pain Release Ribbon Scale: Ionian (Major) Song Form: Harmonized Song Form: Round Trees
    Song Learning Time Stamps:
    Start time of teaching: 00:03:38
    Start time of reprise: 00:11:42

    Lyrics:

    Bend and rebound, bend and rebound
    ​Gentle strength of the willow is found
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    Song: Bend and Rebound
    Music by: Heidi Wilson

    ​Notes: Heidi is an incredible resource for songs connected with the natural world -- and this one turns to willows, with their ability to give and spring, bend and rebound. Next week, Heidi and I get to talk about how she accesses her own rebound during winter and other times. We ponder the urge to help, the balance of local and travel, and Heidi describes what she is "on a rampage" about... including a request for listeners regarding a cave! I hope you can join us...

    Songwriter Info: Heidi Wilson has a passion for sharing songs in service to community and the wild world; songs that celebrate the seasons, bring groups together, offer thanks, muster courage, and make room for healing. She is drawn to the potent and surprising journey of deep-listening and collaborative emergent music making. Heidi has been leading community singing groups in Vermont for the last 15 years and currently sings with the vocal trio Heartwood.

    Sharing Info: Heidi says: "    I’m on an ongoing journey figuring out how to share songs (that feel like generous gifts from the world) while also making a living as a songweaver. I am happy for the songs coming through me to be shared! If people are singing them in informal, community, or ritual settings that’s awesome, sing away! If people are sharing them in a setting where they are making a bunch of money or there is a budget for educational/repertoire materials and they are able to pass some of those resources my way I appreciate that. I would feel good about that reciprocity coming in the form of a one time donation, or by joining me on Patreon and supporting my songweaving work at any monthly level. And if you are interested in recording any of these songs let’s talk!

    Looking for recordings of more songs? I mostly share music through Patreon, an online platform to support artists. On my Patreon site I’ve posted 80+ songs. Each post has downloadable practice recordings of the harmony parts. And through Patreon I also link to a spreadsheet where the songs are organized into categories, so you can listen through and find just the right song for Spring, or Gratitude, or Trees."
    ​
    Song Learning Time Stamps:
    Start time of teaching: 00:03:38
    Start time of reprise: 00:11:42

    Links: 
    Heidi's Website: www.heidiannwilson.com
    Heidi's Patreon: www.patreon.com/HeidiWilson
    Heartwood Trio's Website: www.Heartwoodtrio.com

    Nuts & Bolts: 4:4, Ionian (major), 2-part round with harmony

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    117. September Round

    4:4 Autumn Beauty Celebrate Change Cycles Earth Gather Grow Harvest Journey Peace Release Scale: Dorian Song Form: Round Summer Trees
    Song: September Round
    Music: Catherine Young
    Lyrics:

    Summer’s over; it’s September
    Leaves turn to red and gold,
    Green leaves—remember
    Gather all your colors in a fine silk thread
    Weave all your colors in your leafy bed.
    Summer’s over
    ​Summer’s over
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    Notes: Catherine Young, a poet deeply rooted in the Driftless region of Wisconsin, USA, gives us a wistful melody in the ancient Dorian mode -- a minor scale that has a beautiful, lifted sixth degree that gives it a particular flavor you'll come to know well by singing this with me. In the northern hemisphere, fall is upon us -- the equinox approaching -- and this song carries with it the beauty of this time, and the grief of letting go of summer. I teach the melody first, just letting my mouth form shapes to really get to know this beautiful tune -- you can create your own shapes, and then round it with me, or on your own -- or stay with the original melody. So many options!

    Songwriter Info: Catherine Young is a writer and performing artist whose work is infused with a keen sense of place. She is author of the ecopoetry collection Geosmin and the environmental memoir Black Diamonds. Her weekly podcast Landward:Readings of Place and Season is available online from WDRT. Rooted in farm life, Catherine lives with her family in Wisconsin's Driftless Area where she is totally in love with meandering streams. She holds concern for water and deeply believes in the use of story and art as tools for transforming the world.

    ​Sharing Info: Yes -- The song is free to share but Catherine always welcome financial and/or networking support. Please contact her to purchase sheet music.

    Links: 
    "September Round" is from the song almanac Rounding the Year which can be purchased in print or as pdf from Catherine: catherineyoungwriter@gmail.com
    You can also request to be put on her mailing list.
    For writings and recordings, visit Catherine's website: http://www.catherineyoungwriter.com/
    Podcasts: https://wdrt.org/landward/
    Instagram:     https://www.instagram.com/catherineyoungwriter 

    Live online international book launch conversation for her book Black Diamonds: a Childhood Colored by Coal.
    Thursday, September 28, 2023 6 PM Central Time (7pm eastern).
    LINK FOR EVENT:     https://www.crowdcast.io/c/black-diamonds

    Song Learning Time Stamps:
    Start time of teaching: 00:03:53
    Start time of reprise: 00:17:53
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    Nuts & Bolts: 4:4, Dorian, round

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    115. Reciprocity with Guest Pam Blevins Hinkle

    3 Layer 3:4 Abundance Be Grateful Beauty Belonging Breathe Earth Flow Generations Generosity Grieve Grow Heal Motion Ribbon Scale: Dorian Song Form: Harmonized Songwriter Conversation Trees Trust
    Song: Reciprocity
    ​Music: Pam Blevins Hinkle
    Lyrics

    I breathe for the trees and they breathe for me.
    You and me and the tree, living in reciprocity.

    Rooted in the moment and reaching for each other.
    Rooted in the moment and reaching for the dream.
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    Notes: Hands down favorite moment of this conversation? When I asked Pam a question that made her tense, and she started to sing to help herself through the challenging moment. Pam says she often has to say difficult things to people in power, and this was an example of how she uses improvised song to root and empower herself. We caught Pam at a transitional point, and I deeply appreciate her reflections about how song has stayed consistent across her life and how it has changed, the evolving role of relationships, what singing in community actually does or can do, what self care might look like. Oh, but then there was another favorite moment, when she tells a story about her relationship with her father.... hmmm. Lots to love here, not least of which is the song, Reciprocity -- after singing this song, you'll be ever more keenly aware of trees and our breath exchange with them.

    Songwriter Info: Pam Blevins Hinkle–song leader, composer, arts administrator, tree-lover, and kazoo fanatic–has devoted her life to projects that blend creativity, community-building, and spirituality. With over 30 years experience leading community, college, and congregational choirs, she currently facilitates spontaneous group singing for conferences and events, co-leads SongSquad Indianapolis with her brother Adam, co-produces the annual Indy Winter Solstice Celebration, and more. Pam has received numerous awards including the Inspirational Woman Award from IUPUI and the Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Indy Arts Council. Since 2006, she has served as director of Spirit & Place, which sparks civic change through a one-of-kind, 11-day festival and through year-round initiatives that leverage the power of the arts, humanities, and religion to catalyze creativity and conversation.

    ​Sharing Info: Yes -- The song is free to share in oral tradition groups, but please contact Pam for recording and/or performing permission

    Links: 
    Indianapolis, Indiana Indigenous Peoples: Miami, Kickapu, Shawnee, Delaware: https://www.ala.org/aboutala/diversity/land-acknowledgement/indgenous-tribes-indiana
    Trees as communal creatures: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/04/993430007/trees-talk-to-each-other-mother-tree-ecologist-hears-lessons-for-people-too
    Laurence Cole, singing as “the oldest technology of belonging” https://www.laurencecole.com/
    Indianapolis Women’s Chorus: https://www.indianapoliswomenschorus.org/
    Winter Solstice Singing Ritual by Julie Forest Middleton, Stasa Morgan-Appel- published by Emerald Earth: https://www.allbookstores.com/Winter-Solstice-Singing-Ritual-Julie/9780966371550
    Indiana Forest Alliance: https://indianaforestalliance.org/
    Forests for Indy: Reciprocity (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rdj65H67Ww
    Lyndsey Scott: https://linktr.ee/lila.gaia
    Rhiannon: https://www.rhiannonmusic.com/
    Emergent Strategy- Adrienne Maree Brown: https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/emergent-strategy/
    Peter, Paul, and Mary “In The Wind” https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-wind-mw0000315197
    Hush-a-bye: ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM2VN2Hn-Z0
    Puff the Magic Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y0ABZ0AJXY
    Very Last Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmk6cf32HH4
    Episode 69: Sing Upon Joy (Livian's Song) Lyndsey Scott & Livian & helpers
    https://www.abreathofsong.com/episodes--show-notes/69-sing-upon-joy-livians-song
    Episode 70: “As I Relax” Lyndsey Scott
    https://www.abreathofsong.com/episodes--show-notes/70-as-i-relax-with-guest-lyndsey-scott
    Song Squad Indianapolis Website: songsquadindy.com
    Indy Winter Solstice Celebration Website: indysolstice.com
    Pam's Website: pamblevinshinkle.com

    Song Learning Time Stamps:
    Start time of teaching: 00:03:51
    Start time of reprise: 00:55:44
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    Nuts & Bolts: 3:4, Dorian, 3-layers with a harmonized ending

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    105. Touch the Sky with Guest VoiceExchange

    3 Layer 4:4 Be Present Beauty Breathe Earth Grow Home Joy Light Open Safe Scale: Ionian (Major) Sky Song Form: Harmonized Songwriter Conversation Trees Trust
    Song: Touch the Sky
    Music: VoiceExchange
    Lyrics

    You are safe here, you are safe.
    No one will ask you why you need to touch the sky.
    Just touch the sky.     (3x)

    You are in the arms of the sky.
    ​No one ... you ... why ... you,
    you need to touch the sky,
    you need to touch the sky
    You need to touch sky, the sky.

     You are safe here, you are safe here,
    you are safe in the arm of the sky.
    No one will ask you why, oh no why.
    You'll touch the sky, just touch the sky.     (4x)
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    Notes: Songs can be career counselors, harmonizing means you don't have to memorize words, if you don't like to sing alone, then singing with others can unlock your voice, how to leave space for people, how to become a found family (food is involved) -- what other ideas might VoiceExchange have to share with you? This quintet of singers improvised their way through the pandemic -- learn how they honed their ability to play even when geographically distant (and hear an example at the very end, created on the fly with Zoom faces and Jacktrip sound). Improvisation can be a weird and wonderful world -- a chance to hear the unexpected. The song they shared is a tree speaking... and what a beautiful sense of embrace it creates.

    ​Songwriter Info: VoiceExchange initially formed as a practice group following a 2012 Bobby McFerrin Circlesongs workshop. As singers from disparate musical influences, they came together, connecting through a shared passion for vocal improvisation, and formed a unique a cappella group that blends diverse vocal styles into spontaneous harmonious arrangements. During the challenges of the pandemic VoiceExchange began a series of sequentially recorded collaborations for leading online circles. This resulted in a library of recordings, among them, Touch the Sky and Take My Hand. VoiceExchange members are Amado Ohland, Beth Lyons, Dina Torok, Joy Truskowski and Paris Kern. They can be found leading Circlesinging events in Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts & Vermont as well as offering online and in-person workshops and providing spontaneous music to churches, temples and other community gatherings.

    Amado Ohland began his semi-professional career as a jazz and blues vocalist shortly after graduating University of Maryland at College Park with a bachelor's in music composition and theory. He attended his first Circlesongs workshop in 2011, and has been leading circlesinging events since 2013 in Washington DC, Pittsburgh, and western Virginia. He has recently received a master's degree in music from Radford University. For his doctoral dissertation he is working on a participatory ethnography of circlesinging worldwide and a song cycle of pieces based on circlesinging techniques.

    Born into a musical family, Beth Lyons actually can’t remember a ‘before’ time when singing-in-community wasn’t a part of her life. She currently performs improvised musicals with iMusical, the house musical improv team for Washington Improv Theater, performs and leads Circles with VoiceExchange, and leads online immersive Song Dive workshops and a Monday morning online choir named Coffee Choir. You can learn more about her offerings and sign up for her “Heads Up” notification/invite list at www.RiverChoir.org.

    Dina Torok has sung in and been musical director for various a cappella groups from college through adulthood. She was a professional film and television session singer, performed in various pop/rock bands in Los Angeles, and recorded an original solo album and a piano/vocal album of show tunes. Dina found VoiceExchange and circle singing in 2015 and has been a grateful member ever since.

    Joy Truskowski is a singer-songwriter and community songleader. She has performed as a solo artist in the Roanoke, VA area for 13 years. You can find her original songs on Bandcamp under the name “Joy Tru”. She started Star City Circlesinging in 2019 and has been leading circles with other co-leaders in Roanoke ever since. During the beginning of the pandemic she started contributing to VoiceExchange’s online circles. She fell in love with all of them, and they all asked her to marry them. She said, “I can’t marry you, but I’ll join your group!” And that was a fair compromise. So she officially joined in the summer of 2021.

    Paris Kern started performing traditional folk music at coffeehouses and concerts when she was 16 years old. She studied classical vocal performance in college, but her heart was always in the world of pure traditional folk traditions. In 2011, for reasons unknown to her, she was internally compelled to attend Bobby McFerrin’s CIrclesongs workshop. Feeling like a fish out of water, surrounded by mostly Jazz musicians, she nonetheless was hooked by the magic of Circlesongs and the sensation that her heart was being sung back to her. She has been leading circles in Washington DC, and Baltimore and is now starting circles in Southern Vermont.

    Sharing Info: VoiceExchange would love to know if you plan to teach or perform Touch the Sky or another of their songs; drop them a line at info@VoiceExchange.org. And if teaching/performing their song is a profitable business for you, please share a bit of the profit with them via their donation link at https://voiceexchange.org.

    Links:
    Paris mentions a Burl Ives recording, but we could only find a link for Patti Page’s version of "How Much is that Doggy in the Window?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rJo9yJxd5M
    Julie Andrews: https://www.biography.com/actors/julie-andrews
    Joan Baez: https://www.biography.com/musicians/joan-baez
    David Crosby: https://davidcrosby.com/
    Martin Carthy: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/martin-carthy-mn0000367979
    "It’s a Small World After All" by Richard and Robert Sherman
    https://www.songfacts.com/facts/disneyland-childrens-sing-along-chorus/its-a-small-world
    "Diddle, Diddle Dumpling, My Son John" : https://allnurseryrhymes.com/diddle-dumpling/
    Freddie Mercury: https://www.biography.com/musicians/freddie-mercury
    Somatic Voicework: http://thevoiceworkshop.com/somatic-voicework/
    Bobby McFerrin Circlesinging: https://circlesongs.com/circlesong-school-2023/
    Tuvan throat singing: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210414-a-revival-of-indigenous-throat-singing
    All the Way In- Rhiannon: https://www.rhiannonmusic.com/all-the-way-in-home
    Motor, interlock definitions: http://songsofthemoment.com/category-rhiannon/
    Take My Hand: Episode 104 on A Breath of Song:     https://www.abreathofsong.com/episodes--show-notes/104-take-my-hand
    Vocal River by Rhiannon: https://www.rhiannonmusic.com/vocal-river
    Zuza: https://singers.com/vocal-coach/Zuza-Goncalves/
    “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow
    Tuck & Patti album 1988 Time After Time: https://www.discogs.com/release/10168223-Tuck-Patti-Time-After-Time
    Star City Circlesinging: https://www.meetup.com/Star-City-Circlesinging/
    Musica do Circulo Brazil: https://www.playgroundforthearts.com/musica-do-circulo
    Amado on Bandcamp: https://amadomusic.bandcamp.com/album/circlesinging-on-zoom
    "She’s So Unusual" by Cindy Lauper: https://www.allmusic.com/album/shes-so-unusual-mw0000194590
    "The Game" by Queen: https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-game-mw0000650663
    "Medicine Music" by Bobby McFerrin: https://www.allmusic.com/album/medicine-music-mw0000309576
    Prince: https://www.prince.com
    Eagles: https://eagles.com
    Sting: https://www.sting.com
    Billy Joel: https://www.billyjoel.com
    Alanis Morisette: https://alanis.com
    "Blue" by Joni Mitchell: https://jonimitchell.com/music/album.cfm?id=5
    "Abbey Road" by The Beatles: https://www.thebeatles.com/abbey-road
    Patrick Watson: https://patrickwatson.net
    Great interview with Martin Carthy: https://www.innerviews.org/inner/martin-carthy.html
    And here’s a link to Martin singing “The Trees they Do Grow High”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaKGeTmFqbE
    "Vocabularies" by Bobby McFerrin: https://bobbymcferrin.com/albums/vocabularies/
    VoiceExchange on Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/circlesinging-dc/
    Jacktrip Software: https://www.jacktrip.com

    VoiceExchange's quiet Website: https://voiceexchange.org
    Email: info@voiceexchange.org
    VoiceExchange on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoiceExchangeMusic?mibextid=LQQJ4d
    VoiceExchange on Instagram: https://instagram.com/voiceexchange?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
    VoiceExchange's Email: info@voiceexchange.org

    Amado's Website: https://amadomusic.com/
    Paris's Website: https://www.pariskern.com
    Joy's Website: http://www.joytru.com
    Beth's choir Website: https://www.riverchoir.org

    Song Learning Time Stamps:
    Start time of teaching: 00:05:10
    Start time of reprise: 01:14:25
    Improvisation at 1:18:55
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    Nuts & Bolts: 4:4, Major, 3-part harmony, 3-layer

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