softly

Song Info

Original Key: Gb Major

Range: C4 - B4 (1 major seventh)

Suitable for: Mezzo-Soprano / Baritone

Program Notes:

Neo-Impressionist harmonies fill the soundworld of softly, a song which blooms alongside its protagonist. The text conveys a growing conviction in the speaker’s burgeoning sense of identity. At the same time, uncertain, tense sonorities gradually give way to stable, contented confidence.

Pedagogical Notes:

This piece also gradually introduces chromaticism gently by instructing the singer to move their tones via half-step. A helpful exercise for accomplishing this work (e.g., mm. 11 & 33) is to begin warming up with chromatic scales (Do-Di-Re-Ri…). more

C Major

D Flat Major

D Major

Alternative Keys

E Flat Major

E Major

F Major

F Sharp Major

G Major

A Flat Major

A Major

B Flat Major

B Major