Midsummer is upon us, and that means that the crops are planted and growing, the sun is high, and the animals are moving around hunting for food. It really does feel like the sky-fire of the sun and stars are concentrated at this time and have their greatest influence on our lives. So here's a song in honor of that.
Musically, the most interesting part of this one is the E mixolydian mode that I'm using for it, which sounds like E major but has a flat seventh note rather than the sharp note you'd expect. You can hear that kind of sound in Appalachian music all the time, but they don't always commit to it as much as I'm doing here. It changes the available chords, a lot: Instead of I-ii-iii-IV-V-vi, you get I-ii-IV-v-vi-VII. This changes the harmonic patterns a fair amount. Luckily, the relatively flowing 6/8 rhythm continues to drive things forward without being too "square".
All works are copyright by yours truly, but may be distributed under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike 4.0. That means, in short, you can use them yourself and your grove, and play the song to your heart's content both in private and in public, but must give credit where credit is due, and if you're planning on selling something involving this song we need to talk about that first.
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