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series in which one live instrument plays against pre-recorded versions of the same instrument. This arrangement has four pre-recorded parts and one solo part, combining the two foreground melodic parts of
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s sonic difference from the original comes from the use of amplification and from the solo part in which some of the melodic phrases are an octave higher. Corver created this arrangement in 2011.
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follows the same structure, but is transposed down by one semitone so that the piece opens in D flat major and concludes in B flat natural minor.
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