Perenepsis X: Nickels

Yeah, another one of these. I didn't set out to write another Perenepsis, but the idea that came to me about three weeks ago just ended up working out that way. Another thing that wasn't intentional is how it's related to Perenepsis IX -- that one used a scale based on alternating minor seconds and minor thirds; this one is based strongly on a pattern of alternating major seconds and major thirds (although not used so much strictly as a scale here). Purely coincidental... as far as anyone knows.

The alternating major second and major third outlines a tritone, which is a very unstable (i.e., fun) interval, and led to a few fun things that happen in this rather short piece. At about 2 minutes long, it came out shorter than I had initially expected, but that little bit at the end just struck me as being very final; the only way to lengthen it would've been to add more before that, but I didn't feel like doing so... well, except that after "finishing" it two weeks ago and wondering why I hadn't posted it yet, I did a little bit of just that yesterday. Not so much to lengthen it, though, but to balance the two main sections, and to smooth out the transition to the coda.

The subtitle -- Nickels -- refers to the fact that the time signature opens in 5/4, and after that shifts between that and 5/8, so it's all fives. It's also a disguised answer to a school question. As usual (but not always!), I have no idea what's next, or when.

Note: For those viewing this around the time of posting, you'll notice that while I've chosen cool colors for the video, I've already shifted the site's color scheme to more of a spring flavor. This is an attempt to use reverse psychology on Mother Nature, thinking that if I pretend that spring has sprung early, it might stay cool longer. I know it won't work, but that's no excuse not to try.