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Things Aren't What They Seem

from Uncollected Songs, Vol. 2 (2001​-​2005) by Peter Saltzman

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I have to admit I'm really proud of the retrograde canon between the flute and horn in the middle. Where else can you hear that kind of counterpoint in a pop song? What is a retrograde canon, you ask? Well, a canon in music is where one melodic voice imitates another, usually 2 or 4 beats after the original. A retrograde canon is where the imitating voice is simply playing the intervals of the melody in the opposite direction. So when, i this instance, the horn places a descending third, the flute will play an ascending third when it imitates the horn. If that all sounds rather mathematical, it's because it is. Music IS highly mathematical. So if it doesn't work as music, doesn't sound good to the ear, then there's a good chance that the math is wrong.

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Don’t make too much of the moon
Don’t make too much of the lovely weather
Don’t go on about the fact that we’re here together
Things aren’t what they seem

Don’t be enchanted by trees
Don’t hear deep secrets in from the whispering breeze
Don’t make too much of my hand brushing yours
Things aren’t what they seem

You are a melody,
A sweet melody,
So pure
Searching for harmony
I can't provide,
That’s for sure

Don't gaze in awe at the sky
Don’t be misled by the smiles passing by
Pay no attention to my bittersweet song
Things aren’t what they seem

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You are a melody,
A sweet melody,
So pure
Searching for harmony
I can't provide,
That’s for sure

So when I say my goodbyes
Look to the moon, and try not to cry
Remember us as a sweet summer's dream
Things aren’t what they seem
Things aren’t what they seem
Things aren’t what they seem

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from Uncollected Songs, Vol. 2 (2001​-​2005), released August 4, 2020
Music & Lyrics by Peter Saltzman

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Peter Saltzman Chicago, Illinois

Peter Saltzman is a composer, pianist, singer, and songwriter residing somewhere near Chicago. His music has been called "brilliant" by the Chicago Tribune, and "powerful stuff" by the Dallas Morning News.

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