... piece and continued to expand this idea. After completing my piece in this style I began to improvise in a swing rhythm using a computer-writing program. After discussion with my teacher, I decided that the swing rhythm did not suit my piece and after listening to my piece whilst viewing the opening viewing the opening visual sequences from Soap Opera's such as "Where the heart is". I finally decided that this is what my ideas suited most and took the swing and jazz elements out of my piece and edited it in this fashion. Influences Influences for this piece obviously include the song "California Dreamin", by "The Mamas and the Papas". During editing the piece, when I thought about what it really should be used for, looking at video sequences on the computer made me think that the piece should be for a soap opera. Analysis The piece is written in a ...

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