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(And he was glad, because his mind took in the immortal thinking of Zeus. Therefore, since that beginning, we call him Paieon, the aboriginal Attic people and Bacchus' great inspired company of Artists that dwells in the city of Cecrops.)
We return to a diatonic scale, B c e0296-002.gifg a ba c', with a as the focus. As before, the lowest notes (B, c) appear only transitorily and well separated from their nearest neighbours. Cadence on b with a dramatic octave plunge to B on the final note.

 
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