Diabelli Project 223 - Piece for Piano, Part 9

The Diabelli Project is about offering my weekly flash-composition sketches freely to all. Like Antonio Diabelli's theme, these sketches aren't great music. But perhaps (as in Diabelli's case) there's a Beethoven out there who can do great things with them.

I decided to try writing another complete piece in 10-minute weekly installments. It's definitely exercising a different set of creative muscles than my daily work requires.

This week's installment of the Piece for Piano begins in the middle of page 5. Those long, descending lines in the right hand finally reach their destination. Rather than have a crashing climax, I use the repeated chords to slow down the momentum by getting softer.

And that decrescendo leads directly to the double bar, and the return of the opening material. Sort of. I don't like exact repeats, so the right hand is doing a little more this time around. Yes, we're nearing the end of the piece. But we're not there yet.

As always, you can use any or all of the posted Diabelli Project sketches as you wish for free. Just be sure to share the results. I'm always curious to see what direction someone else can take this material.