Yep - those fourths were a key idea (oh noooo a pun) to the piece. I am so glad you both enjoyed it. Sherry is quite right about the tempi settings - my fault - I will go through the whole piece and try to get them set. But the piece is meant to be a really dynamic, even earthy sort of piece, so speed and articulation are very important. Most was composed on paper and at a piano, then rewritten using the mouse and pc.

Effectively I compose episodically, perhaps for an hour at a time, then play through the ideas. I try to create improvised bridge sections, and only after running through alternate ideas (usually scribbling a bit on paper too), do I begin to plan out the structure as a written map, and then compose properly. I tend to add accents, crescendos and diminuendos and other markings after playing through the completed piece - unless I feel I need to put something down before I forget!

---Peter