Rosa Rubiginosa from ASTROMUSIK | AUDIOMANCY by Ezra Sandzer-Bell

Rose - Rosa Rubiginosa

Contrary to my own expectations as the songwriter and musician entering this plant medicine, the rose water tea and hydrosols produced a song that feels powerful and almost foreboding.

Composing for the melody "Rose Rosa Rubiginosa" required an ability to adapt to several minor and chromatic intervals. Rather than chasing this melodic chromaticism with frequent chord changes, I decided to hold a pedal tone on D and let the melody spiral around it.

You can hear the Rose Rosa Rubiginosa melody in the Soprano voice of this theme, performed by an affected vibraphone.

The percussive arrangement could be loosely correlated to select themes from Super Metroid...