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Scratches of the Wind
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Solo [alto flute]

Scratches of the Wind

Mark Takeshi McGregor
Keywords: breath song

Imagine being inside, hearing the wind trace its fingers across a windowpane. That faint scratchiness sharpens a sense of interior space, of shelter. For wind players, breath carries its own interior world: inhalation and exhalation shape distinct kinds of inwardness. This piece explores that subtle relationship. The whole piece can be heard on Scratches of the Wind with the Red Shift label.

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