EXAMPLE6 SUSTAINED MELODIC IDEAS BALANCED WITH STRAIGHT SEMIQUAVER PHRASING

Philip is acutely aware of the value of contrasts in his phrasing, so you’ll frequently hear a rapid shift from soft to loud, consonant to dissonant and in this case, slow to fast, all executed with expert control and command. The notes are mainly based around the associated arpeggios, although we do see a chromatically decorated idea coming from the d Phrygian dominant mode in

(d-Eb-F#-G-a-Bb-C), bar 8 the fifth mode of G Harmonic Minor.