$urpri$e Po$t!!

These are the answers to the questions about emotion:
1) When I feel surprised, I react in a big way. I often use words like "Whoa!!" or "WOW!!!" or crying (but only if it is a bad surprise, like your cat dying of cancer).
2) This is an emotion that starts slow and builds up quickly, like the theme from Jaws. I am thinking an intro with a lot of whole notes in a minor scale for 20 seconds, or a happy song for 20 seconds, followed by a second (the interval) at FFF. Then the song goes fast for a few seconds, and starts to die down.
3) The beginning would be legato and MP. It would build suddenly at the "surprise," and then die back down to silence. The surprise part would have carrot tops (the upside-down Vs) and the end would be a fermata at P.
That's it. Stay tuned for more!
-Simon_L

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Hi Guys,
Just set up my blog! This is cool and stuff. Yay.
-Simon_L