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This arboreal arachnid is a Rainforest canopy hunter that does not spin a web to entangle its prey. Instead, the Pink-toe Tarantula hunts and pounces on its prey. These spiders are delightfully colorful and the lowest joint of each leg is usually a bright pink or orange color. This piece emulates the slow crawling of this spider that within an instant, moves with a sporadic and quick forward lurching motion without an arc. This is achieved musically by the use of upward and downward moving diminished arpeggios that are juxtaposed with short jumping chordal patterns. The accelerando sections are the spider ramping up to a waiting position to prepare for lift off. The forward lurching spider moves are portrayed with chordal jumps. The Andante B section is the spider settling down with a tasty meal or the spider’s lament over missing its catch.
Key: C Major
