🇺🇸William L. Gillock ： Accent on Solos 2 Sailboat

“Sailboat,” included in Gillock’s *Accent on Solos 2*, is a pedagogical miniature that invites the performer to imagine a vivid scene. Its buoyant rhythm and smooth, wave-like motion create an atmosphere of sailing within a brief musical span. It is important to listen for the way the phrases gather and seem to shift from one scene to another, while allowing the melody to sing clearly above the accompaniment. Keep the accompanying motion relaxed and even, and bring out the dynamic changes with care to suggest the expansive feeling of a sailboat moving with the wind. Use the pedal only enough to avoid blurring the harmony, while remaining attentive to the flow of the beat and the direction of each musical line.