"Don't Let It Show"

I was thinking about "Don't Let It Show" yester-day, and I realized that in the line "Don't tell them anything," the three syllables of "anything" are each sung to a different pitch (Eb Db Bb).  This musical span gives a sense of that breadth of possibility.

"Don't Let It Show"

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I recently listened to I Robot for my Collection Audit project (twice actually, since I have the CD reissue of the original album and the Legacy Edition).  I felt like I should do some more work on this project, so I figured out the piccolo trumpet part in "Don't Let It Show."  It's just a small part, and I don't even know how to play piccolo trumpet (I recorded this with the fake trumpet on my keyboard); I was hoping that learning this part would help in figuring out what key "Don't Let It Show" is in, but all I know is that it has a lot of sharps or flats.  There are a lot of accidentals in this part.