The band Angra is about to launch its seventh studio album "Aqua".
Now, Angra's musicians periodically release their impressions about each track from "Aqua".
This time, the guitarist Rafael Bittencourt clarifies some aspects of the first track of tha album “Viderunt te Aquae”:
"I composed this song in Kiko's house. We were working i the last arrangements before going in Ricardo's house. It's a typical harmony that you can find in video games and other soundtracks.
Technically it's a minor chord melody with a diminished fifth. Simple, but it sounds great for me and my partners. To develop it and make it unique, I made an arrangement for five voices in conterpoint.
The Bible has inspired much Shakepeare and I reread some passages. The lyrics are from Psalm 77 of the Bible in Latin. it's one of the psalms dedicated to the masters of the ancient Hebrew people. 'Viderunt te Aquae' means something like"The waters saw thee" and is about a man who loses his faith, but after its recovery.
In Psalm 77 waters represent the changes in the monologhes of this man and changes his point of view. Just like the main character, Prospero."
Rafael Bittencourt.
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