song: All Limbs Are (Arms)
artist: Esperanza Spalding
album: 12 Little Spells (2018)
writer: Esperanza Spalding

acoustic piano: ?
vocals:
- lead (alto): Esperanza Spalding
- backing (tenor, bass): ?

This is a full transcription of Esperanza Spalding’s beautiful piano-voice composition, “All Limbs Are”. This composition has an ambiguous harmonic sentiment to it, as it treads the fine line between melodic phrasing and atonality. Historically, this type of harmony originates from the early decades of the 19th century, when classical composers were exploring the harmonic territories of atonal music, for example, Lili Boulanger’s “Prelude in Db”. This song is fairly easy to play (also for piano-beginners), however, it does take a bit of courage to venture out where no key center is in sight. I hope you dare to!