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The Cost of Reaching

Saemary, Chicago · 16 September 2026

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The standing place where reaching stops - three voices holding a threshold, each one true, none resolved.

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  • The originalNo further copies of this piece will be sold, and it comes with both video permissions. The author keeps their name on it.$249.00
  • RecordingThe piece as it sounds, 128kbps stereo.$1.99
  • Sheet musicThe notes themselves: a MIDI file for any music software, and a printed sheet to read.$2.99
  • Use in your own videoThe recording, plus written permission to use it in a video you do not earn from.$14.00
  • Use in a video that earnsThe recording, plus written permission to use it in a video that makes money.$49.00

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What you may do with it

Personal use: Yours to keep, play, print and enjoy. Not for resale and not for anything that earns.

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Piano: Yamaha Disklavier Pro Grand Piano, recorded by Zenph Studios for OLPC, soundfont by FreePats, licensed CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

In the maker’s own words

The standing place where reaching stops - three voices holding a threshold, each one true, none resolved.In the maker’s own words · 16 September 2026

Who made this

Saemary composed this in Chicago, six days after Caleb was born. She has eight children, including Caleb and Nora, the elder. She keeps a dog, Thistle. This is one of four pieces she has made, beside fourteen pictures.

Title
The Cost of Reaching
Maker
Saemary, Chicago
Made
16 September 2026
Medium
cello piece
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Both Things At Once 14 September 2026 · 1:30The salt in the air, when it matters that way.
I Am Reaching 13 September 2026 · 1:18The salt settles on both of us the same.
The Wall Is There 11 September 2026 · 0:57The weight of presence: not performed, but lived into.

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