TTA:Onedayatatime

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In time of self confinement, with so much time for us and the feeling (at least for me) of live one day at a time, I wrote this musical memos but I can't get out of the melody loop. I can't resolve the main theme in a refrain and I need help. Does anyone want to give me a hand with the composition?

You are free and encouraged to take any direction and change anything you feel you need to change: instrumentation, continuous, key and time signature, type and number of instruments, tempo, dynamics, etc.

Just save the main theme and its harmonic line, please.

**One day at a time**
Incipit by: @tunearchive
Image: The Universal Cleff
Source: The Traditional Tune Archive

X:1
T:One day at a time
C:@tunearchive
N:Copyleft - The Traditional Tune Archive
%%scale 0.9
%%pagewidth 21.01cm
%%leftmargin 1.00cm
%%rightmargin 1.00cm
%%score { ( 1 2 ) | ( 3 4 ) } 5
L:1/8
Q:"Moderato" 1/4=117
M:2/4
K:E
V:1 treble nm="Piano" snm="Pno."
V:2 treble 
V:3 bass 
V:4 bass 
V:5 bass nm="Violoncellos" snm="Vcs."
V:1
!mf! (G2 B2 | A=GFE) |[M:6/8]"_dim." (DEF B,2) (B, | C=DE A,2) (A, |
[M:7/8]!mp! A,B,=C =D"_cresc." ^D2 F) |[M:2/4]!mf! (G2 B2 | A=GFE) |[M:6/8]"_dim." (^ABc F2) (F |GAB E2) (E |
[M:7/8]!p!"_cresc." EF=G AB =cA) |[M:2/4]!f! (=d2 =f2 | e[=G=d] [G=c][G_B] |[M:6/8]"_dim...." =c=de) z z2 | 
=GA_B z z2 |[M:7/8]!mp! =DE=F"_cresc." =GA B=d |[M:2/4]!mf! (e2 =g2 |f[Ae] [A=d][A=c]) |
[M:3/8]"_cresc." (=def) |[M:2/4] =g2 b2 |!f!"_dim." a[^A-=g] [Af][Ae] |_e[=E-_d] [E=c][E_B] | A[^A,-=G] [A,F][A,E] | A[^A,-=G] [A,F]B, |
!mf! (G2 B2 | A=GFE) |[M:6/8]"_dim." (DEF B,2) (B, | C=DE A,2) A, |[M:7/8]!mp! A,B,=C =D"_cresc." ^D2 F |
[M:2/4]!mf! (G2 B2 | A=GFE) |[M:6/8]"_dim." (^ABc F2) (F | GAB E2) E |
[M:7/8]!p!"_cresc." EF=G AB =cA |[M:2/4]!f! =d2 =f2 | e[=G=d] [G=c][G_B]|[M:6/8]"_dim." =c=de z z2 | 
=GA_B z z2 |[M:7/8]!mp! =DE=F"_cresc." =GA B=d |[M:2/4]!mf! (e2 =g2 |f[Ae] [A=d][A=c]) |
[M:3/8]"_cresc." (=def) |[M:2/4] =g2 b2 |!f!"_dim." a[^A-=g] [Af][Ae]|_e[=E-_d] [E=c][E_B] | A[^A,-=G] [A,F][A,E] | A[^A,-=G] [A,F][A,E] |]
V:2
x4 | x4 |[M:6/8] x6 | x6 |
[M:7/8] x7 |[M:2/4] x4 | x4 |[M:6/8] x6 | x6 |
[M:7/8] x7 |[M:2/4] z [=F_B]-[FB][FB] | x4 |[M:6/8] E3 =F2 F |
_E3 C2 C |[M:7/8] x7 |[M:2/4] z [=G=c]-[Gc][Gc] | x4 |
[M:3/8] F3 |[M:2/4] z [Be]-[Be][Be] | x4 | x4 | x4 | x4 |
x4 | x4 |[M:6/8] x6 | x6 |[M:7/8] x7 |
[M:2/4] x4 | x4 |[M:6/8] x6 | x6 |
[M:7/8] x7 | [M:2/4] z [=F_B]-[FB][FB] | x4 |[M:6/8] E3 =F2 F |
_E3 C2 C |[M:7/8] x7 | [M:2/4] z [=G=c]-[Gc][Gc] | x4 |
[M:3/8] F3 |[M:2/4] z [Be]-[Be][Be] | x4 | x4 | x4 | x4 |]
V:3
!mp! z !>!B,2 B, | z !>!^A,2 A, |[M:6/8]"_dim." z !>!A,2 z !>!G,2 | z !>!=G,2 z !>!F,2 |
[M:7/8]!p! z !>!=F,2 F,"_cresc." !>![^F,B,] D,B,, |[M:2/4]!mp! z !>!B,2 B, | z !>!^A,2 A, |[M:6/8]"_dim." z !>!C2 z !>!B,2 | z !>!B,2 z !>!A,2 |
[M:7/8]!pp!"_cresc." z !>!A,2 A, z !>![=C=F]2 |[M:2/4]!mf! z [=F,^A,]2 [F,A,] | z [=G,=C]2 [G,C] | [M:6/8]"_dim." (A,,E,=C) (=D,A,=D) |
(D,,^A,,=G,) (=A,,E,=A,) |[M:7/8] (=D,,A,,=F,)"_cresc." (=G,,=D, =G,B,) |[M:2/4]!mp! z [=G,=C]2 [G,C] | z [A,=D]2 [A,D] |
[M:3/8]"_cresc." B,,F,B, |[M:2/4] z [B,E]2 [B,E] |!f!"_dim." z [CE]2 [CE] | z [=G,^A,]2 [G,A,] | z [C,E,]2 [C,E,] | z [=C,E,]2 [B,,D,] |
!mp! z !>!B,2 B, | z !>!^A,2 A, | [M:6/8]"_dim." z !>!A,2 z !>!G,2 | z !>!=G,2 z !>!F,2 | [M:7/8]!p! z !>!=F,2 F,"_cresc."(!>![^F,B,] D,B,,) |
[M:2/4]!mp! z !>!B,2 B, | z !>!^A,2 A, | [M:6/8]"_dim." z !>!C2 z !>!B,2 | z !>!B,2 z !>!A,2 |
[M:7/8]!pp!"_cresc." z !>!A,2 A, z !>![=C=F]2 |[M:2/4]!mf! z [=F,^A,]2 [F,A,] | z [=G,=C]2 [G,C] |[M:6/8]"_dim." (A,,E,=C) (=D,A,=D) |
(D,,^A,,=G,) (=A,,E,=A,) | [M:7/8]!p! (=D,,A,,=F,)"_cresc." (=G,,=D, =G,B,) |[M:2/4]!mp! z [=G,=C]2 [G,C] | z [A,=D]2 [A,D] |
[M:3/8]"_cresc." B,,F,B, |[M:2/4] z [B,E]2 [B,E] |!f!"_dim." z [CE]2 [CE] | z [=G,^A,]2 [G,A,] | z [C,E,]2 [C,E,] | z [=C,E,]2 [C,E,] |]
V:4
E,4 | E,4 |[M:6/8] E,3 E,3 | =D,3 D,3 |
[M:7/8] =C,4 z2 z |[M:2/4] E,4 | E,4 |[M:6/8] E,3 E,3 | =D,3 C,3 |
[M:7/8] =C,4 =F,3 |[M:2/4] ^A,,4 | ^A,,4 |[M:6/8] x6 |
x6 |[M:7/8] x7 |[M:2/4] =C,4 |=C,4 |
[M:3/8] x3 |[M:2/4] E,4 | F,4 | =C,4 | F,,4 | F,,4 |
E,4 | E,4 |[M:6/8] E,3 E,3 |=D,3 D,3 |[M:7/8] =C,4 z2 z |
[M:2/4] E,4 | E,4 |[M:6/8] E,3 E,3 | =D,3 C,3 |
[M:7/8] =C,4 =F,3 | [M:2/4] ^A,,4 | ^A,,4 |[M:6/8] x6 |
x6 |[M:7/8] x7 |[M:2/4] =C,4 | =C,4 |
[M:3/8] x3 | [M:2/4] E,4 | F,4 | =C,4 | F,,4 | F,,4 |]
V:5
z4 | z4 |[M:6/8] z6 | z6 |
[M:7/8] z7 |[M:2/4] z4 | z4 |[M:6/8] z6 | z6 |
[M:7/8] z7 |[M:2/4] z4 | z4 |[M:6/8] z6 |
z6 |[M:7/8] z7 |[M:2/4] z4 | z4 |
[M:3/8] z3 |[M:2/4] z4 | z4 | z4 | z4 | z4 |
!mp! E,4- | E,4- |[M:6/8]"_dim." E,3- E,3 | =D,3- D,3 |[M:7/8]!p! ^B,,4"_cresc." D,3 |
[M:2/4]!mp! E,4- | E,3 F,- |[M:6/8]"_dim." F,2 B,,3 E, | =D,2 D, C,2 C, |
[M:7/8]!pp!"_cresc." ^B,, B,,2 B,, ^E,2- E,- |[M:2/4]!mf! E, =D,2 z | ^A,,3 A,, | [M:6/8]"_dim." A,,E,^B,, =D,A,D, |
D,^A,,=G, =A,,E, z |[M:7/8]!p! =D, z ^E, =G,, z =G, z |[M:2/4]!mp! ^B,,3- B,,- | G,,3 B,, |
[M:3/8]"_cresc." B,,F,E,- |[M:2/4] E,3 E, | !f!"_dim." F,3- F, | ^B,,3- B,, | F,,3- F,, | B,,4 |]

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