DESCRIPTION:
This piano song, entitled Broken, is the 35th song in the free background music series (https://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/). Like the the other songs in this royalty-free music series, this song is free to use for non-commercial purposes as long as credit is provided (music by longzijun). You may also this royalty-free song in monetized videos on YouTube that are otherwise non-commercial in nature as long as the music is credited.

Download Links
The free download links for this song (MP3 and WAV versions) are at this page: https://longzijun.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/collaborations/

If you plan on using the instrumental in your presentations, multimedia projects or YouTube videos, you can refer to the more detailed terms of use: https://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use/

If you do use the song in one of your YouTube videos, leave a comment and let me know, so I drop by and check it out.

More Free Songs
To check out other songs in the free background music series, you can
a) Subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLCYZWv_6bKXeKSlVsbfnSA?sub_confirmation=1
b) Visit my free background music page: https://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/
c) Go to this playlist: (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478)

This song is in the second set of the series: https://longzijun.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/free-background-music-set2/

Credits
For this video, Lee Chan choreographed and performed the ballet. In this dance, Lee emphasizes her en pointe techniques and her flowing arm movements (port de bras). You can see her dance in a more contemporary style in our video for the song The Hidden Path: https://youtu.be/U23s1qFcNbU

Kate Kwok provided the piano arrangement and played the piano. You can see some of her other arrangements in these videos:
I Vow to Thee, My Country (the main theme of the Jupiter movement from: Mahler's 'The Planets'): https://youtu.be/ac2IiRNEr14
Feast of Starlight (from the soundtrack to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: https://youtu.be/Xuy-h2P9IHI

The composition is by myself (longzijun). I also shot and edited the video and did the audio recording.


Music Style
This is a gentle and somewhat sad piano song. It is influenced by classical minuets and has the ABA structure and 3/4 time signature associated with that form. However, the arrangement is rather sparse, giving the song a more contemporary feel. As the melody is prominent, the song is more suitable for wordless videos. If used in vlogs, the melody may be distracting.


About the Song
This song is about the end of a friendship. Sometimes friendships simply fade away; sometimes they quickly disintegrate, leaving at least one person one hurt and bewildered. This song is about the second kind of ending and was written after a friendship suddenly fell apart.