Gannets Flying

Gannet Fotosearch.com
Gannet Fotosearch.com

Watching gannets fishing is very spectacular.  The birds look very white against the sky and their black wing tips are always visible.  The first four bars of the piece contain rather fanciful graphic notation representing the white birds with their black wing tips.  the wing beats are represented by the alternating notes and the piece ends, as one would expect - with a dramatic dive into the sea (the gannets enter the water at 60 miles per hour).