Silver Grass

As an original Hakka pop song and the winner of 2019 Taiwan Music Composition and Songwriting Contest, Silver Grass is a song about missing and yearning, where Zoomie wishes to write a song her grandmother understands, which is also the momentum of writing songs in her native tongue (Hakka). The first half of the lyrics depicts the grandmother seeing two black drongos flying by in autumn and thinking of her late husband and son. The second half artfully arranges two Hakka folk rhymes related to black drongos, becoming catchy even for her grandmother. As for the choral arrangement, the arranger replaced the guitar accompaniment with vocal voices, and added piano to connect lyrical lines. In addition, a transposition is made to higher register for better projection of all voices. The arranger has managed to keep the carefree style of the original song, while introducing more musical diversity.