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===Side two=== "Sound Chaser" contains elements of [[jazz fusion]] and [[funk]] arrangements. Moraz was asked to devise an introduction to the song during his audition with the band; his contribution was finalised after "one or two takes" and used on the final version.<ref name=nfte299 />{{sfn|Kirkman|2013|p=75}} He considered his [[Moog synthesizer]] solo at the end a highlight moment in his performance on the album, but felt that the keyboards overall were buried in the final mix.{{sfn|Kirkman|2013|p=81}} Howe thought the track was "an indescribable mixture of Patrick's jazzy keyboards and my weird sort of flamenco electric [guitar]", yet he disliked Moraz's initial choice of chords he played during his guitar solo, causing Moraz to play it differently, which he disagreed with.{{sfn|Morse|1996|p=53}} Yes biographer Dan Hedges compared the track to the style of fusion group [[Return to Forever]].{{sfn|Hedges|1982|p=104}} [[File:London - Kensington Gardens - Italian Gardens - View South over the Serpentine.jpg|thumb|right|The Serpentine, Hyde Park]] "To Be Over" originated when Anderson spent an afternoon at Howe's house in London. As the two discussed what music to prepare for the album, Anderson told Howe of his fondness for a melody Howe had written and had sung to Anderson before. Anderson also had the initial lyric: "We'll go sailing down the stream tomorrow, floating down the universal stream, to be over". Howe gained inspiration for the track from a boat ride on [[The Serpentine]] lake in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] in London. From the beginning, he thought the song was "really special" and Anderson agreed to develop it further.<ref name=nfte124>{{cite web|url=http://nfte.org/back-issues/0124.txt|title=Notes from the Edge #124 β Conversation with Steve Howe conducted 27 November 1994|date=21 January 1995|access-date=30 September 2016|first=Mike|last=Tiano}}</ref> Howe had come up with the music for this particular section in the late 1960s and took a riff from a track by his earlier group, [[Tomorrow (band)|Tomorrow]].<ref name=SHcom>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724010335/http://www.stevehowe.com/archives/archives10.html|url=http://www.stevehowe.com/archives/archives10.html|title=Archives - Steve Howe Guitar Rondo|date=24 July 2011|archive-date=24 July 2011|access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref> Anderson described "To Be Over" as "Strong in content, but mellow in overall attitude ... It's about how you should look after yourself when things go wrong."<ref name=circus1975 /> When the song's lyric was being finalised, Howe suggested having the line "She won't know what it means to me" follow "We go sailing down the calming streams", but Anderson changed it to "To be over, we will see", a change that Howe thought was "creatively disguised" to make a broader lyrical statement.{{sfn|Morse|1996|p=54}} Moraz felt constricted to perform an improvised keyboard solo for the song, so he wrote down a [[counterpoint]] solo "exactly like a classical [[fugue]]" to blend his keyboards with the guitar and bass.{{sfn|Morse|1996|p=54}} He had written an initial version on paper in an evening, yet the band expressed their wish to change the key of the song for the section, causing Moraz to spend several hours rewriting it overnight.{{sfn|Morse|1996|p=55}}<ref name=somethingelse2014 />
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