The Rim of the Well is an eight-minute flamenco-inspired duo for marimba and guitar. It employs the 12-beat rhythmic cycle associated with the flamenco genre bulerias, along with what is sometimes called the “Hungarian Roma Scale” (harmonic minor with a raised 4th). The title is taken from the writings of Federico Garcia Lorca, who describes artistic creation as something that demands risk-taking and a sense of danger, as if one were “dancing on the rim of the well.”