Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.937472

Composed by Swedish Folk Melody. Arranged by Gideon Gee-Bum Kim. Christian,Gospel,Spiritual. Score. 7 pages. Gee-Bum Kim #6413897. Published by Gee-Bum Kim (A0.937472).

1. Piano part was composed based on the Swedish folk melody.
2. Special effect: Rain stick was used to describe a sound of nature.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1043873

Composed by Jaz Dörren. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Film/TV,Romantic Period. Score. 3 pages. Jaz Dörren #648565. Published by Jaz Dörren (A0.1043873).

Sixteenth song for the intermediate/advanced student and concert pianist, designed for strengthen skills, endurance, speed and control of both hands. The left hand sticks out playing an smartly conceived ostinato (derived from Italian: stubborn). This strongly accented piece was skillfully constructed to exercise and master a variety of music articulations and training the ear for the unexpected, featuring a mechanical, indifferent, almost automatic piano play. It was written without pedal, but pedalling could be a good choice (depending on where). Predominantly dissonant harmonies are in continuum motion, sometimes colliding with each other like glass water bottles.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.828263

Composed by Paul Thurmond. New Age,Pop,Sacred,Spiritual. Score. 3 pages. Paul Thurmond #4969097. Published by Paul Thurmond (A0.828263).

Use: Prelude, Offertory, Communion

I have a nice view from my studio window on the second floor of my house. It overlooks our big backyard, some trees and brush, a couple of fields, and some small mountains in the distance. My studio is set up so that as I play I can look outside.

This year in Tennessee we’ve had more snow than normal. There have been many school closings. Even Tennessee Tech shut down at times, which hardly ever happens.

So I’ve had some opportunities to sit in my studio in the middle of the day, look out my window at the beautiful falling snow, and write music.

I began today’s piece a few weeks ago, during one of the largest snowfalls I’ve seen since I moved here from Wisconsin. I composed a few measures that I liked, couldn’t think of where to go next, and put it aside for a time. For the next few days I kept coming back to it, always liking what I had already written, but not able to add anything new.

Then we had another snowfall. This time I was able to finish the basic structure of the piece, but I got stuck when I started to polish it up.

A couple of days ago it snowed yet again, and I completed the work and recorded it.

Today is Saturday, and it’s not snowing as I write this. However, they’re predicting more snow on Monday, which is usually the day I edit my blog posts. [Last minute update: No snow on Monday, although we did get 2 inches of rain.]

Apparently, this piece owes its existence to frozen precipitation. I considered naming it Paean to the Snow Muses, but I think I’ll stick with my original title, February.