{"id":581,"date":"2019-06-04T12:25:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T16:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/?p=581"},"modified":"2025-10-17T06:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:12:26","slug":"100-notes-of-toy-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/blog\/100-notes-of-toy-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Notes of Toy Piano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday (June 2019) I got an email from composer\/keyboard player David Bohn that my submission to his call for scores was accepted. A friend found the call on ComposerSite (https:\/\/composerssite.com<\/a>) and he thought it would entertain me. It was for newly composed 100-note compositions for toy piano. I had fun improvising a bit, and I wondered how such a simple piece for toy piano might be convincing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wasn’t going to create an immersive sound-world with only 100 notes for an instrument without much sustaining power. So I went with shifting harmonies, hence my title “Shifting Muse”. I’ll post the score later, after the recording phase of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I discovered later that David Bohn has done the Composer’s Voice 15-Minutes-of-Fame several times. Here’s a link to his organ set: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fjENiXrFvj0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update (Nov 2019): Here’s a link to David Bohn’s recording of my 100-note piece, “Shifting Muse”:
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IpNsoSZvUZw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update (Jan 2020): And here’s the score:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sheet music for Shifting Muse, a 100-note piece for toy piano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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