The full book of 30 pieces including this piece is now available: Flower Moon
Here we are at last, day 1 pianowrimo 2020. And a video! (Though, file that under things to definitely not expect every day.)
Flower Moon – first piece of PIANOWRIMO 2020
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Pianowrimo sheet music books
In a couple of days I will be embarking on PIANOWRIMO 2020, but first, I have finally got together the sheet music books for the past three years. They are £8 each to download, and each give you 30 short piano pieces in varying styles!
Moon River
[ Buy on SMP press ]
SAB unaccompanied | 2m35 | Not too difficult/some jazzy harmonies
A three-part arrangement of the classic song, with a gently emotional touch helped by rich harmonies.
One hundred sparrows: 30 piano moments
wide the starry sky: 30 more piano moments
Piano Solo | 30 pieces
Difficulty: intermediate, short pieces
2018
Piano for a day: 30 piano moments
Piano solo | 40 pages, 30 pieces | 2017
Difficulty: Varies, beginner-intermediate to more challenging, all short pieces.
PIANOWRIMO 2020
As if there was ever any doubt — of course I’m doing this again this year!
30 days, 30 (short piano) pieces, written and recorded. Here’s a silly trailer.
The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond
SSATB unaccompanied |Duration: 4m |Difficulty: Moderate-Advanced
Arrangement of the traditional Scottish folk song. Suitable for full choir or a quintet / small a cappella ensemble, this is a challenging arrangement that will reward with rich harmonies and interweaving lines.
A possible story being told through these lyrics (of which many variants exist) is of a soldier’s farewell – taken prisoner and sentenced to be executed, taking the “low road” home through death – to a friend or lover with whom he shared an idyllic lost youth. The verses tell of the beauty of the landscape of their childhood home and how nature keeps going, spring coming again each year, regardless of their trials and sadness.
Here’s a longer blog post about this arrangement and its much-delayed premiere after 2020-21!
[FFVII/R] midnight fireworks, full sound version
An arrangement of an arrangement! I did a piano mashup of Midnight Rendezvous x Interrupted by Fireworks back in May, and it was one of the first videos to get some views and love on my channel, as well as being a really pretty piece to play. Since then I’ve been doing a bunch of original FFVII style versions of some of the new-composed FFVII Remake tracks. This kind of combines the two. I based it closely on the arrangement I’d done on piano, but got to add more layers in, like the Main Theme, as well as the two main tracks and a bit of Aeris’ Theme.