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Todoroki, Chihiro : Moon Tells a Story

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Music ID : 17841
Publication Year:2010
First Publisher:カワイ楽譜出版社
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:for children
Total Playing Time:0 min 50 sec

Commentary (1)

Author : Ooi, Kazurou

Last Updated: May 30, 2025
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

The melody line can almost certainly be regarded as a song. Therefore, produce full and clear tones (not in the sense of marcato, but rather in a singing manner), and play the accompaniment as if a cello were sustaining a note.

Since the sound is to be sustained, an attack sound is inherently unnecessary; however, due to the nature of the piano, an attack inevitably occurs the moment the key is depressed. As a solution, play the left hand as softly as possible (pp), yet listen for the sustained sound.

Consequently, if the tempo becomes too slow, both hands will sound quite rigid. Without a certain tempo, the attack sounds will become very prominent, sustaining the left-hand notes will become a laborious task, and shaping the right-hand line will become extremely challenging. Please be very careful not to play too slowly.

Measures 7-8 should be considered as resonance (afterglow/reverberation). Therefore, do not consider this a melody line. For these two measures, play with a soft tone quality, significantly reducing the volume to pp.

Writer: Ooi, Kazurou