Miwa, Masahiro : Three pieces
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Instrumentation:Piano Solo
Genre:Various works
Total Playing Time:2 min 00 sec
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Author : Miwa, Masahiro
Last Updated: May 14, 2019
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Author : Miwa, Masahiro
During my high school years, while copying various songs with a rock band, my desire to create original works grew. Convinced that there was nothing else I wanted to do in life besides music, I began to study music theory and piano privately. Around that time, a piano school recital was scheduled, and I was encouraged to compose and present my own work there, which led to the creation of this piece. For me, this was the first piece in my life that was formally notated and freely composed (not as an assignment). At the time, my musical knowledge was not extensive, so I didn't ponder much about "how to compose?" and instead transferred sounds to the score by ear. However, since I had to perform it myself, the limitations of my own playing ability significantly influenced the work. Furthermore, I still made mistakes during the recital performance, and this current occasion, 39 years later, marks the first time this piece will be performed in its intended form.
The first movement, based on the whole-tone scale, incorporates a decisive dissonance copied from Deep Purple (likely from "Strange Kind of Woman") and concludes with a manual fade-out, a common practice in pop music but almost unthinkable in classical music. For the second movement, I was unsure how to proceed and couldn't complete the score. I improvised using a few chords and motifs as a guide, but naturally, I was not satisfied with the result, and no score remains. The third movement introduces a special technique to the piano performance: "hand clapping," concluding with the performer applauding as indicated in the score.