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Above the Clouds Piano Solo - Digital Sheet Music

This short piano piece is the second in a series of impromptus inspired by the sounds of childhood, namely music from early Nineties eight-bit gaming systems like Nintendo.  Rather than being in a major or minor key, this piece is predominately in the lydian mode.  With other impromptus, I held specific video games in mind, but with this piece I tried to remember the many games where flying ships, vehicles, or characters occur.  Something about the brightness of the lydian mode has always made me think of flying.  The left-hand ostinato pattern can be mastered if care is given to suggested fingerings, i.e. repeated notes are not played only with the thumb.  The middle section offers pianists a chance to explore the 5/4 time signature and to build tension through dynamics, and rhythmic and textural density.  

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Instrument:
Piano Solo
Genres:
Children Standards Pop Rock Contemporary
Publishers:
Ben Dockery
Series:
ArrangeMe
Format:
Score
Item types:
Digital
Level:
Intermediate
Usages:
School and Community
Number of Pages:
3

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.692999

Composed by Ben Dockery. Children,Contemporary,Pop,Rock,Standards. Score. 3 pages. Ben Dockery #3125057. Published by Ben Dockery (A0.692999).

This short piano piece is the second in a series of impromptus inspired by the sounds of childhood, namely music from early Nineties eight-bit gaming systems like Nintendo.  
Rather than being in a major or minor key, this piece is predominately in the lydian mode.  With other impromptus, I held specific video games in mind, but with this piece I tried to remember the many games where flying ships, vehicles, or characters occur.  Something about the brightness of the lydian mode has always made me think of flying.  
The left-hand ostinato pattern can be mastered if care is given to suggested fingerings, i.e. repeated notes are not played only with the thumb.  The middle section offers pianists a chance to explore the 5/4 time signature and to build tension through dynamics, and rhythmic and textural density.  .

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ArrangeMe:
Ben Dockery
Series:
ArrangeMe
Instrument:
Piano and Keyboard Piano Piano Solo
Publisher:
Ben Dockery