Williams: How Strange – Enigmatic Solo Piano Sketch

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Andrew Williams, How Strange

‘How Strange’ is a minor-key piece with vaguely Middle-Eastern overtones.  It has a modal melody that fits over a repetitive rhythmic figure.  Once the trick is acquired it is easy enough, but the player may find it frustrating at first.  After the first section, the second subject is a serpentine melody over a shifted rhythmic figure; the third section is a major-key variation on the first, and then the piece returns to its first subject to end. The title is stolen from the song ‘Every Time We Say Goodbye’ – the lyric says ‘There’s no love-song finer/but how strange the change from major to minor’…

• Product: Digital (PDF) or Print-on-demand
• Pages: 8 pages
• Duration: 2:50
• Level: Advanced, with essential fingerings
• Order Number:  BE-191021
• ISMN 979-0-706813-06-6

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