• Year of composition: 2014
  • Work category: Piano
  • First performed: 24 October, 2014 in the Ryogoku Monten Hall, Tokyo. Kaori Ohsuga
  • Duration: 4 min

Instrumentation

pno

Examples of printed editions

Abundant Silence, Denver 2017

Description of work

One-movement work


Work comment

In country‑and‑western style piano playing, a widely used technique is the so‑called "twang", or "slip note": an on‑the‑beat grace note that imitates the sound of the pedal steel guitar. My piece Twang is based on this particular technique, though elements from other styles of piano playing, notably ragtime and boogie‑woogie, are also thrown into the mix.