With Bandcamp Friday rapidly approaching, I’m diving back into 2022 and pieces from my modern classical piano project, Péchés d’âge moyen, which I released on 4 March 2022. This week, I’m featuring the final track from the collection, “Two-Day Minuet for Left Hand.”
The title is a bit on the nose—uh, I should write, the hand: I wrote it across two days, and the melody is in the left hand. See?
The first section, composed on 24 February 2022 (and in red pen, no less!) is in 3/4 time and consists of a slightly irregular seven-phrase theme. The second section, composed (you guessed it!) on 25 February 2022, is in 4/4 time. It’s an even more irregular five-phrase section, which shifts to 3/4 for the last two bars.
It ends with a little multimetered coda. On the manuscript, I forgot to make the final note a dotted half note, so technically it’s an incomplete measure of 3/4 time. D’oh!
Here’s a recording in the Music Room at my little school:
And here’s my beautifully handcrafted manuscript:
Not bad for a southpaw (please note: I’m right-handed; don’t want anyone getting the wrong idea about me).
Happy Listening!
—TPP
Other Editions of Open Mic Adventures:
- “Open Mic Adventures I: Oingo Boingo’s ‘Just Another Day’“
- “Open Mic Adventures II: Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’“
- “Open Mic Adventures III: Joanie Sommers’s ‘Johnny Get Angry’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IV: KISS’s ‘I Still Love You’“
- “Open Mic Adventures V: ‘There’s a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VI: Journey’s ‘Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VII: ‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VIII: Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘The Sound of Silence’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IX: Journey’s ‘Faithfully’“
- “Open Mic Adventures X: ‘Time Warp’”
- “Open Mic Adventures XI: Spooktacular Supergroup Covers ‘Monster Mash’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XII: ‘Ghostly’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIII: The Penguins’ ‘Earth Angel’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIV: ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XV: ‘O Holy Night’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVI: ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVII: ‘L’il Divertimento in C major’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVIII: ‘Satiean Motion’“
The Portly Politico 
I love these little pieces and the passion that goes into them. Plus, your little nods to the camera make Tina and I giggle! 🙂
Peches d’age moyen says as much about you as your book does. That’s my perspective from getting to know you on these pages and by email. Quirky, fun, a little mad but in a good way! If we ever meet, I guess there’ll be a few more surprises.
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Thank you, Ponty! I’m glad you and Tina get some giggles at my little mannerisms.
“Quirky, fun, a little mad”—I agree! Life is batty, and we could all use a little more quirk.
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Just noticed an uptick on here from another gamer. Brilliant stuff! We need more gamers on here and as luck would have it, I’ll be penning some gaming pieces soon. 🙂
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Amen! And I always enjoy your gaming reviews, so I’m looking forward to it!
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The GTA5 review will take some time. I haven’t played in a while and won’t be able to again until we upgrade the console.
That said, the game we’re on at present – Resident Evil: Code Veronica X – is due a long awaited review. It’s a fantastic game.
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That Resident Evil game sounds awesome. Can’t wait to read that review!
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