Space - Early Intermediate Pop Piano Solo Sheet Music

Piano Sheet Music 🎼 S P A C E [as in..the space between the notes!]

What do Impressionist and pop music have in common?

​Two of my favorite genres to play on the piano are:

• Impressionist piano solos 🖼️
• Piano-driven sad pop music 🌧️

What I find so compelling about both of these piano styles is...

🌌 the S P A C E in the music! 🌌

What do I mean by S P A C E ?

I mean the emotional nature of this music caused by its "room to breathe."

Here are some examples I find *spacious*:

• La cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral) - Debussy
• Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) - Ravel
• Gymnopedies - Satie
• Glimpse of Us - Joji
• No Peace - Sam Smith
• Hope There's Someone - Antony and the Johnsons
• For Tonight - Giveon

You kind of get where I'm going with this?

Anyways, here is the piece I wrote as kind of a study in spacious pop music!

This piano solo challenges the player to include space in these aspects:

• wide intervals (creating tonal space)
• long tones (creating rhythmic space)

The most challenging part about it is just having the patience to let the space do its thing. [There's a life lesson in there somewhere 🧘]

It's at an early intermediate to intermediate level, or an ambitious late elementary pianist could also tackle it if they like the sound and can reach octaves with the left hand.

I'd call this piece a Level 4.  Level 3B students could tackle it if they have a good reach (octaves) with their left hand.