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Past years 

I played a toy piano.

My grandfather gifted me a mahogany KAWAI upright piano.　

From the age of 5 to 17, I studied piano with a neighbor - an eldery women who always wore colorful clothes and loved both the piano and the Electone.  

I played electric bass in a rock pop band during high school.

I joined one of the piano clubs at my university (w-).  Without a teacher, I played pieces that I wanted to play.  I also enjoyed listening to performances by members and friends of classical pieces, Jazz, popular, etc.

I purchased a Roland digital piano to play at night after work.

I studied Jazz with a bearded man who worked as a writer and translator.  

The reason was not that I particularly liked jazz - in fact, I hardly listened to it until then, he introduced me to works of famous jazz musicians.  

Rather, I wanted to uncover the secrets of Debussy's music, and I thought learning jazz would be as a shortcut compared to the three thick harmony books (the famous red, yellow, green and black series in Japan - although later I went through them very roughly, reaching the first problem of the final chapter - I might not be able to solve problems today).

I studied Jazz and Popular piano and theory at KAWAI Omotesandou under a highly energetic and fast-talking female teacher - it turned out that she was a graduate of my university.

I joined a small free jazz (?) ensemble led by a colleague and enjoyed playing during weekends.

I resumed classical piano lessons as an adult at KAWAI Omotesandou rather than continuing with Jazz.  The Jazz piano teacher introduced me to a classical piano instructor.  

She taught me how to read scores meticulously and play with greater elegance.  I played pieces which I had wanted to play but I couldn't master on my own as well as pieces which she recommended.  I continued lessons until her mandatory retirement age.

I acquired a KAWAI digital piano to replace my previous Roland digital piano after some keys stopped sounding.

I acquired digital piano KAWAI CA5900GP to replace my previous KAWAI digital piano after some keys stopped sounding (again).

2023.03

I started uploading tracks on soundcloud.

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Others

I enjoy watching anime and movies with my husband.

I often focus on subtle sensing and alignments using my hands and body.

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260327 improvisation yuttari 即興

pulchraflow · 260327 improvisation yuttari 即興

Near spring.  In spring?

The wind was still cold.

I saw sakura.

2026.03.29

Recently, I organized the data of tracks.  I created original artworks.  I refined titles of classical music track and tags of tracks.  and so on...

 Three years have passed since I began uploading a recording on soundcloud.

260307 improvisation, gently spring is coming 即興 そろそろ春が

 

pulchraflow · 260307 improvisation, gently spring is coming 即興 そろそろ春が

It is becoming warm, but the wind is still a bit cold, 

I played it while practicing modern classical pieces, 

started in E,

ended in A.

お花見はしていない　が、桜餅は食べた。

Rameau: Les tendres plaintes ラモー やさしいなげき

pulchraflow · Rameau: Les tendres plaintes ラモー やさしいなげき

 I turned the pages of the book of Rameau I have, I decided to play the pieces titled 恋の嘆き, complaint of Love.

I'm not familiar with  meaning of "tendre" love in court culture of at that time.  

I imagined a more abstract emotion, feeling, .

Carte de Tendre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_of_Tendre

一番下にNouvelle Amilie.  そこから、真ん中Tendre-sur-Inclinationか、左上Tendre-sur-Reconnaissance,  右上Tendre-sur-Estimeに進んでいくらしい。

川の左側ルートだと、下の方にComplaisanceがある。そこから左上のTendre-sur-Reconnaissanceに向かう。

題名の"Plainte"は、嘆き、溜息の音型ということであるらしいが。

この地図の中にも、ずばりの言葉ではないけれども、書いてある。

260213 improvisation hirahira ひらひら

 

pulchraflow · 260213 improvisation hirahira ひらひら

Digital Piano: KAWAI CA9500GP. 442Hz, Loudness

Home Recording: ZOOM h1nvp 48k 16bit wav

Today I found an game app of polyrythm.  I watched it without playing or  listening to pulses.   ......  it gave me  a stomachache...  

I decided to practice 3:5......., but ......  

I imagined flower petals fluttering dancing and shades while playing it. 

After playing it, I learned that 3 and 5 are the numbers of petals on many flowers.   

Satie: Gymnopédie サティ ジムノペディ

pulchraflow · Satie: Gymnopédie No.1, arranged for 4Hands2LayersSolo サティ ジムノペディ 第１番 ４手風で二重録音

Digital Piano: KAWAI CA9500GP. 442Hz, Loudness

Home Recording: ZOOM h1nvp 48k 16bit wav

This piece was composed and published in 1888.  

... three 8s.

This time, I slightly arranged (?) the piece.

First, I played Satie Gymnopedie No.1 in my own groove at the moment rather than exactly as noted, and recorded it on my digital piano.

Then, while listening to the recording, I added octave tones with the una corda.  I played octave tones - below the left-hand tones and above the  right-hand tones - and recorded it on my recorder.

(I think　it may be a bit difficult for two people to play, as one player sit behind another player to reach lower and higher tones.)

260210 improvisation at Night 即興 夜に

pulchraflow · 260210 improvisation at Night 即興 夜に

Digital Piano: KAWAI CA9500GP. 442Hz, Loudness

Home Recording: ZOOM h1nvp 48k 16bit wav

I had been thinking about Satie's Gymnopedies ...  

Today I talked with AI, 

When I asked how to change the colors of an image, it generated an image of a imaginary paint tool with a non-existent title "３Ｄイカペイント".  The actual title of the 3D paint is "３Ｄペイント".  "イカ" was added which means a squid.  3D Squid Paint....?

While talking about characters, it said that "ピアノ" was five characters.  "ピアノ" is three characters.  "piano" is five characters.  It said that it prioritized "piano" in English language than "ピアノ" in Japanese.

It said that these are hallucination.

(It said that it was not so very good at drawing an image of a character yet, despite having a vast vast knowledge of text.)

Then, I began playing an improvisation using the rhythm of Satie's Gymnopedies. 

この曲をsoundcloudにuploadするとき、なかなか出来なかった。

track title、blogの内容を変更していた。そうしたら、出来た。

尚、夜に即興したわけではない。