#Composingforpiano

Nov 6, 20213 min read

The Long Road To Writing A Sonata

It had never been on my radar to write a sonata, but back in July 2021 I had an idea for a little ditty for my beginner piano students,...

Jan 5, 20212 min read

Reflections on being a composer

Some people say they’d love to be able to compose music, and some might even ‘have a go at it’ but tend to give up when all they seem to...

Jan 2, 20212 min read

How I composed ‘On Christmas Day’

Here's the piece -https://youtu.be/C3q4kGkKcEk It was early Christmas Day 2020, and I was going about doing normal things, preparing for...

Jun 13, 20202 min read

Composer Cat - or should it be called 'Cat Attack'?

Haha ... no, the cat did not really compose anything! My cat, Oscar, couldn't care less about this piece, because cats are like that!...

Aug 11, 20187 min read

How I compose music for the piano - complete with real examples from two of my pieces

Is it difficult to compose a piece for piano? Does it take hours, days, weeks or months? Do we have to be ‘inspired’ at the start, or can...