Canyon in E- is a three-part piano composition written in a newly conceptualized key: "E minus." Designed for a single performer using two separate electronic keyboards, the piece cannot be played as written on a single instrument. Each page of the music score features two grand staves-one for the left-hand part and one for the right-hand part-requiring the musician to navigate a dual keyboard setup. The parts to the one-hand ("keyboard 1") and the other-hand ("keyboard 2") are connected with a thin line between each grand staff. Each musician can choose which hand is most suitable.
The piano composition emphasizes expressive use of damper pedals and challenges the performer to approach physical playing technique in a way that differs significantly from traditional single-keyboard works.
This book includes the full Canyon in E- composition, along with explanatory notes, targeted musical exercises, and performance guidance. It also provides a detailed discussion on configuring the dual-keyboard setup for optimal sound and playability.
The Canyon in E- project is more than a composition-it is an acoustic landscape shaped by resonance, contrast, and transformation. The score offers a path through this terrain, but meaning emerges in how each performer chooses to traverse it. This workbook is a companion to that journey. It does not prescribe interpretation; it provokes it. Through technical insights, philosophical reflections, and interpretive exercises, it invites performers to listen beyond the surface and shape sound with intention.
The piano becomes canyon wall-its cabinet responding like stone to pressure and vibration. The performer is the weather system moving through it, activating latent resonances. The listener, caught in this unfolding sonic environment, experiences the transformation viscerally.
Interpretation here is not a matter of correctness, but of presence. It is shaped by moments of silence and surprise. It is the evolving dialogue between sound, space, and self. Without interpretation from the musician, the composition is as good as the printed score... dry and absolute. With artistic expression, the piece becomes a unique experience and a gift for those who listen.
