The piece is written for a left-handed pianist, that means, the performer should use only his/her left

hand.
Not only for playing but he/she should ‘forget’ about their right hand. The whole idea of the work is to write
a piece for someone who can have an injury of the right hand. The piece can be treated as a small
performance. The pianist should then behave himself/herself as if they would have a paresis of the right arm
during the whole presentation on stage (included page turning and so on).

The are used also octave keys instead of an 8va line.

Synthesiser is programmed in Helm connected with the Max patch. The Helm presets and Max Patch are
available on demand.

Technical requirements:

Piano with preparations (C)

Stereo PA system (B)
Mixing console with 6 inputs connected to PA (A)
2x contact microphone for piano pedals (3), (4)
2x cardioid condenser microphone for piano preparations (5), (6)
MIDI keyboard min. 5 octaves (D)
MIDI pedal sustain type (E)
Cables and stands
Table for a computer with audio interface (F) 1 x 1,5 m
Power socket for the computer

The piece is scored for any kind of piano.

Preparation:
The pianist should be equipped with the following items:
1 glass rod (length: 29-30 cm)
5 plastic straws
12 tuner’s mutes
I
11 cap erasers
6 golf tees

The pianist should be additionally equipped with:

1 plastic knife (to put the preparation items between the strings)
2 pieces of a sandpaper (different graininess) stuck to the shoe soles (contact point with a pedal)

Preparation:
The preparation in the whole piece is permanent except the glass rod which is put on the strings at the
beginning and taken in the indicated moment (information: glass rod out in the score)
Here you can find an explanation, how to prepare the piano properly, without any damages on the
instrument:
plastic straws: https://vimeo.com/311333801
golf tee and cap eraser: https://vimeo.com/311333019
The cap eraser should be cut at the one end to place it on the string (shown in the video)
tuner’s mute: https://vimeo.com/311332865

The scale design of the piano (number of strings per note and construction of the whole sound board) can be
different on each instrument, so it is allowed to adapt the indicated preparation to the piano.

pitch/key material string

(1-2; 2-3)
A2 x/glass rod
A♯2 x/glass rod
H2 x/glass rod
C1 x/glass rod
C♯1 x/glass rod
D1 x/glass rod
D♯1 x/glass rod
E1 x/glass rod
F1 x/glass rod
F♯1 x/glass rod
G1 x/glass rod
G♯1 x/glass rod
A1 x/glass rod
A♯1 x/glass rod
H1 x/glass rod
C x/glass rod
C♯ x/glass rod
D x/glass rod
D♯ x/glass rod
E x/glass rod
F golf tee 1-2
F♯ golf tee 1-2
G golf tee 1-2
G♯ golf tee 1-2
A ---
A♯ cap eraser 2
H ---
c golf tee 2-3 (1-2)
c! ---
d ---

II
d! ---
e ---
f cap eraser 2
f! cap eraser 2
g ---
g! ---
a ---
a! ---
h ---
c1 ---
c!1 ---
d1 ---
d! 1 ---
e1 ---
f1 ---
f!1 plastic straw 2-3
g1 plastic straw 2-3
g!1 golf tee 2-3
a1 ---
a!1 ---
h1 ---
c2 plastic straw 2-3
c!2 cap eraser 2
d2 cap eraser 2
d!2 ---
e2 ---
f2 cap eraser 2
f!2 plastic straw 2-3
g2 cap eraser 2
g! 2 plastic straw 2-3
a2 cap eraser 2
a! 2 ---
h2 ---
c3 cap eraser 2
c!3 ---
d3 cap eraser 2
d!3 tuner’s mute
e3 ---
f3 cap eraser 2
f!3 ---
g3 ---
g! 3 ---
a3 ---

III
 a!3 tuner’s mute 1-2; 2-3 (two mutes)
h3 tuner’s mute 1-2; 2-3 (two mutes)
c4 ---
c!4 ---
d4 ---
d!4 ---
e4 tuner’s mute 1-2; 2-3 (two mutes)
f4 ---
f!4 cap eraser 2
g4 ---
g! 4 tuner’s mute 1-2; 2-3 (two mutes)
a4 ---
a!4 ---
h4 ---
c5 tuner’s mute 1-2; 2-3 (two mutes)

Pedal indications in the score:

RP – right pedal
MP – middle pedal
LP – left pedal
MIDI – MIDI pedal

- press and release the pedal in the given rhythm

- very fast scraping without pressing the pedal by the sandpaper on the
shoe

- round scraping the pedal

- silent pressing of the keys

RSS indication means Randomly Selected Sample. During the concert the piano part will be recorded (bars
49-55) then randomly selected samples from the recording will be chosen by program and played at
indicated places.

IV
 skąd wziąłem myśli
for a pianio for left hand
Estera Wityńska (2021)
q = 54
4 Œ. j j3 j
œ ˙ w. œ bœ ˙. œw œ œ ˙
Synthesizer 3

Left Hand &4 ‰ œ ˙. ˙. œ bœ

R J
turns on the synthetizer 3

44 œ ‰ . Ó .
skad_wzialem_mysli_synth_1

MIDI Pedal R ∑ ∑ ∑

& b w˙ . œw œ œj ˙ œœ . œ ˙ . b œ ˙
5 3

œ œ ẇ œ nœ. œ
J J
? ≈ œJ . ˙ . w ˙. œ bœ w
LH 3

j3 r5
9

& ˙w œ #œ œ wœ b œ ˙ . œ˙ . œ b œ ˙ œ bœ ww
J R
? w w ww b w˙ .
LH
‰ b œJ œ œ œ
3 5

13

& b ww ww ww ww b w˙ . bœ
j3
? ww ww ww œ˙ . œ bœ ˙ ww
LH
œ œ.
5

?
& œ œ j
18
3

w bœ ˙ ww ww ww w˙ . bœ
LH
? ww ww ww ˙œ .
˙.
œ. b œ ww

r r r r r r
3

∑ ‰ œ ‰ Œ ‰ . œr Œ Œ Œ ‰ œ ‰ œj œj Œ Œ ≈ œr ‰ Ó ≈ œj . œj ‰
œ œ œ 3 œ œ œ
RP
ç ç ç ç ç ç
turns on the amplification

œ ‰. Ó.
of the piano soundboard

MIDI ∑ R ∑ ∑ ∑
 ˙ œ œj œ w˙ . ˙w Ó
3

? w œ œ. ˙. bœ w
23

? ww j3
ww wœ bœ bœ ˙.
LH
œ. œ ˙ w ww

!œ . !œ !œ
≈ J œR ≈ ‰ Ó ˙
r
∑ Ó ≈ r‰ Œ
œ
Œ ≈ Ó Œ
RP œ
ç π 5

change of the synthesizer turns on contact microphone on RP

œ ‰. Ó. œ ‰. Ó.
skad_wzialem_mysli_synth_2
∑ ∑ ∑
turns off the previous amp.
MIDI R R

? bw œ œ œ. ˙ œ ˙ w ∑ t
28

œ. J
j3
LH
? ˙ j
Piano

œ bœ œ wœ . œ ‰ Ó. ∑ Ó t Œ
w ‰ Ó n b b ‚‚‚‚‚
!˙ !˙ !œ œ !œ œ ®≈ ‰
RP Ó Ó Œ ≈J RÔ ∑ ∑
7

MP Ó ˙

t
33

†
w w w w w
â
LH
F
t
n b b wwww wwww wwww wwww wwww
∏
!˙ œ œ!
œ œ !œ œ !œ œ !œ
RP ≈®œ ˙ æR æ
œ . ®‰
æJ ∑ ‰ ≈R œ≈Œ Œ Œ ‰≈ J
5

(œ )
MP w w w w

2
 œ̄
† R ‰tr
38

Î œ ˙. w w
â
LH
F
t ‰. r
n b œœœ ˙˙˙˙ ...
b œ wwww wwww
∏
œ ‰ Œ Ó ˙ (œ )
∑
RP J ˙
!œ . !œ . œ œ. !
! !
œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ. ≈ œ
LP Œ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ ®R J J æ ≈
7 6
turns off contact microphone RP

Œ œ ‰. Ó Ó. Œ ≈œ
turns on contact microphone LP turns off LP amp.
MIDI R ∑ R
6

t ∑ Œ ≈ j
41

bw w bœ . ˙ w
LH Fâ F â Fâ
tÓ Œ Œ ≈ j
n b b ‚‚‚‚‚ b n wwww wwww b œœœœ ..
. ˙˙˙˙ n b b wwww
∏ ∏ ∏
∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ˙
RP ˙
MP Ó ˙ w w
∑ ∑ ∑ Œ ≈ œj . ˙
œ
LP ˙.
œ̄
∑ Œ ‰ J Ó ∑
46

†
Î
t Ó †
LH
˙ bw ˙ b˙
Fâ Fâ
t
˙˙˙˙ ˙˙˙˙˙ b n wwww ˙˙˙˙ n b ˙˙˙˙
π ∏ ∏
Œ ˙ Ó
RP w ˙.
MP w
3
 q = 120
œ- œ- b œ- . œ- .
œ- œ-
Quotation: Esemerem

œ #œ œ œ œ. œ bœ œ œ œ. bœ
J J
49

LH † &
Î
5 7

œ ‰. Ó.
turns on recording

MIDI R ∑ ∑

œœ œ œ œ œ . b œ .
q = 92
- œ- - - --
œ
bœ œ œ . œ œ 2 œ b œ - œ - - b œ- ? b œ œ # œ- œ- n œ- b œ- -
œ
& R R
52

LH 4 #œ œ bœ
6

Ó. ≈ . Kr 2 œ r ® r. ®
LP œ 4 R œ. œ

œ- q = 44
glass rod out

œ U, q = 72
? œ-œ 5 œ ˙.
- - - 16
œ t r ?
43 # œ
54

LH
# œ- b œ- œ b œ -
œ # œ n œ # œ n œ œ œ
b œ- œ - - # œ- - n œ- b œ- - œ
- - -
5 U
43
Synthesizer

‰ j j ‰ 16 ∑ ∑ ∑
RP œ- œ-
j
5 U
j ‰ ∑ 43 ∑ ∑
œ
LP œ œ 16
changes synth. for:
skad_wzialem_mysli_synth_3
turns off recording
U
∑ 5 Œ
16 œ, 43 ∑ ∑
MIDI R

4
 q = 128 q. = 92 œ. œ #œ œ
∑ 4 ∑ 9 Œ. Œ. œ œ 3
58

El. & 4 8 #œ. œ 4

. . ˘œœ . -
4 # www œ- . œ- . # œ- .
œ # œ- .
Piano Synthesizer

? 9 3
Piano

œ R ‰ #œ ‰ 4 8 œ. # œ- . 4
LH
œ . R -
#œ . π
fl
ped. ad lib. change of the synthesizer

4 9 œ ≈ ‰ ‰ Œ. œ≈‰ ‰ 3
skad_wzialem_mysli_synth_4 turns on electronic sample
MIDI ∑ 4 ∑ 8 R R ∑ 4

Synthesizer

œ̄ q. = 92 q. = 54 rall.
q = 116 U
? 43 r ‰ . ‰ r ≈ Œ 44 r ‰ . † R ‰ . ? r ‰ . ‰ r ≈ 98 œ. œ . 44
62

œ œ
2 2

LH
œ œ
#œ œ #œ Î # œ œ # œ . #œ.
fl fl fl fl fl π
Ï Ï

q = 44
q = 116 F p ƒ
Piano . r .r .r
p r Ó
? 4 # œw œ 3 œœ . 4 #˙ #˙ # ww 3 # ˙˙ .. # ˙ . 4
8 ‰ œ≈ 4 w œ #w
66

4 4 4
> ‰. œ ‰. ‰. œ ‰. >
LH
f R. R. R. ƒ
p r
44 ∑ 38 ∑ 44 Ó œ
43 ∑ 44
RP ˙ w

q = 94 q. = 54 π
π ‰ ≈ .r . . . . . . . .
? 44 # w# œ . # œ . ˙ . ˙ . . . ≈‰
˙. 42 # ˙ # ˙ 68 3
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 8 œ œ œr 43
71

≈
LH
#˙. œ.
ƒ !
4 2 6 j ≈ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ 3 ‰ œ 3
4 w 4 ˙ 8 œ. 8 4
RP
-
4 2 6 3 œ ‰ ‰ 3
turns on RP amp.
MIDI 4 ∑ 4 ∑ 8 ∑ 8 J 4

5
 q = 128
RSS RSS
20-1000 ms 20-1000 ms

43 44 Œ ≈ Ó. ‰ ≈
75

El. ∑ ∑

. . ˘œœ . 4
Piano

?3 œ
Synthesizer

4 œ R ‰ #œ ‰ 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
LH
œ . R
#œ .
fl
ped. ad lib.
! ! !œ œ ®≈ ‰ Œ ≈!œ ˙ !˙ !˙
34 ≈ œJ . œR ≈ ‰ Œ 44 Œ ≈ œJ œ RÔ Ó Ó
RP
π 7 5

43 44 Œ ≈œ‰ Ó Œ Œ Œ ‰. œ
sample sample
MIDI ∑ R R ∑ ∑

RSS RSS
20-1000 ms 20-1000 ms

Œ ‰. Œ ‰.
80

El. ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

?Ó t Œ
n b b ‚‚‚‚‚ w w w w w
â
LH F
? ∑ t
n b b wwww wwww wwww wwww wwww
∏
!˙ œ œ!
œ œ ≈ ® œ ˙ œ . ®‰ !œ œ œ≈Œ Œ !œ œ !œ
RP ∑ æR æ æJ ∑ ‰≈R Œ ‰≈ J
5

(œ )
MP Ó ˙ w w w w

LP ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

Œ ‰. œ Ó Œ ‰. œ Ó
sample

∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
sample
MIDI R R

6
 RSS RSS RSS
20-1000 ms 20-1000 ms 20-1000 ms

Œ ≈ ‰ Œ ‰. ‰. Ó.
86

El. ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

t ‰. r ∑
œ ˙. w w bw w
â â
LH
F F
t ‰. r Ó Œ
n b b œœœœ ˙˙˙˙ ... wwww wwww n b b ‚‚‚‚‚ b n wwww wwww
∏ ∏
œ ‰ Œ Ó
˙ (œ )
∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
RP J ˙
MP Ó ˙ w w
!œ . œ œ . œ !
!œ . œ œ
!
!œ œ œ œ . œ
LP Œ Œ ‰ Œ ‰ ®R J ‰J ≈æ ≈ ∑ ∑ ∑
7 6

turns off contact microphone RP

Œ œ ‰. Ó Œ ≈ œ ‰ Œ ‰. œ ‰. œ Ó.
turns on contact microphone LP sample sample sample
MIDI R ∑ R R ∑ ∑ R

RSS
20-1000 ms

≈
92

El. ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

tŒ ≈ Ó ∑
j
bœ . ˙ w ˙ bw ˙ b˙
LH F â Fâ Fâ Fâ
tŒ ≈ j ∑
b œœœœ .. ˙˙˙˙ n b b wwww ˙˙˙˙ ˙˙˙˙˙ b n wwww ˙˙˙˙ n b ˙˙˙˙
.
∏ ∏ π ∏ ∏
∑
˙ Œ
˙ Ó ∑
RP ˙ w ˙.
MP w
Œ ≈ j. œ ∑ ≈ r ‰ Ó. ∑ ∑
LP œ ˙ ˙. œ

≈ œ ‰ Ó. œ ‰. Ó.
sample turns off everything
MIDI ∑ ∑ ∑ R ∑ R