Paths, for solo piano, (2023), by Richard P John

©2023 AUGUST TWO EDITIONS

Paths

performance notes:

There are twenty-four "phrases" (six on each page)

Each is read in standard order, left to right, Phrases can be played in any order

Each phrase to be played only once

Each note approximately two seconds long

Accidentals only affect the notes they immediately precede and in the phrase in which they occur (although some cautionay accidentals are given)

Each "phrase" is to be played within a forty second time unit, with each phrase beginning anywhere between the first fifteen seconds of a time unit (the entrance of them is at the discretion of the performer or determined by chance operations)

Timings for the beginning of time unit are shown on the following page

Sounds soft

Sustain pedal down throughout