Music from someone who knows no music theory!
Due to a certain pandemic, I started picking up some old and new hobbies. Despite playing piano since the 1st grade and the flute since the 5th, I don't really have a good grasp of music theory, especially when it comes to composition. Nevertheless, here are some arrangements of (existing) songs that I've written and that have made it to finish line. Meaning, all the songs below should have a recording played by real people (instruments other than flute, piano, piccolo were not played by me) and the sheet music I've created.

Ordinary Days
Posted by: Keith

This was the first piece I mixed myself, which was a whole new part of audio production to me. I'd love to get better, but I'm pretty happy with this as a first product.

Sheet Music

Completed: Feb 14, 2024

始まりの街
The Town of Beginnings
Posted by: Keith

A fun little instrumental piece with a string quartet + a wind quintet. This was fun to arrange and play, but I do wish the strings blended a bit more with the winds in the final product.

Sheet Music

Completed: Apr 7, 2023

リズと青い鳥 第三楽章 「愛ゆえの決断」
Liz and the Bluebird, Third movement, "A decision of Love"
Posted by: Keith

This was a really interesting one for me -- trying to reduce a full orchestra to four instruments really taught me a lot. Overall, I was really happy with how this turned out.

Sheet Music

Completed: Jun 29, 2022

次回予告
Jikai Yokoku (Lit. Next time preview)
Posted by: Keith

A quick and simple arrangement I did in an afternoon because there's a fun little progression at the end. Mostly just surprised that I got a banjo recording.

Sheet Music

Completed: Aug 15, 2021

ふわふわ〜な食卓☆
Fuwafuwa na Shokutaku (Lit. Fluffy Dining Table)
Posted by: Keith

A fun little piece that was arranged simply because I wanted to play it. The trickiest part was trying to figure out how I wanted to get some percussive effect, ultimately done with the guitar. Not sure what a fluffy dining table means though...

Sheet Music

Completed: Jun 27, 2021

君と一緒なら
Kimi to Issho Nara (Lit. If it's with you)
Posted by: Keith

The first arrangement I ever did. While there are things I would redo differently about the arrangement itself, there were more issues with some of the recordings that weren't completely fixable in mixing.

Sheet Music

Completed: Jun 26, 2021

はつこい
Hatsukoi (Lit. First Love)
Posted by: Keith

The show this song is from is about quintuplets, and as such this arrangement was born from a joke about arranging for a brass quintet. I struggled a bit with voicing and still don't really know how to best utilize the homogeneous sound created by a brass choir.

Sheet Music

Completed: May 20, 2021

約束
Yakusoku (Lit. Promise)
Posted by: Keith

This one is a bit different in that it's rock -- something that songs I arrange aren't (for no particular reason). I was pretty pleased with how this one turned out

Sheet Music

Completed: Apr 24, 2021

はるのとなり
Haru no Tonari (Lit. Next to Spring)
Posted by: Keith

A comfy song from a comfy show about camping. There are 3 flutes too -- can you tell what instrument I play?

Sheet Music

Completed: Mar 20, 2021

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