ICI ET MAINTENANT...

This 5-minute piece is one of around thirty works for solo piano composed for my concerts or for educational purposes.

This piece is one of the 10 pieces of the collection PIANO SOLO Vol. 1.

All these pieces have stylistic common points:

- a harmonic search mixing classic chords and other more dissonant ones

- the most often discreet integration in the same piece of several different influences or references (baroque, classical, jazz, pop, etc.)

- a musical discourse that is always melodic, coherent and expressive

- an implementation of irregular rhythms within traditional measures

- a playing technique that plays a lot on highlighting accented notes

This is why all these pieces require good technique and a certain physical commitment.

This piece, “Ici et maintenant…”, composed in 2014, is in three parts, the beginning and end of the piece, in 4 beats, framing a central slow waltz in the spirit of Erik SATIE.

In 4-beat parts, the left hand has a melodic function while the right hand is more responsible for the harmonic texture. It must not crush the left hand.

In the central slow waltz, on the contrary, the very flexible melodic line drawn by the right hand must be brought to the fore.

The speeds indicated are for informational purposes only. We can play the piece more or less quickly depending on everyone’s inspiration!

The title of the piece is taken from the lyrics of the song “COMME TOI” by Jean-Jacques GOLDMAN…

More information on my compositions on www.philippemabboux.com

Hoping that this piece will give you as much pleasure as its composition gave me…