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Jul 24, 2026·2 min read#jazz#harmony#ii-V-I

ii-V-I: The Three Chords That Define Jazz

Every jazz musician learns the ii-V-I progression on day one. Here's why it's so harmonically powerful — and why every style of jazz uses some version of it.

Jul 24, 2026·3 min read#jazz#bass#walking bass

The Walking Bass Line: Jazz's Most Important Invention

The walking bass moves on every quarter beat, outlines chord tones, and creates forward momentum without a drummer. Here's how it works and why it matters.

Jul 24, 2026·4 min read#new age#piano#Japan

New Age Piano: The Japanese Tradition from Hiroshi Yoshimura to Kiraro

Japan developed one of the world's most distinctive New Age piano traditions — introspective, nature-obsessed, and technically humble in the best possible way. Here's where it came from.

Jul 24, 2026·4 min read#harmony#chord progression#music theory

Why I–V–vi–IV Never Gets Old: The Harmony Behind New Age Piano

The I–V–vi–IV chord progression appears in thousands of pop songs and nearly every New Age piano piece — there's a neurological reason it works so well.

Jul 24, 2026·5 min read#technique#arpeggio#piano

The Arpeggio as Meditation: Why the Left Hand Makes New Age Piano Work

In Kiraro's music, the right hand sings and the left hand breathes. The arpeggio pattern — root, third, fifth, octave — is not decoration. It's the reason the music feels the way it does.

Jul 24, 2026·4 min read#composition#Crystal Morning#piano

Crystal Morning: Composing a Kiraro-Style Piano Piece from Scratch

A walk through every compositional decision in Crystal Morning — from key selection to the peak moment at G5, and why the piece ends on a held C instead of a cadential figure.

Jul 24, 2026·4 min read#first snow#E minor#new age

First Snow: Writing New Age Music in Minor Key Without Sadness

Most New Age piano is stubbornly major. Minor keys carry emotional weight that's hard to manage. Here's how First Snow stays in E minor without becoming a grief piece.

Jul 24, 2026·4 min read#Starfield#synth#new age

Starfield: Writing New Age Music for Synthesizers

Most New Age piano uses acoustic instruments. Starfield uses a synth-lead and sustained strings. Here's why, and what changes when you remove the piano from the centre of the texture.

Jul 24, 2026·4 min read#Cloud Dreamer#Bb major#key color

Cloud Dreamer: Why Bb Major Sounds Different from C Major

Key color — the idea that different keys have different emotional characters — is both real and contested. Here's what Bb major does that C major can't, and why Cloud Dreamer needed it.