The spring equinox has passed and the days are growing longer and lighter. This episode explores the feeling of spring with piano improvisation.

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This episode shares the Ukraine National Anthem with a few gentle variations.

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Reflecting on the theme of peace, this episode creates gentle music that flows from a sad minor melody into a more hopeful resolve.

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No theme to celebrate the 20th episode - just freeform gentle piano improvisation and it goes where it goes.

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With the left hand and right hand playing in different keys, this episode explores the theme of unity and works towards a resolution.

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This episode creates some gentle music around the theme of romance for Valentine's Day.

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Triplets are sets of 3 notes that appear in rhythms that would normally be broken into 2 or 4 notes. Triplets create variation and this episode explores triplets through improvisation.

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An octave is a relationship between two notes where one pitch is double the frequency of the other. Octaves are another building block of music and this episode explores improvising with them.

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This episode plays around with the melody of "Au clair de la lune", a French folksong which translates to "by the light of the moon".

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Playing in the deep end of the piano, below middle C. This episode embraces the low notes with improvisation.

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