Information:

• Source: Hello World Notebook
• Key: C Major/A Minor
• Measures: 49
• Parts: Cello and Piano
• Duration: 3:24
• Pages: 4 Pages

People trust a smile more than the truth

THE SOCIAL GLUE
Trying to resist smiling in a funny situation is almost impossible. As soon as you become aware of your own face, that idea is ridiculous and it is almost impossible not to do it. Smiling is a social glue, helps to connect to people in ways we can only imagine. Smiling is a disarming signal.

Even when we are not thinking about it, most of us smile everyday. Whether it’s quick greeting or a genuine burst of joy, a smile opens a window into our character. It’s one of the first things we look for in strangers to get a sense of their well-being. A smile makes us feel good about ourselves - both when we offer one sincerely and when we received one in return.

NOBODY TO IMPRESS
Behind this...

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• Source: Under the Sun Notebook
• Key: D Major/ B Minor
• Measures: 36
• Parts: Cello and Piano
• Duration: 3:20
• Pages: 3 Pages

“The English language is full of words that are just waiting to be misspelled, and the world is full of sticklers, ready to pounce.” ― Mary Norris, Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

ALL THE USUAL THINGS
I juſt fell in love wiþ the Engliſh language at ſome point in my early years. I don’t even remember when it ſtarted - it was juſt… ðere. Movies in þe background, pop ſongs I played all the time, claſſes where I learned juſt enough to get by. all Þe uſual things. þen, I ſtarted actually paying attention to it - which, looking back, it may have been a mistake.

Þe more time I ſpent wiþ Engliſh, þe more it ſtarted to feel a little… off. Not broken exactly. Juſt held togeðer wiþ þe linguistic equivalent of duct tape. I’d ſtop in þe...

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• Source: Open Letters Notebook
• Key: C Major/ A Minor
• Measures: 36
• Parts: Cello and Piano
• Duration: 3:32
• Pages: 3 Pages

I am convince that, the real difference between a joyful and a tragic life is, whether I die before or after the faithful pest embarks on a prayer for my soul.

I’D ASK AGAIN
People live and die all the time, it is the reason that forces me, in a way, to think about the need to claim the understanding over the essence of both: Being alive and being death. But, to whom I shall make the claim, since I know, all the elaborate narratives around mortality are constructed by our own fears, because accepting death as the end, is too inconvenient for our own fragile egos?, So I’d ask again: To whom shall I make the claim?

Pondering on the meaning of life and death, is something I do regularly, but not obsessively. Death, after all, is the ultimate...

Information:

• Source: Open Letters Notebook
• Key: C Major
• Measures: 49
• Parts: Cello and Piano
• Duration: 3;07
• Pages: 4 Pages

“Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.” ― Mark Twain

I’M NOT ASHAMED
Repetition and consistency give meaning to my life. I feel safe, and I feel the most productive when these two elements are present in my day. Habits are some of my most cherish moments in life. I believe that habits, whether they are the ones that serve me well, or the ones than make me kick myself, are more than simple routines. They are the unseen foundation of what makes me who I am. I am, indeed, a creature of habit, and I am not ashamed of it.

Even if I don’t noticed, my days are choreographed by a dance of automatic behaviors. From the moment I roll out of bed to brewed coffee, to the way I brush my teeth right before I go to sleep. I know that having a daily...

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• Source: Hello World Notebook
• Key: G Major
• Measures: 37
• Parts: Cello and Piano
• Duration: 3:08
• Pages: 3 Pages

A first glance is neither ignorance nor knowledge. It’s rather, an exciting experience to the unknown.

SINGLE GLANCE
There are moments that divide time into before and after. A single glance lasting mere seconds could shift our entire world. When we see something or someone for the first time, we immediately form opinions, these moments could define everything after that. “First glances” represent one of our most profound experiences.

Needless to say, first glances in music occur through our sense of hearing. These moments are as powerful as any other moment, of which, our sigh is involved. There is something magical about hearing a song for the very first time. The uncertainty is part of what makes that “first listen” so exciting. My mind is actively...

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• Source: Under the Sun Notebook
• Key: C Major
• Measures: 37
• Parts: Cello and Piano
• Duration: 3:00
• Pages: 3 Pages

“Your life just got a whole lot more complicated when you met me.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

THROUGH MUSIC
Life’s full of wonderful surprises that can have an emotional impact. Meeting new people, for example, can be surprising, and often leads to unexpected opportunities or a long lasting friendship. Meeting people fulfills one of our most basic psychological needs: The desire for social connection, and what a better way for me to do it than through music.

Opening a piano studio gave me the opportunity to meet, and interact with people with different backgrounds and ages. I did not know it at that time, but having met people with an interest in music, or at least curious about it, had enriched, and transformed my life in the most positive way, since they...

Information:

• Source: Open Letters Notebook
• Key: G Major
• Measures: 48
• Parts: Cello and Piano
• Duration: 3:34
• Pages: 4 Pages

All it takes is a quick glance at how life works to know that, we all, indeed, are in for a long, rough, unpredictable ride.

Hello,

FORTUNES AND FUTURES
Bad things happen to good people all the time, good things happen to awful people just as well and often, and that is shocking. On the other hand, when good things happen to good people, we smile in approval. Then, when bad people face dreadful situations, without hesitation we think they deserve it, it is karma at work, we immediately scream, and smile broadly at the same time.

I do not believe in destiny, why would I, why would anybody?. All it takes is a quick glance at how life works to know that, we all, indeed, are in for a long, rough, unpredictable ride. Fortunes and futures, who really...

Information:

• Source: Hello World Notebook
• Key: C Major/A Minor
• Measures: 37
• Parts: Cello and Piano
• Duration: 3:09
• Pages: 3 Pages

“There are two tragedies in life: one is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it.” _ George Bernard Shaw

Hello,

ADMITTING WHAT I WANT
Is it wrong to want? There’s something almost embarrassing about admitting openly and honestly what I want. “All I ever wanted” sounds simple, so small. Perhaps that’s why, wishing for something holds so much power.

But because the phrase “All I Ever Wanted” is emotionally loaded, it has become an expression that has lost much of its meaning through overuse. Writers and songwriters gravitate towards it, continuing to eroded through repetition its authenticity.

IT DOES NOT EXIST YET
The world we live in, keeps asking for more and more, demanding to dream bigger, to be ambitious to the point where we...

Information:

• Source: Approved Measures Notebook
• Key: C Major/Eb Major
• Measures: 36
• Parts: Cello and Piano
• Duration: 3:16 min
• Pages: 3 Pages

It was love at first sigh, but I didn’t think: You’re the one. Instead I thought: At last!

DNA
It appears, as if we’re always waiting for something substantial to take place, wishing for our lives to be meaningful, a wish so very strong, it cannot be by all means, ignored, nor delayed. In small doses, maladies are tolerable; BUT, the act of “waiting” for things to happen, is often seen, as bad as any illness; because, to act patiently, isn’t included in anybody’s DNA paper agreement.

A portion of the population, I am sure, can handle the lack of patience more gracefully than others, I am not one of those, although, I tried. Surely, to be successful on the art of waiting, it clearly depends on the situation I happen to be in.

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Information:

• Source: Approved Measures Notebook
• Key: C Major/A Minor
• Measures: 48
• Parts: Cello and Piano
• Duration: 3:14
• Pages: 4 Pages

“There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.” ― Walt Streightiff

READERS OF HEARTS
Children have the advantage, over adults, to not lose any sleep over many things. At any given day, they can be anything they want, and be someone else the next day. Their joyful and curious nature, allows them to be brave. They certainly, can go from smiling, to frowning upon, and back to smiling in three seconds. The innate ability to see the whole world, full of impossible possibilities, enables their imagination to make sense of it.

If you engage in conversation with children, you must know, they are always two steps ahead of you, and can detect bullshit a mile away. Indeed, kids do seem to posses a natural...