The big grey Dog

The hundred sentences tell the story of the big grey dog. Each sentence is also the title of a musical piece. Each piece fills two pages – so you never have to turn pages while playing. The player of the opera does not need to worry about the numbers over the notes. They are a trichordal analysis of the music, which are written down by the composer in order to find his way through his often quirky trichordal pieces: hereby the number 1 denotes the note C, 2 the note C# etc., a denotes the note A, b the note B flat and c the note B. All possible symmetrical trichords are used. At the piano some pieces are transposed for one or two octaves higher or lower as indicated at the beginning of each piece. The 8va alta or 8va bassa- indications in the pieces are added to the octave of the piece performed on the piano. Therefore, the 8va alta / bassa indications are always to be considered relative to the general position on the piano, while on the toy-piano they are ignored. Fifty of the pieces are composed for a toy-piano with 30 keys, respectively 2 ½ octaves from C to F, the other fifty are composed for a toy-piano with 37 keys, respectively 3 octaves from F to F. Whether a piece belongs to the former or the latter type, is indicated at the beginning.
According to the desired length of the performance a certain number of pieces is chosen. It is also possible to choose none or all the pieces. The titles of the chosen pieces shall be read out before the respective piece is performed. It is also possible to read the titles of the pieces which are not performed. If desired one can read out all the hundred titles and play only the chosen pieces after the respective title.