A Song of the Sea had become a very quiet song, so I was thinking of making a cheerful song next, and I unexpectedly found a photo of a hill full of sunflowers. It was exactly “Oh, this is it!”. I started making song right away.

It was after drinking, so I played chord roughly and cut it with staccato. After writing the first 8 measures, my energy ran out. I got drunk much and tired.


The next day when I looked at the score, it was really rough. But I wanted to keep the energy of the song as it was, so I tried various modifications.

It was a song made like this, so the tempo was fast and the fret moved largely, and it became a song that far exceeded my playing skill. Originally, the purpose of composing was to make simple songs that I could play, but why did this happen?


It’s a short composition of 16 measures repeated twice, but I can’t play any more long, so this is enough. Even though it’s only 1 minute song, I think I recorded it about 300 times. Rather than being satisfied, I gave it up. But a Sanshin† video said “If you want to learn a song, you have to practice one thousand times”. So my effort must not be enough.

† Sanshin is a stringed instrument of the islands of Okinawa, Japan.

• Title: Sunflower Hill
• Composer: Issay Tsumeki ( 爪木一晴 )
• Work Number: Op. 7
• Date of Composition: Nov. 17, 2018
• Date of Release: Jul. 16, 2019

• The 1st Photo; プーキー(PooKee) on PhotoAC
• The 2nd and 3rd Photos; フランク(Frank) on PhotoAC
• The 4th Photo; Dave Beasley on Unsplash
• The 5th Photo; バカボン君(Bakabon-kun) on PhotoAC
• The 6th Photo; Take2 on PhotoAC
• The Last Photo; summerstock on Pixabay