Now in Tokyo, we can’t see ice even in the middle of winter, but when I was a child, there was ice in the town. Ice of buckets and frost pillars were children’s toys. However, because snow rarely piles up on roofs, icicles don’t form, so I always had a bit of a longing for them.

When I was looking for photos of ice on the net, I found many cute icicle photos. These photos are almost musical instruments! I put the sounds together according with the icicles.


This song is played only on higher 3 strings to make the sounds icy. You can play it when you are exchanging lower strings. And, no open string used in this song, so you can play in any key. I played it in A and half tone up B♭ .

• Title: The Rose Left Alone
• Composer: Issay Tsumeki ( 爪木一晴 )
• Work number: Op. 27
• Date of composition: Sep. 23, 2020
• Date of release Feb. 11, 2023

• A Pair of Icicles; Photo by Roger Geuns on Unsplash
• Twenty-one Icicles; Photo by Robert Zunikoff on Unsplash
• Icicles under Wood Beam; Photo by Jessica Y on Pixabay
• Green Leaves and Icicles; Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash
• Two Pairs of Icicles; Photo by Alan Levine on PxHere
• Eleven Icicles; Photo by Nancy Morris on Pixabay
• Countless Icicles; Photo by Izzy Park on Unsplash
• Twelve Icicles under Roof; Photo on PxHere