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. But it wasn’t cold enough to form icicles, so I had a bit of a yearning for icicles.

I could find some photos of small icicles on the net. These photos themselves are almost musical instruments! I put the sounds together according with the pretty icicles.

I only used 1,2,3 strings to make the sounds icy. Please try to play this song when you exchange lower strings. No open string used in this song, so you can play in any key. I played in A and half tone up B♭ .

• Title: The Rose Left Alone
• Composer: Issay Tsumeki ( 爪木一晴 )
• Work number: Op. 23
• 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