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YUSHI' S HAPPY MUSIC

空飛ぶピアノ空飛ぶキリン
Asagohan no Uta(1'23")
(part of "The song of breakfast" )

This music clip is the Yushi's most favourite part from his longest music, "the song of the breakfast" -1000 bars, 29 minutes.Picked 34 bars form 800th bar.

14 June '00




His recent work :

Updated on 25 Sep.


Hanashi, Hanashi, Cyotto Mette(1'52")
(Wait, Wait, Please talk)

Yushi's started compose some orchestra music after he went to his first classical music concert for the kids in Japan. This music has Piano, English horn, Horin in F, Celesta, Bass drum , Violin, Cherro, Cello part . You can check the first page of the score. which he wrote on his iMac.

27 Aug '00

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ(1'49")

Beautiful intro.This fantastic music has celesta, harpsichord and Synthesizer part . You can check the first page of the score.Yushi likes this music very much.

09 Sep '00 '

Kazoku no Uta(0'51")

(The song of the family)

He expression about the daily life of his family by this song ?
Simple piano music.


Yushi Otobe

(written by his uncle Koriyama)

Born in Osaka, Japan in 1996.4 years old composer. He had started piano lesson with his own strong wants in March 2000. After 2 month since he touched a piano first time, He started to compose music, Write the score on his notebook, Then 1 month later, he change the place to compose music to Apple iMac.

He learned the meaning of all musical notes and symbol by himself. (thanks to Mickey Mouse illustrated textbook of musical theory) At the lesson of the piano (30 minutes per week) has no time to teach how to compose music, also off course lesson to teach 4 years old kid are not prepared/

When he listen the piano first time, he got strong shock about the beauty of sound, listen the piano for 30 minutes .Yushi said the sounds of the piano is like a "Dance of butterfly."

He wrote many 'numbers' by finger with listening. Because "The numbers came one after another when I listen the piano, I just write its number." ,he said. Probably it's his own original musical note.

It didn't take a much time to start write a score on textbook freely, but with no rule, just write like a scribble, But soon he got a rule to how to subscribe scores properly by musical grammar textbook.

It's better to tell for no misunderstanding. No special education are not gave to him. Impossible because none of his family can do and also can't play the piano at all.. :-( Nobody around him has any idea why Yushi has great gift of many things.

He can read the book when he is 18 month years old without any difficulties. At age of two.He can count the number up to 100,At three, up to 10,000 in Japanese up to 200 in English.(13 is OK as normal)l.)


His dream in the future is to be a "Giraffe" can play the piano.Because he likes giraffe.because he likes the piano.He drinks the milk (which he don't like) with hoping his neck will be getting longer.seriously

But after he went his first classic concert, it' bit a changed.He become wanted to be a conductor who conduct his own music.

He wants to be a conductor, but *before* he become a giraffe...



The history of Yushi's work

Yasasi Uta(0'51")
(The song of the kindness )

This is the his first song made on his Apple iMac.The name of title is because he can be kind by this music.

7June '00

Yasai no Uta (2'01")
(The song of vegetable)

Because the dinner on that day was fried vegetable .he know how to use then the music become much more complicated than his first song -"Yasai no uta."

12June '00

Omisosiru no Uta (00'31")
(the song of miso soup)

Because one day, the miso-soup in his grandma's home was fantastic !!But he stooped to compose music by temptation of cookies offered by grandma...

19 June '00

Genki na Uta (3'19")
(The song of cheerfulness)

After 2 weeks since he started to compose music on his iMac compose this music with saying "This must be greatest !!"

It takes 3 hours to write this all note on score in 200 bars.He say "To play this music,I need someone who has 13 fingers..."

21June '00


Asagohan no Uta (29'53")

(The song of breakfast)

It took nearly 3 weeks to complete to write this 1000 bars music. Before he write the music, He used to decide how many bars he will wrirte.In this music it was1,000.Very long,but there is no repeat.Because he didn't know how to do. :-)


14 June '00


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Japanses kid composer- Yushi !

Yushi will be excited if you drop a line on this board.Please use English as easy as possible. Yushi try his best at read your message with his dictionary which he use from he was three yeras old.(He get this message by email.)
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about Yushi's iMac
1999 iMac 350MHz Blueberry.

The name is "Ao-cyan" given by Yushi.When Yushi started to use his iMac. He was just three, Yushi and his parents know nothing about the computer. Yushi's mum gave a phone call to me (uncle),"How can I type the capital letter on this iMac?"

But several month passed,Yushi's iMac is connected not only the internet but also his electric piano ! .He enjoy to write an email and compose the music on his iMac. It's Great !



about the way of Yushi's composition.

The way of Yushi's musical compositio may strange and amazing.

He doesn't listen the music until his notation was completed on his iMac. But He check the all note when every bar was filled. The pitch and length of each notes. He is very selective about each notes. (Off course, no melody was given by software "automatic "function or any sort of taht.He want to put the all note by himself.)

He seems has a perfect sense of absolute pitch. He can recognise the pithh of all key of piano's 88 by listening once. So he doesn't need to check the pitch of the sound when he compose.

Very fast.He doesn't stop and think when he write the music.Or I can say,he doesn't seem "he think ".Just put all note as he already know. Once I asked to him. "How do you think your your music ?".and he replied, "no. don't think.I jsut remember the new music".... Remember the new music ??!?,Hmmm.....

His strong concentration.Sometimes 3 hours passed on his work.He usually do his composition after he back to home from his kindergarden. But sometiome he wake up very early mornig,(5 o' clock) then he write music till he go to kindergarden.A lot of friends can be met on his kindergardn.But when he got a great idea about new music.He insisit to stay home to make new music."Genki no uta (the song of cheerfullness) was born in his truancy actually.Failed a sleep in font of his iMac is not a few times affair. because nothing can stop him but sleepiness.

Yes, he is crazy about the composition of the music, He does everyday. But his interesting is not only this. He also like English, everything about the number, reading the book, and playing the piano, also swiming, play in the park, ride his tricycle, draw picture, make a story, sing a song, like every 4 years kids do.

But never have a interesting for "Pokemon" ,Bach or Beethoven can be a hero rahter than Pokemon mosters for Yushi.

...Why ?



about Yushi's software

"XG works"
(the score is part of "the song of breakfast")
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This is the his first software for the music. "Yamaha XG works. ".But 2 month later since he use this software, he stopped to use and write scores on paper again. Why ? Because his knowledge was expanded. He felt a stress to this software because many notation symbol he want to use couldn't write in this software !


"Print Music!2000"
(the score is part of his music)
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Then he switched to this software "Print Music!2000 ",Unlike previous software, this is the specialized notation software. He was very excited with this software and use it. But he also like to write on a paper with pencil. So he sometimes write score on the paper.


Thank you for the visit this site and sorry fot the poor English.



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空飛ぶピアノ

This site was dedicated to Yushi and all people who loves his music.

All music were written by Yushi Otobe.
Web site creation by Yushi's uncle Akihito Koriyama

Special thanks:

Pretty animal icon in BBS by Kiyopu
iMac kid http://www.imackid.com/
People who drop a message on BBS.
Piano teacher Natsuko "pretty" sensei
English teacher Yokota "yasasi" sensei

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First Upload:6/21/00 Last Revised 9/30/00


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