I have fibromyalgia. There — I’ve said it. I don’t bring it up often, but today feels like the right moment. It began quietly, as these things tend to do. A dull ache in my left arm while playing the harp. No obvious cause. No clear explanation. Just pain, showing up uninvited and refusing to leave. Over time, the stiffness in my fingers grew harder to ignore. Then one day — or perhaps gradually, and I simply hadn’t wanted to notice — I could no longer play the piano. Or the harp. The...

The tongue drum is almost always met with the assumption: “That’s a percussion instrument, isn’t it?” Which is fair enough, given its origins. The standard playing style, the meditative style — both carry that unmistakably percussive air. And yet, I don’t really think of myself as a percussionist. When the work calls for it, I’ll play that way, of course. But what I actually want to do with the chromatic tongue drum is to play melody supported by harmony. Keeping a rhythm going is rarely on...

Welcome to My Chromatic Tongue Drum Blog " Between the Notes" Not everything belongs on a neatly organised page. I wanted to keep a place on this site for smaller thoughts, recent things, questions, and bits of reflection that come up while playing, arranging, listening, or simply going through daily life. So this blog will probably be a mixture of music, instruments, ideas, and whatever seems worth writing down at the time. Happy Easter! ところで、英語以外の言葉でブログを書くとどんな風に表示されるのかな？　とテスト。