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When I Was a Little Child

A piece that brings a smile to your face by recalling peaceful memories of a happy childhood when you are weary from life

Difficulty · EasyClassical
When I Was a Little Child — Original 2020 Album Cover

The story behind the piece

When I Was a Little Child

A healing piano piece by composer Lee Sang Gul that magically evokes happy memories

Happy Childhood Memories.

Although I am currently weighed down by the burdens of life, I can smile when I occasionally recall my happy childhood.

“When I was a little child” is a piano piece that evokes gentle memories of childhood.

When I Was a Little Child — Original 2020 Album Cover
When I Was a Little Child — Original 2020 Album Cover

Left Behind

It has been included again in the full-length piano album *Left Behind*.

Left Behind · 2024 piano album cover
Left Behind · 2024 piano album cover

Listener Comments · Piano

SubmitHub · Verified reviewer
“Me encanta la producción y sonoridad, tanto el timbre del piano como el reverb justo y necesario que tiene para crear la atmósfera. La composición es preciosa, con toques de armonía muy originales. Es muy relajante que prevalezca la tesitura media/aguda del piano. Me gustan mucho las modulaciones menor/mayor de ~2:00. También muy buena interpretación. Trabajo muy redondo, enhorabuena!”

I love the production and sound quality, both the timbre of the piano and the just right reverb that creates the atmosphere. The composition is beautiful, with very original touches of harmony. It is very relaxing that the medium/high tessitura of the piano prevails. I really like the minor/major modulations around 2:00. Also very good interpretation. Very well rounded work, congratulations!

SubmitHub · Reviewer
“Hola! me gusta la composicion. Creo que tienes un buen manejor en el desarrollo melodico y armonico. Hay armonias inesperadas que quedan asombrosas No me agrada del todo el sonido de piano, siento que tiene demasiado reverb. Creo que un sonido mas intimo quedaria muy bien Saludos”

Hello! I like the composition. I think you have a good handle on melodic and harmonic development. There are unexpected harmonies that sound amazing. I'm not entirely fond of the piano sound; I feel it has too much reverb. I think a more intimate sound would work very well. Best regards.

SubmitHub · Verified reviewer
“Nice song, I like the title and the feeling of the song seem to match. Well performed and produced. The composition is very well thought out and arranged and the phrasing is fairly cohesive. Well done!”

Nice song, I like the title and the feeling of the song seem to match. Well performed and produced. The composition is very well thought out and arranged and the phrasing is fairly cohesive. Well done!

SubmitHub · Verified reviewer
“Beautiful. Advice, this song have to be in a short film or full feature film. It sounds like the theme or main character song. No wonder the tittle, it is perfect. Congratulations. ”

Beautiful. Advice, this song have to be in a short film or full feature film. It sounds like the theme or main character song. No wonder the tittle, it is perfect. Congratulations.

Sheet music

When I Was a Little Child — piano score

4 pages of piano music · 1 page of copyright and usage information

A closer look at the score

Written in 4/4 time at an *Andante* tempo, the right-hand melody moves in gentle arcs over sustained chords in the left hand. The addition of Ddim and Fm to the soft hues of C9 and FM7 introduces subtle variations to the familiar melody. In the subsequent section, the left hand shifts to eighth-note arpeggios, adding a sense of flow to the recurring theme.

In the middle section, the texture becomes denser as the melody incorporates double stops and sixteenth-note figures. After building from *mp* to *mf* and *f*, the initial theme returns; the piece concludes by slowing down and softening—marked by *rit.* and a *decrescendo*—before coming to rest on a Cadd2 chord.

Orchestral arrangement

The Orchestral Collection · Lee Sang Gul · album cover

Jazz arrangement

Piano Meets Jazz — Jazz album image provided by Lee Sang Gul

Listen to all versions

Piano and arranged versions organized by release order.