Erik Satie, known mainly for his Gnossiennes and Gymnopédies, composed three collections of three pieces each for children learning the piano in the fall of 1913. Although composed for children, these nine pieces clearly contain Satie’s own sound world so they can be more than enjoyed by adults.

All pieces are each composed for one ten-finger position, meaning that the ten fingers play ten adjacent white keys throughout the entire piece. The hands should not be moved during a full piece. In t...