Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today let's go into another Three Tune Tuesday post.

As always, thanks to @ablaze for making this series. Lots of people participate in it! Follow the tags to find a ton of good music recommendation.

The past few days I've been more on an instrumental kick. In truth, most of the time when I am listening to music, it is likely to be instrumental music. That may be jazz or classical or some video game music from my childhood. My son loves gaming so that last appeals to him most even if it is from games long before he was born, so it's a crossover genre we sometimes listen to together (although I am always trying to get him more into jazz and classical).

Today I thought we'd look at some more relaxing piano music. All of these are from Japanese artists as well.

Haruka Nakamura - Piano Ensemble

I love this song. It is a quiet exploration of some nice themes. Set to the music is a bunch of random clips from around Japan. I could almost swear some of the more small town video clips are from places I know around my adopted hometown here. The video is filtered to make it look like an old film camera. Maybe that contributes to my like of this song.

At any rate, sit back and enjoy.

Umitaro Abe - Moments Musicaux 〜Thème〜

This is a slightly more uptempo song than the first, but with a similar theme, one of reminiscing. The video is simple but nice.

Katsuhisa Hattori - Le Rhône～3 Generation Version～

Lastly, let's end with this really wonderful piece. It also features violin, so I suppose I'm breaking my post theme, but maybe you can forgive me that after you hear how good it is.

"3 Generation Version", by the way, refers to the fact that his son and granddaughter are playing with him.

So what's your favorite?

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David LaSpina is an American photographer and translator lost in Japan, trying to capture the beauty of this country one photo at a time and searching for the perfect haiku. He blogs here and at laspina.org. Write him on Twitter or Mastodon.