Is This the Worst Scoring Brief Ever? April Fools’ with Lucy Hayes

To close out Piano Week, Lucy Hayes was handed a secret scoring challenge she didn’t see coming – her own blooper reel.

What starts as unguarded behind-the-scenes moments quickly becomes something else: proof that humour and harmony run on the same logic, timing, tension, and release – and that a single instrument can hold all of it at once.

0:00 – Introduction & The Secret Scoring Challenge
1:00 – Happy April Fools’ Day
1:21 – Planning the Approach: Reharmonizing Speech
2:12 – Finding the Melody in Speech
3:28 – Writing the Initial Sketch
4:09 – Presenting the First Draft
5:16 – Refining the Score: “Hi, I’m Lucy”
7:05 – Adding Pedal & Fixing Velocity
9:12 – Key Change & Building the Middle Section
10:19 – Tips on Writing Harmony
13:50 – Listening Back: Halfway Check
15:03 – Polishing the MIDI & Refining the Sketch
17:31 – Final Section Begins
20:00 – Last Tweaks & Accents
22:04 – Final Review & Playthrough
23:07 – Full Scored Blooper Reel Playback