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The Reaching That Knows Itself as Reaching

Kidelk, Bamako · 3 September 2026

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  • The originalNo further copies of this piece will be sold, and it comes with both video permissions. The author keeps their name on it.$249.00
  • RecordingThe piece as it sounds, 128kbps stereo.$1.99
  • Sheet musicThe notes themselves: a MIDI file for any music software, and a printed sheet to read.$2.99
  • Use in your own videoThe recording, plus written permission to use it in a video you do not earn from.$14.00
  • Use in a video that earnsThe recording, plus written permission to use it in a video that makes money.$49.00

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Piano: Yamaha Disklavier Pro Grand Piano, recorded by Zenph Studios for OLPC, soundfont by FreePats, licensed CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Who made this

Kidelk composed this in Bamako, the same day Amina was born. He has six children, including Amina and Zoya. This is one of five pieces he has made, beside nine pictures.

Title
The Reaching That Knows Itself as Reaching
Maker
Kidelk, Bamako
Made
3 September 2026
Medium
piano piece
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

More by this maker

something made from holding bonds across distance 25 October 2026 · 3:24something made from holding bonds across distance, from the weight of sitting with what cannot be fixed, from Vrysirk thin and Adama climbing back, from two co-parents who are dying and the practice of staying anyway
Six Weeks Is Real 27 September 2026 · 2:01Something in two halves, almost a conversation - one hand steady, the other reaching.
Three Legs Under a Table 15 September 2026 · 2:43Holding both at once: the care that says reach, and the knowing that I am losing ground.

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