Mom Asks People on TikTok To Play Her 10-Year-Old’s Sheet Music

Mom Asks TikTok Musicians to Play Daughter's Sheet Music

Kids can be so creative and sometimes they surprise even their parents. One day, a mom in Pennsylvania named Mimi Wallace discovered her daughter Olive's handwritten composition. She was naturally curious about what it would sound like. So, she shared the sheet music with TikTok, and a parade of musicians have responded.

“So my 10-year-old daughter wrote this. Could somebody play this?” Wallace said in her now-viral video which has accumulated over 6 million views. “I need to know—I need to know if it's any good or if it makes any sense.” This call for musicians of all kinds to try playing it with their instruments of choice promptly sparked a series of stitches in which people from different musical backgrounds shared their interpretations of the composition.

People’s renditions included a violin, a piano, a guitar, and even a harp. One music teacher posted a split-screen performance in which she played the song on the violin and the piano. “I come from a family of music teachers and I can read music but I don't have perfect pitch,” Wallace added. “I wanted to know what Olive's music sounded like, so I asked TikTok.” Olive, who currently studies the violin and dreams of becoming a professional, also seems to be enjoying her music being brought to life. Each time it’s played, it sounds completely new and unique.

Though they’ve received a bevy of responses, Wallace and her daughter are still curious to hear what the piece would sound like on a bagpipe. Hopefully more people will come forward to share their talents.

Pennsylvania mom Mimi Wallace made a viral video asking people on TikTok to play sheet music that her 10-year-old daughter, Olive, wrote.

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Immediately, musicians on TikTok posted responses with their interpretation of the piece.

People used a range of instruments, from a piano to a guitar, and even a harp.

Each rendition put a unique spin on the short piece.

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Mimi Wallace: TikTok
h/t: [Today]

All images via TikTok.

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Margherita Cole

Margherita Cole is a Contributing Writer at My Modern Met and illustrator based in Southern California. She holds a BA in Art History with a minor in Studio Art from Wofford College, and an MA in Illustration: Authorial Practice from Falmouth University in the UK. She wrote and illustrated an instructional art book about how to draw cartoons titled 'Cartooning Made Easy: Circle, Triangle, Square' that was published by Walter Foster in 2022.
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