Musical directions in Erik Satie's piano works:

• "Wonder about yourself."
• "Provide yourself with shrewdness."
• "Alone, for one moment."
• "Open the head."
• "Superstitiously."
• "In a very particular way."
• "Light as an egg."
• "Like a nightingale with a toothache."
• "Moderately, I insist."
• "A little bit warm."
• "Very Turkish."