I shot the piano player

Let's face it, I have a strange job. Some days I bark like a dog. Other days I'm just flat-out screaming my face off. Today I had to come up the sounds of a piano-player falling over dead after they've been shot. Now for the sake of these examples, I've added a gunshot to the beginning, and I'll need a volunteer from the audience... ah, my sister. PERFECT.

So here's EXAMPLE 1: the pianist slumps forward (and slightly to the left) onto the lower register, and then slides off. Pretty simple and straightforward.

EXAMPLE 2 is a little over the top, but some might prefer it: the pianist falls onto the middle register, and the body slides down the keyboard for a dramatic flourish.

EXAMPLE 3 is the artsy-fartsiest version: the classic double-forearm smash... followed by a very subtle slide off the keyboard. If I could've shot Newman for this one, I would've (not because I want to shoot Newm, just because I thought of him when I played this one).

EXAMPLE 4 is definitely the most realistic: the left hand hits the lower keys, and the right hand hits the higher keys. I used my head to play the middle register. And yes, it did hurt. Quite a bit, in fact.

Ah, the things we do for our art...