Pianist

fena · Post by **fena** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:48 am

Just wondering if you guys know any good songs that I could be playing right now? I'd love it if you could dig up some sheet music that I could print off along with it (or else I couldn't play it, hehe).
Recently, I got into an argument with my teacher, and we decided to let me play what I wanted to play, instead of Beethoven and Bach. While I respect the two composers, I never was a big fan of their music. Chopin and Liszt I love, and I'm really looking for a song in their style, but more modern.

In the past three days, I've learned these three pieces, and I absolutely love them:
Yiruma - River Flows In You: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhN7SG-H-3k
Yiruma - Kiss The Rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCSe66pWNmc

Winter Sonata OST - http://youtube.com/watch?v=S3lx5aVGHCM
It sounds wonderful without the lyrics as well. I'm not Korean, so I don't understand what the guy's singing about, but I remember growing up listening to this song over and over again. And I found the sheet music yesterday, and printed it off. It sounds great.

Anyway, that's about the kind of style that I'm looking for. Modern. Nothing older than three-four years. Preferably in some form of a Minor key, whether it be just plain Minor, or some Mode.
Skill-level related, I'm quite proficient, so don't be afraid to throw some harder pieces at me. I think most of you would be surprised.

Thanks, guys!

TOloseGT · Post by **TOloseGT** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:58 am

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YiImp3tPs14 - Kimi ga Nozomu Eien

http://www.gangqinpu.com/html/4002.htm - Jay's Secret

Ashikiheyun · Post by **Ashikiheyun** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:59 am

Wow I really love the first two. Did you learn them by ear or did you find sheet music?

fena · Post by **fena** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:01 am

Ashikiheyun wrote:Wow I really love the first two. Did you learn them by ear or did you find sheet music?

Sheet music. I got them from this site: http://cafe.naver.com/sungielove.cafe
I have perfect pitch, though, something I'm a little proud of, so I could learn it by ear as well. For the third song though (Winter Sonata), the lyrics often overlap the piano, so it's hard, so in most cases, sheet music is better than trying to learn it by ear.

ToLoseGT, I'm listening to them. Thanks. :] Second one is taking a while to buffer, though.

I'm off to bed, guys! It's a little after 12 here, and I'm going to the mall with my friends all day tomorrow. It's a student holiday! :] (Parent/Teacher conference day)

ghostkilla43 · Post by **ghostkilla43** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:06 am

...sounds like penis...

[AoW]ForLife · Post by **[AoW]ForLife** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:15 am

Wow awesome! I play the piano too, I'm alright... what Chopin pieces do you particularly like by the way? I haven't really tried too much of him but I like his pieces. Haven't really tried my hand at the nocturnes and stuff though, just a couple pieces here and there.

Ashikiheyun · Post by **Ashikiheyun** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:24 am

fena wrote:
Ashikiheyun wrote:Wow I really love the first two. Did you learn them by ear or did you find sheet music?

Sheet music. I got them from this site: http://cafe.naver.com/sungielove.cafe
I have perfect pitch, though, something I'm a little proud of, so I could learn it by ear as well. For the third song though (Winter Sonata), the lyrics often overlap the piano, so it's hard, so in most cases, sheet music is better than trying to learn it by ear.

ToLoseGT, I'm listening to them. Thanks. :] Second one is taking a while to buffer, though.

I'm off to bed, guys! It's a little after 12 here, and I'm going to the mall with my friends all day tomorrow. It's a student holiday! :] (Parent/Teacher conference day)

Ahhh thanks man, I'll work on them, they are really nice.
Though I have to say I'm a big Beethoven fan

San · Post by **San** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:25 am

theres a song called "through the wind and the rain" by Heller, im too lazy to find it right now, but im playing it for the CMEA Merit test(lvl VII, and i hate piano >.<), its pretty awesome song

cin · Post by **cin** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:51 am

hmmmmm... well its not your style, but i play these, maybe you like em..
they fun to play songs by Scott Joplin

http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/ ... apleaf.mid

http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/ ... scades.mid

http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/ ... ntrtnr.mid

sheet music for em shouldnt be too hard to find..

TOloseGT · Post by **TOloseGT** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:19 am

my piano teacher thought i had perfect pitch also, i blew that fantasy up real fast.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gdh6xq-7LUg - Hare Hare Yukai

here's another yiruma piece

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rLgiCWe2i8Y - Maybe

fena · Post by **fena** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:01 pm

TOloseGT wrote:my piano teacher thought i had perfect pitch also, i blew that fantasy up real fast.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gdh6xq-7LUg - Hare Hare Yukai

here's another yiruma piece

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rLgiCWe2i8Y - Maybe

Hayy. The Maybe song is great. Thanks. :]
I'm gonna go and try to find some sheet music.

cin wrote:hmmmmm... well its not your style, but i play these, maybe you like em..
they fun to play songs by Scott Joplin

http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/ ... apleaf.mid

http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/ ... scades.mid

http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/ ... ntrtnr.mid

sheet music for em shouldnt be too hard to find..

Haha, I played all three of those for the American Festival (some annual thing we do here) when I was 10 or 11. I hated them both, TBH, because at the time, I liked to play things super super fast, and especially with the Maple Leaf Rag, it's not supposed to be THAT fast. It's a rag. So I had a real hard time playing it slow, but I managed.
And anyway, way, way, WAY not my style. :wink:

Off to the mall. Bai, guys. :]