Musique pour la tristesse de Xion (played on grand)
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- This is "Musique pour la tristesse de Xion" from the Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts: Field and Battle. Music composed by Yoko Shimomura, arranged for piano by Sachiko Miyano.
I already made a recording of this, but for one, I was requested to make a recording on an acoustic grand, and then there was also some criticism regarding my interpretation. So this time, I play it a bit slower and with a lot of the "breathing" that was so prominent in the original CD recording. There are also a couple of mistakes in this, but altogether I think it's a decent take and I wanted to do this before I forget how to play the piece completely. Enjoy it for what it's worth. This time, contrary to my Concert Paraphrase recordings, I would say that my first one is better, but that will depend on your personal preference for sure :) Let me know what you think. Hope it's "breathy" enough for you guys this time, if not I am afraid you might hyperventilate if I attempted to do even more of it, haha.
11 years later, I still come back to listen to this masterpiece
Wow, Respect dude!
It's been 10 years since I watched this video and I'd just like to say one thing. This song and video was a major piece of my childhood, I still remember being taken aback by this song, this masterpiece among music. All I hope is that I can still enjoy it, as well as every other person who knows about it. Thank you Verdegrand, thank you
Thank you for your heartfelt comment, makes me happy.
Thank you so much
WOW... these video game pieces should be seriously considered to form part of a standard piano repertoire in contemporary music. Reminds me of some Ravel and other impressionistic composers. Excellent touch and sensibility on your part.
Yeah, years late, but as a classical composer, the KH piano collections have some banger arrangements better than a lot of standard piano repertoire, both in musicality and in how natural they are to play
This is so awesome! I think it was perfect breathy....ness...haha :) Good lord your hands are just all over the place, so fun to watch!
Just for the record, this is my favorite song. With the vast collection of Kingdom Hearts songs that I absolutely love, this is my favotite song. Thanks a lot for doing this. I couldn't dream of playing this as good as you did
@VirtualHarmonies Hello, yeah Yoko Shimomura is a great composer and I especially like how these piano collections seem to be the fulfillment of her personal dream because, if I remember correctly, she wanted to be a pianist or something. So that makes her music very personal and special.
God! How I loath you so for having such a remarkably beautiful Grand Piano and the talent to play that beautiful song.
You brought out those middle voices beautifully between 2:20 - 3:00. I love the thumb technique you used there.
Han pasado 13 años y aún me sigue encantado la esplendida forma en que tocas esa pieza musical ❤🤧
Supposed to be studying for exams but here I am replaying this vid over and over again watching the keys go up and down..it's mesmerizing :)
*opens my field and battle book and looks for xion's sheet music for the first time*
.................................
*jaw drops*
Oh my gosh this is astounding. I don't even know what to say.
Did you ever get to learn? just curious.. ^^'
no hate btw, have a great day!
Ow, I love KH Piano collections! Great job Verdegrand, you play it perfectly O_O!!! I really want to learn some pieces of that book, it's awesome!
*Thumbs up*
The name fits perfectly... "Music for the Sadness of Xion." This piece really sounds sad, and melancholic. Xion has given up, given in to her sadness, and believes there is nothing she can do.
Zenith Tempest she has never given up! she hasnt killed herself because she had given up... she sacrificed herself because she 100%ly knew that this will help sora to wake up.
Beautiful! 2:09 gets me everytime ♡
This is probably my favorite arrangement of xion's theme.
simply amazing!
definitly prefer this version to the previous one!
i keep on watching your finger subs in your right hand - mesmorizing technique!
@Verdegrand haha it was actually a house sale! they weren't taking anything left in the house, and they wanted to sell it all... if anything were left unsold, it would belong to the new family moving in. greatest deal ever :D
@Verdegrand There's a pretty interesting book called "Simple Heuristics that Make us Smart" which touches on that topic. When playing the piano in real time, there's not really much time for complex adjustments and deliberation about what we're doing. So our emotional and instinctive subconscious control is computationally cheap, lacks hesitation, adapts smoothly and as you say, allows everything to flow!
素晴らしい演奏をありがとうございます。受験勉強、がんばろうという気持ちになれました。
@TheIshter Hey thanks, it's nice to hear your experience with the original recording after listening to my first video, that's a big compliment, thank you :)
Had not heard this piece before but have now listened to both your digital ad
@mandrato678 hey thanks for that feedback, yeah it looks like more people are happy with this version and it's a lot closer to the original and also to the associations that people have with this piece.
Thank you for leaving this video up.
-ArcticWolfe
This is an awesome cover of the actual song. Pretty note-perfect.
great performance. this is how it should be done. breathing is good for the body, mind, soul, and music.
@HollowRiku Hey thanks and it's good that you have gotten the sheets for this, would like to hear some renditions from you :) There are still so many unrecorded pieces from this collection.
i like watching you play. even if you're playing runs or jumps, it looks so controlled. you pour so much emotion and technique in your playing its pretty much perfect.
oh my gosh this is the best cover that i've heard here in youtube. kudos to you and your wonderful talent for playing this 8D
I'm hoping to learn this soon, on top of all the others I've already learnt, you're a great musician and are a great inspiration to me, especially for this piece. Thanks
@LoneWolfOnTheHeights yeah haha often the most complicated segments can be broken down to simple ones and become manageable :) i'd think a good solution for those accentuations is to not perceive them as accents, but the other ones as "non-accents". the melodic notes form a line around which all other accompanying lines move, the melodic notes act as "starting points" and as "end points" for all the other lines.if you try to feel it that way, it will also change the way you play the entire part.
most beautiful piece ever!!! I love the way you brought in your own style even though it was memorized from sheets!
so well played!!
thank you for your music!
you play that piece awesome .. i like ur both interpretations !
many feelings in this piece ..
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I feckin' love this song XD I came down to write this comment and actually thought the real thing started playing for a second. It's that brilliant. I didn't realise this piece was in the Battle and field book, definately buying it now :D
When you place that last note and it rings for eternity.
@Gaarapsy Hello, thank you for the feedback, and I agree, this piece is really like a story, and the musician has to live through it and 'survive' it. Sure, use this as a reference if you like, and do tell me once you made your own recording, and if you have any questions, just let me know. Greetings
That is a wonderful piece...and a wonderful interpretation... Thank you!
As impressive as ever, if not more :) If I didn't hear it here on youtube, I would never have guessed that this is not the piano collections version. I like your ending, when your hands look shocked at what they have just done. They have reason to be so.
@3llianX Hello, that is a very beautiful description and you have a fine sense for details, because it indeed did feel like a shock or as if some kind of 'big change event' happened, as that is what this piece imho depicts - and actually going through it will leave a mark on the musician, too. It's also a question of how close you would allow the piece to get to you.
Awesome.
drawing xion as i type this thanks for keeping me inspired
@ViolinTay hey thanks for the feedback about the 'breathiness' haha, and yeah the hands being all over the place is what makes this piece so challenging. I let the breathing help and guide me here, breathiness improvess jumpiness :)
You're amazing! I was impressed with it. I've actually tried to play this, but it's really difficult for me to complete it. I've listened to it many times, seriously. Thank you :)
Splendid! Righteous amounts of rubato and the tone colour of that grand is amazing xD. Oh and Im glad we got a good shot at your hands unlike the Dearly Beloved CP grand version >.
Gotta hear it again, again thanks for this upload and such a great job man
@p0llux hey thank you, I appreciate your feedback, especially since it was the discussion of your comment on my last video that made me consider doing a second take. Glad you like it :)
You never cease to amaze me. I hope I can learn this as well as you have!
I love all of your videos, they're so inspiring.
@Verdegrand
that's pretty intense lol.
i enjoy your theory behind that
again. bravo.
Cette musique est juste magnifique, félicitation ! *w*
It warms to heart to hear this ! :) It looks just like some Final Fantasy music... I don't know why.
wow!
The tempo from this vid is in my opinion better than the other vid. I really like this :)
You play so beautifully, Verdegrand. I loved this. =)
- John
@Verdegrand Thank you, will do that then.
@batlin Hey thanks for the suggestion, that's interesting. All those brain processes are really complex and fascinating and if you get a proper understanding of them, you can use this to your advantage (not limited to piano, either)
simply amazing!
definitly prefer this version to the previous one!
@person9812 I didn't know this tune was from Kingdom Hearts, by bad for not giving any attention to the description.
You do the 16th triplets to 8th notes part so flawlessly!! Amazing
(I think 0:45)
wow, very well played, the first part makes me think about Debussy
Amazing. I absolutely love this.
@Rael0505 Hello, thank you! This is an amazing piece to learn and overcoming the challenges in it is very rewarding. Definitely a piece worth practicing. And I'm happy to give you inspiration because I was inspired here myself. PS: I always have to think about that epic piano you got for 60$ from a garage sale, everyone I tell about this is immediately like WTF, lol
Wow, outstanding! Very beautiful
wow, if this had the same quality sound as the cd version, it would be perfect. In my opinion you are right when you talk about there being no flow to the melody in the recording. I can hear it very clearly when you play. Great job
@TheLexiconsDemise Hi! I know what you mean, but I have to tell you I deliberately played it that way. The original sheets have those octaves notated to be played by both hands, allowing them to be played faster. I use one hand only to begin slowly and then accelerate, because playing octaves with one hand will allow for a very different, fuller, richer sound. The pianist in the original recording obviously follows the sheets, but that's way too fast and the sound is too "shallow" for my taste.
@Brownietard Hi, yeah I memorized this from the sheets, and this took me about two and a half weeks (several hours a day)
@concertoldham Hey thanks, and it may sound strange, but it could be the fact that those runs and jumps are emotion controlled or guided by emotion that allows them to be precise. Isn't that counter-intuitive? One would think that without emotion it would be possible to be much more precise, but I found that once you allow to let everything flow, the technical things become much more manageable or make more sense, in a way.
This sounds as good as the orginal version!!!!!!! (Maybe even better) Anyway, thanks for making that vid on how to practice this :) I think I found the correct way to play the beginning part now haha. I really wish I had a grand-my piano is pretty bad ugggh. Anyway, keep up the amazing work!
@Verdegrand
Wow, absolutely wonderful! Subscribed ^^
And thanks for the tip about lypur's video, really helpful, I'm currently studying Fantasie Impromptu, and that's killing me...
Wonderfully done! I hope to play this as good as you one day! But I was wondering, is there somewhere I can find sheet music for this? It would be awesome if anyone could help me on this! Thank you!
Redshirt Number 34 www.scribd.com/doc/97299182/Musique-Pour-La-Tristesse-de-Xion i found the website with the sheet music but i dont know whether its safe to buy the full set
@Verdegrand actually it takes alot to get used to. hehe its been 2 weeks and i still cant press the piano right
BREATHTAKING.
Truly amazing! great, as usual :D
Ten years listenin. I would like to play it on guitar as exactly the same. But it is so difficult on gguitar
Amazing!😭👏
@DeathScourge Hello, I bought the actual book - and thanks about my playing, well I would say the main reason it sounds so clear is indeed the audio quality, since I use a recorder with proper mics for the audio. Would I record the sound with the camcorder, a lot of the clarity would get lost, I think.
@Arrow9100kj Thank you, and hah you know I actually consider the camera angle of my 2nd CP video my biggest fail on this site so far haha. With the correct angle, that video could have been so amazing. It was the first time I used that camera and I didn't have a tripod and didn't check the picture until after the recording, so stupid. I am surprised that after almost 9 months no one has accused me of cheating yet, because that would be one of my first thoughts if I saw such an angle lol.
I guess an upright's keys are lighter than a grand's, because I have a keyboard at home (P155) and when I first went up to an upright, the keys were so light! Dynamics then suddenly became a problem.
@SheepDiAsia Hello, this is difficult because there are so many different technical difficulties in here. Ocean Etude is helpful for some parts. For polyphony, how about Bach's Fugue WTC1No.4CSharpMinor (very hard, five voices). For concurrent jumps, perhaps Chopin op. 25 no. 1 'harp" study. For jumps in left hand, Scriabin Etude op. 8 no. 12. At least those are pieces I played in the past and where I learned things from. If I see something more fitting, I'll let you know. Greetings
@megadiabrous Hi, yeah that makes sense. Most keyboards have plastic keys that are rather easy to push down. Then, when you try to play on a real piano, the keys make the impression as if they are extremely heavy to push. I've had that myself. Greetings
@malice23 If I actually had a grand which would be on par with the stuff in those studios, you might actually get cd quality from me some day haha. And thanks for the feedback about the recording, I appreciate it.
@Verdegrand Speaking of classical pieces, would you be able to pick a specific piece with similar techniques within this piece as well? I remember you suggesting the Ocean Etude for the Dearly Beloved Paraphrase, and that worked wonders. I don't have a large classical background, so I'm not sure what to begin looking for in the myriad of Bach fugues (or even what movement of Ravel, hell, I might not even have the right song). If you can choose a similar piece for me, that'd be great, thanks.
@unusualcatperson Hi, no problem about criticism. It may very well be that I actually do tend to play quiet parts a bit louder. A possible reason could be that I performed a lot in my earlier years, and in most concert venues, pp or ppp sounds may become inaudible at the back of the halls if played too quietly, so my teacher would always remind me of that and make me play these a bit louder. Hence, I may indeed have developed the habit to play quiet notes a little bit more forcefully. Greetings
I'm crying...
and acoustic twice. For me the digital gets it. The mid and high ranges seem softer, I think giving nicer expression for the piece.also like your fast version better, thanks for playing.
gosh - wanna play - now xD
i like both versions :>
最高ですね！早く弾けるようになりたい！
I want the book nao, where you got it =I? And regards to the video, It was....epic, I really wonder how your playing always sounds so very sharp, almost like out of the cd's themselves in comparison to just about every other youtube pianist. Might be the quality that has a part in it but even so.
@Verdegrand I was thinking that, too, about how the rhythm would be for that. How long did it take you before you got used to it (the polyrhythm)?
Hey! I am currently working on a research video on the influence that Vector to the Heavens (or Musique pour la Tristesse de Xion) fan arrangements / remixes had on each other. I would like to ask if it would be alright to talk about this one and present a brief part of it in the video. Particularly to this video, I wanted to include it when talking of fan interpretations of the piano collections piece, which were no doubt influential in popularizing this arrangement. Thank you very much in advance!
Hello, You are much of an inspiration to me, and I'm proud I didn't give up on piano. I've started to learn this piece and it seemed to me like you played without a single fault? I was wondering if there were any hints or tips you could give to me about this piece, also, can I ask how long you have been playing for?
awesome
Currently working on learning this piece and it's so technical, but am looking forward to the challenge. Good job, man! This piece is far from easy (well, for me anyway).
So it's been 4 years now. How's your progress with this piece?
Merci!tu est tres fort!Tres bon! Ta attiré mon attention avec le video de Passacaglia a 'l'ogre',je sais pas si cest toi qui joue, mais cest incroyable,ya 10 minute jme demandais si 'Passaglia' etait mieux que 'Praise be to my Master' et en voyant que ta liste avaient des instrumentales de jeu que jai pratiquement tous joué et grandi avec,tu ma fait passer de insouciant total a nostalgique et concerner XD tk t vraiment vraiment bon pis c clair m'as aller voir un peu de chrono trigger!
@DeathScourge hey, I got if from Ebay, from a seller who was located in Japan - there are quite a few sellers who send the stuff directly from Japan, and of course it takes a while, but you get all the protection that Ebay and Paypal offer you so it's a good deal.
@Verdegrand I love your variation of 2:46-2:48!
@Ziggyiggy1 Hello, that's basically a 2 vs 3 polyrhythm. Those are hard to play or imagine at first if you're not used to them, but you can learn them with a few tricks, and once you get a feeling for them, they aren't that hard anymore. Check out Lypur's video about polyrhythms, he explains it very well. Greetings
It`s sad that Ive been studying the piano playing for 6 years and I cant play a basic song yet... What am I doing wrong -.-
*read description and sees mistakes*
*instantly thinks that they were happy little accidents*
@Airiik Well, I'll admit that the notes are very similar. But they feel much different.
oh wow, this was really good. I've got to check out the original you performed now. You can just feel the crazy emotions Xion felt. *tear*