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Basket Cat · January 11, 2021 12:57:50

I’m going to attempt Night of Nights on piano

Pray for me

SpecterTheGreat · January 11, 2021 13:16:13

🙏🙏🙏 Good luck :D

Are you going to try to learn the whole song or a simplified version?

Basket Cat · January 11, 2021 13:21:33

Update it wasn’t that hard

It wasn’t a simplified version I don’t think. I think the song itself is pretty simple, it’s just the intense speed. The key change at the end seems pretty difficult but once you practice it a bit it’s not very hard either.

If you want to look yourself it by Sheet Music Boss on Youtube

SpecterTheGreat · January 11, 2021 13:23:46

Coolio! Yeah I've heard the song and also seen a tutorial (I think xD).

Tbh sometimes intense speed can be hard haha
I gave up on trying to play "Aquarium" because there were 1/32 notes and my fingers can't go that fast xD

Basket Cat · January 11, 2021 13:43:07

Oh rip

It be like dat doe

SpecterTheGreat · January 11, 2021 13:48:18

Yeah lol
Rn I'm looking into other pieces I can play xD
Might post them on my homethread later if I have time lol idk

Basket Cat · January 11, 2021 14:09:51

I'm learning the Great Fairy Fountain theme but I like learning two pieces at once, or at least having two pieces that I can work on, so when I get tired of on I can work on the other.

Maybe I'll learn Lon Lon Ranch. I know some of it by listening to the track but I'm certain I'm playing some things wrong.

SpecterTheGreat · January 11, 2021 14:17:58

Oh coolio!!! That one seemed pretty hard to play to me xD
Idk, I prefer to focus entirely on a single song if it's complex and I'm trying to learn it well. Meanwhile I sometimes like to learn shorter songs. Atm I'm trying to learn Mussorgsky's "Promenade" :D

I memorized Stone Tower yesterday :D

Basket Cat · January 11, 2021 18:27:46

Yeah that's what I do!

Lol it used to be to me too but after I started playing regularly and my hands stretched out it's much easier and I can play most of it now.

I played Promenade with an orchestra once, it's a very nice piece.

Btw if you haven't listened to The Piano Guys you need to check them out because they do really cool stuff

Basket Cat · January 11, 2021 18:28:52

Oh yeah once I learned an anime OP in an hour and a half.

Then I forgot all of it immediately afterwards for two days after which I suddenly remembered all of it and could play it almost perfectly note-wise.

SpecterTheGreat · January 11, 2021 18:36:24

Then that probably means it's the most efficient way to learn new pieces! >:D
I recently finished learning "Exultate Justi In Domino" and woahhhh it was super fun though my hands are barely large enough to span octaves TTvTT even though I've been consistently playing for a while already.

KJFHFDKJ YOU'VE PLAYED WITH AN ORCHESTRA THAT'S HECKING COOL
The most I've done was give a concert when I was younger xD woah that's like a little over ten years ago not very impressive tbh.

I think I've seen several videos by them but rn my mind doesn't want to work so I don't remember.
I'll check them out for sure later though, I love music channels xD
Have you seen Daniel Thrasher's channel tho

Ah yes mood that happened to me with "Happy Farmer" lol
Idk memory is like that lol

Basket Cat · January 11, 2021 18:58:09

Daniel Thrasher is a Youtuber that piques my mother's interest whenever she sees it and she doesn't usually watch stuff like that lol

SpecterTheGreat · January 11, 2021 18:58:31

He's great isn't he xD

Basket Cat · January 11, 2021 19:24:37

yes

Basket Cat · January 12, 2021 10:23:56

I'm learning Clair de Lune

as someone who once said they were learning it do you have any tips

Basket Cat · January 12, 2021 10:24:52

the piece made me very sleepy listening to it lol

I actually took a nap yesterday

Just imagine me looking like I passed out on the floor and died

SpecterTheGreat · January 12, 2021 10:31:01

Ah yes I have to review it thanks for reminding me.

Well I guess I can say just try practicing over and over? The first part (which I learned) wasn't too hard, but it might be a bit hard to remember the jumps between octaves... and the chords made my hands stretch quite a bit so getting the hang of doing several octaves in a row can also take a while.
Also the pedal is a great asset for the piece haha.
I think that's pretty much it for what I've done.

Basket Cat · January 12, 2021 10:48:58

That's what I thought. I can't read sheet music for piano well, I learned violin first and that means only treble clef for me so I used synthesia tutorials

SpecterTheGreat · January 12, 2021 11:35:16

Oh I see.
I'd love to learn violin someday haha

Well, I can sight-read treble clef to a basic level, though for more complex music I need to stop and actually decipher the notes individually xD
That's more true for me with the bass clef but now I'm getting more used to it.
What I did/do is to label the notes with tiny letters to the side. That way I can just play the letter note without having to think much about its position on the staff. At least until I memorize it.
"Transcribing" the notes, as I call it, can be pretty tedious but I think it's fun. Also it's really helpful. I think it took me like five hours of dedicated work to transcribe the whole sheet music for "Clair de Lune" xD

Basket Cat · January 12, 2021 13:46:19

That’s dedication and I admire you for it.

I finished writing Phantom’s backstory and now my heart hurts 😭

The last exchange of words was
“You promise you’ll come back?”
“I promise”

And knowing that makes me cry inside lol

SpecterTheGreat · January 12, 2021 14:23:34

One of my rare moments of dedication xD

Why must you hurt me like this T_T
I really want to read it now but will I be able to handle it

Basket Cat · January 12, 2021 17:51:50

Idk I didn't even meant to hurt myself and yet here we are

I can write it into a word doc and send it to you or something if you want

SpecterTheGreat · January 12, 2021 17:52:30

Sure if you're up to it!

Basket Cat · January 12, 2021 18:16:47

Ok that is how I'll spend my evening instead of watching vines for two hours because that's more productive lol

SpecterTheGreat · January 12, 2021 18:23:09

I mean maybe but watching vines for two hours is fun too xD

Basket Cat · January 12, 2021 18:40:18

True although I think Youtube figured out which anime character I like way too much and is now giving me videos exclusively of that character.

Also I have decided that Phantom's theme is "Find the Pieces" which is a minecraft song by tryhardninja that freaking slaps

SpecterTheGreat · January 12, 2021 21:21:39

YouTube's like that xD

Oooh okay, gonna see if I can give it a listen soon.

Basket Cat · January 13, 2021 10:32:25

I was listening to music and came up with three songs for a character's theme song that I'm deciding between them and I'm giving a bird theme to a deer person

logic

SpecterTheGreat · January 13, 2021 10:36:18

Characters with more than one theme song are cool thooooo :0
Yes pure logic.

Basket Cat · January 13, 2021 10:43:25