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After seeing drawing threads, I got the idea of making a piano playing thread. Instead of making requests for drawings to be made, I can get requests to quickly learn short things on the piano (by ear.) The videos may take longer to be posted because of learning and uploading. The only "rules" are:
1. Try to pick a piece of music with a very small amount or no percussion in it, because it would be easier for me to learn a piece like that by ear.
2. Try to pick a piece of music under 2 minutes in length so I can quickly learn it and upload it to YouTube.

Right here, I embedded a video of me playing the boss battle theme from Final Fantasy IV.

Actually, change my mind.
Could you possibly do the Dire Dire Docks melody?

It breaks the 2 minute rule (it's 3 minutes), and it gets a bit percussiony near the ending, but its a good melody o.o

@Kyntak
Sorry, I just learned Bach's Musette before I saw your new post.

:D Yay! Thanks, you don't have to do the other one. Good work

A couple mistakes, but I added my own ending. I improvised a bit.

Woohoo! Awesome .

I'm gonna click the hell outta the reply button, lol

Can you play Maiden's Capriccio ~ Dream Battle for me? :3

Tales of Symphonia Opening theme

Click Clock Woods from Banjo-Kazooie
You don't have to do all four, you can just do Spring if you want.

I may not work on all of these in order but I will try to learn them all, so if I learn someone elses request before yours, it doesn't mean that I'm not learning yours.

100% this.

Well this is certainly a new and interesting take on the request threads. I'm liking it.

Since I drew that pic of Smithy for you, could you please try and play the song Sunafukin no Tabidachi from Tanoshii Moomin Ikka when you have the time?

It's a relatively simple melody, so you'll have a lot of room for improvisation, as long as it has got that airy and mystic feel to it.

Here's also another version of the same song, in case you want more reference to help you out.

Try this, if you can.

It's one of my favorite vidya jame tunes, and it doesn't really have a lot of recognition (save for a few remixes.) If you could make this for me, my life would be complete.

EDIT: Just realized the no percussion rule. Try this instead.

I shortened it a bit.

FUCKING YES THIS IS AWESOME

UPDATE
@Muumi I am almost done learning your piece.
@HolyCrapItsBob I am memorizing the left hand part and yours will probably be done after Muumi's
@Ann Hiro & Natsuru Springfield I will start working on yours after.
@Intergalactic Joe I will see if I can learn one of yours even though both of them have a lot of percussion.

On that subject, I'm gonna take the troll option

Native Faith.

(Anyone who knows it already will know why it's a troll option)

A good musician always needs a challenge

But… But…

Even I can play that song on the keyboard…

…And I can barely read sheet music.

Though I'd love to see Bionic play it way better than I ever could anyways.

Hey try this one
Yes i have broken time limit and no percussion rule.. But the opening part is enough.

I added my own ending. Sorry about my dog barking at the end.

Sorry about taking long to upload pieces of music. I was really busy. I have a piano recital coming up and I need to learn some music before I get there.

I'd like to see Mute City done.
If this doesn't float your boat, feel free to pick another track.

UPDATE
@Captain Douglas J Falcon I will learn yours first because I already know the piece's melody. It won't take long.
@Natsuru Springfield Your piece might be a little too long.
@HolyCrapItsBob I'm almost done learning your piece, but it might take me a while to make a recording that isn't too sloppy.
@Ann Hiro I will learn your piece after.
@The Frosty Lich I will learn yours after Ann Hiro's. It probably won't take me that long because I, for the most part, already know the melody.
@TARDISES Your piece is a little too long.
@Alex Mercer I will probably learn yours after Ann Hiro's. Can you notify me about when the opening part ends in the video so I know what to learn?

I've really gotten tired of Rhianna and her constant hits without taking any breaks, but when I listened to this song, it really has some hauntingly beauty to it.

Thank you very much for playing that song. Honestly, I was surprised when I saw/heard that you actually played the left hand parts without improvising too much, I think they must’ve been pretty complicated to play together with the right hand parts. It’s something I can’t do very well myself, or at all.

Good work.

I’d love to see you play at least one other song, so do tell when it will be okay to make another request without it being too obnoxious.

Thanks again.

No problem, take as much time as you need.

It's better to take longer for a great piece of work than to rush it and ruin it.

@Bionic Kraken
Opening part ends when the vocal starts.. An extention would be great imo. Dunno do it as your wish..
BTW this thread rocks.

I just noticed that the ending is just as long as the theme itself.

attack on titan opening 2. if u do this than ur the best.

Just bumping

Don't worry. I still am working on this. I just didn't get a chance to record yet.

I think I played it a bit too fast.

I may not be able to upload between August 2 and August 11. I have an event to go to. It's, you guessed it, about playing piano. Here's the link to the website: . This is also why I was taking a long time to make these videos. Before August 2nd, I needed to learn some music that I am still working on, so I didn't have a lot of time to work on these, but after, I will still make videos.

Today is my last day on the site for now. I will be back by August 11. I'll probably continue this thread when I get back. I apologize if I disappointed anyone.

UPDATE
I'm back, and I will continue working on this. The next thing that I will upload is the Tales of Symphonia theme.

This was one of the most difficult ones.

Thank you so much.
You made me cry from pure nostalgia.

Brilliant topic! Brilliant musician! Give me one good reason why this doesn't deserve to be Featured!

If it's alright with you Bionic, I'd like to request a song too. It's Fear of the Heavens, the main theme of Secret of Mana. It's one of my favorite VG themes.

Here you go!

It wasn't featured?

The Secret of Mana piece is difficult. It might take longer.

'Salright, no rush. As long as you keep these awesome covers going, I'll be happy.

I messed up a part in this a little.

It's all perfect in my eyes.

Thanks, Bionic! You're awesome.