Dearly Beloved ~ Concert Paraphrase #2
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Dearly Beloved ~ Concert Paraphrase #2

I am officially unemployed / in between jobs (start date April 18), so I’m finally back to playing piano somewhat more regularly now that things have settled. I’m hoping to update at least once more prior to starting my new job… let’s hope that pans out. Anyway, I’ve been making glacial progress with this arrangement and wanted to update before I get too much further. I was off to a pretty good start last month, but I’m now realizing just how much more work is going to go into this and am……. mildly despairing lol. BUT, I think I’ve made some notable progress compared to last time, at least, so there’s that.

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Dearly Beloved ~ Concert Paraphrase #1
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Dearly Beloved ~ Concert Paraphrase #1

After many years of being too intimidated to do anything more than timidly sightplay this arrangement, I’m finally trying my hands at it in the spirit of facing challenges.

I’m trying to adopt a more “open-minded” approach to progress updates (as in, obsess less over a good take and capture my progress more candidly and more often) so to that effect, this is a full take of my progress so far, but it’s going to be very obvious what I’ve worked on, which isn’t very much!

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Innocent Age [END]
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Innocent Age [END]

I bring, finally, a finished piece- I was able to finish “Innocent Age” from Genshin earlier this month! After a lot more hours than I initially anticipated, it is done and also a lot more polished than usual. The take itself is eh BUT the knowledge that I had mastered this piece is enough. Hopefully.

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Innocent Age #1
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Innocent Age #1

It’s been a while!! I had a not insignificant case of the holiday blues and just didn’t have much to update.. but I heard this Genshin arrangement after returning to work this week and I just HAD to try my hands at it. I probably could’ve kept this as a oneshot post, but I made a substantial amount of progress in one day so I figured I could upload the first half before tackling the rest of it. This is the original arrangement, and the sheet music only costs about $2!! Very much worth my money.

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TSUYOKU NARERU #1
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TSUYOKU NARERU #1

Every time I think about this song in any capacity, I think of my sister suddenly belting the opening line randomly… this one’s for her. I don’t actually know if I’ll finish this arrangement anytime soon, but I have this recording from earlier this month so I figured I’d post it for now… Fukane arrangements are pretty fun, but the relentless octaves really do a number on my hands so it’s hard to keep at them consistently. Legit feels like I have nerve damage sometimes and it is downright terrifying LOL.

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Musique pour la tristesse de Xion #1.5
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Musique pour la tristesse de Xion #1.5

The Animal Crossing update literally took over my life so I finally am here to update with some older takes from this month- this one is for Xion’s theme, and I’m not really sure how to number it because I worked on it a LOT in the past (right before starting a blog) so it’s not quite like I’m starting from scratch… Anyway, this is a take from a couple of weeks ago after I spent some time knocking the rust off after almost 3 years. My goal for this year was to finish this piece properly (this was before I lost an entire quarter to Depression and other fun things) and I guess I’m on track to meeting that goal?? But I’m also not going to stress myself over a deadline; we’ll see how things go.

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Yuna’s Determination
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Yuna’s Determination

Hurriedly updating the blog once before the month ends- and Happy Halloween!! This update has nothing to do with spooky things, though... this is a oneshot for “Yuna’s Determination” from FFX, which I worked on last month and then just… haven’t uploaded… pretty happy with this one, though!

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Lazy Afternoons [END]
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Lazy Afternoons [END]

I recorded this a couple of weeks ago and was lukewarm about it at best, but I haven’t returned to it since, so… I guess we’re gonna have to live with it! Here is the full version of “Lazy Afternoons”!! Listen during golden hour for the optimal listening experience (probably? This claim has no scientific backing). I played this with the top open, so hopefully the sound is a little more full compared to the usual.

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Racing Into the Night #1
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Racing Into the Night #1

IT’S HERE!!!!! The arrangement I thought I’d never be able to play for a multitude of reasons… it is finally here. My good friend gifted me a Fukane arrangement book for my birthday recently and this was the first arrangement in it and SINCE THIS IS MY FAVE YOASOBI SONG (to date), I had to start with this one. It’s… an interesting arrangement and my thoughts have changed in the past few weeks of working on it, but overall it’s been a lot of fun. Here’s the first like 20%- Fukane uses soooo many repeats and codas and del signos… Anyway, please bear with me as I attempt to waffle my way through while minimizing wrist strain lol.

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Lazy Afternoons #2
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Lazy Afternoons #2

Here’s a progress update on this piece from last weekend! I wasn’t really diligent about practicing this piece consistently during the past couple of weeks so progress has been pretty slow, but I’m just about wrapping up the piece as of today, so hopefully I can finish it out this month. This take was from a day that wasn’t quite meant for recording, but I somehow eked this out since I figured the next take would also likely be the final take at the rate I’m going. So, please forgive the wooden playing lol.

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