: Piano Opera
Complete Final Fantasy Piano Opera
Final Fantasy Piano Opera, music by Nobuo Uematsu, arranged by Hiroyuki Nakayama, played by Richard Yang. Due to COVID and a lot more time at home, I spent about a month to record the complete Piano Collections from…
Read more »Final Fantasy IX – Melodies of Life (Piano Opera)
This is the final piece in the Piano Opera series. Related piece from the Piano Collections: Final Fantasy IX – Melodies of Life. After I recorded the complete Final Fantasy Piano Collections, I discovered the Final Fantasy “Piano…
Read more »Final Fantasy VIII – Force Your Way (Piano Opera)
The beginning is extremely difficult. I spent most of the time on just the first page alone. Even though I know mentally “how” to play it, I don’t think I can make it too clean at this speed.…
Read more »Final Fantasy VII – Opening ~ Bombing Mission (Piano Opera)
This is one of the pieces that can intimidate a new learner. But it’s actually not too bad once you try it out. The problem is that the first section is slow and long. So if you make…
Read more »Final Fantasy VI – Dancing Mad (Piano Opera)
I avoided recording this piece until the end (2nd last, before Last Battle) only because it’s so long (~10min). Each individual section is not bad on its own. But recording the whole song took a few tries. I…
Read more »Final Fantasy V – Clash on the Big Bridge (Piano Opera)
I can say that piece has the best WOW-to-difficulty ratio. It sounds pretty difficult, but it’s actually not too bad to learn. I only spent a couple of hours on this one. When I decided to record it,…
Read more »Final Fantasy IV – Troian Beauty (Piano Opera)
Another beautiful song, with a big chord moment near the end. After I recorded the complete Final Fantasy Piano Collections, I discovered the Final Fantasy “Piano Opera”. The “Piano Collections” appear to be so elementary compared to the…
Read more »Final Fantasy III – This is the Last Battle (Piano Opera)
This is the very last song that I recoreded from the Piano Opera. It was extremely intimidating at first. But once you get through it, it should not be too overwhelming except for a few problem spots involving…
Read more »Final Fantasy I-II-III – Battle Medley (Piano Opera)
An exciting battle song I wonder why there’s no other video of this on YouTube to date. If you want to avoid this because of the first page, note that the first page (last line) is the most…
Read more »Final Fantasy I – Matoya’s Cave (Piano Opera)
This may be the most difficult easy piece. For the most part, it’s very linear and simple. But the two section ends with the fast “thirds” make it not so easy. After I recorded the complete Final Fantasy…
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