Final Fantasy VIII (8) - Balamb Garden - Piano

[InShatteredMolds]

Tell whoever was making so much noise in the background, to kill their selfs and start over

[elro1822]

Nice playing, but remember to play the arpeggiated chords correctly!!!

[JimboLeClubber]

Good job man !!

[akira1099]

Not bad. If I may, a few tips:

Consider processing the midi next time. You could kinda tell that the camera mic quality was bad, yet the piano sounded clean. A good ear and some EQing can blend the two. Also, your piano wasn't in the room: try adding reverb to your piano track to give it the same room acoustics as the camera mic audio. Finally, the midi sounds too perfect. Try adjusting midi velocities... and don't quantize everything! Perfect rhythm and consistent dynamics are not human-like.

[AlexPlaysPiano]

Yeeeaaahh... uhh... you're not playing.

[brotherfrank62]

There is only one way to forgive, and thats from the heart :)

[pacifire2]

This is fake, if I get a thumbs down, then the one doing so is a fucking troll.

[Twokeys92]

Yeah, it is Fake. No doubts. The movements of his hands are COMPLETELY wrong.

[Twokeys92]

I play the piano and I studied that piece, so i'm sure about what i say. Btw, this piece is so easy, just a shame that you need to fake it

[bboyPRESH]

ah okies

[Chris4Ibra]

his chair sounds louder than his piano

[godfred456]

fake!! even my 50 year old pianist friend says so!!

[SappyAKA]

YEAY GREAT :)

[siwel95]

wow man.......please do a tutorial!!!!

[BaBaBaBlazin]

wow, sounds exactly like it.  bravo!

[joeisnice]

yeh lol it is pretty obvious, a scalic descent doesnt skip 3 keys hahaha

[trivuong]

stupid poeple saying that he playing it a fake, look and learn how to play piano then decide he playing or he faking this....low life

[Zebluebrother]

You should learn how to reconize a fake from a real player...I can tell you that guy is not a real pianist...That guy is a faker...

[trivuong]

no the camera, some times are weird, i make a video playing song and post on, everybody just said fake because the song i play sound first before i play, isn't fake

[trivuong]

but more than that, i think he also fake lmao

[godfred456]

you're stupid! you're saying we should learn to play the piano but you cannot even tell that he's fake!! how about you grab the freaking music sheet and see for yourself! use your eyes, ok bro?

[trivuong]

did you see my second comment.

[ancooper85]

I am also learning to play this song and this is undoubtedly a fake. There are many places where his hand moves the wrong direction, or plainly hits the key in between notes. Plus in knowing what notes are playing, I can also say the hand positioning for the first chords are definitely wrong...

[wellmellgell]

its not fake he's cool

[62tidus]

just listening to the song is enough

[Sahrroh]

Totally fake...

[marco25yo]

umm are you stupid first the camera makes the sound lag a bit and you can only see the right hand ..

[Sahrroh]

Sound lag has nothing to do with it! Seeing the right hand is enough. You can tell it's not playing the melody that is heard.

[sleepyking]

i play this song and it is how its pplayed

[typo253]

nah that is actually fake, watch his right hand closely and as he plays a chord, only a single note can be heard. Plus it sounds more like a keyboard playing than a piano.

[Urbman4004]

I`m learning this song atm, and have gotten quite far:)

There`s no doubt that this is fake.

At 53seconds he starts a "section" connsisting of 4 accords with right hand.

As I`ve played the song a good bit lately, I can say that gaps between fingers are far of. But his main problem is that the song goes down - down - up. while he goes down - down - down(57s). so yup, you`re going down after my vote.

It wasn`t even a good fake^^

[aethynyc]

sounds like it was recorded from a midi or keyboard, not like its played on a piano.

[thorwest]

Dude, I could maybe understand someone faking a Chopin etude by overdubbing a midi or something, but this piece is like Uematsus easiest. Shame.

[Annemennema]

Its is so fake, i know the song myself, and his fingers are randomly hitting some keys...

[EmTheBrave]

nicely done

[Disembow1280]

More importantly, how could you say he faked this? You can obviously see his fingers hitting the keys/playing the notes.

[Glaexeaus]

Probably because no upright piano should be able to sound that clear. I have doubts myself that the audio was overlayed on top, but I'm not sure why someone would fake it when they can be seen playing it, no matter how bad the audio quality originally was. It's likely just a really good piano and player.

[terminalvertex]

because his fingers are hitting the wrong keys and he doesn't hit enough keys. even with lag you can match it up and see he's hitting wrong keys and not enough. it's blatantly obvious at 17 seconds. what you hear at 17 seconds is the right hand playing E, F, A, E - D, F, A, D - C, F, A, C.. and clearly he doesn't do that... the real question is why is he putting up a bunch of fake vids? what is he hoping to achieve? internets fame? or just see who he can fool. lol

[Audiophilia07]

y would anyone want to fake this, its such an easy song to play.

[ByakuganTaiChi]

I don't care what other people say. :D I think it's really nice! Great work!

[grandclosing]

This is so fake...

[DarkRaimundo]

This is halarious!!!

[lick321321]

lololol this is the funniest fake

[Ignariw]

FAKE!!

[LeonR1993]

beautiful song, beautiful played! Wish i could do it like that :P

[josocdegirona]

nice song this is beautiful

[marcopiu82]

capolovaro

[GilgameshFFpianobuff]

Hmm. There is somethink fishy going on here. Sounds almost like a midi.

[JegVeg]

@GilgameshFFpianobuff yeh, definitely doesn't sound like a piano, no acoustics or anything.

[Wezzipooh]

doesnt even sound like a real piano. FAIL!

[HolySamurai4990]

PHOOONYYYYYYYYYY!!!

[Retsam19]

The first pattern of notes he is playing is definetly not correct as far as the sheet music goes. But i tried playing a similar pattern to him and it sounds similar to the real music, so it's possible he's playing it by ear or has simplified the music or it's fake...

[RFigments]

There might also be different versions of the song floating around.

[USAFFF8]

oh don't listen to any of them, they're probably just jealous...you play very nicely. :) If you don't mind me asking, how long did it take for you to learn this?

[BwoySeraphic]

u dont evan need to watch him the sound gives it away that song at comin frm that piano

[digitaljimmy123]

hey could you send me the music sheet for this?

[DimEmpire]

If any of you people played this song before then you would know that this is a fake. The notes dont even match. He goes down in pitch when the song goes up. Haaaa

[NamesROverated]

It's cause the video isn't synced to the sound, not fake

[finaljoses]

not fake u dumbass... r u jeolous or what?

[st3v3n3ss]

now that u mentioned it... omg it is fake! wtf?!?! I posted earlier that the notes he was playing was totally different from the sheet music i looked at when i learned it..

[guitarguy159]

its like Perfect!

this song brings back sooo many memories!

it makes me wanna cry :)

Beautiful!

[SushiLover15]

what the heck?

[KappaMikey15]

why are you copying sushilover15?

its stupid and wrong.

fu.

[guitarguy159]

dang dude

im sorry

hey im a big fan of this song too

and i just felt the same way he did

dont need to be a jerk about it

[hatejapanesewanabees]

im not a "dude" dumbass and you were really copying sushilover15 cuz YOU were being a jerk!!! :p

[guitarguy159]

-_-

okay

everyone im sorry

im sorry for copying sushilover

i like this song

im sorry for being a jerk or a dumbass

or whatever else anyone else thinks i am

[SushiLover15]

its like Perfect!

this song brings back sooo many memories!

it makes me wanna cry :)

Beautiful!

[Vincent0690]

Very good! ^_^ Everyone else seems to rush the song all the time, but you kept with the tempo better than most.

[withoutmusicnolife]

aah memories ^^

[Murjoe16]

Good times...Well done

[st3v3n3ss]

self taught! that's awesome. i'm looking at the notes you're playing and it's different from the sheet music. BUT REGARDLESS it sounds really good! almost like the real thing. Your timing is good too.

[Razielian]

sounds like he's crying while he's playing it...yeah...hes that good

but seriously it was really good...kutgw

[peace514]

awsome you are the best man !!! never thought that some1 could ever do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Francio182]

it's the best version on youtube of this song!

[MrsNoelFielding]

That was brilliant. =]] xxx

[Ryosuke1208]

very good i admit

[whateverbioch]

Omfg. You're amazing. <3

I loved this. So much.

Thanks for having such talent~

[Raiowyn]

sounds just like the game

[flameangel1]

wow the video imlooking for is here!! finally! good job i loved--super short shorts. makes up with the video

[KhmaiBodian559]

why arnt there more views?? i watch this video all the time. this is like one of the best final fantasy piano videos of all

[Salliewalker]

Nice, but I would like to see more feel to this.

[KhmaiBodian559]

very very nice . my favorite balamb garden video because you play good and audio is right.ty for playing i really love this song

[GodlyPeople]

Thanks, expect more Final Fantasy songs :D

[KhmaiBodian559]

yes finaly!!! i've been looking for this video!!it took me quite a while to look for it.you play so good!!!OMG THIS SONG IS SOOO ROMANTING

[GodlyPeople]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.