FFX Piano Collections - Besaid Island

[DeathhsLegacy]

Absolutely beautiful. You should really try Eternal Harvest from FFIX. I would love to see you play that(if you haven't played it already lol)

[Wafflepon]

Thank you so much for the links and the beautiful playing.

Truly wonderful~

[TormyJai]

ahhh this sounds sooo niceee it brings back memories playing Final Fantasy X

[TheSpigge]

random guy on stream sent me here

[marucoLille]

Vraiment magnifique!!! Merci!!!

[ITzzPH]

You are amazing; nostalgia comes so suddenly with this game. The entire thing was too good for words but the part at 0:44 gets me every time-- reminds me of the washing waves at besaid

[pianolover234]

god damn you're telented

[montesooma]

I keep returning to this again and again, it is exquisite and you have the perfect touch.

[alsinan1989]

i love it!!!

[GameGeek9]

You encouraged me to want to learn this song... Now I know how to play the whole song by heart.. This one was a hard one to play, but still fun. This rendition was amazing :)

[Pegasusation]

9 months ago, I also commented on this video. I said I wanted to play this theme as good as you, because I couldn't play it at all.

Now I have piano lessons (I already can play piano because I growed up with piano playing). I tried to play this theme again and...

I can play it, finally! :) Of course not as good as you, but it's way better than before.

Thank you Aivi, because everytime I listened to the video it motivated me to never give up and just keep trying. Thank you. You're awesome. <3

[Fallenhero55]

The.Greatest.Rendition.Ever.Pl­ayed. Amazing...<3

[AyesThatsme]

O_O

[Arrow9100kj]

Kitty: Hmmm, which notes shall I gracefully place my paws upon so as to be out of key - Thats what it seems like your cat was thinking X3. Great cover Aivi, quite possibly the best recording on YT thus far ^_^

[bryan2JZGTE]

This is my lullaby. :)

[OoTFanboy]

I'm trying to learn this piece right now! It's very difficult and you play it so elegantly.. hopefully I'll get it someday XD

[TheBboyKim]

Just amazing...

Thank you. :)

[zaksworth123]

:3 this video will really help me learn this song, so thanks a lot ^^'

[MrDleiffud]

Where did you get the sheet music for this?

If you could message me that, I would be very grateful

[waltzforluma]

@MrDleiffud It's in the video description

[MrDleiffud]

@MrDleiffud right but I can't seem to find the sheet music... just a recording. Probably because I don't speak or read French. I looked at the musiques section and found piano collections, but those just seem to be recordings of the songs themselves

[waltzforluma]

@MrDleiffud I don't speak/read French either, but it seems that "partition" refers to the sheet music.

[KabiFunk]

@waltzforluma yes exactly

[ookhier]

Do you still play this every now and then?

Or where you done with it after creating this perfect record on video? That would be so sad... :-(

[lilmadamnat]

i love this song >w<! ur cat is so epic =D!

[RadicalDreamerss]

CAT! (:

Nice job on the song by the way! ♥♥♥

[yellowfishmann]

how long does it take to get to this level???? i just got a keyboard yesterday, i can only play with 2 fingers, i can't read music, i've had no experience playing any musical instrument, i'm a big ol' noobie, but i have a strong desire to learn, anyone???? answer??? please.

[bobblewobblesqueeg]

bravo well played, you're awesome! I think your cat wants to learn to play too.

[2andaHalfStooges]

The cat has made this one of my favorite videos you've come out with

[paully708]

windows movie maker > speed up video > result.

umad?

i like cheese, but not cheddar if y'know'mmmmm sayin

[DiamondLipstick]

OMG I have seen every video of you playing the piano and they are all so beautiful!! I have to tell you that my cat could be your cat's doppleganger (spelling?) however he does not have such a sophisticated musical palatte... :)

[rawiswar4011]

LoL Its A LiL Kimari :D

[beebs000]

Freaking awesome !!! U should do To Zanarkand, or Cosmo Canyon :P

[shannondangc]

ffx ost copy and pasted.

you're awesome

[ForgottenMemoryLost]

one of my cats looks like that :p but i think its more of a troublemaker than yours

[coreykoehn123123123]

I would love for you to do Attack from Final Fantasy X Piano Collections one of my favorite pieces along with this one, can't wait for more releases from you. :)

[waltzforluma]

@coreykoehn123123123 If only I could play it without mistakes, haha! I've been working on Attack for awhile :]

[coreykoehn123123123]

@waltzforluma thanks for the reply :D and ya if you ever get it down i would love to see it, keep up the amazing work :)

[mortalstampede378]

Subscribed ^_^

[kazdaman01]

This is very well played. For some reason everytime i play it, it doesnt go as smoothly, throughout. ehhh i guess practice makes perfect...

[marzgirl99]

i love your cat!!!! what's its name?

[Onay925]

beautifully done

[simssimulator]

Amazing playing as usual! Can you record "To Zanarkand"? I'm in the process of learning it and I'd love to hear how you would play it :)

[DaveDFFA]

oooh my god :) You play better than me! The most peaceful songs to play are aerith's theme and ffx's to zanarkand. Absolutely looove. And you are a GREAT pianist; incredible independance, I likey! I hope music never fails you at any point in your life, because you've got a gift most people will never understand.

[JapanForSale]

Just like marasy's purple monkey, that cat has it made.

I can barely recall this song. Might be because I've not played that game in years, or maybe it's because it's from the "Piano Collection"? Only the last 30 seconds or so resembled what little I remember of the island's theme.

[AGzClips]

FF inspired me to play the piano as well. I never knew I had it in me.

[LilDaley23]

this has just made my day =). thank you

[thebigservietsky]

would you mary me ?

[bobblewobblesqueeg]

fantastic~

[Kiamet]

Your cat has a good ear.

[bobbycorwen]

is there no piano version of the actual in game version!? or does everyone on youtube play the "piano collections" version??

[DoctorStooge]

Sounds just like the original.

[Chartruse5]

Gaaaar gotta be the billionth time I've watched this. AMAZING. 'nuff said.

[TruNikkaz]

2:43 is the beginning of the most beautiful few seconds of my life

[Chartruse5]

One of my favorite arrangements. :)

[CoolitNewton]

girls who play the piano are hot

[TengoUnOboe]

AMAZING I love you CX

[granamonkey]

You're playing is so flawless...it's amazing. I also like how you touched up parts of it with your own composition (in regards to the sheet music discrepancies...happens so often T_T). Great work, I look forward to hearing more!! And nice cat hahaha

[SerieHabboSkins]

Wow.. ♥



[tonyt0ny]

this is way too hard -thats what she said- no serious, when I played till 0:06 I just switched to another song bcuz its sooo difficult. and what the hell dude, HOW DID UR PIANO HAVE SEX WITH UR KEYBOA- I MEAN, what kinda weird piano do u have?

[KeyboardKonan]

Fantastic playing of this Final Fantasy Piano Collections piece! I'm always excited to see these pieces well played. Your perfection of these pieces is quite inspiring. Please keep up the great playing!

[MrShadowslain]

my ideal gurl. hot and plays my favorite song from my favorite game.

[mlcloud]

@MrShadowslain

Disregard that. He'll hit on anything that moves. 

[Randompanda47]

I love your playing, where did you find the sheetmusic for this?

[joshi3joshi]

one of my fav ffx pieces from the piano collections...wow so impressed

[derKomo123]

I love Final fantasy, I love that piece, I love you

I listen very often to it. :)

[jenushka123]

Beautiful. Big thanks for good quality. I hate bad quality home made videos.

[TruNikkaz]

truly talented musician

thank you for your videos

[TentativeTitle1]

You are absolutely incredible.

You nailed everything... the dynamics, the tone.. it was just masterful.

[TH3L3GENDK1LLA]

Masterful! Why isn't this in the game? Its brilliant!

[endlessrepeat]

You're an amazing pianist! And I love how your cat just walks onto the keys, completely disregarding your playing.

[waltzforluma]

@endlessrepeat Thank you very much! My cat was usually a good listener, but he'd get a little jealous whenever I paid too much attention to the piano instead of him.

[Ocinvrah]

Wow, youre really good!

[Pegasusation]

Wow, I'm a big, no, a HUGE fan of yours. You can play with so much feeling! I can't play it as good as you by far. I have some trouble with rhythms. I can't play the left and the right hand together. I'm 13 now, and my goal is to ever be as good as you, if that's possible.

And I want to apologize for the fact that I pretty much stalk you. But you are so great, I admire you more than all the composers in the world.

Great job. This is my favoritie of all your videos. By the way: lovely cat :D

[hmschulemagichnicht]

better than my version :( ^^

[lucatje2000]

very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JoungYseze]

damn, i can play it now, but i cant play it as emotional as you :( .. i think the easiest part is to play the pieces, the hardest to play it full of feelings... u did a great job here!

[Habitualcloud]

That was one of the most incredible acts of art I have ever witnessed in my life.

[vanhalen5150z]

wow! my fav piece from X played PERFECT.

[GamerTime1226]

Oh my god.... That was so amazing! Good job!

[jellofairy]

this is really lovely

[thedragoonknight]

:) Thank you for this, you played extremely well. My grandma is sick with cancer and I can't afford to go to Okinawa to see her, so in a way this song cheers me up.

[LuvPeaceNMusic]

Great piece, and you played it better then the original if you ask me.

I really want to learn this piece aswell but idk it might be a bit too epic for me haha

[happi4me34]

please do a tutorial!! :D

[Tobiaz117]

Random kitty!!!!!! love they way you play!!!!!

[DeathXLight28]

i want to see ur face! hahaha ~~ nice one!!

[katanamast279]

What are the keys to the first set of chords for both the left hand and right hand? I know how to read music but when I play them, they dont sound right.

Thanks

[kilakhmyboi]

My new hero... consider yourself subscribed. :)

[ragnaroktomorro]

wow. LOL CAT

[ragnaroktomorro]

wow.

[sluggs10289]

Wow very good job.

On a side note: I was searching for the "Besaid Island" song from the FFX OST and I found a bunch of these piano versions. I was thinking "what song are these people playing? This is NOT Besaid Island!!". Then I came across your video and read the description :)

Thank you for this.

[Kelvinian]

Ack, completely win tone and approach, then, as if things couldn't get better, there's big clumsy ginger kitty at the end. ^^

[tigerxit]

very good :) i like it; can i ask you a question? how much time have you spent to learn it?

[thelovebat]

Great job with the piece.  Someday, I'm gonna get good at the piano too and make some music.

[happi4me34]

Hey ummm what kind of piano do you have?? i really want a piano and i want one like yours... :) thanks!

[orochi34]

this is one the hardest peices ive seen but no its not hard anyone can learn it just takes stamina and will power even for me this takes 20 minutes to learn

[elpianisto26]

i think the composer is nobuo uematsu isnt he??

"besaides" good job =D

[v118w]

lol @ 0 dislikes. youre incredibly talented. thanks for this, the nostalgia is overwhelming ; ;

[dikenti]

At 0:32, why do the three notes going up sound off? Because in the sheetmusic I have, it shows G# B E, which in imo sounds better. Different sheetmusic perhaps? Other than that great job - I enjoy the soft tone of your keyboard.

[waltzforluma]

@dikenti I'm not looking at a score at the moment so I can't compare, but Aki Kuroda plays G#-B-D# in the recording and I followed her lead. There are a lot of discrepancies between the recordings and the FFX scores (super noticeable in Rikku's Theme) so it's up you to decide what's most "correct." I like to write in my own subtle touches, edit notes and use the FFX sheets as a guide instead of reciting them note-for-note. Similarly, I think you should play it however sounds best to you!

[reannah12]

@waltzforluma how easy was it on a scale of 1-10 to learn this piece??

[betrekwoman]

Ok. i mean absolutely no offense or bigeotry by this question... but are asians study music more diligently or are they just naturally good at all instruments.

[betrekwoman]

@betrekwoman Eeee! you're really good so i'm subscribing!

[betrekwoman]

@betrekwoman the cat at the end is so random! (my cat used to do that but only on my face at night when i was asleep.

[luffy3]

wooow, i love u!!! my fave piece.. nice play n piano sound btw

[BrodyPianist]

man your incredible. Closest to the original song ive ever heard.

[JoungYseze]

for me is the hardest thing the going down in the beginning :D you´re amazing!! how long do u need to play sth like this ?

[go1ds1lv3r]

someone could edit this as many times as they want.

its not possible to make this sound bad.

EVER :D

[miyagi18]

i have a question. did you edited the performance?

[TengoUnOboe]

Oh, very beautiful, thanks ^^

[Cellbuster]

The cat at the end was priceless.

[monkeyf8s]

Dam its like if the piano is speaking to me!!!! lol with emotion! i loved it!!!!

[FriendshipStar]

how long did it take you to learn this piece?

you are amazing.

[PearlsofMermaid]

This was so enchanting to watch! I can only aspire. =)

[jahcts]

if u dnt mind, could u tell me wat kind of electric piano u are using?

[VersaillesHizaki]

My god I cant stop watching this you are so amazing I LOVE YOU! xD

and yea me too I cant get 0:29 to 0:45 Well I can but the left hand sound so weird when I play it :(

[SparkyWifi]

@VersaillesHizaki just think of it as call and response b/w the left and right hand

[SparkyWifi]

interesting. it looks like you hit a D# at 0:35, when the sheets call for an E, because i noticed that it sounds a lot better with the D#

[takesalotta112]

That was very good indeed. How long did it take you to learn this piece?

[fearful7]

The first thing that this song reminded me of was Winnie the Pooh of all things.

[windkai]

Jesus christ, you truly are a Goddess. Way too expressive on the keys, the sound blends in so smoothly, what a great pianist.

[markixu110]

I'm in love with your fingers, also u look sooo cute <3

[Melchior742]

For me this is a very difficult piece to play, took me 2 months to get it perfect =/

(I was a bit lazy too).

[downhere85]

I've been listening to this for almost a year now, and it's still as beautiful and calming as ever. Really hope to download an MP3 of it for iPod. Thank you for all the great work and keep recording these vids so we can have something to listen to when we're stressed.

[KingAltura]

Wow, you did an amazing job on this song. It's my favorite piano piece from FFX.

[DreamMajesty]

I must say, i love this song, i've played FFX since i was 15 and still i cant get enough of this music, great feelling and i like your version better than the original hehe...

A cute girl playing this lovely song, i think i'm very close to heaven ;) it would be great if you play Purgatorial Road tho, i'd like to see you play that. Take care and keep up with that

[spadeofaces91]

Again, another great performance. I miss this game, and have been trying to find it again. Bravo!!

[ExequielB711]

You're the one that made me want to learn this song. Beautifully played.

[ChocolateAbby3]

Do you have a music sheet for this? :)

[dikenti]

but 0:29 is the best part! especially when it goes the octave higher - i like how you play it so cleanly yet soft also - subscribed ;D

[IcyFr3ak]

0:29 to 0:45 is probably the hardest part in the piece. I cant get it down >.>

[waltzforluma]

@IcyFr3ak That part gave me the most trouble, too.

[bloodangel270]

@waltzforluma Also the best part id have to say aswell

[orochi34]

@waltzforluma could you do a video for final fantasy x-attack piano collections???

[shadowzerg]

@IcyFr3ak The hardest part for me was the cadence section...*shudders*

[PATORlKKU]

@IcyFr3ak i can do the first couple measures so far! got the intro down pretty good, but this part is indeed pretty hard...

[PATORlKKU]

@IcyFr3ak naww dude the ending is hard..

[runtangadom]

i think i'm in love

[einherjarium]

The cat took it away :)

[BobbyRay28]

this sent shivers through my body! keep it up you have mad talent! excellent cover of a wonderful song!! :)

[TheKingChrist]

de todos los que he visto tu eres la mejor guau es increible....it's bellisimo

[Georginito]

This is just beautiful...I must listen it again and again... You are very talented... I would like to play with you... :) too far from me - too bad for me... :(

[EzakNoKaze]

Awesome!!!! It flows nicely.

That piano looks nice too.

Care to share its information? =P

[indierocks87]

Perfection! best piano cover of besaid island I've seen. it's like listening straight from the cd.

[Musicalinfluence]

I personally feel that this has been played better than Nobuo Uematsu themself, well done :D I think you should've have made a video of a version of this with your on the piano :D

[dreamking38]

Wow, this is fairly amazing~! You play the keyboard so great beautifully, what an awesome nice keyboard you have, and i love the sound of your direct sound record into computer as well, it's so clean and without any outside noises~ Love it!!

Hope that i can be like you one day =)

[OdnetninAdlez]

The end made me LOL ;)

[Rikkulovesco0kies]

Cute cat ! ;]

[Rikkulovesco0kies]

Thats amazing ! Im so jealouse of yours skills, its always been by dream to play the pinao !

This is without a dought way better than the orginal !

[sofalofa77]

This is the best performance of this piece hands down. I completely agree with lloydxlomentigar, your performance is far better than the original. Just absolutely beautiful :)

[d3thomega]

<3

haha

[kain411]

Amazing Song

Amazing Piano sound

Amazing Lighting and scenery

Amazing Video

AMAZING PIANIST!!!

[osx86touch]

First of all, this is very good, I like the expression you put into the song. I would also like to know how did you record the sound, because it sounds remarquably good.

Once again, very good performance !

[waltzforluma]

@osx86touch Thank you very much! I run my keyboard into an audio interface (a Presonus Firepod, in my case) that connects to my computer through firewire, and record the sound into my audio program simultaneously with the video. If you listen to the sound at the end of the video (when my cat interrupts), that's the quality taken by my computer's mic alone (pretty bad!) Anyway, hope that answers your question. :)

[osx86touch]

@waltzforluma Yes, thank you !

[Zephor]

:O You're my hero. xD

[Calvezthemexicanjedi]

Your hands move so swiftly across the piano, it looks like it's fast forwarded. :)

[Kman250]

One night at 1am in the morning, there I was, on youtube looking for something so beautiful that it could make me cry and I found it. I went to bed with tears I couldnt describe that night. Happy yet so sad. Is this a happy tune? Or was it just a reminder of how sad the story this piece is really saying. Really beautiful, thank you. Your amazing.

[DoctorStooge]

WOW. Sounds just like the original!!!

[Satchwar]

you're an amazing pianist! and so is your cat! :)

[joshisrad]

one of the more beautiful things about this video too is the reflection of the tree leaves blowing in the wind on the near-side of the piano.

[joshisrad]

let's get married.

[VersaillesHizaki]

god im so jealous ill never get that good *cries* D:

[lonerurouni287]

Very well done, I love listening to piano players perform this song. Especially 2:47, ah that part is so soothing!

[takeshii04]

fantastic =)

[lloydxlomentigar]

when are you uploading your new vid??

[kiansoo2]

i think i'm just gonna fall in love with girl who plays the [Besaid Island]

it's way too beautiful.

[mattieltr]

this is the best cover i've seen around on youtube :-) i really love this song and you played it almost perfectly and, most of all, with a lot of soul:-) thanks for sharing this video ;-)

[TayuXKimifan]

Wow... Those are nimble fingers. That's definitely a pianist hands. Wonderful playing.

[zetag055]

awesome skill! keep it up luma! video game music is so therapeutic...

[abujew94]

Very talented! :) love your cat!!!!

[CoolnessLink]

Hey, do you think you can post this on your site for download? I like it a lot and I wish to put it on my iPod :)

[waltzforluma]

I should do that! I completely forgot to when I made the video. :)

[CoolnessLink]

@waltzforluma But will you? =p

[Mattimaro]

@waltzforluma is the mp3 up? I can't find it anywhere =(