How to Play: The Prelude (Final Fantasy) for Piano (annotations!)

[m4ssee]

Stupid question but why the length of the notes aren't equal? They have kind of shuffle in them..

[SPYCHECK911]

I'm pressing C, D, G, and E on my keyboard and nothing's happening!

[terodaima]

i love this song

[HomuraHyuuga]

1:22 Synthesia mistake too, lol

[HetalianutcaseXD]

I LIKE! I'm gonna play!

[Britannai101]

@Drewl3l3 yes it is! Best games ever, you should play them!!! But I never knew that it was sooo simple *self taught piano player* XD

[WhiteLotusofRome]

It's really that simple? And I spent so long thinking that it would be difficult...

[Drewl3l3]

That's sooo simple and is that a game?

[ChunSungYoun]

That's simpler than I thought it would be.

[againstdew]

What means those letters there?

[crazy4sian]

@againstdew You're... joking, right?

[Exaiphnes]

@againstdew those were the letters that appeared in my spoon while eating alphabet soup during post-production of the video

[SJVFX]

@Exaiphnes That was funny :D :D Thanks for the upload!

[CrimsonBloodHawk]

still , in my opinion i think its a good finger practice for beginners (A) --->take me for example<---

[JinAsias]

been playing the official sheet music version of this song (the difference is it only goes up one ocatve) for years and never realized it was the same 4 notes :P

[jasken45]

FFXII opening scene=SOOOO calming. until the war breaks loose :P

[Evilshorns13]

@jasken45 As peaceful as it is to listen to, it was at times some what disappointing to hear because it meant you wiped on a boss fight lawl. XD

[trollstep]

Oh, the nostalgia. I miss my days spent playing FF11. ah.

[TyeWatson]

Why does this have to be 5 octaves! xD Damn

[rappinggrammy101]

Shit, this thing is hard. :/

[Foaman]

Couldn't you do the left hand, too? :/

[Exaiphnes]

@Foaman it's recommended you roll with both hands, though not everyone needs to play that way

[EgonVon2010]

I love your pc screenshot......10 points...

[KittyCate105]

This is why its name is final fantasy!

[alexandramckelveyh]

i just wana tip with annotations to save you typing. you # every single note if its in a sharp except for A#. A# can be a Bb instead. :)

[DajaWaja]

Really nice arpeggio combination it sounds so dreamy !!! Final Fantasy music always so epic...

[Lebaron1987]

i guess this is a good warmup song for a mild talented pianist as it's ups and downs

[kukhane12354]

according to the background of yer desktop, id assume you know what true music is \m/

[xlostmyselfx]

@kukhane12354 What is that a back ground of?

[kukhane12354]

@xlostmyselfx epic black metal artists :)

[xlostmyselfx]

@kukhane12354 I don't remember what I was asking... lol but yeah, I think I've listened to SixFeetUnder. And heard of Deicide.

[Mythra13]

Liked and Favorited, I love that song!

[Aznsouldah]

lol fingering

[pumbahund]

burzum!!!!

[BeautifullPandora]

LOL missed a note at 1:46 but ur great other than that

[Pendergeist]

@BeautifullPandora

He's not playing this. See the score at bottom left? Zero all the way.

[BeautifullPandora]

@BeautifullPandora Yeah. but it still missed a note.

[Exaiphnes]

@BeautifullPandora that is a lag glitch with my recording software, not synthesia missing a note

[GordanKingDiamond]

i love your desktop...death metal rulz !

[MagusZealEndlessFigh]

I never smoked or drank or done drugs and it took me bout 45 minutes to learn this song by ear once I got the algorithm down. Each "set" is consisted of 4 notes. Find those 4 notes, crawl up the scales with them and Viola Final fantasy prelude. Which btw didn't originate in final fantasy 7 as most late gamers believe. Lovely piece of music.

[MrCaleb121]

thanks for putting up the damn notes instead of just the stupid program all i need to know is the 3 or 4 notes going up. finally a reasonable guy :)

[BeRAd427]

wow x2

[BeRAd427]

wow.

[Sayuri1]

ok... why the fuck is deicide on the same page as xasthur and bathory????????? -_-

[DJZanark]

Final Fantasy 7!

[tgseraph]

If you take time to just read things before asking stupid questions, you wouldn't have to ask stupid questions.

[brendonian]

What program is this recorded on?

[Exaiphnes]

@brendonian welcome to youtube, click on the "show more" option to open the video description. Here, most youtubers will put info on their video to answer frequently asked questions.

[brendonian]

@Exaiphnes oh, you're hilarious.

[xplayz]

@Exaiphnes with the annontations what do you mean by A B C E C D E G because those are not enough to play the first little bit, plz explane

[Takato142]

Uh, are you stupid? The annotations show which keys are repeated to make the tune. Go up an octave every time you go through all of them. Doesnt take a genius to figure it out. And actually, this is one of the best ways to explain repeating patterns such as this so people can learn them.

[xplayz]

@Takato142 i played them on a keyboard and it doesnt make the sounds

[Exaiphnes]

@xplayz you're literally the only one out of 277,000 people having this problem. I'd recommend learning the piano with a beginners level book before progressing to something like this. If you're truly playing the exact notes you see on the video, yet you're hearing different tones, chances are your keyboard simply does not mimic that of a real piano.

[xplayz]

@Exaiphnes it plays portable grand is that good for this? or no

[Eorzat]

When I think about this Prelude is basically a slower version of Chopin's Etude No.8, of course with different notes.

[Cecy949ify]

quer dizer que é so isso a musica inteira?

[Ir0nman86]

hey ppl, you can find plenty of sheet music @ sheetsearch . com

[AsAboveItIsBelow]

Why can't they use this song to teach scales? xD

[Exhilaratezz]

took me like 2 days to learn

[xSKiNS1258]

Quelqu'un aurait-il la partition ? SVP :)

[NocturnePower666]

I LEARNED ALL THE SONG THANKS ^.^

[rockguy1771]

Holy shit I love you.

Your computer background is amazing.

I love all those bands.

[VincentTON420]

this shit is insanely hard to learn on guitar just by ear. i give up (it took me 30 mins just to got like the first 14 notes). i need some ganja

[A3you1]

Questa canzone....mio dio...per sempre

[riverajr89]

1:22????

[ThousandRoseBurial]

playing within C major and A minor key signatures.....(takes out and smokes a cigarette).....

[khrisher]

i can play this wih my eyes close



[idontnoapassword]

@khrisher not that hard..... u should be able to . it's like braging that u can run

[blakan3]

@idontnoapassword I can run dude.

[idontnoapassword]

@blakan3 lmfao........ i hope that was sarcasm.

[blakan3]

@idontnoapassword No really! I CAN run.

[HenkeHus]

And it plays over and over and over again....

[n64m]

Very nice taste in music.

[MusicNeardSasuke]

sounds like pokemon saphrire at kyogre or is it just me :I?

[elonna229]

@MusicNeardSasuke Just you

[MusicNeardSasuke]

@elonna229 :D

[BruninhoPasch]

It's a beautiful music.

[benbowen70]

I just tried to wipe the smudge off of Middle C... -.-

[StudioTman]

@benbowen70 I did the exact same thing. xD

[2009ding]

this would be great practice for your right hand and ur left hand =D

[TheSporeaddicts]

who thinks a can play this on violin without epically failing?

[tseekr379]

@TheSporeaddicts Is it even possible to play on a violin? I saw someone playing the full arpeggios on a seven string guitar, and that was the only way possible for one to play it correctly. I don't you can on a violin! If so, somebody prove me wrong!

[YuriKitty42]

@TheSporeaddicts I'ma violinist and I think you could do it, but I'd reccomend doing it slurred.

[Seirra259]

@TheSporeaddicts

I can, sorta. Its not actually that hard, its the string changes that get you. :)

[kawaiiluna99]

@TheSporeaddicts my friend grace, cuz shes really good at the violin. or my friend molly, cuz shes rly good too. theyre like my school's violin prodigies :D

[Ramennoodles626]

Megadeth ain't no thrash metal. Thrash metal is Cannibal Corpse stuff, and Megadeth is more mainstream.

[cutiestselgomezfan]

jeesh....ill do that just doing the do re mi on the piano... its easier ;)

[Jman8224]

Yay I learned the song.....

[DaBunnyMasta]

@Exaiphnes is this program a free download?

[jordan415cool]

this is harder then it looks

[nekoTHEripper]

i will paly this wen i do drugs :)

[Eliminate3RS]

Where is Megadeth on ur wallpaper?

[Murmur77]

@Eliminate3RS it's not there, because it doesn't belong there.

[kamikaos357]

@Eliminate3RS megadeth are thrash metal, the bands in the wallpaper are death metal

[Exaiphnes]

@kamikaos357 half of those bands a black metal

[kamikaos357]

@Exaiphnes death/black metal.. my mistake, all great bands

[mario64guy]

The CDEG, ABCE, FGAC, and GABD are simple enough to play, but once it hits those sharp and flat notes I start losing it.

[98puppylover]

This is my lullaby :D

[AMIELrenaissance]

nice choice of tutorial

[98yoshi98]

seems simple enough, i just don't expect to memorize it soon.

THANKS!

[IAmPianist15]

Synthesia



[taa347]

For how simple this is to play; it's really a beautiful piece and calming to listen to. Repetitive as it may be; it's something other people would like to listen to and playing songs people like is why I play the piano. I learned this song from this video so thank you for posting it. ^_^

[lovegames007]

just waiting for the background music from FFXII to start ^^

[Toxicifity]

Wow this is sooo HARD x.x i can only play the first two arpegios :o stiil workin on it tho :] Ill be a pro at this someday :D

[wrpen99]

Sorry, got Asians confused with Japanese.

[shawnaw2]

@wrpen99

japanese are asians 0.o

japan is part of the asia continent

asia is big u know... and i know this coz im in SEA... or south east asia

[wrpen99]

@shawnaw2 i corrected myself because i wasn't specific enough. not all asians get that stuff. heck, Fallout 3 was banned in India because of Brahmin.

[wrpen99]

@MrProtossStarcraft Asians get everything. More violent anime, new games first and, sometimes, exclusive video games (I.E half of the classic FF games, the good NES BTTF games) and a freaking sweet language.

[TakkunOnimaka]

@wrpen99 "Sometimes" exclusive video games? Approximately 93% of Japanese published marketed video games are exclusive to Japan. Granted that around 1/3 the video game market is not Japanese published in Japan though but still, most of what they make they have as "exclusive".

[TakkunOnimaka]

@TakkunOnimaka Not just that, but only games from a previously American introduced franchise, or with extremely high sales bother to get translated and brought here, which is why some games are missing from American collections, and why it takes months to years for games so sell well enough to base a profitable decision to ship it.

[wrpen99]

@TakkunOnimaka ...so does that mean that Japan basically tests the games for us, and if their not good they don't bother to send them here? meaning that the worst game ever sold in America was either made in America or a LOT of, most likely disappointed, Japanese people bought it? and then does that mean that the best final fantasy games ever are, 1, 4, and 6 (1, 2 and 3 in America) and then 7 on?

[TheDeathCloud]

@wrpen99 And only then do they get shipped to Europe :'( I have to import some of my games.

[MrProtossStarcraft]

i saw an asian kid do this in real life...asian power rocks

[saichanisthebest]

This song bored me. Dx

[taftborg]

I can play this with my d**k

[5dguy1]

so its just like broken chords?

[Toxicifity]

@5dguy1 yeah nd there all up octives and going down the octives is the hard part. u have to play the cords backwards :X if ur gonna try playing this Good Luck!! :D

[Ainigma]

@5dguy1 kind of. yes

[makeyokirishame]

i can play it a little by myself :D

[crome212]

looks easy

hard to play

[Ainigma]

@crome212 it's also easy to play ;) this is really beginner level

[Toxicifity]

Nice backround screen dude.. and nice song

[avenged217]

nice background :D

[NWOxGemKnight]

Hands up if you can play this! *Raises hand*

I hated trying to learn it though... Dx

[7Sparksonic7]

Hardest Piano Hero I've ever seen xD (nah just kidding)

[betsybradock]

lovely song <3

[Theyallfloatdownhere]

Oh look a game that requires tangible skill.

[RETLAW18]

Sweet desktop background love Death, Deicide and Celtic Frost too! Plus some nice oldschool black metal! Kick ass

[xTheGrimMushroomX]

I see and hear......waaaaaweeees......

[purplekirabunny]

looks like an awesome program! :D

[Amay142]

you know the only reason why i watch these vids is cause the pretty moving colors amuse me

[renabenaify]

@Amay142 OMG ME TOO

[Melee2Kil]

@Amay142 they arouse me

[MegaBlobbers]

a hand can only move so fast

[robdenteuling]

how final fantasy songs keep giving me the chills

[rickythegreaetist]

this confuses me badly

[caladbolge]

this reminds me of tetris

[crazzygirl100]

I have to slide back and froth on my piano bench to play this XDD

[Treblaine]

It's so simple, yet moves you on a level you can't quite describe.

And I have no nostalgia for any Final Fantasy games.

[joltypikachu]

@Treblaine i agree i have a felling to want to go to sleep whenever i hear it!

[ktuluag]

You have a wicked selection of band logos there bro \m/!

[xXPrinsezzXx]

what the 0.0'

[gekheidkentgeentijd]

It looks like your just about not making it on time XD Damn thats funny caus u always DO!! xD

[SwampLord9]

@shade6754 It's not too hard. It's just fast. :P

[xTortureAngelx]

I like your background :D

[nyapy000]

I want a piano hero :D!!

[heyitsconnor1]

great tutorial :)

[theguyi26]

Wow. Runescape totally ripped a lot of this. I forget which area. It was a long time ago.

[sim09678]

@theguyi26 fuck i remember too xD

[ntsuab2]

is a Game? i try to find a piano game like that so i can play in my computer =(

if u know can u tell me plz

[steininja]

@ntsuab2 kinda, but you need a midi keyboard or something like that to play it...

[TheChosenOne1997]

it looks like the black keys grow smaller(no racial just common sence)

[steininja]

can you get this program to PC? or is it only for mac?

[RandomDetritus]

Very simple concept and very easy to play. Always sounds trippy though!

[iSazori]

wicked background man i love it and thanks for posting ima subscribe

[yuo252]

not gutar hero...

PIANO HERO

[Gratch12826]

Wow, it's far easier when you see it and get told it's the same thing over and over rather than listen to it and try to figure it out.

[Awesome1601]

this programe is just so kickass. i hope i can play this soon.

[BlueCheeta]

i can play this with my eyes closed and both hands behind my back(feet duh)

[seppie900]

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[science247]

oh midi files!!! i wanna see the pinball game added to synthesia!!!!

[knyght4christ]

So... Is this both hands or one hand? 0.o

[noregrets92]

reminds me of zora's domain...

[Nemirtas]

Perfeckt to learn the basics! to bad, that the choir is missing

[lifeiswonderful22]

This is the music after you defeat culex XDDDDD

[JAMMIEDODGERS1996]

In my opinion, This song is one of the songs, that created Final Fantasy, Kepp up the good work!

[jacob123649]

it's called Synthesia

[Soundfrequency]

For anyone else watching this, I thought it was leading up to something too. :<

[adrianhigs]

i know this is synthesia which is not how i thought it was [you cant make songs on it :'(] but if they came out with a game with a 88 key keyboard and a plug thing and a cd to play guitar hero with keyboard