Kingdom Hearts - Hikari (piano)

[leftymu]

Heh, you have the problem of going too fast when recording, and I have the problem of forgetting every single note!

[SilverRegiment08]

You play way too fast. It ruins the musical effect.

[RavenKavanagh]

@SilverRegiment08 I know, I have trouble with playing too fast when recording.

[thelink148]

@RavenKavanagh ha! I have the same problem T_T



[TheRomanticTruth]

I dont here the "When you walk away you don't hear me say pleeeeease o baaaaby don't go!" I hear the backround part and all though. Your Amazing!

[spotdathief]

love it!!!!!

[DNAngelManiac]

that was awesome!!!!

[SeriouslyJoking23]

that was gangsta.. really awesome !

[lion5356]

You now what? you are awesome! keep up the good work! I really enjoy listenting you play

[SamLeoTre]

Oh...my...god.....I don't know what to say! I love the game SOOO much and to play it on piano would be AWESOME! do you have the sheet? or tab?

[KierValentine]

omg

[GeliFun]

wow beautiful

[PrinsezzInPink]

could you tell me where do you have the sheets please´?? i search it for my school and your version is wonderful

[Sulfaron1991]

My heart beat so fast... ♥

[Kepster96]

you're heaps good

u should keep practicing with or without a teacher

[RavenKavanagh]

Because I wanted to?

Seriously, this was never really meant to be put on youtube XD

[MissColzyChan]

aww nikita your just soo amazing!!

This is soo beautiful, i'd love to be able to play like you one day XD

'Poetry In Motion'~ XD

[RavenKavanagh]

:) thankyouuuuu,

:3 Praaaaaaactise XD

[ninjaHanhanH]

amazing, simply amazing 5 stars!

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou :3

[chibiricemonkey99]

dude this is so freaking awesome can you teach me or my uncle should teach me and plus you are so good at playing the piano who taught you did you teach yourself? and nice song to pick for the piano i know i dont have any vids. but i might make some. anyway cool!

[RavenKavanagh]

Thanks!

I've had lessons ever since I was four from about ten different people - now I'm at uni, I've had to stop taking lessons :(.

It's a beautiful song.

Make some!

[w0nderkitty]

This is awesome!  Geez : ) You make me want to practice, haha.

You've got a great ear for working this stuff out!

[RavenKavanagh]

xD Go praaaaaaaactice!

Thankyou!

[KadaJHoT]

Wahh are you playing all songs without any notes ?! O___O Did you learn them without it too?

[RavenKavanagh]

Yep. I don't play any anime/game/film pieces with any notes (unless it's fussy classical music) as I like to find my own interpretation of them. :3

I worked out the piece on piano without any sheet music. :)

[bluecloverkurosu]

woah!! youre good!

[RavenKavanagh]

I wouldn't call it improvisation - more sort of, this is how I worked out the tune and added backgroundy bits to :3 (I like to work out my own arrangement of tunes most of the time). I've been playing for...over fourteen years...like, forever XD.

Thankyou! I personally felt the ichigos version was a bit lacking, but it's got the basic tune to it. :3

[fuyuko713]

おまえのビデオを全部を見ました。

本当、おまえは天才です。

[RavenKavanagh]

Uwahh, arigatou gozaimasu. :3

[RoyalChaosMoo]

nice ur good

Very do more of these songs

plz..

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou!

I'm planning to, so stick around and listen to a few more, when they're up? ;D

[shanaloveu2]

This was so pretty~~!! ;A; This was really good, and the you hit basically the correct notes most of the time. ^^ Block out the school bell and sigh (lol) it'll sound practically perfect!! O_O Great job!! You're one of the best pianists on youtube. X3 *favs* *subscribes*

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou! Argh, I listen back to this and wince...but thanks all the same! Am messing around with it so may upload a better version in the future - thank you so much for subbing too! x

[LinkTKD]

You're very good! ^^

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou ^_^ I try.

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou ^_^

[Ashestoashesjc]

I absolutely ADORE how you added in Dearly Beloved in the beginning!

.____. This was scary... I mean... I love Kingdom Hearts... well... almost more than life. And the music is simply amazing. You pulled it off QUITE well. You're very professional! This is the first rendition I've heard of this song on the piano and so yours will most likely be my favorite from this point on! Please keep playing!

[RavenKavanagh]

;D Thankyouuuu.^_^

I just thought it was a logical thing to put DB at the beginning...or maybe that's just me XD.

I wouldn't say I'm professional, but thankyou all the same. And I will keep on playing, if you're lucky you might hear some more KH from me in the future ^_^

[gilberto556]

dude you broke my heart and made it come bck

[justin3009]

That was beautiful o.o

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou. ;DDDDD

[maneateer]

omg beautiful :D:D

god i want the mp3 for all your music xPPP

its really nicee! i wish to play like youuu

i have troubles whenever i play by ear, i can do the right hand.. but i can never find the right cords.. i shoudlntve quit piano XDDD

ahhh anyway........ its really really pretty :)

[RavenKavanagh]

Aww, thankyou! ;D

Actually, I have the mp3s for my versions of Hikari and Kimi=Hana, so if you want them, message me with your email ;D

Yeah, it's just a matter of knowing the piano well enough to be able to work out the chords. Gragh, take it up again? ;D

and thankyou again!

[x13xlovesx8x]

If I send you my email, could you give me the MP3 of your version of Hikari? it's so pretty... *-* <3

[RavenKavanagh]

Of course! Message me with it, don't post it here or you might get spammed! ;D

Thankyouuuuuuu =3

[x13xlovesx8x]

Eeee~! Yay~! <3

And I know all about spam. One of my email accounts is getting mail from a 40+ single's dating site... WHY?! ;~; I'm only 21! ;~;

[RavenKavanagh]

xDDD

Spam is just ...gledgh...xDDDD

Yeah, it happens, sadly T_T.

[x13xlovesx8x]

Unfortunatly. DX

...I've still got no clue HOW my email wound up on that list... and I've got no way to get it OFF. DX Thankfully it's not the email address I sent to you. I'd be really very sad if it was, with my state of fangirlism being as it is. XD;

[jobbbbbba]

this is ear-candy :P really beautifuly played

[RavenKavanagh]

Aw, thankyou, I've never had anything described as ear-candy before. =3

[Alsray]

*tears drops*

not many people can learn to play this is such beauty just by ear, trust me, i have tried and failed.

keep playing well -the unposted pianist

[RavenKavanagh]

Wow. Thanks. :D

Keep persevering!

[Alsray]

lol, i will, i've bee learning Fate of the Unknown, that one is a challenge, and i lost my sheets, so i'm goin cold turkey. xD

[RavenKavanagh]

Yep.

and thanks again. :)

[RavenKavanagh]

Yes, they're different. The theme you hear playing at the beginning of Kingdom Hearts (the menu screen) plays Dearly Beloved, and Hikari (or Simple and Clean in the english release) is the song by Utada Hikaru, used in the first cut-scene and in the ending.

I don't actually have any sheet music for this, I work things out from first principles, but if you google Ichigo's sheet music and Josh's anime sheet music site, they should have some. :D

[RavenKavanagh]

That's some comment! Thankyou ;D

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou! *glomp*

I borrowed my friend's camera because I know how bad my own is XD

[lylangel]

haha i know how that feels! my camera is only good for pictures. when you take videos, it doesnt pick up ANY sound whatsoever. so unless you like silent piano videos, its useless. XD

[RavenKavanagh]

xD Mine's hopelessly grainy, and if you zoom in while taking a video, it cuts the sound out xD

[lylangel]

this is fantastic! also very good quality. i cant stand it when i hear piano songs performed by people in videos and the quality is bad. its so hard to tolerate for me.

passionate, and well played. 5 stars!

[darkriku09]

wow! that was amazing!!! and you play with such emotion!! you are definetly an inspiration!

[RavenKavanagh]

Aww, thankyou!

All I can say is that I try, and hopefully some emotions get through.... :)

[Ruthlessvalor]

Mind checking out my own improvsion of Hikari?

Thanks

[Ruthlessvalor]

Very nice playing! It kicks my playings Ass! Your technique is second to none. I don't think even Kyle or Seabass can surpass you in this field!

[RavenKavanagh]

Wow, that's quite a comment - thankyou! :D

I'm no sure about surpassing them yet, but I'll upload a bit more and we'll see! Thankyou very much though. *cookies!*

[kylelandry]

lol.

[RavenKavanagh]

I'm sure he was just joking in good spirits. :)

[GermanSeabass]

Hey, not bad at all! You play with a lot of emotion. I'm quite a fan of your style of improv. Keep it up!

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou so much. That means a lot coming from such a distinguished pianist like yourself. :D

[RavenKavanagh]

Creepy? I'll take that as good....:D

[koujirosan]

u play beautiful *-*

Tsuki no Kaasu too <3

no problem, i'll wait the time =x huhu

jk XD

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou. :D

XD You can wait. ;D

[Miruchisan]

I like how you have nail polish on O_o

[RavenKavanagh]

Thanks. xD It's all flaked off by now, but it's always black. :D

[Miruchisan]

Lol... O_o you're a guy right... ? o_o

[RavenKavanagh]

Nope. :D Female.

Everyone seems to think I'm male on other sites...^_^;;;; XD

[Miruchisan]

Oops, my bad!! I'm sorry!!

[RavenKavanagh]

I know. :D

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou for your words. :3

What's with all the marriage requests? XD

[koujirosan]

marry me ;_;

xDDD

*runz*

[RavenKavanagh]

:D

Taken, sorry. XD

[RavenKavanagh]

:) Thankyou.

[pyt82]

Looking foward to your Passion version :)

[RavenKavanagh]

Thanks. :3

But by hell, it's so haaaard XD

[jsuwalton]

you're very good, this is a great rendition

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou. :3

[koujirosan]

OMG! *-* amazing

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyouuuuuuu. @(^_^)@

[RavenKavanagh]

THanks. :3

[RavenKavanagh]

:D Thanks!

[KeysOnTheCeiling]

because this video only had 5 ratings I was very skeptical when first listening, but after the 10 second mark, im hooked.

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou very much for staying to listen to it all. :) Very appreciated. <3

[KeysOnTheCeiling]

Actually I posted this at like teh 30 second mark. It is WONDERFUL. I subscribed because I really enjoy your pl aying and hope I hear much much more. :D

This may be more suited for a private message, but what make and model of piano do you reguarly play on?

[RavenKavanagh]

The piano I'm playing on in this video and a couple of others is one of our school's grand pianos, and it was donated by an ex-student so I don't know much other apart from the fact it's a full-size Yamaha grand, I'm afraid. :)

[Eamilijah]

*Cries*

I LOVE YOU, YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT?

*Clings to leg*

Its so beautiful ;___;

*Dances*

Axel is muchly Happy 8D

*Dances around*

Thank you ;______;

*Huggles*

[RavenKavanagh]

I KNOW, DAUGHTER, I KNOW. :3

*glompage*

No problem.

Working out Passion now XD. ^________^

[FlameOfTheDragon]

That was sooo beautiful.. *^^* It makes me cry. :3 well not quite but close enough.

I'm definitely going to learn this when I get the sheets. x) yeah..

Keep it up 'kay! n___n <3

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou :3 *glomps*

[FMAfanFMA]

Very pretty!! ^-^ Much better than what I've done o_o =3 you're amazing

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou. ^____^

[dwinky]

YES, bloody schoolbell XD sooorry! I remember flinching when it rang like "nuuu, Sora will crrry!" Waaw, giant file uploaded yaay!

<333 - it's just beautiful!!

[RavenKavanagh]

XD

Thankyouuuuuuuuuuu....

I have more KH to do when we meet up Thursday! Roxas's Theme and Org XIII methinks...

[SakuraHaruno88]

WOW @___@ SO TALENTED ^__^

[RavenKavanagh]

Thankyou! :3

[Keyblademaster78]

great work

BTW can you give me the basic notes