Salad Fingers - Background music instructional video

This is my first attempt at a tutorial video on the piano. Salad Fingers, a series of short psychological horror animations by David Firth, has long been one of my favorite series on Youtube. For the class Aural Skills III, which I just completed, our final project was to put together a "musical" using atonal methods. Our class decided to string together popular Youtube videos in our musical. My classmate Matt Tingblad and I transcribed the background music to Salad Fingers and set the dialogue to a horrible atonal melody.

The background music in Salad Fingers is a short loop taken from "Beware the Friendly Stranger" by the Boards of Canada. At the beginning and end of this video, I included an image of our transcribed keyboard music, and since it's only two measures long, it fit rather easily into one frame. I'd love to hear whether or not this video helps you learn this music, and I appreciate any feedback, as always! A big thanks to Bryan Folstad at Cricketboy Studios for filming this video.

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[thefinsher101]

I'm sorry but that didn't help at all u need to give us the exact notes and go slower!

[MERTx123]

@thefinsher101 I did give the exact notes, both in visual form on the piano, and on the sheet music seen at the beginning and end of the video. I also wrote out the note letters for the right hand melody in one of my uploader comments. I'm not sure how else to convey such information.

[Znyrkifyable]

I just had to subscribe and comment after just watching a couple of minutes of this vid. Great job, really, you describe and teach with far more complexity (in a good way) and effort than the other piano tutorials I have seen on youtube. Some of it I didn't understand fully because I just started playing some days ago but I just wanted you to know that I really liked your way of making a tutorial.

[MERTx123]

@Znyrkifyable Thank you! I appreciate the compliment :)

[WolfySnackrib666]

I have a question. Do you feel really really dirty when you play Salad Fingers on the piano?

[MERTx123]

@WolfySnackrib666 Hmm... Not really, I guess :/

[sherbetheadmusic]

"The Boards Of Canada" HAHAHAHA.

[badboy1a1]

Stop tslking!! Just play!!

[haijesslol]

This is easy. Maybe because I'm a music major as well :/ Is piano your primary instrument?

[thefinsher101]

@MERTx123 no you did great just maybe slow it down nvm forget what i said sorry i wasnt trying to sound mean i got most of it

[LemurButtons]

Starts playing at 1:21 :)

[Mysteriouse1000]

Your hands are everywhere !

[Claustro777]

Intro Sounds like resident evil theme. So creepy