'Lost my Pieces' for Piano Solo from ToraDora! by Hashimoto Yukari

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This is the song 'Lost my Pieces' from the anime series ToraDora! played on piano solo, composed by Hashimoto Yukari.

So, I was trying a few different things in this video - firstly, the song choice, 'Lost my Pieces' - is from an anime called Toadora!, which, I'm sad to say, I've not actually seen :/ This piece of music apparently plays whenever there is an emotional scene in the anime, and is meant to be a bit of a tear jerker! Here is a link to the original song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y-HJzH2O2I

Its quite dramatic! Especially when the violins comes in!

*sniff*

:'(

Here is a link to the sheets, from Josh's anime sheet music site:

http://josh.agarrado.net/music/anime/index.php?searchterms=Lost+my+pieces&...

So...I'm playing on a grand piano! Namely an 'Essex' full sized grand piano. The Essex range of pianos are actually made by Steinway & Sons, but are a cheaper imprint of the famous name. Nevertheless, this is still a VERY expensive and GOOD instrument. Recording on this piano was a bit of a test for me - as in, every few weeks I go to one of the many 'practise rooms' dotted around London and play for a few hours - but this time I brought my equipment and recorded this easy on the ear piece :P I must say that I was quite impressed by the sound quality as compared to my usual recordings - the sound is certainly much richer and fuller (I was also in a small room which helped a bit too I think) - I may have to bring my recording equipment to my practise sessions more often :P

Just a few words on playing on grand pianos. The experience is VERY different from a digital or an upright and does take some getting use to. The replay action of each key is much faster than an upright, as the key-action mechanism works with gravity, and the keys are also easier to depress - all this means that it's easier to play 'faster' (although you need more control to do so properly - a bit like driving a sports car when all you're use to are family saloons) - if anything, I'd say that an upright is actually the hardest type of piano to play on as a generalisation - digitals fall somewhere in between. Another noticeable difference on grands, is that the music stand is much further away from the keyboard, so sight reading is more difficult too, as when looking at the music, the keyboard is barely in your peripheral vision, so you're pretty much playing completely 'blind' esp if you're eyes are constantly on the sheets. But the biggest difference is simply the sound - there is so much more room for dynamics and freedom! And it's so LOUD! Especially full-sized ones!

On a different note, for those of you who like to read, I've written a novel which can now be found on Amazon Kindle. Here is a link to the US store. The book is also available in other territories too, like the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy etc. Check it out!

http://www.amazon.com/Kierkegaards-Apple-ebook/dp/B005GLG2PK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UT...

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• ToraDora!
• Hashimoto
• Yukari
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• Steinway
• Sons

[MrSpid3rFingers]

Its been a long time my friend =)

This so beautiful...great work on this.

Is it a good anime?

[daigoro789]

@MrSpid3rFingers hey hey my man! it has been a looong time, almost an epicly long time! thanks for the kudos man, and unfortunately i've not actually seen the anime :/ hope that you're keeping well man and thanks for the comment ^____^

[captainsunder009]

Nice. Sounds very soft and emotional.

[daigoro789]

@captainsunder009 hi hi ^____^ yes, that's exactly what this piece is meant to be! its funny how so few notes can convey such meaning :P thanks for the kind words :)))

[Zorsy]

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<333333333333

[daigoro789]

@Zorsy why...are...there...tears...fo­rming...

[Snellevleermuis]

Well played! Certainly have to rewatch this anime again.

[starfire139]

@daigoro789 Oops, digital* XD

Nope, we did different arrangements. I was trying to find one that wasn't going to be played as much (because we all know how popular Josh's site is) so I found an arrangement from a user on Nico Nico Douga (I think... some of the writing about who arranged it at the top of the sheets is in Chinese so I can't read it).

^^ My parents are divorced so I have a digital at one house and the baby grand at the other.

Thanks and you're welcome~

[EmphaticItalic]

@daigoro789 Thanks for your kind reply. Was unexpected. ^_^

[daigoro789]

@avitron142 hey hey! yeah, there something about the simplicity of this melody that just immediately drew the attention of my ear! thanks for the comment and wishing you the best! ^___^

[daigoro789]

@EmphaticItalic hi hi ^___^ ahhhh, thanks for the suggestion! i've just checked it out! i assume you mean the song 'holy christmas' :P haha, pretty catchy i must say! we'll see then :) thanks once again for the suggestion and wishing you the very best :)))