hey, don’t usually comment but i’ve been following your covers for a while now and i just wanted to say, as a fellow pianist, that i don’t think i’ve ever found covers as accurate and as harmonically faithful to the originals as the ones you arrange and perform. thanks for all the covers, the sheet music, and your performances!
I'm not a pianist so idk what to call them, but you hit those plinks plinks so well. Those parts where you almost play 2 notes at once, but you play one just a little earlier
@@applewitheveryone I checked the sheet music, there are grace notes in the piece but I think the "plink plinks" they're talking about are played as a sextuplet so some of the notes occur on an offbeat. Making it sound like there's 2 notes being played out of sync from each other.
Ichinose-san is GOATed dude. If he actually can PLAY the Approaching Cynthia theme he's like got madman chops too. Maybe not quite Rachmaninoff level but like way up there
Learned of this from Gutsick Gibbon’s ending theme for her new dog domestication video. She used this for a beautiful speech about the bond between humans and dogs, and I just had to find the original pianist to pay my deepest respects. This is a truly beautiful piece, and you did it SUCH exquisite justice. Thank you. I can’t wait to binge, like, your entire channel.
LOL, I came here from recognizing the Pokémon music that it is and had to pause GG's video just to confirm my hearing was right. This is probably the most beautiful piece featured in a Pokémon Game and it was so incredibly performed here as well!
this is so beautiful i started crying in my room at 5pm. i'm so so in love!! just subscribed and gonna work through all your pokemon videos while i study
OMG I have been waiting for this one for so long! I was so happy that you did Azalea town a long time ago, since Azalea town and National Park are my two favotire gold and silver tracks.
I got reminded of this theme like 5 mins ago and realized i had never heard it on a real life piano so i did a quick search of a cover and damn i cried listening to this. your dynamic contrast and phrasing is phenomenal and even without the strings this cover still gives me the same nostalgic feeling as the original 😭
The fact that you cover Pokemon songs and also Oasis music is just incredible. Two of my favorite things that seem so unrelated can be found in the same place!
Woah, your arrangement and piano playing is fantastic! I played the Heart Gold version; it is one of my most cherished Pokémon games, and I love this theme. I've always thought National Park was hard to arrange for solo piano since there's a lot going on, but your arrangement is very clean! Actually, this is the cleanest piano arrangement while still being true to National Park. Thank you so much!
Playing the piano is so theraputic for me, and you always post the most beautiful covers from my favorite games that give me an extra push to learn them. Thank you so much for sharing your gift with us (and not charging). Amazing as always!
I recently discovered your channel after searching up Rach2 performances. Anyway, I left RU-vid playing music in the background while I slept today, and I woke up to this song, and I loved hearing it. I got out of bed because I wanted to know what song it was, and to my surprise it from Pokemon. I never would have guessed either. HG and SS are my favorite Pokemon games.
Wow! I literally discovered your channel about an hour ago and I'm stunned. One of the best performances I've seen of this song and it's only been uploaded 8 days ago. Keep up the good work 😀
Insane cover, as always. got me chills. Make me want to play more pokemon song. Just learn to play little root town. gold silver soundtrack si so much nostalgic.
Was looking for some good music to listen to while studying for finals and landed on your channel. This is my favorite Pokémon song and your rendition is beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this piece and the sheet music alongside it. Keep up the good work!
I usually don't do this but i came up with lyrics for 0:32 to 0:54 Love does go on though you are gone Even though I'm all alone Love does go on Though i am gone And you are all alone
Love your pokemon covers! Say, I have a question: I notice you use a roland A-88 keyboard controller from your channel’s “about” section… and the VSTs you use are quite beautiful. I don’t think I’ve found another artist with as common of interests in both regards. However, if I were in the market for a digital piano that wasn’t a controller-type, what would you recommend? Do you use any other digital pianos when you’re not making videos? Do you like Roland, or maybe Kawai? Something else I’ve noticed is that your hands seem to effortlessly glide across the keyboard. If that’s because of a lighter key action (something I hear a lot from Kawai models) then I’d be interested in that because my hands are about the same size as yours.
This will always be my favorite Pokemon ost of all time, since my first ever pokemon game was crystal 😁. Thank you for doing such a wonderful cover as always
Gonna take my chances and request Sora wa Miteiruyo from Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card 🙈 I’ve never seen a piano cover done by anyone and yours would be just too godlike👌🏻
OH SHIT THIS WAS JUST RELEASED THATS WHY I HADN'T SEEN IT! My favorite pokemon song, holy smokes this one will be remembered. I will learn the piano and then this song, Im almost done with method book 1 🤣. Very inspiring thank you Lotus!
bruh what a hidden gem!!!!!!! from one huge fan of vgm and piano covers, i have to say this is excellent. You are almost doing it perfectly. One thing i do not understand about all covers is that they omit the high pitched part during the B section. You put it in (oh god thank you) but it a much lower register. I want to take your cover and just add that little part. My criticism is only a testament to how much I higly value your transcription!!! and the fact that it is available for free! already started playing on my keyboards UwU
Omg I have just re-read this comment and I had totally forgot about it! Have you tried taking leaps to reach a higher register for this part? I am nowhere near your level of solo-piano arrangement mastery (I mean, my previous detail was not even scratching the surface of everything you did! You were nice enough to like my comment but I do believe you did something better than everyone else, all those ''emulations'' of orchestral sounds. As a student of Charles-Valentin Alkan, I consider all succesfull attempts at reducing multiple instruments to a single amazing) but when i did take that leap while sight-reading the sheet and the effect was really nice But it needs someone with your brain to arrange it. Then, you would have, in my opinion, the first real definitive transcription of National Park. If you look for another similar piece that no one has ever to in a good way on piano, take Astral Observatory. There are three distinct voices that need to played : the harpsichord, the choir and the piano. All three together on a piano....
Thanks you for sharing the sheet music (trying to learn your arrangement of Just the two of us). May I know the brand and model of your piano/ keyboard? Thank you for sharing your talent. Your musical expression is superb.
