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Title: [Music] Piano6888's Touhou covers
Post by: piano6888 on August 20, 2016, 10:59:20 PM

Hey everyone, some of you guys on here might already know me, but a brief introduction for those who don't.  Well, I'm a pianist who likes to cover video game music, and since the last two years, I've had a narrow focus on Touhou music.  Here (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU7OOZPOpCudxANjsJdpnxRCDqojpYshI) is my playlist of Touhou music that I've covered on the piano.

My most recent piano cover is here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELxkuM8tjLA).

Instead of creating a new topic every time I have a new Touhou cover, I've decided just to have this one topic and then update it here instead, that way everything is all organized in one place. :)

Title: Re: [Music] Piano6888's Touhou covers
Post by: piano6888 on September 14, 2016, 03:58:40 PM

I have a new cover out just a few days ago, Withered Leaf (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o47WF_0aSLA). :)

Title: Re: [Music] Piano6888's Touhou covers
Post by: piano6888 on November 01, 2016, 08:03:15 PM

On Halloween night, I uploaded Kogasa Tatara's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJxxsYaaqG4) theme to my channel. :P

Title: Re: [Music] Piano6888's Touhou covers
Post by: Hello Purvis on November 02, 2016, 02:07:09 AM

Not bad at all.

I wish I had better responses to give, but I'm not a music guy =[

Title: Re: [Music] Piano6888's Touhou covers
Post by: piano6888 on December 24, 2016, 05:13:45 PM

Thanks Purji! :) No worries, I'm happy that you enjoyed my covers! :) Sorry for the very late response, I don't get on here often enough...

Anyways, Merry Christmas to Gensokyo and I have a recent cover out. It is Mamizou Futatsuiwa's (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TYNQyyx-oE) theme on my channel.

Title: Re: [Music] Piano6888's Touhou covers
Post by: BT on December 24, 2016, 08:11:23 PM

Where Purvis fails, I can throw you a pointer or two!

Cranking up the staccato is a good choice for Mamizou's theme. You were sorta going for that, but it can be accentuated further. Hands like very precise, tiny hammers, hitting the notes briefly and hard. I noticed the left hand part in the intro in particular.

The staccato is more of a recommendation, but you have a bigger problem of missing some of the beats. Like, it's noticeable when the main melody kicks in - you're not done counting 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4 before going to the next notes in the right hand. A great rule of thumb is making sure you time all the notes in a piece correctly, playing as slowly as you need, before upping the tempo for the whole thing, rinse, repeat. Ya need a lot of patience, but it's worth it.

Anyway, that's what stood out to me. It's a pretty accurate rendition of Mamizou's theme otherwise, so good job. :)