damn this is so good. I'm learning piano and I started a simplified version of this song. Whenever I see you play it, it blows me away. Hope to be at your level some day. bravo.
I've heard several other people play, but I think they tend to play pretty. You seem to have made Kefga's madness well, and song feels colorful. Thanks!
Thanks so much for your perspective and kind words! I'm happy that my intention of intensity could be felt. I used to sympathize with Kefka's misanthropy and apocalyptic desires, and while this is no longer the case, I will always remember those feelings born of darkness and hatred, haha... Best wishes, brother! 🙏
I know that this is from the Piano Opera so I should've given the kudos to Hiroyuki Nakayama (not that I don't), but seeing it played is just so much better than just listening to the arrangement. You've done an excellent job on this, mate.
Man... you are not from this world.... Absolutely impeccable! Your sense immerse deep on this brilliant work and the result is superb! Thank you very much!!
Effing amazing bruh... I honesty respect your frantic play amd posture. U can see you hurt yourself while doing this but it sounds...well, yeah, to hurt someone for. On point vid bub
Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm glad that you liked my interpretive choices. It's possible that I did hurt myself playing this one but I don't remember having done so. I watched again and I didn't notice any pain-inducing accidents. Unless maybe you meant that I hurt myself literally or metaphorically? I tempered my soul in darkness for many years haha... As of 2015 I have consecrated myself to the Light. Thanks and best wishes, brother! 🔥🐦🔥
Love the passion you have when you play! I've had to have listened to this over 200 times, my favorite of all your videos bravo keep up the amazing work!! I aspire to be such as good player someday :)
Wow, thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement! If you have a vision, perseverance, and discipline, you should in all likelihood be able to achieve your goals. (By the way, my Facebook profile picture has been Kaiba for several years now, haha...) Best of luck!
Thank you very much, my brethren !! Everything you can imagine IS INDEED real ! The world is awakening to its true potential... Brightest blessings are coming... All is vibrating with infinite potential and it's exciting as heck ! :)
After listening to about 10 other piano versions, this is by far my favorite. The energy and drama you put into this really makes it feel as epic as Kefka is. Amazing job, hope there will be more soon. EDIT: I listened to it like 20x now and am whistling it all day ... what did you do to me D:
Haha, thanks a lot for your kind comment !! I always try my best to channel the most relevant emotion to the character/game, so I'm glad it came through ! I think video games generally offer some reality or universal truth to us, there's a real essence that can be felt, which is extremely relevant/descriptive/insightful regarding our lives and the world we live in. The all-engulfing nothingness of Kefka is a real force me must fight, and I think Nobuo obviously did an excellent job with capturing that sentiment. I LOL at your edit. Stay strong and enthusiastic against the darkness, my brethren !! :D Remember, everything is cycles(repetition...). We are all like little planets/galaxies...
Oh also, I actually started playing Piano myself a few months ago, but your level of play is only something I can dream of for years. All I can play properly so far is To Zanerkand, oh well. And tips?
I think that becoming familiar with scales is pretty helpful, especially when you start thinking in terms of scale degrees so that you can learn about and understand music theory, which makes it easier to understand what exactly you're playing rather than just thinking about a bunch of note names. Recognizing the I and V chords would be a good place to start in terms of what you might try practicing now. Analyzing "To Zanarkand" entirely would probably not be that difficult. Always try to be mindful of your posture, make sure to keep breathing... Practice slowly and in control, try not to play through the same mistakes over and over (they won't resolve themselves and will be harder to break out of the more you play them)... Make sure you can keep the beat steady so use a metronome for at least occasional practice... Umm, if you have any questions feel free to ask ! There are plenty of things that could be said. Best of luck !!!
Nicholas Petris My problem with scales is the 2 "gaps" where the isn't a black key, memorizing where it is in what specific key is incredibly hard for me. I guess it's just a matter of practice, but I'm really not a big fan of just memorizing things, I'd rather want to understand them,
There is indeed a logical way to grasp them !! I'd recommend starting with the C major scale. Sing with it, with the scale degrees (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1[or8]). Become intimately familiar with the sound. From this scale, we now either add a sharp or a flat. A sharp will transpose us up a fifth to G major, and a flat will bring us down to F major. The sharp we add creates the new leading tone, scale degree 7, while the flat destroys our old leading tone. In relation to the tonic (scale degree one), the intervals to the other scale degrees will be the same for all the major scales (same sound relationship) : so you have the 1, +2 (major 2nd), +3 (major 3rd), P4 (perfect 4th), P5 (perfect 5th), +6 (major 6th), +7 (major 7th). I find it easier to think of things this way rather than primarily focusing on the [tone-tone-semitone etc] formula. C major -> G major (added F#) -> D major (added C#) -> A major (added G#) -> E major (added D#) -> B major (added A#) ... I'd recommend starting with those since the flats start becoming just a little trickier with regards to fingering. The sharps keep C major fingering until B major, where the left hand uses 4 at the bottom. Oh, I also wanted to give you another thought with regards to learning/practicing: try to think of the ultimate musical result you will aim for with every note/phrase, and let the musical Truth be your guide of what is physically required. Trying to learn something "neutral" and trying to add in dynamics/musicality later makes for a lot more work. Always think musically; sometimes this will call for something "neutral" but generally if something is void of musicality it's never worth to practice it that way. Remember, the more we repeat something, the more it will become ingrained, so make sure to always try doing your best. "Autopilot" is the absolutely enemy, and not just in music, in my opinion. Cheers, my friend ~~
clicked the link to see if it was the same song i played at a recital when i was 13. it's not. this must have been tough to master! this song is phenomenal!! keep up the great work!
What you played was probably from the "Piano Collections", which I still find quite enjoyable and interesting as a sort of complimentary take on the music from the game ! This "Piano Opera" version is obviously a much more "direct" arrangement/approach, which for now is more of what I'm after. This piece wasn't the toughest, but it did take me a few days of recording attempts to get to this! Thanks a lot for your kind words ! :)
Hello Richard! Your performances seem pretty good from what I've listened to so far, and you are obviously very skilled! Congratulations! I find it possibly off-putting to title your videos as "best version on TH-cam", but I understand that this is a strategy to attract more audience. Good luck in your quest, brother! ✌
@@NicholasPetris I agree with you that the young man did a good job playing the piece and that best is very subjective. Where he was playing a piece of music, to me you were playing the piano, putting yourself into the music, adding emotion and depth to it. Bravo, I come back often to listen to this piece because of that and just find your rendition overly enjoyable. Thank you!
Thanks a lot for the encouragement, my brethren !! I definitely think the Piano Opera arrangements are quite faithful to their game counterparts, while adapting into some slightly more pianistic techniques/textures. Great work by Mr. Nakayama. Best of luck to you !!!
Thanks! Yeah, the majority of my videos took many takes, and in many cases I couldn't even succeed on my first day of recording attempts. I don't remember for sure if this one took several days or how many attempts specifically, but if I recall correctly it was on the less tricky, less unwieldy side, so I think I wrapped it up quicker than most others. Once I get back to working on music, which should hopefully be soon enough, I'll be sure to make note of whether I managed to get an acceptable recording on my first take, which ideally is the goal, but for whatever reasons, it's pretty unlikely. Proper preparation and practice and the right mental state or paradigm seem to be the keys. Cheers!
That sounds about right! If it wasn't implied in my original comment, absolutely excellent rendition! This is the most true to the original rendition I've heard yet
You have some really amazing covers, this is one of those hidden gem channels of TH-cam that gets less attention than it should :O Count me as another person you got this stuck in the head of all day XD sometimes when I'm driving, instead of turning on the radio, I just hum music like this aloud, and yesterday I was humming this theme hahaha....Uwa, ha, ha!
I had never considered it, but you might actually be right !! (If you're referring to the middle "developmental" section possibly incorporating some of "The Decisive Battle".) I did add in a small motif (from my favorite section of) "Dancing Mad" right at the end.
Ryan Patterson Just keep practicing and you'll make it eventually. You might need many hours of practice, but don't let that discourage you. The third page of this arrangement was the hardest for me; I'd focus on the rest of it, hands separately, with accurate dynamic control, slowly, some metronome work, until it's comfortable enough to put the hands together. Any things or sections in particular that are troubling you ? Those octaves with some trills atop are challenging, so drop the lower note until fingers 4 and 5 are capable of handling the musical demands, for example. Cheers and best of luck!
I practise an hour or less each day on this piece. It's the syncopation that is messing me up throughout the piece, like when the piece has the left hand play the off beats of the main theme when it increased to 1/8 notes it gets akward. I also need to work on the stocatto of the piece more which comes with practising with the metronome.
Your energy is impressive. This is music cosplay.
This is just pure gold!
Oh god, he's crazier than Kefka.
Hahahaha hell yea
This is the best piano cover of this song by far
Bravo. The most realistic evil piano player I have ever seen on TH-cam. By the grace of god, you are what you are. Amen
ムキムキマンはタンクトップがお好き
世界共通だったのですね
Bro, you really livin' this theme. Wonderful.
This guy gets it.
very very very nice from japan
damn this is so good. I'm learning piano and I started a simplified version of this song. Whenever I see you play it, it blows me away. Hope to be at your level some day. bravo.
徐々に頭を揺らしてリズムとるのが壊れて来てるみたいで地味に好き
なるほど！
This is exactly how this song is meant to be played. Awesome.
I do generally try to go for the attitude and feeling of the game, so I really appreciate your compliments ! Brightest blessings, my brethren !!
This is great! You truly capture the essence of Kefka.
he's possessed by Kefka himself 😂😂😂
nice performance!
exactry! 😂
すごすぎる上手すぎる笑
子供の時にＦＦ６をやった記憶が蘇りました。なんとも言えない雰囲気が出ていて素晴らしいです！鳥肌が立ちました。
ケフカのコスプレしたらホントにケフカみたいになりそうwww
それ是非やってほしい！
迫力があってとても好きです！
まさにケフカのテーマって感じ
Blavo
ケフカらしさが出てますよね～
この人のケフカ好きだなー
素晴らしい！
very nice!
I always come back to your cover! Love it
Very kind of you! Thanks and blessings!
Amazing！力強く、正確無比なタッチ。ゲームミュージックへの愛を感じます。
My favorite cut scene from Spinal Tap
Bestial track. Thank you so much for that. Dig the hunching back to really add that Kefka feel.
I appreciate your kind words, brother! Best wishes💪
Amazing interpretation! This kind of video makes me eager to practice hahaha
I've heard several other people play, but I think they tend to play pretty.
You seem to have made Kefga's madness well, and song feels colorful. Thanks!
Thanks so much for your perspective and kind words! I'm happy that my intention of intensity could be felt. I used to sympathize with Kefka's misanthropy and apocalyptic desires, and while this is no longer the case, I will always remember those feelings born of darkness and hatred, haha... Best wishes, brother! 🙏
I know that this is from the Piano Opera so I should've given the kudos to Hiroyuki Nakayama (not that I don't), but seeing it played is just so much better than just listening to the arrangement. You've done an excellent job on this, mate.
If Kefka played piano, that's what it'd look like.
Man... you are not from this world....
Absolutely impeccable! Your sense immerse deep on this brilliant work and the result is superb!
Thank you very much!!
Thank you very much for such kind words! Best wishes!
キチガイっぷりが演出されてててGood!!What a crazy performance. wonderful!! from Japan
i like it!!
this speed and pressure encourage me XD ！！！！！
好きです!!
スピード感、圧迫感ともに感じます！！
You really understand this theme ! Bravo
Thank you for your kind words. I'm hoping to get back to posting, soon enough. Best wishes!
うますぎる！！！
友よありがとう！これにはGoogle翻訳を使用しました。乾杯！
You deserve much more views and attention. That's a supreme interpretation of the theme
The bset of kefka thema player ever
Well done!
素晴らしい!!!ブラボーーーーーーーーーー！！！！
Yoooo this is littttt. Good shit!!! I know you had a good time playing this one.
Thanks a lot, bro! I appreciate it. Best wishes! 👊
Is this your own arrangement? I've noticed a few parts I havent seen others do
Magnificent!
お気に入りに追加だぜ！
すばらしい とてもいい動画だ
どうもありがとうございます ！（Googleのツールを使用して翻訳）
明るい祝福！
Absolutely freakin' insane
Haha, thank you brother! 🔥🃏🔥
Effing amazing bruh... I honesty respect your frantic play amd posture.
U can see you hurt yourself while doing this but it sounds...well, yeah, to hurt someone for. On point vid bub
Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm glad that you liked my interpretive choices.
It's possible that I did hurt myself playing this one but I don't remember having done so. I watched again and I didn't notice any pain-inducing accidents. Unless maybe you meant that I hurt myself literally or metaphorically? I tempered my soul in darkness for many years haha... As of 2015 I have consecrated myself to the Light.
Thanks and best wishes, brother! 🔥🐦🔥
Excellently played! Superb
Great job Nicholas! Love this theme and love the passion you pour into your playing. Cheers!
Thank you so much for the kind words, my good sir ! :) Best of luck to you !!
Love the passion you have when you play! I've had to have listened to this over 200 times, my favorite of all your videos bravo keep up the amazing work!! I aspire to be such as good player someday :)
Wow, thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement! If you have a vision, perseverance, and discipline, you should in all likelihood be able to achieve your goals. (By the way, my Facebook profile picture has been Kaiba for several years now, haha...) Best of luck!
Bravo! Amazing! I love your Kefka!!
Thank you so much for your compliments! Best wishes 🙏
I like the attitude man!
Thank you very much, my brethren !! Everything you can imagine IS INDEED real ! The world is awakening to its true potential... Brightest blessings are coming... All is vibrating with infinite potential and it's exciting as heck ! :)
Nicholas Petris Lol! Btw, I still remember those lines by Kefka at the end. xD
honestly your tone is unreal
After listening to about 10 other piano versions, this is by far my favorite. The energy and drama you put into this really makes it feel as epic as Kefka is. Amazing job, hope there will be more soon.
EDIT: I listened to it like 20x now and am whistling it all day ... what did you do to me D:
Haha, thanks a lot for your kind comment !! I always try my best to channel the most relevant emotion to the character/game, so I'm glad it came through ! I think video games generally offer some reality or universal truth to us, there's a real essence that can be felt, which is extremely relevant/descriptive/insightful regarding our lives and the world we live in. The all-engulfing nothingness of Kefka is a real force me must fight, and I think Nobuo obviously did an excellent job with capturing that sentiment.
I LOL at your edit. Stay strong and enthusiastic against the darkness, my brethren !! :D Remember, everything is cycles(repetition...). We are all like little planets/galaxies...
Oh also, I actually started playing Piano myself a few months ago, but your level of play is only something I can dream of for years. All I can play properly so far is To Zanerkand, oh well. And tips?
I think that becoming familiar with scales is pretty helpful, especially when you start thinking in terms of scale degrees so that you can learn about and understand music theory, which makes it easier to understand what exactly you're playing rather than just thinking about a bunch of note names. Recognizing the I and V chords would be a good place to start in terms of what you might try practicing now. Analyzing "To Zanarkand" entirely would probably not be that difficult.
Always try to be mindful of your posture, make sure to keep breathing... Practice slowly and in control, try not to play through the same mistakes over and over (they won't resolve themselves and will be harder to break out of the more you play them)... Make sure you can keep the beat steady so use a metronome for at least occasional practice... Umm, if you have any questions feel free to ask ! There are plenty of things that could be said. Best of luck !!!
Nicholas Petris My problem with scales is the 2 "gaps" where the isn't a black key, memorizing where it is in what specific key is incredibly hard for me. I guess it's just a matter of practice, but I'm really not a big fan of just memorizing things, I'd rather want to understand them,
There is indeed a logical way to grasp them !! I'd recommend starting with the C major scale. Sing with it, with the scale degrees (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1[or8]). Become intimately familiar with the sound. From this scale, we now either add a sharp or a flat. A sharp will transpose us up a fifth to G major, and a flat will bring us down to F major. The sharp we add creates the new leading tone, scale degree 7, while the flat destroys our old leading tone. In relation to the tonic (scale degree one), the intervals to the other scale degrees will be the same for all the major scales (same sound relationship) : so you have the 1, +2 (major 2nd), +3 (major 3rd), P4 (perfect 4th), P5 (perfect 5th), +6 (major 6th), +7 (major 7th). I find it easier to think of things this way rather than primarily focusing on the [tone-tone-semitone etc] formula.
C major -> G major (added F#) -> D major (added C#) -> A major (added G#) -> E major (added D#) -> B major (added A#) ...
I'd recommend starting with those since the flats start becoming just a little trickier with regards to fingering. The sharps keep C major fingering until B major, where the left hand uses 4 at the bottom.
Oh, I also wanted to give you another thought with regards to learning/practicing: try to think of the ultimate musical result you will aim for with every note/phrase, and let the musical Truth be your guide of what is physically required. Trying to learn something "neutral" and trying to add in dynamics/musicality later makes for a lot more work. Always think musically; sometimes this will call for something "neutral" but generally if something is void of musicality it's never worth to practice it that way. Remember, the more we repeat something, the more it will become ingrained, so make sure to always try doing your best. "Autopilot" is the absolutely enemy, and not just in music, in my opinion. Cheers, my friend ~~
👏👏👏 Bravo!
Looking Like A Famous Rock Star, Bro
Haha, thank you brother! You are an epic dude. Stay strong! Blessings 🔥🙏🔥
that was extraordinary! cool as !#$%
Thanks for the kinds words! Good luck to you in these trying times. 💪
Wonderful
clicked the link to see if it was the same song i played at a recital when i was 13. it's not. this must have been tough to master! this song is phenomenal!! keep up the great work!
What you played was probably from the "Piano Collections", which I still find quite enjoyable and interesting as a sort of complimentary take on the music from the game ! This "Piano Opera" version is obviously a much more "direct" arrangement/approach, which for now is more of what I'm after. This piece wasn't the toughest, but it did take me a few days of recording attempts to get to this! Thanks a lot for your kind words ! :)
This is awesome.
Thank you for the great performance of my favorite song
My god! this is the best pianist i've ever seen O.O
This is great sir! Right in the nostalgia! Haylee-June loves watching you play.
I just release my performance of Kefka. You can find in my FF Piano Opera playlist
Hello Richard! Your performances seem pretty good from what I've listened to so far, and you are obviously very skilled! Congratulations! I find it possibly off-putting to title your videos as "best version on TH-cam", but I understand that this is a strategy to attract more audience. Good luck in your quest, brother! ✌
@@NicholasPetris I agree with you that the young man did a good job playing the piece and that best is very subjective. Where he was playing a piece of music, to me you were playing the piano, putting yourself into the music, adding emotion and depth to it. Bravo, I come back often to listen to this piece because of that and just find your rendition overly enjoyable. Thank you!
amazing!
Thank you for your praise, friend! Blessings! 🙏
Ringo star？
Awesome.
Thank you, bro! Cheers! 💪
Brilliant
Fantastic work man! Keep it up - this is definitely one of the better arrangements of Kefka
Thanks a lot for the encouragement, my brethren !! I definitely think the Piano Opera arrangements are quite faithful to their game counterparts, while adapting into some slightly more pianistic techniques/textures. Great work by Mr. Nakayama. Best of luck to you !!!
Great job! I like the improvised ending :)
むずかしいです。。 すばらしいパフォーマンス!
I'm trying to learn this right now and my progress is so slow. I should stick to playing Balamb Garden and Blue Fields.
めちゃくちゃ上手いすね感動しました(*^^*)
Fabuloso!
lol you have this mad artist energy that is similar to Kefka
Damn, Sylvester Stallone really knows how to jam
Haha !! 💪🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
Cheers, friend!
bravo !
I'd love to know what attempt number this was. I mean, clearly this guy is good, but I'd wager it took more than one time to land it
Thanks! Yeah, the majority of my videos took many takes, and in many cases I couldn't even succeed on my first day of recording attempts. I don't remember for sure if this one took several days or how many attempts specifically, but if I recall correctly it was on the less tricky, less unwieldy side, so I think I wrapped it up quicker than most others.
Once I get back to working on music, which should hopefully be soon enough, I'll be sure to make note of whether I managed to get an acceptable recording on my first take, which ideally is the goal, but for whatever reasons, it's pretty unlikely. Proper preparation and practice and the right mental state or paradigm seem to be the keys.
Cheers!
That sounds about right!
If it wasn't implied in my original comment, absolutely excellent rendition! This is the most true to the original rendition I've heard yet
@@Tiago- That's very kind of you and I appreciate it! Thank you!🙏
You have some really amazing covers, this is one of those hidden gem channels of TH-cam that gets less attention than it should :O Count me as another person you got this stuck in the head of all day XD sometimes when I'm driving, instead of turning on the radio, I just hum music like this aloud, and yesterday I was humming this theme hahaha....Uwa, ha, ha!
How interesting. Very good job sir
ホワッホッホッホ
How crazy!!good job!!
This is awesome! I just started learning to play the piano a month ago, and it's things like this that really motivate me!
Thank you for such kind words ! Try your best ! Always be attentive to what you are playing and don't give up. Best of luck, my brethren !!
Yeah, that's what piano can do to ya. 😁
dendi? is that you?
what is going on :O
SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Holy shit your skills
holy shit man calm down
Fuuuuuuck yes
Did I hear some of the boss battle theme mixed in there?
I had never considered it, but you might actually be right !! (If you're referring to the middle "developmental" section possibly incorporating some of "The Decisive Battle".) I did add in a small motif (from my favorite section of) "Dancing Mad" right at the end.
YO
this is correct
Dendi?
I's cool！You look very fun！I'm afraid Kefuca´д` ;
But what do yo meen"Piano Opera"^^;
やぁ。
dendi?
Real Kefka
やぁ
むずかしいです。。 すばらしいパフォーマンス!
I'm trying to learn this right now and my progress is so slow. I should stick to playing Balamb Garden and Blue Fields.
Ryan Patterson Just keep practicing and you'll make it eventually. You might need many hours of practice, but don't let that discourage you. The third page of this arrangement was the hardest for me; I'd focus on the rest of it, hands separately, with accurate dynamic control, slowly, some metronome work, until it's comfortable enough to put the hands together. Any things or sections in particular that are troubling you ?
Those octaves with some trills atop are challenging, so drop the lower note until fingers 4 and 5 are capable of handling the musical demands, for example. Cheers and best of luck!
I practise an hour or less each day on this piece. It's the syncopation that is messing me up throughout the piece, like when the piece has the left hand play the off beats of the main theme when it increased to 1/8 notes it gets akward. I also need to work on the stocatto of the piece more which comes with practising with the metronome.