![crossing field - Sword Art Online OP [Piano] @Animenzzz](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IT8Wo8GGDGg/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sheet music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/41466
Crossing Field is probably one of the most iconic anime songs of the last decade and one of the early hit songs from LiSA. For the longest time I already had a basic idea how the full version should sound like on the piano but I never had the time to properly sit down and polish the ideas floating in my head until a few days ago.
It was quite a challenge to translate LiSA's overpowering vocal performance into a piano solo piece. Interestingly, the final arrangement turned out to be more "soft" than expected, especially in the beginning and ending part. Maybe my personality has become more gentle since 2018 (笑)
Anyway, this piano arrangement is following the same song structure as the original song and I used my usual variation ideas for the repeating parts. The biggest technical difficulty was the left hand pattern in the second chorus at 2:05. I was imagining a group of string instruments playing a tremolo (fast repetitions) for this part and I tried to imitate it with the left hand.
The only place where I took some freedom in arranging was the bridge part starting at 2:38. I used a slightly different harmonization in the left hand but overall, I tried to keep a similar atmosphere like the original song. In a way, this arrangement feels like a piano cover from my "old arrangement style" in 2015. Especially the arpeggios in the final chorus in 3:37 is a technique I often used in my earlier arrangements.
People who have known me for a long time might still remember that I used to harshly criticize the first season of Sword Art Online due to its abundant use of story cliches and... well, Kirito just being an overpowered Main Character. But honestly, after last week's rewatch of SAO - and with a fresh mindset - it wasn't as bad as I remembered. In fact, I actually found it quite entertaining in its own unique way.
I guess I was way too serious about Anime in my past. I still remember I was actually writing detailed anime reviews for a certain German websites back then. It was really part of my dark history (笑). But honestly, after watching so many Anime series, I eventually stopped being an elitist and I just try to enjoy any kind of Anime genre.
Well then, next week's piano arrangement has been decided already and it's going to be another nostalgia song from the year 2009! It's also one of my more challenging arrangements for a while.
I hope I can manage to record it by then and as usual -
see you next week!
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Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Crossing Field
Anime: Sword Art Online / ソードアート・オンライン
Published by: Aniplex 2012
Composed by: Sho Watanabe / 渡辺 翔
Performed by: LiSA
#crossingfield #swordartonline #piano #SAO #LiSA
Sheet music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/41466
Crossing Field is probably one of the most iconic anime songs of the last decade and one of the early hit songs from LiSA. For the longest time I already had a basic idea how the full version should sound like on the piano but I never had the time to properly sit down and polish the ideas floating in my head until a few days ago.
It was quite a challenge to translate LiSA's overpowering vocal performance into a piano solo piece. Interestingly, the final arrangement turned out to be more "soft" than expected, especially in the beginning and ending part. Maybe my personality has become more gentle since 2018 (笑)
Anyway, this piano arrangement is following the same song structure as the original song and I used my usual variation ideas for the repeating parts. The biggest technical difficulty was the left hand pattern in the second chorus at 2:05. I was imagining a group of string instruments playing a tremolo (fast repetitions) for this part and I tried to imitate it with the left hand.
The only place where I took some freedom in arranging was the bridge part starting at 2:38. I used a slightly different harmonization in the left hand but overall, I tried to keep a similar atmosphere like the original song. In a way, this arrangement feels like a piano cover from my "old arrangement style" in 2015. Especially the arpeggios in the final chorus in 3:37 is a technique I often used in my earlier arrangements.
People who have known me for a long time might still remember that I used to harshly criticize the first season of Sword Art Online due to its abundant use of story cliches and... well, Kirito just being an overpowered Main Character. But honestly, after last week's rewatch of SAO - and with a fresh mindset - it wasn't as bad as I remembered. In fact, I actually found it quite entertaining in its own unique way.
I guess I was way too serious about Anime in my past. I still remember I was actually writing detailed anime reviews for a certain German websites back then. It was really part of my dark history (笑). But honestly, after watching so many Anime series, I eventually stopped being an elitist and I just try to enjoy any kind of Anime genre.
Well then, next week's piano arrangement has been decided already and it's going to be another nostalgia song from the year 2009! It's also one of my more challenging arrangements for a while.
I hope I can manage to record it by then and as usual -
see you next week!
Animenz
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Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Crossing Field
Anime: Sword Art Online / ソードアート・オンライン
Published by: Aniplex 2012
Composed by: Sho Watanabe / 渡辺 翔
Performed by: LiSA
#crossingfield #swordartonline #piano #SAO #LiSA
![crossing field - Sword Art Online OP [Piano]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IT8Wo8GGDGg/mqdefault.jpg "crossing field - Sword Art Online OP [Piano]
Sheet music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/41466
Crossing Field is probably one of the most iconic anime songs of the last decade and one of the early hit songs from LiSA. For the longest time I already had a basic idea how the full version should sound like on the piano but I never had the time to properly sit down and polish the ideas floating in my head until a few days ago.
It was quite a challenge to translate LiSAs overpowering vocal performance into a piano solo piece. Interestingly, the final arrangement turned out to be more soft than expected, especially in the beginning and ending part. Maybe my personality has become more gentle since 2018 (笑)
Anyway, this piano arrangement is following the same song structure as the original song and I used my usual variation ideas for the repeating parts. The biggest technical difficulty was the left hand pattern in the second chorus at 2:05. I was imagining a group of string instruments playing a tremolo (fast repetitions) for this part and I tried to imitate it with the left hand.
The only place where I took some freedom in arranging was the bridge part starting at 2:38. I used a slightly different harmonization in the left hand but overall, I tried to keep a similar atmosphere like the original song. In a way, this arrangement feels like a piano cover from my old arrangement style in 2015. Especially the arpeggios in the final chorus in 3:37 is a technique I often used in my earlier arrangements.
People who have known me for a long time might still remember that I used to harshly criticize the first season of Sword Art Online due to its abundant use of story cliches and... well, Kirito just being an overpowered Main Character. But honestly, after last weeks rewatch of SAO - and with a fresh mindset - it wasnt as bad as I remembered. In fact, I actually found it quite entertaining in its own unique way.
I guess I was way too serious about Anime in my past. I still remember I was actually writing detailed anime reviews for a certain German websites back then. It was really part of my dark history (笑). But honestly, after watching so many Anime series, I eventually stopped being an elitist and I just try to enjoy any kind of Anime genre.
Well then, next weeks piano arrangement has been decided already and its going to be another nostalgia song from the year 2009! Its also one of my more challenging arrangements for a while.
I hope I can manage to record it by then and as usual -
see you next week!
Animenz
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Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Crossing Field
Anime: Sword Art Online / ソードアート・オンライン
Published by: Aniplex 2012
Composed by: Sho Watanabe / 渡辺 翔
Performed by: LiSA
#crossingfield #swordartonline #piano #SAO #LiSA")
![Kyouran Hey Kids!! - Noragami Aragoto OP [Piano] / THE ORAL CIGARETTES](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IqPt7UwMbuQ/mqdefault.jpg "Kyouran Hey Kids!! - Noragami Aragoto OP [Piano] / THE ORAL CIGARETTES
Sheet Music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/73297
KURUTTE HEY KIDS! Once you hear these words, you will instantly remember the chorus melody of Kyouran Hey Kids!! - probably the coolest opening song ever. This piano arrangement is quite addictive from the very first second, because of the irresistible combination of a jazzy guitar voice in the right hand and a walking bass line in the left hand in 0:07.
I tried to replicate the rhythm of the drums as accurate as I could for the entire piece. This results in a few unconventional left hand patterns such as in 0:20 or in 1:24. But the real challenge was arranging the chorus in 0:45: The drums had a very fast dum-ta-ta, dum-ta-ta rhythm and only after a lot of trial and error, I found a good left hand pattern which properly matches the rhythm. The left hand syncopation can be heard especially clear in 0:49.
There is also another problem I needed to solve: The I respect the hero! part in 1:08 is only spoken in the original song and it doesnt have a melody. But since I really like the guitar melody from 0:07, I used it as a starting point and modified the melody a little bit to create an original melody line for the spoken part.
Last but not least, the rarely used left hand melody octaves is appearing again! For the second half of the bridge in 2:26, I needed some extra punch in the bass to replicate the aggressive drums of the original song. And left hand octave melodies just does the job perfectly. At the same time, the right hand pattern in 2:26 is one of my favorite arrangement tricks to extend and intensify a long melody on the piano. I used it in my Swordland (Sword Art Online OST) arrangement as well in the past.
Alright, thats it for today! Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed this weeks super groovy arrangement! Also: Dont forget to donate 5 yen to poor Yato-san! Or else he will never become the wealthiest god in Japan! (笑)
See you next time!
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🎹Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Kyouran Hey Kids!! / 狂乱 Hey Kids!!
Anime: Noragami Aragoto / ノラガミ ARAGOTO
Published by: A-Sketch Inc. (2015)
Composed by: Takuya Yamanaka / 山中 拓也
Performed by: THE ORAL CIGARETTES
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#noragami #kyouranheykids #noragamiaragoto")
![Attack on Titan - Final ED Theme 「To You 2000…or…20000 Years From Now…」 [Piano] /Linked Horizon](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IrfacMPu8Uk/mqdefault.jpg "Attack on Titan - Final ED Theme 「To You 2000…or…20000 Years From Now…」 [Piano] /Linked Horizon
See you later, Eren. The final episode of Attack on Titan has finally aired and it truly feels like the end of an era. I am so glad that Linked Horizon is back again to perform the final ED theme again because the story of Attack on Titan has started in 2013 with the legendary first OP Song 「Guren no Yumiya」. And now we have come full circle with 「To You 2000…or…20000 Years From Now…」.
① “Ill wrap that scarf around you as many times as you want” 1:03
I really love the long pause in 1:03 because it perfectly mirrors the moment, where Eren (now as a bird) is wrapping the scarf on Mikasa again. I was thinking of how to express this long pause on the piano and the best method was to play a scale with added thirds. I also added an accent on the first note to give the music a more dramatic impact.
Did you know that the chorus melody in 1:10 has also the same melody as the second verse in OP2 「Jiyuu no Tsubasa」? The incredible thing is, the lyrics of 「Jiyuu no Tsubasa」also perfectly describes the final episode. It says […] The bird has broken out of its shell to fly […] and it essentially mirrors the image of (bird-) Eren.
② Eren’s true freedom 1:33
The original song has a beautiful flute and oboe solo in 1:33 but instead of directly copying the melody, I transformed it into a “piano instrumental solo” by utilizing the skillset of a pianist: fast arpeggios and melodious scales. The piano is literally “soaring into the sky” with all those ornaments and movements, experiencing true freedom.
③ The “silent key” in 3:45
I tried to recreate the lingering sound in the air after the music has ended with the last chord in 3:45. Pedaling the entire section will make the piano sound too muddy. But using complete silence will make the next part feel too disconnected. Therefore, I silently pressed down the keys with my left hand so I can slowly fade out the bass notes while still retaining the lingering sound of the D major chord. I also like how the intro melody of 「Guren no Yumiya」is appearing again in 3:13. Even in the music, “History repeats itself”.
Final Words:
10 years of Attack on Titan Anime – what a long journey it was. I still vividly remember how excited I was when I watched the first episode of Attack on Titan in 2013. And how I arranged 「Guren no Yumiya」 and 「Jiyuu no Tsubasa」 in record speed. Now there are more than 13 piano arrangements on my YouTube channel dedicated to Attack on Titan which is more than any other anime series.
Attack on Titan definitely earned its place in the Anime Hall of Legends and I was so glad to be part of the fandom for the last 10 years. I also want to express my thanks to all the people who have supported me through all those years. I wouldn’t have made it that far without you.
Thank you so much for following my musical journey on YouTube.
Animenz
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Original Song: 『To You 2000…or…20000 Years From Now…』
Anime: Attack on Titan - The Final Chapters - Part 2 (2023)
Published by: PONY CANYON (2023)
Composed by: Revo
Performed by: Revo, Yui Ishikawa, Yuki Kaji
Piano arrangement by Animenz
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#aot #linkedhorizon #attackontitan")
![This game (2014 ver.) - No Game No Life OP [Piano]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JRQbVNzmCK0/mqdefault.jpg "This game (2014 ver.) - No Game No Life OP [Piano]
[Update 2021] New version: https://youtu.be/j137kcnJs8U
Sheet music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/62786
This is probably the most anticipated piano covers of this anime season, because countless people have requested a piano cover of this song. Now, the time has finally come! Heres my piano cover of the full version of This Game - the opening song to No Game No Life!
Initially I didnt want to upload a piano cover, because there are countless piano covers on YouTube already
(I guess I am really late into the game, but better too late than never...)
But I realized that none of them has made a proper piano cover of the FULL version of this song (which was released on 21th may, 2014)
So in the end, I decided to make a piano cover after all, but a full version!
A few words about the transcription itself:
This piano cover are among my top 10 most difficult pieces Ive ever written, because of the very fast speed and numerous two-hand arpeggios.
My left hand got extremely tired after I practiced this piece for 4 hours straight yesterday, prior to recording.
But I personally had a lot of fun playing this piece, because it has a very intense atmosphere: its like you are playing a rock-concert on the piano, especially the intermission part in 3:17.
I omitted the repeat of the chorus at the end, because I thought it was a bit redundant. Instead, I added the intro-part at the end to give it a proper closure.
Alright, this is my final piano cover upload for this spring anime season, Ill see you in the next anime season again!.
Btw, in my 2021 remake of “This game,” I kept the iconic left-hand patterns unchanged and only added a few rhythmic improvements and a new three-hand technique in the second verse.
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Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: This Game
Anime: No Game No Life
Published by: Media Factory 2014
Composed by: Mitsuru Wakabayashi
Performed by: Konomi Suzuki
#ThisGame #NoGameNoLife #piano
#KonomiSuzuki #MitsuruWakabayashi")
![Kanashimi no ato ni - AKB0048 OST [Piano]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Js6Ql0QGpeI/mqdefault.jpg "Kanashimi no ato ni - AKB0048 OST [Piano]
This particular soundtrack is being played in episode 7 of AKB0048 and it was used for a very melancholic scene in the Anime. Ive expanded the soundtrack with a improvisation-like middle part to make it more interesting, similar to my Euterpe (Guilty Crown OST) piano arrangement.
AKB0048 is really awesome and I am still fanboying very hard about this series.
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Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Kanashimi no ato ni / 悲しみの後に
Anime: AKB0048
Published by: Starchild Records (2012)
Composed by: Slavek Kowalewski and Hiroshi Takaki")
![GREAT DAYS - JoJos Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable [Piano]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KBmYIYqiZv8/mqdefault.jpg "GREAT DAYS - JoJos Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable [Piano]
Sheet music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/43327
LET THE VOICE OF LOVE TAKE YOU HIGHER ☝☝☝
Ah, Great Days! One of the most cheerful JoJo Openings with the iconic BREAK DOWN BREAK DOWN lyrics at the beginning and a perfect song for this year’s Bizarre Summer. The upbeat nature of the song also reflects this piano arrangement, and you are essentially playing forte from start to finish – a dream for all pianist, who wants to go all out on the piano!
Right from the beginning, I used the three-hand technique to imitate the iconic BREAK DOWN BREAK DOWN while playing the guitar bassline at the same time with alternating hands. I also did the same for all the repeats in 1:16 and 3:38.
This could have been one of the easier arrangements if not for the cursed F# Major key – which has 6 accidentals. But thankfully, the rhythm of this piece is not very complicated and the left-hand patterns are fairly easy to understand as well.
The biggest musical problem I had to solve is the ominous sounding middle part of the original song, starting at 2:44. I experimented with many different scales and the most suitable atmosphere could be achieved by playing a C#7#5 chord (augmented seventh chord) in chromatic succession. And similar to the JoJo Anime Opening Animation, I also applied a “time rewinding” effect for this particular scene in 2:44.
Last but not least, I also added a spectacular finale for this arrangement by playing double trills in 3:50. This alternating hand technique is actually quite popular in advanced piano literature and personally, I think this is the “ultimate” show-off piano technique. It simply looks spectacular for the audience and at the same time, it is not terribly difficult to play as well. (I should use it more often in my future piano covers.)
Alright, that’s it for today! Thank you for reading this week’s “Animenz Explains”! I hope you liked all the small JoJo references in the video and enjoyed listening Great Days on the grand piano! I had lots of fun seeing your reactions during the live chat! ☝️☝️☝️💣💣💣🚑🚑🚑 Thank you for everyone who joined the premiere!
Next week is going to be the final Cover of my JoJo Piano Project and it’s featuring a song from Part 5. It has been a really fun ride on the JoJo Hype Train, but I plan to continue doing more JoJo Piano covers this Winter Anime Season again!
Thank you for watching!
Hope you have a GREAT summer!
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🎹Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Great Days
Anime: JoJos Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable
Published by: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2016)
Composed by: Yugo Kanno
Performed by: Daisuke Hasegawa, Karen Aoki
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And another one bites the dust.
#JoJo #Part4 #GreatDays #Piano #JJBA")
![Yoake Umarekuru Shoujo - Shakugan no Shana ED1 [Piano]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KOBBQNI2kVo/mqdefault.jpg "Yoake Umarekuru Shoujo - Shakugan no Shana ED1 [Piano]
My piano arrangement for the ending song of the first season of Shakugan no Shana. I havent noticed for a long time that Yoko Takahashi is actually performing this song - the same singer for A Cruel Angels Thesis. Despite covering only the TV size, this piano arrangement ended up over two minutes long, because Ive included the slow introduction part as well, which was played as a transition to the ending credits in the Anime.
This piece sure bring back some memories.
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Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Yoake Umarekuru Shoujo / 夜明け生まれ来る少女
Anime: Shakugan no Shana (Season 1) / 灼眼のシャナ
Published by: Geneon Entertainment (2005)
Composed by: Toshiyuki Ohmori / 大森 俊之
Performed by: Yoko Takahashi / 高橋 洋子")
![Cry Baby - Tokyo Revengers OP [Piano] / Official Hige Dandism](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KSbjc2E68yo/mqdefault.jpg "Cry Baby - Tokyo Revengers OP [Piano] / Official Hige Dandism
Sheet music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/44932
Cry Baby is definitely one of the best Opening Songs of this Summer Anime Season because the bass line of this song is simply irresistible. After finishing my JoJo Piano Project, I decided to make piano covers of seasonal Anime series again, starting with Tokyo Revengers.
This arrangement follows very closely the original song and I tried to imitate the bassline as good as I can in the left hand. I always use staccato whenever the bassline has an active role, for example during the verse in 0:11, the second verse in 1:49 or even the chorus in 2:57.
I only changed one part of the song and that is the “introduction” part at the very beginning. The original song starts in G-minor and then immediately makes a key change to F-minor. For some reason, the key change sounds very out-of-place if you play it on the piano. Therefore I changed it to F-minor to streamline the arrangement a little bit.
Speaking of key change: When I was listening to this song for the first time, I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard the sudden key change in 0:59. That key change was so sudden, so out of the blue, I was completely speechless (and amazed at the same time.)
This piano arrangement is also dedicated to a certain Tokyo Revengers Character in 4:04. “Let’s split it, okay?”
;_;
Alright, that’s it for this week. Starting today, I will upload more songs from recently aired Anime! And the next song is also from YOASOBI, therefore look forward to it!
See you next week again!
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🎹Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Cry Baby
Anime: Tokyo Revengers
Published by: PONY CANYON INC. (2021)
Composed by: Satoshi Fujihara / 藤原 聡
Performed by: Official HIGE DANdism / Official髭男dism
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#TokyoRevengers #CryBaby #Official髭男dism #piano #officialhigedandism")
![Melissa - Fullmetal Alchemist OP1 [Piano]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KVgkE7M6QYA/mqdefault.jpg "Melissa - Fullmetal Alchemist OP1 [Piano]
Sheet music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/65507
The original Fullmetal Alchemist Anime from 2003 has many amazing OP and ED songs but the song which never gets old is the first OP Melissa by Porno Graffitti.
Ive never realized it until closer inspection, but Melissa has many chord progressions which is very typical in classical music. Especially the chord progression in the chorus A-d-G-C-F-B(dim)-E-a (the so called Circle of fifth) has a very irresistible character and it might be the main reason for the enduring popularity of this song.
One of the most distinctive feature of this song is probably the short bass guitar solo in the beginning of the original song. I created a small intro part at the beginning as a contrasting element to give the bass guitar solo in 00:26 more impact upon its first appearance. Most of the classical music elements were added in the bridge part, starting with a counterpoint movement in the bass in 03:38, continuing with a baroque music inspired ornament in 03:50 and finally a short canon imitation in 04:00. The Circle of fifth chord progression is probably one of the most overused musical tropes in the world of classical music, and thats why the musical variations are almost limitless.
Since the piece is being introduced in a classical music style, I decided to finish the song in a similar fashion as well. Most of the time, the final chorus is representing the climax of the entire song and therefore is played with maximum intensity. But for Melissa, I decided to do the opposite as an element of change: the volume of the final chorus is gradually decreasing until it comes to a complete standstill in 04:20. And after a brief pause, the main melody is slowly being re-introduced again - this time as trills, to give it more suspense - and finally leading it to an exciting finale in 04:35.
In a way, this is one of the most classical music style arrangement I have done in a while, because the particular chord progression of Melissa was simply made for this style. I wonder what professional piano teachers think about this piece, because Id love to hear their opinions about my classical music inspired arrangements.
Well then, thats the story behind my Melissa piano arrangement. I dont know which song I am going to arrange next week, so I will continue watching my favorite Anime series until a song is catching my interest.
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Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Melissa / メリッサ
Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) / 鋼の錬金術師
Published by: SME Records (2003)
Composed by: Akimitsu Homma / 本間 昭光
Performed by: Porno Graffitti
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Sheet music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/41461
The first part of my 6-video-special series has finally been uploaded! And Ill start with a piano cover of the first opening of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood: Again by YUI!
This is one of my favorite opening songs of FMA Brotherhood, next to Period by Chemistry and I think I have never skipped the OP animation even once, when I was watching FMA Brotherhood back then - because it was just so good.
A few words about the sheet: This arrangement follows very closely to the original song by YUI, and I only added minimal amount of original material in the sheet. The beginning of the piece is actually inspired by the TV-size version of the OP song - it starts with a soft version of the chorus instead of the guitar riffs like the full song version.
I paid a lot of attention to the rhythm this time. The left hands accentuation is almost 90% the same as the drumbeats in the original song. The biggest technical difficulty for this sheet are the fast left hand repetition notes 0:58 and the fast right hand jumping 2:09. It took me a while until I could play this properly.
Last but not least, I included a lyrical jazz solo for the final chorus 3:38, before the rest of the instruments finally kicks in, and carries the piece until the end.
Well then, thats it for today! My next project is going to be Resonance, the first OP song of Soul Eater. Until next time!
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🎹Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Again
Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Published by: Studioseven Recordings
Composed by: YUI
Performed by: YUI
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