Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Sheet music below! Please rate, leave a comment, and/or subscribe if you like what you hear!
It's done at last after more than a year of procrastination. Whew!
Transcribed this last year while the hype train for Kabaneri was still running. Sure, the show ended up being a poor man's Attack on Titan (as well as a train wreck) with Araki's heavy handed style, but at least the OP/ED songs were pretty kick ass.
It's always nice to have Fesnir on board! If you aren't subbed already, go check out her channel for some sweet sweet violin and piano covers! youtube.com/user/Fesnir
This was a challenging mix in more ways than one. Balancing between clarinet, violin, and all the harmony lines is a delicate process, made worse by the fact that the instrumental itself was so bloody dense. For that reason, I ended up omitting the double "improv" towards the end. Not to mention taking my part down an octave for the final chorus.
And then there was the "oh shit" moment when I found out the original instrumental was copyrighted and resulted in the video being blocked in a number of countries. And so I ended up redoing the mix with a fan-made track (shoutout to Michael Pham, you rock). The atmosphere's not quite the same, but it's a damn solid instrumental. Here's the end product.
Hope you enjoyed, see you next time!
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A note from the violinist:
Hello, it me once again. Glad we’re facing away from each other.
I’m so glad that we’ve finally pulled this together. All I recall from my recording is that I was making dumpling skins the previous day so my wrist and hands were not in the best condition (yes i know I’m not supposed to do that). Okies enjoy. :)
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LINKS!
Fesnir's channel: youtube.com/user/Fesnir
Thanks again to Michael Pham for the instrumental! youtube.com/user/damus1cmahn
Sheet music (difficulty 1/5): app.box.com/s/gbz2puyunt3yozsxikod9qf638cnib5b
MP3:
app.box.com/s/yocs1utpp5ovsjhq5gh1cnizkpcdew0z
MP3 with original instrumental:
app.box.com/s/ix53r6ldztz7efrenfxjj1dvh7mv7uzq
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Since I often get asked about my gear...
Clarinet: Buffet R13
Mouthpiece: Vandoren M13 Lyre
Reed: Vandoren V12 3.5+
Ligature: Vandoren M/O
Audio Technica AT4040 / Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 / Adobe Audition
Nikon D750 / Adobe Premiere
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Credits:
Ninelie clarinet and violin cover
Violin played by Fesnir
Opening photo by Fesnir
Instrumental by Michael Pham
Original song & lyrics by Hiroyuki Sawano (澤野 弘之)
Originally performed by Aimer & Chelly
From the anime Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress / Koutetsujou no Kabaneri / 甲鉄城のカバネリ
Sheet music below! Please rate, leave a comment, and/or subscribe if you like what you hear!
It's done at last after more than a year of procrastination. Whew!
Transcribed this last year while the hype train for Kabaneri was still running. Sure, the show ended up being a poor man's Attack on Titan (as well as a train wreck) with Araki's heavy handed style, but at least the OP/ED songs were pretty kick ass.
It's always nice to have Fesnir on board! If you aren't subbed already, go check out her channel for some sweet sweet violin and piano covers! youtube.com/user/Fesnir
This was a challenging mix in more ways than one. Balancing between clarinet, violin, and all the harmony lines is a delicate process, made worse by the fact that the instrumental itself was so bloody dense. For that reason, I ended up omitting the double "improv" towards the end. Not to mention taking my part down an octave for the final chorus.
And then there was the "oh shit" moment when I found out the original instrumental was copyrighted and resulted in the video being blocked in a number of countries. And so I ended up redoing the mix with a fan-made track (shoutout to Michael Pham, you rock). The atmosphere's not quite the same, but it's a damn solid instrumental. Here's the end product.
Hope you enjoyed, see you next time!
_________________________
A note from the violinist:
Hello, it me once again. Glad we’re facing away from each other.
I’m so glad that we’ve finally pulled this together. All I recall from my recording is that I was making dumpling skins the previous day so my wrist and hands were not in the best condition (yes i know I’m not supposed to do that). Okies enjoy. :)
_________________________
LINKS!
Fesnir's channel: youtube.com/user/Fesnir
Thanks again to Michael Pham for the instrumental! youtube.com/user/damus1cmahn
Sheet music (difficulty 1/5): app.box.com/s/gbz2puyunt3yozsxikod9qf638cnib5b
MP3:
app.box.com/s/yocs1utpp5ovsjhq5gh1cnizkpcdew0z
MP3 with original instrumental:
app.box.com/s/ix53r6ldztz7efrenfxjj1dvh7mv7uzq
_________________________
Since I often get asked about my gear...
Clarinet: Buffet R13
Mouthpiece: Vandoren M13 Lyre
Reed: Vandoren V12 3.5+
Ligature: Vandoren M/O
Audio Technica AT4040 / Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 / Adobe Audition
Nikon D750 / Adobe Premiere
_________________________
Credits:
Ninelie clarinet and violin cover
Violin played by Fesnir
Opening photo by Fesnir
Instrumental by Michael Pham
Original song & lyrics by Hiroyuki Sawano (澤野 弘之)
Originally performed by Aimer & Chelly
From the anime Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress / Koutetsujou no Kabaneri / 甲鉄城のカバネリ
![[Nodame Cantabile] - Allegro Cantabile (piano solo)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6-WiIVnJH1A/mqdefault.jpg "[Nodame Cantabile] - Allegro Cantabile (piano solo)
Looks like Im on a covering spree :)
Nodame Cantabile is one of my absolute favorite animes, and I think that any music lover should give it a shot! Its comedy gold, theres lots of drama, and of course the music is great ^_^ I highly recommend it to everyone, even if you dont like classical (cause you might just be able to appreciate it afterwards :P)
I tried a completely different recording setup this time, hooking the piano up to the stereo system, and recording with my Behringer mic, rather than the camera. Its a much improved sound for the most part, though next time I might try the bass attenuation switch XD
Im still pretty nervous and spastic when recording piano, and as such my rubato sounds a bit more forced than usual, and theres not as much variation in dynamics as Id like :( Definitely working on that though, so hopefully the next piano piece I plan on playing will sound better (oh, and its one beastly piece XD)
At any rate, hope you enjoy!
Sheet music can be found at Joshs site
Title: Allegro Cantabile (piano version)
Original Composition/arrangement by Suguru Matsutani / 松谷卓
Based on Allegro Cantabile Sound by Suemitsu and the Suemith
From the anime Nodame Cantabile / のだめカンタービレ
I own only my playing!")
![[Angel Beats] - Brave Song (clarinet cover)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6ZK6W87noJw/mqdefault.jpg "[Angel Beats] - Brave Song (clarinet cover)
After getting the sudden urge to watch Angel Beats dubbed over the past few days, I figured it would be fitting to cover this very nice song. Its a good show (but easily couldve been better, given its Jun Maeda), and I highly recommend it to all who have yet to see it.
In this video I decided to try out an old microphone that I found, and boy is the sound an improvement over my cameras mic! This is how a clarinet is supposed to sound like gone is the super harsh and grainy sound from before. But on the downside, its sensitive enough to pick up whats playing from my headphones. I also tried recording closer to my clarinet to reduce reverb, and unfortunately thats how those unnatural crescendos and clips happened (me swinging my horn too close to the thing) ^ ^;
If you look closely you might notice slight differences between the video and audio thats cause these were done on two separate takes. In the first take (the video), I managed to screw up my microphone settings so the sound was utter garbage, and on the second take, my camera ran out of memory half-way through OTL. I was a bit annoyed, to say the least, and so I just took the visual from the first one and synched it to the sound XD.
No sheets this time, but you should be able to do it by ear. Its in an easy key for the most part and its quite slow. Well, enjoy, and look forwards to some more Angel Beats covers =)")
