Alonzo GriffinThe Ground Folds is a song about a guy who loses the one he loves. There's an electric guitar version, but this cover is based off the acoustic one. The only sheet music I wrote is for the melody. The rhythm isn’t accurate (probably because I suck at notating rhythms) and sometimes I play a different note or two, but it's decent.
Senses Fail - The Ground Folds (piano cover)Alonzo Griffin2015-01-16 | The Ground Folds is a song about a guy who loses the one he loves. There's an electric guitar version, but this cover is based off the acoustic one. The only sheet music I wrote is for the melody. The rhythm isn’t accurate (probably because I suck at notating rhythms) and sometimes I play a different note or two, but it's decent.
Please support the band Sense Fail. I bought their album, 'From the Depths of Dreams', a couple months ago off iTunes and it's great.
Wish list: goo.gl/f2EMKYBilly Talent - White Sparrows (piano cover)Alonzo Griffin2024-05-07 | White Sparrows piano cover by Billy Talent -
'And I'm not looking for answers No, I'm not looking for answers But dear God, why did you choose her?!'Yellowcard - See Me Smiling (piano cover)Alonzo Griffin2023-06-19 | My cover of See Me Smiling by Yellowcard performed on the Kawai KDP 120.
I need to make time to learn and create more music...Wind Crest - The Three Trails (piano collections)Alonzo Griffin2021-08-02 | This is from Final Fantasy X-2. The version I play is in the piano collections book and is real beautiful. I would have made a video of it sooner, but life and work happened.
Also, I’m planning on buying a brand new piano keyboard!! The one I’ve had has but the dust. I’ve had my Yamaha YPG-535 for well over 10 years!Tokyo Ghoul - Unravel (acoustic piano version)Alonzo Griffin2021-04-28 | This BEAUTIFUL song is from the anime Tokyo Ghoul. The version I'm playing is actually the acoustic version originally performed by Theishter. I do play some notes different than what's in the sheet music but it's similar to what he plays.
Sheets: https://sheet.host/sheet/L3krhJ
I'm also looking for a new piano keyboard... I've had it with the Yamaha 535.Nina - City Hunter (piano transcription)Alonzo Griffin2020-09-02 | This is a beautiful song from the anime City Hunter. It can be a little difficult to perform because of the arpeggios, but it's worth learning. I also got this uploaded on ichigos.com/sheets/c. Sheet music: drive.google.com/file/d/1OaylWn20IgSyow5A1T3bmPo3CewODlWo/viewYellowcard - Only One (piano arrangement)Alonzo Griffin2020-04-15 | There's just no one like you... Sheets: mediafire.com/download/lsugg53zay5xu04Naruto - Hokages Funeral (piano transcription)Alonzo Griffin2019-12-25 | Also known as Grief and Sorrow. I transcribed this from the Naruto anime, NOT Naruto Shippuden. Sheets: https://sheet.host/sheet/CXSdCcYellowcard - Life of leaving Home (piano arrangement)Alonzo Griffin2018-11-24 | 'I am awake and alive..'
Made using: Yamaha YPG535 piano keyboard Finale 2014 Synthesia Bandicam SynthFont (equinox grand piano soundfont) Audacity Windows Live Movie MakerYellowcard - For You and Your Denial (piano cover arrangement)Alonzo Griffin2016-06-30 | I'm letting you go now Go now
Wish list: goo.gl/f2EMKYYellowcard - See Me Smiling (piano cover arrangement)Alonzo Griffin2016-04-22 | I know you’re somewhere out there looking down… Sheet music: goo.gl/V4xzkM
Dedicated to people missedEd, Edd, n Eddy - Friends Are There to Help You (piano)Alonzo Griffin2016-03-16 | Ed, Edd, n’ Eddy was one of my favorite shows when I was little. This is first heard in the episode ‘If It Smells Like an Ed’, the first episode of season 4 on iTunes.
Now it’s not a completely accurate transcription, but it’s satisfactory. I also made a transcription of the music playing before ‘Friends Are There to Help You' right here youtube.com/watch?v=zavpIQrRBFY.
To make this I mainly used: Yamaha YPG 535 piano Finale 2014 Transcribe! Audacity SynthFont (w/ Equinox grand piano soundfont) Bandicam Windows Live Movie MakerEd, Edd, n Eddy - Intro to Friends Are There to Help You (piano)Alonzo Griffin2016-03-16 | This is the intro music played before ‘Friends Are There to Help You’ from the episode ‘If It Smells Like an Ed’, the 1st episode of Season 4.You can Google and watch it. It might even be on YouTube. Sheets: http://www.mediafire.com/file/tnb9qxmbbfdjkov/Intro+-+Friends+Are+There+to+Help+You.pdf
To make this I mainly used: Yamaha YPG 535 piano Finale 2014 Transcribe! Audacity SynthFont (w/ Equinox grand piano soundfont) Bandicam Windows Live Movie MakerYellowcard – Three Flights Up (Piano Synthesia Tutorial & Sheet Music)Alonzo Griffin2016-02-23 | Three Flights Up is an Instrumental track by Yellowcard. D maj, 4/4, 80bpm… I think of the song as a journey from one place to another. In the beginning, the music is gentle and easygoing, then it becomes dark, serious, and turbulent (the hard, stressful part of the journey), and finally it becomes serene and peaceful (where we reach the end of our journey and are satisfied).
Writing this in Finale was easy, though I had to go through some hoops to put the video together. I arranged this for TWO pianos. Piano I is mostly melody, whereas piano II is mostly accompaniment. NOTE: You can add a repeat this song!!! After measure 23 simply go back to measure 9, or you can go back to measure 1 after playing 24.
To make everything I mainly used: Yamaha YPG-535 piano Finale 2014 Transcribe! Bandicam Synthfont (where I used the Equinox grand pianos soundfont and exported an MP3 from the midi) Audacity Adobe Premiere Elements 10Yellowcard - Holly Wood Died (piano cover)Alonzo Griffin2016-01-09 | “Key created a character, Holly Wood, who appears throughout the record Lights and Sounds, and has created her in such a way that at times you love her and at others you also hate her. In this last song of the record, she is (spoiler alert) killed off. The outro of this song, also considered to be a grand finale in this case, is a reprise of the opening instrumental track, “Three Flights Up”, but this time it’s much more massive, in your face, and it’s a full-band effort. The finale is what makes this song so epic and captivating.” -Amelia Harper from http://www.axs.com/yellowcard-s-5-most-underrated-songs-59566
This arrangement I managed to finish in roughly three days. It’s one of my better ones, but I doubt many people hear it… Also, measures 45-52, the guitar solo part, was real tricky. I ended up making stuff up in the melody on that part.
To make everything I used: Yamaha YPG 535 piano keyboard (which I connected to my laptop with a printer cable). Laptop Finale 2014 MuLab (the free version; I had to import the midi in MuLab and then after sound editing, record it in Audacity) True Pianos VSTi Omniverb effect Synthesia Bandicam Windows Live Movie Maker
Yellowcard has been my favorite band since high school. Please support them, buy their albums, cover their songs...
To make everything I used: My laptop Yamaha YPG-535 piano (which I connected to my laptop with a printer cable) Finale 2014 (& Transcribe! to help with arranging the sheet music) MuLab True Pianos VSTi Omniverb effect (large hall preset) Windows Live Movie Maker (to sync the piano mp3 with the video) iTouch to record
A lot of the software you can download for free from websites, buy, or get from torrents if you don't have money (have antivirus and use a proxy). Just search google. Chances are it's out there somewhere.[Original] Vector to the Heavens (sheet music transcription)Alonzo Griffin2015-12-03 | I also got this uploaded on http://ichigos.com/sheets/k Piano parts video: youtu.be/nulAG0uwZsw Vector to the Heavens is played during the final battle against Xion in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days. I looked everywhere for an original score of this song, but mostly all I found were variations on Noah Thys arrangement.
I know this isn't a perfect transcription. Without the midi I found of it, the video wouldn’t even exist. It sounds roughly close to the original, and I did manage to compose an ending for it.
Feel free to make edits in the sheet music. Some of the notes in the piano parts can be omitted or changed to make it easier to play…
To make this I used- Yamaha YPG535 piano Finale 2014 Midi of Vector to the Heavens Synthesia (to make a mp4 piano video of each of the midi parts. I then opened each mp4 video in Transcribe! I also tried importing the midi I was transcribed from in Finale but the result ended up being a mess) Transcribe! Synthfont --Equinox grand pianos soundfont --Merlin Gold soundfont Bandicam (dimensions - 1920:810) AudacityThe Clock (Original Guitar Composition)Alonzo Griffin2015-10-25 | This is a composition I made for class guitar. It is in the sad key of E-minor and is for a quartet. Sorry if the volume's too low! Sheet music: http://www.mediafire.com/download/i1f7x133kv764j1Simple Plan - Sorry, I Cant Be Perfect (Piano Arrangement)Alonzo Griffin2015-10-18 | This arrangement isn’t one of my best, but it’s original. It sounds a lot better when performed on an acoustic piano. As for the sheet music, I think the tempo is actually quarter note equal 78, not 156. I just made it that way because I don't like sixteenth notes, so the sheet music ended up being 9 pages when it's supposed to be like 4 or 5. Sheet music: http://www.mediafire.com/view/10mximmhiyheqwc Midi: http://www.mediafire.com/download/jsd4sce2zf5363i Finale file: http://www.mediafire.com/download/mpg6kwfkekqoj1b Good mp3: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/q13erdd1oufszsg
To make this I used: Yamaha YPG 535 piano keyboard Finale 2014 SynthFont Equinox Piano Soundfont Audacity Synthesia Bandicam Windows Live Movie Maker
I’m also getting much better and faster at making piano arrangements of pop punk songs. This one took about 5 hours.16 Arrangements for Piano (Sheet Music Book)Alonzo Griffin2015-10-01 | This week I decided to make a video and PDF book of my arrangements so far, not including anime or video game arrangements. Feel free to skip around in the video. I made it all as best I could using the Equinox Steinway D piano soundfont in all of them. (Maybe I should have used the True Pianos VST instead, but oh well...) I posted sheet music, MIDI, and Finale files at the bottom and put a * behind my favorites. As of today I have arranged at least 78 pages of music. PDF Book: http://www.mediafire.com/download/cbpnb5ghfh4hmkb/16_Covers_for_Piano.pdf 1 Rufio – Still 0:00 2 Blink 182 – Adams song 3:03 3 Simple Plan – I’m just a kid 7:09 4 The World as We Know It – Shine 10:24 5 A Day to Remember – If It Means a Lot to You 12:56 6 Taking Back Sunday – Ghost Man on Third 17:02 7 Real Friends – I’ve Given up on you 20:58 8 * Greenday (Piano Tribute Players) – Boulevard of Broken Dream (piano) 23:40 9 The Fray (Piano Tribute Players) – How to Save a Life (piano) 27:25 10 Joe Crocker (‘Get Real’) – You Are So Beautiful 31:33 11 War (‘Bridge to Terabithia’) – Why Can’t We Be Friends 33:15 12 Greenday – Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Piano and Horn) 34:15 13 Blink 182 – Man Overboard 36:40 14 * Senses Fail – Buried a Lie 39:37 15 Story of the Year – Sidewalks 42:38 16 * Night Feelings 46:12
Feel free to make the music your own. When I play these on piano I don't always play it as written. Basically, just think of the sheet music as a recipe. Also support the band A Day to Remember by buying, listening to, and playing their music.
Wish list: goo.gl/f2EMKYKingdom Hearts - Welcome to Wonderland (Piano Sheet Music)Alonzo Griffin2015-09-19 | This is one of my favorite pieces from the series. It's not too difficult to play either. I found the sheet music from right here: http://sheethost.com/tag/kingdom-hearts
Credit goes to NasiDe and of course Yoko Shimomura. THANK YOU!!!!
To make this I used: Adobe Reader Paint (I pressed the PRT SCR (print screen key) while I had the score open in adobe reader) Synthfont (where I used the akai-steinwayiii soundfont) Windows Live Movie Maker
Wish list: goo.gl/f2EMKYMan Overboard - Wide Wake (piano cover)Alonzo Griffin2015-09-18 | This song gave me goosebumps the first time I listened to it. I did not make sheet music for this, but it's in Bb major and uses I vi IV V. Why aren't there more piano covers of this song? There are a lot of guitar covers of it.
I started by importing the song into Transcribe!,where I put in the beat and measure markers, and figuring out which parts of the music were the same and which were different. This took about 10-15 minutes. Here’s a layout of the measures and parts: 1-16 A 17-24 B 25-32 C 33-40 D 41-44 A’ 45-52 B’ 53-60 C’ 61-68 D’ 69-77 E 78-85 D’’ 86-91 (D)
So basically I did the five or so sections (ABCDE) , and just copied and pasted them whenever they repeated. I saved the music in Finale as a MIDI. For sound editing, I opened the midi in Synthfont, where I used the akai-steinway soundfont (and a layer of the Equinox grand pianos soundfont). I then opened Audacity, pressed record, brought synthfont back up, and pressed play. When it was done playing, I went back to Audacity, stopped recording, tweaked some things, and saved the file as an MP3. For creating the video, I used MAMPlayer, Bandicam, and Windows Live Movie Maker. I put the midi in MAMplayer, recorded the visual animation of the midi using Bandicam, and synced the MP3 and video in Windows Live Movie Maker.
Then I uploaded the midi and pdf to Mediafire and uploaded the video to YouTube. I planned to have it all done in 3 hours. In the end, I finished and got it uploaded in about 3 hours and 15, so that's not too bad.
Wish list: goo.gl/f2EMKYSenses Fail - Buried a Lie (piano arrangement)Alonzo Griffin2015-07-24 | This is another one of my piano arrangements for four hands. I know the original song is in another key (bm), but I changed it so that the piano melody could sound deeper and more resonant. I also uploaded sheet music for this. If you like it, please check out my other piano arrangements. Also support the band Senses Fail.
To create this I: 1)Connected my keyboard to my laptop 2)Listened to the song and notated the music into Finale (which was the hard part) 3)Saved the Finale file as a MIDI 4)Opened the MIDI in synthfont (which you can download from this website: http://www.synthfont.com ) 5)Made synthfont play the MIDI using this Steinway Piano soundfont (I uploaded it here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/gwdlxav0955tjdx/Steinway+Grand+Piano+ER3A.sf2) 6)Edited the sound in synth font(mostly just volume and pan position) 7)Opened Audacity, pressed record, and then made synthfont play the MIDI --You may have to click on the volume icon, go to recording devices, and disable all recording devices except stereo mix. 8)I then edited the sound recording in Audacity just slightly 9)Saved the recording as a WAV file 10)Opened Bandicam 11)Opened MAMplayer (http://www.musanim.com/player) 12)Opened the MIDI in MAMplayer 13)Recorded the MIDI playing in MAMplayer with Bandicam 14)Open Windows Live Movie Maker 15)Imported the video recorded with Bandicam 16)Imported the sound recording (the WAV file) 17)Synced the sound recording with video 18)Saved movie to desktop 19)Uploaded sheet music etc to mediafire 20)Uploaded music video to YouTube[Piano] The Afternoon Streets - Kingdom Hearts 2 (Synthesia Tutorial)Alonzo Griffin2015-06-29 | Sheet music: http://www.mediafire.com/file/c26o6l6l07xzqox/The+Afternoon+Streets+-+Kingdom+Hearts+II.pdf Midi: http://www.mediafire.com/download/clcv90b74pzpcjn
This arrangement is easy to play in the beginning but it gets harder toward the end. Don’t be afraid to modify or omit notes in the sheet music to make it easier. Sometimes in music you have extraneous notes. Also, I submitted this to ichigos.com. It’s there along with other great anime sheet music. BTW, I did NOT arrange this one, someone else did but I can't find whoever it was to credit.
To make this I used: Finale 2014 Synthfont Equinox Grand Piano soundfont Audacity Synthesia Windows Movie Maker Yamaha YPG 535 piano Transcribe!Simple Plan - Im Just a Kid (piano)Alonzo Griffin2015-06-09 | I managed to compose this cover yesterday, which was my birthday. I didn’t play it exactly as I wrote it on the sheet music and I know it’s far from perfect, but I think it’s okay. Although I'm an adult now and getting older, I will always be a kid at heart :-). Please support the band Simple Plan!!
To make this I used: Audacity Transcribe! Finale 2014 Akai-steinway iii piano soundfont Yamaha YPG 535 piano Printer cableBach - Invention No. 8Alonzo Griffin2015-05-30 | Yay classical piano... :DHellers Preparatory to the 25 Melodious Studies, Op. 45 (NAlonzo Griffin2015-05-30 | The first one in the book.
No, it's not perfect.Sum 41 - So Long, Goodbye (Acoustic Piano Cover)Alonzo Griffin2015-03-29 | A happy sad song by Sum 41. I did not make sheet music for this, but it's in G and mainly uses G, C, and D chords.
Wish list: goo.gl/f2EMKYKingdom Hearts - Simple and Clean (English version) pianoAlonzo Griffin2015-03-16 | This is one of the first songs I learned how to play on piano.
There's sheet music for it on ichigos but I mostly just improvised this..
Wish list: goo.gl/f2EMKYStory of the Year - Sidewalks (Piano Arrangement)Alonzo Griffin2015-03-14 | This is the final copy of my Sidewalks piano arrangement for four hands. I really hope I did this song some justice. Please support the band Story of the Year and the Piano Tribute Players who also inspire me.
To make this I used among other things… Finale Printmusic 2011 True Pianos vsti MAM player (for the colorful animated dots) Windows Live Movie Maker
Wish list: goo.gl/f2EMKYEmo/Pop Punk Piano MedleyAlonzo Griffin2015-02-24 | This is the first and last piano medley I might ever do. It's mostly samples of some of my favorite songs I learned over the years. I happen to screw up in certain places but it's okay. Songs: 0:01 Untitled - Simple Plan 1:14 Dammit - Blink 182 2:28 White Lies - ManOverboard (Yes, I screwed up on this one.) 3:54 I've Given Up on You - Real Friends 4:26 Still -Rufio 5:32 What's My Age Again - Blink 182 6:40 Free Fall Without a Parachute - Senses Fail 7:31 Fighting - Yellowcard 8:20 Selfishness - Rufio 9:54 Confetti - Dropout Year 11:10 Sidewalks - Story of the Year 12:06 Out Work of Art - Just Surrender 13:22 Late Nights in My Car - Real Friends 14:37 The Ground Folds - Senses Fail 15:40 White Lights - Rufio
My left hand pinky started to hurt toward the end. :(Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful (Piano Cover)Alonzo Griffin2015-02-09 | This is very fun to play on piano. It’s very emotional and has many different chords. It’s also sung in the movie ‘Little Rascals.’ I transcribed this piano version from the movie ‘Get Real.’ Sorry if the audio quality's kinda bad. I recorded this with my iTouch. Sheet music: http://www.mediafire.com/download/5a0ertcc40520c7/(Get_Real)_You_Are_So_Beautiful.pdf
Wish list: goo.gl/f2EMKYStory of the Year - Sidewalks (piano cover)Alonzo Griffin2015-02-02 | Sidewalks by Story of the Year is about growing up and leaving familiar places and people. It's a very sentimental song. I don’t play it exactly like I put on the sheet music and there are rhythm…inconsistencies, but yeah..
Wish list: goo.gl/f2EMKYRufio - Selfishness (piano cover)Alonzo Griffin2015-01-17 | I decided to play on the keyboard today. I like a lot of songs by Rufio, including this one. The verse uses a iii-IV-I-V6 progression. I didn’t make any sheet music this time, but it’s in F# and uses IV-V-vi a lot.
To make this I used a guitar cable (from Bestbuy) which I plugged into my piano, a Yamaha YPG535. I connected it to my laptop, right clicked on speakers and headphones, went to recording devices and disabled everything except external mic. Then I went to mixcraft (I have the trial version), and changed the preferences to lower the latency. You might have to play with it until it sounds good. I recorded in mixcraft. Right clicked on speakers and headphones again and disabled everything except stereo mix, then I opened Audacity. I press record, and then went back to mixcraft and pressed play. So everything in mixcraft now gets transferred to Audacity. I export what’s in Audacity and then use windows live movie maker to finish the video.
Please support the band Rufio and make covers. Fill our world with music.