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I don't usually spend alot of time on Transcriptions. However, it is without a doubt my most popular work out there. I usually wait for an opportune time to watch a music video, get on my piano for half an hour, then work on MuseScore for another 2 hours. Then I publish an intermediate-level score on both MuseScore and YouTube. My target for completion is 3 hours from song release to publication.
So apparently this is my most popular score on MuseScore. Not even close to being my personal favourite score, but hey! 260k views, 7.5k favourites and 230 comments! Can't complain. With a semi-standard vi-I-IV-iii-V, can't really say that anything interesting has happened here, other than the instantly recognisable guitar tune of course.
Instructions to play: I understand that the left hand might be a little tricky. So just remove the top notes of the left hand part (if you listen to the song, you kinda see which part I'm referring to)
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My most popular score on YouTube! With over 30k views, this score has unfortunately been claimed by Disney itself. I personally quite enjoy this song. Mainly because its melody and accompaniment are not easily forecasted. Like legit, so many other Disney songs are easily guessable and I breezed through playing-by-ear-and-memory for alot of the classic songs. Having a non-predictable and intricate melody was definitely interesting to unravel! The resolution to IV in the pre-chorus is a big plus for me.
Instructions to play: Apart from the YouTube and MuseScore version, the song is comprised of two halves. The first half is a piano solo while the second half is meant for vocals with piano accompaniment. Not so good on the vocals part but hey I tried ok.
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Fanfare is quite an interesting song by Twice. The chords were quite complex yet they were quite easy to predict. But that's probably because the chords fit so well together. So yeah! There are tonnes of essential submelodies and rhythms found here, which all deserve the piano part. So I try to get as many as possible. I also like the seamless transition between Major and Mixolydian tones. 2 of my favourite intermediate-level chords are also displayed prominently: The Mixolydian-borrowed VIIb chord and the Harmonic-minor-borrowed III chord. Also, I am quite proud of my ending of the piece.
Instructions to play: There are many moments where you have to syncopate intensely. Sometimes, there is no choice. But there are still times when I sacrificed playability for the sake of making the piece sound complete. I just can't play all these complicated rhythms :(
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I managed to complete this piece quite quickly. I met my target of 3 hours after song release so I guess that's great. I'm not so proud of my transcribing skills, though, for the chords are repeated IV-I-vi-V. So I basically copied them throughout.
Instructions to play: Left hand no choice have to play like that :(
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One time playthrough wasn't enough for me to transcribe this. But using some logic, the pieces actually fit quite well into this song. vi-V-ii-vi-IV-I-V is quite a cool progression to have. I always love the IV chord when it becomes the semi-resolution point in the progression!
Instructions to play: My left hand gets tired very quickly so gotta just brave through it.
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The ABBA feeling is strong in this one! TBH I went way too far overboard with the harmonisation in this one, seeing as though I was into Jacob Collier's music at the time. I saw this mistake and decided to tone it down alot for subsequent pieces. I'm gonna stand by my judgement to include the glisses though :) The chords weren't too complicated, with IV-ii-vi-V filling up the chorus.
Instructions to play: If the jumps are too big, you can just take smaller ones. Just adjust the notes according to the chord.
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I don't really like this song. There's only like one semi-interesting portion of the song but that's about it. I mainly did this song because I thought the score would get views. This song was announced beforehand, so I had time to prepare beforehand. I ended up finishing the score in 1h. However, due to some complications, the YouTube score needed like another 3 hours to post. More still, people were already posting covers 30 minutes after the song release.
Instructions to play: Nothing lol.
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I've liked The Script for quite a long time, with memorable songs like Breakeven and Man who could not be moved still being in my playlist. Although the chord progression is plainly simple, it was very fun to improvise on the prechorus I-V-vi-IV, especially when I really accented the low notes. epic.
Instructions to play: The jumps are quite big on this one so maybe some light pedalling should work big time.
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这支歌很棒!主要旋律尽管挺简单,我很感激这种钢琴部分。Chord progression is also pretty interesting at times but mostly remains tame.
Instructions to play: This is meant for vocals with piano accompaniment.
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This was one of the first times I experimented with the melody itself, adding the semiquaver nonsense at the end, along with some retrospectively awkward harmonisations.
Instructions to play: No comment.
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Wahhh this one is hard to play. I can't seem to get any of the timings right for the left hand. That compounded with the large jumps makes this piece pretty hard. Still, the prechorus is very simple yet powerful, following the vi-IV-I-V progression.
Instructions to play: Just play with power for the prechorus (I like playing that part).
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My second piece ever! I tried to be a little more inventive for my second piece. However, looking back at it, the secondary melodies I added don't make sense at all. But hey I tried.
Instructions to play: The final chorus just ignore the unnecessary notes.
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Somebody once told me to make this score. So I did.
Instructions to play: Nothing really.
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Disney released this unreleased song so why not right?
Instructions to play: No comment.
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This was one of my favourite songs of 2012-2013. Very recognisable from any part of the song. Nice chorus tune too (IV-I-V-vi is my favourite of the basic-chord progressions).
Instructions to play: No comment.
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Innocence is my second favourite Avril Lavigne song and was one of my favourites growing up in Secondary School. So I decided to make this. The chorus is always very nostalgic so I decided to emphasise on that part quite alot.
Instructions to play: Play gently. And use light pedalling wherever possible.
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This is one of the nicer BlackPink songs! I'm not really a fan of their regular style (How you like that / Kill this love) but prefer their more melodic songs like As if it's your last. Fun song to cover!
Instructions to play: GG alot of 10ths. You can cut them down to octaves if your fingers are hurting. My hands are quite big so major 10ths are fine for me.
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