Alien Stage - Black Sorrow | R O U N D 3 (Piano)

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I planned to upload this yesterday but changed my mind on a few details last minute. Had to render the video and audio all over again 💀

This arrangement is cursed I swear. First I spend over an hour on the thumbnail because nothing aligned well, next my laptop forces a Windows update mid-video rendering which in turn ruins my internet drivers so I couldn't connect to wifi, then I realize some parts sound off and have to be changed 👍

But everything aside, hope you guys enjoy my rendition of this song!

Useless facts:

- Originally, I transcribed the drums in the opening part. However after discussing it with friends, they were removed from the final version as they sounded too disjointed.

- The part right after the chorus (1:11) originally had the left hand imitating the drums. Unfortunately it meant getting rid of the piano parts from the song as it became overly difficult (and kind of impossible) to play. So I changed the left hand into something more calm since I believe the piano parts were too important to omit just to replicate the drums lol.

- The chorus break at 2:19 ... it's embarrassing to admit how long I've been stuck here haha. I wanted to have a break on piano as well but in this part the vocals are somewhat off-beat which made it sound really bad. I had to smooth that over with arpeggios, although I feel like it doesn't have the same effect as the original. I tried my best 😔

- For the choruses, I tried to somehow match the energy of the MV visuals! The first chorus has a calmer, steadier rhythm to it = fitting the scene where Ivan looks at the sky. Then the left hand picks up a bit of speed, matching the shuffling of images from his childhood. In the second chorus I shifted the keys lower to parallel Ivan's deep voice since we get more images of him singing, then the keys jump up mirroring the sudden red sky in the MV. For the last chorus, it's just full power mode LOL I believe it goes well not just with the visuals but also his voice since it gets more aggressive in this part.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk 🤓 //idk if anyone ever reads my descriptions tbh lmao

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Sheet Music: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TGxP...