My cover of "Hikaru Nara", the opening from Your Lie in April, but I added eight classical music pieces to this cover.

As a classically trained pianist, I've known almost all of the classical pieces before watching the show.

The cherry on top is Chopin's Ballade No. 1. It's been my favourite classical piece even before I started watching anime. Hearing it in the final episode put me on the verge of tears.

In this cover I've made reference to eight classical pieces featured in the show:

1:21 Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G minor: subtle hints of the 1st theme and interlude.

1:34 Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata, 1st theme (arpeggios) and parts of the 2nd theme (major scales).

1:46 Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Violin Sonata, the piece that Kaori plays in episode 2. The left hand is a variation of the piano accompaniment in the sonata. At 1:56 the right hand adds a short phrase that was played by the violin.

2:25 Chopin's "Winter Wind" Etude (25-11). The right hand plays the theme while the left hand reproduces the chromatic descent.

2:32 Chopin's "Torrent" Etude (10-4): the theme repeated several times in different pitches.

2:41 Saint-Saen's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, excerpt from the end of the exposition.

2:46 Kreisler-Rachmaninoff "Liebeslied", the piece that's tied to Arima's mother in the show, though here I've played it in an entirely different style.

2:58 Echoing Chopin's Ballade No. 1 once again by using 6/4 time and referencing the A major climax in the middle of the piece.

3:23 While the right hand plays Chopin's "Wrong Note" Etude (25-5), the left hand plays the chorus in triple meter.

4:04 Left hand transposes Chopin's "Revolutionary" Etude (10-12).

Q: Where can I buy the piano?

A: The piano model is Roland JUNO-DS88.

このピアノはRoland JUNO-DS88 です。

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Piano synthesizer: Roland JUNO-DS88

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TVアニメ『四月は君の嘘』OP

Goose house

「光るなら」

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