Catch the Moment (Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale ED)-LiSA

「Catch the Moment」from LiSA is the perfect song to send off my Stage Piano, who has been accompanying me during my difficult times since January.

『Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale』 is – in my opinion - one of the best entries in the Sword Art Online Saga and I absolutely loved the catchy melody from 「Catch the Moment」. I don’t know why, but while arranging this song, I had a sudden moment of nostalgia and it reminds me of the good old times in 2013, when I was mostly arranging fast paced Anime songs. For example 「This Game」 (No Game No Life OP),「Miiro」 (Kantai Collection OP), or 「unravel」 (Tokyo Ghoul OP)

I think that’s because fast paced J-Rock songs can be translated to the piano much easier than slower paced ballad songs. You don’t have to do too many modifications to “make it sound good on the piano” because the fast tempo itself has enough energy to carry the whole song.

This arrangement follows very closely the original song and even the bridge part in 3:18 is playing almost the same guitar melody line. Sometimes, you just need to copy exactly what the original song is playing and it still sounds good. I even went so far and included that peculiar guitar pattern in the left hand 0:23, which is only being played in the background during the first verse.

Unexpectedly, the very beginning part in 0:01 is actually quite difficult to play because of all the multitasking of both hands. It literally starts with a difficulty spike and it made me quite nervous during my recording attempts 😅

「Catch the Moment」has a comparatively long chorus part because of all the repeating parts but miraculously it doesn’t get boring at all. Maybe the catchy melody itself is simply too good. But to offset the repetitions a little bit, I included an additional bassline in the left hand in 1:20 and 2:37.

All in all, this arrangement is basically done in my “old arrangement” style from 2013-2017: Straightforward to the point and full of action!

With that said, see you next time again!

In full gear this time.

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🎹Piano arrangement by Animenz

Original Song: Catch the Moment

Anime: Sword Art Online the Movie -Ordinal Scale- / 劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -オーディナル・スケール-

Published by: Aniplex (2017)

Composed by: Tomoya Tabuchi / 田淵 智也

Performed by: LiSA

🎧Equipment

Piano: Nord Grand 88-key Stage Keyboard (Modified blue version)

Camera: Panasonic LUMIX GH5S

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