Don't say "lazy" (けいおん! ED)-桜高軽音部

Ah, K-ON! These were really good times. I could never forget the moment, when I was watching the awesome ending animation of episode 1 while listening [don't say "lazy"] for the first time. I really can't believe K-ON! has aired more than a decade ago. K-ON! was so hyped back then, it attracted an equal amount of both haters and hardcore fans and they were fighting with each other on the internet constantly. These were really good old times (笑).

Anyway, recording this week's upload was more exhausting than expected, because this is one of the most intense arrangements I have done for a while. It's basically FULL POWER from start to finish, without any breaks. It also holds a record for the largest number of glissando I have ever used in my arrangements: 8 times in total. (including a two-hand glissando in 3:28)

This arrangement requires quite a lot of stamina for the left hand because it is constantly playing alternating rhythmic patterns throughout the whole piece - like a drummer. Thanks to a certain rhythm game I have been playing since 2019, I started to focus more on the rhythmic variations in the left hand, whenever I am improvising a new song.

The biggest challenge of this arrangement was actually figuring out the unique melody pattern for the bridge part in 3:01. I still have no idea what kind of musical scale I was using but it does a good job building up a lot of tension leading to the climax in 3:05.

I have to say, it's been a while since I have so much fun recording a new piece because I rarely have the opportunity to play fortissimo for almost 4 minutes nonstop. I particularly enjoyed playing these rhythmic variations the left hand. In fact, in one of my earlier takes, I was subconsciously stomping my left foot while playing to match the rhythm and it was so loud, it even became audible in the recording. I needed to record a new take again (笑)

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Piano arrangement by Animenz

Original Song: Don't say "lazy"

Anime: K-ON! / けいおん!

Published by: Pony Canyon (2009)

Composed by: Hiroyuki Maezawa / 前澤 寛之

Performed by: Sakurakou K-ON Bu / 桜高軽音部 (Toyosaki Aki, Hikasa Yoko, Sato Satomi, Kotobuki Minako) / (豊崎愛生, 日笠陽子, 佐藤聡美, 寿美菜子)