How do feel about the music in the actual anime in itself so far?

TheOneOtaku said:
I know Arima didn't play yet, but when he does, how do you think it will sound like?

mayukachan said:
All of the performances in ep 2 were slightly different from each other (from a musician's ear lol) as some people were bad at tempo (speed) and some bad at tuning/pitch. Kaori's does stand out as she modified the tempo a lot and deviated from the norm of the original piece. The emotion...There wasn't a lot but she had a sense of drama and urgency. But yeah, loving the music!


I'm guessing he'll have a very classical/robot style of playing. Like perfect playing, without the emotion and feeling. He seems like that kind of musician at the moment.

destructo22 said:
It needs a little bit more hip hop for me. I dunno, the piano and violin don't really cut it for me.

Ckan said:
I'm not 100% on this, but I'm prety sure they were pretty clever with their direction and 'cheated': we didn't hear any of the previous contestants play the same parts as Kaori, so that helps to add that extra flash and contrast.

Great stuff though.

TheOneOtaku said:
How do you feel about the music in the anime, like Kaori's playing or the soundtrack? Do you feel anything while watching it? [...] Kaori's playing is different from others?

I know Arima didn't play yet, but when he does, how do you think it will sound like

mayukachan said:
I'm guessing he'll have a very classical/robot style of playing. Like perfect playing, without the emotion and feeling. He seems like that kind of musician at the moment.

surfboard_ said:


The non-classical music is pretty boring, as for Kaori's performance, is far from great but you can notice the production's effort in giving her a lively playstyle to fit her character, along making her performance not perfect since she is, in the end, an amateur.
Arima did performed in the first EP, in that flashback. You can expect a sharp and technical performance, as you can expect from any prodigious.



No no no no no no no, there's no such a thing as robot style and lack of emotions from a "professional" performance. Even if you don't care about the music, you can't really ignore whats on the score paper.

surfboard_ said:


No no no no no no no, there's no such a thing as robot style and lack of emotions from a "professional" performance. Even if you don't care about the music, you can't really ignore whats on the score paper.

mayukachan said:

I'm just saying, this is what I'm predicting his issue to be. Playing exactly whats on the sheet and nothing else. I'm not saying it's wrong to play by the book (I play by the book too so...) From what I've seen in the two episodes, I suspect that he shows interest in Kaori because of her different playing style.

ninjastarforcex said:
this show seems underrated, well i dont know, havent tried it.
but doesnt matter, as a musician i will definitely try it once it finishes airing

btw how is this show compared to nodame?
and i hope this is better than trash la corda d'oro

ninjastarforcex said:
btw how is this show compared to nodame?
and i hope this is better than trash la corda d'oro

surfboard_ said:
Moe stuff, awful direction, needless slapsticks. As for the music, the soundtrack is pretty boring, the classical music is fine, the performances are based on how middle age schoolers are supposed to play, so they are mostly interesting at best.

Hahalollawl said:
Can middle schoolers in Japan really play the Rondo Capriccioso in competitions?! American middle school competitions don't have that level of music usually do they? I'm not a violinist, but to me that would seem to be above the level of most middle schoolers, excluding virtuoso players.

Reyxe said:
Asians.

mayukachan said:
OST --> Disagree. The most recent episode showed a great OST. I don't know if you even paid attention or not but the chords in the bgm at the end were great. It suitable for this series.

VortrexSx said:
So, anyone with real experiences of piano or violin here?
As I have played the piano for 5 years now. (no real performances though)
Now I have waited a few months to finally see this anime.

When I started this show I was really really shocked with the second scene...
Over the past years I have searched for the most difficult created piano songs ever made. (this does not include Circus Galop)(Only for one person at one piano)
And he actually played like number six on the list! He was like 10/11 at that moment...
So I was really shocked, not many people can reach that level.

It would have been a bit more fun to watch if he was at a lower level more towards Sakamichi no pianist but the story does not suit that

And about the performances, they are at above average level, still pretty high
I think there isn't a lot of room to improve (I have only seen up to ep 4) but the same case was with Sakamichi so still very good.

I know one thing, when I finished ep 4: That guy Arima should really throw the sheets away and just play with his feelings. With his skills, it would be amazing!

VortrexSx said:
Well then give me a video of a 11 or 10 year old boy/girl that plays moonlight third mov. I am sure there will be a few that can play that piece at young age, especially asians :P
But I don't believe it's within reach

This is the youngest person I can find that plays it (and not even perfect): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9tezMRrkZg

It's the list I made a few years ago but I can't really remember all of them but the top includes most of the chopin etudes, liszt transcendental etudes (mazeppa is 1st on the list) and after those I put moonlight 3rd mov and chopin fantasie impromtu, etc...
(This list is only for songs that have a real meaning behind it, and that aren't too long because endurance doesn't count for me)

-Skyleo- said:

This.
I tend to think that even the 'difficult' word is a tricky topic in the music world. It's not because there is a lot of notes that a piece is automatically considered as 'difficult'. Sometimes, contrapuntical works may turns out to be 'difficult', not because of the number of notes, but because of the number of 'voices' you have to play simultaneously without affecting the clearness of the piece. To be able to play those pieces in a right way is also a proof of virtuosity, and a proof of the difficulty of some pieces as well.

TommyTeabags said:
I enjoy the OST more than I enjoy the classical music.

Balakirev said:
I think Opus clavicembalisticum is pretty much agreed to be the most difficult piece for the piano. Much more difficult than islamey or gaspard de la nuit.

I think fantasie impromptu can be counted as somewhat "difficult". Is it one of the most difficult? Definitely not. But it would take most people at least 2-3 years of musical experience before they can seriously attempt to play it to any acceptable standard.

Back on topic, since you guys seem to be pretty pro in terms of classical music, what did you think about Takeshi and Emi's performances?

Draakisback said:


I've got to say overall, I'm pretty impressed with the level of detail the animation gives for the playing of the instruments. The way she used her Bow on the violin and the specific key pressed on the piano are very very accurate. Its very different than other shows which just show people strumming a guitar with random chords some times offbeat to the actual song. (White album 2 comes to mind.) I guess because they probably have the music recorded before they animate these parts in this case, they can more easily match them together.

Balakirev said:
Classical Music takes time to appreciate.

I remember back before I was forced to learn the piano, I wasn't interested in music at all. Since I was forced to learn it though, I set my goal first on passing the Grade 4 RCM Exam for piano. At that time, after I learned my first piece, I thought "hey, this sounds pretty good". When I listened to the higher level piano pieces from Grade 8 or 10, I thought they were unbelievably boring. I couldn't understand why people wrote pieces that were more difficult, when they don't sound as good. Seemed to me like pure arrogance to prove that you can play something difficult.

After I passed Grade 4, I started grade 8, and after listening for a while, I understood how Grade 8 pieces also have their attractiveness. I still couldn't understand Grade 10 pieces, though.

After a year, I got to grade 10, and I started to understand grade 10 pieces as well. Funny, isn't it. Grade 10 is the highest "Grade" in the RCME, but there is one level higher called the ARCT. These include the most difficult pieces like some of the pieces mentioned above.

I remember being interested and started searching for extremely difficult piano pieces to listen to, like islamey and gaspard de la nuit. The first few times I listend to them, I was disgusted. I thought they sounded horrible. Absolutely awful.

But eventually, after listening a lot more, again, I started being able to appreciate these pieces as well, thus my username and avatar pic.

Compared to the music nowadays, classical music takes time and knowledge to appreciate. But once you start to understand and learn to appreciate classical music, you'll realize why it has lasted hundreds of years, and will continue to last for many more centuries. Compared to that, I doubt many, if ANY of the current musicians will be recognized in a few centuries.