Virtuoso "Piano" player video

[faulty_damper]

Has anyone seen this video?  It's one of the most amazing things I've seen in a long time.  The video is of a person playing an arcade game where he presses on buttons and music comes out.  He has to time it right as the "blocks" fall.  He plays Fantasy Impromptu, Moonlight sonata 3rd mvt, Mozart's Turkish March, Arabesque 1, Fur Elise...  He's really good!  His "playing" puts mine to shame.

https://www.media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=asianarcade.wmv

[Antnee]

Yeah someone ( comme le vent maybe??) posted this a while back, but I really want to see it again...

Cool isn't it??

-Tony-

...I would rule at that game...  

[Antnee]

By the way, right after the short part with debussy's arabesque, there's a really short phrase played from some other piece...

What is it??  

-Tony-

[donjuan]

By the way, right after the short part with debussy's arabesque, there's a really short phrase played from some other piece...

What is it??  

-Tony-

I recognized it as a scarlatti Sonata- the one Michelangeli plays in the great pianists video.

that game looks like quite the work out.  That kid must do martial arts.  Im not sure if I would have the stamina to play a round.  but, still, it's kind of cool!! We should invent a version for the computer keyboard, post the game on Piano Forum, and make a hall of fame for the members!!
donjuan

[liszmaninopin]

Do you even think it's a real game?  I was thinking that "This can't be real.  It has to be some sort of spoof or camera/audio trick."

[Antnee]

It's gotta be real...

it's probably only in japan... or someplace aolng those lines...

...that kid would probably be a piano virtuoso if he would have spent those hours on the keyboard instead of on that game... He must have practiced forever...  

-Tony-

Ps. Do you guys find all of my ...(dots) annoying??  

[donjuan]

I dont find the "......" annoying at all.  I use it myself because sometimes I dont feel like completing sentences (this isnt english class, you know..).
donjuan

[Spatula]

Yeah I saw that video on www.ebaumsworld.com under funny or extreme video.
I didn't like the fantasie impromptu on that video machine, sounded like some freeky movie, then again it's a game machine, not a Steinway  .

Yeah probably in Japan.  I saw a whole bunch of weird video games whilst my trip in Japan, and they have decent pianos too!  

[Terry-Piano]

LOL THIS GUY IS  RETARDED... but damn good at it

[goansongo]

Haha, yes, this is a real game.  People in japan are really good at these types of games with the "falling blocks."  This game is called "Pop 'N Music".  Another famous arcade game is "Beatmania" which has 5 keys instead of 9 like this arcade game.  Then there's also an arcade machine called "Keyboardmania" which plays just like any of the music games, with the falling notes/blocks.  Keyboardmania has something like 24 piano keys or something.  These games just fall into the category of music games like Dance Dance Revolution which I'm sure you all have heard of...

[Antnee]

OH yeah!!

I've seen the keyboard one before but it was out of order. I really wanted to play it. I would have set the high score for sure...

Unless of course that kid on the video had already been there... That's probably why it was out of order.  

-Tony-

[littlechopin]

terrible... it's quite impossible... isn't it???
Great!
I saw "live" a guy plays very fast on a game like this (but NO SO FAST!), but it was played with feet.

[goansongo]

Haha, funny that I see this game...  I used to be addicted to this game...   I was pretty good too.  I played the five button game though, Beatmania.  This one that the guy is playing has 9.  But it's not that hard if you play the game a lot.  I could play songs at that speed.  You just get used to the speed.

[littlechopin]

GoAnSo, I believe in it... but He never wrongs!!!

Funny!

[goansongo]

Actually, he does wrong a few times... well, a lot of times.  Having played that game so much, I can tell where he gets wrong notes by looking at the color of the notes when they reach the bottom of the line.  He's really good though.  He covers it up really nicely.

[thierry13]

Do someone know what's the piece that come after für elise?? It seems quite fun to play

[donjuan]

Do someone know what's the piece that come after für elise?? It seems quite fun to play

It is the ending of Mozart's Rondo alla Turca.  It's not that fun..

[thierry13]

No, i know rondo alla turca, but he is BEFORE fur elise. After fur elise there is like a presto or something like that!

[donjuan]

Maybe you should have a listen to the whole piece "Rondo Alla Turca" before saying that.  
It is the middle - ending of the piece, TRUST ME!
donjuan

[faulty_damper]

Is that the Arabesque No1 by Debussy?

[Nana_Ama]

Is that the Arabesque No1 by Debussy?

Yup


That kid needs another hobby lol

[Stolzing]

The sad thing is, that guy probably can't play a note on a piano  

[donjuan]

The sad thing is, that guy probably can't play a note on a piano  

why would you think that?  He is asian, has impressive hand eye coordination, and plays video games involving classical music....-How can he not play piano?
donjuan

[DarkWind]

My friend loves Mazeppa to death, and knows almost nothing about piano. But he is a trombonist... You can't make quick assumptions. He might or might not play the piano. But if he did the piano, this wouldn't be a recording of the arcade, it's be him on a bench next to his upright.

[goansongo]

Yeah, you can never tell who plays what just by looking at their appearance.  I loved this game to death and I've been playing piano for a looooong time now.