Nobuo Uematsu - Vamo' Alla Flamenco grade

[Raagshinnah]

Hi, I'm just wondering what level you would consider this piece to be: https://dizt.ath.cx/drop/04_VAMO_ALLA_FLAMENCO.PDF

(Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy IX Piano Collections - Vamo' Alla Flamenco)

Thanks in advance

[lostinidlewonder]

I would say about 6-7. Because it isn't very long at all and doesn't go through anything too difficult.

[pseudopianist]

From the look of it I would say grade 7.

[nomis]

I'll say 8 because of those horrid leaps.

[Triton LE 76]

Hi, I'm just wondering what level you would consider this piece to be: https://dizt.ath.cx/drop/04_VAMO_ALLA_FLAMENCO.PDF

(Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy IX Piano Collections - Vamo' Alla Flamenco)

Thanks in advance

Hey Raagshinnah..
Noticed you are listening to Nobuo Uematsu!
He is one of my favorite composers
By the way, it is a good song,  but i like One Winged Angel best

[Raagshinnah]

Hey Raagshinnah..
Noticed you are listening to Nobuo Uematsu!
He is one of my favorite composers
By the way, it is a good song,  but i like One Winged Angel best

The piano version of One-Winged Angel is a bit too tough for me at the moment *grin*.

[UncleBEn210]

Hey just while we're on the subject of Nobuo Uematsu, I was wondering if anyone has learnt anything else from the final fantasy piano collections?
Ive just started working my way through them and have got ''slideshow part 2'' from VIII learnt and have just moved onto ''Eternal Harvest'' From IX.
 Anyone learnt anything else?
I wouldn't be suprised if one of the many Genius’s 
on this site has mastered them all! 

Thanks, UncleBen.

[Raagshinnah]

Hey just while we're on the subject of Nobuo Uematsu, I was wondering if anyone has learnt anything else from the final fantasy piano collections?
Ive just started working my way through them and have got ''slideshow part 2'' from VIII learnt and have just moved onto ''Eternal Harvest'' From IX.
 Anyone learnt anything else?
I wouldn't be suprised if one of the many Genius’s 
on this site has mastered them all! 

Thanks, UncleBen.

I've learned about 3/4 of Main Theme from FFVII and will probably start working on Vamo' Alla Flamenco when I'm done with my Clementi/Grieg/Brahms.

I wish the FFVI collections were better, there are quite a few pieces with good potential that have been pretty much ruined :| (Terra, Kefka, Celes, etc.)

[UncleBEn210]

True, while they've  made some really sensational piano arrangements ,
 some of the piano collection tracks are clatter when compared to the
original songs. 

[Raagshinnah]

It's really sad how they adapted Terra and Celes for the piano...I used to leave my snes running all night just to listen to those two pieces but the piano versions just don't cut it.

[UncleBEn210]

Pity.
Well there's sites out there , (Can't remember any from the top of my head), that have people who have submitted their own different , mabey superior, arrangements.
You could always have a go of arranging it for yourself.

[nomis]

Hey just while we're on the subject of Nobuo Uematsu, I was wondering if anyone has learnt anything else from the final fantasy piano collections?
Ive just started working my way through them and have got ''slideshow part 2'' from VIII learnt and have just moved onto ''Eternal Harvest'' From IX.
 Anyone learnt anything else?
I wouldn't be suprised if one of the many Genius’s
on this site has mastered them all!

Thanks, UncleBen.

I have learnt:

FFVI: Tina, Celes
FFVIII: Eyes on Me
FFIX: Eternal Harvest
FFX: Besaid Island, People from the Far North

I'm currently learning

FFIX: Endless Sorrow
FFX: Yuna's Decision

There's one person I know who has learnt almost all of them. His name is RDH[Kiu] and his recordings can be found at www.gamingforce.com/xchange . The recording quality is quite bad, but this guy memorises like it's nothing.

[UncleBEn210]

I have learnt:

FFVI: Tina, Celes
FFVIII: Eyes on Me
FFIX: Eternal Harvest
FFX: Besaid Island, People from the Far North

I'm currently learning

FFIX: Endless Sorrow
FFX: Yuna's Decision

Nice job! 

Hey just a question, what do you think is the hardest section/bar in Eternal Harvest, just so I can start learning it first. And if you think there's anything I should keep in mind while learning this piece could you let me know?

Thanks,

UncleBen.

[nomis]

The hardest section for me was the D flat section i.e. the B section. The right hand of this part is stupidly difficult and doesn't fit under the hands well. Practise this part first, right hand only till you can play it faster than the normal speed. The left hand is a piece of cake here, but the co-ordination of both hands will be difficult, simply because it's quite demanding here.

Make sure you get a decent fingering for the opening hands together passage (the part where both hands play the same thing an octave apart) and the ending too. I could never find a fingering that wasn't awkward. Then again, I've forgotten most of this piece - I'll probably revisit it someday.

I always found the left hand of section A quite tiring. You need a fairly loose wrist here; if you use your fingers only to play this LH accompaniment, your hand will get quite tired easily. Use your wrist to aid the fingers, so that, to a certain extent, your wrist is moving the fingers, rather than the muscles of the forearm.

[UncleBEn210]

The hardest section for me was the D flat section i.e. the B section. The right hand of this part is stupidly difficult and doesn't fit under the hands well. Practise this part first, right hand only till you can play it faster than the normal speed. The left hand is a piece of cake here, but the co-ordination of both hands will be difficult, simply because it's quite demanding here.

Make sure you get a decent fingering for the opening hands together passage (the part where both hands play the same thing an octave apart) and the ending too. I could never find a fingering that wasn't awkward. Then again, I've forgotten most of this piece - I'll probably revisit it someday.

I always found the left hand of section A quite tiring. You need a fairly loose wrist here; if you use your fingers only to play this LH accompaniment, your hand will get quite tired easily. Use your wrist to aid the fingers, so that, to a certain extent, your wrist is moving the fingers, rather than the muscles of the forearm.

Excellent! You've pretty much covered everything I was unsure of, Ill get to work right away, Thanks, 

UncleBen.

[nomis]

You're welcome. I'm glad that there are people who don't just stick to one genre on piano. The variety of different styles composed for piano are phenomenal; it would be a crime just to stick to primarily pre-20th century music.

[UncleBEn210]

You're welcome. I'm glad that there are people who don't just stick to one genre on piano. The variety of different styles composed for piano are phenomenal; it would be a crime just to stick to primarily pre-20th century music.

True, although sometimes when you lack the ''classical tunnel-vision'',
 you seem to lose track of what your focus is,  like everything there's pros and cons
I guess, I seem to think its more enjoyable to dabble in a little of everything aswell.

[Triton LE 76]

I have played
Sleepless city Treno
Slide Show part 2
The castle,
and some of Succession of Witches
Masterpieces all of them i think..

[infectedmushroom]

Hey, sorry that I kick this topic, but I used the searched button for "Nobuo Uematsu" since I'm a great fan of his works.


I love playing his pieces and I think a lot of people underestimate his beautiful works. I'm planning to learn a lot of his works, cause I love his pieces so much. Right now I'm busy with learning Final Fantasy X-2 Piano Collection's "1000 words". I already finished:

- To Zanarkand
- Memories of Life
- Tifa's Theme
- The Oath
- Silence before the Storm
- Aerith's Theme
- The Place I'll Return To Someday


All piano collection's versions.



My favorite piece atm is "The Oath". I just love performing that piece!