How to Play "Fireflies" by Owl City | HDpiano Piano Tutorial

In this piano tutorial we'll learn how to play "Fireflies" by Owl City!
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A chart-topper from 2009, Adam Young's "Fireflies" makes for one challenging piano piece!
We were lucky enough to get permission to use TheWickedWok's arrangement-this is probably one of the best accompaniment arrangements you'll find online!
0:00 - Welcome!
0:15 - Demonstration
1:14 - Right hand
4:13 - Add right hand
4:58 - Left hand
5:30 - Both hands
6:47 - Play through, slow tempo
7:15 - Play through, medium tempo
7:33 - Play through, medium-fast tempo
7:49 - Play through, fast tempo
8:10 - Play through, recorded tempo
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Full lesson: hdpiano.com/lesson/fireflies-by-owl-city/ A performance of TheWickedWok's arrangement!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpSnpJ-Ijc-nf8k

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So many other complete versions on here ..both sadly and thankfully.. I would of stuck around if not for this.. but appreciate what you are teaching.

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LOL

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Im proud to say i learned this in 4 hours and mastered by the end of the day. Great tutorial 😊.

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YOU ROCK

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If I learned that in 20-30 min at full speed, that means that I’m intermediate?

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@@dilljordan7303 that means you can play the piano.lol

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[@lisab.4273]

@@dilljordan7303 Yes, that means you have some practice and know how to play in general. Took me 10 minutes full speed but only because I play the piano frequently. Because of that I have a lot more agility in my fingers and am used to the movements of playing the piano. Great job if it didn't take you longer than half an hour. That's awesome! And everyone who takes a while longer is also doing an amazing job btw!!

[@diesal_one]

I mainly love the melody, especially at the beginning! And then the second verse.

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Sure is beautiful!

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The song is so catchy and the video is dope

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Bingo.

[@myiamars7852]

What I love most about this song is that it’s the first song my brother sung before he passed. I never knew he could sing ❤️

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Aw that's super special.

[@jameshale5331]

My granddaughter loved this song almost as much as real lightning bugs, and a grizzled, old one-time pianist, I could only play the right hand melody...she has her own young daughter now, and I'm determined to play it well for her.

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That's so beautiful! Happy practicing.

[@TSMThatBoi]

The part i like about this song is *YOU CAN NOT BELIVE YOUR EYES!!!* its just so strong and makes me feel good... (thats what she said)

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Oh fasho.

[@Widerbeats]

you don't even know the lyrics of your favorite part " you would not believe your eyes*"

[@noir6743]

I’m going to punch anyone that only knows this as a meme.

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The NME Cuban P U N C H M E ! ! !

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The NME Cuban no memes here

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The beautiful melody and amazing words

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Thank you so much for this tutorial. It is the most helpful I have found out there yet!

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Our pleasure.

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Thank you, this is so helpful! Your teaching really helped me learn, so now I can play this fluently.

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Thanks for watching!

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Been waiting on this tutorial

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Sorry for the holdup!

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I learned how to play the piano by guessing the notes and then making the chords by myself but the intro of this song is so hard to make up so I watched this tutorial and it helped! thanks!

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Rock on!

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I just started learning this on a melodica. Thanks!

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how fun!

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I love the tune!

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Thanks, we do too!

[@rahbek100]

been asking for this for so long! :D

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Thought of you when recording, Emil ;) -Dan

[@rahbek100]

so glad you did! gonna go learn it right away!

[@thevectorhouse1113]

i think the melody of the song is the best part of it . i just feel to cry.

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It's pretty!

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I love this song!! Thanks!!!

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same - thank you!

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I like it cause I reminds me of visiting my cousins in Juneau. Also, I like the sound of the background music.

[@philipeli]

ingeniously written song. go owl city musician!!

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[@liamriley1421]

Hey Dan! I was wondering how long have you been playing piano, because you are amazing at it and I hope to one day be that good. Thanks, Liam :)

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Thanks so much, Liam. I started when I was 7 years old but could probably play this by age 14.

[@mikeshortt1476]

I sang this song in my chorus so I’m excited to learn this!

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awesome!!

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Thank you this was very useful!

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Super glad you dig.

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Thank you 😙

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Our pleasure, seriously!

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The brightness of the tune

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Mhm!

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The childhood innocence and nostalgia of this song is what draws me to learn this one.

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ahhh yes so nostalgic!

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Great loved it 😍😍

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Yesssssssss!!!!!!!! I love you guys so much

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And we love you!

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Bruh cmon release the full thing

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HAHA

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For me "what really draws me in?" is the sound of gentleness in each note. Almost as if it is a lella-by.

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Beautiful description.

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This dude replied to like most of the comments. That's dedication

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Thank you!

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The Vibe is what gets me

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Cheers

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It was the song the sparked my interest for the electronic music

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Oh nice!

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Thank you

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You're welcome!

[@Spillz716]

I really just like the whole song period

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Love it.

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WOOHOO! Early notif squad

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AYO!

[@youtubesewers915]

Learned this part right hand in about 45 mins. im self learning and picked up piano 2 months ago. My problem is completely forgetting what i learned by my next day practice session and also incorporating my left hand.

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Good work so far, keep it up! It can be helpful to take written notes, in whatever way makes sense to you. Or, try playing along with the song (you could even bring the song up on KZbin and play at a reduced speed to start with). As for left hand incorporation, nothing beats slow practice! If you can't play it slowly, you won't be able to play it at faster speeds either. Good luck :)

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Yes

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Indeed.

[@KeannuArroyo]

Am i the only one didnt knoww this song's a meme

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LOL

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Nop...

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I habe a felling of nostalgia when I hear it

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:D

[@lisab.4273]

Are you German my guy? If no, your autocorrect is. Have -> Habe lol

[@prestondong]

Finally I can annoy my friends correctly

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I love the part when they say fire flies

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**fireflies**

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I played this on recorder for a talent contest and I got laughed at

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Wasn't that the idea? ;)

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Nice

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:D

[@mightyoranje]

plz upload part 2 too

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Your videos are great and they are easy to follow I am new and am planning on staying (:

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:)) Wee!

[@stigidystacks3747]

👋 Hey👋 I just bought your piano lesson package and started learning the second part of the intro of this song. I wonder where you got the left hand base melody from? Since it’s not in the original song (I think)?

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The left hand in Part 2 is the synth part (but lower). Definitely a tricky part!

[@stigidystacks3747]

@@HDpiano okey. Yes it pretty tricky but I’m slowly getting the hang of it. Thanks for the awesome tutorial!!

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WOW

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:)

[@Ebidle]

The nostalgia...

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:))

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My sister loves it and i want to learn it for her

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Super nice of you.

[@dnl1473]

Finally

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Sorry for the wait :)

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i wish i could stay this calm

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breathe

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nostalgia

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It’s amazing, if you look at the music video. You can see the sound is produced by ordinary things

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ohhhhnice

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Tbh I don't really like this song but my ela teacher showed us so i had to watch this I only like the bridge of the song.

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Haha, nice!

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It made me cry

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:')

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Please do a tutorial on Thank you -Kelani ? I neeeeeeeeeed to figure out how to play it

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I have a memory with school on this coz we did this for music 🎶

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awesome!

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this song is so much of melodic style...so nice to hear though...

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this lesson is so good! I might rage a little over my bad skills, but I almost got it. Next thing: the full song!

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Rock on, Armando!

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😍

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Could you guys try and do “ all I want is you” by Barry Louis

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Part 2 pleaseeeeeee

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i love that song si much. went ive learn that Adam young have mild autism like me he became my hero

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Respect!

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My uncle:Come on try it it's easy let me show u

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:o

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Can you tell me which scale are u using ??

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Ebmajor!

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do you think it's possible to play this with one hand?

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I think you could do a lot with one hand alone!

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5:30

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:D

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3:00

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Please upload part 2 to KZbin 🙏🙏🙏

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It sounds really good but idk the next parts

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Pls do Eternal Flame by The Bangles... Or Right here waiting by Richard Marx

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BTW. That music track was about the most authentic Synthwave I've ever heard.

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mmhm!

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*finally plays the first half at super slow tempo* Me: YES Video: Now let's add the other half Me. .... @$&!#

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LOLz

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Can you do a tutorial on hallelujah please like so they can see it xox

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Here's our new piano tutorial for "Hallelujah"! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jne6YoiolNemqsk

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the intro

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:D

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I can't under stand but I really need to learn it...Pls HDpiano can you give me the cord of course the song too

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Sorry! Email us and we'll see what we can do for you: info (at) hdpiano.com.

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What draws you to this song? Memes

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Baddabing.

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he counts like Aldo the Apache from Inglourious Basterds

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LOL

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2:30

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Creativity and never growing up and staying as a kid that's what it means 2 me

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Can you do “blue” by troyn

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My parents always ask me why I play only the beginning. Because to go to the next lesson I need to pay. I'm broke af.

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You shoud do a thousand miles

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DONE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZPMqmOalK2tiMU

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the downbeat is the best

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:D

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What is the piano called?

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I use the Acousticsamples C7 Grand patch.

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Please, make silhouette from owl city

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Do Running by Beyoncé !! Please😩

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@2:12

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:)

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@@HDpiano it's so I can go back and play it over and over again cause I'm slow 😅

[@famkelena]

How do u want me to play so freaking fast already?! Bro that's impossible

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Sorry you’re not happy with our pacing- we’re constantly searching for the perfect speed to suit as many learners as possible. The video player at HDpiano.com lets you slow down playback-from mobile AND desktop-for all videos. We also built a custom looping tool that allows the viewer to focus on those extra challenging spots. If you're not interested in trying our site, you can use the speed controls on KZbin desktop to slow down playback.

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1:14

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:D

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HDpiano hahahaha I didn't want to rewind the video everytime while I was playing, that's why I left that comment

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Do you want to play heartattack for us pleas?

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Slightly different than what I know. But you can’t expect everybody to do this the same exact way.

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Yeah this is our advanced arrangement ::)

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The fireflies

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D'aww

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Mastered it just couple of minutes ❤️🫶

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Nice job!!

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@@HDpiano my pleasure idol ❤️