Kara Kara Kara no Kara -Kikuo for piano duo

Try the interactive tutorial, or download the Sheet music here: musescore.com/user/28751939/s...
Kara Kara Kara no Kara by Kikuo arr. by Chris.n/bosshog
link to original: • Kikuo - カラカラカラのカラ (Rem...
boy did this take forever. I barley had any time to work on it thanks to school and work. I even had to restart 2 times because the file was corrupted twice lol. Some of the tones are off because certain parts in the song are detuned so.... yeah. I also forgot to clean up the actual sheet music when I was done. so, my bad for the weird placement of rest and notation style in general.
Also thank you guys so much for 180 subs, never thought anyone would really want to listen to my arrangements but here we are :)
midi link: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

[@juliasayuri7075]

HOLY FRICK this sounds amazing! So accurate, oh lord. If I had a piano and a vocaloid fan friend who would play that with me, sure thing i would feel like THE cool kid. I've been trying to manualy do a rolling girl cover in an instrument that i can't find the name for, my teacher said it was an okoto, but there's buttons, it's the size of an arm and i play it with a pitch, i dont think it's an okoto, regardless, i can't match the notes correctly. Great job man!

[@bosshogg]

I'm glad you like it, and now I'm very interested in the instrument you described. Do you perhaps know what part of the world it originated from?

[@juliasayuri7075]

@@bosshogg i mean, the teacher said it was an okoto, i suppose Japan or China, since I'm learning it as an extra from a japanese school. I guess it _could_ be an mechanical okoto or something? Even though okoto is basiclly a japanese harp, i guess there could be a mechanical version? Idk lol

[@bosshogg]

@@juliasayuri7075 The only thing that comes to mind when you say "Japanese harp" is the Koto which is a plucked half-tube zither instrument. I've never heard of a mechanical Koto before though so... I'm stumped. unless we're talking about the same thing just spelled differently >_

[@juliasayuri7075]

@@bosshogg ok so, the name for it is Taishogoto (to be fair, it's a similar name and my teacher says okoto for short, or i misheard her too lol). It seems pretty unknown, never seen anyone else play it. It's pretty curious tho, example: right hand holding the pitch, left one with the notes, but you can't play with your pinky, it's kinda annoying because the jump between notes are a little too far away so my thumb after practice looks a little weird, like a part of the finger is pushed to the back, like a triangle (?)

[@bosshogg]

@@juliasayuri7075 you're right about it being unknown, I've never heard of it before. The timbre of it is very unique almost like a Harp mixed with a shamisen. Hearing it now I can definitely say I've heard it before in music but thought it was a completely different instrument lol.

[@EXXTREMEGAMER5600]

This composition is so well made! You replicated kikuos piece perfectly

[@bosshogg]

Thank you so much :)

[@credges]

I was wondering what he was going to do for the sound effects, but when I saw ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I almost fell out my chair 🤣.

[@bosshogg]

Yeah I spent a while trying to figure it what to do for the sound effects. Sadly they're un-pitched so there wasn't anything I could do 😂

[@Siriushatesmath]

I've searched for this for many years, thank you for making this

[@bosshogg]

Thank you so much for listening to my arrangement! :)

[@Alexander-oh8ry]

Not bad, you listened precisely and wrote down pretty detailed. Good Music. Arrangement-wise, here are things to improve on, please take it constructively: 1. The whole piece is in F (harmonic) minor until around 5:40, use 4 b's (later: F# h.m. => 3 #'s) as a key signature for readability. Find out the key before doing anything else, and you will yourself get a better overview over the piece 2. You frequently give the upper piano the task to play the same note at the same time with both hands, either split it up between the players, use another octave or play it once. 3. The hands are sometimes flipped, as the second line is higher than the first. At 2:30, you would play the notes of the first player differently instead of crossing both hands, and one hand cant span two octaves. 4. Some bars (like 0:59-1:00) need a bit cleanup 5. You mixed the use of 8th and 16th pauses after each other with dotted 8th pauses, which can be confusing if both are used in the same way. 6. At chromatic walks like e.g. 0:28, you should use only b's when walking downwards and only #'s when walking upwards for more clarity and so the next note doesnt need an extra natural sign 7. 32ths, especially as tremolo, in this tempo will be probably too hard to actually play, but can surely be used as an effect on computer playback, so it depends on your intention Good luck on future arranging! If you want to talk a bit more, we can DM.

[@bosshogg]

I'm gonna be honest, a lot the mistakes made were made because I was too lazy to fix them 😅. That being said thank you so much for the advice, I will definitely keep all that in mind for my future arrangements. I have an especially hard time figuring out what key a song is in. I honestly have no idea how to tell, if you could tell me anything that would help me with that I would be very grateful :)

[@Alexander-oh8ry]

@@bosshogg If the music is diatonic (that means, there is a key signature so that the scale has no accidentals. Includes major, natural minor, dorian,..., But not the other minor types!), trial and error can be enough already, and sped up by knowing your scales. Just watch out for the half/whole step pattern. Finding the root will be even more useful. Watch out for an often played chord/note, especially at the beginning and end, and whenever the music feels "at rest" at that moment. The intro section for example plays a lot around F Ab C, so thats almost certainly F already, and the other notes form a minor chord with it. You also seem to have perfect pitch, which is nice. I suggest the internet page "TonedEar" for more training, also with chords and scales One last notational thing, if the raised 7th of harmonic minor is an accidental, write it as a # or double# so that every "line position" is used exactly once

[@Alexander-oh8ry]

And the 1.5 step of harmonic minor is a dead giveaway for the root aswell (half step above the top note), as this has a very distinct sound

[@bosshogg]

@@Alexander-oh8ry Thank you so much; this helped me out tremendously, and I will definitely be checking out the page you recommended. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with me. I don't think you understand just how much this is going to help me out lol 😂

[@Alexander-oh8ry]

@@bosshogg I´m glad to help! I´ll send you my Discord name per E-Mail if you want to talk there a bit more (I tried commenting here, but youtube deletes that)

[@bukashkin]

То, что так давно было мне нужно. Колоссальный труд

[@deardespair1076]

The best piano cover I ever heard.. it's perfect..

[@bosshogg]

Thank you so much :)

[@PIXIENICHA]

OMGG THIS IS SO GOOD!!!! Your video came up as a recommendation. I’m gonna show this to my friend that plays the piano and hope she try’s it out! Definitely subscribing keep up the good work💜

[@bosshogg]

Im glad you enjoyed it, thank you for the sub :)

[@cloudfloue]

woah... I didn't expect to ever come across a piano arrangement of this song, and such a good one at that! great arrangement!

[@bosshogg]

Thank you! I'm glad you like the arrangement :)

[@Kuku_1411]

you're a mage on that piano dude thank you for arranging these songs hopefully you keep these up, much love!!!

[@bosshogg]

Im glad you're liking the arrangements, and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon :)

[@joeylovesyou]

YOU SHOULD DO “I’ll forgive you even if you die-kikuo”

[@dylanhoo7837]

Great arrangement!!! I am surprised you have not arranged aishite, aishite, aishite by kikuo. Eagerly awaiting the day you arrange that song and would like to refer you to ichizupiano's rendition as well as it's opening is amazing. Keep up the good work and looking forward!!! You got a sub from me!!!

[@bosshogg]

I generally arrange the songs that don't have many or any arrangements. I guess I just kinda thought not many people would really care if I did an arrangement of a song that already has a lot of them. But if people want me to I wouldn't mind arranging it at all because I love aishite, aishite, aishite. Also I'm glad you like the arrangement, and thank you for the sub :)

[@dylanhoo7837]

@@bosshogg icic! Wow I definitely respect that! Ichizupiano didn't put the music sheet in his arrangement unfortunately and I thought his arangement was really stylistic which you would enjoy arranging and listening to it! May I also know what software you use to transcribe (e.g. musescore, Sibelius etc.) And do you do it all by ear? Or do you have other applications you use to aid you in the process as I am interested in transcribing music sheets for other pieces as well and I would like to know your process of doing it! Thank you so much!!!

[@bosshogg]

@@dylanhoo7837 I only use musescore for my arrangements, and I do it all by ear. As for my process of doing so its pretty boring. First I'll litsen to the song around 5-10 times to get an idea of how I want to arrange it and identify things like tempo and such. Then I just take the song bit by bit and transcribe exactly what I hear. I hope my response was somewhat helpful 😅 if you have anymore questions I'd be happy to answer.

[@dylanhoo7837]

@@bosshogg haha I tried transcribing before but never got to finish it but yeaaa huge props to you and all. I mean I have trouble with rhythm and tempo (even though I am grade 8 piano but still) XDXD so I plug the MP3 of whatever I tried to transcribe into audacity and put a metronome over it all and do it from there as an aid. All in all keep up the good work and wishing you all the best man. Great inspiration for me and I look forward to your transcription of aishite!

[@bosshogg]

@@dylanhoo7837 Thank you so much, I wish you the best in transcribing whenever you get back into it. Practice makes perfect, even if you don't finish it you'll get better and better with each one you do. :)

[@T002Tyrant12]

Thanks so much for this! I love this arrangement.

[@bosshogg]

I'm glad you liked it :)

[@burningcole2538]

Huh, it sounds so different without the "LOL so random sound effects" and instead sounds like a horror/strategy game boss music

[@aizakku.]

This arrangement is beautiful and sounds just like the original song! I wish I could play this but I don’t know how to play the piano and I don’t know anyone who plays it, unfortunately.

[@bosshogg]

I'm glad you like it, and if you ever want to pick up piano it's never too late to learn it :)

[@joeylovesyou]

I’ve been waiting for this for sooooo long thank you 😌

[@bosshogg]

I'm sorry it took so long, I barely had the time to work on it plus the file was corrupted twice so I had to restart :(

[@joeylovesyou]

@@bosshogg it’s all good 😊 you managed to pull it off at the end!

[@bosshogg]

@@joeylovesyou Thank you for being patient with me, I hope you like it :)

[@bee1104]

This song sounds so much better on piano dang bro

[@lazerball3603]

THIS IS SO GOOD!!!! I didn't know I needed this but I TOTALLY DID THANK YOU

[@bosshogg]

I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@nop7820]

The king has returned with yet am other great cover

[@bosshogg]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.

[@gabzchocobo]

AAAAA IT'S SO WELL DONE I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE MY EARS D":

[@gabzchocobo]

I haven't started this video yet, and I'm so fricking exited.

[@willowoah]

Love it!

[@bosshogg]

Thank you :)

[@summeriiam]

i want to learn piano just to play this

[@DAK0Z]

AHH SO GOOD

[@bosshogg]

i'm glad you like it :)

[@ummfantasy2739]

Thank u for taking the time to make this, it's so beautiful

[@pompompurin8512]

Amazing!❤

[@bosshogg]

Thank you so much :)

[@OneFinalAutumn]

Really good job!

[@bosshogg]

Thank you so much :)

[@AexisRai]

Excellent work

[@Absolbr]

YOOOOOOOOOOO this is amazing!!!

[@joeylovesyou]

THANK YOU

[@thelady5760]

This is amazing 💝

[@bosshogg]

I'm glad you like it :)

[@standreamcatcher4031]

Amazing !! :)

[@bosshogg]

I'm glad you like it! :)

[@robomomo]

Beautiful!!

[@bosshogg]

Thank you :)

[@Ekut3n]

You should do "Shikabane no Odori" or "Fukouya no Musume"

[@bosshogg]

I don't know when exactly, but both of those songs are definitely on my to do list.

[@littleblueleaf3110]

I LOVE IT ❣A MASTERPIECE

[@bosshogg]

I'm glad you like it :)

[@littleblueleaf3110]

@@bosshogg Me encantó, realmente lo hiciste excelente

[@chronus3291]

Cool 💖

[@source-sn7097]

素敵

[@fukurou_8532]

i wish to learn this but im not good enough at piano yet 🤕

[@bosshogg]

you'll get there eventually :)

[@fukurou_8532]

@@bosshogg ^^

[@-TwT]

i would love to play this but sadly I don't have an extra pair of hands or friends...

[@nghharderdaddy]

this is for 2 ppl right?

[@bosshogg]

Yes.

[@ScarletTiger109]

The melody should be stronger so it can be heard at all times but other than that great job