Learning FFVII 'Those Who Fight' BY EAR on the spot! (piano)

[@lara6683]

My socials: www.linktr.ee/lara6683/ If you'd like to skip the learning and go straight to the track 1:25

[@mirahsan2]

Do you post tutorials and music lessons to?

[@Omnishredder]

Screw the track... the learning is just as important

[@bringyourowncontroller]

You're a gem for adding this in, but HELL NAWWW! Watching you learn is the best bit!!! Really well done! 😃🤘

[@GreygooseRedbull-nd5ob]

Fire3! 🔥

[@Siyximus]

Most pianists don't play all the layers of this song. Thank you for not only playing this well but playing the song in it's true form.

[@FutureDeep]

She left out the secondary piece at 2:20 and focused on the sharper notes. FF7Remake chose the opposite emphasis and you can really tell how important that missing part is to the song.

[@karaokehammick5215]

There is the piano collections arrangement which is the best way to play it on piano.

[@GuizmoO0]

That's where you see the genius of the creators of this game !

[@Nic_Ryuu]

@@FutureDeep No wonder I felt there was something missing...didn't feel complete 😅 Still great that she's able to play it by ear though

[@jaybee4288]

You literally can’t play it all with two hands. Which is why most people miss bits out and why she has multiple recordings here.

[@lanaevm]

This is amazing! You played it so well

[@TruMaverick]

" Almost impossible.. " -lara " Ah but nothing is impossible "-trumaverick in the candle stick voice from beauty and the beast "You're right"-lara

[@lindnerfish]

Absolutely stellar!!! Incredible deciphering / arranging skills!

[@blazednlovinit]

I've not visited in a while I'm glad to see you're still doing what you love. I compared you of today and you of your Q&A ten year ago and you look the same so you're doing something right :)

[@lara6683]

I should redo that Q and A with the same questions

[@blazednlovinit]

@@lara6683 Yeah that'd be pretty interesting, see how your goals, values and interests have changed or remained the same. I'm glad I don't have old footage of me, I'd be torn between cringing and thinking I was no naïve (I'm nearly 40 and still trying to grow up)

[@rickwvc]

Amazing❤❤❤

[@KlowdStr1fe]

There was Nobuo Uematsu, then there was Lara6683.

[@lara6683]

I love this comment

[@RafaelFaenir]

Finaly a song so challenging that Lara had to not only take notes, but also had to split herself in three to play! (Very impressive, it sounds amazing for a hard piece learned in such a short time!)

[@robergroso]

kage bunshin no jutsu really works😂

[@stevenshizzle]

You mean to say she had to go Cerberus on the piano :D :D :D

[@davidwilson6577]

I don't know if I'm more amazed that you did it so well, or that you'd never done it before :) It helps that the piece is an ear worm, but you played it with pizzazz.

[@lara6683]

I have managed to avoid playing this piece until now.

[@LordLemmewinks]

@@lara6683 I did the same thing with "those who fight further" (the boss battle music) on guitar. One of my favorite pieces of music of all time and perfect for guitar and I never touched it in 20 years of playing until 3 months ago. It took literally a few hundred hours to play up to speed and I still hit a bum note now and again (or a lot on a bad day), but it's nice to finally catch your white whale. No idea how you manage to play things so cleanly so quickly but BRAVO

[@thend4427]

@@lara6683 is it cause Kara just started her playthrough today?

[@ArranitM]

Wow. The algorithm REALLY got this recommendation right. You did a fantastic job of not only learning it by ear, but by capturing all of the magic of the original song and bringing it to life with a real instrument. My favourite part in the original, 2:22, was my favourite part of your rendition, and you really did it more than justice. Good job! Subscribed.

[@johnw3922]

I started learning piano 4 years ago at the age of 33. That's enough time for me to realize the amount of skill it takes for you to do this is absolutely amazing.

[@lara6683]

33 is fine, it may take ten years, but the time will pass anyway! So you might as well start!

[@johnw3922]

@Jaeger19Ultima I'm not demotivated at all. My comment was just to express an appreciation of the skill level she is at. I also feel you get a much better appreciation for how skilled someone is when you do the same thing. I've got an idea of how much work it would take to get to her level, and I don't have any intention of even trying. Simply not enough hours in the day between work, kids, and other activities. I just appreciate that she did put in the work to be able to do what she does.

[@ronaldcoleman5204]

Don't ever give up. Keep on going.

[@qweasdzxcname]

starting at 33 take a long time to develop musical hearing required to learn songs by ear. but if starting as a child or even a teen, 4 years is more than enough to do that. definitely with this one.

[@FringeSpectre]

Yea I started like 3 years ago but I'm not really trying to be a master pianist. I just want to be able to throw some keys onto the guitar songs I wrote lol. It was surprising how much my guitar knowledge translated to keyboard actually. The problem is I'm entirely self taught in both so I lack many fundamentals and I've been told that I'm basically trying to reinvent the wheel for no reason when I could take lessons, but I absolutely shut down anytime I look at sheet music and try to comprehend it lol

[@lara6683]

Please share this if you can think of a good place!

[@gsil247]

Fuck that was beautiful. Made my day to hear this

[@vinidveryou7766]

I don't watch Lara regularly. And every time I see what she does - I believe I should. Amazing work. Thank you.

[@keeblebrox]

Iara: "If you'd like to skip the learning..." I'm glad I didn't. I don't want to undersell the performance because it's incredible, but watching the learning process was the best part for me!

[@lara6683]

People don’t have attention spans these days!

[@deceit1407]

As someone who knows nothing about piano it scares me how much you know. It’s mesmerizing

[@kbono]

You deserve all the praise on this planet for this feat!!! I am an amateur musician and seeing you pull this one out made me smile so much. Great job and good luck in your future endeavors!!!

[@lara6683]

Thank you 🙏

[@TheOfficials_6527]

This is phenomenal!! The talent is unmatchable here! It’s not an easy song to play and you learn this by earn and boom! Away you go! FANTASTIC!!

[@aren8798]

Its like 3 am and this is what I end up watching. This drives me crazy. I worked so hard to learn this song... she has a truely special talent!

[@olandir]

I think nobuo uematsu's music will be remembered and played forever. I think 100 years from now it will truly be considered classical music. It's just so iconic and complex. It's amazing what this man made composing music for video games.

[@redinthesky1]

He joins so many genres together and has created some of the best soundtracks of all time. What movies or series have over a dozen masterpieces in them ?

[@nottoday9098]

Back when the company was Square Soft they created works that will live for many generations.

[@DekkarJr]

Really makes you appreciate what a complex melody writer Nobuo is

[@heathernicol3026]

Absolutely genuinely incredible. It’s not an easy piece, no matter how you mix it or what you play it on, but you did the *entire thing* on your own, after learning it by ear?!?! Truly amazing!! I got goosebumps, it’s so good. ^_^

[@lara6683]

Yep, every layer is me

[@armanipaige3290]

I must sincerely apologize for my doubtfulness and bias skepticism as a FFVII fan for thinking you weren't able to accomplish (by ear) what I just watched and witnessed. It was amazing..you were amazing. ❤

[@Catelynmeow]

Um. I've never heard of you before, but KZbin recommended you. I watched, I was blown away, I subscribed.

[@kertalaaki3826]

What is this sorcery, I demand audiency!

[@scottbaxendell7125]

Love watching how your brain works as you figure out the music and,translate it to a piano masterpiece!! Wow!!🤩🥰

[@TravisW85]

There was a point in watching this that I kind of zoned out while still watching the video. A few seconds later my brain recognized I was listening to this song, a few seconds after that I had to say to myself "Wait, this song doesn't have this much piano" and then shortly after that I remembered what I was watching. So that in itself tells me just how incredibly well you played this. This was amazing, and I'm glad I came across the video.

[@Mini-so5ol]

Really enjoying watching your process of learning a new Song. That is very inspiring!!!

[@lara6683]

It’s a bit longer in real time but I tried to make the video not-boring

[@DeathmatetheDeepDark]

Lara, thank you for this today. It made my day better, and made me smile for the first time in many weeks. You are amazing to watch. FF7 got me thru tons when I was 17, the music has always stayed in my head when doing hard physical tasks. Please keep up the underrated work that you do.

[@lara6683]

This track is a real ear worm

[@krystal7916]

Thank u KZbin algorithm

[@DJLane214]

This request was intended to crack the algorithm 😂

[@oneofakind121]

PShhhh....I See that you don't NEED me...but clearly I NEED YOU...Subbed.+1.

[@JGeMcL]

To be honest I was more surprised you didn't learn this song before than I was you were able to learn by ear. This is just the level of talent I expect from Laura now. 😁

[@lara6683]

I have studiously avoided it

[@ulzzangloverxD]

@@lara6683 No one can avoid this amazing piece of music forever !

[@OGBuddah]

As a life long Final Fantasy fan this is simple breath taking. Amazing work!

[@luniversdeveneta]

you are a genious......welldone

[@DavidVives84]

omg, thanks for your work, I feel the way you find balance and precision in your playing is amazing. The way you include alternative sequence of a same melody is so good. Bravo bravo bravo.

[@ghostwind3547]

Holy shit. Chills. I'm amazed you took that on as a LL and had the energy to CRUSH it. Nice job with the video edit too!

[@lara6683]

Yea I almost knocked it back!

[@TheStupidLama]

my mouth is ACTUALLY hanging open in the real world. I just noticed it. I noticed because my tongue started to feel dry because I had my mouth open for too long... AHAHA wtf this is amazing. perfect pitch is one thing but.. Jesus :D

[@johngarvey803]

I can’t even comprehend how your brain must work lol. This is absolutely remarkable and basically shocking

[@xerograde]

I SAID GODDAM

[@capnjrock2952]

Lara: "Playing this by ear is an almost-impossible task... but not for me! >:)"

[@FutureJacket]

0:46 she's looking pensive.....*piano noises* Me:OMFG SHE DONE IT!!!! SHE CRACKED THE CODE.

[@siLence-84]

This is fucking incredible... I play sax, and can play almost anything by ear -- but this shit is next fucking level.

[@LauLessPariah]

Holy crap this was amazing

[@schrenk-d]

I like how you managed to learn Yufi's doppelgänger ninja skill to play the different layers.

[@jeffwhite1334]

When the final boss is to play the final boss music

[@leakimnongot3533]

wow! you are a prodigy, a pretty girl, so nice and from Australia; the whole package! Love it! :)

[@niclasnightflame]

The moment when you discover a pianist and recognize from the first minute on that she has perfect pitch and uses this ability's full potential. Very nice and well played, I enjoyed it a lot!

[@justinreilly3107]

Incredible I loved watching you figure out how to play this not an easy song to play not an easy song to figure out either

[@JLSXMK8]

Okay, I saw the short and I was like “Yeah, she’s making a lot of mistakes.”; This video, on the other hand, is the real deal!

[@VapourXY]

Now I think we want a build up teasing version, just like how Remake did it hehe

[@davidlai6798]

How long did it take you to learn this by ear?? Amazing. I instantly subscribed to you based on this video.

[@WadiaSoft]

So you did good on the song, but do you know how to roller skate? :)

[@lara6683]

I do indeed, I play roller derby

[@YZ-id6pj]

I love how concentrated you are in this video. And switching back and forth between playing and writing (or both at the same time).

[@360Fov]

holy shit, she IS THE MIDI

[@Yoru-desu13]

Glad I got recommended this. Liked and subbed. Great stuff!

[@warwargr3654]

Damn, been listening to this song and it's many variations, covers and remakes by various artists for 26 years now...don't regret a single second.

[@Slackboy72]

SUPERB. ABSOLUTELY SUPERB. IN ALL CAPS.

[@brandoncarbaugh7994]

Sometimes you see an artist do something that just makes you go "Phew, the level of skill required to do that and make it seem so easy must have taken a lifetime."

[@thesharkpianist]

Oh my gosh, this is difficult enough even with the official piano arrangement. I don't blame you for splitting it into multiple parts for your try.

[@vanethritt6313]

Biggest surprise is the non-use of the arrangement from Advent Children Came out really good anyway

[@vanethritt6313]

Biggest surprise is the non-use of the arrangement from Advent Children Came out really good anyway

[@caspergolightly]

Mind blowing

[@ronaldcoleman5204]

Dude it took me like 2 years to be able to play the original formatted piece... this is nuts. Im not going to lie. Im kind of jealous. Lol

[@invisiblejazz]

There isn't much I can't psyche up for with this track, amazing that you put it together so fast, but then that's par for you with such an "almost impossible task" 😁

[@lara6683]

It was edited of course, but still a matter of minutes

[@davidwilson6577]

@@lara6683 *brushes shoulder

[@modernorpheus]

lara6683: "It's impossible!" lara6683: Does it.

[@quikiee]

not bad :)

[@madrrio]

you should check out the version in advent children. also, amazing job

[@ricku8121]

don't know how I ended up here but I'm glad I did. This was totally badass.

[@yousif4]

Her: "Doing it by ears an almost impossible task". Also her: Remasters it.

[@Markleadguitar]

I tried tracking this for guitar, I think I had up to 6 tracks and it started to sound muddy :) Piano is much better.

[@AnimalisaKeys]

This deserves to go mega-viral. I'll leave a comment for the algorithm!

[@lara6683]

Thank you! Please share anywhere you think is suitable ❤

[@laxur1312]

Not fair. I studied piano for the better part of 15 years and never learned to clone myself.

[@pixelpat5276]

Omfg❤❤❤❤ This is the level all pianists aspire to be 🤯🤯🤯

[@xavierverne5654]

You honor past game music composers. Most of his career ennio Morricone was betrayed from "classical and school composer teachers" because he worked for cinema industry. You kind of break this "under culture" barrier. Thank you.

[@martinlatour9311]

That is absolutely insane. Amazing

[@Brassydoots]

So well done! Absolutely loved it. That’s a hard one to learn, so you nailing it down this fast was damn impressive. Multilayering was such a nice touch as well. Great job!

[@vellis9345]

You are a ridiculous human being, and I mean that in the very best way possible.

[@pixelpat5276]

Spoiler Alert: She's using mystify materia😊

[@littlefurnace]

Oh no, I feel a new yt channel hyper fixation coming on 🙃 Amazing job 🔥

[@trior27]

Excuse me. I need to pick up my jaw from the floor

[@Dandyline]

WOW your hands moves so beautifully over the piano. It’s so mesmerizing 🤩 Thank you for the battle music, sounded amazing ❤

[@T2Master01]

This is what it looks like to channel the "psycho" part of you into a skill 😂

[@Wyrade]

Holy shit, sounds awesome, way better than the original!

[@profanegaming2829]

FF poster on the wall, hasn't heard Those Who Fight. X to doubt.

[@Taboo069]

Well, next level will be "Those who fight Further" please ;D

[@codbdup88]

All I hear when I hear this music is the CooooWisshhhhh the enemies make when they die lol

[@lillones]

Dont want to act like this isnt impressive, but feels like its missing something

[@jocloud31]

This is incredible. The attention to detail is astounding!

[@willzang3000]

this shit slaps thank you

[@lara6683]

No worries

[@verinenpihvi]

thanks for covering the original and not the AC one. well done 👍

[@lara6683]

You’re welcome!

[@DannyDarkslide]

Beautiful Version! 🥰FF7 is the best

[@maximusnz]

When you cracked it at 0:47 i fell in love, then at 1:13 just wow!!!! ❤

[@inVAde_rz]

I wish i could see the chat reaction when you play this.

[@puravida8127]

Me encanta verte tocar canciones de final fantasy! Saludos desde España!

[@edoardoteani3681]

Try the piano collection version now, by ear on the spot

[@FutureJacket]

That has got to be the craziest thing I have ever seen when it comes to music. How do you just _do_ that? How do you just hear some triple layer tones at 190 BEATS PER MINUTE and just be like, hold my beer.

[@lara6683]

It’s my one skill. No seriously.

[@Vermazing]

the piano version from advent children would have helped you learn it by ear pretty fast

[@jumbonoval]

Is it weird that I got choked up hearing her play this?

[@phoenixftw9434]

As someone who has also learned this song by ear, it's not as hard as she says