I love the way Maya raises her right hand high when she's going for those high notes (especially when Belting), instead of raising her head up. That's good vocal technique there. The raised hand opens up her ribcage and allows the lungs to give her solid breath support and she avoid tension in the throat
@@MorioDaichi You're right about Hikaru depending on the throat a bit for belting power. Not singing from below. Just watch the posture in this song during the belting phases. Compare how Hikaru and Maya stood when belting the chorus passage.
@Rene89Boots7 жыл бұрын
This song is hauntingly beautiful..
@asn48chamaru143 жыл бұрын
まさに伝説のARIA
@TheSeeking2know2 жыл бұрын
The original
@i7i0lozmm767 жыл бұрын
mayaさんのサビは本当にしびれました
@j27devenecia8 жыл бұрын
HIKARUさんの声は歌唱力だけでなく、+アルファの癒やしがある。心地がよい。
@matcha_cakee Жыл бұрын
いつでも見てもmasterpieceです
@No-ot2yb3 жыл бұрын
この頃のヒカル。。声量ハンパないな。。。
@angelserenade4 жыл бұрын
I always get chills hearing Maya's part. She had already left the group by the time I knew about this group, so I only knew her in this song. She really has a powerful voice. Almost similar to Keiko's.
@TheSeeking2know4 жыл бұрын
The tone sounded just like Hikaru at the belting duet but has a richer low end than Hikaru's.
@stefanyperezvv2 жыл бұрын
Yo siendo su voz muy similar a la de Hikaru, me costó bastante identificarla. Pero que buena voz
@xrrgr2 жыл бұрын
i remember there was a video of her singing sprinter at karaoke but i can’t find it anymore:(
@katsuragikeima88095 ай бұрын
she's also part of the recording for sprinter, but as far as live performances go then yea this is prob the closest you'll get
@柊凛花-e9c8 жыл бұрын
まだ最近ファンになったばっかだけどMayaがいた方が個人的にすごく好き。
@heidimatsumoto96575 жыл бұрын
I became a fan of Kalafina just recently and the first time I heard this song was during their 10th anniversary concert. I thought it was great but this, with Maya, holy shirt it was mind-blowing!!! I couldn't stop my goosebumps!!!
@TheSeeking2know4 жыл бұрын
Next level right here. Their voices were all still young in this performance and Maya helped to complete the live harmonies much more fully. There was much less reliance on the recorded background vocals. There were a bunch of layered vocals and dual harmonies that she performed, providing a medium low range that freed Keiko to rest at times, and her belted section showed her power with a comparable tone to Hikaru's.
@greenady3 жыл бұрын
Maya is like hibrid of Hikaru and Keiko
@TheSeeking2know2 жыл бұрын
@@greenady Exactly. With a little bit of Wakana in terms of head voice. She also replaced high part for Wakana at a point in the song!
@TK5Dmovie8 жыл бұрын
素晴らしいコーラスだと思います。 アニメに疎いのですが、曲に惚れ込んでしまいました。
@ariaa-s51808 жыл бұрын
I love their harmonizations
@ndixhrhcjfnajt8 жыл бұрын
この編成でSprinterできなくなったのは悲劇だろってくらいこのARIA良い
@rtechnolifeyoshioka7 жыл бұрын
kuma segawa
@宝来来観8 жыл бұрын
mayaの声質ってhikaruに似てるとこあるのに、低音もしっかり出せてるのがすごい!
@TheSeeking2know2 жыл бұрын
Maya is a slightly more versatile singer it seems.
@sarbbajitsamadder-sd9kt5 жыл бұрын
Maya's voice is so good and yeah this is one of my favorite song of their group❤️😍👌
@でる-i8i9 жыл бұрын
mayaうまいじゃん!
@roycejohnsolquillo3 жыл бұрын
I miss Hikaru and Wakana's 2008-2010 voice. Keiko was consistent and did better in her control as the years went by.
@hasen_judi3 жыл бұрын
Huh, it's so crazy, a while back I was searching frantically for the old version of this song with Maya in it, and now it just pops up randomly in my auto queue! Thanks for the upload!
@椎名蓮-u4g8 жыл бұрын
MAYAがいた頃も充分素敵だけど、今も透明感とか落ち着きのあるかんじがあって好きだな(❁´ω`❁)
@crunchtimewithcetshwayo49333 жыл бұрын
Speechless. This has gotten me all kinds of emotional.
@stevenxds8 жыл бұрын
It's so easy to confuse Maya and Hikaru sometimes (especially when they're belting). All this time, I thought 4:05 was sung by Hikaru... Then I took a glance at the screen lol.
@0neyetmany-06 жыл бұрын
Josheb Dayrit omg I thought its Hikaru too omg Maya so great ;-;
@再飲就乜咗6 жыл бұрын
Me too... I also thought it was Hikaru... anyway, they both are powerful!
@xrrgr4 жыл бұрын
Same! It’s just Maya’s doesn’t have the “metallic” element Hikaru’s voice has - it’s softer. I’d say her voice is like a mixture of Wakana’s and Hikaru’s.
@TheSeeking2know4 жыл бұрын
They have similar tomes. I think she has just a teeny bit more power than Hikaru and a slightly richer low range, though Hikaru is my favorite. I saw this because she covered some mid-low notes (that gave Keiko rest at some points) and she holds her mike further away from her mouth almost all through the performance.
@IriaTHaze4 жыл бұрын
That might be because Hikaru took that part after Maya left?
@lamia77634 жыл бұрын
2020 and I am here ❤️❤️
@mmabdelsalam36324 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@KalafinaBTS4 жыл бұрын
2020 and I've been stanning this group for a year 🙂 (I miss them so much😭)
@Akane_Tendo033 жыл бұрын
2021 :(
@Akane_Tendo033 жыл бұрын
2021 :(
@TRal553 жыл бұрын
2021 here
@soyasuwabe78989 ай бұрын
Best Aria live
@xakiraax8238 жыл бұрын
maya chan's voice is amazing :D and more with keiko
@akshatpandey91413 жыл бұрын
This is some extraordinary stuff done by kalafina.
@Houri_Tatsunari8 жыл бұрын
MAYAは外すべきでなかった もっと上のレベルのグループになれたのに・・・
@TheSeeking2know2 жыл бұрын
I also feel like Maya was removed for some reason. I still don't fully buy the "schooling" excuse.
Most of their lives are better than their recorded versions, you're not wrong
@TRal553 жыл бұрын
It's significantly better
@omargarcia55903 жыл бұрын
Which recorded version exactly? The very original one of the movie or the Aria Live from the 5th Anniversary disc? The Aria Live of the anniversary disc is awesome too. Everyone should listen to that version. It sounds way different than this one and the original.
@zozo748248 жыл бұрын
Hikaru's voice is brilliant!!
@TheSeeking2know4 жыл бұрын
She's my favorite.
@edyeoliveira417623 күн бұрын
This is the best ARIA live performance for me, no matter how many other performances of Hikaru, Keiko and Wakana I see, this one live with Maya is the most powerful of them all. I never want to be unfair to the 3 goddesses, but I have to be honest, Maya's voice makes a lot of difference in this song, the others' voices were also very impactful at that time... It would be a dream to see what Sprinter and Oblivious were like with this 4-woman lineup, but I know that will never happen, I have to be thankful for having this performance preserved... Maybe we can see ARIA from a new perspective with FictionJunction which is a 4 person formation, it all depends on master Kajiura.
@michaelkirby58503 жыл бұрын
I really love how consistent keiko sing her alto part what a great singer!
@Giyuubin Жыл бұрын
아리아가 최고다 진짜👍👍👍
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
Watched this again and I have few wishes: 1. We could watch a high-res and full-width version of this live performance. 2. We could watch a rehearsal video for this performance with all four singers. 3. More vocal teacher/coach reaction channels listened and reacted to this. 4. Maya was active on social media so we could see her activities in music/dance/etc.
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
@c h Oh thanks.
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
@c h She made such an impact in such a little time, especially in this "Aria" live.
It was so sad to lose her. But I am also thinking about Maria from Gardinellia. She was 13 when she was with Chix Chicks with Kaori Oda.
@SamuraiSx194 жыл бұрын
gosh I miss them guys I so miss them singing again!! >
@transranpo3 жыл бұрын
i was never into kalafina until after they disbanded, and i cant seem to find many performances with maya. as much as i love the three of them, there's just something about her belting voice that is just so magical (but like the same goes to all of them lmao)
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
We are in the same boat! I totally agree with you. I also discovered Kalafina post-disbanding, through a KZbin recommendation to their 10th Anniversary Budokan llve, and the mystical "Ring Your Bell" intro caught me and bound me (they sounded like angels) even though I could never imagine watching a 2-hour-plus KZbin video. I watched it all through! I have become partially obsessed with hearing Maya sing live from this period. Her tone and obviously punching below her maximum high pitch and power (it seemed oddly easy for her) belting the same chorus part as Hikaru, made me excited to hear more of her. What I even noticed is that Keiko amplified her volume for her harmony low notes when singing with Maya, to match the slightly higher power of Maya's belt compared to my favourite girl, Hikaru. I am interested in Maya's head voice, her highest pitch, her low notes, dynamics. I wish we had a documentary on just her.
@greenady3 жыл бұрын
U can see maya in other video singing Kizuato. She only doing kajiurago harmony
@xrrgr3 жыл бұрын
it's a shame that there doesn't seem to be a live video available of her singing sprinter, a song in which she has lines
@catsinni3 жыл бұрын
If someone would post the Sprinter LIVE of this performance we would see Maya with her full potential, but anyway Maya's career is short to be honest due to personal reason for letting her finish college first but sadly she didn't came back after making that decision ):
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
@@catsinni I heard that she joined a dance group or something. It's similar to Kawashima Yuuka (founding member of Perfume) who left the group for school and then tried multiple times to come back into entertainment with series of relative failures, while the group went on to become one of the biggest in Japan .
@David.Algren4 ай бұрын
Impossible for me to watch this legendary masterpiece without tears in my eyes... Hikaru's voice is just OMG ❤ Though I prefer Wakana's current voice, this is by far the best live version to ARIA 🥹
@haninanu4714 жыл бұрын
I really love this song 💖💖
@uakk91713 жыл бұрын
Love this version the best
@sanm73342 жыл бұрын
ここに戻ってきてしまう。私の原点。
@emmad35678 жыл бұрын
I wish Hikaru's voice could have a chance to heal. I feel like there is a problem now. Maybe nodes? That would be so sad :( I love Hikaru and want the best for her just as much as the other members.
@sophiawu33138 жыл бұрын
I don't think Hikaru's voice will come back. But it's really not a problem, I already get used to it. Her vocal cord is changing while she is getting older, therefore she has to change her way to sing. And so does Wakana. Besides, Kalafina has TOO MUCH work for lives, if Hikaru is still using her previous way to sing, it will hurt more.
@4evaism8 жыл бұрын
What exactly happened to her voice? I mean, I know she sounds quite different now, if not worse. Did she hurt her throat or something? Is it because of the extensive live shows, so much that it exhausted her voice, or anything?
@emmad35678 жыл бұрын
I think it's a combination of neverending live shows and work (especially from 2014-on as they become more popular) and Hikaru's vocal cords changing as she gets older, as the person below said. In addition, Hikaru has frequently been required to strain her voice in songs by singing to the top of her range (like in this song) or, more frequently, by lowering it just barely above breakage (a la Magia)... It may just be that her voice isn't meant to do that all the time, even if it sounds really cool. She also has said that it takes a lot for her to take care of her voice, she takes a lot of steps to protect it.
@huntress447 жыл бұрын
honestly I think Hikaru's voice sounds fine despite changes. It's Wakana's loss of breath and difficulty in singing that worries me recently. I always hear her gasping/hiccup sound both in live & recorded.
@calebc.43436 жыл бұрын
I don’t think that there’s nearly as much to worry about with Hikaru, or Wakana, at this point in comparison to when you all posted this. Vocally Hikaru has changed pretty drastically - my personally most audible times hearing this would include sitting down on the 9+ONE and 10th Anni concert videos and focusing only on drastic requirements, like her falsettos in the 9+1 Oblivious and the 10th Anni’s Lirica. However, I don’t think anyone yet knows if Hikaru got what’s often labeled “the singer’s surgery” as Wakana has. (I will say the surgery helped her a nice amount but oh my God she STILL CANNOT BREATHE. It’s just too much of a habit at this point although it’s noticeably better in comparison to, say, Red Moon era.)
@Landezvous8 жыл бұрын
Honestly Maya has such a nice range like she can be on par with Hikaru and Keiko, I don't know why she left 8((
@tzu-haokuo11508 жыл бұрын
If I remember, she left for school. I think her voice is gorgeous and powerful too.
@blueberrypi1658 жыл бұрын
I hope she comes back ;-; but she probably won't and it makes me sad ;-;
@aprilbennett41618 жыл бұрын
It's not very clear if she left for school, yes, but it is confirmed that Maya's decision was at the behest of her father. He wanted his daughter to have a different career. In Japan, parents, especially fathers, have a lot of say in their children's lives. It's highly unlikely that Maya will ever perform with Kalafina again.
@georgesperelakis66317 жыл бұрын
I dont know about her father, but its confirmed that she has return to her hometown, has finished her school and now she's in some dancing group, married and with a child too.
@kohga21414 жыл бұрын
maya gave a reason in twitter,she said that because she was lack of strength。But i think it's a euphemism and the truth is she was eliminated by corporation。
@7Teoem2 жыл бұрын
2022 and I still here for this master piece
@copio123 Жыл бұрын
私もです😊
@guitaroyaji2008 жыл бұрын
これは良い素晴らしい厚みがあって圧倒される
@yuukakiraga56548 жыл бұрын
they're so pretty
@megumi_03 жыл бұрын
Hikaru back then was an absolute unit of a singer.
@Pikachuchicken9 жыл бұрын
Kalafina 너무좋아요 ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 제가 앨범같은거 안사는데 꼭살거에요
@Michiiru3 жыл бұрын
Keiko and Maya would be unstoppable. 💖
@TheSeeking2know2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! They were powerful together.
@luzyona32059 жыл бұрын
Me encanta Kalafina espero con ansias su visita a Mexico en Febrero ☺
@laylyanntarabayirizarry61999 жыл бұрын
Aaagh que envidia :3 Jamás vendrán a Puerto Rico T.T PORQUÉ NO SOY MEXICANA?!?! Primero VAMPS y ahora Kalafina (VAMPS es una banda japonesa)
I'm with you. There would have been more variety and energy in their voices, and maybe Hikaru and Wakana wouldn't have had to strain their voices so much since the load would have been shared.
@jenshujunhe21048 жыл бұрын
Watching this live always makes me feel so sad that Maya left. She probably has the most powerful voice in the group.
@TheSeeking2know4 жыл бұрын
You could tell she wasn't outputting at 100% yet, whether in terms of power or range.
@greenady3 жыл бұрын
my fav part is 4:03 Maya!!!
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
Her voice was so powerful and more just a bit more resonant than Hikaru's. The way she holds her microphone away from her face shows that she had enough vocal power to project to the mike! She was really missed as a force in Kalafina.
@TheSeeking2know4 жыл бұрын
OK, just listened to this again and Maya was awesome: 1. Her voice is powerful, loud, rich and piercing. 2. She can obviously out-dance everyone else. Does anyone know her social media - Twitter, etc.? Does she have a website?
@akshatpandey91413 жыл бұрын
Nope she doesn't has any
@Bessywap3 жыл бұрын
Only Instagram
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
@@Bessywap Do you know her Instagram handle?
@rena86212 жыл бұрын
She has twitter but currently her acc is being locked tho
@TheSeeking2know2 жыл бұрын
@@rena8621 That's a little sad. I hope she's doing well and has an outlet for her creative talent, even if it's only private.
@minasboubouras84872 жыл бұрын
Jesus, the nostalgia
@さんK-i8p8 жыл бұрын
衣装が斬新素敵で見てしまう。
@user24547servant20 күн бұрын
Kalafinaの集大成にて、完成形こそARIA
@kalimo_103 жыл бұрын
2020 this song always remeber me in diana and claud from who made me a princesse
@marvin-mobuto-4_1_93 жыл бұрын
2021-02-24 i love you its teme. Kalafina my heart is for you
@soiu038 жыл бұрын
아니 미쳤나 노래 진짜 좋네
@鳴城98 жыл бұрын
最初とかの梶浦語が好き。
@TRal553 жыл бұрын
Wow it's too bad Kalafina wasn't able to retain this kind of vocal power, otherwise I would have been a much bigger fan
@ackerman92323 жыл бұрын
when I heard the first 13 seconds, I was reminded of Deliora from FT. The soundtrack used was the same with the melody😊
I can't believe Hikaru used to have this kind of vocal power. How did it change??
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
Good question. Overuse of her voice in too many live singing arrangements and being written a lot of music in her higher range. Probably not having a consistent vocal coach to help keep her voice healthy through the rigors of a decade. Also age changed her voice...
@TRal553 жыл бұрын
@@TheSeeking2know That's so sad!
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
@@TRal55 If we feel like this, I imagine how she feels knowing in her memory and mind that she can "hit" some notes but her body/voice won't do what she wants it to. And she experienced the deterioration/change firsthand.
@TRal553 жыл бұрын
@@TheSeeking2know Definitely. It's upsetting to know that that can even happen. I never knew someone's vocal power could change like that. I definitely feel for her.
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
@@TRal55 👍🏾
@rtybn4568 жыл бұрын
I'm not a huge fan of this song, but this probably one of their best live performances.
@rtybn4568 жыл бұрын
0:34 Plus, I dont really like this member's voice :/ Out of the these 3 girls, she's third for me.
@zennere8 жыл бұрын
+Delian Jay yup. unlike Wakana and Keiko, she has an average Japanese typical voice. Wakana and Keiko are taking their level out of Japanese typical singer. If you know what I mean.
@deepikagovindaraj71938 жыл бұрын
+Monica Su Kajiura would disagree with you about Hikaru having an average Japanese voice.
@zennere8 жыл бұрын
+Deepika Govind I know. she must be had her reason for choosing Hikaru. but then again, this is my opinion.
@KHOiloveromeo8 жыл бұрын
+Monica Su I think Kajiura said that she chose Hikaru because of her voice sounding similar to a reed or wind instrument
Luego de verlo varias veces me fijé en lo similar que es el Belting de Maya al de Hikaru, pero en su voz más central hay un punto intermedio entre Hikaru y Keiko demasiado increíble. Le da una llenura preciosa a la canción.
@TheSeeking2know2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Maya is sorely missed. I can imagine how much fulness she could have given to other songs we know, since she covered high, middle/lead, and low parts in this song. A really versatile singer. And her mix belt was balanced and powerful (she also had stronger head voice than Hikaru and could match Wakana to my ears).
My personal best vocal rank: 1. Maya 2. Hikaru 3. Keiko 4. Wakana
@TheSeeking2know2 жыл бұрын
For this song, I agree with the order. 👍🏾👍🏾
@Otakuhannah1213 жыл бұрын
4:03
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
Epic moment too! Maya obviously had more power in her voice so the duet with Keiko was heavier or weightier. Different voice from Hikaru.
@Otakuhannah1213 жыл бұрын
@@TheSeeking2know Her voice is amazing, too bad she departed from the group quite a while ago. It's kinda hard to find clips of her singing. She sounded amazing.
@TheSeeking2know3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for pointing out both parts. I also noticed that the drums were more frantic during Maya's part (more drum hits) but less so during HIkaru's (fewer drum hits) so maybe that was meant to highlight the vocal and individual differences of both ladies. Hmmm.