Playing the Pokémon Diamond Music on the Piano | Jubilife City Breakdown

[@Better-Piano]

Grab the sheet music for free here! You don't have to sign up or give an email to download it or anything, it's just there lol. I mean, you CAN check out the insanely awesome community we're building, but totally not a requirement! resources.betterpiano.com/jubilife-city

[@CharlesCornellStudios]

I haven't found something to fight you on yet, but you just wait, I will.

[@Better-Piano]

@@CharlesCornellStudios Come at me. You won't.

[@hyphen8d725]

@@Better-Piano Whoaa, why can't we all be friends here?

[@Better-Piano]

He started it.

[@buddytrueblood]

Could you take a look at the Driftveil city theme from Pokemon black and white?

[@zelink8454]

The two versions of this song in the game have been solely composed and arranged by Hitomi Sato. Mad props to her.

[@jeamsis]

Woah, I’ve never seen someone make a video on the actual process of making an arrangement from a pre-existing piece. Super super cool

[@Toddithus]

As a Pokémon kid turned classical musician, I’m so happy videos like this exist 🤯🤯

[@VexylObby]

EXACTLY how I write arrangements for newer students. I show them how I break it down into layers. That, and I show them how to do the reverse and "complexify". A good trait for those that want to write or make simple songs more fulfilling to play.

[@skibalovesya]

The Legends Arceus rendition of this song is beautiful. When I first heard the motif in the village song I almost cried.

[@Weavileiscool]

YYEEEESSSSSSS It’s so good

[@SSQMinky]

Charles Cornell on a new channel? I’m in I love the Sinnoh soundtrack and this is one of the music that got me into jazz, seeing this feels like a full circle

[@Better-Piano]

Love to hear it, thanks for being here!

[@MelodicDragon97]

One of my favorite Pokemon tracks

[@Better-Piano]

It's truly a masterpiece.

[@rogue_114]

incredible yeah

[@henrychess3]

I think it can get jazzier but this is pretty good yeah. My favorite from DPPt is probably Eterna Galactic Building

[@Better-Piano]

@@henrychess3IT CAN ALWAYS GET JAZZIER!!!!!!!!

[@Weavileiscool]

@@henrychess3that bass line intro is so good

[@rogue_114]

let’s freaking go, so glad you decided to continue breaking down jubilife city. can’t wait to see more pokemon music breakdowns.

[@Better-Piano]

Glad you enjoyed! Looking for recommendations too, so feel free to make requests!

[@rogue_114]

@@Better-Piano got it-i’d love to see any theme from pokemon black and white being covered. if you want specific recommendations, you could try nuvema town, lacunosa town, castelia city, or my personal favorite theme: the ending theme, onward to our own futures

[@TaveZgg]

​@@Better-Pianopokemon sun and moon has some amazing jazz oriented music too, hau-oli city night theme is my personal favorite :)

[@Adimant2097]

⁠@@Better-PianoI don’t think you’ve ever checked out Monster Hunter music on your main channel but I’d love if you covered some of the village themes, namely Kokoto Village from MH1, Pokke Village from MH Freedom 2, Cathar from MH4, and the Seliana Night theme from MHW Iceborne (❤❤). I also really love some of the other Pokémon “hometown” themes, particularly Littleroot Town, Twinleaf Town, Aspertia City from B2W2 (❤❤), and while it’s not a hometown per se Iki Town night scratches that same itch. All incredible tracks and all have their own take on what it means to be “home”, tons of unexplored nostalgia content in these tracks alone 😌

[@grey287]

I would love to have a cover of Stickerbrush Symphony next! I think you really hit the nail on the head on that one, and a piano cover would sound fabulous

[@Hollycb12]

This is quickly becoming my favorite of your two channels ❤ I love that you go deeper into actually analyzing the music

[@Better-Piano]

That's so cool to hear, thank you! I'm sort of looking at the main channel as "entertainment edu" and this channel as more actual education and more piano-focused. Hopefully it turns out to be useful for everyone!

[@hyphen8d725]

I'm very happy to see this channel have actual sheet music and instruction!! Thank you for making this and sharing, hoping to see more of it!

[@Better-Piano]

DEFINITELY going to be more of it. Hope you enjoy!

[@wrathbone_]

Free Palestine!

[@HowieHilling]

@@wrathbone_ i would like a free Palestine but can I only get one?

[@DaveGrowl-fd7gz]

Free it!!! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@Nblem7]

@@HowieHillingPalestine has not been “free” for 70 plus years. This should not be a revelation.

[@fromixty]

The tracks on many Nintendo DS, including all of the Pokemon titles were sequenced, meaning all of the note and sample data is there, being played in real time by the game. There are tools made to extract that note data, converting it to midi without the need for transcription.

[@pianooctopus765]

3:14 "how do we take something that was not written for ... piano and make it something that we can ... play on the piano." I can not count the number of times I have run into this dilemma, especially when doing out some of the more complex movie scores that I have on my channel. The craziest ones so far have been "This is Berk", from How to Train Your Dragon; "I Was Born for This," from the game Journey; and "Maelstrom," from Pirates of the Caribbean.

[@MattyIce2496]

I absolutely love this! I started doing a Music in Video Games unit with my 7/8th grade general music class because I love diving into music and why these songs works so well and they’re all having a blast with it. I’m hoping I can someday play piano and work through these scores like you can

[@Better-Piano]

Love to hear that!! Such an awesome way to get kids interested in music. That's the whole idea of this channel and of the community as well! Here to help!

[@CharlieHM]

Loooove this song, right back to my childhood. Awesome job creating this piece!

[@Better-Piano]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@Simon-is2xd]

I would LOVE a video on your process of voicing chords and where to add color. You have a special way of filling out chords and making them sound rich and full

[@bathron1822]

Dude this is incredible, thanks so much. Such a deep dive! Keeping my eyes peeled for your zelda music one soon

[@mRidley508]

I would love to see more in-depth videos like this that cover a single song. Also I would love to see the whole arrangement played in one go!

[@nazakomu]

This track highlights the power of counterpoint and working delicately with polyphony, a staple from the classical era or common practice period. Thank you as always for your meticulous and insightful analysis of these game tracks, Charles! I personally feel not enough folks give as much appreciation to the theory as they do the sounds which incentivized being structured and named in such fascinating ways. If you're interested in some more sublime VGM material, anything popular by Yousuke Yasui or Shinji Hosoe are gonna be wonderful tracks to not only hear, but also break down and potentially make videos for. We're talking REALLY bringing out the love for jazz while fusing multiple genres to make for timeless listening. Not only original compositions either; many ingenious arrangements/remixes of other artist's tracks too! Much love! ❤

[@finestcustard5647]

Holy crap haven’t finished watching the ad even and I know this is gonna SLAP

[@IceForgeOfficial]

This channel is underrated! Love your content, process, workflow!

[@aetherwarrior4640]

Im a simple man. Saw Pokémon, decided to like and sub.

[@Angelocomposer]

9:29 I would analyze the Bb7 as a Tritone Sub to Emin (IVmin). But instead of the IVmin there’s the Gmaj7 (VImaj7),the parallel major from E Minor.

[@Better-Piano]

I like this! Definitely a few different ways of looking at it. All good ways to teach us how to think about the different functionalities of any particular harmonic movement!

[@BriocheLxka]

OMG I loveeee this so much time to play my childhood!!

[@Better-Piano]

It's just such great music to play!

[@DominusNL1993]

This is perfect Charles! I definitely prefer these type of in depth analysis videos over the more general edu stuff on the main channel. Keep 'em coming! I see that you are looking for some recommendations. Personally I have been trying to tackle Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Temporal Tower. It has some crazy fast lines and interesting harmonies. I for sure would be interested in watching you unpack that. I'll let you decide if it's something that fits on this channel. :)

[@Better-Piano]

Oooo love this, I'll check it out!

[@benowa]

Really liked this video! I hope you'll make more of them (on Pokémon music too)! :D And thank you for the sheet music! 🙏

[@Better-Piano]

You bet! Glad you enjoyed it. Definitely more coming very soon!

[@sillygoober-cu9qg]

literally pure nostalgia. this games soundtrack was pure genius. however 3:45 measure 6 beat 3 is a tritone interval - E to Bb. sorry these videos are usually so far out of my minds grasp but i can finally point out a very minor mistake lets go

[@Better-Piano]

AHHH you're right!!! I even wrote it correctly on the music too! I just played it wrong 😂great catch!

[@SamuelHaak]

What are the actual chances that you would do Jubilife City! Of all the Pokemon tracks you could pick, you just happened to pick the only one that I've had a chance to work on so far on my quest to analyse all the 4th gen songs and write in their style. This is great Charles thanks so much!

[@SamuelHaak]

Oh man you just mentioned the course - I'll definitely be signing up!

[@julianpaublini]

I have always loved your videos, Charles. I am so very glad we now have this channel to learn even more from you, you are a great educator!

[@Better-Piano]

Wow, thanks so much for the kind words! Glad you're here!

[@kino7037]

Just finding out about this channel, glad we get another pokémon video !

[@PsychicMycelium]

This was a great tutorial and I will definitely be adding this to my warm up répertoire.

[@IvoryMadness.]

This was a great video to watch!

[@Better-Piano]

I appreciate that!!

[@cooldebt]

Thanks for the sheet music Charles! Now I really need to brush up on my sight reading....

[@Better-Piano]

Don't we all 😂

[@WakenAngels]

Holy nostalgia, this was my first pokemon game. Ill never forget playing it in a hotel and discovering how to trade over wifi.

[@Better-Piano]

Crazy times!!

[@jacobgerhard9649]

This might have just made my week, amazing video!

[@Better-Piano]

This comment might have just made MY week!

[@TylerSoBored]

Loving this channel man. This video was super helpful to see your process on dissecting a song. Thanks a ton!😄

[@ChickenCast100]

Man I LOVED this video!~

[@Better-Piano]

Thanks so much!

[@stefanopolitis2805]

Man love that you have a new chanel congrats !also great analysis on the song ! I would like also if you could do "the legend comes to life" from the second pokemon movie , i think you will like the soundtrack!

[@zevelgamer.]

Yooo a new secret channel!? That's amazing man! Subbed.

[@Better-Piano]

DON'T TELL ANYONE. Actually do. Tell everyone.

[@zevelgamer.]

@@Better-Piano you're quite indecisive Charles. Do you want me to tell people or not?

[@Better-Piano]

@@zevelgamer. .....i don't know.

[@zevelgamer.]

@@Better-Piano tbh I would have told people to subscribe but no one I know is a music theory nerd like me... Still at least we got each other right? Right??

[@avieee_]

Amazing video!! I actually sat at my piano and tapped along and it felt like a real lesson! ❤️

[@evertbirgersson6194]

This is as inspiring as it is cool

[@Better-Piano]

No, YOU are

[@CLUBMASTER28]

Yeah i love this channel already

[@phillycheesesteak1028]

Thank you for making this channel, I love the music walkthrough with the sheet music, keep up the amazing work 😁

[@Better-Piano]

Thanks so much! Definitely lots more coming very soon.

[@FernandoOliveira-co3oz]

Loved the video and would love to see maybe Verdanturf Town at some point! I think you'd really like that one!!

[@Better-Piano]

I'll check it out! Thanks!

[@hibikikanade]

thanks for the breakdown on this classic! would love to see your take on Opelucid City from pokemon black and white (particularly the white version~) if anything, i would love to hear you cover any song from pokemon black and white, it has an extremely interesting ost :)

[@Better-Piano]

On it!

[@joshsanchez9793]

I lov u for the sheets and pokemon diamond my fav only!

[@finestcustard5647]

I’d like to hear you dissect some of the techniques used in A Hopeless Race from Final Fantasy XIV. Idk how Keiko makes one piano sound like 3 different instruments but somehow she’s doing it lol. The arrangement from the game makes my head spin it’s incredible.

[@RSLCoug]

Great! I want you to play them from start to finish though

[@Better-Piano]

Ah...that's YOUR job! No but for real, this is great point 😂I'll be sure to include that in the future!

[@RSLCoug]

@@Better-Piano thanks! This whole thing is so cool.

[@David_prod-eNGee]

Excellent video, man!

[@Better-Piano]

Thank you!

[@Kingboo4245]

Well well well, it appears KZbin has recommended another hidden gem

[@Littleboyfatman45]

The Pokemart hits, that’s when you know a game has a hard soundtrack.

[@Littleboyfatman45]

Makes sense because arguably Cynthia is the most challenging Champion. Soo the game deserves to have you walk around with amazing soundtracks most difficult games do. #Castlevania2 and Zelda 2

[@lovaaaa2451]

You might want to look at classical master transcribers such as Liszt or Godowsky to see how it is in fact possible to arrange highly polyphonic or even symphonic music while keeping the polyphony intact. It often relies on alot of pedal for bass notes, sharing one melody between the hands and so on, crucially, to do it you have to do a lot of octave displacements. It's certainly possible to do that with this one, the only thing is the exakt rhythmic bassline probably has to be compromised for something different.

[@fabianwhs9891]

Bach: Wait-... there are a few melody lines missing in the original, definitely need to add more in the arrangement.

[@xemnasxiii3992]

More learning of an instrument i'm not even playing but who knows maybe one day i'll jump that fence lol I was curious sonce we're into pokemon Diamond and pearl will you analyze route 216 ? Insaneinthemusic did an a pretty busy but really great arrangement of it and i was curious how hard could the og song be

[@seronimo__7735]

9:45 It's actually an A# there. You wrote it down right (since the accidental carries) but were playing it wrong.

[@Better-Piano]

Got me 😂just saw that

[@Waevform]

Looking very healthy! I’m betting you’ve done this somewhere before but Kingdom Hearts music please!

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Wait this is Charles!? Instant sub.

[@ewanmcc01]

Please make more from Pokémon diamond and pearl

[@tynanblake5314]

Could you do a full play through of the pieces you play at the end of the video?

[@ActualKuma]

Did you take into account the arrangement of jubilife city from the pokemon X and Y games. That is for solo piano and acoustic bass.

[@Better-Piano]

I didn't! I'll look that up, though!

[@SnowyJane]

I’m sure you shared this before, but as a near intermediate player I am looking for a great middle ground digital. May I ask what you’re playing in these videos?

[@Better-Piano]

This is a Yamaha CP-88! But the sound you're hearing is from a plugin called Keyscape.

[@SnowyJane]

@@Better-Piano thank you so much for your response! I can’t wait to join your community, cheers!

[@Nicnacsqt]

Can you do a Music Analysis on Evan Call's compositions: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Original Soundtrack

[@AshArAis]

Could you write things in compound time when necessary instead of triplets in simple time to make it more readable? Even if it's one bar or one hand

[@Better-Piano]

Great recommendation! I think it could absolutely help in some places.

[@nathanpetzinger7016]

Did you start playing piano by reading music or playing by ear?

[@Better-Piano]

Ear! I think pretty much everyone starts by ear at least to some degree. As a kid, trying to get me to read sheet music was like pulling teeth😂I learned a lot of things by sight and ear. I would watch over my teacher's shoulder and use my ears and sight memory to mimic what his hands were doing until it sounded right. This is fine to start, particularly when we're young. But as painful and "boring" as it was to young me, learning to read unlocked the entire world, musically. It's tough, but worth it!

[@magnusgro4366]

Unfortunately not everyone learns to play by ear. Most classical teachers nowadays systematically teach just reading notes, and that's how you train score dependant musicians and why most classical musicians can't improvise. Check out Sietze de Vries, he has a whole series on that topic (he can improvise in true Bach style, check out his improvised Fugue on "Herzlich tut mich verlangen", it's almost the real Bach)

[@Better-Piano]

@@magnusgro4366 This is true! That's crazy, I'll absolutely check that out!

[@boooooooooooooomtidiish]

Man, you made my day with this one! Much love❤ Also, I recommend checking out OST for the game called "This Is The Police". Bunch of jazz tracks written by Ben Matthews, I think you'll like it! 🙏

[@Better-Piano]

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll definitely check it out!

[@luigitdr2451]

Charles- what's the jazz music in the background? I wanna learn it.

[@ShangoJr98]

Man a part of me wonders if he's seen the VGM real book version or VGLeadsheets version

[@Better-Piano]

I haven't, but I'll look it up! Is it like a database of charts for this type of music?

[@ShangoJr98]

@@Better-Piano Pretty much! VGLeadsheets is a vast database created by a vast community of vgm enthusiasts and musicians. The VGM Real Book was mainly created by the people over at the VGM jam sessions in New York (including myself haha). The real book is not as vast as VGLeadsheets, but keeps that homegrown nature by including a lot of tunes that people bring to the jam session

[@kppage8843]

Charles, that A you’re playing in measure 6 of your transcription should be an A# - this is reflected both in the original track and your transcription.

[@nezkeys79]

That chord you debated with the Bb bass isn't Bb7. The Ab is completely off. It's more like Asus4/Bb. Pretty sure there is an A natural there and possibly an E natural too Asus4 is everywhere in this piece. For example the D/F# chord you debated as well Dsus2/F# or Asus4/F# whatever. Even the 4 chord would sound fine without the F# and just Asus4/G

[@briansaab7219]

WHATT??? SINCE WHEN DOES MY GOAT HAVE ANOTHER CHANNEL????

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

thanks charles. nice.

[@BenD_Bass]

Can you do one of these for "Super Bell Hill" from Super Mario 3D World?

[@theovergoat]

This is such a longshot, but I'd love to see you do a piano cover with sheet music for the music you hear in Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" every time there is an establishing shot...April fool's idea?

[@Better-Piano]

HAHAHAHAHA I will check this out for sure. That would be so absurd and ridiculous, I love it.

[@theovergoat]

@@Better-Piano Legend! The Room does have a fully original soundtrack, and that piano theme comes back a lot in the movie. The soundtrack CD exists too, and while you can't stream it, people have uploaded the songs to KZbin

[@harshi5956]

15:40 bro that gave me a heart attack. I thought there was someone at my door 😭

[@Better-Piano]

😂😂😂😂

[@ambrisabelle]

Please more Sinnoh music!

[@pjberkman]

Thanks Charles, this is great! Is there a reason you chose to go with a triplet-heavy 4/4 rather than 12/8?

[@Better-Piano]

You know, I never even considered writing it in 12/8, but you absolutely could! I think it's partially because I never felt the tune in anything other than 4/4, just with a swung 8th note. Personally, I find 12/8 to be kind of wonky to write in and read, but that's just me. I'd prefer reading triplets in 4/4, but that definitely doesn't mean it's the "right" way or the only way!

[@sergiobernardo1280]

isn't that bflat 7 actually a diminished 7th?

[@davewu8938]

Listening to this made me want to play BDSP and Arceus all over again 😂 I was 200+ hours in Arceus too!

[@rulosystar5877]

Fun video, but oof you gotta watch your rhythm groupings in the notation (especially in such a syncopated piece). Some of your transcriptions in your "full score" is a tad off as well, which is kinda a shame :/

[@doim1676]

I feel like when it comes to arranging being a jazz pianist is holding you back a little. Of course it's very convenient if the right hand plays a single melody and the left hand plays the chords, but piano solos can be so much more! As a pianist who focused on solo piano pieces from movie and game soundtracks for the most part of my practice, it's totally normal to play two or even three different voices within a single hand. Restricting the right hand to only play either the piano part or the sax part just doesnt make sense to me. If you get a little creative with the arrangment, it can play both. It gets harder to play, sure, but i feel like you should at the very least mention, that you can play more stuff with your right hand than just a single melodie. Especially if you wanna include pianists on all skill levels like you mentioned at the end. And if you get really crazy the melody can even be played by the left hand 🤯😂 But seriously that can open up so many arranging possibilities! I did that for never enough from greatest showman and it works incredibly well if the left hand plays the melody in a middle octave and the right hand is sparkling the piano part on top in a higher octave!

[@phillycheesesteak1028]

Do you think you can do the opening theme to one piece egghead arc?

[@Better-Piano]

Probably! I'll look into it.

[@johnhenderson5564]

Keep it up!

[@rathien1000]

Now do Cynthia’s theme from pokemon diamond

[@danielho6998]

commenting for the algo!

[@Better-Piano]

Liking for the support!

[@avyeris]

What’s different with this channel compared to the old one ?

[@Better-Piano]

This channel is meant to dive much deeper into the specifics of the piano and actually playing it. My main channel is more of a surface level overview of lots of different music, meant to help people discover new things and learn a bit about theory! Think of it like this- My main channel is "check out this insanely cool music! Here's a bit about why it's so neat" and this channel is "Here's how to play it on the piano!" You'd be amazed at how different those two audience groups actually are!

[@avyeris]

@@Better-Piano subbed on both anyway. can you do more pokemon diamond pearl platinum ? they have some craaaaazy jazz stuff like route 228 will blow your mind. also "approaching cynthia" is a literall etude plz check them out

[@Better-Piano]

@@avyerisDefinitely!

[@divyanshpanwari348]

Pokemon emerald when Charlie

[@henrychess3]

Hey Charles, is this your second channel? 🤣

[@Better-Piano]

Kind of! It's a place where I can dive much deeper into the specifics of actually PLAYING the piano. I can't really do that on the main channel as much because most people there aren't really trying to learn piano, but they just love music. The idea behind Better Piano is that it's for aspiring piano players!

[@henrychess3]

@@Better-Piano I only learned a tiny bit of piano and therefore I suck at it. However, I have normal absolute and relative pitch and I enjoy these vids about jazz. So as long as it's genuine, uncensored Charles Cornell, I'm subscribing 😆

[@kaded_]

banger

[@Snarwin]

Kind of confusing to see the exact same rhythm transcribed using both triplet and non-triplet notation within a single measure. Maybe 12/8 would have been more natural for this piece?

[@Better-Piano]

Yeah, someone else mentioned 12/8 as well. Makes total sense to think of it like that. I personally don't really like reading 12/8, but I can absolutely see how it would be easier for a lot of people than trying to read triplets in odd places/layouts. I'll definitely consider what's easiest to read a lot more in the future!

[@sh_aspking]

POKEMON DPP

[@funforall9741]

This generation of pokemon was my least favorite pokemon game, but my most favorite for pokemon music

[@nickboon1235]

The games may have fallen off big time, the regions get worse by the generation, but the music ALWAYS SLAPS (and the pokémon are always pretty good too)

[@niiii21]

FOR FREE? at least get my Email or something lmao. Thank you :) Love this new Channel.

[@Better-Piano]

Oneeeeee day, you can join us on the community! But for now, I just want this channel to be useful and helpful for everyone!

i used the jubilife day theme for a diss track on one of my friends so all i was doing was rapping instead of paying attention

[@ryanthepianoman27]

Is this tripping or is he buying views/ subs ? I only see 4 videos