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Worlds Hardest Piano Song?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xbkovCQMmc
You be the judge. But at first note you might as well just stop and scream
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/MemoAngeles/furage.gif
EDIT:on second thought

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx02KOGhjes&feature=related
2011-04-28 01:24:00

Author:
wait wtf
Posts: 853


wait, what?2011-04-28 01:45:00

Author:
Cheddars
Posts: 447


yeah that was ,my reaction too2011-04-28 01:53:00

Author:
wait wtf
Posts: 853


Like I didn't hate playing piano already. 2011-04-28 01:55:00

Author:
Frinklebumper
Posts: 941


You have to admit, the Death Waltz is pretty catchy.2011-04-28 02:00:00

Author:
Phosphorus15
Posts: 463


the death waltz sounds like a boss battle theme
EDIT after doing abit research this death waltz video is actually a different song called UN Owen was Her

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIop055eJhU&feature=related
2011-04-28 02:05:00

Author:
wait wtf
Posts: 853


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx02KOGhjes&feature=related

Haha! I know the real name of that song!

Any Touhou fans here?

EDIT:


the death waltz sounds like a boss battle theme

It is.

DOUBLE EDIT:

I saw the video's comments. They have the answer, but I want to see if anybody actually knows this because they played the game. SO NO CHEATING! XD
2011-04-28 02:09:00

Author:
CyberSora
Posts: 5551


Haha! I know the real name of that song!

Any Touhou fans here?

EDIT:
read the comment above you, i think i kinda explained it there, unless you like to add more info


It is.

DOUBLE EDIT:

I saw the video's comments. They have the answer, but I want to see if anybody actually knows this because they played the game. SO NO CHEATING! XD
read the comment above, i think i pretty much explain it there, unless you like to add more info
2011-04-28 02:22:00

Author:
wait wtf
Posts: 853


This is one of the many "unplayable" repertoire out there.
If your looking for something that can actually be played, then I'd suggest..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZj-8x5i6Bs
Or...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_9lpjov4kk&feature=related

'There's many like these two, just some examples.
2011-04-28 02:22:00

Author:
Maxi
Posts: 1176


read the comment above, i think i pretty much explain it there, unless you like to add more info

No fair. You edited after I edited mine. CHEATER!

Sigh... guess I'm the only Touhou fan here. Well, if you must know, she's an extra boss battle in one of the game ,Touhou 6 - The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. Trust me, she is hard to beat! I barely manage to stay alive until she wipes me out with lasers.

By the way, you might like this. They made a MAD out of it:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssh71hePR8Q

It's possibly the funniest (and creepiest) 'Roll out there!
2011-04-28 02:27:00

Author:
CyberSora
Posts: 5551


Apparently it takes the equivalent energy of shovelling three tons of coal just to move the keys in Rachmaninov's Third Concerto.

Who said piano players were weedy nerds?
2011-04-28 11:35:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970


Actually the first vid in the OP is an epic fail.
I stopped the first vid when I saw this.
http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/1677/pianon.jpg

The highlighted frets are the ones played at the same time.
This shows a position that human articulation can achieve in no way.
No way you can open your hand to catch 3 D.
I (but everyone with minimum music knowledge) can write something even harder to be played by a piano roll or a midi.

Hardest thing should be something playable in reality by one highly skilled human.
If you put 2 people to play that stuff, it becomes totally ordinary.
2011-04-28 12:17:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112


Actually the first vid in the OP is an epic fail.
I stopped the first vid when I saw this.
http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/1677/pianon.jpg

The highlighted frets are the ones played at the same time.
This shows a position that human articulation can achieve in no way.
No way you can open your hand to catch 3 D.
I (but everyone with minimum music knowledge) can write something even harder to be played by a piano roll or a midi.

Hardest thing should be something playable in reality by one highly skilled human.
If you put 2 people to play that stuff, it becomes totally ordinary.

This is actually utterly do-able by using your left hand, right foot, left foot, right hand, and by hitting your head against the keys You can also use your tongue if you have trouble getting by.
2011-04-28 12:41:00

Author:
Oddmania
Posts: 1305


Actually Bach wrote many peices that were considered "unplayable" during his life-time - that subsequent generations of more talented musicians playing on better made equipment allowed them to play the unplayable.

We are consistenly pushing the boundaries of "what is possible" ;

But agreed - any piece that requires you to grow an extra arm shouldn't count
2011-04-28 13:05:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970


Really, either way you slice it, if you have more than one person on the piece of course it's gonna get easier; more hands make lighter work. So in your theory, there cannot be a world's hardest piano song at all then... because any piano song can be played by two people at the same time, whether intended or not (even something as simple as "Chopsticks" or "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" could be played with two people at the keys).

However, as much as you'll protest to this song due to the placement of the keys, I've seen people do this solo before. It's from the same game that "U.N. Owen Was Her?" came from (Mountain of Faith), and it's called (coincidentally) "Native Faith".

The proper way that it's played is twice all the way through.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvqJeps2_yk&feature=feedf
2011-04-28 14:29:00

Author:
Outlaw-Jack
Posts: 5757


Ok, but I want to see a real man playing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUrosfQrvuE
for example...
2011-04-28 14:57:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112


Ya know, someone actually recreated that Circus Galop song with the music sequencer in LBP2?2011-04-28 15:02:00

Author:
comishguy67
Posts: 849


Whoa guys! I see you don'y understand somethng here: that was Synthesia. I used if before, and it's like LBP2's music sequencer. You don't necessarily play the whole song yourself in one run!

But if you want proof of a hard song being played (especially one from Touhou), then watch this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itClDyhsxZo

it's one of my favorite songs in the game, and the guy playing it demonstrates the difficulty of it as well.

EDIT: On the subject of Synthesia, listen to this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CQ0I7S19jw

It's now my new favorite Synthesia piece!
2011-04-28 22:29:00

Author:
CyberSora
Posts: 5551


This is actually utterly do-able by using your left hand, right foot, left foot, right hand, and by hitting your head against the keys You can also use your tongue if you have trouble getting by.

and for the last part you can jump on the keyboard horizontally-youtube comment
2011-04-29 01:24:00

Author:
wait wtf
Posts: 853


and for the last part you can jump on the keyboard horizontally

*Cough* YouTube comment *cough*.
2011-04-29 01:53:00

Author:
CyberSora
Posts: 5551


Ok, but I want to see a real man playing


As you wish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mhQUOjmoXY
2011-04-29 02:20:00

Author:
Outlaw-Jack
Posts: 5757


*Cough* YouTube comment *cough*.

*cough* i should *cough* put quotes *cough loud*
2011-04-29 02:23:00

Author:
wait wtf
Posts: 853


The songs in the OP are most likely physically impossible to play. I think the real hardest song thats actually possibly to play is flight of the bumblebee.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6A-JYbu1Os
2011-04-29 04:24:00

Author:
anoken
Posts: 1654


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