Have you heard of this song? Watch this music video!
Taken from his 2008 album "Capricorn", Hua Hai has a very nice melody and I was inspired to play the song on my piano.
So one fine afternoon, I was in the right mood and decided to try this song on the piano. It so happened that someone had given me the piano score of this song earlier and so I did not have much difficulty figuring out the chords and all.
But as usual, I never ever play a song following the written score strictly. The only type of music where I played exactly what was written on the score is classical music. For all other types of music, I always improvise and add my own decorations and melodies. In my opinion, that's the way it should be to keep the song fresh.
Now this is not the first time I play a Jay Chou song. I had played another one of his songs before in an earlier post. The song is called Cai Hong and you can listen to it at my blog post HERE.
This time however, I found that I could not stop playing and actually did not know how to end the song! So my playing turned out to be a little bit longer than usual, lasting almost 7 minutes! (The original song was only about 4 minutes long)
If you are interested to know, I started improvising the melody from the 4th minute onwards. Well, I hope you will enjoy my piano version of this beautiful song albeit a bit long!
FIRST COMMENTER
YAY! Morning!
Eh u still haven played MAH SONG!! :(
I don know the song but it doesn't matter cause I just love piano pieces... :)
And of course ur version is splendid...mmmmm so serene.. I love it!
For that, u have to play my indonesian song next, don care!!!
hmm i've never heard of this song before..
wow u can play piano very well huh! ;)
yes i know this song! :D nicey!
haha u can play nicer ma when u dnt really follow the score strictly. :p
when wanna blog bout the other songs?? :p am stalking ur chirbit one wor. mwahaha
wow nice!!!! next time you gotta bring your piano out... to the park.. and play ours favourite songs while having picnic... lol
that's nice..it didn't deviate too far from the original one too...i love the original song.. =)
U seem to like Jay Chou songs, my girl same.. likes his looks too.. :)
morning!! wow, you like Jay Chou a lot huh?? maybe just second to Mariah Carey??
i've not heard about that song before, basically i only like the first few albums from Jay Chou..
i mean i feel bored with the recent albums as i found the elements quite similar.. he's in a bottleneck and nothing new..
so far the first two album.. his debut and the 2nd one "Fantasy" are the best to me..
but then i so admire you being able to play piano till so well.. i want to know how to play piano also!!!
maybe one day you should teach me.. i just remember how to play one song will do.. haha!! purely memorisation on which keys to hit.. :D
hey, why didn't you announce the winner of your contests?? they are all closed already right??
100% sure i won the FC contest, hehe, so what is the prize?? so excited..
aiyah, contest #4 i think i answered the first and last question wrongly leh.. so no chance already..
but then shouldn't have let jam win that also right?? since he's also in that trip, and it's rather unfair he sure knows all the answers..
so must be Twilight already!! since he copied all correct answers from jam.. hahahaha!!! :D
and for contest #3, anybody wrote a post on that?? hehe, Ghosty Nana did.. and is she the only one?? :p
Morning Foong! :)
i like Jay's songs. He is so talented. You are too! Nice try.
Haha.. first time I heard of people playing piano until dunno how to stop! You really too addicted to it already :P But it's an incredible piece!! BRAVO!
hey, this is nice. very nice
Happy MOnday! :)
i love jay chou's sentimental melody :)
i like his songs too..
this is one nice song to play with. i enjoyed the music a lot!
I dunno this song but I love this piece foong :D
wow! nvr knew u xould play piano! well done! :D
i don't listen much to Jay chou's songs but i enjoy your piano version.
niceeeeeeee!!
u have the score?
but i think too hard for my level la...
bro...u shud send ur song to a recording company lah...nice!
mariuca, haha!! OK will try to play the Indon song you requested next!! Glad you like this one : )
monica, really? Glad you like it : )
caroline, I agree I can play nicer without following the score strictly. Haha!
I would love to blog about other songs and even record new songs but I just find time is so limited! Urrghh!
fufu, I really don't mind but I think the acoustics in the park would not be good : )
eric lee, haha I tried not to deviate too far otherwise people may not know what I am playing : )
reanaclaire, most girls like Jay Chou's looks haha!! But I like his songs and his talent : )
SK, haha! In the Chinese music world, Jay Chou is one of my top favourites! Not because of his singing really, but because of his creativity and music.
As for Mariah, of course she remains my No 1 singer of all time. LOL! Love her voice and talent!
I like Jay Chou's 2008 album Capricorn - really love it! But his latest album was not as nice so I was a little disappointed.
Yes, you won the FC Contest #1! As for Contest #4, you are tied together with 2 others!! No one answered all questions correctly! I was quite surprised my travel partner Jam did not get it all correct!
Yes, only one person (Ghosty Nana) joined Contest #3 and I am thinking of extending the deadline for this contest.
lina, morning! : )
mNhL, thanks for liking Jay's song and my piano version : )
iamthewitch, thanks! Yes,I am addicted to piano playing and can play for hours! LOL!
bengbeng, thanks my friend! : )
mei teng, Happy Monday although it's already Thursday now. Haha!!
ken, yeah me too : )
wenn, yes his songs are pretty nice right?
levian, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! : )
merryn, thanks for loving it! : )
kyh, thanks! Glad you like it! : )
life ramblings, thanks for enjoying my piano version! : )
donna, thanks! You want the score? Can send it to you, but what I played is more complex than the score, so maybe the score should be OK for your level : )
vialentino, send to a recording company? And I become a recording artiste? Haha! Not sure if that's what I have in mind! : )
My friend is going to Jay Chou's concert in San Jose next month (I think). It's a 45 min drive from where I live. I've never heard any of his songs. I'm more of an oldie, Andy Lau, type of fan.
*likes*
:D