AhDoe – Music as an International Language

Did you noticed that Ah Doe has just created a Piano Sheet Request to simplify the request procedure?From now on you don’t have to email me or leave comments under my posts and pray that Ah Doe reads your request. Just click the Piano Sheet Request tab, fill in all the details in the form there and click the submit button and your request will be automatically sent to my database!

Sounds cool isn’t it? 🙂

Some early birds have already utilized it and I have seen increasing requests during these few weeks.

Ah Doe is scratching her head to filter the list and select which request to process first…

Stay tuned because one request will be published soon and hopefully that request is yours.

I haven’t get back to J dramas for some time. Sad to say, my last Japanese drama was Kindaichi (金田一少年事件簿), which was 5 years back during my university time.

And all this while, Korean dramas surpassed the Japanese dramas with their exceptional romantic stories.

My first J-drama after school time is: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (花ざかりの君だちえ), or known as 花样少男少女 in Chinese.

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Starring Horikita Maki (堀北真希), Oguri Shun (小栗旬) and Ikuta Toma (生田斗真)

If you are stressed out from the recent economy turmoil and plans to stay at home doing nothing, you are recommended to watch Hanazakari no Kimitachi e because:

1) Watching Hanazakari no Kimitachi e does not require thinking
2) Watching Hanazakari no Kimitachi e makes you laugh
3) Watching Hanazakari no Kimitachi e reminds you of all the idiotic stuffs you did during school time
4) Watching Hanazakari no Kimitachi e reminds you of your first love in school

AND

Watching Hanazakari no Kimitachi e reminds you that you are far away from that young and worry free-age!

When Ah Doe got so obsessed with the handsome guys in the drama, piano sheets related to the drama will be available at ahdoe.com very soon.

Ikemen Boogie from Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Piano Sheet Preview

I’m not so sure when Singaporeans can see this drama on TV but I guess it will be quite soon. If you like this drama, I’m sure my choice here is definitely your favourite song from the soundtrack. (Don’t ask me why this song is named Ikemen Boogie, it’s weird I know…)

Some information about this piano sheet:

1) It’s in original key, i.e. D Major, but transposes to F Major in a bridge connecting to the finale closing which is also in D Major.

2) Chords included

3) Instrumental = no lyrics

4) Rhythmic with significant bass on the left hand, tempo is allegro. To be more specific, the recommended speed is 130 bpm.

Here’s how it sounds like on piano

Download link for Hanazakari no Kimitachi e/ 花ざかりの君だちえ/ 日版花样少男少女 Complete Piano Sheet.

Remember the weird feeling that lingers in your mind after you finish this movie? Not only its plot, its soundtrack is depressing as well.

This is another beautiful written song by Alexandre Desplat. I should say that it sounds like Wong Chia Chi very much, as if something is always bothering her.

I personally like my transcription for this song very much. For the first time, I’ve added the pedalling signals in piano sheet to remind all players that echo is essential for this piece. But mind you, a dirty echo will screw the whole song up. So make sure you change pedal before transitting to another chord.

Wong Chia Chi Theme Piano Sheet Preview

Some information about this song:

1) It’s in original key, i.e. D Minor
2) Chords included, so are the pedalling signs
3) Purely instrumental

I’ve done a piano sheet for Lust Caution theme song around one year ago right after its trailer was out, but that was not really enough. After watching the movie, I found out Wong Chia Chi theme song should be representating the whole movie instead of the previous one. If you like this movie, you will definitely like this piano sheet.

Download link for Lust Caution’s Wong Chia Chi Theme Song Complete Piano Sheet.