AhDoe – Music as an International Language

The show is over. It’s a funny experience to watch the last episode at the kopitiam with several uncles aunties around. We must have looked so silly to face towards the same direction to that television. During the commercial breaks people will start to go to toilet and make noise, when the show starts again everyone kept really still and quiet as if all movement in the kopitiam was frozen until the next commercial break.

I spent $2.60 for two drinks there throughout the show…

I guess people still can’t get over this drama right now. Same here, I read a lot about the actors and actresses from this drama within these 2 months. These are some photos of the relevant artists, taken during the Money Not Enough 2 (钱不都用2) Premier.

Qi Yu Wu and Felicia Chin – Photos Courtesy of Szeping.com

Guo Hui Wen, Huang Jiong Yao and Apple Hong, where Huang Jiong Yao is NOT acting in The Little Nyonya drama – Photos Courtesy of Szeping.com

Now, back to the Ru Yan (如燕) piano sheet that I have posted before…

I received a comment from Richard:

umm Ah Doe, i am trying the piano score of ‘Ru yan’ that you posted and i was wondering if you could post a video or a sound clip using the piano score because i have trouble playing it… the tunes do not really come out and there are some parts which seem kind of weird.
Thanks

Hi Richard, it’ll be better if you’d left your email behind. Well, I hope that you are still following my blog. Regarding your comment on “The Little Nyonya” theme song piano sheet, I’ve attached the MP3 of this song’s piano version. That will mean, if you follow the notes in my piano sheet, this is how the whole song will sound like. There’s always room of improvement and I really appreciate your effort of bringing up the flaws in it. If possible, a specific description such as in which bar, the tempo, wrong harmonics etc will be more helpful.

Anyone out there, feel free to comment on this piano sheet. I will be utmost grateful to constructive suggestions.

This is the consequence of not having a television! I heard everyone talking about it, I heard its theme song on radio stations, I read all the trivias of this drama and interviews with those artists who star in this drama, BUT I never get to watch it!

Can Mediacorp release its DVD version asap? Thanks!

Jeanette Aw (欧萱) as the beautiful and determined Nyonya, good in cooking and beadwork and makes a good housewife

You know everyday I get those complaints about how evil Lim Mei Jiao is in Little Nyonya, how pitiful Jeanette Aw is and how delicious the nyonya delicacies are. Hey you know? I am quite familiar with Malacca as well, why don’t you guys join me for a tour in Malacca? I’ll name it as “The Little Nyonya” tour…sounds great huh?

Yes933 is always playing and hard-selling its theme song: 如燕 (Like the Swallow), pronounced as “Ru Yan”. Olivia Ong surprised me by her accurate Chinese pronunciation. She has a soft and gentle voice, maybe angelic is the best word to describe that feeling. Well, she looks pretty as well.

She is definitely the dream girl of many guys out there! Guys would like to keep her beside them and command “Sing to me! My angel!” whole day long!

Photos Courtesy of Nicholas Tan and clubsnap.com

I’ve prepared a piano sheet for this Little Nyonya theme song as well, and I think there is no better time than now to post it before the drama finishes.

Some information about this piano sheet:

1) It’s in original key, Bb Major

2) Lyrics and chords are included

3) See some ornaments in the piano sheet? It’s the imitation of Malay accordion and guitar in this song.

4) No repeats. Therefore this piano sheet is 9 pages long. You don’t have to jump from this bar to another bar and find where the signs are.

Download link for The Little Nyonya Drama Theme Song piano sheet – Like the Swallow (如燕).

Stardust is just awesome! This is a movie that I can’t really explain its plot in just few words. This is the best magical thriller I’ve seen in these 2 years and Narnia stands no where in between.

It’s romance fits in our culture as well, and I can officially categorize it as a romantic magical thriller.

I would not elaborate on the story because it is meant for audience to find out themselves. All I can reveal is: This movie is about a star and a chaotic chase for it!

Take That is also involved in this movie as well. Their first contribution to a movie is actually this song called “Rule the World“, which only plays at the end of the movie.

Rule the World by Take That (Stardust) Piano Sheet Preview

Some notes about this piano sheet:

1) It’s in original key, D Major
2) Lyrics and chords are included
3) Rich harmonics, moderate difficulty



Download link for Rule the World by Take That (Stardust) Complete Piano Sheet

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Even if you have not watched Stardust, you really ought to give this song a try. Songs from Take That will not disappoint you after all.

OMG!!! This is my first post entry with Korean Characters in it, what a breakthrough!!! I am so proud of myself. 🙂

Damn, you guys know how hard is it to find the Korean Characters that correlates to the lyrics of the song? The Korean characters are like Hieroglyph to me and I have completely no idea on how to understand them, pronounce them and not even typing them out.

This is the second song from Pure 19 drama, and this 100-episodes drama is so long that I really can’t afford to invest my time in it. By the way, the first piano sheet that I posted from this drama was called “Love Song” (사랑가)

After 3 months, this drama is still accumulating loyal supporters! (The number of requests can tell)

It seems that the first piano sheet that I’ve transcribed earlier was able to quench the thirst of some Pure 19 drama lovers, so now I’m going to come up with more piano sheets from this drama.

Apparently, I missed out the real theme song: Sarang Eh Ji Chyut Da (사랑에 지쳤다)

Sarang Eh Ji Chyut Da (사랑에 지쳤다) from Pure 19 Korean Drama piano sheet preview

This song drew my attention to Ji-Eun (지은), who is so blessed to have a good and expressive voice. Trust me, this is a good song and good piece to play on your piano.

Some information about this piano sheet:

1) It’s in its original key, C Major. (Finally! I’ve not seen C Major for sometime)

2) Chords included

3) *Applause* Lyrics included, but in romanized Korean. Better than nothing lah.

What a revolutionary move from AhDoe.com!!! Wow…even I am so amazed by this…

Download link for Sarang Eh Ji Chyut Da (사랑에 지쳤다) piano sheet from Pure 19 Korean Drama

Have you watched Painted Skin (画皮) lately? If not, I’ll recommend this movie to you. I have been thinking of some of the scenes after watching this movie. I have to agree that this movie did manage to send out some messages successfully. It’s not only a horror movie, but rather a sad + romantic movie overall.

Those who starred in Painted Skin form a strong cast that will not only attract audiences, but would guarantee its quality up to certain level.

Zhou Xun (周迅) + Chen Kun (陈坤) + Zhao Wei (赵薇) + Donnie Yen (甄子丹) + Sun Li (孙俪) + Qi Yu Wu (戚玉武) + Gordon Chan (陈嘉上) the director = Good Box Office!!

Just for your information, Painted Skin is adapted from the classical Chinese Horror Novel (聊斋志异). From what most Chinese people who know about this novel, there are always some erotic details in it. Therefore…

Same thing in Painted Skin movie…(maybe this is one of the reasons why many people dwelled into the cinema for this show)

The songs from this movie are composed by Fujiwara Ikuro (藤原育郎), including this song that I will post today: Painted Heart (画心)

Painted Heart (画心) from Painted Skin (画皮) Movie Piano Sheet Preview

You might find this interesting, this song resembles “心语星愿” from Cecelia Cheung years ago. Both songs are nice in my opinion, similar but tend to differ at their chorus. Jane Zhang (张靓颖) sang it emotionally and proved that she was the best person for this song.

For piano players:

1) This piano sheet is in its original key: I.e. Starts with E Major, transposes to G Major and back to E Major again.

2) Lyrics and chords included

3) Erm….difficulty = moderate. Really! Considering the speed is constant at 65 bpm.

Please download the complete Painted Heart piano sheet from Painted Skin Movie here.

Oh boy…I’m addicted to this song…