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Another Jay Chou’s piano sheet from me.

After posting 2 piano sheets from his latest album: Rainbow and The Cowboy is Busy, this is the third piano sheet from that album. If you are familiar with Jay’s song list in every of his albums, you will find at least one Oriental style in it. This time, his oriental Porcelain of Green Flowers (青花瓷) is finally written on paper.

Among all the lyrics translations I have ever accomplished, Porcelain of Green Flowers will be the hardest of all. Fortunately, an unknown genius had done this part for me, and I think it is good enough to convey the original lyrics.

Don’t know which porcelain Jay Chou meant?

Here we go…

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I was in the midst of researching some nice songs to be put into piano sheets. Old songs, folk songs, pop songs are all taken into account for the selection.

Suddenly, the entertainment channel was showing Bjork’s recent concert in Hong Kong. If Bjork sounds new to you, let me tell ya, she is from Iceland.

When I was travelling in Europe, a tourist who has been to Iceland told me that Icelanders really need to wear makeup to emphasize their face features. The reason is: Their faces are as pale as sheet….

Just an interesting story to share with you. I don’t know because I have not been there before.

Back to Bjork now. I seldom listen to her songs, and I find them too “digital” for me. My impression of her is her controversial swan dress on the red carpet.

  

Swan: Quack Quack here, Quack Quack there, here Quack there Quack everywhere Quack Quack!

Voted as the WORST dress ever seen during ceremony, Bjork achieved a milestone in her career. Nevertheless, Bjork responded with this….

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Another Angela Zhang’s (张韶涵) nice song after her famous “Invisible Wings” (隐性的翅膀).

However, not every of her songs suits my appetite. Angela is well known for her wide range of pitch, that makes her capable of singing high-tone songs that others can’t. But sometimes, when her voice reaches certain pitch, I’ve been vibrating like a tuning fork. Please don’t forget that we are still human, “vibrating like a tuning fork” is only a step away to the effect of “shattering glass”. Hahaha…so, well, *ahem*, I mean, only some of her songs….

Her latest album, Ang 5.0 is already sticking to the radio station billboard now. I really like her “Dear, that’s not love” (亲爱的，那不是爱情).

  

Angela: If this is my 3rd album, I will name it “Ang Ang Ang“

You know, the first question arises when I first heard this song: Wow, who can compose such nice song besides Jay Chou?

Then I checked and found out that the composer is really him! Jay!

Ah Doe singing: Oops, Jay did it again…

Wonder what’s the lyrics? Translation time!

~.~.~.~. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~

The accordion in the classroom is playing.
It sounds like how you confessed to me
and reminds me of your gentle movements.
I watched your back when you turned around after delivering your letter that was filled with care to me with a wan smile.
I hold the lukewarm milk bottle in my hands firmly
and I can feel the similar warmth in my heart wherever you are with me,
Those days are like a carousel that keeps spinning in my head,
and I see the good memories of how good you were to me.

You said a commitment is established once you hold my hands,
But dear, that’s not love,
Just like how we missed to make a wish to the shooting stars,
No matter how beautiful they were,
they were already bygones,
We made beautiful promises because we were too young,
But dear, that’s not love,
Just like an elf residing in a wrong forest,
our love was a clear mistake.

~.~.~.~. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~

By the way, this is the second time Jay Chou mentioned about drinking milk in the lyrics. Remember the Cowboy is busy?

OK, heading into the main point now: Piano sheets? Music scores? Music Sheets?

Look what have I got here?

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I knew it! I will become an old lady who sits in front of the television watching soap opera and constantly weep with a box of tissue paper beside me!

Gosh, it’s already happening now!

And again, without any pre-alert, I just happened to sit in front of the television and saw this handsome guy…

Mr Handsome Jo Dong Hyeok (赵东赫)

The story plot is quite interesting as well. That’s when I began to find that my buttock has been glued to the sofa since then.

Well well, Jo Dong Hyeok is not the main actor, but he alone is enough to make Mr Goodbye glow. Plus the main actor and actress…

Lee Bo Yeong (李宝英) and Ahn Jae Wook (安在旭)

That’s it! The story of how Ah Doe became a statue in front of television for few days.

The first few episodes are hilarious but I did not expect to use up the tissue paper towards the end. Bad scriptwriters! They must have been working in cahoots with tissue paper manufacturers to boom the sales! Bad bad bad!

And that’s how Mr Goodbye was named. If you are interested, please see it for yourselves. Once you see it, please also try to hunt for the OST for this drama, there are several nice songs you may want to keep.

Among all songs, I personally like “Goodbye” very much. Sad and gentle, it’s a good piece to play on the piano.

  

Goodbye from Mr. Goodbye Korean Drama Piano Sheet Preview

Ah Doe strongly recommends all piano players to try this out! If I were to rate the difficulty of this piano piece, I’ll give it a 0.5 out of 5 stars compared to my previous piano sheets!

What are you still waiting for? Even if you haven’t watched Mr. Goodbye yet, this piano sheet is still a nice and easy assignment for you. Just remember to use more pedal to maintain the echo and of course…the atmosphere.

Download complete Goodbye Piano Sheet (from Korean drama Mr. Goodbye) in PDF format for free here.

Nah, you don’t need any tissue paper for it!

I recalled that I just got to know Corrinne May through newspaper last year, and I’ve blogged about her during last year’s September at AhDoe.com.

Compared to Beyonce, Madonna, Black Eyed Peas who constantly dominate the hits radio from morning to night (Frankly speaking, their songs have been so popular that they appeared in countless type of Remix versions till now!), Corrinne May is not so lucky. Perhaps Light and Easy audience tend to have greater chances of listening to her in air.

 

Corrinne May’s Latest Album in 2007: Beautiful Seed

After arranging so many musical scores and posting them to my blog, I’ve received emails and requests for Corrinne May’s piano sheets.

Not that I don’t like her. In fact, I really think that she is a very talented singer and music writer who deserves our recognition and support. Just that her songs rarely appear in radio stations or televisions.

Just few days ago, I began my work immediately once I received the source, and this is what I have today! (Clap clap~)

 

Corrinne May’s On the Side of Me Piano Sheet Preview

Some remarkable attempts during the creation of this piano sheet that I would like to share with you all:

1) My first piano sheet that separates piano accompaniment and main melody.

2) The most complete version in history that includes lyrics, guitar chords, main melody and accompaniment. Previous versions do not offer such clear distinguishment.

3) Usually piano sheets come together with brief introduction of album and singer. This is an exception. Introduction first, then piano sheet and, it took me 6 months to get the source after listening to the song.

4) A hell lot of imperfect chords that make the creation tougher.

Dear desperate piano players who yearned for this piano sheet, please download this precious On the Side of Me piano sheet in PDF version for free here.

Again, last reminder: Song is in original key, A Major. One of my favourite key due to the cheer you can feel in it!