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Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends - The Piano Guys (Wonder of The World 1 of 7)
#the piano guys#kung fu piano: cello ascends#the great wall of china#中國長城#the kung fu panda soundtrack#oogway ascends#thank you 💗💗💗
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halftime so here's some paraphrased quotes:
no one asks how we got the cello up there. I brought it up there myself"
"When I started playing with the Piano guys I had one cello. Now I have 41"
"I still remember the day we met. I was 13, you were 39"
"Now back to the cellos. Why 41? Why not."
"This is Bruce Lee. Bruce lee looks like all other cellos except he went through a weight loss program."
"No one really knows what this middle pedal does"
"[Video of the piano guy getting launched from his piano seat] So that's how you got to Phoenix. I didn't see you on the plane."
"[Cello guy plays a bit of Smooth Criminal using a loop pedal] [he hits his finger] [he does the Michael Jackson yelp and hee hee]"
[The piano guy playing the piano with various parts of his body]
"Why *are* we called the piano guys"
"We still haven't sold a piano"
"It was from Kung Fu Panda"
"I bet Steve (cello guy) could imitate a Chinese fiddle"
"With that in mind please enjoy Kung fu piano: cello ascends"
"I have this invisible ball that I will throw into this plastic bag. (-the piano guy) "don't do it!" (-the cello guy)(said like the piano guy was about to do a big mistake)
"My practice sessions go like this:" (plays four notes)"squirrel!"
"What if I added 7 more cello parts to this one cello part song?"
[Cello guy gave really good speeches on school music program funding and how having disorders like Adhd doesn't mean you're broken. He also talked about some of his experiences with Adhd]
my parents brought me to a piano guys concert. It's pretty good so far. I'm in a vip seat.
I'm also going to compile quotes
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“a star beyond the cloud-wrack” for the playlist game?
Elle, that's fantastic!
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
“a star beyond the cloud-wrack”
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming -- Richard Proulx
Define Dancing -- Thomas Newman
Sanctus -- Fernando Ortega
Roseate Clouds Chasing the Moon 彩云追月 -- Yin Chengzong 殷承宗
Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends -- The Piano Guys
The Bat's True Calling -- Michael Giacchino
St. Crispin's Day -- Henry V Soundtrack
Skye Boat Song -- Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
#It has my favorite ethereally beautiful songs#as well as some a tad darker (but still beautiful) ones#because the cloud-wrack exists BUT the point is the beauty#music
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I just read the last part of Chapter 7 while listening to The Piano Guys - Kung Fu Piano: Cello ascends and well. That was an experience
Ok but I LOVE THAT SONG 😍
It SLAPS
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Rika Kihira - Kung Fu Piano Program Review
Choreography by Tom Dickson
The Concept
The art of figure skating meets the art of kung fu. The program is a nod to martial arts and all its beauty, strength, and power. That’s pretty much it, short and sweet. Concept brevity is ideal for a program performed under three minutes.
The Music
Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends is a remix arranged by The Piano Guys. It takes from the score of the Kung Fu Panda movie, highlighting the track Oogway Ascends in particular, and arranged it with Chopin’s Prelude No. 20, aptly nicknamed the Funeral March. (source) In the film, the music plays when (as the name suggests) Oogway passes away in a scene of peach blossom petals carried by the wind.
The piece emulates the sound of traditional Chinese stringed instruments. I think of it as one of those pieces very suitable for skating since it has variations in tempo that can be complemented really well with good choreography — which, in this case, it does.
The Choreography
(All the GIFs for this post were made from Raykey’s wonderful annotation video. Give it a watch!)
Kung Fu Piano was performed in Rika’s last season in juniors (2017-2018), and around this time, all jumps in the second half were given bonus points instead of only the last jumping pass, so the composition of elements is quite different from what we see these days.
For comparison: KFP Layout: LSp - 2A/3A - StSq - 3F3T (x) - FSSp - 3Lz (x) - CCoSp BIB Layout: 3A - 3F3T - CCoSp - 3Lz (x) - FCSp - StSq - LSp
While the KFP layout puts jumps in the second half and BIB puts them in the first half, both layouts are designed to cater to the rules set at the time.
The choreography nods to martial arts in several moments. This is still figure skating, though, and not every movement will directly replicate the one it’s in reference to. For example, this side lunge at the beginning of the program:
—alludes to the drop stance commonly seen in martial arts like wushu and kung fu. In actual martial arts practice, the position is much lower, though it is not necessary to fully replicate this on ice.
Here’s another example:
The position before the inside Ina Bauer is loosely reminiscent of the eagle stance in wushu:
(source)
Notice how the position of leg left is different to help maintain the right leg’s glide and flow on the ice. Not that she can’t do it, of course, but it’s also just unnecessary to do the exact pose for a split second and sacrifice the skating (which matters much more) in the process.
The arm position is different, too, but this is more of a congruence with the skating than the martial arts, as they face the same direction before and after the movement.
There aren’t frontal high kicks in this program, but there are a couple of kicks, like this side kick with a straight leg before her Ina Bauer leading to 2A:
or this one in the middle of her step sequence that loosely resembles a hook side kick mixed with eagle arms:
(source)
There’s also a reference to the backward hook kick in her glide after the opening layback spin:
There’s also a few lunges mixed in the choreography. I like this sequence from the StSq because it reminds me of the fist lunge in karate:
—while this one is a side lunge with crossed arms block:
Speaking of blocks, I love the allusions to blocking motions littered throughout her step sequence. (Again, these aren’t direct replications since the choreography is designed for a figure skating performance rather than a martial arts exhibition, but you can see the similarities from several references like this or this.)
I’d say the most recognisable pose throughout the program is the kung fu salute which she does near the beginning and at the end of her step sequence:
Tom Dickson did a really good job making the sharp movements look so fluid. I love how unusual all these movements look in dance and how they accentuate the music notes while complementing all the steps. The pattern of the step sequence is unusual, but it highlights Rika’s multi-directional skating and her vast range and control of movement.
I would like to also add that this program has some of my favourite transitions she’s ever done. I love the arabesque spiral to layback spin, the Ina Bauer to 2A, and the spread eagle - edge change - rocker - choctaw - crossed step to 3Lz. I’d say this is less packed compared to BIB, but a beautiful and theme-fitting composition all the same.
Personally, I think this is one of the programs that best captures Rika’s personality and spotlights her strengths. It’s a really good step-up from her Tzigane short program from the previous year, which imo is also good but definitely more conventional in terms of choreography. Kung Fu Piano was a great vehicle for her to demonstrate her skating skills, performance qualities, and her technical proficiencies. It’s energetic and graceful, much like Rika herself. While the next season is very much up in the air, I wouldn’t mind watching this all over again.
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The Types as The Piano Guys Mashups
ISFP - In My Blood/Swan Lake INTP - Hello/Lacrimosa ESFP - Walking the Wire/Largo ISTP - Code Name: Vivaldi INFJ - Let It Go/Winter ISTJ - Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends ISFJ - The Mission/How Great Thou Art ESTJ - Titanium/Pavane INFP - Something Just Like This/Hungarian Rhapsody ENFP - Over the Rainbow/Simple Gifts ENFJ - Beethoven’s 5 Secrets ENTJ - Fight Song/Amazing Grace INTJ - Indiana Jones and the Arabian Nights ENTP - Rock Meets Rachmaninoff ESFJ - Ants Marching/Ode To Joy ESTP - The Jungle Book/Sarabande
#MBTI#The Piano Guys#ISFP#ESFP#ISTP#INFJ#ISTJ#ISFJ#ESTJ#INFP#ENFP#ENFJ#ENTJ#INTJ#ENTP#ESFJ#ESTP#What do you think?#I tried#Feedback is welcome#The Piano Guys are the best
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10 and 1!
1. Three songs that come up when you put your phone on shuffle
Don’t have music on my phone, but here’s what iTunes on my laptop gave me:
Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends - The Piano Guys
Superman Tonight - Bon Jovi
Raised By Wolves - U2
10. Three favourite Halloween/spooky songs
Come, Wayward Souls - Over the Garden Wall
Come Away to the Water - Maroon 5 feat. Rozzi Crane
Lavender Town - Braxton Burks
ask set
#ask#aroace-steve-rogers#wow u got three random songs that aren't indicative of my general taste at all
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Music Obsessions - March 2022
Music Obsessions - March 2022 #music #cpop #cantopop #leoku #fionasit #nicolastsang #jolintsai
Welcome to this month’s Music Obsessions! Its hard to imagine that we’re already in March! There’s not a whole lot of new music to share but I’m going to share some new finds from TV series and other stuff this past month. Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends – The Piano Guys Its been a while since I listened to The Piano Guys but when their music popped up during the Winter Olympics for the Chinese…
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#Cantopop#Cello Ascending#CPOP#HK Pop#Jolin Tsai#Leo Ku#Music#Nicola Tsang#OST#postaday#Soundtrack#the piano guys
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Human Shaped Contellation
Mysterious Messenger - Lollia, Sleeping Forest
HELLO! - Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Telephone - Lady Gaga, Beyonce
Wrong Number - TVXQ
Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends - The Piano Guys
Because Of You - The Piano Guys
Prism - Lindsey Stirling
Forget You - MIYAVI, Che’nelle
Start Again - ONE OK ROCK
Get Money - BRADIO
Playback - BRADIO
Shunkan Sentimental - SCANDAL
Morse Code - Halo At Yojohan
Traveling - KEYTALK
MORATORIUM - Northern19
The Melancholia Of A Literary Boy - Lyu:Lyu
The Mermaid - POLKADOT STINGRAY
For You - WANIMA
Lost Boy - Ruth B.
Lost Stars - Adam Levine
Who Are You Really? - Mikky Ekko
Human Shaped Constellation - RADWIMPS
LOSE CONTROL - LAY
Fools Rush In - Peggy Sue
Impossible - Aberlin
Be Wherever You Are/Strong In The Real Way - Caleb Hyles
Here We Go Again - Demi Lovato
https://open.spotify.com/user/pulchra.serpens/playlist/4VDhXZJPPvfQxjP1aBklzS?si=BvWx2eJWSLWwjJIbBwV8SA
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Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends - The Piano Guys (Wonder of The World 1 of 7)
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What are the tops 5 songs your really into right now?
Right now, I'm very much in a mood for The Piano Guys, so:1. Moonlight2. Kung Fu Panda: Cello Ascends3. Don't You Worry Child4. Because of You5. What Make You Beautiful
Though I also really enjoy:1. Tilted and 2. Science Fiction by Christine and the Queens
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THE PIANO GUYS
10
Tras pasar la última década juntos, THE PIANO GUYS celebran su décimo aniversario con el lanzamiento de su décimo y nuevo álbum 10 el 20 de noviembre a través de Sony Music Masterworks. El álbum doble refleja los mejores momentos de la carrera de The Piano Guys hasta la fecha con quince canciones favoritas de los fans remasterizadas, siete canciones nuevas y seis pistas inéditas en CD.
Resérvalo AQUÍ
Junto con el lanzamiento de la reserva, se ha estrenado la primera de estas canciones, una nueva versión del exitoso hit de Lauren Daigle, "You Say", que combina la emotiva balada con la "Sonata Pathétique" de Beethoven para crear un rico mosaico de cuerdas y piano: escúchala aquí. Tan creativos en lo visual como en lo musical, The Piano Guys acompañan el lanzamiento de hoy con un videoclip rodado en mitad del hermoso paisaje de su estado natal de Utah: míralo aquí.
A lo largo de la última década, The Piano Guys han alcanzado una serie de hitos sin precedentes en un viaje increíble alrededor del mundo. Entre innumerables recuerdos, el exitoso cuarteto de Utah— Jon Schmidt [pianista, compositor], Steven Sharp Nelson [violonchelista, compositor], Paul Anderson [productor, videógrafo] y Al van der Beek [productor musical, compositor]— podrían citar actuaciones que desafían la gravedad en un tren de alta velocidad, tocando a la sombra de maravillas mundiales como la Gran Muralla China, o en escenarios de fama mundial como el Carnegie Hall, el Anfiteatro Red Rocks y la Ópera de Sydney, entre otros. Ahora, el nuevo álbum de larga duración del grupo, 10 [Sony Music Masterworks], reflexiona sobre estos momentos con una colección de 15 temas favoritos de los fans, pero también mira hacia el futuro con 12 pistas inéditas en CD.
“Recuerdo tocar el violonchelo en el borde de un acantilado rocoso junto al mar con las olas salpicando, y todo lo que podía pensar era, 'Hombre, me alegro de que mi papá me hiciera practicar'”, se ríe Steven. "Cuando llegas a dos dígitos en cualquier cosa, te hace pensar dos veces y te lleva a reflexionar. Lo que sentimos es una enorme gratitud. Hemos tenido momentos buenos, bajos y extremos. Pero si tenemos en cuenta el promedio de la carrera, ha sido un buen recorrido. Hemos rodado colina abajo, chocando con cosas y raspándonos los bordes. Hoy, estamos más comprometidos emocional y espiritualmente con lo que tratamos de lograr. Por eso este álbum es tan importante para nosotros. Tuvimos momentos extraordinarios, pero también momentos a solas en una sala de práctica en los que he llegado a pensar: 'Vaya, no puedo creer que la música me haya convertido en quien estoy intentando ser'. Si trabajas lo suficiente con un instrumento, inevitablemente podrás cerrar los ojos, empezar a tocar y sentir que estás volando. En esencia, esa es realmente la historia de The Piano Guys".
El grupo de amigos y colaboradores pasó la primera página de la historia en 2011. Los músicos cautivaron a los oyentes de todo el mundo en YouTube antes de visitar decenas de países en giras. Han construido un catálogo compuesto por siete álbumes de estudio, dos álbumes de Navidad y un disco en directo. A lo largo del camino, reunieron casi 4 mil millones de streams de audio globales, acumularon más de 2 mil millones de visitas en YouTube y lograron seis debuts #1 en la lista de álbumes clásicos de Billboard. Entre concierto y concierto sold-out en los cinco continentes, los músicos recibieron Discos de Oro por su álbum homónimo The Piano Guys y el single "A Thousand Years". Además, aparecerían en The New York Times, Fast Company, BuzzFeed, Mashable, People y en CBS Sunday Morning, además de actuar en The TODAY Show, Good Morning America y The Tonight Show.
“Este no es un álbum de grandes ��xitos o una despedida tipo "Adiós, mundo cruel", asegura Steven. “Al contrario, bromeamos diciendo que este fue un 'Crescendo de la mediana edad'. Se trata en gran medida de avanzar al siguiente nivel. Simplemente podemos mirar montaña abajo y decir: 'Vaya, ha sido un viaje increíble'. Todavía queda un largo camino por recorrer, pero somos capaces de reconocer que hemos hecho un largo trecho. Sentimos que la música es nuestra vocación en la vida. De forma transparente, volvemos a la alegría y la pasión de la música en 10. Es la temática que define el álbum".
El disco extra de 10 —que ofrece una visión general de la discografía del grupo hasta el momento— incluye "A Thousand Years", "Fight Song / Amazing Grace", "Sky Full of Stars" y otros grandes temas. Junto con el anuncio del nuevo material, The Piano Guys presentan “You Say”, que se incluye en el primer disco del álbum. En este rico mosaico de cuerdas y piano, fusionan el emotivo "You Say" de Lauren Daigle junto con la "Sonata Pathétique" de Beethoven.
"Todos estamos tan arraigados en el mantra, el sistema de creencias y el propósito de The Piano Guys", continúa. “Creemos que el valor del alma es inestimable. 'You Say' proclama: 'El mundo podría decir que estoy muerto, pero tú, como Dios, dices que pertenezco y soy fuerte'. El mensaje está perfectamente en consonancia con nuestras creencias y valores fundamentales. Ha sido divertido combinarlo con 'Sonata Pathétique' que, en mi opinión, es una de las mejores 10 piezas clásicas jamás escritas. El mensaje de 'You Say' y las nuevas melodías nos representan esforzándonos por volver a nuestro propósito principal, la razón por la que hacemos lo que hacemos, por la que creamos lo que creamos, por la que escribimos lo que escribimos y tocamos lo que tocamos. Nuestro objetivo fundamental es difundir esperanza y ayudar a las personas a reconocer el valor de sus propias almas”.
Infunden un fuego renovado en "Für Elise Jam". Steven continúa: “Es una improvisación que Jon y yo hacíamos en el pasado. Tocábamos 'Für Elise'. En sus conciertos, a menudo comenzaba con una entrada clásica. De repente, le ponía un poco de rock y jazz y le daba la vuelta a la pieza. Son momentos como este los que realmente dieron origen a The Piano Guys".
De acuerdo con otra tradición de The Piano Guys, una vez más reinventan y revitalizan el panorama de la cultura popular traduciendo joyas del pop como "Someone You Loved" de Lewis Capaldi, "Bless The Broken Road" de Rascal Flatts, y "Thinking Out Loud" de Ed Sheeran y los convierten en cálidos tapices instrumentales clásicos. Mientras tanto, entrelazan "Lose You To Love Me" de Selena Gomez con "Raindrop Prelude" de Frédéric Chopin.
“Hay una catarsis en esta”, observa Steven. “Lo ralentizamos y lo hicimos meditativo. Hay una oscuridad necesaria que contrasta con la luz cuando brilla en momentos medidos. Tampoco creo que nadie haya intentado yuxtaponer Chopin con Selena Gomez anteriormente”, sonríe.
Otro original, "Better Days" amplifica una historia personal con una entrega vocal igualmente poderosa de Al.
“Es una melodía vocal que escribió Al, principalmente”, dice Steven. “Es básicamente su lucha durante los últimos seis meses contra el COVID-19. Sencillamente, puso sus sentimientos en el papel y cantó con todo su corazón".
Al final, es cierto que The Piano Guys son diez años más viejos y sabios, pero se aferran a los mismos valores y propósito que los trajeron hasta aquí una década atrás.
“Esperamos que 10 lleve el espíritu de alegría y esperanza a los corazones de quienes lo escuchan”, concluye Steven."Esperamos que este esfuerzo de diez años por nuestra parte se vea auténtico y, ojalá, sirva para algo".
THE PIANO GUYS – 10
LISTADO DE PISTAS:
DISCO 1
1. You Say (Lauren Daigle)
2. Someone To You (BANNERS)
3. Für Elise Jam (Beethoven)
4. More Than a Feeling / Long Time (Boston)
5. Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
6. Lose You To Love Me (Selena Gomez)
7. Someone You Loved (Lewis Capaldi)
8. Happier (Marshmello and Bastille)
9. Avengers/Portals
10. Avatar (The Theme)
BONUS TRACKS
11. Bless the Broken Road (Rascal Flatts)
12. Better Days (Original)
DISCO 2
1. A Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay)
2. Beethoven's 5 Secrets (One Republic/Beethoven)
3. Titanium / Pavane (David Guetta/Sia/Faure)
4. Let It Go (Frozen/Vivaldi)
5. The Cello Song (Bach)
6. Kung Fu Piano Cello Ascends (Hans Zimmer)
7. Begin Again (Taylor Swift/Bach)
8. A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)
9. Rewrite the Stars (The Greatest Showman)
10. Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
11. A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
12. Over the Rainbow / Simple Gifts (Harold Arlen)
13. What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction)
14. Story of My Life (One Direction)
15. Fight Song / Amazing Grace (Rachel Platten)
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You can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. put your mp3 player, itunes, spotify, etc. on shuffle & list the first 10 songs & then tag 10 people, no skipping !!! remember to REPOST not REBLOG !!!
tagged by: @altruisticlies
Absolution - The Pretty Reckless
Kung Fu Piano: Cello Ascends - The Piano Guys
Hero (Red Pill Mix) - Superchick
Somebody That I Used To Know - Pentatonix
And Winter Came - Enya
Lord Of The Rings - The Piano Guys
Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Just Like Fire (Alice Through The Looking Glass) - P!nk
Keep Holding On - Avril Lavigne
Human - Christina Perri
tagging: @kara-danvers-lena-luthor @lesbihonest14 @warriorveined @alexd-anvers @eternalsanvers @whitetiger1249 @phantomzoneofgayness @biisabellelightwood @murdershegoat @lost-in-the-fandom-life (If you don’t recognize me, this is my side blog, you probably know me as the-laughing-wolf)
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