Blue Bird (2022 ver.) - Naruto Shippuuden OP3 [Piano] / Ikimono-gakari
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This video is a remake of my old “Blue Bird“ piano arrangement from 2016. Aside from the improved audio quality, there are also many improvements in the arrangement which might be hard to notice at the beginning. The rhythmic feeling has been vastly improved in some sections and I also added new variations as well. In a way, this videos showcases my progress as a piano arranger between 2016 and 2022.
I will highlight the some of the new additions and I will also explain why I arranged it in that particular way. You can compare it side by side with the old 2016 version of Blue Bird:
0:41 Instead of playing the melody in one voice range, I decided to split up the melody in two octaves, to create a “dialogue“ in the music: One voice is asking a question while the other voice is giving an answer. The music feels more alive in that way.
1:07 I completely reworked th