Our Musical Journey

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Hello! I’m Feyruz! Today, I want to talk about my musical journey with my brother, Fayyad. I wanted to write about this topic because of not one, but two reasons. 

The first one is because I have played a lot of instruments in my lifetime. Here are the ones that I can still remember; the recorder, piano, ukulele, and cello. Of course, there are more, but they are insignificant in my mind. 

The second reason is because I have gotten good at piano and I can play some more challenging pieces than what I started with. For example, I can play Liebestraum, by Franz Liszt. I also try to memorize the music piece itself, so I can impress the people who want to see me play. 

I know that Fayyad is a better piano player than me, but I try to play the best I can without any mistakes. Right now, Pak Sil (a.k.a. Wasil) has given us a challenge to play this piece called Watashi no Uso and it’s from an anime cartoon. 

When we are done with Pak Sil’s challenge, I want to carry on with Aerith’s theme and learn the left-hand part and join it up with right-hand, so I can play fluently without any mistake. 

I have included an iMovie that has videos, text, and captions in it so you know the timeline from the very beginning. 

(P. S. Most of the videos are of Fayyad because he wanted Abah to take video of him playing the piano.) (P.S.S. Sorry I’m not a good cameraman.)

- Feyruz

Comments

  1. WasilSeptember 6, 2020 at 8:06 PM

    Wow!!! You guys spent a lot of time with musical instruments!! Feyruz which one is your favorite to work on?

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  2. WasilSeptember 6, 2020 at 8:06 PM

    I look forward to Aerith's Theme and Watashi No Uso :)))

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  3. The Man of LSeptember 7, 2020 at 4:02 PM

    I love the video Feyruz! What is your favorite games to do songs from? I see you do a lot of Mario, so I was curious if that was your favorite.

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  4. HamzahSeptember 7, 2020 at 10:58 PM

    did you quit cello?

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  5. Muhsin Wahi-AnwarSeptember 28, 2020 at 2:55 PM

    wow you have a good mindset, keep it up!

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