{"id":1434948,"date":"2021-08-28T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/1434948\/"},"modified":"2021-08-28T11:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T11:00:12","slug":"great-days-jojos-bizarre-adventure-part-4-diamond-is-unbreakable-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/anime\/1434948\/","title":{"rendered":"GREAT DAYS &#8211; JoJo&#8217;s Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable [Piano]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KBmYIYqiZv8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSheet music \u2192 https:\/\/mymusic.st\/animenzzz\/43327<\/p>\n<p>LET THE VOICE OF LOVE  TAKE YOU HIGHER \u261d\u261d\u261d<br \/>\nAh, Great Days! One of the most cheerful JoJo Openings with the iconic BREAK DOWN BREAK DOWN lyrics at the beginning and a perfect song for this year\u2019s Bizarre Summer. The upbeat nature of the song also reflects this piano arrangement, and you are essentially playing forte from start to finish \u2013 a dream for all pianist, who wants to go all out on the piano!<\/p>\n<p>Right from the beginning, I used the three-hand technique to imitate the iconic BREAK DOWN BREAK DOWN while playing the guitar bassline at the same time with alternating hands. I also did the same for all the repeats in 1:16 and 3:38. <\/p>\n<p>This could have been one of the easier arrangements if not for the cursed F# Major key \u2013 which has 6 accidentals. But thankfully, the rhythm of this piece is not very complicated and the left-hand patterns are fairly easy to understand as well.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest musical problem I had to solve is the ominous sounding middle part of the original song, starting at 2:44. I experimented with many different scales and the most suitable atmosphere could be achieved by playing a C#7#5 chord (augmented seventh chord) in chromatic succession. And similar to the JoJo Anime Opening Animation, I also applied a \u201ctime rewinding\u201d effect for this particular scene in 2:44. <\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, I also added a spectacular finale for this arrangement by playing double trills in 3:50. This alternating hand technique is actually quite popular in advanced piano literature and personally, I think this is the \u201cultimate\u201d show-off piano technique. It simply looks spectacular for the audience and at the same time, it is not terribly difficult to play as well. (I should use it more often in my future piano covers.)<\/p>\n<p>Alright, that\u2019s it for today! Thank you for reading this week\u2019s \u201cAnimenz Explains\u201d! I hope you liked all the small JoJo references in the video and enjoyed listening Great Days on the grand piano! I had lots of fun seeing your reactions during the live chat! \u261d\ufe0f\u261d\ufe0f\u261d\ufe0f\ud83d\udca3\ud83d\udca3\ud83d\udca3\ud83d\ude91\ud83d\ude91\ud83d\ude91 Thank you for everyone who joined the premiere!<\/p>\n<p>Next week is going to be the final Cover of my JoJo Piano Project and it\u2019s featuring a song from Part 5. It has been a really fun ride on the JoJo Hype Train, but I plan to continue doing more JoJo Piano covers this Winter Anime Season again!<br \/>\nThank you for watching! <\/p>\n<p>Hope you have a GREAT summer!<\/p>\n<p>Animenz<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*<br \/>\n\ud83d\udce3My Social Media<\/p>\n<p>Follow me on Twitter!<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"770\" data-height=\"1000\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Animenzzz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tweets by Animenzzz<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nI am using Instagram as well!<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/animenz_official\/<br \/>\nMy Facebook page:<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Animenz<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfb9Piano arrangement by Animenz<\/p>\n<p>Original Song: Great Days<br \/>\nAnime: JoJo&#8217;s Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable<br \/>\nPublished by: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2016)<br \/>\nComposed by: Yugo Kanno<br \/>\nPerformed by: Daisuke Hasegawa, Karen Aoki<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*&#8212;&#8212;*<br \/>\nAnd another one bites the dust.<\/p>\n<p>#JoJo #Part4 #GreatDays #Piano #JJBA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheet music \u2192 https:\/\/mymusic.st\/animenzzz\/43327 LET THE VOICE OF LOVE TAKE YOU HIGHER \u261d\u261d\u261d Ah, Great Days! 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