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Tabi no Tochuu - Spice and Wolf OP [Piano]
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Tabi no Tochuu – Spice and Wolf OP [Piano]



Sheet music → https://mymusic.st/animenzzz/62788

I am in the middle of re-watching all my favorite Anime from the last two decades to see which Anime songs is picking up my interest, since I am not actively following the current Anime season. After re-watching Spice and Wolf Season 1, I remembered how unforgettable the opening song is. Therefore, I’ve decided to make a piano cover of Tabi no Tochuu for this week’s upload.

My favorite part of this opening song is the bridge part (from 2:33 to 2:58), because you would usually expect the chorus melody to appear again, but instead, an alternative melody is playing. No matter how often I listen to it, I still get goosebumps every time, especially the key change before the final chorus. I replicated that special moment on the piano by slowing down for a short moment, and then restarting the melody again from “somewhere far away”, and gradually building it up until the final chorus.

For the final chorus of this piano arrangement, the tension in the music was reduced with each repeat by playing the melody in a lower pitch and slowing down the rhythm on the left hand – until it comes to a complete standstill at 3:57. Only to rise again with the instrumental outro part as a special finale.

As mentioned earlier in my tweets, my piano covers in 2020 will be done in a more gradual, flowing arrangement style, and will include a focus on the best techniques from my earlier arrangements from 2015-2018. I am still experimenting with different “melody voicing” on the piano, because there is still a lot of potential to discover.

With that said, I think I will do more of these “nostalgia” piano covers in the following weeks, since I have very fond memories of these old anime songs and the power of nostalgia can be very inspiring whenever I am arranging on the piano.

See you next time then!

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Piano arrangement by Animenz
Original Song: Tabi no Tochuu / 旅の途中
Anime: Spice and Wolf / 狼と香辛料
Published by: flying DOG (2008)
Composed by: Tomohiko Kira / 吉良知彦
Performed by: Natsumi Kiyoura / 清浦夏実

#TabinoTochuu #SpiceandWolf #piano
#NatsumiKiyoura #TomohikoKira

47 Comments

  2. Saito

    もっと評価されるべきだ！！すごいです！！！！　GOOD!!!

  4. Albert Diedericks

    Hey, I just came across your rendition and I love it. Is there any way that you could release the sheet music?

  5. rebal el jurdi

    This video has ruined my life. Women can no longer satisfy me. I only climax to "Tabi no Tochuu – Spice and Wolf OP [Piano]" now. There is no longer love, there is only Animenz Piano Sheets

  8. Adorienn

    tada hitori
    mayoi komu tabi no naka de
    kokoro dake  samayotte tachitsukushita 
    demo ima wa  tooku made
    arukidaseru
    sou kimi to  kono michi he 
    deatte kara

    All alone, 
    on a journey, I lost my way;
    as I stood still, my heart alone wandered.
    But now I can walk again, 
    as far as I need to;
    yes, ever since I met you 
    on this road.

    tabibito tachi ga utau
    mishiranu uta mo
    natsukashiku kikoete kuru yo
    tada kimi to iru to

    The song travelers sing, 
    though I don't know it,
    sounds familiar to me
    as long as I'm with you.

    yume mita sekai ga
    dokoka ni  aru nara
    sagashi ni  yukou ka
    kaze no mukou he
    itetsuku yoake no
    kawaita mahiru no
    furueru yamiyo no
    hate wo mi ni yukou

    If the world we dreamed of 
    exists anywhere,
    let's go look for it, 
    beyond the wind.
    The freezing dawn, 
    the parched midday,
    the trembling night; 
    let's go see what's at their end.

    sabishisa wo shitte iru
    kimi no hitomi
    mabataite  sono iro wo
    utsusu kara

    Your eyes, which 
    know loneliness well,
    blink, and that color 
    is reflected.

    takaku sora made tonde
    mikazuki ni naru
    hakkairo no hoshi wa kitto
    namida no kakera

    I'll fly into the sky 
    and become a crescent moon;
    those mint-colored stars must be 
    shards of tears.

    higashi no kuni no minato  nishi no umibe 
    kurai mori de  minami no machi  kin no tou 
    kita no oka  mizu ni yurareta onaji tsuki ga 

    A dock in the country to the east; the western seashore;
    a southern town in a dark forest; a golden tower;
    a hill in the north; the same moon wavered in the water everywhere

    sashidasu sono te wo
    tsunaide ii nara
    doko made yukou ka
    kimi to futari de
    doko he mo yukeru yo
    mada minu sekai no
    zawameki  kaori wo
    nakishime ni yukou

  9. Apricot Soda

    This composition is sensual magic and you have made a damn fine arrangement. Absolutely wonderful!

  10. Jason isbored

    Where can the score be found? I just finished my second ever arrangement (of this piece for small group, first one was for cello solo) and I really wasn’t able to make something beautiful like this. But I think that this score would be perfect to build from.

  12. Schwaka

    This is by far my favorite anime opening song. Thanks for the amazing performance!

  14. T F

    The best song I know. I pray for the souls of Mr. Yoshida, a great composer.

  17. Michael Brandau

    @Animenz Piano Sheets can you do a cover of Shiki No Uta by Nujabes from Samurai Champloo? It would make a lot of people happy if do because there isn't a good piano cover of Shiki No Uta out on youtube … yet if you do it.

  20. James Paxton

    You play that with Gusto. It brings emotion into the original song that wasn't there before. Music you can feel.

  23. TeaDork

    I gotta practice more to be as good as animenz 😭 I love how he plays these beautiful songs and not memes

  25. xxLaa0xx

    Tada hitori
    Mayoikomu tabi no naka de
    Kokoro dake samayotte tachitsukushita
    Demo ima wa tooku made
    Arukidaseru
    Sou kimi to kono michi de
    Deatte kara

    Tabibito-tachi ga utau
    Mishiranu uta mo
    Natsukashiku kikoete kuru yo
    Tada kimi to iru to

    Yumemita sekai ga
    Dokoka ni aru nara
    Sagashi ni yukou ka
    Kaze no mukou e
    Itetsuku yoake no
    Kawaita mahiru no
    Furueru yamiyo no
    Hate o mi ni yukou
    Sabishisa o shitte iru
    Kimi no hitomi
    Mabataite sono iro o
    Utsusu kara

    Takaku sora made tonde
    Mikkazuki ni naru
    Hakka-iro no hoshi wa kitto
    Namida no kakera

    Higashi no kuni no minato nishi no umibe
    Kurai mori de minami no machi kin no tou
    Kita no oka mizu ni yureteta onaji tsuki ga

    Sashidasu sono te o
    Tsunaide ii nara
    Doko made yukou ka
    Kimi to futari de
    Doko e mo yukeru yo
    Mada minu sekai no
    Zawameki kaori o
    Dakishime ni yukou

  27. Joshua Recania

    Lawrence: "I love you".
    …..hug Holo.

    Holo: I will never forget this scent.

    The most memorable scene i seen in this anime.

  35. Doctor Z

    This piece is so underrated, it always give me the feeling of hopeless love like feeling some you love will always leave, and you will always be lonely. It fits the anime very well, not only will you learn basic Economics you'll also here this wonderful song and very nce story.

  37. MKAkili

    anybody know where i can buy his piano score for this arrangement?

  39. MiuNya

    I would love to hear this with the original vocals. So epic !! Theres some new spice and wolf stuff going down. Even pop up parade figure of Holo.