Michishirube - Violet Evergarden ED (Animenz + Improv. Ver)

You can enter $0 if you are willing to get the pdf for free, however, any donations will be greatly appreciated!!

Coming from my Youtube description:

This week's upload comes from one of the most legendary anime of all time - Violet Evergarden. Simply a masterpiece to say the least, with breath-taking and touching scenes, it has put me into tears sooo soo much. Animenz's version brings a different vibe than most other arrangements, and so I decided to arrange this piece based off his arrangement.

Michishirube is one of my favourite ending songs, because in Violet Evergarden, every single episode carries a meaning to it, it delivers a message to all the viewers. Michishirube is that one song which sounds sad and wholesome at the same time, as it wraps up everything in the end. The legendary episode 10 says it all, leaving all of us in tears and making us embrace Violet more than ever.

About the arrangement (Arranging: 1 week) (Practice: 2 days):

0:01 – 0:46 is an adaptation of Animenz’s livestream, where he played a Violet Evergarden medley. The part where he played the song starting from D minor is incredible and brings out the atmosphere that the song does revolve around a dark tone.

0:47 – 1:30 is based on Animenz’s original video for Michishirube. The 3-hand-ish technique from 0:47 – 1:05 is actually really fun and relatively easy to play and the extra notes on the right hand give it a bright tone, thus you can see the transition from dim lighting to bright lighting here.

1:30 – 1:59 is the transition where it changes key and the song starts sounding sad again. This is one of my favorite bridge parts of the song as it brings out the contrast with adequate tonality, giving us a bit of suspense before heading into another chorus part.

2:00 – 2:10 is one of the hardest, if not the hardest part of the song. Obviously, it’s Animenz’s “notorious” 3-hand technique, but what’s difficult in this isn’t hitting the notes right, it’s balancing the RH and LH melody, and which fingers you decide to play which notes. It took me almost a day just to loop this part and I’m pretty sure that I have played this 10-second part more than 200 times just to get the dynamics right. If you play the RH part too loudly, it will cover the entire main melody (C#, A, A, B, A, B, C#...) If the main melody can’t even be heard, then there is no point of playing this 10-second segment. That’s why from this arrangement I learnt exclusively that we cannot solely play the 3-hand part, but should emphasize on what notes are actually being heard.

2:10 – 2:45 This is a mix of Animenz’s original video + livestream. The bridge parts he played during his live was a group of arpeggios (E, A, B, E) which I personally like playing and also think it’s a great adaptation of the song. 2:45 – 3:01 is a part where I originally think I would go and try out the jumps (RH) that Animenz played, but since I have just recovered from an injury, I did not want to risk it. Instead, I went for interchanging octaves, which help me further represent how Michishirube brings the feeling that there will be ups and downs in our lives, and how much we should treasure it.

3:05 – 4:39 comes the soft part of the song, which in my terms I would say it concludes with a “heartwarming” ending. A part which I resemble 1. For KyoAni, 2. For how heartwarming this anime is.