Someday (Nyoy Volante)

Here I copied Nina's version from her album "Nina", 2006.

According to the wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someday_(Nina_Girado_song) ),
the song was performed first in Bagaberde in Manila which was closed in 2014, unfortunately.

Well, the pianist in the album is Bobby Velasco. His discography as an arranger is shown in this page
( http://philippinemusicregistry.com.ph/main/artist/view/3526 ), while some video is found on Youtube too.
It seems the owner of "the Bobby Velasco's cafe" in Malate is different person.

You can download the music sheet for piano and vocal here (Someday (Nyoy Volante).

Someday (Nina's version)


Then, here is the original Nyoy Volante's version.




Enjoy playing!

Go the distance

According to the wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_the_Distance ),

"Go the Distance" is a song from Disney's 1997 animated feature film, Hercules.
It was written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist David Zippel, and originally recorded by American actor Roger Bart in his film role as the singing voice of Hercules.
American singer-songwriter Michael Bolton recorded a pop version of the song for the film's end credits.

Here I copied Nina's version from her album "Rendition of the soul", 2009.
You can download the music sheet for piano and vocal here (Go the distance).

Go the distance (Nina's version)


Then, here is the Michael Bolton's version.



And, if you want simplified piano solo version, you may be interested in this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoA9Bq7SCMg

Enjoy playing!

Chang (Elephant) song

It has been 1 year since I started learning Thai language.
To celebrate that I made a music sheet of a Thai song for children.
It is about elephant, which is special animal in Thailand

Chang (Elephant) Song

You can download the music sheet for a piano and vocal here (Chang (Elephant) Song).

And here is the lyrics.

ช้าง ช้าง ช้าง ช้าง ช้าง
น้องเคยเห็นช้างรึเปล่า
ช้างมันตัวโตไม่เบา
จมูกยาวๆ เรียกว่างวง
มีเขี้ยวใต้งวงเรียกว่างาง
มีหูมีตา หางยา;

You can find the alphabetical lyrics and an English translation on the website below.
http://bonthai.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Lessons%20from%20youtube

Enjoy!

Iisa pa lamang

"Iisa pa lamang" is a song composed by Danny Tan and was sung by Joey Albert in 1990.
And it is in the album "Joey Albert" (1990).

For her discography, you can refer this website.
http://en.likefm.org/artist/Joey+Albert

Later in 2008 GMA broadcasted the same titled TV drama and Lani Misalucha covered the song for it. According to Wikipedia the drama was a suspense melodrama, maybe that is the reason of the harmony used in the introduction of this version.

Iisa pa lamang
by Lani Misalucha

You can download the music sheet for piano and vocal here (Iisa pa lamang).

By the way, here is the original version

Iisa pa lamang
by Joey Albert

Which do you like more?
Anyways, hope you like the song.

Kahit maputi na ang buhok ko (Uklele)

The original version is in E but the 2 versions below for Uklele are F and G. Of course you can play the same chords with the guitar.

Title: Kahit Maputi Na Ang Buhok Ko
by Noel Cabangon

F version
Intro
F Bb C Bb F Bb C
Verse
F Am7 Bb C F Am7 Bb C F
Am7 A Dm F7 Bb C F F7
Bb C Am7 D7 Gm(7) C7

G version
Intro
G C D C G C D
Verse
G Bm7 C D G Bm7 C D
Bm7 B Em G7 C D G G7
C D Bm7 E(7) Am(7) D7

Note:the position of the D chord in the intro should be:
5
2
2
2

Hope you enjoy it.

Bakit pa?

Happy new year! I am still travelling in ASEAN countries. Today I tried to extract a Piano part from MIDI data which I found on internet.

This song "Bakit pa" is released in 1999 and its composer is Vehnee Saturno. I could not find his discography on wikipedia but he is a well-known singer songwriter. He has a music production and a music traning center in Manila.


Title: Bakit pa
by Jessa Zaragoza


You can download the music sheet for a piano and vocal here. (Bakit pa by Jessa Zaragoza)

Hope you enjoy it.

Don't know why

"Don't know why" was Norah Jones' big hit which was released in 2002. It was written and firstly released by Jesse Harris in 1999.

Well, this Paolo Santos version was not found in Youtube. I don't remember when nor how I got the file. I guess the live was in around 2010.
So the pianist is also unknown. Anyway this piano part is basically easy, except the last ad lib ending.
Hope you enjoy it.

Title: Don't know why
by Paolo Santos featuring Jimmy Bondoc

You can download the music sheet for a piano and vocal here. (Don't know why by Paolo Santos featuring Jimmy Bondoc)
Note that this version is much slower than the original.

By the way, the original version is here.