As the name suggests, the channel is all about sheet music - piano sheet music, to be exact, as all the music they feature are designed to be played on a piano, keyboard, or other similar instruments. To that end, all the videos display a piano keyboard with music notes coming down as they are played (as rendered by a software program called Synthesia, also similar in fashion to some music games - although it too is one) to be followed along and played, especially by those who have a hard time reading sheet music - this is the "educational" portion of this channel. As per the channel name, though, everything is available in sheet music form. The creators - yes, there are two - whose names are Samuel and Andrew, are Australians in Brisbane, Queensland; they met in 2010 while studying music composition, so it shouldn't be a surprise that they're experts in music. The channel was started in 2017 and is coming up on 4 and a half years, and they also have daily content much like this blog has daily content. The music they feature in piano form run the gamut from timeless classical pieces to popular modern compositions, the latter including those from video games and popular culture, and this of course becomes the entry point for Pokémon.
Of the Pokémon music that they feature, there is a great deal of iconic pieces. The ever-popular Pokémon Theme, especially for western audiences, is a given, and there's a full rendition of it. Going into the games, there are classics from the first-generation games, like the wild Pokémon battle theme and the Gym Leader battle theme; Lavender Town (listen and watch at your own risk) made the cut as well. A relatively more modern offering is the music from Littleroot Town in the third-generation games, which I'm sure is classic to those who started playing Pokémon at around the times the games were released. Due to their complexity and speed, the first two are labeled as having "Hard" difficulty, and the third one may be considered as such as well. The latter two are relatively simpler in comparison, but still take a good deal of following along.
Other selections of Pokémon music on the channel include even some relatively recent selections from the Sword and Shield (eighth-generation) games, including the wild Pokémon battle and Gym Leader battle music from those games. Going back some generations, there are renditions for the Champion battle from the third-generation games, daytime Route 216 from the fourth-generation games, and wild Pokémon battle from the second-generation games. They've done quite a bit of Pokémon music, in fact, that they conceived a "Russian" version of the intro music from the first generation as well as an original Pokémon battle piece inspired by certain Pokémon battle music pieces; they also have a few other originals outside of their usual renditions of other music. For those interested in renditions of other Pokémon music, they may be open to some requests from social media (though not by e-mail), as this is in fact how they get some of their ideas.
As "sheet music" is part of their channel name, they are wise and skilled in providing that for all the pieces they feature. But to provide video "tutorials" for those challenged by sheet music, that's laudable too. The most laudable part for me and any other Pokémon fan, however, is how they feature certain compositions from this franchise and even develop some of their takes on those compositions. The channel speaks to them and their expertise of musical composition and arrangement, while it speaks to Pokémon fans like me as a source of great arrangements that some people might just be able to take, listen, and play well.
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