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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

张学友 - 祝福 [Jacky Cheung - Zhu Fu] (Piano by Kai Ming)

祝福 [pinyin: Zhu Fu], is one of my favourite childhood pop songs by 张学友 (Jacky Cheung).

It has a beautiful melody, with a typical structure that starts off with a soft introduction before reaching its climax. I decided to remove the second half of the introduction to make it sound less repetitive. The bridge gets a little emotional as it paves the way for the climax. The piece is ended with a repeat of the introduction (with a slight variation at the very end).



As with most of my other plays, this piece is presented in C major. I find that it is the simplest key to master for most beginners like myself. I have some friends who have criticized my choice of key (e.g this song was originally presented/sung in xxx Major, you have used the wrong key etc).

In my opinion,  most songs are written in a specific key to suit that particular singer's vocal range. Since our fingers are not bound by our vocal limitation, I do not see the need to abide by a singer's vocal range to determine the key for your own playing, especially when there are 12 fantastic keys for us to choose from. Happy playing!

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