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Beautiful Life
Beautiful Thing
Beautiful You

Doesn't it give you the feeling that the boys will SO worship their woman? 

This song reflects their maturity in genres. Their voices are much more 'seasoned' comparing to their 1st Japanese Single : Stay with me Tonight; which has the same 'flavor' as Beautiful You. 

The guitar plays an important role in this song. It opens the song and then remains very subtle-ly in the background when the verses and choruses come in. But, it is never lost and gives that Spanish/Flamenco taste. The bass grooves the whole song extremely well, coupled with the funky drum-beats, it spells L.O.V.E.

Jae in the 1st verse..I don't think I've ever heard him sing such low registers. The vocal arranger should give him more of those ranges. It just makes him sound so sexy! XD Yunho's pipes are definitely getting better and better each time. It sounds whispery but strong in the high registers.*melts*  It's suprising that he once use to be lost in the backgrounds of it all. I also notice that they do a lot of vibratos (vibrations) for this song. Junsu comes out very strong in his part in the 2nd chorus. LOVE that pull to the top note. *hearts* 

I reckon that Min and Chun should have been given more prominent parts. Both of them has improved LOADS and should be given more main parts. JaeSu should be given a break. And, I mean this in a good way. But, Min's ad-libs in the last chorus...*smacks lips*...lush!

The harmonies at the end...it really tells us that, "Hey! We're still a chorus group! Our harmonies rock!" 

A plus-point is that they are now pronouncing English without much problems [ie: BeautiFul and not  BeautiPul]. If only their spoken english would be as accurate. XD

This has been on my repeat list for 30 times (and counting...) I just hope I can find time to transcribe this. I'm not even done with their T.R.I.C.K Singles yet. 

Gomen.... >_____<

Edit:

I didn't really get the whole sombre-mood of the PV where they individually were sitting or standing or standing narcissist-ly in front of the mirror. XD  I personally think that some direct, human, LADY / WOMAN interaction would have been a better storyline. I know Cassiopeias would just go beserk at any female to come in direct contact with our boys, but it would have really made more sense to the song. The boys sitting down and just singing their hearts out about a beautiful woman...it just didn't make any clear sense to me. 

However, the dance sequences obviously suited the whole mood of the song better. 

Edit 2:

To JaeChun a.k.a SoulMate

Jae, why do you always get nice boots, but the rest gets nice shoes?

Chun, having an unbuttoned shirt doesn't distract us from the hideous blond ends of your hair.

OMG OMG OMG!!! I'm totally totally SO MADLY IN LOVE with this version!!!  The band, the music, the boys' vocals...*swoons* Therefore, I HAVE TO review this!!!

I am extremely impress by the boys' vocals!

Let's talk about the band first. I never knew the keyboardist would be so ....I don't know..hippy-ish. The hair was just really funky. XD Hahahaha..that was what caught my attention first. And even though once the boys started singing, the camera didn't focus much on keyboardist-san, but I could hear the lines that he played. It didn't overshadow their singing, but melodious enough to create the accompanying effect. Almost similar to the lines in the original recording, but his solo part was completely different. Simpler in fact. But, after the bridge part, his build-up, *wow*. Those glissandos...it really adds the building up effect without interfering with the strong vocals by THSK. And the drummer and bassist, really kept it going even though it's just a ballad. I especially liked drummer-san's fill in before the 2nd chorus. It caught me by surprise. It sounded like a disco rhythm fill in at first. XD The string line was repetative in each chorus. It's the same line.. 

The lights....brilliant! To just focus on each member during their parts is just brilliant. Not only it created the sombre mood but also the entire atmosphere and feel of the song.

Tohoshinki. What can I say. The vocalists who really gave me goosebumps were Yoochun, Yunho and Changmin, in no particular order. I'm not bias or anything. I love all of them to bits, but these 3 really blew me away. Did you guys notice how powerful HoMin's vocals were? Their harmonies were spot on too! And the bridge part...*faints* ...Even though you could hear the strain in JaeSu's vocals, but ChunHoMin really made up for it. Seriously..when do you ever hear Yoochun going so high to THAT note, THAT strongly?? Yunho as well...for a bass singer to go up to that note so strongly and clear (not falsetto, mind you), it's really impressive. We could actually listen to their improvements. 

This is on my repeat list...and I don't think I'll ever get bored of it. I'm also making it a point to watch this video every night...Hahahahaha...out of obsession of the whole thing. 

TVXQ Piano Survey [CLOSED]

Since the interest in this site has grown, I would like to know you better. By taking this survey, I hope to gain a little more insight of you and hopefully, I can come up with more ideas on things like piano arrangements, arranging for different instruments and other music-related stuff.

If I have missed out on anything else, just leave a comment.

Poll #1129094 TVXQ Piano Survey
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Species XD

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3 (1.7%)

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173 (98.3%)

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15 (8.5%)

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Asia
61 (34.7%)
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81 (46.0%)
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3 (1.7%)
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19 (10.8%)
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0 (0.0%)
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12 (6.8%)

What is your major (first) instrument?

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Piano
103 (58.5%)
Violin
12 (6.8%)
Flute
6 (3.4%)
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6 (3.4%)
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6 (3.4%)
I don't play any
27 (15.3%)
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42 (25.5%)
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I have decided to compile a list of names of the creative teams behind every single album that TVXQ has released in both Korea and Japan. As a musician, I believe that without this bunch of talented composers, lyricists and arrangers, we wouldn’t have any TVXQ music to listen to. These brilliant musical brains are musicians in their own right and they are definitely not given enough credit for the behind-the-scene things that they do. I just want to tell them that they have done an AMAZING job and hope that they will continue to write more music in the future and share their ideas and musicality with us. 

Due to a large list, I have been forced to cut it....*sowee*

It took me a while to do this so, if you ever EVER wanna take it out, PLEASE CREDIT Lina26435@tvxqpianoLJ 

To see the lists for each album, click on the LJ-cut. 

Review made based on music. Haven’t looked at the translated lyrics.

I think this song has the influence of various R&B artists, especially Brian McKnight and some of Michael Jackson’s earlier works, perhaps by music mogul, Quincy Jones. This song is also a good reflection of one of their Japanese R&B releases, Try My Love. Imagine them in suits, choreography involving dancing with the microphones…you get the picture.

I think this song has the same meaning as Choosey Lover but, less playful, more sexiness and teasing. The tempo is slower than Choosey Lover. Probably the girl’s playing hard-to-get. And the guy is trying hard to get her attention.

The electric guitar provides the main feel of the song, together with the rhythmic feel of the bass and drums. The keyboard (I think it’s a Rhodes) that adds the R&B flavor. And it’s simply made up of 2 chords! The simplicity of the usage of chords gives our boys’ the freedom to manipulate their harmonies without any major clashes.

Their harmonization in this song signals that our a cappella boys are here to stay! That was random. It’s just that the boys haven’t had a full a cappella song since Always There from Rising Sun. Frankly, I miss that.

Vocal-wise, the boys are great. In the verses and pre-choruses, they projected strong and articulated ways of singing (this would be the R =rhythm). I think it’s sexy and seductive. In the chorus and bridge, it was smooth and melodious (this would be the B=blues). If you listen intently, you can tell apart each vocal part.

P/s: Did they sing “let’s kiss and make-up” ?? *flails* OMG…if my ears didn’t fail me in that part, it makes this song SOOO MUCH SEXIER than it already is!! Yes Su! I’ll kiss you and let you hold me!! XD [Sorry…fan-girl moment]

My personal favorite. Period. 

Review made based on music. Haven’t looked at the translated lyrics.

First time listening to this song, it reminds me of Coolio's version of Gangsta's Paradise. If it doesn't ring a bell, the song was featured in a movie starring Jodie Foster. A very powerful movie IMHO. This song provokes the same emotions of that movie.

The chord progression for this song is almost the same throughout. A very 'sinister'-like bass-line, as though darkness is creeping behind you or mocking you for your wrong-doings. The strings and bass line being repeated (musical term: riff).This is riff is introduced in the introduction and used in the chorus part as well. The usage of a riff is to make sure listeners remember a song. It works, doesn’t it?  

Very obvious vocal harmonization by YooSu in the 1^st pre-chorus. And in the chorus, various pairings for harmonization of HoChun, JaeMin etc…this song has all different pairings of harmonization which shows the different colors of their voices and different textures when paired up differently. A very good experiment and this song is the perfect one to try out such new stuff. Yunho’s voice sounds really subtle and warm in this song. There’s no running away from Changmin’s falsetto here. Yoochun seems to be the one taking the bass for this. Junsu almost whispering in some parts. Is it me, or did Jaejoong had the least parts in this song? Except for the 2^nd verse and 1^st-half of the 2^nd chorus.

Haven't done a personal review for a while. This review is purely based on the song itself as the official lyrics have yet to be released. Hence, the official romanization and translations are yet to be seen although dedicated fans have pain-stakingly put the effort to do romanizations and translations based on their super ears. I SOOOO admire your perseverance!


First and foremost, this song is very deep compared to White Lies, Foxrain and other self-composed songs. 

To me, not only is this song sad, but it also paints a picture of pain and suffering. It gives the feeling as though there's no hope at all. I'm not sure what the whole song actually means (even though I've read some translations of it) but, the title says it all.

Vocal-wise, the boys have never been so powerful yet, subtle in delivering this piece of music. Changmin's falsetto is SO strong that the first time I heard it, the boy blew me away. For a guy to reach THAT note...*phew*...if I had more than 2 thumbs, I'd give him 10 thumbs up!  Same goes for Jaejoong's ending of "Sayonara". With such resonance and power in his vocals, it's as though he's reluctantly screaming goodbye. Yunho's subtle-ty in his parts, just potrays the tenderness that I think the lyrics are saying. Yoochun's narration at the beginning, just imagine him saying those words with tears welling up in his eyes, pleading for you to "open your eyes"...And Junsu has been practicing his falsetto so that he doesn't need to strain, as well as give more flavor to his vocals, did really well when he sang the 2nd pre-chorus of "tell me a little lie..oh.."

The song structure...I believe the introduction of piano+narration was to create the mood. But, when the strings came in, it was a little unneccesary for me. Personally, the introduction was slightly too long than it should have been. The instrumentation was simple. Yoochun really did it this time for this song. The melody and powerful vocals was already enough to create the atmosphere and the story of the song. It didn't need drums or other instruments. Simple piano and strings did it just right. And to differenciate the 2 different pre-choruses, he played around with the rhtyhm [ little lie part ] . The chorus....*melts*....I felt Junsu's voice was more appropriate as it's softer and warmer than Jaejoong's which came out slightly stronger.

I think Yoochun played the piano for this. What do you think?

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Example #4

I apply a lot of these chords when playing TVXQ songs, or any pop songs for that matter. This chord quality gives a totally different color to the ending of a phrase. But, the chord must be used wisely, or else, the effect will be lost and the sound would turn out all weird.

The usual combination of an upper structure chord would be a chord IV/V (in the roman numerals). This is what it means:

Example #1:

If in the key of A major, the chord IV will be D major. (count 4 from A : A-B-C#-D). And the ‘V’ would be the 5^th note from A (count 5 from A: A-B-C#-D-E)

The chord is notated as D/E, and looks like this:

Example #2:

If in the key of C major, and you want to give a sad feeling to the end of the phrase, you can have a minor IV (IV-) chord with a V as the bass. Same theory applies, therefore,

The chord is notated as Fm/G, and looks like this:

Note: It doesn’t matter what inversion the top chord is played in. The way it is notated remains the same.

The chords that I have taught are all in root position (where the 1^st note is at the bottom, hence, the name).

Inversions simply mean, the chords are turned upside down, anyway possible, without changing the quality.

You may have come across chord names like these: C/E, D/F#, C/Bb

Since we have learnt up chords that has up to 4 notes (7^th chords), we’ll have 3 different inversions (include. the root) namely:

i)                    root position                             ii) 2^nd inversion

iii)                 1^st inversion                              iv) 3^rd inversion

 

I hope this is new input to everyone. The examples are in the treble clef but because this topic still teaches you how to read chord symbols in general, clefs are not important. Just make sure you get your notes right in the correct clef. XD

If you are unclear, feel free to leave your questions in the "comments" section and I will reply to you soonest I can.

Happy Practicing!!!

Watch Piano Version HERE


All members are given a chance to sing lead in this song. The harmonization here is not as great as Love in the Ice but distinctive harmonization can be heard in JaeMinChun and JaeHoSu pairings as well as the whole group. Also, the JaeSu pairing harmony at the end.