You Raise me Up

This is the very first song I've played in the piano. I am not really good in piano but i guess i can produce a tune.
The music was written by Secret Garden's Rolf Løvland and the lyrics by Brendan Graham. The song was originally written as an instrumental piece and entitled "Silent Story".

This song is very popular as it is sang by Josh Groban. This songs popularity reached its highest peak in 2004, the song was played more than 500,000 times on American radio.

I personally love this song. It is very inspiring as i think about the One i love. God. Listen to the song, Played in piano.

Clementine (Oh My Darling)

Clementine is an American western folk ballad. I usually hear this song sang by Fred flinstone when i was little. I thought this song is a happy song because it is sang with a happy note but as i came to love the song played in the piano, i then realize that the lyrics is not happy at all, it is melancholic and has a sad lyrics.

The song is sang by a lover of Clementine he narrates how Clementine is a lovely daughter of a 49er miner and the accident that killed her. The lover however consoles himself towards the end of the song with Clementine's "little sister". The verse about the little sister was often left out of folk song books intended for children, presumably because it seemed morally questionable.

Listen to this song played in piano..

Lyrics

In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine
Dwelt a miner forty niner,
And his daughter Clementine.
Refrain:
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling, Clementine!
You were lost and gone forever
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
Light she was and like a fairy,
And her shoes were number nine,
Herring boxes, without topses,
Sandals were for Clementine.
Refrain
Drove she ducklings to the water
Ev'ry morning just at nine,
Stubbed her toe against a splinter,
Fell into the foaming brine.
Refrain
Ruby lips above the water,
Blowing bubbles, soft and fine,
But, alas, I was no swimmer,
So I lost my Clementine.
Refrain
How I missed her! How I missed her,
How I missed my Clementine,
But I kissed her little sister,
I forgot my Clementine.
Refrain
Then the miner, forty-niner,
Soon began to peak and pine,
Thought he oughter join his daughter,
Now he's with his Clementine.
Refrain
In a corner of the churchyard,
Where the myrtle boughs entwine,
Grow the roses and the posies,
Fertilized by Clementine.
Refrain
In my dreams she still doth haunt me,
Robed in garments soaked in brine;
How in life I used to hug her,

Now she's dead, I draw the line.

Leader of the Band (Dan Fogelberg)

Dan Fogelberg born the youngest of three sons, he was raised in a musical home. His father, Lawrence Fogelberg, was a "legitimate musician" as Dan refers to him, a bandleader who led the big bands long before Dan was born. His mother, Margaret Irvine, was born in Scotland and came to Illinois with her parents at the age of three.

He's four years old, standing up on a box in front of his father's big band, baton in hand, conducting. Though his dad stood behind him, doing the real work, for Dan it was a foreshadowing of what his life would be -- following in his father's footsteps to become the leader of the band.

This song is a tribute to his father and the music that his father has given him has brought a tremendous success to him. the line that sang "thank you for the freedom when it is my time to go" its because on the time that he decided to dropped out of school to pursue his passion for music, Shocking his parents by showing up at home at midday in mid-semester, he told them his plans. His father, silent for a long time, finally said quietly, "Okay, I don't agree with this, but if this is really what you want, you go try it for a year. If it doesn't work out, you come back and go back to school." This support was the greatest gift his father could give him.

This song reminded me of my father. He died when i am so young but his music remains in me and it runs through my instruments for this is the most precious memory that he has given me.

Pachelbel's Canon in D major

One of the most beautiful creation of the famous composer Johann Pachelbel. The only canon he had written. It remained until today and is one of the most famous piece of Pachelbel, It was originally scored for three violins and basso continuo and paired with a gigue in the same key. The Canon (without the accompanying gigue) was first published in 1919 by scholar Gustav Beckmann, who included the score in his article on Pachelbel's chamber music. Over the years, the Canon has been arranged numerous times for a wide variety of ensembles. The Canon's chord progression proved to be immensely influential; it was used in countless pop and rock songs.

In Baroque era this type would have been played moderate to fast tempo but in the 20th to 21st century it became a fad to play this at a very slow tempo.

I totally love this canon. Whenever I listen to this song I am taken to places where I've never been. I feel the warmth of summer, the beautiful daisies on spring and the chilling beauty of winter. Sometimes it makes me cry thinking about the beauty of life and how good it is. God is so good that he created such beauty.

You can download the whole piece here

Pachelbel Canon in D Piano version