This is an arrangement of One Summer's Day by Joe Hisaishi, from Spirited Away movie soundtrack.
It is suitable for schools, students and amateur violinists.

Intermediate Level
- simple key signature (C Major)
- 1st to 3rd position
- no double-stops
- wide variety of nuances
- rythms with syncopations
- suggested bowings

Nicolas is a concert performer and has been teaching violin for over 25 years.
He created Violinotech to make available the scores, arrangements and other resources he uses daily in his lessons.
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One Summer's Day from Japanese animation "Spirited Away" by Joe Hisaishi Violin Solo.

Here is a string quartet arrangement of Joe Hisaishi's "Summer," which serves as the main theme for the movie Kikujiro, a 1999 Japanese film directed by Takeshi Kitano. This arrangement comes with a score and a set of parts for 2 violins, viola, and cello. The original piece really embraced the movie's light-hearted atmosphere, which I really wanted to replicate in this arrangement with lots of pizzicato and syncopated rhythms. I know it says for Advanced Intermediate, but as long as you know how to play up to 4th position (for first violin), and you are comfortable with syncopated rhythms and some 16th-note runs, you should be fine.

Here's how to play "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel on piano!

With this sheet music, you get a playable piano arrangement of "Just the Way You Are" which sounds beautiful.

The full melody is included in the piano part, so it makes for a wonderful instrumental (piano solo) cover.

"Just the Way You Are" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album "The Stranger", and served as the album's lead single. It became his first top 10 hit in the US, and won two Grammy Awards ("Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year") in 1977!

It's certainly one of the greatest and most iconic love songs from the 70s - with this piano sheet music, you can play it in the most beautiful way!

If you like this arrangement, please consider leaving a review - it would mean a lot.

Here are the full lyrics to Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are":


[Verse 1]
Don't go changing to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore

[Refrain 1]
I would not leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

[Verse 2]
Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

[Refrain 2]
I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are

[Bridge]
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you

[Refrain 3]
I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are

[Refrain 2]
I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are

Here's how to play "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel on piano!

With this sheet music, you get a playable piano arrangement of "Just the Way You Are" which sounds beautiful.

The full melody is included in the piano part, so it makes for a wonderful instrumental (piano solo) cover.
However, this piano sheet music also comes with a system for the singer, and includes the song's full lyrics!

"Just the Way You Are" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album "The Stranger", and served as the album's lead single. It became his first top 10 hit in the US, and won two Grammy Awards ("Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year") in 1977!

It's certainly one of the greatest and most iconic love songs from the 70s - with this piano sheet music, you can play it in the most beautiful way!

If you like this arrangement, please consider leaving a review - it would mean a lot.

Here are the full lyrics to Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are":


[Verse 1]
Don't go changing to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore

[Refrain 1]
I would not leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

[Verse 2]
Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

[Refrain 2]
I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are

[Bridge]
I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you

[Refrain 3]
I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are

[Refrain 2]
I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are

With this sheet music, you can play "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel on piano!

It's an accurate, carefully created piano arrangement of the full song.

The entire melody is included in the piano part, so it makes for a perfect instrumental / piano solo cover.

"Uptown Girl" is a song from Billy Joel's 1983 album "An Innocent Man" (his ninth studio album). In September 1983, it was released as the album's second single.

It became one of his biggest hits, and remains an all-time classic from the 80s!

"Uptown Girl" has been covered numerous times, and was famously performed by the Dalton Academy Warblers in "Glee" (Season 3, Episode 5).

Needless to say, "Uptown Girl" makes for a fantastic piano cover!

Billy Joel's Piano Man arranged for easy piano.