[Piano Solo with Vocals] Recommended for Piano-and-Vocal Performances! Hit Songs from the Heisei to Reiwa Eras
Singing while accompanying yourself on the piano—piano-vocal performances—are so cool and wonderful, aren’t they!
Many famous artists perform in a piano-and-vocal style, and every year brings a wealth of great songs.
In this article, we’ll introduce recommended songs for those who want to try piano-vocal covers, focusing on hits from the Heisei and Reiwa eras.
We’ve gathered a variety of tracks—not only songs originally written for piano-and-vocal performance, but also pieces with captivating piano timbres, songs where the piano isn’t the main instrument yet suit piano-vocal arrangements perfectly, and more.
Why not use this article as a starting point to make your own piano-vocal debut?
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[Piano Solo with Vocals] Recommended for Piano and Vocal Performances! Hit Songs from the Heisei to Reiwa Era (41–50)
sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)SEKAI NO OWARI
Sazanka, which was the theme song for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and Paralympics, is a ballad that really shines in a piano-and-vocal arrangement.
Released as a single by SEKAI NO OWARI in 2018, it reached No.
4 on the Oricon Singles Chart.
In the original track, the main accompaniment is handled by a Wurlitzer electric piano, intertwined with an acoustic piano that sounds beautiful.
There are also cover videos on YouTube where people sing with just an acoustic piano, so give it a try!
I LOVE YOUOzaki Yutaka
When it comes to piano ballads popular among middle-aged men, Yutaka Ozaki’s “I LOVE YOU” surely comes to mind.
Released as a single in 1991, it’s a love song in which Ozaki passionately sings lyrics centered on a bittersweet romance.
It reached No.
5 on the Oricon Singles Chart and has been covered by countless artists—a true classic.
The introductory piano phrase is very famous, so be sure to try your hand at a piano-and-vocal rendition!
Flowers will bloom.hana wa saku purojekuto
Hana wa Saku (Flowers Will Bloom) was created as a charity song for the Great East Japan Earthquake.
It was recorded by entertainers with ties to Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima, and it’s a masterpiece whose lyrics—told from the perspective of those who lost their lives in the disaster—and gentle piano tones move listeners to tears.
All royalties from the song are donated to the affected areas as relief funds.
So every time it’s performed at a concert or sung at karaoke, the amount of aid sent to the disaster areas increases.
Why not help with the recovery by covering it often as a piano-and-vocal piece?
Promise of SunflowersHata Motohiro
The theme song for Toho’s 3DCG animated film “STAND BY ME Doraemon” is Motohiro Hata’s “Himawari no Yakusoku” (Promise of Sunflower).
It’s one of Hata’s signature songs, having reached No.
10 on the Oricon singles chart.
While the original is a guitar-and-vocal piece, the singer Amatsuki—who rose to prominence on Nico Nico Douga and YouTube—has covered it in a version sung with piano accompaniment.
Please use it as a reference and try your hand at a guitar-and-vocal performance!
In conclusion
This time, we introduced piano-and-vocal (piano self-accompaniment) songs recommended mainly from the hits spanning the Heisei to Reiwa eras.
Did you find any pieces that make you want to try singing and playing? Doing the completely different actions of “playing” and “singing” at the same time is by no means easy.
It might feel difficult at first, but there are scores arranged to be easy to perform.
Watching people do sing-and-play performances in videos makes you want to try it yourself, doesn’t it? If you’re about to start, use those videos as references and definitely give it a try!