Piano

The piano is a recurring element in the Final Fantasy series. At most times, the player can play the piano, which even has individual buttons.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy III===
The player can play the piano as part of a scene element. If the lead party member uses the left side of the piano in Ur or in Gysahl (the latter is absent from the 3D remake), they will play an off-key version of Beethoven's "Für Elise" and get booed by the patrons, and if they use the right side, they will play "Flohwalzer" correctly and get cheered instead. When interacting with the piano in Amur, the lead party member will instead play the theme "Swift Twist" as the pub patrons get up and dance.
===Final Fantasy V===
The player must play eight pianos to master their skills. They can then show their skills to the minstrel in Crescent and obtain Sinewy Etude and Hero's Rime.
The pianos are found in the following locations (the numbers are indicative, as they can be played in any order):
*Piano #1: Tule Pub
*Piano #2: Carwen Pub
*Piano #3: Karnak Pub
*Piano #4: Jachol Pub
*Piano #5: Crescent (Minstrel's House)
*Piano #6: Regole Pub (hidden passage)
*Piano #7: Moore Pub
*Piano #8: Phantom Village (hidden passage)
To reach the piano in Phantom Village, the player must head to the pub but not go in. Instead, they should head behind it, and go down to get behind the pub's counter. The door on the left leads outside, and heading down will come to a door. Inside, the player will arrive at some steps. They should head down to reach the wall and turn left and press against the wall to enter a room that has steps going up. This leads to the black chocobo. Before getting on the chocobo, the player can press against the left wall of the room that leads to it, and the piano is in the next room.
Each time the player uses a new piano, it will play a real-world piece which exemplifies their increased proficiency of the instrument. The pieces are:
*Lessons 1–4: Various finger exercises
*Lesson 5: Schubert's "Marche Militaire No. 1"
*Lesson 6: "Beautiful Dreamer" by Stephen Foster
*Lesson 7: Mozart's "Rondo Alla Turca"
*Lesson 8: Debussy's "Arabesque No. 1"
Mastering the piano skills in the 2013 version earns the achievement "Piano Master".
===Final Fantasy VII===
There are two pianos in Nibelheim. The piano in Tifa Lockhart's house can be played to obtain a number of items, and by playing a small part of the "Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII", yields Tifa's ultimate Limit Break, Final Heaven.
The second piano is in Shinra Mansion. On the floor next to it is one of the clues to the safe combination, part of the sidequest to recruit Vincent Valentine. This piano can be played just like Tifa's, although some keys are broken. Playing this piano will give no rewards.
===Final Fantasy VII Remake===
There is a piano inside the Sector 5 slums church, but access to it is blocked by rubble.
===Final Fantasy VII Rebirth===
During "Fall of a Hero", the player can play Tifa's piano in her room before talking to Sephiroth at the inn. The keys are played with the thumbsticks while directional and shoulder buttons are used to change tone.
From Chapter 4 "Dawn of a New Era" onward, the player can find pianos and sheet music to play various themes with: scoring A rank nets a reward from Dorian. The game's difficulty level does not affect the piano minigame, but increasing the speed the prompts appear can make some tracks easier to perform. Other tricks include zooming in on the wheels with PS5 controls and even muting the sounds and only following the prompts.
The piano in Shinra Manor also returns, but is merely a background element.
===Final Fantasy VIII===
The Deling City hotel has a piano in its bar. During the Sorceress War, lounge singer Julia Heartilly played it nightly to the patrons, including her admirer, Laguna Loire. Julia plays the piano during a flashback, but the player cannot interact with the piano when visiting the Galbadia Hotel with Squall.
There is also an organ kept in the church chapel inside Ultimecia Castle. All keys must be held for a couple of seconds to remove the bars barring entrance to the canal.
===Final Fantasy X-2===
Vegnagun is controlled by Shuyin through a piano-like device on its head. Yuna also has to play the correct notes on pianos scattered across the Farplane, if the player wishes to avoid battles with three Azi Dahaka.
==Gallery==
FFIII NES Piano.png|Final Fantasy III (NES).
FFIII Luneth Piano.png|Luneth playing a piano (DS).
FFVIII Piano.png|The Piano in Deling City in Final Fantasy VIII.
Farplane music puzzle2.jpg|Piano puzzle in Final Fantasy X-2.
Category:Recurring