I'm playing through the piano in the steam version of FFVII and I'm in the Nibelheim flashback right after you leave Midgar. Cloud enters the mansion and finds a piano; it seems pretty obvious that I'm supposed to play the song I found on the piano in Tifa's house a little while back. However, when I hit 'insert' [SWITCH] for Re the screen flashes and I get a shrill noise, rather then a piano note. I tried remapping [SWITCH] to G but it does the same thing.
Without too many spoilers (I know far too many of them already, since this is such an old game) is playing the piano important, and is getting this odd noise normal when I hit [SWITCH]/Re
Edit: I'm trying to play the song, but nothing seems to happen when I finish it. Should I even be playing the song here?
Edit 2: The key works fine, as the note that is [SWITCH] + [Page Down] works fine.
Best Answer
First of all, this is the wrong piano to be playing that tune. Only Tifa's piano will give rewards for playing that song, not the mansion piano.
Secondly, yes, getting that noise on the mansion piano is normal. It actually serves as a hint. When you reach this point in the game (not in the flashback) you may find in the mansion a note that says to look:
The grammar makes me cringe, but indeed, this piano is short ti and re. And if you look behind this piano, you will find a certain piece of information.