Mozart, Piano Quartet in G minor, KV 478, third movement, Rondeau (animated score)

[germanruizvm]

excelente todo, la interpretación y la grafía analógica. Felicitaciones!

[UsedHeartuser]

This is great!!

You should do more chamber works, please!!

And more Mozart, too!! :)

Thanks

[smalin]

@UsedHeartuser Some people want more orchestral music, some want more vocal music, some want more chamber music, some want more piano music ... I can't please everybody ... so I just try to please myself.

[UsedHeartuser]

@smalin I understand. I just wanted to say, that your animated scores are, in my opinion, perfect to follow chamber music, in which every voice is equally important! Therefore seeing the individual voices helps tremendously! :)

And Mozart is just my favorit composer! ;)

[GarlandDrest]

@smalin A worthy philosophy

[BenAdams98]

I'm a cellist, I really wanna play this!

[supersmashermeta]

I want this as a piano solo!

I have no access to a string quartet...

[sadistsagittarius]

felicidades esta poca madre

[veeTV]

i really enjoyed this piece. I am not able to read music and i find this visual most intriguing. I have also seen your newer versions with wonderful diamond style visuals, but find them less educational for me to see how the music is played. Thanks for sharing your fabulous technique.

[MrAndieMusik]

Mozart himself thought very highly of this piece of his. "This is the best I have written so far", he wrote to his father.

[jeunehomme9]

@MrAndieMusik

Mozart was referring to his quintet for piano and winds( k.452) in that quote.

[MrAndieMusik]

@jeunehomme9

I checked it... Yes, you are right. Thank you! My memory has failed me. However, I like this piece much more than K.452.

[rjc102938]

i want to learn the piano part on 3:50 on guitar aha

[MsLoubylouby]

Mozart broke Youtube.

[dadnapt24]

the dis-like bar is like a ninja, you know its their, but you can't see it lolz

[MyMasterController]

@dadnapt24 Don't look for it! It's a trap!

[faleru]

a most complicated piece indeed

[amadeus5889]

7:13 E-Flat Major comes out of nowhere. I think Mozart liked to screw around with his audience a little. :)

[kuan12345]

I wonder how a person with synesthesia would view, err, hear? This? ;)

[capequod]

@kuan12345 kind of reddish with bits of yellowy orange.

[mysterioso2006]

Damn, I've never even heard of this piece! Shame on me. Thanks for the upload.

[CanadianBeaverJerky]

@smalin I've seen you're to don't list, and I think you should seriously reconsider Dvorak's 9th. It is an extremely beautiful and intricate peice that would be delightful to see visualized.

[PabloDelRococo]

When Mozart meets Liszt

[dadnapt24]

Mozart's music in bar graph reminds me of that commercial, TASTE THE RAINBOW

[louiseduvee]

A showpiece.

[Jelubaful]

3:38 - 4:02 best part.

[andresilveray]

beautiful piece of mozart and beautiful animation from you. thanks.

[Mr6ear]

The only thing missing is the dynamic of forte and piano ... maybe in the shade of the color where forte would be much brighter?

[3eyedweasel]

The string notation is so fuckin' trippy.

[Scaar81]

this way you notice better the genius mozart was

[TikiFury]

1:18 Rondó K 485 :)

[88coldsummer]

Really beautiful :)

[derekchewie11]

does this design remind anyone else vaguely of HAL 9000?



[XxRuinWitchXx]

shame people today can't truly appreciate this kind of music. =/

[azppiano]

I thought the MAM only works with MIDI files (if I'm wrong correct me)... but how would a MIDI sound this close to a Steinway and have that "childlike" tone so common in Mozart? Even if it's a MIDI file based on a person playing, I don't think that would happen...(unless it's Steinway sampled) Anyway, this is a totally amazing invention, and whenever I play I picture one of these in my mind. :D Thanks smalin!

[smalin]

@azppiano I make MIDI files that match audio files.

[azppiano]

@MrAgnost Well, I notice too, but I guess we don't need to be THAT accurate.... It's a visualization. Let's enjoy it and not pick at it. ;-)

[MrAgnost]

huh? Is it me or is there a very small delay in the video/audio tracks? Seems like the audio is just a little ahead to me.

[Iemanonymous1]

I love the bubbles.

[BellXlleb]

The string dots make me feel dizzy, but otherwise I like this and your other videos very much.

[huzone600]

Just brilliant! Its a whole new way to appreciate music. Reminds me very much of what Herman Hesse wrote in Magister Ludi, the Bead Game, finding analogies from one art form to another.

[ashleylynnjoan]

When the strings' dots initially light up it causes a delay that makes it look like the video is out of sync. :(

[WRETCHEDAVION]

"I"ve 'Worked'-it-OUT ... Simply TELL-Musicians &-Other Detractors to Hold-R-Mirror-UP to-Their Computer-Screens &-Then Tilt-it On-R-'Slight'-Angle ... until It-Comes Into-Line with-their-Way of 'Hearing' The-Music!!! >(*U^)<

[Balancement]

Mmmm. Synesthesia!

[sarahbaptisteee]

absolutely beautiful......

[MaxPace89]

Can I give you a lil' advice?

It'd be nice if you place a visibile, maybe white, line where the music PLAYS.

I know, it's the center, where the notes highlights themself, but if you place a visible "playscene" that'd be more "followable".

[smalin]

@MaxPace89 I've tried that, and I don't like it as much. It's a matter of personal taste; one of my best friends loves the line, and we've argued about it endlessly. The freeware software (available on my web site) has a switch to turn the line on and off. Lots of people use that software to make videos they post to YouTube, and most of those have the line turned off, so either they didn't notice the feature, or their tastes agree with mine.

[MaxPace89]

@smalin Ah ok =)

Sorry for the assertion, so.

That's for sure a matter of taste, thanks for the answer and the info.

And keep up the good work, that's really GREAT!

[JackRogue18]

Smalin, this is one of my favourites!!!! I spend all my work hours just listening and watching ur music! Truely inspirational!

[MrsPineapplesandwich]

My dreamsenario would be to show a deaf person this kind of video, and see if it makes sense to him (:

[mcfly17]

I love your work, smalin. This just adds another dimension to my appreciation of Mozart. His music is beautiful visually, indeed. May I ask you what the origin of the name "smalin" is?

[smalin]

@mcfly17 It's a short form of my name.

[vulpae2]

@mcfly17 AFAIK his name is [S]tephen [Malin]owski; the brackets indicate the letters used to write out Smalin. :o) Almost like a conspiracy theory!

[smalin]

@vulpae2 "smalin" was my user name on the WELL (the first online system I belonged to, back in the days before the bit was invented), and this YouTube account was one of the last accounts I set up using it before I switched to using musanim (my web domain) and "stephen" for everything. I've set up a musanim account and a stephenmalinowski account on YouTube, but I keep this one going (and use it as the main one) because there are lots of links to the videos here and I don't want to lose them.

[vulpae2]

@smalin Even more story to it, I see. Well, thanks for the replay! I find it amazing how you manage to reply to a lot of comments considering the huge amount of videos you have posted. I'm a great fan as well. Your videos have both inspired me to learn and love the piano, and enjoy classical music. And for that the least I can do is thank you!

[smalin]

@vulpae2 I take my YouTube audience seriously (except, of course, in those individual cases where I don't).

[feanando]

I used to listen to this music many, many times; now I can see it. So beautiful. Thanks!

[trombone7]

Why are the strings spheres that slightly warp and travel across time ? Sustain is just a bar for the piano.

[smalin]

@trombone7 I can't explain it; they just do.

[dadnapt24]

@trombone7 Why not?

[trilliwig]

Brilliant!

I'd request you to animate Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, either the Lever du jour segment or the Introduction to the full ballet with chorus through the Danse religieuse, but putting that together would probably kill you!

[anasthasys]

mute-deaf persons can add such visual to their vibrational-beat experiencing -

leading to better dancing ability

[Bassfully]

If you think how small and insignificant the life of a single human being is, the fact we still listen to Mozart and revere his genius after 200 is simply astonishing. Truly a king among men.

[Bassfully]

Pure unalduterated bliss

I'm in music heaven

[terrybeaton]

This is so beautiful. When I listen with my eyes as well as my ears I notice things that always slipped by in other listenings. It just makes it all the more enjoyable. Thank you for the wonderful thing you're doing!

[duyagetme]

thank you once again...PERFECT, PRECISE, AND PASSIONATE !

[MoriMaris]

This is one of my favorites from my all-time favorites list!

[feanando]

@MoriMaris Mine too!

[diepthanhthe]

i have LOST MYSELF from watching and following the notes, "It's feel like am in another worlD!!!! :D"

[ElusiveHermit]

this is REALLY COOL. Please release software!!!! Thank you for making this.

[smalin]

@ElusiveHermit The MAMPlayer software (on my web site) does something like this.

[ElusiveHermit]

@smalin honestly, this changes the way I hear music.

[smalin]

@ElusiveHermit  YAY!!! Home run!

[juliog1984]

Me to man ): ): ): ): ): x999999999999999

[mariannightmare]

I wish Motzart never died..

[potpourri360]

Yes like this, but there a very false note at 7:34

[raticida123456]

ooo amazing.. beautyful piece and good videos smalin!!

[SSteinnes91]

Would you consider doing an animation of Mozart's Flute Quartet (K 285), please?

[duyagetme]

THANK YOU, kind sir.....perfect!

[alandufour]

This is incredibale....mega

[WillzUQ]

Me encanto!!

[KolyaKomarov]

I am again in tears 'cause of this Mozart. The music in places pretends to be so stupid while being so divinestly geniously wise and light and consolatory.

[omoshiroidayo]

i gotta question that is not in ur faq:

where can a find the tabs for the composition?

[nofxskatepunk]

I enjoyed it

[WillsWords]

I love the deceptive cadence at 7:15. Instead of landing on I it lands on a flat VI chord. I can't remember enough music theory to remember what that is called though.

[geo9m]

@WillsWords interrupted cadence or something i think :P

[WillsWords]

You could turn this into "Classical Pianist Hero" if you rotated it so the notes came at you semi-3d style. ;-)

[leovailati]

The beggining looks like a movie from Dysnet Pixar.

[christianvladila123]

The animation is that made bye a computer automatically or by a person?

[smalin]

@christianvladila123 See the "How did you synchronize..." item in the FAQ.

[mostermaus]

ok, this one hits the nail on the head!

[bunnybunnybunny8]

nicley done

[duyagetme]

thank you ...as always. thank you!

[scherzoq]

Very nicely done. And glad to see so much great chamber music lately.

[gpaese]

trippy.

[WizardWalk]

I love the combination of the two views. Awesome!!

[PaleriderTV]

I love this!

[1erdling1]

3:40 - 3:50 sounds sooooo good i could listen to that the whole day THANKS

[pieguyfry22]

@1erdling1 badap bup bup bup bummm

[therealEmpyre]

Since you are still making the software, this is sort of like a beta test, so I have some feedback for you to help make it better.

I think that when you are mixing the circles with the lines, you should turn off the zooming in the circles animation, so it would be easier to see how the two parts synchronize with each other..

[therealEmpyre]

It also may be worth the trouble to make the size of the circle depend not on the length of the note but on its volume, changing size dynamically as the volume changes, so if the note starts loud and fades, the circle would start large and then shrink.

[refuseit]

i don't like the colors in this too much

[TheAspenTom]

Great choice of this piece. Once again! Thanks!

[ThatRachGirl]

Lovely music. Please upload the other movements, too - I'm learning this piece at the moment. :)

And I'm just curious, but what made you decide to do something like this? It's really original!

[smalin]

@ThatRachGirl You should probably look at the "history" section of my website.

[TheNotoc]

I just recently started listening to classical music mainly because of how terrible rap and how horrible most of todays music is anyways thank for the video Im beginning to love mozart

[N1K0M1LT0N]

I love the fluidity of the circles. 

[ScribbleMouse]

wow this is like 7 minutes of bliss =)

yeah! mozart!!! his stuff just...get me

thank you.

[Luke00126]

is there a animation of this, but Only der balls, without the lines? that would be nice ;D

[Luke00126]

1:57 awesome part! nice to see

[EtienneAbelin]

Stephen, thanks for animating our interpretation of this! It's beautiful and you can really SEE why Mozart is considered such a rhythmic master. So many little asymmetries, so subtle that you can feel it more (like bubbles in a jacoozi, lifting you up) than actually point to it consciously. But now you can see it :)

[moonbbox]

so beautiful :]]

[FuzzBucket1000]

this song makes me just a little bit more happy!

[thebeardman88]

The timing is impeccable and the actual comprehension and understanding of the different textures is so good! So awesome!

[theaaroneason]

Am I the only person that thought the strings at the beginning kinda looked like balloon animals? ;D

[geo9m]

wow that was awesome! the piece was pretty long but nevertheless still captured my attention. nice animation too :)

[UberMenschNowFilms]

You've encoded the entire piece!?! That must have taken days!

[ipwnallnubscuzirock]

my ears = on fire at 3:53 - 4:10

[UberMenschNowFilms]

@ipwnallnubscuzirock Ha! Think how hot the pianist's fingers were!

[Hazelrat10]

I very much enjoyed this version. Please stay with this one for now, Smalin!

[Nykytyne2]

Ah, I love the bars for the piano and the bubbles for the strings. That works really well.

[TheCrypticPie]

I really need to make a playlist of your stuff. You've posted some truly great music, present company included.

[Nomm098]

Mozart floats my boat.

[urchin34]

I love the mix of instruments in this one between piano and strings! Very good pick smalin!!

[XxTTechxX]

At 2:57 i thought it was going to be Fur Elise

[xXMonkeymufinXx]

@XxTTechxX haha that was a good observation

[BladeOfDawn]

yay~ something i can try to understand