Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First

[mepinxit]

Fantastic song! And you play it very well! 

[ablover]

Very well played

[KimchiBunni]

I noticed you do things a little differently than the sheet music. I follow your hands with the sheet and it doesn't match some parts. You didn't even finish the song. But good job!

[eacao]

started learning this on christmas eve. Can place up to 00:35 both hands and the rest right only. this is by far the best version of this song I've heard yet, you've got the right pinky nice and loud!

[MrBlobified]

i used to know this song when i was 10 =] i forgot now =[

[MrBlobified]

@MrBlobified

[leandro12340]

todo un profesional... no me canso de ver este video unico.

[NinjaBeffyBullet]

I'm imagining this guy stroking the piano, but this is a beautiful piece :)

[seanandcharlee]

Very nice, I'm learning this piece and it's nice to hear it played well!

[sosyPel]

the left hand is quite different from the sheet I've got uhm..

[cryoshellfan1]

sorry that was ment to be the other way round:

nyan cat

michael nyman

[cryoshellfan1]

piano levels:

easy

medium

hard

ultra hard

michael nyman

nyan cat

[chinagangstertje]

im almost finished learning this piece and it is not so hard it looks hard. The only hard part is from 01:22 till 01:44. The beginning and intro are very easy.

[Sortieeful]

@chinagangstertje really? i found those bits easier to learn than the intro :? you're lucky

[tsuki8ryu]

:) thx ^^

[lolaHichi]

*Jaw Drops Open*

[BattiManZel]

This is so hard, I just tried today to get it, and like I can't :'(

[mongoloperuano]

Muy bueno compañero. Aunque ciertamente te tengo un poco de envidia... hehe. Saludos!

[yuna406]

io ho 12 anni e la so suonare su chitarra in una piccola orchestra :D

[icacot]

SEI UN GRANDE

[SceneForeva]

im 14 and taking my grade seven RCM exam and i'm learning this song for the music festival, even though its a grade ine piece xD

[EriiiikMen]

Can you do a tutorial?

Thanks.

Nice song

[plhorne]

Never realised how beautiful the 2nd half of this song is before! I played it years ago but only ever played the 1st 2 pages - I'll have to pick it up again after hearing this!

[Mme190199]

nice flip flops!

[Isabelle1395]

Amazing. I'm still far away from that. Amazing.

[speshlk84]

Well played, minus some inaccuracies

[dinnerandashow]

sounds great for a standup piano.

[deftlink]

esta demasiado rapido... la cancion es un poco mas lenta... pero me gusta. : )

[meeeske]

Nice playing! i realy love this song.

Is it hard to learn?

I don't have piano lessons, but i learnt a lot from youtube...

I'd love to be able to play this song just like you!

[Ninjaproness]

its good except for the random stopping inbetween bars and the forte and piano.

[xXEffsyXx]

wow... that was brilliant... I really felt that deep inside

[Jaz31146]

very nicely played!

does anyone know what grade this is roughly? thanks :)

[Sefenite101]

@Jaz31146

5!

[Ninjaproness]

@Jaz31146 In the AMEB standards books i recall it was grade five

[FelipeRivendel]

Awesome played !

[Vespertineh]

Well done~ :)

[lovleyCool]

Hey! I have this for my "homework" since Februari or something o.o but i've only have came to the 4:rth paper and it's really hard because I haven't come in to the "flow" if you know what I mean :( And I'm getting really angry and sad on my self because I feel so bad on piano then and I'm thinking of quit with this song... How long did it take for you to finish it?

[xxkoffein]

.....i.......i love you.........

:')

touched my heart how you played this so much beautiful piece!♥

i wanna be able to play it! but never got piano lessons..:(

[TheOoga123]

My new piano song :/ it will take a while to get

[PMacnfriends]

Flip flops

[ThinkingChristian29]

if you like this piece, you might like my latest piano composition. Search "La jeune fille austin" and click on first video. I hope it moves you in some way

[NarcyzPowielski]

neatly technically played.

[GibbyGoldfisch]

Ha; I can play it better... (don't you love being an arsehole?)

[Th4w]

@GibbyGoldfisch

You can play it better? Upload it! I'd love to see a version better than this. I'm serious. If you can't than you would be really pathetic you know...

[GibbyGoldfisch]

@Th4w Unfortunately, my computer skills are nowhere near as good as my insanely brilliant piano ability. So, as much as I would love to oblige your offer, I: 1) do not possess a camcorder, 2) would not know how to upload the videos to a computer, and 3) have neither the will nor the reason to do so anyhow. But take pleasure in the thought that you have conversed with a musician as flawless as myself. btw, if there was a sarcastic smiley, I would have plastered it all over this comment.

[LilMissBlondiexo]

im learning to play this for a really close mate coz he loves it! but OMG tonight I have managed to play the whole page but only a bit of it together! im only 13 and quit grades after grade 1 so am quite proud!:)

this video is amazing and am always watching it and then pausing it at bits!!

[MissMoochies]

I am learning this for the moment and I am so proud : today I finished the first page ! haha

Actually I can do from 00:06 to 00:31, and it's really a big thing for me : this piece is so hard ! :D

Your video is great, thank you :)

[LtHeltors4763]

@MissMoochies Hey dude, i understood than u have the sheets... could you tell me from where i can download'em please!! i want to learn this one too!! :D

[MissMoochies]

@LtHeltors4763 I got them from my piano teacher ! :/ But I think you can buy it on Internet (sheetzbox) or if you speak french (a bit), try "la caverne aux partitions" ! Sorry I can't help more ! Merry Christmas ! :D

[DrHosamT]

@MissMoochies Well, I can do the first 5 seconds of this video, quite easily !

[TheMrsMadd3n]

Could you PLEASE make a tutorial for this!!! I generally learn the piano musics by ear (coz, my bad, I can't really read the notes) but this is too fast for me to hear all the notes and to figure out all the keys! But this is truly W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L!!!

[christinedaae87]

i love watching people play the piano its so theraputic! xxxx

[MarilynObscence]

This is the best cover of this song, congratulations

[floorveerman]

I just love youre performance i'm only a little bit sad that you are playing on a yamaha. It makes this warm song to mechanical

[Viturien]

@floorveerman Oh no! Now that you pointed that out I will never beable to play on a yamaha again :(. My dream one day is to get Kawai piano...

[mpalin11]

I LOVE the part at 1:02 when it changes from 12/8 to 9/8

[MrZGrandmaster]

Great stuff bro! The way you play the left hand is soooo much easier than what the sheet music says and yet just as effective. It's solved my problem with unwanted pauses when I've been trying to show off to people. Thanks heaps!

[Lamentus]

Ηι ! Nice performance!

I want to ask you, one thing.

at 0:37 and at 0:58, did you play the exact notes from the sheet for the left hand?

I'm asking because in my sheets, at that part, the left hand plays

mi si mi re si mi

mi si mi re si mi

which was tricky to get it right a first.

I'd appreciate a reply!

[Artemusicstring]

I love this piece, have you got the score?

[Butterfly3796]

bellissimo <3 =D

[2submit]

fuuuuck i cant do it

[Cyrix166]

I'm buying a 900 dollar keyboard with weighted keys tomorrow and this is the first song i'm learning. I play guitar, bass-guitar, drums and harmonica but I've always wanted to learn piano!

[NeverTooLate7]

Amazing.

[Rhandalzaqueta]

wonderful love



[beautiful304]

Wonderful! Nice flow.



[mvsushi]

This is amazing! (:

[hitmenkong]

Answer me, do you have giant hands? Because I reached g sharp with my pinkie but you did it with your ring finger.. That's impressive

[Chaziltasm]

wow one day i will play that. and i dont even know how to read music. im dyslexic, people say, i will never be able to but i will do it no matter how long it takes.

[Aidan6161]

it is not a timing inprovement, he is not chaning time signitures propperly between 6/8 and9/8.

[tuulia96]

you played this really well.

[twilightguru11]

That's sick nasty-333(:

[Malafky]

nice ... BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[MrRambutanHead]

It's all about the flip flops .

[FromWhereTheMagicIs]

74 hearts do not ask pleasure first!

Sorry guys, couldn't help it ;)

Great job, mate :)

[queenjade09]

PLEASE do a tutorial on this...PLEASE!! :)

[TheBlobWebby]

Challenge accepted. :D

[irenamiept]

well played! I practice the same thing right now and I find it very difficult to keep the melody audible above the background too. good job!

[JapaneseAnimeChick16]

im playing this too and i have to say, i love ur interpretation. the tempo shifts are a bit more pronounced that im used to but u make it work :P keep playing! btw, great job at keeping the melody audible above the backround, tht really made this beautiful :)



[charliehorse31]

There is nothing wrong with adding a bit of Rubato here and there. I think this piece sounds lovely with some Rubato. I'm sorry, KsantiMedia, but tempo shifts were actually written into the piece, and it is supposed to get faster half way through.

[CheHiphopGuevara]

@basjee00

scribd

[xxshekinahxx]

You can't just make a note sound as long as you want it to sound, def. not with a minimalistic piece like this. You ruined the song by doing so.

You can obviously play the piano, but your interpretation of the piece needs work. A lot of it.

[CJCymru]

@xxshekinahxx no it doesn't... This is one of the best ones on Youtube.

[xxshekinahxx]

@CJCymru Opinions can differ, no problem, if this one speaks more to you, that's good =)

But this piece is minimalistic and it doesn't have room to add emotion just by rubato. This piece is not written for rubato. When you listen to the original, you'll hear how it's meant to be played. 20seconds in it gets a lot better, but the first 20sec hurt to listen to. The beauty of this piece is the tightness, the strictness of it, that creates beautiful tension. My opinion =)

[VicWho128]

Your awesome, i'm learning this and your video its help me a lot... Thanks

[CheHiphopGuevara]

@VicWho128

left hand is wrong at some parts. you are better to follow this instructer:

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[KsantiMedia]

Loads of mistakes and tempo shifts, it's a beautiful piece, but your interpretation of it could really use some polishing

[them4ster4]

@KsantiMedia tempo shifts?

you mean rubato?

[meryut0]

me encanta tu interpretación. increíble! =)

[al022008]

That´s a master!!!

[Fyleroner]

he looks like charlie harper xD

[horsegal433]

WOW

[dalymc]

You have such a beautiful talent...that most of here just wish we had,xxxxxx keep playing beautiful music.xxxx

[pooontoast12345]

you are.. AMAZING ! I'm learning this song and I'm up to about halfway so.. 1:11 and your hands are so relaxed and there are extra notes in your video that make it sound better and when I play my hands are all stiff.. :(

[PetePike1]

@astridxxy Thats disgusting

[TheLarres]

you play it diffirent then anywhone on youtube but it sounds the best, i dont know why.

[sultneulven]

Amazing.

[Lorelai271]

1:02 that's my avourite part but it's too hard :D

[Fredagsmyz]

Amazing! Love this song!

[mrnasdfgh]

Amazing... Do you have any sheets for this?

[rimekamal]

i love this film and this music, you're very good really....i want to be like you, but i'm 34 year old...it's so late for me....:(

[vinal89]

@rimekamal Never too late you miserable bugger!

[Morpheus2609]

0:35-0:55 left hand is wrong. It is not A-E-A-E-A-E but A-C-E-C-A-E

0:42 your right hand is equal to your right hand to 0:22

1:05 your right hand is wrong. It Is not E-E-A-C-E-A as 0:10 but E-E-A-B-E-A

and there are other small errors on the left hand after 1:21. the left hand is much more difficult than that.

u play the piano better than me. I say this not to criticize u. u play very well this song.I'm sorry for my English and if I was inappropriate.I wanted to help you. I hope u understand me

[Originaljw]

@Morpheus2609

At around 0:37 you're supposed to play a harder part with your left hand that goes something like E-B-E-D-B-E. It's harder than the one's he playing and is trickier to pull off when your right hand is jumping all around

[Sysyn28]

@Originaljw

I've noticed that too, it doesn't sound different, but I will learn it with EBEDBE, it's a good exercice for the left hand. you know what fingers should be used? now I use 5-3-1-2-3-5

[Originaljw]

@Sysyn28

Whenever I play I differ from 5-3-1-2-3-5 and 5-2-1-2-3-5. Don't think it matters really, the hard part was to make your wrist follow the keyboard so you don't have to use your fingers to much.

[Sysyn28]

@Originaljw thanks :) good luck!

[AgentSmith1O1]

@Morpheus2609 you're a good man.....for the first time, AgentSmith agrees with morpheus

[Time56k]

@rimekamal

on youtube there is a video of a 28 years old pianist who had started to play the piano from 1 year, and he was playing this song.. Maybe you won't become a concert artist, but you can always learn.. It's not too late.

[seetherage]

@rimekamal It is never too late to pick up an instrument. All you need is a little bit of time on the weekends. If you practice twice a week, 4 hours at a time, I guarantee you that by the end of one year, you will be able to play this song.

[BR177]

@seetherage hi, I lost my left ring finger in a bike accident and I just noticed it he does not use that finger playing this piece... maybe I can get a keyboard just for fun what do you think

[Alfalotter]

@BR177 That's always the finger I use the least!

[PandaBasslines]

@BR177 There was this guitarist in the 80is having only 3 fingers but being one of the worlds best guitarist so im sayin yeh go for it =P

[pirategirl154]

@BR177 if you see the movie, the main character gets that finger cut off. thats why :)

[hakaluku]

@BR177 of course he uses it, loo from 1:50 until the end :-)

[stauf1234]

@BR177

ofc It's easily possible to play the piano without one finger. You just have to be willing to learn it! :)

[pblair1977]

@BR177 Good for you! It would be wonderful if you would play again! Best wishes!

[grantparker07]

@rimekamal I'm 38 and I'm learning. I won't make my living as a pianist, but I'm loving it. Give it a try!

[rimekamal]

i love this film and this music, you're very good really....

[Mazsofi]

great!!

[000rocketqueen000]

I love this :)

[EloiseeR]

sexy legs

[Daveeyboii]

you are incredible

[MarieSarlosh]

Un grand bravo ;)

[1997retired]

I really love this piece,and you play so wonderfully...very expressively! Thank you for this beautiful piece!

[MadamePlantier]

Absolutly amazing, it was such a joy to see you hands play this piece, I can only imagine how diffucult it must be. I have since the first day I heard "the heart asks/pleasure first" loved it, and you play it very well !!

[nalesnikzjagodami]

very nice. i like it :)

[stbondgirl007]

how long do you think you have to had played piano for before you attempt this? i'm just trying to figure out what level i'm at cos i'm learning it now :D loveit :) :)

[Tovchaklof]

I think I got another version, and isn't it a bit faster normally? I play it faster, like the 'michael nymann band' ... But well played eh! xD

[MirkwOodElf89]

amaziiing xD...your video is my guide through the learning process ;) arigatoo!!

[leafily]

In the original score, left hand is more difficult.. Try it, i think you won't have any problem, and music will be better :)

[geckotamia]

not bad at all, but I thing you could improve it by doing a biggest accent on the melody! :)

[renehdz20]

Bravura

[swansinger93]

Sublime.

[EricTheRed03]

Cool, I feel more relaxed now.

[AleSifter13]

eres una maquina! Yeaah!

[x0xcutiepie]

 I honestly cannot understand why 64 people disliked, jealous maybe? I know I am...

[al022008]

The best version pal

[spinspin011]

Just beautiful!

[kcobler]

Are you using an upright or grand piano?

[chunkyxsushi]

Nice dynamics.

[MsMissRainbow]

Dude... GREAT JOB! You're really talented! By far the best version of 'The heart asks pleasure first' on the internet!

[joseraki]

my god!...... incredible my friend. I almost cried.. So so so so nice!

[ganonslyaer98]

damn that was good, you got some skill there my friend ^_^

[SteffenPille1993]

i want to play this song on ppiano but i want to ask, if its very hard to play so fast? I'd never played a song, whos so fast like this song.....only comptine dun autre ete from yann tiersen....please help.

[CJCymru]

@SteffenPille1993 I can only play it fast when not reading the notes. You have to learn it by muscle memory in my opinion.

[BEATZJUNiiOR]

@SteffenPille1993 I've learned comptine dun autre ete too! It's a great song!

As for this one, it is actually not that bad to learn. There are a few good tutorial vids for this song and I learned a quarter of the song when I was 14. I was too lazy to learn the rest haha. Now I'm 16 and I'm barely pushing myself to learn the rest by ear. Anyway, don't be lazy! :) I'll send the tutorials by message pal.

[33RedRip]

Awesome ;)

[spanky89]

maaan ur fingers work like a polyp,awesome

[LEOCCIICS1]

good

[welshysheep]

i can play thisbut why does it not sound like this ?! i play a little slower and try to make sure ts all correct but it just isnt the same!! what am i doing wrong? 

[jesse5060]

@welshysheep Hey, i cant help you but ive got the same problem. I play it okay but it just isnt the same... by me i think its the flow in it you need to play constant. gl with the play ^^

[MrAccount999]

You simplified the left hand in the middle didn't you? :P That part is so hard to remember.

[bananaheadx]

i <3 his flip flops

[Shrachno]

63 people are stupid

[spanky89]

omfg

[XDXDXDXDXD0]

I'm like crying here.

[rt9ae]

Nice sandals and you got talent! haha I wish I could play like this XD

[Shrachno]

If you were to see my face right now.........wow

[Rinnnna]

Do you have the sheets maybe? I can't seem to find the right ones:/

[KeitoUchiha]

i admire you

[iheartrainydaykids]

wow your bloody amazing :O

[wakingwallaby]

this song makes my heart swoon. *swooon*

[puppysrcute51]

is this hard to play? because i am thinking of playing it for grade 5 piano for leisure which i am starting at the moment.

[spartan159]

@puppysrcute51 As long as you get the timing down and practice it SLOWLY, it's nothing more technique wize (though that can be a challenge sometimes =3). You don't need to think of it in terms of levels to prevent you from trying it out, you're the best judge!

[ellencranee]

what grade would this be!

[wibr75]

I'm in love with you.....

[Emazz199]

I love this song, how long did it take you to learn it?

[deathlove13]

It doesn't seem to be that hard to play but the right way to be played is really hard to find.

Cheers mate, you made my day

[jonasjonas141]

Charlie Steen on Piano

[Harrunoshi]

Beautifull, congratulations!

[LlamasInBananas]

oof, I'm doing this song for my piano exam and i keep stuffing up the left hand at the end

[Tzi1995]

@LlamasInBananas what grade for piano are u?

[LlamasInBananas]

@Tzi1995 grade four. I was allowed to choose 1 song that isnt from the book