J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor (fugue)

[passionceltik]

Grandiose!!! je salue cette si belle interprétation .Quelle maitrise,quelle talent ,quelle présence!!!bravo à toi.Merci de nous faire partager ce pur moment...Merci Mr Bach J S.

[harut179]

Bach is AVESOME

[13Danca]

AMAZING PERFORMANCE........oh, and i heard the mistake in 5:35.

your right pinky finger hit 2 notes simultaneously

[EmilyGreene1984]

That was great! Please post more soon! :) 

[Ilovenailsxxxnaomi]

can you pleace make a tutorial, and show me how to do that

this is so great!!!

[jvance2230]

@Ilovenailsxxxnaomi

Thank you so much! Unfortunately I didn't have a piano for a while after I made this video and I forgot how to play most of the song. I don't really know what any of the notes are and I just played on muscle memory, so it's been tough trying to remember how it goes. Worse, I made up a few parts because I couldn't read the music right so there's no way to really tell what I did there... I'll let you know if I can figure it out but thank you

[Ilovenailsxxxnaomi]

@jvance2230

oke, thank you so much

[Plingio]

@Ilovenailsxxxnaomi You will never get a tutorial for this song. He only does the second movement, so I can't say for sure how long that would take alone, but the whole song (on piano, not organ) took me about a year to perfect.

[Ilovenailsxxxnaomi]

@Plingio wow, that's very long...

but with a beautiful result

I love it

[peirou123]

the part you play is my favourite part ! You are an awesome player .Where you got the music sheet or where did you learn it? ty

[jvance2230]

@peirou123

Thank you! I actually found the sheet music in my college's library in the music section and copied the pages. I had the song on my ipod also, but I'm pretty sure they were different transcriptions. That's why a few bits from my version don't match up with official versions you'll find, because I just made them up. It took days just to write down the letter under each note in the sheet music and it took years to match my hands to what I saw. Frustrating, but worth it :)

[papuna18]

hey bro u play it good. As an advice (I am a piano player as well :) ) use less pedal and try to make repetitive notes sound lower

[andretheref]

Absolutely love it. You have the perfect tempo & move from the heavy thought to the ethereal dream so well. Brilliant.

[pianogall]

Most excellent playing! very good timing, great touch. Impressive. I am a piano teacher - very proud of you!



[kriztianrifa]

Tokas de maravilla ojala algun dia pueda hacer lo que tu haces en verdad tu si eres un generador de envidia muy buena interpretacion

[alexandre240296]

This is only fugue ? Great playing though :)

[bcdude126]

how long did it take u to learn this piece? i looked at the sheet it looks very difficult

[TheRizz701]

excellent,loosen up a little and feel the music and go with the flow xx

[Unoperad]

I'm totally fall in love with you! Świetna gra!

[EmpireNOS]

FOR A GUY THAT DOES NOT READ MUSIC,YOU ARE VERY TALENTED !

I CAN'T PLAY,OR READ,YET I CAN SING REALLY WELL,BECAUSE I LEARNED FROM SINATRA !

[JeffreyWerewindle]

I don't know why, but I find Bach very hard to "read"... I just can't look at it and play it like Beethoven.

[Lio8blue]

sei incredibil fantastico

[UnScriptedFlix]

...Did they not have pedals and/or the ability to slur in the 18th century? Don't worry, you played it beautifully. ;)

[SuperMiquelle]

Man,you've got hands of iron!!!great potential.just work a little bit more on softness and dynamics...yes,you,ve missed some notes,but who cares..generaly,you have "piece in your hands"...just little bit more relax and softness, and don't rush ...keep going ...iit's har to believe that you learned this masterpiece "by ear" ! CONGRATULATIONS

[watisapotato]

I know you don't adhere to the sheet but can I just say, this has got to be one of my favourite recordings on youtube. I mean its incredible. I'm currently working on it and I must admit, I'll be looking at your expressive technique more every day :P oh and I do love 3:32 and the rubbing of the hands hahaha take care x

[jvance2230]

@watisapotato

Thank you for the compliment! Good luck learning this piece; I know if I could do it, it's certainly doable for someone who knows what they're doing :P

Once you learn it, you should post the finished product

[watisapotato]

@jvance2230 no no its one thing playing for myself, and quite another playing for youtube! I only wanted to learn it so i can creep out my sister on halloween :P

[jvance2230]

@watisapotato

haha well it's a day too late but I just posted the Toccata, which is what you'll want to learn if you wanna creep people out.

It's actually really easy to learn and much easier to record a solid performance, just in case you ever do wanna post your rendition :)

[igmz777]

@jvance2230 I wanted to know the name of the piano song played by Billy Coen from Resident Evil 0. I believe it is from Chopin but I cannot be sure.

[stuio74]

Cheers dude! that was v v good!

[darkchief61]

How long have you been playing piano to be able to perform like this?

[barrowmeoct04]

p.s. ... look forward to hearing the toccata

[barrowmeoct04]

Much Props for being able to play this with a combination of ears and basic musical knowlege, this is a piece i will attempt. It's good to know there are 'untrained' musicians out there confident enough to learn pieces like this and to put them up on youtube...

Well done...

[jvance2230]

@barrowmeoct04

Thank you!

My goal in starting to learn this piece was to just know one really impressive song so that I could pretend I had skills :P Good luck in learning it.

p.s. toccata is coming up imminently

[nle97]

Wow, I do my dance exam to this piece. You are so amazing!

[catchersmitt0]

Bach is so beautiful, I always get the chills. Wonderful!

[Zamorak4251]

Thats what I thought I saw based on your hand positons. It was amazing though!

[Zamorak4251]

Do you play any string instruments too? Or do you read note by note and not the chords as a whole?

[MrFernandoPJR]

your speeding up the tempo!! It still sounds great though... hats off!!!

[Lio8blue]

si nu mostr

[josepablobolanos]

This is just the fugue, not the toccata...  But your performance was awesome!

[jvance2230]

@josepablobolanos

that's why i specify (fugue) in the title of the video...

I actually learned the toccata recently so hopefully i'll have time to record and upload that soon. thanks for watching and for the compliment!

[florinlin]

great performance......3:33 make me smile :)

[thelemaist]

Brabooooooooooo incredible men you are amazing

[girldeathnote]

Amazing! O.O

[DrShpilev]

Fantastic ! If you'd do the toccata part at well that would be great.

[suissia77127]

why do you start with your right hand you shoud start with the left your fingers would be already ready =) =p ^^

[memepiano]

The best transcription for me is Tausig version, Busoni's version is more "organistic" the piano to have sound like organ, other versions exists but Tausig version is the more virtuosi and majestuosity, because combine the baroque mode of playing and the Lizst mode, because Tausig was a Liszt pupil, for me this piece are in the list of the more difficult pieces for piano and the most beautiful, really, this piece marked my life at the first time that i heared

[memepiano]

I dont believe that you dont read sheetmusic, because you have good technic, crossing hands, finger independence, octaves, dinamic movement of the hands (Sandor) good digitation. The aspects that you have to better is: chords, skips, you study in a conservatory before? Sorry for my english I speak spanish and a little english, I from Central America. Congratulations

[DanniCoconut]

wow, u don't take lessons and play that well , maybe there's hop[e for me after all :P

[Zarashi99]

may we request a tutorial from you??

[jvance2230]

@Zarashi99

unfortunately i cant do a tutorial because I really have no clue what notes i'm playing but i do know that some of them are wrong and the timing is off. i learned this by listening to my ipod shuffle and trying to match what i heard to what i could decipher from the sheet music (the extent of my knowledge is literally just f-a-c-e and every good boy does fine). hundreds of hours and lots of frustration but to play it is heaven. it was worth it.

[billspintobean]

@jvance2230 Wow. I have the EXACT same problem with deciphering the notes. And I even took lessons for freakin' 5 or 6 years, like, 30 years ago. My friend, what we have is called 'being unable to sightread'. An unfortunate "affliction"; but on the other hand, playing by ear is a wonderful & rewarding thing. I am watching your video because I'm having trouble with the fingering in a couple of parts, for crying out loud, & the way you're doing it is easier. TY for posting this, and nice job!

[billspintobean]

@jvance2230 PS - Try Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu. That's a really fun one, too!

[jvance2230]

@billspintobean

The Fantaisie Impromptu is my favorite song, along with Bach's Toccata and Fugue. I love Chopin's music and unfortunately I've learned snippets of many of his etudes but never a full song :). I did try the Fantaisie Impromptu once, but after a few hours I learned like six notes and gave up. Such a beautiful song though. Can you play it?

[mrektor]

Soundtrack of Geniality

[KOGAL79]

i think you should take it easy with the pedal. several times the notes were not clear and the magic of bach is always on the clarity of the notes.

[AnjiBow2]

Oh my gosh, that's not the Toccata that I usually hear, but beautiful, awesome & is there a slow tutorial? Would soooo love to learn this !

[gustyssoocool]

Where is th toccata?

[Scorpiusgrl]

Wow, do you play this by ear. I know that if i knew how to read music, I would be able to do the really complicated parts of this amazing piece. I am in love with Bach music

[dreamscaper2008]

Some parts you seem to struggle with speed and sounds bad. The bad notes aren't as bad. You should lay off the sustain pedal. Some parts sound a lot better with it, but you lose those parts since you use it too much.

[c0string]

step away from the piano... PERIOD! and go learn how to read sheet music correctly, than try again, than once you learn the actual piece, improv on it, youll do better.

[TonyWRO]

very good but i don't like when someone change the notes

[QuickAtTheKeys]

I love thi. I want to learn it so badly and play it for my talent show XD blow peoples minds LOL on the organ it sounds like the Entrance to Hell lmao NICLEY PLAYED!

[MissVanDevious]

amazing! but wheres the toccata?

[MaAyAnS12]

AMAZING!!

I think you're a very good pianist!

well done about the very very good quality of the video!

a lot of success in chopin "fantasia"..



[Maud08]

You never ever had piano lessons?

[j11m23d]

it sounds like a few little parts are no right but im not sure i would have to check my sheet music and listen and look with care

[billiswow]

Ohhhhhh marry me please.

[Kirby9996]

Good job, this is a piece I always play when I sit at in organ, and people say it's coplicated!

[zanko90]

please!! teach me how to learn toccata and fugue!! I wanna play it so badly!!!!

[snowcrystalxxx]

will you send me the music sheet

i want it so badly.

[alligator29956]

Awesome!

[SuperOwyeah]

good job, if you can play this without reading notes it means u have a good musical ear.

I have a few tips: try to not use the pedal to much and use a liddle more dynamic.

Try not to play verry low with left hand and verry low with right hand 4:15- 4:30, btw i think youre piano is a liddle false :)

srry for nagging and goodluck

[sweetevilproductions]

or a good memory xD

[Rocoromero]

Wow i just found out the name of this peice. andi think its a remarkable song.

to see this young man play this peice with no music note is truly amazing. i am really intrested in playing the piano and this is one of the song i would love to accomplish.

[writhedhornbill]

This is truly amazing! I can play the first couple of lines on the piano, but then after that I give up! I'm having a go currently at the flute duet version, which is easier for me! Again, superb!

[yssinhah]

I-N-C-R-I-V-E-L! ^^

[gumtu2011]

I have heard this piece many times. Having seen it, I never knew the complexity required to play it. Well done.

[Benz145]

Wow this looks so complicated! Nice work!

[DaDailyBread]

That's IN-CREDIBLE!!!

You learned that WITHOUT music???

That's SICK!!!

[rcc400]

The fugue is the best part.

[XuchiwaX]

@rcc400 I agree ! It's so beautiful, so pure ... Full of emotions when I'm hearing that...

[WalkedAbner]

WoOoOoOow!!! IT'S WONDERFULL!!! AMAZING EH!

CONGRATULATIONS!! (y)

WELL DONE

[papboer16]

don't read notes? how the .... did you learn this then?

[jvance2230]

well i can read notes but not music if that makes sense.. most of the time i can figure out which note has to be played but i dont always know which type of note it is and what timing it carries.. that's why a few parts of my transcription are a little bit different (improvised) from the traditional transcriptions.. glad it's not too obvious though

[erydezint]

@jvance2230 You "play by ear" as my piano teacher would have said. She said the same about me. Great piece, you were wonderful. I personally like putting a lil personal spin on the classics, all in good taste of course.

[kenjikFr]

@papboer16 He has great ears ^^

[BrendanKennedy96]

Just Fugue? Oh well. Brilliant playing, I loved it!

[gerabriel]

Good performance *****