Genesis - Firth of Fifth - part 1 by Alex Staal

[acobaco]

toooooooooo fast man! Anyway, GOOOOOOOD JOB! :-)

[muziekengeluid]

@acobaco Thank you... You're right, the intro is too fast, unfortunately I realized that too late...

[topolinik]

You are very bravo!!!

[RaphaelChaise1977]

Amazing work of playing but also recording and editing!

[muziekengeluid]

@RaphaelChaise1977 Thanks Raphael :-)

[meurig100]

It sounds like Genesis itself but without Phil or Peter. I love music without singing that is why I love Genesis

[gtrbass7]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful. My son played the Firth intro at a recital recently and we watched your rendition for inspiration. Look up 'Firth of Fifth - Joe's Third Piano Recital' and remember that he's only 8 years old.

Thanks for the inspiration.

[muziekengeluid]

@gtrbass7 Thanks for your kind words. Great to hear that the next generation, your son, is also interested in the music ofthis era :-)

[redceasar]

Dat intro op de piano, ik kan dat wel blijven bekijken.

Die twee verschillende melodieën links en rechts.

Voor mij ben je een Top muzikant

[muziekengeluid]

@redceasar Hartelijk dank... Het heeft mij ook ruim 25 jaar gekost dit stuk enigszins onder de knie te krijgen...

Gr, Alex

[frankiebhoy15]

rubbish, maestro wannabe

[muziekengeluid]

@frankiebhoy15 Thanks, I totally agree...

[IwanttoliveinParis]

Maybe you should re-load it as one piece. Is it less than ten minutes as a whole?

[IwanttoliveinParis]

@IwanttoliveinParis Heck....I think it's either fifteen or unlimited.

[bucknorm]

before I die I must learn the beginning of this song on piano

[DNAngel2009]

@bucknorm Argh, me too! XD

[radagast65]

Your attention to detail in the dynamics of the left hand, bass notes, shows your mastery of this song,you really do it justice!. I would buy a recording with you playing some of these Genesis piano pieces.By the way your right hand is no slouch either lol!

[muziekengeluid]

@radagast65 Thank you for the response :-)

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you very much, Brazil :-)

And you're hereby invited to play some music with me...

[emercito]

If i could i would playing with you all Genesis songs which i was capable on drums. Ihve started on Piano when i was 8 years old,and at now i´m playing drums on Church. But I have to tell you something: NICE FIRTH OF FIFTH PIANO EXECUTION :)

[emercito]

On of the beautiful momments is between 3:03 to 3:06 when the drums makes cadence and accents with the Piano. Simply beautiful

[muziekengeluid]

@emercito Thank you for your detailed comment :-)

[gonzasabbath]

Good.. but maybe a lil bit too fast.

[kh103]

Good technique but too fast,,,,

[edctgbujm123]

I know this is a lot to ask, but do you think you could possibly put up a tutorial for this so us novice pianists may learn? I have a hard time learning by sheet music and need tutorial videos in order to play, I'd be forever indebted to you should you post one.

[KMBCGeno]

Stunning, sir!

[5diesis3bemolli]

I like it!

[untensil]

Love is what i feel for this video!

[NotoriousSouthpaw]

impressive



[mokacode]

great rendition..(.pianist to pianist)...oops U play other instruments...the whole stuff is allright...

[muziekengeluid]

@mokacode Well thank you very much colleague... I actually am only a pianist who thinks he can play other instruments... ;-)

Thanks for your kind words...

[ildottormale]

0:45 head dematerialization :D

[ildottormale]

@ildottormale and also at 1:00 :D

[tessabent]

RESPECTTT!

[muziekengeluid]

@tessabent  Dankje :-)

[muziekengeluid]

@20centjes Ik vrees van wel... Gelukkig is er tijdens het bewerken iets misgegaan waardoor alles in 16:9 is gerendered, en dit had tot gevolg dat mijn hoofd amper zichtbaar is ;-)

[Geggegi]

bravo alex ! anzi bravissimo !

[TheBurningbarrel]

I just saw part 3. It was brilliant! I am really liking part 1 though.

[muziekengeluid]

@TheBurningbarrel Thanks a lot mate :-)

[potpourri360]

My mail is vlaberge@live.ca

[potpourri360]

Hi, my name is Vincent Laberge. I want to play Firth of fifth with my band. It would be very thank if you send me the full score for band. This can be done by Sibelius 3 or as photo-image. Thank you in advance.

[PaulHartXYZ]

Tony Banks has NOTHING on you.

[muziekengeluid]

@PaulHartXYZ Please explain... (sorry, I'm only Dutch)

[PaulHartXYZ]

@muziekengeluid Hi. It means you are as GOOD as Tony Banks. Really. You are an amazingly talented piano player. Bravo.

[leeinbgky]

@muziekengeluid PaulHartXYZ means that your performance is equal to Banks'. In other words, this is very good stuff. And I agree. ;)

[ODonnell94]

@muziekengeluid Er denkt dass du besser als Tony Banks um die Klavier ist :)

He thinks youre better than Tony Banks mate

[cafra28]

Superb! It's like a "karaoke" version. Will enjoy singing along with it.

[muziekengeluid]

@oOblackwhiteOo I wish :-D

[EludeTheSunshine]

Yeah this is seriously awesome. You are great dude.

[muziekengeluid]

@EludeTheSunshine  Thank you :-)

[sunnshol]

Cool! Caught your little "improvisation" coming back into the main theme. ;) Check out my version at MichaelCoxGroup dawt cawm.

[sunnshol]

Very nice. Caught your "alteration" coming back into the main theme, lol. Check out my version...

[Shintsu2]

...did you just play Firth of Fifth on the piano with no sheet music or anything? Skills...I can't even play the intro without staring at piano tabs and even then, ho ho not happening. Sure hope I can play the piano bit of Firth of Fifth on the piano some day, this whole thing is really well made. I would've been impressed if it was just the piano bit but you went for the full thing and did a great job!

[TheHunterRE]

Wow, you are incredible!!! Very good!

One question: Have you used the Native Instruments B4, right? Can you tell me what preset you used for take that sound? I'm looking for the setup for take a sound like the genesis. (Sorry about my english...i'm spanish =P)

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you :-)

In the B4 I use the 'Wither Shade of Pale' preset wich I adapt a little bit, it's a matter of playing with the drawbars... I usually use a diminished chord, esp. in Firth of Fifth. Good luck.

Your English isn't bad at all ;-)

Alex

[ventiseiad]

perfect!

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you ;-)

[MrPannocchieXD]

Great Cover, i like this videos and you're a great talent!

[aeropilot]

Whoa! Slow down Casey Jones.

[lolfag3]

freddy fab 5 * _ *

[mottledbrain]

Marvellous. Thank you for sharing that with us.

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you for listening :-)

[cicciodinonnapapera5]

good!!!

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you :-)

[gg95]

THANKS!!!

[stepminestepminestep]

please be in my BAND!!!!!!! Look up Arcane Alchemy The Vessel on here!!!!

[muziekengeluid]

I already have, in one of me compilations... ;-)

[N1095A]

Just curious, Any chance you could do Squonk?

[Giggivan]

great!

[MyFabFour]

Great job and I know the piano part and guitar part and flute part I just don't know how to play all those synth chords. I need the sheet music. Do you know where I can get it? Also I want to be a rock star when I grow up because I play so many instruments I can barely count them all. 5 stars and keep playing!

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you so much :-)

That's a nice way to describe 'Firth of Fifth'... (even though it's from the 20th century (1973) ) ;-)

Are you gonna be a professional musician? You are adequately talented (and young...)

Good luck anyways.

Kind regards,

Alex (from Holland)

[chatzi030385]

yes it is me and my brother plays the firth of firth and a composition witch won the first prize in an international competition. It is a modern classical piece of the 21 st cenrury. I congratulate you again for the beadifull performance

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you Chatzi... :-)

Is that Debussy in that clip?

And, is that you??

[chatzi030385]

really nice

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you, Greece :-)

[laertof]

congradulations maaaaaann!! well done!!

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you very much, you sound like a musician to me...

About the glued sections: There are 3... (pssttt) ;-)

[trivial105]

ehehe....there are some glued sections...(00:46 for example)

[trivial105]

the best piano introduction I've ever heard....an execution with a sapient use of "piano" and "forte". difficult to see on you tube! GOOD!

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you Goat :-)

[goatcobain]

Have just watched all 3 parts, absolutely superb. Don't worry about not being a singer, I wish I could play just one instrument so well. The sound is so accurate to the original. Many thanks for sharing.

[muziekengeluid]

Thanks Four :-)

[MyFabFour]

I love each part you did.

[cmtemoacirsilva]

Alex, what amazing job you have done. Played all the instruments perfectaly. I´d be the happiest man in the world if I´d be able to do 1/2 of this!!

Superb! Congrats from Brazil!!

PS I´ve seen the 3 parts!!!

[miniaturasparaiso]

verry nice! drumms!!!

[muziekengeluid]

Yeah sure... What plane you gonna grab? ;-)

Or can you record your part and e-mail it to me? I'd be honoured...

Regards,

Alex

[chyrd]

very cool... need a singer?

[shoans]

Q:

How many Alex Staals does it take to change a light bulb?

A:

Two. One to change the light bulb and the other to say "I can do that!"

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you very mych :-)

Pity there's that big ocean between us ain't it?

[zenstain]

This was just utterly fantastic. You are a true musician. I wish I lived near you to put the Steve Hackett lines on this.

[aquistou19]

Great, great, great! Can you post a video only with the bassline?

[parv81]

You keep the tempo spot on! I mean the piano, this is all I'm interested in atm. Fantastic job.

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you :)

[dibelva]

wonderful piano!

[muziekengeluid]

Danke Marcel :-)

[marcelholz]

Very good Playback :-)

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you very much Kujie

[kujieprods]

wunderbar!!!! a really man show!

[loreztaken]

man, u r really good!

[muziekengeluid]

Thanks Iceland ;-)

[sirReginaldFartsalot]

Nothing short of incredible! A true homage to Genesis!

[Hyardacil]

I play this myself too. (The intro I mean)

One thing I'm proud to know.

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you, that's really a compliment :-)

[utdgrant]

Insane. I'm trying to learn this piece, and you're at Tony Banks standard already !

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you Arturino :-)

[arturino1960]

Eccellente....Sei stra-bravissimo :ottimo lavoro ;)  5 stars

[Staruan]

Sta gargia! Bravissimo

[nuli24]

Amazing!

5/5

[NakedSnakeIta]

sei proprio bravo ,mi vengono i brividi

[Shackamaxon]

Excellent! Your Yamaha sounds exactly like the piano in the album version, at least to me. It has a wonderful brightness to it. Im not sure a Steinway would do the song justice. It amazes me that youre able to do all this from memory.

[muziekengeluid]

Not exactly, it's more like 'what you see is what you hear'. When you see me playing a guitar, it's the very same guitar-part you 're hearing.

Thanks for subscribing, you're the first person from China :-)

[andrewawp]

this is totally amazing. you played all the parts, then recorded yourself with video playing them?

[champalou]

terrible.. by ear.. well done friend, why don't yu write down a score?.....(h e l p...)

[joostdumoulin]

dank u wel

[muziekengeluid]

Ik zal er over nadenken Joost,

dank voor de complimenten :-)

[joostdumoulin]

zou u dat astublieft een keer sloom willen spelen en dat op youtube zetten ik ben 14 en ik speel piano en ik zou dit liedje graag willen leren

trouwens u speelt geweldig

[muziekengeluid]

Very kind of you to say that Jack, but I did make a mistake in the intro...

Thank you anyway :-)

[JackBlair2]

People say "O you played a wrong not..." Does it ever occur to them that maybe Tony Banks played the note wrong in the original?

[muziekengeluid]

Danke schön Volker :-)

[Grubenpony12]

Great Job!!

[BlackmoonUK]

One word...

Marvellous

Astounding

Brilliant

Awesome

Wait.... Can't sum it up in one word. Well done that man.

[hobdend]

you did a really good job picking out the piano part at the beginning, especially by ear...i'm trying to learn this at the moment and its going really slow but i am getting there. What really winds me up tho is when you get comments like 'wrong note in the intro..' I always go to their channel and see what they've submitted and guess what...nothing. They cant play an instrument therefore they have no right to leave these unconstructive remarks. 5 stars for you.

[boondocking]

really good

i'm trying to learn this now,,

definetly not the easiest song,, but one of the best!

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you very much Platoon :-)

[PLATOON72]

Great! five stars.

[mysticradio]

wow.......

[tlobs]

wait, I have to add something... I just realized a few of the left hand chord voicings are different, also... you must have picked this all out by ear, excellent job...

that said, if you would slow down the intro a little, not rush through the ascending piano... let the emotion guide that part, you really rush through it like crazy, a lot of the feeling is lost...'

put it this way, it's not a test, you know what I mean?

excellent work, still in all

[muziekengeluid]

You're right lobs, you must've listened very carefully ;-) I still haven't figured that damn bit out (grrrrr)

...and yes, I did it all by ear, no sheets, I hate 'em really... all I can depend on is my hearing and my musical memory.

The intro is too fast due to the adrenaline that struck me during the recording, not that I tried to impress anyone whatsoever...

Thanks for your honest comment (and your compliments), you gave me 'constructive', as we like to call it :)

Best regards,

Alex

[tlobs]

... a few too many notes there on the turnaround in the piano intro... other than that, almost perfect... good job putting together the rest of the song

[muziekengeluid]

Dank :-) (Drent zunder h??)

Deel 3 is mooier (vind ik, Mellotron e.d.)

[smokybass]

Klasse Stoal ;-)

[muziekengeluid]

Like exception as in 'not very well played'? ;-)

In that case you're right, I aint no drummer...

Thank you anyway :)

[drjekyll66]

the rythm is a bit like exception. nice

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you very much Carlo :)

Sorry, I ain't got no tabs, I just listened to it quite well...

[carloemiliozuniga]

oooohhh, i really love this song,

its sound awesome, i had spent much time

looking for the bass tab, please can you tell me where i can download it please!!

congratulations, the piano intro was perfect!

[muziekengeluid]

Thanks :)

I'm very sorry, if I would've had the sheet I'd be happy to send it to you but I haven't. Just listen to it for about 25 years (like me) and you'll be able to play it :-).

Good luck anyway.

Alex

[jojo4400garfield]

wow this is perfect!!!

could you please do me a big favour and send me the sheet music for the intro?!?

i'd love to learn it...and i actually need it as a present too... =)

[ferro9011]

wrong note in the intro...

[muziekengeluid]

They sure are :)

[mitika77]

wonderful song!!!!!

genesis are very good!

[Jonah9559]

amazing job. check out me on youtube playing it. jonah jordan plays piano. im only 12.

[Blackfire6005]

Hey Muziekengeluid do you have the sheet music for the piano intro, i so desperatly want to learn that! Really nice though, its really impressive!

Blackfire

[mayorelvis2]

very well done

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you very much Alsound, much appreciated :)

[alsound2]

Nice playing, but in my opinion the piano intro is too fast (btw nice technique), I think that in Genesis' music each note has to be thought before playing.

Keep up the good work :)

[muziekengeluid]

You're right, it is too fast... sorry ;-)

And thanks.

[alsound2]

Well, I'm not right, it's just my opinion... :)

I like very much your "Firth of Fifth", and I like the fact that you play (with a lot of expression) more than one instrument.

I can hear (and feel) a MUSICIAN's vision of the song, not just a PLAYER's one. So, keep up the good work and good luck for everything.

Cheers form Venice Italy.

[JackBlair2]

No, his tempo is perfect.

[muziekengeluid]

Thanks man... could yu record your singing so i can dub it? ;-)

[KingXanadu]

oh my goodness

this is awesome man!

I was singing along!

[jobvink]

This is really awesome! Did you really play all the instruments yourself? This is perhaps the best Firth-performance, besides Genesis-performances of course, that could be found on the net. I'm certainly looking forward to viewing your version of part 2!

[CldMind]

Great Job!!

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you very much :)

[muziekengeluid]

It's actually pretty weird that I got this many views on Firth of Fifth - "Part 1" while I like "Part 3" the most. I hope you will take the effort to watch it, it surely took more time to put it together :-)

Thank you.

[CuppaTeable]

I've seen all the firth of fifths on YouTube and this truly is the best. Is there a part two, and if so do you get the Moog pedals out!?

[randomgarage]

That's about the best solo effort ever.

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you very much :)

[jewgler]

ive been self teaching my self piano for about a month and a half now, and i can play the fisrt like 10 measures at full speed with my right hand. I'm still trying to incorporate my left hand, but i have to use all my concentration on just the right hand. lol. i can see major improvement though, every single time i replay it. i hope to be able to play the solo with both hands by the time my next school year starts in 3 months,

[chris21125150]

That was great! I love the 'stop looking into the camera' part. :) You did a wonderful job!

[muziekengeluid]

Thanks mate, that's the basis of all my video's: humor. Besides that, I grew up with Genesis, thanks to my brother...

By all means, keep posting your stuff, I like it :)

Gerards,

Alex

[mazdaman03031967]

best one i heard yet, will not beat genesis but bloody good effort!!!

[muziekengeluid]

no one will beat Genesis...

But thank you anyways :-)

[agusagaz]

again..! you rock!!!

[mrchs1976]

Nice work. It's the first time I saw the intro to Firth Of Fifth. Genesis would always skip it in concert when I saw them. Incredible

[muziekengeluid]

Thanks chs

[noordcop1]

Jij bent echt goed Alex.

Zit hier gewoon te genieten.

Heb nu inmiddels 3 x de cover-band The Musical Box gezien. Maar wat jij, als 'n soort Mike Oldfield hier doet is echt fantastisch. Ga zo door, en je hebt een trouwe fan erbij.

Groetjes Frank Snoeks

Haarlem

[muziekengeluid]

Harstikke leuk Frank, dank! (dat rijmt)

Wil 'The Musical Box' ook wel eens zien/horen, ik heb er veel over gehoord.

Gr,

Alex

[theoriginalrogue]

wow ure amazng! im learning it on the piano myself

[muziekengeluid]

Great. I hope you will succeed, I still have some bits wrong, and it took me about 20 years to figure the damn piece out.

Good luck bro :-)

[Deviant1853]

20 years? Ouch... I started 3 years ago and just today I've just got the right hand down and at the right speed for the song. I attempted sticking the left hand to it aswell only to realise my 61 key keyboard just isnt big enough, think I may have to treat myself to an upright piano at some point!

Excellent cover though, sounds just right!

[prosoloist]

yes, you need at least a 73 key and I think even then it gets tight

[nocterbalbulus]

Is it you on all the instruments? Beautiful work!

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you very much, and yes sir, I'm afraid it's all me...

[Kakarot21591]

What kind of piano is that? It sounded beautiful! I'd love to play this on a Steinway...

[muziekengeluid]

Thank you very much :) This happens to be a Yamaha CF 297cm... in due time i'd like a Bösendorfer, but i like Steinway aswell...

[jarnestrom]

Very good job and nicely edited & assembled video! Apparently you're a professional, few amateurs could come up with these. Very nice to see a grand piano at close range, and with open lid as well! Not often you see that on YT.