J.S. Bach - Little Fugue in G Minor

[chrisclr]

Does anyone know where I can learn the Organ?

[Angryification]

@chrisclr Go to a church. There will probably be flyer or something on a pinboard somewhere.

[mrsfarquita]

he rocks. that was awesome



[scaper12123]

Are you ready?

like if you get the reference

get a life if you don't

[HoboBob24]

@scaper12123 Hmm... It appears I miscalculated the odds of your comment's likability.

[ironrider64]

originaly...in a UPMC commercial

[SuperPandas]

I originally heard this off of Catherine, a japanese game for the Xbox and PS3 from Atlus. Beautiful.

[littlemacaddict]

@SuperPandas

Mega Man Legends for me. Also, Catherine was released in America...

[stymification]

@thoroughlyThoreau And what part of that isn't covered by "I can't explain why"? did you bypass reading comprehension on the way to your MFA in Internet Snark?

[TheBrain188]

From one organist to another, excellent. Truly outstanding, and this difficult piece was performed quite well.

[frederickos1]

argh mistake at 0:28 is painful

[frederickos1]

argh mistake at 0:28 is painful

[stymification]

I can't explain why but this song seems to me to be proof that there is a God (by whatever name you call it). It's simple and complex and jaw-droppingly amazing. 

[FiberMuffins]

@stymification It's music written by man for man. People do exceptional things all the time. It is not proof of the existence of a divine being. It's proof of the creativity, intelligence, and inspiration present in humankind.

[stymification]

@FiberMuffins good name - you certainly keep the sh!t flowing dontcha? People like you and fundie religiotards are opposite side of the same small-minded coin.

[SqueezeMyLemonBabe]

@FiberMuffins man can make art great with or without God, but man can perfect his art through God.

[johnnysaltable]

@stymification Yes, and his name is Bach

[Foreignstar]

I really wanna learn how to play this song on flute, and then probably play it as a duet with someone.

[KevinLounsberry]

Pure awesome

[vivelabonnemusique]

why legato ?

[sooperbored123]

this is definitely at the beginning of the haunted puzzle in banjo kazooie

[Jae132]

Wow this is mad skill!

[fanguchiha194]

Did anybody hear this from donkey kong 64?

[adshield]

speed it up a little you got shrek forever after.

[TheMarsht]

I remember getting so scared by this song because I always associated it with Juno from Megaman Legends.

[onimusha514]

@TheMarsht awesome game!the third one is goign to be on niintendo 3ds

[DeadFishFactory]

That guy is awesome.

[holderness2]

Man this guy's so smooth: Epic benchslide at the beginning and then that fancy twirl around at the end. I'll have to remember that when performing.

[pilotoatomico]

the note at 3:20 is so low it makes me shit myself

[lugialoveheart]

This is awesome.

[greyspot00]

I first heard this for the first time in Megaman Legends on the final boss fight :D

[monta0076]

素晴らしい！涙が出ました。

[sumrandomgirl]

I thoroughly enjoy the tempo of this. Also, I love the little bench slide he does at the beginning. I giggled.

[starbreez3]

@sumrandomgirl Haha, very professional!

[free2kill456]

Well the problem I have with this is, well i think he played it perfectly with the notes and timing. But its as if all the notes blend together, I find it hard to pick out the voices and the notes and such.

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Sorry to say it, but while this performance is technically proficient, it lacks SOUL - and don't tell me Bach's music doesn't have soul: it's awesomely emotional (as well as intellectually satisfying) when played properly: think B minor Mass - now THAT'S raw emotion at its go-for-Baroque finest!!!!

[ironmankop]

@HolyMotherofGrid Agree. I think issue is not enough differentiation in phrasing and no dynamic differentiation. I often experience this with younger players...all brawn and technical prowess but lacking in musical and dynamic interpretation.. If you listen to same musician playing same piece separated by time, you'[ll hear difference. Generally I've found, age brings not only soul wisdom but musical wisdom...aka "soul" as well. Anyway, that's my two cents on the matter.

[starbreez3]

@ironmankop take Koopman as an example.

[yxmehxy1]

four voice fugue, in quadruple meter, texture is imitative polyphony

[androo4salez]

How many damn melodies does this song have playing at once? This is amazing.

[Ianthe22]

@androo4salez 1 and the same. Or do you mean the main theme?

[SordidGuy]

@androo4salez - I think you mean "voices", not "melodies"......

[HolyMotherofGrid]

@androo4salez Like much of Bach's music, it has 4 semi-independent "voices" which play with the fugue theme, develop counter-themes and weave intricate counterpoint. Bach was the absolute master of this sort of thing - and it takes a masterful keyboard player to maintain the independence of each voice while bringing out the original fugue theme no matter where it happens to be at any give time.

[raggandb]

Japanese play european music, part 3576:) Listen this fugue performed by ex. Ton Koopman. This interpretation is just bad.

[Megatrane]

this guy have 3 brains at least

[onguy3n]

Genius.

[myco578]

i just want to press all those buttons

[starbreez3]

@myco578 lol hahaha

[starbreez3]

@myco578 That's the evolution of a cockpit.

[DarkonFullPower]

Megaman Legends anyone?

[JIGOLOSS]

Грязновато... И с тембрами перемудрил... ((

[johnniebwalkin]

this guy is nasty. wow.

[Thetipodoks]

WTF!



[blaze3927]

fuck, rediculously good trills

[Helyzz82]

he may be good, but I miss the feeling for this piece, instead a robotic performance, a quality of a different kind.

[Treijim]

@Helyzz82 Personally, I feel that the slightly quicker speed takes away from some of the feeling. Perhaps this is what you are sensing?

[RJPBurtonBoards]

@Helyzz82 you have to understand that not everyone shows emotion in the same way, although he doesn't move his head and body around as much as some, his emotion might be expressed through his face, which is not seen. It might also be due to the fact that it is kind of difficult to be moving around while using the pedals .

[Helyzz82]

@RJPBurtonBoards You are right about that, but actually I meant the music, not his appearance. When I listen without watching I still don't feel the power, and I thought, maybe it's because of the 'jumpiness' way he sometimes plays the piece. It feels like he's playing 'johnny comes marching home' with the wrong papers in front of him.

Ofcourse my point of view. It can very well be that other people prefer this piece.. they are forgiven ;)

[supersmashermeta]

I hate how ignorant some people are when it comes to certain peices, like little fugue, and Toccata et Fuga in D minor. I can't play either peice without someone shouting "Stop playing that evil music" at me. Some songs were designed that way, but I am highly doubtful that toccata et Fugue was created for someone's funeral, much less Vampires. That's just because modern people adapted it to certain movies that were ment to stike fear. Bach has many lovely peices, like Jesu joy of man's desiring.

[DarkonFullPower]

@supersmashermeta You think THIS sound evil? Go take a lissen to the final boss of Megman Legends (64). THAT'S the most evil re-do of this song I've even heard.

[supersmashermeta]

@DarkonFullPower Meh, but i don't think about it in a bad way, more in an impressive way.

[DarkonFullPower]

@supersmashermeta ??? When did I say anything was bad?

[Brenniman65]

It is always more professional looking to have your musical score sheets in front of you and in the case of a memory blank out one will be ever grateful of having the musical notation to fall back upon.

[HerrWarja]

I like how he changes the regristration throughout the entire piece so it gets like a crescendo.

[Thetipodoks]

you assholes cant do any better

[allielew89]

a little hairy at 3:04

[allielew89]

i struggled with that section myself on my violin

[chapter24]

THis sucked donkey dick. LIsten to the version by TOn Koopman, that's music. This is robotic asian crap....

[jezmuff]

@chapter24 I agree, this is totally unremarkable. It seems like he doesn't give a shit. Aside from the fucked up tempi and interpretive sloppiness there are so many actual mistakes i.e., incorrect notes. What a waste of time.

[matthewhhchan0820]

@chapter24 PHUCK RACISTS, this guy playing is great, you muthor phux0r

[Disturbed1NickB]

Simply fucking amazing.

[spindolaju]

Classical music is called that way for a reason. Rihanna, justin timberlake or whoever the heck is playing on the radio will be forgotten. But bach will still be playing in a 100 years.

[TravellerFellow]

simply wonderful.  writing anything else would be redundant.

[whythewar1]

His suit is really bad on him , but the playing made up for it .

[coolmike2006]

@DarkSeraphim02

HAHAHA SAME HERE THAT WAS A AWESOME GAME WHEN YOU HAD TO FACE THE BOSS AT THE END AND FUNNY THING IS THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE TOO

[Resident460]

I think the smartest thing in this song is that at the very climax of the second when u expect the third voice to come in, it doesn't; instead it comes in a bit later.

[FelixZomfg]

@Resident460 yeah i believe he sneaks it in

[GinoBellofatto]

Hermosa composición.

[revilo178]

Everybody has their own favourite music and composer. I think it's totally useless to talk about who was the greatest or argue that the composers of one period were *better* than those of another, pretending to be stating an objective truth.

[RedheadMetalC]

i wish i could have hear this before

megaman game.

[cgraham1976]

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FabzXII]

Lol Bach is a cheater :D

[kklavak3]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoh

it's fantastic!!!!!!

[aikmanr]

Very well done!

[clydespeed]

Sinnerjakob caught that sour note too at 00:28. And what The hell key was that at 2:08 it sounded like a moose farting that organ is way out of tune.

Parquar: You are so right Bach was a musical genius he made Beethoven look like a hack

[MedicatedCookie]

Woot! That was epic xD!!!!!

[SinnerJakob]

very good,apart from a mistake at 0:28...brilliant

[Rubberhead]

Bravo

[menagold3]

awesome!

[Grayfox82]

INCREDIBLE!!!!! JUNO from megaman Legends!!!!!!!!

[FinalGamerJames]

HAH! So someone else did know of this song from Mega Man Legends other than me, awesome :D

[willjustice89]

lol, Megaman Legends is the reason I'm learning how to play the organ, now lol. I know it's called "Little Fugue" - but I STILL like calling it "Juno's Theme" lol

[DarkSeraphim02]

I first heard this in Megaman Legends as well. Heck the first time I heard Toccata and Fugue in D minor, or at least part of it, was in Battle Arena Toshinden.

Then there's the classical I heard in all the Bugs Bunny cartoons. Too bad they don't use classical as much anymore, it kicks the crap out of 99% of todays music.

[coolmike2006]

@DarkSeraphim02 HAHAHA SAME HERE THAT WAS AN AWESOME GAME WHEN YOU HAD TO FACE THE BOSS AT THE END AND FUNNY THING IS THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT BEFORE TOO

[Unknowmaster]

@DarkSeraphim02 you forgot the other .9999999% there is a reason why its call classic.

baroque ftw

[littlemacaddict]

Where do you think I heard this for the first time? I would not be surprised if either most of the people came because of Legends or nobody knew what we were talking about...

[willjustice89]

@littlemacaddict lol, well, I"m a Music Major.. and had just heard of the piece for the first time about a year ago, when I was killing time, playing MegaMan lol. I am a piano performance major, but hearing this inspired me to purchase a home organ :D

[OneManDustBowl]

@willjustice89 Holy cow. We totally go to college together, and I just found this comment randomly.

[willjustice89]

@OneManDustBowl Hey, bub. It's quite a small world, isn't it, fella!? :P

[Iloveloosy12]

SUPER WIN

[mariachi667]

es kommt nicht auf die skillz an man muss solche sachen erstmal schreiben könn ....das is was solche leute wie bach ausmacht mit genug übung wird man früher oder später solche sachen spielen können

[gpoop23]

Was Bach the coolest composer ever or what? Kiyo Watanabe also has great skill as an organist, but the main thing that makes this song so awesome is the way it's written. Makes me wanna learn to play piano (or organ, or clavichord ect.)

[jelf48]

VAST difference in "classical" and Baroque....ravenrage07 is very correct that many people call, even Baroque-era, "classical", the likes of Beethoven, Brahms, etc., not even close to the Baroque Masters.

[tacosychelas]

Alright, so just to get a bit into this cool stuff, Baroque is better than classic right? why is so?

[parquar]

its not necessarily Baroque, just that Bach was the best composer of all time. Besides, the fugue is a medium where undisputed brilliance can shine through, and the classical period is simplistic and shallow in comparison because of the lack of difficult counterpoint

[tacosychelas]

@parquar mmm ok, thankss for the info dude.

[malkavianswfl]

That was sick. Brilliant.

[subsonic44]

This fugue always thrills. Mr. Watanabe, your choice of stops a 1:23 was very cool. A fine performance.

[dagonoff]

0:27-0:29

[KawaiiAmber]

i am in music appreciation and we are just going over the baroque period, it is so beautiful, i love it, just amazing :]

[mike34ism]

I took one semester of music appreciation and got a B- and now I"m gonna laugh at the simpletons that don't know the difference between the baroque and classical periods.

mwa hahaha! My quest for knowledge is ready to turn in!

/beer

[napalmbom32]

lol

[mike33m]

this is not classical its baroque

[Herfer]

yeah...some people grow up with no idea what the different periods in music are. Sadly its just not taught in schools anymore

[lhmran]

hmmm I don't think music was ever compulsory in schools.

You have to chose to learn it.

Just like all the Arts.

But really it's better this way. Students already have enough trouble learning 2+2=4, let's not make them riot by forcing them to learn why Rubens is a baroque painter and why Poussin in a classical painter.

[Herfer]

indeed it is in my school district. We all have to have a basic music background up until high school. I continued and will continue music studies....music is huge in our world, old and new.

[Aereliz]

Really?? You think than Bach's music is classical? His music is really baroque)

[ravenrage07]

yeah people use the general term classical to signify all that though since most people dont know the difference. Of course we do but alot of people just say that and we accept it.

[atult333]

I think this piece has made me fall in love with organ music, or maybe classical music in general. Either way it was beautiful.

[unforgivingreality]

The build up to the climax of the song is amazing and then from 3:19 until end finishes it off with power.

[pathfinder0009]

this is piece is so genius,.hearing this makes you feel entering darkness then you'll exit into the heavens

[gtarszzz]

i like that interpretation

[goodgood001]

いいね。アーティキュレーションもいいね。日本で有名にならない­のが不思議。

[WulfMonkey543]

Juno!

[dvv1993402]

FUCK YEA MEGAMAN JUNO!

[EranBee]

Makes sense, as Bach was after all an organist.

[muddro420]

because it was written for organ. this piece is for an organ.

[DementedZealot]

Yeah for some reason i thought it was a harpsichord. Im taking music appreciation in college right now and my teacher said alot of fugues were with a harpsichord and i didnt listen to this enough, just assumed lol.

[super6plx]

JESUS christ, man was that awesome! Organ players need to be so skillful!

[doritokirade8]

Bach's little fuge deserves more popularity in the mainstream. This should always be played on the organ piano's don't do enough justice.

[hike132]

Good point. It's hard to play counterpoint convincingly on a piano.

[KZNOODL3]

agreed

[GalaxyAristocrat]

now i can see where the song rose of pain by x japan came from, this is a masterpiece.

[chakyo]

it's incredible how much piece and perfection that sheet of paper has.

Wonderful

[AndrewDeLong]

It would seem to me that, until an organist plays (or at least attempts) this piece, they really haven't utilized their full potential. Not that this song is overly hard (and I'm NOT saying it's easy either), but to realize the full spirited potential within oneself, this song would appear to be the appropriate conduit by which it should be done. Excellence in every note!

Bach, as you rightfully sit in your place of celestial paradise, I say thank you for your wonderful contributions!

[iselldummysmacks]

ending was fiery and epic. incredible

[DAsian01]

I've heard Kiyo and Chemi both play live at my college in Las Vegas Nevada. I find them to be both absolutely amazing in their organ technique as well as their duet abilities. This shows how good he is.

[AttackElves2]

i love how the organ is like a full body instrument

[sexi84]

Out of soo many posted in youtube this is the closest that sounds like the real fuge. I love it!!!

[NuggetHead34]

dude u rock i havent heard good quality music like this and im more of a hi-tech person i love this song

very dark and ominous

[KZNOODL3]

listening to this in comparison to the Canadian Brass version, the organ has a more dark and ominous tone while the Brass quintet harbors a lighter tone. they are both very enjoyable and i have played fugue in g minor on trumpet in a quintet as well and it was a very enjoyable experience not only to enjoy the piece but also to see what it feels like to play a certain part on a different instrument.

[passacaglia28]

Nicely done! I love how you entoduced soft trumpets at 2:24. Nice choice. I could be wrong about the stop name though. Perhaps it is a Clarion

[BenDaHen123]

I love this piece, but in my opinion it would be MUCH better if it ended in a minor chord, rather than major. I just hate it when songs in minor keys end in major, it just ruins the atmosphere.

[elkanviel]

ending in major is how a fugue works. it is like a big resolution from the whole piece from passing on themes to different keys and such.

[BenDaHen123]

Just my opinion. This song has a somewhat haunting atmosphere for me, and it is shattered ending with a happy note.

[KZNOODL3]

listen to tocatta/fugue in D minor for something more of that style.

[BenDaHen123]

Yeah that is one of my all time favorite pieces of music.

[Jeffparanormia]

The ending of a Baroque piece with a major (happy) chord is known as the Picardy third.... utilized universally in Baroque music. Sorry, that's just how it is. I think the meaning was that evil shall never prevail where the love of god exists. One has to think like a person from the period to really GET this music. Hope this helps.

[BenDaHen123]

Ah that makes sense. I just have a love for dark and sorrowful music, so I guess it is all based on opinion and taste.

[KZNOODL3]

yup true that. u cant change what bach has done. he created the fugue and theres no way of changing his principles

[muddro420]

Bach did not create the fugue, but he certainly did perfect the form.

[KZNOODL3]

who created the fugue then?

[muddro420]

the fugue has been around since the middle ages, before there was proper music notation. it's unlikely anyone can answer that question. it probably evolved from imitative vocal form (think row row row your boat) and got gradually more freeform through the renaissance, when musicians were becoming far more open-minded. in bach's time, the fugue was a genre like rock and classical are genres to us, and he took it about as far as anyone possibly could.

[muddro420]

btw i didnt mean to give the impression that bach is a product of the renaissance; actually the musical baroque period (which followed the renaissance) is typically thought to end the year of bach's death in 1750.

[theclinger]

Bach isn't a product of the renaissance, he is a culmination of the Baroque.

[MegaPascal31]

@theclinger HE is one of the greatest things to come out of the baroque, and his death is usually synonymous with the death of the baroque era

[GiantRobot17]

No, the fugue has certainly not been around since the Middle ages and Renaissance. Don't get imitative/polyphonic music mixed up with a fugue. A fugue is a proper form in and of itself and was developed in the Baroque. There is no such thing as a medieval fugue. Also, I don't get where you are getting this rock music to fugue genre analogy going. Some people don't even consider the fugue to be a form, more a musical texture, it was hardly considered it's own entire genre.

[muddro420]

Like all genres, the fugue evolved from previous genres in previous ages. The fugue itself, as a genre, did not exist until the Baroque but WOULD not exist if not for the Renaissance genres.

[Pornitopia]

BACH created this so called genres. He was The MAN.

[muddro420]

That's just not true.

He mastered the genre in such a way that no one could improve upon him.

He didn't create the idea.

[muddro420]

The term "fugue" dates back as far as the middle ages, when it had a different meaning. It is true that as we know it today, the fugue is a product of the Baroque. As for the genre thing, music in the Baroque had genres (fugue, concerto grosso, sonata, etc) in the same way music has genres today (rock, jazz, classical). Not that Baroque fugue is equivalent in some way to rock, aside from the fact that it fits a contemporary genre of its period the same way Elvis fits a genre of our period.

[tinroofbusted]

I guess however by my own thought here You have your own opinion, its to bad you have chosen to be an ass about it.

[tinroofbusted]

JUST BLOODY ENJOY THE MUSIC ALREADY. Its for everybody and no-one.

It was written as a persons en-bodyment of joy and nothing else.

[tinroofbusted]

Feels like I'm dealing with a fight between my two teenage boys the only difference is they are not talking about who has the bigger dick but who has the bigger music know-how. Makes me sick to think that people that listen to music haven't a clue how to appriciate others opinion about it and respect that opinion without thinking its an insult to their own Ideals. The world is bad enough without using musical opinions as yet another way to insult each other. WOW, I need a ticket off this ride.

[tinroofbusted]

Is anyone just listening to the music and enjoying it here, or are you all bunch of know it alls. Please for the rest of us, get off the pot and let us enjoy this fine music. Good heavens what's the fuss all about anyway?. don't give me " He said it first "or I might have to call you busted. Just enjoy the music. Hells Bells music is for everyone and it does not have an opinion. It's just played!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GADS.

[Darthymerej]

some idiots who dont want knowledge typical asholes hhahaha they dont want know it all whats wrong if they know all.

hahahah

[franticdaisy]

bach was such a genius

[coolgeek001]

great playing, but i like the song better when played by a brass quintet

[m1ndNOVA]

ha, I love the majestic feeling the organ gives this piece, not to mention the fact it was written for the instrument ^_^

[coolgeek001]

i know, but one of the reasons is i cant play organ lol

[trumpetplaya08]

also fust fyi its not a song, its a fugue. piece would also be acceptable. a song includes lyrics and this has no lyrics.

[direngrey4569]

do you enjoy sounding like an douche?

[trumpetplaya08]

whatever dude! you can be an A** Hole. but dont put it all out on me.

[direngrey4569]

no one likes a know-it-all, that's all.