@Reinbucsten That's right --- I start with the score of the piece, which I then adjust to match the timings of the recording. Sometimes, I change it to match other things (like ornaments), but at some point I say "close enough" and leave the smaller discrepancies.
In my own opinion, I believe every sense has it's strengths and weaknesses, just like anything else, from comparing cats to dogs, everyone will have an opinion and everyone will claim one is better, but the facts state that all senses are very important, although we are able to live without one or two of them, it changes ones life forever.
God help me but this piece is so beautiful I remember the 1st time i heard it. This isn't a religious piece, but most of his music was religious. he was a religious man and wrote for god. And I, lucky mortal, hitch a ride of that happy twist of fate.
these videos really make me wonder about what the ear detects in sound that the eye cannot detect in light. The changes are the same proportion in the video and the music, but their meaning is so different to the ear.
@andwhatfire Hearing and vision are very different. For example, we can hear two (or three, or four, etc.) frequencies of sound as distinct, but if you combine two frequencies of light, what you perceive a single color (corresponding to some other frequency). What you're seeing here is like watching text while somebody's reading that text aloud --- they correspond, but only because the meaning is similar in both embodiments; the correspondences would not teach you about hearing or vision.
@smalin hearing is MUCH more sophisticated and sensitive than vision. the ear can work out the Fourier trransform and separate sounds. Eyes simply add up everything... and the ear is working in a crazy environment with a biiig pump working only a few tens of cm´s away ;-)
@mandi6509 If you studied the neurobiology of the visual system, you wouldn't say that eyes "simply add up everything," and if you compared the visual system with the auditory system, you wouldn't say that the auditory system is "much more sophisticated and sensitive." They're both extremely sophisticated; depending on what measure you use, either one could be seen to be more sophisticated, but by most measures, vision is the more powerful sense.
For sure we use more vision in terms of shaping our daily interaction with the world, but still the signal treatment and the sensitiveness of hearing is amazing. Did you know that a mosquito flying ad a few meters from you causes a displacement of the tympanum of only a few Angtröms (=atomic diameters)? that´s incredible. And... you can distinguish if there are one or two mosquitoes in the same room ;-)
@mandi6509 How we use vision and hearing in our daily lives is a separate question from how sophisticated and sensitive the senses are. As for sensitivity, the threshold of vision is between 1 and 5 photons (on the order of 10^-18 watts, if I'm calculating right); the threshold of hearing is 10^−12 watts. And it's arguable that you can tell more about mosquitoes by looking at them by listening to them.
@smalin ode to the senses .. how we use our senses & how sophisticated they are is intimately connected. what one sense may seem to lack in complexity it may make up in importance. Beethoven became so enthralled in music that when he became almost fully def he could still 'feel' music. his mind adapted. you don't need hearing to hear in your mind and you don't need sight to see in it. all our senses are imperfect but they share a relative origin; our mind. PS your uploads are awesome smallin, ty
@smalin Maybe. Frequency-wise, vision wins. You can see radiation with frequencies 400-800 THz, which contains much more information than the audible range of the human ear; 20 Hz - 20 kHz. But you cannot tell apart radiation with different frequencies emmited from two sources close to each other. But you CAN hear two notes at once (that's the reason why we're watching this wonderful video, right?)
@DaveMoustache You can't distinguish (as separate) two sounds of the same frequency that are close together in space, but you can distinguish two points of light of the same frequency that are close together in space. In that sense, vision is spatially 2-dimensional and hearing is 0-dimensional (note: you can *infer* spatial position from sound in two ears in a way that's analogous to inferring 3D from 2D images from two eyes, but that's not the same as adding another dimension).
@smalin Oops, I meant sounds/light at different frequencies. As in "yellow+red=orange". You're right about the hearing being 0D, while vision is 2D. But that's because of how the eyes are set up. There are lot's of vision nerves inside each eye, so you can distinguish two lightsources in space (not if they're emmited very close to each other, but that's just because of the eye's "resolution"). There's only one eardrum in each ear, so you can't position sound in space. (right?)
@DaveMoustache Right, on both counts. There are only three kinds of color receptors in the eye, but there are thousands of frequency receptors in the ear, so we can resolve multiple frequencies with hearing, but not with vision. With hearing, the nervous system has various "tricks" to determine position (differences in level and arrival time between the two ears, spectral shaping due to pinnae, etc.), but it's nothing like having true, full 2D hearing.
@smalin Not only do you have a great taste in music, you're also intelligent (I choose to believe that one implies the other ;). It's refreshing to meet someone on the internet who I'd actually could talk to for more than 5 minutes without feeling the urge to smack them in the face. Do you have a degree in this kind of stuff? I'm a chemist, so this isn't really my field of expertise.
@smalin Hearing connects to emotions faster than sight. Neither is superior IMHO. Sight will find you good. Hearing will keep you from becoming food. Live music is 'better' than recorded music because it combines both senses.
@andwhatfire Hearing and seeing are a coexistence, in a sense, but at the same time are very different. The eye picks up several thousand colors at the same time, and is virtually unlimited (In the visual spectrum of the EM I mean) Whereas sound can only reach a max amount before it sounds like a garbled mesh. But, a slight sound may be easier to detect than a slight motion.
@cubsfaninstlouis What is it about Bach? Maybe because his music was so often focused on the religious in a Lutheran tradition, he continued to compose for the general people rather than the elite, and he embraced the greater variety of passion found across wealth or religious classes. If his aesthetics were not superior (I'm no one to judge) then I still feel that he had a greater spirit.
Bach cont'd--and the Coronation Anthems. People not only played but sang his music. Two of his sons were accomplished composers in their own right. His work did not come to light until Mendohlsson (sp?) compiled his work. There has been a large increase in symphonies and growing interest in recent history of Baroque and Renaissance music. There are more professional and semi-professional groups performing these works and certainly recording has been instrumental in getting the music to us
In his day one either worked for a church as he did in Leipzig where he was the organist but also the "music minister", He taught his congregation hymns through playing the music as an organ prelude then composing a cantata the last movement which was the hymn. Most composers had sponsors for whom they composed--dukes, kings as such. Their fame was usually fairly local unless they had the fortune as did Handel to compose for King George. He composed the Water music TBC
@classiqmusiq False. They could play it just fine. But they thought his music was old-fashioned. He was more famous as an organist than as a composer.
BACH IS A FUCKING GOD. In every way his music is the most genius. In my opinion, no composer touches him. Complete league of his own. Different melodies playing different rhythms all simultaneously, creating a tapestry of sound that seems to have more dimensions to it than any other music. I see Bach's music as an embodiment of something incredibly profound about reality. Also, if you haven't read Godel Escher Bach, do so immediately.
@smalin You must really like what you do if you have been arranging all of these scores into Sibelius! It can be a three hour hell just arranging a stupid three minute disney song into a notation program!!
I want to see some Rachmaninoff piano concerto no 2 here I really like his work its like the sun to me. Same as all classical magnificent pieces that have been written.
@Sk8er1103 nice to have someone agree I fell for the 2nd piano concerto when I was watching a serie,
I re-winded the scene and watched it again and again.
It feels like in the beginning there is a powerful wind that takes you further into a tornado and pulls you up over the clouds and then you stay there until the song ends but that's my opinion
I remember reading earlier that the authorship of Bach's Toccata and Fugue (you know which one I'm talking about) is questionable, but I noticed while watching this video that starting at 2:19 there's a theme almost identical to the subject of the Fugue (sure, there are some differences, as well as a different scale, but still similar). Now, I don't have enough historical knowledge to assert anything, but couldn't it be that this theme being present mean's that BWV 565 is also Bach's?
Amazing. Bach, Mozart and Chopin are true visionaries. To have a member of the new, and mostly tasteless generation enjoy these masterpieces says some important things about the ingenuity and timelessness of these works. If any of you want to suggest any classical pieces or artists please do (as i am only 14 and wish to know some great not so well known artists)
Hâte de voir et d'entendre le N°5 que j'affectionne particulièrement. J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites. C'est fascinant, on porte l'attention sur des sonorités parfois ignorées, je ne me lasse pas de parcourir vos montages.
Hate de voir et d'entendre le N°5 que j'affectionne particulièrement. J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites. C'est fascinant, on porte l'attention sur des sonorités parfois ignorées, je ne me lasse pas de parcourir vos montages.
@smalin --i knew it!!! I am chorally trained, but i thought the violins sounded a lil harsh, especially the second violin in the lower register of the runs. It was a very forced tone. It sounded great but i knew something was different.
We should use something like this to communicate with a superior ET should the opportunity ever confront humanity. Bach or perhaps Mozart, along with some scribblings from Newton and Einstein are unquestionably the artistic and intellectual pinnacles of our species.
@myroseaccount Well, actually, a satellite was launched one time and on that satellite was a map of where we are in the solar system as well as a recording of some Earthly sounds and pieces by Bach and the like, just in case an ET came across this
I bet Bach would sit down, light his pipe and get a good trip with this. Then he'd say "Hmm, I'll subscribe to this smalin guy. He's doing some fun stuff with my music." before running off to write his weekly cantata.
@gotmilk3001 A movement is a single piece of music which is part of a larger musical work such as a concerto or symphony. The best modern equivalent would be a track on an album. This is the third and final movement of Bach's 6th Brandenburg Concerto.
heh ^_^ gonna try make a total fool of myself. but whats that... piano? thing. called.... the one sounding really funky and awesome. like you hear it real good at 2:20. like du dun du dun du dun. i think its the blue low bar at 2:20. but it could be the lighter blue just above it. what instrument is that called. i always loved its sound xD i always combined it with old age and medieval times :D
Your stuff is way cool. I've loved Bach for a long time, but I've always been somewhat self-conscious about admitting it; not being able to read music - thank you for creating a visible presentation of this astonishing mental (?) landscape he creates! Being - like most apes - a visual person, these videos make the patterns very CLEAR indeed!
man this is beyond amazing! for me as a rock & roll and classical music lover this is such a great work! so, thank you my friend and keep on working on this!
I have been inspired by seeing yr various arrangements/sequences, they are so well crafted and enjoyable. I am currently fumbling my way through unfamiliar programs to come up with a kind of arrangement of Scarlatti sonatas, Bach organ trios (yeah, yours was cool) with more 'modernish' sounds, samples of things i've altered, & to keep the spirit of the music; so far i've made some provisional real-time MIDI recs of 2 Bach preludes and a Scarlatti. Interesting how one can do it with baroque.
@AEFic Well, yeah, I accept i exagerated by stating music nowadays is "so simple";i do am aware of armonic and rhythmic complexity of,say,jazz or prog rock.In fact I love those two genres.So yeah, I was generalizing,which isn't good at all.On my defense,though,I'm almost sure you would agree with me one listens to this music and feels inspired by the genius of bach.Also,on a historical context,people in the VIII century would listen to to vivaldi's operettas,now we have lady gaga :S
it's hard to believe bach's music is almost 300 years old, with such beauty and complexity, it kinda makes me sad how music nowadays is sooooooooo simple when compared to this, it's like humanity is going "musically backwards", if you know what i mean. BTW thanks for the videos (just saw the one from toccata and fuga.....amazing o.O)
@139jjpb Actually, it's not. You just have to know where to look, and how to appreciate different kinds of complexity. In some ways, music today is more complex than baroque era music, though Bach's counterpoint is fantastic.
@139jjpb Not neccesarily, bu all the POPULAR music has gradually begun to degrade. Orchestral music has fallen out of favor, but there are still many composers churning out some very decent works, even if some pieces were arranged for soundtracks. Mozart died poor not just because he lacked the favor of the higher classes, but because his music just wasn't liked as much as his less ingenious colleagues.
Smalin - Great work! Thank you for posting the fruit of what obviously was quite a bit of work for all of us to enjoy.
At the risk of sounding traditional... could this be done with a traditional score, showing the notes color coded and displaying when they were being played? Could be fun?
@Jefferdaughter I've done some videos that include standard music notation, but they're a lot of work and haven't been especially popular, so I'm tending not to do them except in special cases.
@artuswoo: It's like saying the bass guitar is better than the rhythm. Puh-lease. They're two different instruments. If you can play one but suck at the other, then of course the former will be better... FOR YOU. They both have their parts. Read what frankboblarry just posted.
@smalin Hmm. Lemme think about this one for a sec - the violin was the last of the modern string instruments to appear; first was the bass, then VIOLA, then cello and finally violin. As well, the viola was the favorite of several major composers - such as Mozart and Beethoven.
@plugee It's stupid to say that any instrument is "superior" to another one, as they are all different and so cannot be compared to each other on the same scale...if you were comparing a mass produced violin to a strad however that would be a completely different story. But what you're saying, its like me saying that an alto sax is better than a tenor sax, its stupid because they're designed to be different, and just because certain people like them better doesnt mean they're superior in any way
@frankboblarry don't be scared to take a stand point. A Piano is superior to a triangle but this is because you can clearly appreciate that the Piano can serve you in more aspects than the triangle would. Now you only need to extend the idea of being superior on a specific context for instruments that are more comparable rather than an overall generalisation. This in turn is what you would need to be good at if you wanted to select the various types and numbers of musicians in an orchestra.
@plugee I play viola, but, like iSteven said, all instruments have a different purpose, and are all good in their own realm. You should recognize that maybe in this piece violas do have a leading role, but it doesn't necessarily make them superior. (:
You missed an ornament around 3:57 from the upper viola (or did you not include it because it was improvised?)
Reinbucsten 4 days ago
@Reinbucsten That's right --- I start with the score of the piece, which I then adjust to match the timings of the recording. Sometimes, I change it to match other things (like ornaments), but at some point I say "close enough" and leave the smaller discrepancies.
smalin 4 days ago
I notice at least twice references to the melody from the toccata and fugue in D minor. is this intentional, or does the melody has other meaning?
CengalLut 1 week ago
@CengalLut No, it's just a common pattern. It's like somebody saying "I notice there are a lot of words in English with 'ough' in them."
smalin 1 week ago
love it
Crazyrobster 3 weeks ago
WOW. I want to put this on my iPod.
TheDodobird15 1 month ago
Thanks, I've got to learn this song on cello and it really helped me hear the sound!!!!
AmadeusRoth 1 month ago
In my own opinion, I believe every sense has it's strengths and weaknesses, just like anything else, from comparing cats to dogs, everyone will have an opinion and everyone will claim one is better, but the facts state that all senses are very important, although we are able to live without one or two of them, it changes ones life forever.
cmbdragon666 2 months ago
i'm rocking out to it
fuckthepainawayxo 3 months ago
God help me but this piece is so beautiful I remember the 1st time i heard it. This isn't a religious piece, but most of his music was religious. he was a religious man and wrote for god. And I, lucky mortal, hitch a ride of that happy twist of fate.
1519765 3 months ago
Love it!
seanmuse 4 months ago
My orchestra is playing this and i play bass so this is quiet boring to me
soccerluvs8 4 months ago
these videos really make me wonder about what the ear detects in sound that the eye cannot detect in light. The changes are the same proportion in the video and the music, but their meaning is so different to the ear.
andwhatfire 4 months ago
@andwhatfire Hearing and vision are very different. For example, we can hear two (or three, or four, etc.) frequencies of sound as distinct, but if you combine two frequencies of light, what you perceive a single color (corresponding to some other frequency). What you're seeing here is like watching text while somebody's reading that text aloud --- they correspond, but only because the meaning is similar in both embodiments; the correspondences would not teach you about hearing or vision.
smalin 4 months ago
@smalin hearing is MUCH more sophisticated and sensitive than vision. the ear can work out the Fourier trransform and separate sounds. Eyes simply add up everything... and the ear is working in a crazy environment with a biiig pump working only a few tens of cm´s away ;-)
mandi6509 2 months ago
@mandi6509 If you studied the neurobiology of the visual system, you wouldn't say that eyes "simply add up everything," and if you compared the visual system with the auditory system, you wouldn't say that the auditory system is "much more sophisticated and sensitive." They're both extremely sophisticated; depending on what measure you use, either one could be seen to be more sophisticated, but by most measures, vision is the more powerful sense.
smalin 2 months ago
@smalin @smalin I am a PhD Physicist, not a M.D. ;-)
For sure we use more vision in terms of shaping our daily interaction with the world, but still the signal treatment and the sensitiveness of hearing is amazing. Did you know that a mosquito flying ad a few meters from you causes a displacement of the tympanum of only a few Angtröms (=atomic diameters)? that´s incredible. And... you can distinguish if there are one or two mosquitoes in the same room ;-)
mandi6509 2 months ago
@mandi6509 How we use vision and hearing in our daily lives is a separate question from how sophisticated and sensitive the senses are. As for sensitivity, the threshold of vision is between 1 and 5 photons (on the order of 10^-18 watts, if I'm calculating right); the threshold of hearing is 10^−12 watts. And it's arguable that you can tell more about mosquitoes by looking at them by listening to them.
smalin 2 months ago
@smalin ode to the senses .. how we use our senses & how sophisticated they are is intimately connected. what one sense may seem to lack in complexity it may make up in importance. Beethoven became so enthralled in music that when he became almost fully def he could still 'feel' music. his mind adapted. you don't need hearing to hear in your mind and you don't need sight to see in it. all our senses are imperfect but they share a relative origin; our mind. PS your uploads are awesome smallin, ty
AdCaptandum 2 months ago
@smalin Maybe. Frequency-wise, vision wins. You can see radiation with frequencies 400-800 THz, which contains much more information than the audible range of the human ear; 20 Hz - 20 kHz. But you cannot tell apart radiation with different frequencies emmited from two sources close to each other. But you CAN hear two notes at once (that's the reason why we're watching this wonderful video, right?)
DaveMoustache 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Johann Sebastian Bach
@DaveMoustache You can't distinguish (as separate) two sounds of the same frequency that are close together in space, but you can distinguish two points of light of the same frequency that are close together in space. In that sense, vision is spatially 2-dimensional and hearing is 0-dimensional (note: you can *infer* spatial position from sound in two ears in a way that's analogous to inferring 3D from 2D images from two eyes, but that's not the same as adding another dimension).
smalin 1 month ago
@smalin Oops, I meant sounds/light at different frequencies. As in "yellow+red=orange". You're right about the hearing being 0D, while vision is 2D. But that's because of how the eyes are set up. There are lot's of vision nerves inside each eye, so you can distinguish two lightsources in space (not if they're emmited very close to each other, but that's just because of the eye's "resolution"). There's only one eardrum in each ear, so you can't position sound in space. (right?)
DaveMoustache 1 month ago
@DaveMoustache Right, on both counts. There are only three kinds of color receptors in the eye, but there are thousands of frequency receptors in the ear, so we can resolve multiple frequencies with hearing, but not with vision. With hearing, the nervous system has various "tricks" to determine position (differences in level and arrival time between the two ears, spectral shaping due to pinnae, etc.), but it's nothing like having true, full 2D hearing.
smalin 1 month ago
@smalin Not only do you have a great taste in music, you're also intelligent (I choose to believe that one implies the other ;). It's refreshing to meet someone on the internet who I'd actually could talk to for more than 5 minutes without feeling the urge to smack them in the face. Do you have a degree in this kind of stuff? I'm a chemist, so this isn't really my field of expertise.
DaveMoustache 1 month ago
@DaveMoustache My degree was in music theory and composition.
smalin 1 month ago
@smalin Hearing connects to emotions faster than sight. Neither is superior IMHO. Sight will find you good. Hearing will keep you from becoming food. Live music is 'better' than recorded music because it combines both senses.
wayne5martin 1 month ago
@andwhatfire Hearing and seeing are a coexistence, in a sense, but at the same time are very different. The eye picks up several thousand colors at the same time, and is virtually unlimited (In the visual spectrum of the EM I mean) Whereas sound can only reach a max amount before it sounds like a garbled mesh. But, a slight sound may be easier to detect than a slight motion.
Morneisia 2 months ago
Bach was the greatest along with Schubert, Tchiakovsky, Dvorak and Rcihard Strauss
Bach's music 'speaks to the soul"
Let God arise and his enemies be scattered(pslam 68:1)
Not unto us o Lord but to the Glory of your Name(pslam 115:1)
cubsfaninstlouis 5 months ago
@cubsfaninstlouis What is it about Bach? Maybe because his music was so often focused on the religious in a Lutheran tradition, he continued to compose for the general people rather than the elite, and he embraced the greater variety of passion found across wealth or religious classes. If his aesthetics were not superior (I'm no one to judge) then I still feel that he had a greater spirit.
andwhatfire 4 months ago
BACH IS A FUCKING GOD.
AhamBrahman 6 months ago
Because im that much of a pretentious douchebag
flipcamvlogz 6 months ago
Is there a single instrument these concertos are centered upon? Like other concertos are.
haddtyl 6 months ago
@haddtyl Two solo violas.
smalin 6 months ago
@smalin thanks, I mistakenly thought the violins before.
haddtyl 6 months ago
@smalin What? Violas as the main focus? My life is complete!
Drakethatsme 3 months ago
Bach cont'd--and the Coronation Anthems. People not only played but sang his music. Two of his sons were accomplished composers in their own right. His work did not come to light until Mendohlsson (sp?) compiled his work. There has been a large increase in symphonies and growing interest in recent history of Baroque and Renaissance music. There are more professional and semi-professional groups performing these works and certainly recording has been instrumental in getting the music to us
createsjg 6 months ago
RE: Bach being famous
In his day one either worked for a church as he did in Leipzig where he was the organist but also the "music minister", He taught his congregation hymns through playing the music as an organ prelude then composing a cantata the last movement which was the hymn. Most composers had sponsors for whom they composed--dukes, kings as such. Their fame was usually fairly local unless they had the fortune as did Handel to compose for King George. He composed the Water music TBC
createsjg 6 months ago
Bach was not as famous during lifetime ONLY because nobody could play his music back then, true?
classiqmusiq 6 months ago
@classiqmusiq False. They could play it just fine. But they thought his music was old-fashioned. He was more famous as an organist than as a composer.
smalin 6 months ago
And they say that magic doesn't exist...
Neonalfax 6 months ago
these violists are awesome! woohoo viola power!
spingfroo 6 months ago
BACH IS A FUCKING GOD. In every way his music is the most genius. In my opinion, no composer touches him. Complete league of his own. Different melodies playing different rhythms all simultaneously, creating a tapestry of sound that seems to have more dimensions to it than any other music. I see Bach's music as an embodiment of something incredibly profound about reality. Also, if you haven't read Godel Escher Bach, do so immediately.
AhamBrahman 7 months ago
two violins, a cello, and a harpsichord... i need a harpsichord
frodis23 7 months ago
@frodis23 Uh, don't forget the violas and violas da gamba ...
smalin 7 months ago
@frodis23 Not two violins, two Violas! One of the only truly famous pieces to feature the viola. But yes, I would like a harpsichord also.
md11crj700 7 months ago
wow, this would have an IMMENSE tendency to rush in any orchestra that is below college level
hoockaloo 8 months ago
I will love you forever for linking the sheet music <33 haha :D
McAwesomez 9 months ago
If math had ever been 'explained' to me in this fashion, I would not now be driving a truck for a living!
1ExtraChrispy1 9 months ago
Thank you.
avenged7xguitar 10 months ago
Unbelievable!
jvercouillie 10 months ago
@smalin
how do u convert a piece of music into the actual notes that make it up?
i ask u cos u're the uploader , but anyone's answer is appreciated
many thanx in advance
MrMatancur 10 months ago
@MrMatancur I make a score (in a notation program).
smalin 10 months ago
@smalin
yeah man, i can't read or write music doh
downloaded the software u recommended, that's what i wanted
MrMatancur 10 months ago
@smalin You must really like what you do if you have been arranging all of these scores into Sibelius! It can be a three hour hell just arranging a stupid three minute disney song into a notation program!!
AionioTragoudi 9 months ago
@AionioTragoudi I have nothing better to do.
smalin 9 months ago
@smalin That was the Best response EVER!
MrTechnoAlex 8 months ago
It would be wonderful if these moved back and forward as well as up and down.
yadsik 11 months ago
this makes me want to play guitar
tsunami2011 11 months ago
y u do this?
toni789 11 months ago
I am thrilled that there is finally some good music that others listen too!
SuperSovietBear 11 months ago
How wonderful! How delicious! What an age we live in!
athans75 11 months ago
starting from 2:20 is just amazing...
shbrain94 11 months ago
I find it interesting that at about 2:25 it almost looks like rain.
itachi1303 11 months ago
Who is your favorite composer?
easyphilosophy 11 months ago
Look I've played this. I sounds real. And harpsichord is supposed to sound like that
goaldhost 11 months ago
This Is electronic It does not resemble the force put into intruments, am i right?
Bl00DN00B 1 year ago
@Bl00DN00B someone dosent read the description.
cooler11123 11 months ago
@Bl00DN00B "No, you are wrong."
Gangstazila 11 months ago
I want to see some Rachmaninoff piano concerto no 2 here I really like his work its like the sun to me. Same as all classical magnificent pieces that have been written.
TheBlueRoseKira 1 year ago
@TheBlueRoseKira I completely agree with you.. I would really like to see either Rach's 2nd or 3rd piano concerto done in the bar-graph scores
Sk8er1103 11 months ago
@Sk8er1103 nice to have someone agree I fell for the 2nd piano concerto when I was watching a serie,
I re-winded the scene and watched it again and again.
It feels like in the beginning there is a powerful wind that takes you further into a tornado and pulls you up over the clouds and then you stay there until the song ends but that's my opinion
TheBlueRoseKira 11 months ago
I think the audio is made of samples and not real instruments, am I right?
str3123 1 year ago
@str3123 No, you are wrong.
smalin 1 year ago
@smalin
I remember reading earlier that the authorship of Bach's Toccata and Fugue (you know which one I'm talking about) is questionable, but I noticed while watching this video that starting at 2:19 there's a theme almost identical to the subject of the Fugue (sure, there are some differences, as well as a different scale, but still similar). Now, I don't have enough historical knowledge to assert anything, but couldn't it be that this theme being present mean's that BWV 565 is also Bach's?
EpsilonEnsis 1 year ago
@EpsilonEnsis I'd say that's coincidental. Lots of Baroque composers were using the same sorts of figuration in their music.
smalin 1 year ago
can u get brandenburg concerto #4 in allegro?
something2thinkabou1 1 year ago
I like the color coding :)
PheonixHeart1974 1 year ago
Am I wrong, or is there harpsichord blasts throughout the major key part of the movement?
eddievhfan1984 1 year ago
this is such a good video and i love this version. i just love the brandenburg concertos. thanx soso much for posting!!
dogcat126 1 year ago
2:19-2:25, in your face! tocatta and fugue in Dm!
stargirlsusan 1 year ago
Amazing. Bach, Mozart and Chopin are true visionaries. To have a member of the new, and mostly tasteless generation enjoy these masterpieces says some important things about the ingenuity and timelessness of these works. If any of you want to suggest any classical pieces or artists please do (as i am only 14 and wish to know some great not so well known artists)
JSaomreas 1 year ago
@JSaomreas good for you i became interested in Bach when i was 15 my self, and till now still amazed at what i can find
stargirlsusan 1 year ago
@JSaomreas Take a look at Beethoven (moonlight sonata), or Tchaikovsky :)
TechForNoobies 1 year ago
@JSaomreas Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Wagner, Dvorak
Canadarocksish 1 year ago
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Hâte de voir et d'entendre le N°5 que j'affectionne particulièrement. J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites. C'est fascinant, on porte l'attention sur des sonorités parfois ignorées, je ne me lasse pas de parcourir vos montages.
Benoit38110162 1 year ago
Hate de voir et d'entendre le N°5 que j'affectionne particulièrement. J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites. C'est fascinant, on porte l'attention sur des sonorités parfois ignorées, je ne me lasse pas de parcourir vos montages.
Benoit38110162 1 year ago
definitely my favorite of all the Brandenburgs
redshark618 1 year ago
5:11 Ouch!
OrionDive 1 year ago
Bach is the greatest.
TechnoEstate 1 year ago
great the visual playing between violin(s) and cello(s)
muziekacademiecello 1 year ago
@muziekacademiecello (Those are violas; no violins in this piece.)
smalin 1 year ago
@smalin --i knew it!!! I am chorally trained, but i thought the violins sounded a lil harsh, especially the second violin in the lower register of the runs. It was a very forced tone. It sounded great but i knew something was different.
izzybaggs 1 year ago
@smalin O que é uma benção...
Gadogk 10 months ago
I try to do schoolwork while listening to this, but those darn scrolling colors are just so addicting to watch.
thenameiskip 1 year ago
Do you Have No.5 the first movement.?
temperheaded1 1 year ago
@temperheaded1 Not yet.
smalin 1 year ago
We should use something like this to communicate with a superior ET should the opportunity ever confront humanity. Bach or perhaps Mozart, along with some scribblings from Newton and Einstein are unquestionably the artistic and intellectual pinnacles of our species.
myroseaccount 1 year ago
@myroseaccount Well, actually, a satellite was launched one time and on that satellite was a map of where we are in the solar system as well as a recording of some Earthly sounds and pieces by Bach and the like, just in case an ET came across this
DrStrangelove346 1 year ago
I bet Bach would sit down, light his pipe and get a good trip with this. Then he'd say "Hmm, I'll subscribe to this smalin guy. He's doing some fun stuff with my music." before running off to write his weekly cantata.
Poisonseed 1 year ago
@Poisonseed No, I'm pretty sure he was German, mate.
bullwhip3000 1 year ago
@bullwhip3000
I like apples.
Poisonseed 1 year ago
@Poisonseed who doesn't?!?! well actually they make me sick. except for granny smith apples. yum yum!
radscorpion8 1 year ago
listening to this + my own library = perfect! now, if i only have a huge library.
krizzpKAMEkrunch02 1 year ago
What does a 'movement' mean
don't tell me it's a bowel movement :x
gotmilk3001 1 year ago
@gotmilk3001
No, but the feels you get after finishing either one are quite the same.
Orginalnametaken 1 year ago
@gotmilk3001 A movement is a single piece of music which is part of a larger musical work such as a concerto or symphony. The best modern equivalent would be a track on an album. This is the third and final movement of Bach's 6th Brandenburg Concerto.
revolt1915 1 year ago
heh ^_^ gonna try make a total fool of myself. but whats that... piano? thing. called.... the one sounding really funky and awesome. like you hear it real good at 2:20. like du dun du dun du dun. i think its the blue low bar at 2:20. but it could be the lighter blue just above it. what instrument is that called. i always loved its sound xD i always combined it with old age and medieval times :D
tigresssharplesl 1 year ago
@tigresssharplesl i believe its an organ in im not mistakin
HonduranBeast 1 year ago
@tigresssharplesl
The dark blue bar is a harpsichord. The predecessor to the pianoforte. Love to play one.
The cyan line (light blue for true males, jk), I think, is a cello
For an organ click on Bach, Organ Trio Sonata on the right.
Zappyguy111 1 year ago
wow BELLOOOOO !!!
tyty97100 1 year ago
@isteven00
why are people afraid when somebody walks into a bank with a violin case? They're afraid he has a gun in it and might shoot someone.
why are people afraid when somebody walks into a bank with a viola case? they're afraid he's going to play it.
ps, what's the definition of a minor second?
two violas playing in unison.
all in all, whether one instrument is better is a moot point...however viola jokes make me super happy. soo.. = D
STHanson08 1 year ago
@STHanson08 Wow I heard that minor second one about flutes...guess it changes iif you play the violin or the oboe, eh?
lennic95 1 year ago
crazy classical musicains. :) incredible
biker19860708 1 year ago
2:20 makes me think of Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
Ryak1234 1 year ago
@Ryak1234 I knew what part you were talking about before I even checked.
kourosh89 6 months ago
control is a bit lacking.
pipebillys 1 year ago
Nice, the repeating of the main theme through the piece, makes it sound kind of modern.
jervilan 1 year ago
instruments convey a melody. The melody or the skill of the person is the great part - not necessarily the instrument.
DKM101 1 year ago
i remember my teacher telling me of the instrument he used but now i dont remember. can someone plz tell me
LUVable1500 1 year ago
Your stuff is way cool. I've loved Bach for a long time, but I've always been somewhat self-conscious about admitting it; not being able to read music - thank you for creating a visible presentation of this astonishing mental (?) landscape he creates! Being - like most apes - a visual person, these videos make the patterns very CLEAR indeed!
nealezumm 1 year ago
:( I had turned the volume up with my headphones on to enjoy this when avast blasted "VIRUS DATABASE HAS BEEN UPDATED" hurting my ears.
DKM101 1 year ago
oh wow after watching this my eyes move like im in a Virtual World ^^
RemovdSande11 1 year ago
This is a highly delicious piece of composition. :) I'm still tantalizing it over and over again with my taste buds.
creamie123 1 year ago
man this is beyond amazing! for me as a rock & roll and classical music lover this is such a great work! so, thank you my friend and keep on working on this!
vortexcito 1 year ago
I have been inspired by seeing yr various arrangements/sequences, they are so well crafted and enjoyable. I am currently fumbling my way through unfamiliar programs to come up with a kind of arrangement of Scarlatti sonatas, Bach organ trios (yeah, yours was cool) with more 'modernish' sounds, samples of things i've altered, & to keep the spirit of the music; so far i've made some provisional real-time MIDI recs of 2 Bach preludes and a Scarlatti. Interesting how one can do it with baroque.
locomotifx 1 year ago
I learn to love the Brandenburg Concertos more and more. One of the greatest works the composer got no Penny for ...........
camposi 1 year ago
I absolutely love this! I've been listening to it all day today and yesterday ;]
starkyzazation 1 year ago
@AEFic Well, yeah, I accept i exagerated by stating music nowadays is "so simple";i do am aware of armonic and rhythmic complexity of,say,jazz or prog rock.In fact I love those two genres.So yeah, I was generalizing,which isn't good at all.On my defense,though,I'm almost sure you would agree with me one listens to this music and feels inspired by the genius of bach.Also,on a historical context,people in the VIII century would listen to to vivaldi's operettas,now we have lady gaga :S
139jjpb 1 year ago
Que placer! Bach, un grande. Hace la vida más grata. Gracias!!
susanauruguay1 1 year ago
it's hard to believe bach's music is almost 300 years old, with such beauty and complexity, it kinda makes me sad how music nowadays is sooooooooo simple when compared to this, it's like humanity is going "musically backwards", if you know what i mean. BTW thanks for the videos (just saw the one from toccata and fuga.....amazing o.O)
139jjpb 1 year ago
@139jjpb Actually, it's not. You just have to know where to look, and how to appreciate different kinds of complexity. In some ways, music today is more complex than baroque era music, though Bach's counterpoint is fantastic.
AEFic 1 year ago
@139jjpb Not neccesarily, bu all the POPULAR music has gradually begun to degrade. Orchestral music has fallen out of favor, but there are still many composers churning out some very decent works, even if some pieces were arranged for soundtracks. Mozart died poor not just because he lacked the favor of the higher classes, but because his music just wasn't liked as much as his less ingenious colleagues.
WW2obsession 1 year ago
Smalin - Great work! Thank you for posting the fruit of what obviously was quite a bit of work for all of us to enjoy.
At the risk of sounding traditional... could this be done with a traditional score, showing the notes color coded and displaying when they were being played? Could be fun?
Jefferdaughter 1 year ago
@Jefferdaughter I've done some videos that include standard music notation, but they're a lot of work and haven't been especially popular, so I'm tending not to do them except in special cases.
smalin 1 year ago
tears in my eyes. seriously.
IsabelaRazo 1 year ago
As a violist who has played this piece, I HAVE to recommend it. It's SO much fun to play, no matter what part you're on.
moonswriter 1 year ago
le 6 persone che hano cliccato su "non mi piace" non capiscono davvero un emerito c***o! bach my love!
piccolofioretriste 1 year ago
i play the viola and it is way better than a violin
artuswoo 1 year ago
@artuswoo: It's like saying the bass guitar is better than the rhythm. Puh-lease. They're two different instruments. If you can play one but suck at the other, then of course the former will be better... FOR YOU. They both have their parts. Read what frankboblarry just posted.
Jeez. Think before hitting that post button.
Trucidation 1 year ago
I love you bach lol
CarrerioCj 1 year ago
I love you bach lol
CarrerioCj 1 year ago
Great sound quality..and I love the "lego" visual too!
tensforme 1 year ago
This is proof that VIOLAS are superior to violins.
plugee 1 year ago
@plugee It is? What about Brahms' violin concerto?
smalin 1 year ago
@smalin Hmm. Lemme think about this one for a sec - the violin was the last of the modern string instruments to appear; first was the bass, then VIOLA, then cello and finally violin. As well, the viola was the favorite of several major composers - such as Mozart and Beethoven.
moonswriter 1 year ago
@smalin And Niccolo Paganini's 24 Caprices for that matter ...
JupiterIV 1 year ago
@plugee Oops, did I just say Vivaldi?
My bad.
windssoul 1 year ago
@plugee this is a real question wat is the differences between them?
lobitas3399 1 year ago
@plugee you wish ^^
clercx 1 year ago
@plugee It's stupid to say that any instrument is "superior" to another one, as they are all different and so cannot be compared to each other on the same scale...if you were comparing a mass produced violin to a strad however that would be a completely different story. But what you're saying, its like me saying that an alto sax is better than a tenor sax, its stupid because they're designed to be different, and just because certain people like them better doesnt mean they're superior in any way
frankboblarry 1 year ago
@frankboblarry don't be scared to take a stand point. A Piano is superior to a triangle but this is because you can clearly appreciate that the Piano can serve you in more aspects than the triangle would. Now you only need to extend the idea of being superior on a specific context for instruments that are more comparable rather than an overall generalisation. This in turn is what you would need to be good at if you wanted to select the various types and numbers of musicians in an orchestra.
awacs52 1 year ago
@plugee WOOO
TrueColours044 1 year ago
@plugee No single good musician would say that violas are superior to violins
iSteven00 1 year ago
@iSteven00 Bach preferred to play the viola.
smalin 1 year ago
@smalin Thats still not a reason why the viola would be "superior" to the violin, both instruments are great and have their own unique sound.
No single good musician would say that a instrument would be "superior" to another
iSteven00 1 year ago
@iSteven00 I completely agree.
locomotifx 1 year ago
@smalin you guys are dumbasses, bach was a hardcore cellist, cello's all da way biatch!!!
estebanmartinez2030 1 year ago
@iSteven00 what about good viola players? or are they definitively excluded
locomotifx 1 year ago
@locomotifx A good viola player wouldnt say that his instrument is superior to another
iSteven00 1 year ago
@iSteven00 (lol) somehow knew that you might say that!
locomotifx 1 year ago
@locomotifx Yes ur right, I am repeating myself :P
Ah well never mind, think what u want to, I give up now
iSteven00 1 year ago
@locomotifx (lol) I somehow knew you'd say that!
locomotifx 1 year ago
@iSteven00
Just to say,
I feel like in an orchestra all are neccesary
you need viola sounds, violin sounds, cello sounds and bass sounds
if not it wouldn't work
And I know many good musicians who are violists who can play the violin, yet prefer to play the viola.
I personally play violin and viola and I think the sounds are simply different,
there shouldn't be a fight of "which instrument is better"
don't look down on the viola
noah9100 1 year ago
@iSteven00 I would
lennic95 1 year ago
@iSteven00 There's not much of a difference between the two...
tehluigiman 1 year ago
@plugee
No instrument excels over another, each simply does what its built to do best.
Zappyguy111 1 year ago
@plugee I play viola, but, like iSteven said, all instruments have a different purpose, and are all good in their own realm. You should recognize that maybe in this piece violas do have a leading role, but it doesn't necessarily make them superior. (:
dawnIove 1 year ago
cura estrema per le forme, che a Bach veniva naturale...
simomipiaccio 1 year ago
your videos rock smalin
brabbitsp 1 year ago
amazing.. i cant stop listening to anything but your videos smalin since they are so attractive for the eye
MegaFairy 1 year ago
Enjoy it very much. Thank you
arbie101 1 year ago
and music from other continents
xp0ferens 1 year ago
one unexpected advantage of this graphic is that my three and four year old children watch and listen to bach with passion
billegeto 2 years ago
Yay!
smalin 2 years ago
XD u sure have it in for the clasics ?
zukomaki 1 year ago
Yay!
homerilias 1 year ago
@homerilias, and also to Chopin, lately...
billegeto 1 year ago
@billegeto i think instead of passion, thay really just go "oh yay! colors!"
perropeppe 1 year ago