Chopin Godowsky Study Etude Op.10 No.12 Revolution Revolutionary C# Minor C#m LH Left Hand 革命

[flordevi]

Wow!!! You are very good! Congratulations!

[tzizcake]

I love this!!! <3

[ChrisKogos]

OMG! :0 Sheets please?

[drwinslow70]

What an extraordinary gift!!!

[AliceAo1234]

I on Grade 3 and I can't play many songs because my hands aren't even big enough for an octave yet :(

[harrydig5]

@AliceAo1234 maybe its because your not old enough dont worry your hands will learn to stretch more =] im 13 and i can reach 3 notes over an octave so dont worry about it =p

[lllllllllllllll88]

O O 

I can't even play this with two hands...lol

[xiaobeika]

Incredible .

[xiaobeika]

Incredible talent .

[asshatnowhere159]

ladies, just imagine what he could do with the other hand while playing you a symphony!

[ClownFuneral]

Jesus Christ

[mariaxxx1995]

Hoooly shit dude!You're awesome!!

[24Pianist]

24 people ovbiously have no left hand. Words cannot descibe this piece :)

[danielklee92]

How Old Are You Alan?

[JaniceF24]

THIS IS REALLY GOOD

[MrFadiPianist]

HOWWWWWW

[lsbrother]

obviously quite good playing - but, for me, the sound quality is so very poor that I just couldn't listen for long. Perhaps try different mike, positioning - something!

[K46620]

Love it! If I could play that piece, perhaps I could get one of those fancy yo-yos that do very long sleepers- that would be much less distracting than eating noodles!

[Hurlibutz]

HOLY SHIT!! O_o

are you at least left handed?!?!

[danielklee92]

@Hurlibutz no

[gsarci2011]

let me see...

left hand...

then right foot...

*weird?*

[RandomCoked]

hmm... you look very singaporean!

[Spyonelili35]

magnifique !!!!

[banjin2011]

Its amazing, unbelievable!!!!

Bravissimo!

[lusqui88]

EL VIDEO ESTA ACELERADO, COMO ERES TAN CUTRE? ES QUE NADIE SE DA CUENTA?

[gerardbedecarter]

This is .... hey wow !!!!!!

[SugarbunnySwirl]

O_O

[tessankenzieshow]

woah..

[Maheta96]

man that is TIGHT!!! i could NEVER do that!!! it sounds so awesome! youre so great at this!!! you honestly have a wonderful talent!

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

well, at least you can turn the pages without problems :D

[StefanHHW]

very good! But you should have your piano tuned :-)

[perinp]

WOW bravo

[hiyatmonizzles]

my favorite part was when he played the piano.

[NZAlmighty]

WOW.

[mikegnik]

Love the page turns:)

[LucasJohansson]

..Can I.. Can I borrow you hand?._.

[bilahouse]

..Can I.. Can I borrow your hands?._.

[holyking1100]

pff..he is obviously cheating...thats OBVIOUSLY chuck norris hand....

[hannahchanxox]

OMG! AMAAZIN!!! BRAVO!

[jakiner]

is that the guy from Adam's Family? lol.. that's pretty amazing!!!

[tiftmasta]

holy crap. I didn't even notice that this was being played with one hand until I watched the video.

[youchooooooob]

Seriously - off the chain man. Real talent.

[ragtimest]

ooh

[josefzachariassen]

wow!!!! that's siiick!!!!

OMFG! you have a crazy left hand!!

[drjaz696]

thats freaky! jaz

[TetezuiAnimations]

oh, sorry i saw you're asian THAT ISN't FAKE!

[TetezuiAnimations]

fake

[bernii29]

uau!! fantastic! :) can you tell me the model of your yamaha piano?? thank you very much. :)

[xxkittycutexx]

Holy He's Insane What Grade Is This???

[daytonmlivingston]

Wow.....Godowsky put way too much time into modifying the Chopin Etudes.....

[Dante121892]

=O =O =O =O =O!!!!

[MrAimlessGuy]

@Dante121892 Indeed

[realgrantdermody]

Just out of curiosity, how long have you been playing piano and how long did it take you to get this piece to a performable level?

[VanargrandsEnd]

@realgrantdermody it would take playing piano for a minimum of about 3.5 - 4 years i say minimum because most pianists i know would not have actually gotten to that standard of playing until about their 7 - 8th year of playing and to get it to that performable level at the minimum would be about 3 months for perfection though there are people who could get there sooner but that is very rare just really boils down to how much of your time you are willing to put in to it

[VanargrandsEnd]

@VanargrandsEnd Also I have a feeling that my grammar is a tad off in this I do apologise Lol

[Aul1kki]

@VanargrandsEnd Well there are limits how much you can learn in a one day and how long your muscles can do that. I agree that in theory, that a minimum would be around 4 years, but there are only a very few people who would be able to do that. Also do you mean they start out from absolutely zero? That they don't have any kind of musical education? Also why there are so many who won't be able to play even the chopin etudes?

[VanargrandsEnd]

@Aul1kki Very few indeed , Well its possible from absolutely no knowledge of music, i mean some people just have a thirst of knowledge or for understanding things. It boils down to your style of playing, there are three types of pianist ones who play from ear, sight reading, watching someone else play( the new youtube generation as i call it) , or a combination of all.

[VanargrandsEnd]

@Aul1kki Those who play from ear as early as possible i believe stand the best chance of getting there first, they already know how its supposed to sound, and if they are stuck they can always learn to sight read :). In answer to the second part i believe its down to the amount of time someone puts into the piano, i know kids who put in maybe an hour a day playing only what they are told to have ready. It works for some, but to be honest i spend 2-3 hours a day on the piano and -

[Aul1kki]

@VanargrandsEnd They say it's not the amount, but the quality. Though I think the more work you have done at the piano the more progress you can do in 1 hour, for example. Do you know any place where I could find something like "the absolutely best ways to practise the piano playing". I've been using so much time to figure out how I would get the best results from 1 practise session. These are interesting things, but it would be sad to face the best methods when I'm like 40 years old.

[VanargrandsEnd]

@Aul1kki Well yeah i agree with that statement but i guess we all get a bit sloppy at times lol. To be honest i used to spend ages looking for that type of book or site but now i realise that every pianist plays the piano differently, like the second i here the first note instantly know the artist. The best advice i can give really is to change it up as often as possible so your fingers dont have time to get used to what your doing and stop progressing(?) .

[VanargrandsEnd]

@Aul1kki Another good trick would be to take your favorite piece and every 2 weeks change the key signature and tonality then learn corresponding scales with that key signature. You'll also broaden your over all knowledge of music and you'll vastly improve your improvisational skills. To me that is probably one of the methods I know, but as for a book or site they will all say the best things its really all down to the individual as long as you dont have poor technique. Age means nothing :P

[VanargrandsEnd]

@Aul1kki - half of that is playing what i want to play. I incorporate finger exercises and arpeggios and that into my favorite pieces so that way im always training my muscles. Some classical pianist train for 6-9 hours a day thats endurance training right there, which most people just dont have the time to build stamina and finger strength that Chopin etudes demand - irony lol. That and Chopin was like a poet and alot of people cannot play things the way he wanted them to be so they give up..

[fabptitpom]

WTF OMG.

You're my hero.

[ToMMYFiLM]

I can't believe what I just saw and heard!! This is absolutely great! I bet if you are that good in Godowsky's etude, the original Chopin etude must be a walk in the park for you. Thank you so much, now I'll watch your other interpretations! Thanks!

[yoguysoffm]

sheet music anyone?

[ToxicLabProductions]

nice fucking work dude

[LyricsAreLife101]

WTH O_O thats some seroius talent 

[Pollewopwop]

Wauw!!!

A lot of teachers will be pleased with such a student....

[NanakoChii]

how...

[flowrgurl]

if i had some crazy left hand talent like that...

i would save alot of time while playing the piano.

like...

i could eat noodles with my other hand :D

[alanchan1024]

@flowrgurl I am not able to eat noodles while playing this piece ... !

[danielklee92]

@alanchan1024 that's funny if you do.

[danielklee92]

@alanchan1024 Cause you need to turn the page,right?

[alanchan1024]

@rsoeyadi I guess not many teachers would teach this piece anyway ..

[strappinggermanlad]

@alanchan1024

I've made the experience that teachers actually held me back... I always wanted to play the really hard stuff like this, and they just wanted me to do the boring pieces in some teaching book.

Now that I started playing again on my own, just with passion and dedication I am light years ahead of where I was before...

So @rsoeyadi: I think he wouldn't be any better with a teacher. Today you can learn everything you want online, just need to keep at it.

[faleru]

@strappinggermanlad most teachers only do that because they "think" we have no talent ¬¬

[Maddolis]

@strappinggermanlad With all due respect, I think he would.

The tempo is pretty rough at times, and teachers always help with sound and tonality, not to mention technique and numerous other factors to be taken into account.

I'd have to hear you beforehand and after to see if you just had a poor teacher or if they were restraining you for good reason.

[strappinggermanlad]

@Maddolis

Well the thing is that as long as you are honest about how shitty your playing really is and focus on what you need to improve, you really don't need to shell out 50$ a month for someone else to tell you the same and have you play pieces you don't want to play

[Maddolis]

@strappinggermanlad Yup, some people are like that- and being self-taught can (rarely, I must say) be better than having a teacher- though having a good teacher that knows what they're doing more or less outweighs the benefits of being self-taught, the vast majority of the time.

Unless the student records themselves playing, notices absolutely everything they need improvement on and, most importantly, *knows how* to improve on them, + technique + style, aural training and the like, it'd be...

[Maddolis]

...better to have a teacher.

I guess it also depends on the teacher- $50 a month would be cheap, even if you're just having 4 half-hour lessons. I mean, for example, my costs would be estimated at about $280 a month, though with a lot of extra time (as my teacher is very generously flexible on that) and as of now, is covered under uni costs.

It's the difference between having a tertiary-institution level, experienced performer for a teacher, and just a kid who "knows how to play piano."

[Maddolis]

*when I say tertiary-institution level, I mean uni-level teacher, not uni-level performer.

[strappinggermanlad]

@Maddolis

I agree,maybe not everyone can teach themselves.But the term"self-taught"may be a little misleading.I always seek out help where I can:mostly from websites and from youtube teachers.It's not like I reinvented the cirlce of fifth by myself ^^.And whenever someone who is better than me is around, I ask them for advice and let them check my playing.

Having a teacher is great if you can afford it, but it's not neccesarry. And if you don't want to learn, a teacher won't do any good either

[Maddolis]

@strappinggermanlad I agree with 90% of your comment.

Generally self-taught means you don't have a constant teacher anyway, so you may attend workshops, seminars etc.

I partially agree and partially disagree that "having a teacher is not necessary"- it depends on what you're aiming for. If you wish to be the keyboardist in a pop band, then it's unnecessary. If you wish to become a concert pianist (good luck), then it's a requirement.

[strappinggermanlad]

@Maddolis

Yeah, I can get behind that :)

[aznmickster]

@rsoeyadi this guy is a teacher, didn't you know that?

[rsoeyadi]

@aznmickster OHHHHHHHH! Ok...lol

[PhillipLWilcher]

Bravo!

Trust Godowsky to make a left hand solo etude of a left hand etude!

With whom do you study?

I notice you are here in Sydney.

[alanchan1024]

@PhillipLWilcher I don't have a teacher. That's why I am so free to choose what pieces to play :-)

[PhillipLWilcher]

@alanchan1024 Then music alone is your teacher and that is a wonderful,thing!

[Maheta96]

@alanchan1024 WOW!!!! thats even MORE INCREDIBLE!!!! YOU JUST LIKE MAKE MY JAW DROP TO THE FLOOR!!!!! haha

[maaanny16]

whoa! CRAZY LEFT HAND!!!!!!

[Vesivian]

best part was obviously from 0:00 - 2:55

[undertheswings]

@Vesivian Yeah, 2:56 was absolutely terrible.

[ptitemuse]

@efingerlee11

but really funny to play ^^

[eileenhochengsuan]

u.clearly.hv.talent =)

[OrangeSodaKing]

Look at the bright side... now you have a free hand to turn the pages! :D

Great job! The original works the left hand out enough, but this is some serious business! This is one of my favorite Godowsky studies. :)

[xIcyCandyyx]

people at my schools recital rarely play this because it's too difficult for some and now ur here on youtube playing it with only one hand.

[pipeorganloverNJP]

@xIcyCandyyx Actually it's meant to be played with one hand: This is Godowsky's transcription of Chopin's etude. He made some 53 of them, including ones(s) that combined two of Chopin's Etudes. Godowsky's studies on Chopin's Etudes are some of the hardest pieces in the piano repertoire.

[FerdinandNicolay]

I didn`t knew that was possible! You are a great musican even though the whole piece sounded a little bit rushed. Sorry for my bad english I`m from Norway...

[satyu131089]

@efingerlee11 are you joking? godowski purposely made this etude hardeer to play in order to make room for more study...left hand becomes so tough with more black keys...

[forevermeandmusic]

@____@ never knew that "that" is possible !!! awesome.. :D

[lottoformulier]

i play it myself, but i don't get this insane velocity :o

very nicely played!!

[hanchangkim]

why one handed? it sounds rushed, but still REALLY good

[dogiemole]

woah!!...how do u do that??...0_o

[Contrapunctus1]

That is insanely difficuly

[ExodusLeth]

woah

[asiandramaanimeluver]

ive always wondered, wat does the let pedal do?

[joycieeakaPANDA]

hm. i'm playing this piece right now.. and sorry but why are u playing it soo fast..?! and what's with the whole one hand thing? o.O

[MrRicksStudio]

That would be because it is the Godowsky paraphrase for left hand alone, not the original version, which evidently you are playing v e r y s l o w l y . Barring any other critical comments on this performance, he is quite near a respectable tempo for this piece.

[lovesGenet]

Really good at getting melody across. Try to record this less close to piano &it willsoundbetter. Recorde sound needs experimenting with.GOODGOING!

[TheNeilram]

supreme.when do you present the grade 3´s piano pieces for children?

[alanchan1024]

I am working on it as well as a lot of other pieces ...

[abcvvn]

woah....

[Hestarn]

Sounds just teribble.. but good job!

[dtscott13]

Amazing left hand technique.

[chutdigadut]

holy........crap

[123eldest]

Hmm i much prefer the orginal, needs less sustain. Nice playing.

[rvn10rvn17]

magnificent

[punyauyau]

oh~~ur RH can turn the page~~

actually,,i thought yr 5th finger is too rush....i suggest u to FEEL more of yr 3,4,5 fingers,,anyway,,u play well~

[ivionday]

those 4 octave leaps look inhuman 2:44

[yangqinks]

Excellent!! 5 stars from me! Awesome!!

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

WOW!!!! You are AWESOME!  5*****

Highest regards,

Diane

[dreampianist]

awesome! nicely done

[Skygrapped]

Great playing but I think you should use less pedal!

[alanchan1024]

Totally agree - but if I use less pedal I can't connect the melody - this is a crazy piece ...