Music for pieces of wood - Steve Reich

[OiOioigres]

It's very easy :P

[knockknockchurch]

I think one of them was a bit sharp

[borderlineinsane100]

what happens of one of them hits his finger by accident?

[anonymoprivat]

I got a headache...

[alexnordh]

The intro of Man Machine by Kraftwerk? ;)

[TheEnglishQuail]

Think they need to work on their embouchure... :)

[charlesismymiddlenam]

what happens if one of them has to sneeze?

[TheSnareguitar]

This is the sound track of hell.

[mohamedgl24]

good not bad but its makes you sleep

[syclone1931]

fuck that guy in the middle! said the metronome...

[mprimecoleman]

Absolutely stunning performance.

[TineJohan]

Amazing, incredible, no words can describe this. Respect guys!

[BradWest96]

Badass.

[jdub94ful]

Who the hell disliked this?

[TomasMikaX]

The middle guy is a beast.

[ukdavepianoman]

i'm addicted to this piece now. I love Reich anyway but this is one of his best percussion pieces. What a great performance. How these guys play their lines without getting distracted by what everyone else is doing, i don't know...but then they're pros. Robin Engelman and John Wyre (3rd and 4th from left) seem to be in a trance. Towards the end it sounds like birds or crickets chirping. Amazing stuff.

[anabellik]

Seems really, really difficult. Kudos to all the performers.

[harryom123]

wonderful and inspiring how simple things can make such beauty

[5619762]

AMAZING !

i belive the 5th will be the hardest part because if he enter`s wrong he will drag the hard work of the group and they have to start again , about the 1st guy he got a nerve of steel .

[jessjustinvincible]

that was beautiful (most brutal tone)

[artyzach]

It's like the 100000000000th time I played this...... and playing part number 2 is crazy... if you keep rehearsing without breaks in between... :D

[lip333]

It's like the 100000000000th time I watch this.

[RadRoss4]

damn. the dude playing first must go into a trance. super sick piece

[antoekneeoh22]

Mind=Blown

[billcahn]

The players are the Toronto-based percussion quintet, NEXUS - (L. to R.) Bob Becker, Russell Hartenberger, Robin Engelman, John Wyre and Bill Cahn.

Bob and Russell are regular players with Steve Reich's ensemble. NEXUS formed in 1971 and is still going strong with worldwide performances.

[operadood]

@9990999jacob beauty is in the ear of the beholder. i think this music is engaging and exciting. maybe not "pretty" but i don't find it "terrible" either

[9990999jacob]

sorry i dont understand

[1osta]

Natürlich kenne ich die Geschichte seiner langen Zugfahrten - bei neuem Hören bin ich immer wieder überrascht wie sehr mich diese Musik an Vögel, natürliche Rhythmen, an Olive Messian erinnert. Da gibt es eine so richtig zivilisierte, großstädtische Musik und sie erscheint mir nahezu primitiv und volkstümlich, natürlich. ;-)

[9990999jacob]

Why bother listening to this??? its hard to do but terrible to hear!

[1osta]

@9990999jacob Dann klick doch einfach weiter. ;-)

[xxxslayerxxx666]

@9990999jacob too bad for you!

[drumsarchaea]

@9990999jacob idiot

[AnotherGuitarHero]

I love the ending

[jclmedb27]

i met the guy playing the metronome part when i saw nexus play last year. amazing group.

[burger414]

this music makes ya wanna dance to it.

[etzilla]

if I was the first guy, I'd be nervous as if going to the dentist....

[kgtwin2]

um, part one is definitely the easiest.

[davew0927]

@kgtwin2 Yeah okay, you do it for 10 minutes and then tell me how easy it is.

[kgtwin2]

@davew0927

I played all the parts. Part one is the easiest because it is the same thing, and it is easy to memorize. Only hard thing about it is being able to keep a steady pulse. But, if you are a good musician, you should be fine with it. The rest of the parts are the hardest because idealistically, you are expected to keep a steady pulse, it is more syncopated, and it is a little harder to memorize. Don't give me an attitude on youtube. That is the most childish thing you can do, Dave.

[davew0927]

@kgtwin2 Don't you dare talk down to me. Get off your pedestal and stop looking down at the rest of the world.

[artyzach]

@kgtwin2 you might say that, but it may also be difficult in a way, the pulse has to be kept at a steady beat, and at such a fast tempo.

[kgtwin2]

I said that was the only difficult part, lol. Did you even read the whole post?

[cyanastropyre]

I find it very hard to get my brain around this piece, so to say. It is amazingly complex but so delightful to listen to. My ears are buzzing during this whole performance, (in a good way, of course).

[andrialendeshone]

Hi Jessica!

Three isn't THAT easy.. haha.

Talia and I just MAKE it look easy.

[dchsdl]

woahhhhh that looks REALLY hard to play!

[Serendepity]

I'm playing it with my percussion ensemble group, and honestly, we found part 5 really hard... part three was the easiest, and part 1 is hard mostly because you're playing the SAME THING throughout the entire thing... And you have to keep the tempo up through the whole storm of the piece. It's amazing when done well though, and these guys are REALLY good.

[artyzach]

@Serendepity apparently, ours is different. we are going to perform it tonight, but everyone can't seem to get the time signature changes right, and... part 3 seems to be the most dificult part there.

[Serendepity]

@artyzach Yeah, it took our group a long while to get it down, at least half a school year. It's really worth it to work the transitions between time signatures for a good long time, and then link it together. That's what we did and it really helped our playing. And part 2 has to be so incredibly strong, they could play it backwards in their sleep.

Good luck, though! It's incredibly rewarding to do it on stage!

[artyzach]

@Serendepity hmm, our group only managed to have 4 weeks to learn it, and tonight we have to perform it in front of a huge crowd.

[eleven59]

@Serendepity I did this in high school too, and I remember the guy playing part 2 just closing his eyes, leaning his head back, and getting into the zone. It looks easy, but it takes incredible focus.  I think I was part 5 if I remember right. Might have been 3 though.

[GrossmeisterPolias]

i once played it myself. the hardest part is the guy playing first.... and its loud

[shadowman556]

cool

[tame5ro]

Yes it is!