I have heard alot of music and this is the most gorgeous piece i have ever heard. It makes me want to laugh, cry, sleep, and dance all at once like no other piece. THANK YOU J. BACH!!!!
Saludos muy bueno... pero creo q debes verificar la partitura.. en el momento q haces F# C y luego pasas a G Eb ese ultimo Eb no es Eb sino E natural e incluso el G q haces no es G natural sino sostenido G# te invito a q le heces un vistazo a la partirtura y me cuentes ... pero me gusta como suena .... saludos
@annabananadw sorry I said about the wrong notes. it's not wrong, It's just I haven't heard those notes before but I found out they were right anyway so sorry! =)
@annabananadw how did you find about these notes being right? I mean the notes played from 1:48 to 1:52. These notes are not on the sheet! (I guess @clyfton plays GDsharpHCDsharp here.) These notes are played between FsharpCACDsharp and GsharpFBCD. They're not on the sheet.
@annabananadw how did you find about these notes being right? I mean the notes played from 1:48 to 1:52. These notes are not on the sheet! (I guess @clyfton plays GDsharpHCDsharp here.) These notes are played between FsharpCACDsharp and GsharpFBCD. They're not on the sheet.
Oh, this is all very interesting to me. I play the piano but recently took up the cello. When I play the cello to Bach's prelude, it doesn't sound quite right but when I play it to your rendition it all works. But it is different than the prelude I learned. So, it seems that EFAJE has solved the mystery! Thank you!
thank you so much for the effort to post a simple style so those of us who are inept at piano can try to emulate such beautiful music once in our lifetime. i learned to play this piece by viewing and reviewing your video
Really beautiful! I'm so tired of people debating to use pedal or not. When Bach was around they didn't have pedal and that is why it isn't written that way, But in my mind I think he would've used pedal because of the soft melody. When I play this piece I put the pedal slightly down because it sounds much more beautiful!
Heaven..is here..I love this so much. Had a brain tumor and lost abilty to read music..then..a miracle..got the feeling" if you want to play this..you will..." almost without error now. What a blessing to be able to recreate that music.
attempt to..but it is all in the trying anyway..this master makes me want to keep trying.
well - reference your tempo - unlike all the other "perfect" ones I have heard
I LOVE your slower version - with feeling - not a 'robotic' perfect tempo - yes I know a personal thing - It sounds just like my son - ergo - VERY enjoyable (to me) - thanks for sharing !
Very beautifully played!!!! This was one of my concert pieces when I took piano years ago!! I love this piece, very soothing, very calming, I just played it for offetory in church and not one person moved after it was done!! Thank you! Well Done!
Nice, but I'm curious...why speed up like that at the end? When I play this piece, I try to play it as evenly as possible. Slightly (but not much) faster than you (usually), but even throughout. Nice playing but I have to say, it kind of throws me when you speed up like that. If anything, I slow down at the end....
@themistermax Hey, you're absolutely right! I never thought of it before, but for some reason, I always had a "triplet" sortof feel for the last few bars, but they aren't triplets at all of course. I recorded these videos primarily so that people who are unable to read sheet music could learn from them, but still... It seems stupid to "teach" the wrong thing, right? :)
Even though I don't play this piece like you do (I try to keep to the music exactly), I think that the little variation is quite appropriate myself; it almost adds an individual mark to the piece...well done!
@seraphlgabri I don't think it's ever stupid to ask. While this piece was written in the key of C, and C major being the dominant, there are still many other chords involved. That is, it's not just one big C major chord, but rather progressions of chords stemming from C major. For instance, the first few chords in this piece are: C, Dm7/C, G7/B, C, Am/C, D7/C, G/B, C∆7/B, A7, D7, G and so on.
And D7, for example, contains a black key (F sharp). Cheers!
How about only using the chord progression of C major scale? Then you got at least 7 chords(C, Dm, Em, F, G /G7, Am, Bdim) so all these notes are from C major scale.
@seraphlgabri Absolutely! However, those 7 chords are not the only ones used in this piece (but I would argue that they are the most common chords throughout the entire piece, for obvious reasons)
@clyfton@seraphlgabri: Way back in college, this was the very first piece I analyzed in Music Theory class... Take a close look at "The Circle of Fifths": G is the Dominant of C... D is the Dominant of G... A is the Dominant of D, etc. Also notice that Am is the relative minor of C *and* it's the minor Dominant of D. Bach was wicked cool with the way he jumped around the Circle of Fifths. The guy was a certifiable genius.
@seraphlgabri I will tell you why there are notes from other keys. They are called secondary dominant chords. If you want to play a C-F-G progression, that's okay, but to add more interest before you play F, you can use the dominant chord from F, which is C7. Now your chord progression goes C-C7-F-G. You can add more interest before you play the G as well, by using the dominant chord from the key of G, which is D7. Now your chord progression goes C-C7-F-D7-G.
@seraphlgabri That's interesting. There might be more than one way to explain that. But simply, F#dim7 is the second inversion of Cdim7. So it kinda makes sense. Bach was way ahead of his time. Does he use all the black notes in this song? Pretty cool how he can use all the black notes in the key of C.
@seraphlgabri Also, secondary chords can be built the dominant or the diminished seventh. The dominant chord in G is D7. The diminished chord is F#dim. I'm sure it was pretty shocking to everyone at the time.
Keys that don't sound like they go with the key that you're playing -- in this case, C major -- are chromatics. As well as adding flavour, they do indeed contribute to other chords built in the song. Awesome question; it makes us musicians think a little...
@seraphlgabri Yes, "written" in C. Meaning the key signtaure. The piece regulary deviates from this key, C major, by way of accidentals, in effect there is regular modulation to different keys. This takes you to a diffferent tonal centre, make your mind regulalry find a new resting place. If classical pieces did remain faithful to one key, altough some do, this is hard to create the broad effects of emotion that classical music can provide. Pop music is almost always in one key, as you suggest
I am so glad I finally found someone who plays this with feeling and slow grace. So many people tear through it...it's not a race, for goodness' sake. Wonderfully done. Thank you.
Not a bad playing... This piece is ideal practice for good legato in the right hand without using any pedal. It's sufficient to hold the two tones of the low voice (good exercise for keeping those two fingers on the keys). The result will be a cleaner sound. Keep the tempo constant at the end, with just a slight retardando at the very end. If you feel in the mood, you can also accompany the Prelude by singing Gounod's "Ave Maria" melody as you play.
@RonaiHenrik My sheet music says he's playing it correctly. I play like he does but yes, thats soo strange that some other people on here are also playing it differently??
Awesome video,but I can't help hating your hand technique (or however it is writen). On a personal opnion, you should move your hands more, to give more feeling to the music, however that is a just a personal opnion, not serious criticism.
@Diffomega Hey, thanks! I agree with you; "feeling" in music is very different depending on who you're asking. Are you saying that moving my hands will make it all sound different somehow? I mean, can you tell how my hands are moving simply by listening? Because ppl seem to care tremendously about the fingering or the positioning of the hands, when (in my opinion) it should all come down to the listening experience.
@clyfton I'm not talking about how it sounds, the sound is perfect, I'm talking about seeing you playing. Something like...if you kinda moved your hands more to see how you feel about playing it, can you understand what I mean? Then again, it's just a personal opnion, nothing serious.
However I strongly agree you about the fingering stuff, except on some chopin songs in wich the fingering makes is much more beautifull to watch someone playing.
@clyfton well you make a point but it isn't necessarily true. First off very good job i loved playing this song but anyways a lot of songs if you have say 4 staccato eighth notes usually the fingering will be written in as 3,2,1,3 or something of that sort because it makes the staccato more defined, better sounding, and clear so the fingering can change the sound. but it sounded fine.
@Diffomega If he moved his hands with more feeling - as you call it - it would interfere with the clarity of where he puts his fingers - his video helps me to learn the piece - so it is very helpful - so thank you Clyfton for posting it this way.
Wonderful. And thank you for playing it slowly, so a beginner like me, who doesn't even read music can at least get a grip on the first few bars. I'm very grateful. Oh, sorry - I've just read other comments and I seem to be mirroring them. I'm glad I'm not alone! Time to play your clip again. And again!
Oh and by the way, MsZoologist1, nobody cares if your 12 and teaching your 19 year old brother to play this. There are many 12 year olds playing piano and teaching older siblings, it's not something out of the ordinary so stop fishing for compliments :)
Well, I think one of the marks of a truly great piece of music is that it is affecting at a variety of tempos. I like things played slowly because it's easier to hear what's going on -- harmonic structure, interior melodies, etc. Maybe that's an 'erector-set' sort of viewpoint, but I stand by it.
This piece sounds so much better played at a slightly slower tempo than if you were to play it from a technical viewpoint. It gives you far more scope to imbue the piece with emotion and soul. This particular piece's simplicity belies it's genius. It's ebb and flow seems so timeless. I can't wait to learn and give my own interpretation to it. To Clyfton, I think you are on the money when you say you rely on your ears. Feel it first. Always.
@omnipitantlyoriginal NONONONONONONOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! First of all piano music is NOT to be played on a synth, even a piano synth sounds bad. Second of all there are tousands of different synths.
hey man that was good but try speeding up the tempo just a little bit and use less pedal durn=ing the time that this was written it was not intended to be played with the pedal and you get a crisper clearer sound with out it and it sounds the way it is meant to sound..and also use more dynamics..good job tho =)
Naw man, it's perfect tempo for learning. If every video would be in fast tempo just to show off piano skills, how would people learn from them? It's also filmed from above, really, perfect for learning.
There was one "accident" at the end, otherwise it's great. :)
Gorgoeus! I knew this song, but now I only remember half of it, I don't know notes so I have to learn the song without it. Thanks for this vid, it sounds amazing!
Ahhhh Ive been trying to find this song forever! I will now have a nice Christmas present to play for my son. Thank you so much for sharing! There are too many "Prelude in C" songs out there and Im glad I finally found the right one.
I like your interpretation, you capture the 'dreamy', flowing feeling very well. It's interesting to hear different interps. Glenn Gould plays the right hand notes more sprightly and so his version feels more energetic to me.
@clyfton well, actually, no, this isn't ave maria, Charles Gounod just happened to add to bach's prelude. Although the base of ave maria is the same, they are still considered two different songs, if you get what i am saying :D but either way, love it :D
@clyfton no, this IS Bach's prelude 1 (as is written), there is no other melody to this song. There was a 2nd melody written to play on top of this prelude by Charles Gounod. Charles used this prelude as the progressions for his Ave Maria lyrics. both are gorgeous
@5600981 I belive Gounoud transopsed this Bachprelude when he rote the melody to Ave Maria. Ave maria is in f-major i belive? I have sheets for it in f major anyway. And the original WTC-book to :-)
@5600981 No this is Bach. Ave Maria was written about 150 years after this Bach prelude. But you are correct that the Ave Maria piece is set to this music.
This song is one of the many reasons why I want to get a paino. It doesn't sound as nice on a keyboard, especially one of the ones i have =[ ah well when ever I get the chance to play this song on piano it is brlliant =] nicely played BTW!
I love the speed, its the way I prefer to play it myself. I think this is beautiful...interesting note though...your measure 23 is a bit different than the two print versions I have. I have BCD and then AbF with the left. It seems you go BCD# and A#D#. Interesting, I was wondering if you did this to make it flow better for you or thats just the way you learned it (I'm asking because I always felt measures 22&23 were a bit awkward myself). Oh and have you learned the Fugue or any other WTC songs?
I like it slower too mate. However, I also know that speed means shit all, to be honest. Because speed is just somebody's personal preference. If they don't like it slow, instead of saying to play it faster, they should just go listen to someone else play it. I mean, it is equivalent to walking up to an impressionist painter and saying, "can you paint realistically for me? Because I don't like impressionism."
Thank you for posting this piece. It sounds lovely at the speed you've played. My daughter is learning the piece at this tempo and a faster tempo and plays either way depending on the mood or audience.
First of all, I should begin by explaining that I rely on my ears and not sheet music when learning different pieces. Still, I know that 8th notes and 16th notes are in no way absolute measures of tempo, since they are proportional values of whatever tempo has been set. An 8th note in one piece may be exactly equivalent to a 16th note in another, which would suggest that the first piece has double the tempo of the second piece.
That being said, it could be played faster, sure! I agree.
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you problem lies therein. You rely on your ear, and your ear is will never get everything perfect as your memory is not exacted towards the music yet. Not until you fully know how to play the music should you ever rely on your ear, even if you have perfect pitch (which I wouldn't know because I haven't tested you).
You're suggesting an awful lot, and I really have to disagree with you. Besides, the issue here is the difference between 8th notes and 16th notes (quavers and semi-quavers respectively) and what they mean exactly. This has NOTHING to do with the way I learn how to play different pieces - my understanding of these concepts are completely unrelated to my actual playing.
I unreservedly welcome any kind of criticism, but this just seems nonsensical to me. Sorry.
@clyfton clyfton is correct. You can play any song at any tempo as long as you remain within the correct rhythm as notated by differences in 16th notes or 8th notes, whatever. Bach barely gave any direction in his pieces, most don't even have tempos assigned (allegro, or largo for example) it was all assumed. That being said, even bach's violin sonata 1 has a shit load of 16ths but that song is almost never played fast. I digress.
@clyfton@clyfton clyfton is correct. You can play any song at any tempo as long as you remain within the correct rhythm as notated by differences in 16th notes or 8th notes, whatever. Bach barely gave any direction in his pieces, most don't even have tempos assigned (allegro, or largo for example) it was all assumed. That being said, even bach's violin sonata 1 has a shit load of 16ths but that song is almost never played fast. I digress.
@clyfton@clyfton clyfton is correct. You can play any song at any tempo as long as you remain within the correct rhythm as notated by differences in 16th notes or 8th notes, whatever. Bach barely gave any direction in his pieces, most don't even have tempos assigned (allegro, or largo for example) it was all assumed. That being said, even bach's violin sonata 1 has a shit load of 16ths but that song is almost never played fast. I digress.
@clyfton@clyfton clyfton is correct. You can play any song at any tempo as long as you remain within the correct rhythm as notated by differences in 16th notes or 8th notes, whatever. Bach barely gave any direction in his pieces, most don't even have tempos assigned (allegro, or largo for example) it was all assumed. That being said, even bach's violin sonata 1 has a shit load of 16ths but that song is almost never played fast. I digress.
@clyfton@clyfton clyfton is correct. You can play any song at any tempo as long as you remain within the correct rhythm as notated by differences in 16th notes or 8th notes, whatever. Bach barely gave any direction in his pieces, most don't even have tempos assigned (allegro, or largo for example) it was all assumed. That being said, even bach's violin sonata 1 has a shit load of 16ths but that song is almost never played fast. I digress.
there was like a year since i don't play the piano, and i've found a lot of the pieces i know here, and thaks to that I'm playing again<3 :')
Annitagonzalez21 2 weeks ago
I have heard alot of music and this is the most gorgeous piece i have ever heard. It makes me want to laugh, cry, sleep, and dance all at once like no other piece. THANK YOU J. BACH!!!!
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markymark251 4 weeks ago
Has some echoing now learning how to play it. Very impressive
btsadowski 1 month ago
Just finished learning how to play this! Overall easy to learn, just a lot to memorize :)
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Ok so now Im crying all over myself!
LadyOfTheDeer 2 months ago
Saludos muy bueno... pero creo q debes verificar la partitura.. en el momento q haces F# C y luego pasas a G Eb ese ultimo Eb no es Eb sino E natural e incluso el G q haces no es G natural sino sostenido G# te invito a q le heces un vistazo a la partirtura y me cuentes ... pero me gusta como suena .... saludos
jualvito 2 months ago
i love to play this also so slow:)
KaddhaDeLundt 3 months ago
Amazing. Can you please tell me , at the end , the trill you perform (between e and f) is it your adding or it was in the sheet music ?
musicResistances 4 months ago
what is the meter for this song? 2/4 or 3/4?
xanafanadu 4 months ago
@xanafanadu 4/4 :)
musicResistances 4 months ago
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15/-30.6
Nostrum84 4 months ago
Why are you using the sustain pedal so much, if at all?
tenorote 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Johann Sebastian Bach
i was just guessing whether i do it right, what finger goes whereto and when
it seems i do it the same way, a very useful video for me
kolpakovpasa 5 months ago
i love to play this song......whenever im feeling stressed,this is my go to song :).
jocylicious15 5 months ago
at about the time of 1:48 to 1:52 you did some wrong notes.
It was a little bit fast at the but you played it really good though. =)
annabananadw 6 months ago
@annabananadw sorry I said about the wrong notes. it's not wrong, It's just I haven't heard those notes before but I found out they were right anyway so sorry! =)
annabananadw 4 months ago
@annabananadw how did you find about these notes being right? I mean the notes played from 1:48 to 1:52. These notes are not on the sheet! (I guess @clyfton plays GDsharpHCDsharp here.) These notes are played between FsharpCACDsharp and GsharpFBCD. They're not on the sheet.
bpgergo 1 month ago
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@annabananadw how did you find about these notes being right? I mean the notes played from 1:48 to 1:52. These notes are not on the sheet! (I guess @clyfton plays GDsharpHCDsharp here.) These notes are played between FsharpCACDsharp and GsharpFBCD. They're not on the sheet.
bpgergo 1 month ago
if i had a nord piano or clavinova I could be able to play it like that.
I have a fucking toy @ home. Fuck capitalism. jWin MK-6100 and guess what,
it's motto is 'quality is everything'. Fuck your fucking quality.
Records are not real. Piano sounds like somebody sticked something in d'ass. No pedal of course.
If you live in Turkey and a lower class that's what you don't actually live.
D2Ci 6 months ago
@D2Ci so your saying you hate the song? and capitalism?
theargonite1234 3 months ago
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nope. I love Bach and this piece. I know how to play this one as well as BWV 972 larghetto and 979 andante.
The problem is I can't have a real instrument.
D2Ci 3 months ago
Oh, this is all very interesting to me. I play the piano but recently took up the cello. When I play the cello to Bach's prelude, it doesn't sound quite right but when I play it to your rendition it all works. But it is different than the prelude I learned. So, it seems that EFAJE has solved the mystery! Thank you!
ellenanna55 7 months ago
Well Done.
psyne000 7 months ago
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thank you so much for the effort to post a simple style so those of us who are inept at piano can try to emulate such beautiful music once in our lifetime. i learned to play this piece by viewing and reviewing your video
delonedotorg 8 months ago
Really beautiful! I'm so tired of people debating to use pedal or not. When Bach was around they didn't have pedal and that is why it isn't written that way, But in my mind I think he would've used pedal because of the soft melody. When I play this piece I put the pedal slightly down because it sounds much more beautiful!
CristianAndreas 8 months ago
this is taken from God's iPod
Zzz230210 9 months ago 3
I wonder what type of music 38 people listen to...
MusicIsMyLife6991 10 months ago
this is lovely! i'm so glad you did this! i was really unsure of the tempo but this was wonderful!
kateahernify 10 months ago
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So simple and still GREAT :)
Xav8904 10 months ago
This sounds, and honestly works, so much better on classical guitar. Check it out!
kaisaris25 10 months ago
Heaven..is here..I love this so much. Had a brain tumor and lost abilty to read music..then..a miracle..got the feeling" if you want to play this..you will..." almost without error now. What a blessing to be able to recreate that music.
attempt to..but it is all in the trying anyway..this master makes me want to keep trying.
Superwhiff1 10 months ago
am also learning this piece. Do you use pedal for this ?
nike27111296 11 months ago
well - reference your tempo - unlike all the other "perfect" ones I have heard
I LOVE your slower version - with feeling - not a 'robotic' perfect tempo - yes I know a personal thing - It sounds just like my son - ergo - VERY enjoyable (to me) - thanks for sharing !
TheDragonBF2 11 months ago
que bien que suena ese piano
qvrga 11 months ago
Just fabulous. I'm learning it now.= and it's not as easy as it appears. Whenever I hear this, I also hear the Ava Maria.
starrfan 11 months ago
Very beautifully played!!!! This was one of my concert pieces when I took piano years ago!! I love this piece, very soothing, very calming, I just played it for offetory in church and not one person moved after it was done!! Thank you! Well Done!
tenor175 1 year ago
It's amazing how some simple chords can be made into a beautiful melody <3
HearbreakCentral 1 year ago
vry good
dori846 1 year ago
thank you, will learn to play it.
thesoundgrove 1 year ago
Nice, but I'm curious...why speed up like that at the end? When I play this piece, I try to play it as evenly as possible. Slightly (but not much) faster than you (usually), but even throughout. Nice playing but I have to say, it kind of throws me when you speed up like that. If anything, I slow down at the end....
themistermax 1 year ago
@themistermax Hey, you're absolutely right! I never thought of it before, but for some reason, I always had a "triplet" sortof feel for the last few bars, but they aren't triplets at all of course. I recorded these videos primarily so that people who are unable to read sheet music could learn from them, but still... It seems stupid to "teach" the wrong thing, right? :)
clyfton 1 year ago
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Even though I don't play this piece like you do (I try to keep to the music exactly), I think that the little variation is quite appropriate myself; it almost adds an individual mark to the piece...well done!
bb3ca201 8 months ago
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delonedotorg 8 months ago
@themistermax Bach left his scores wide open for interpretation..it can sound good at many tempos...check it out !!!
jeanforget1 3 months ago
not bad for request :)
petroff89 1 year ago
I know it's stupid but can anyone tell me why play black keys in this tune of C major?
Thanks.
seraphlgabri 1 year ago 4
@seraphlgabri I don't think it's ever stupid to ask. While this piece was written in the key of C, and C major being the dominant, there are still many other chords involved. That is, it's not just one big C major chord, but rather progressions of chords stemming from C major. For instance, the first few chords in this piece are: C, Dm7/C, G7/B, C, Am/C, D7/C, G/B, C∆7/B, A7, D7, G and so on.
And D7, for example, contains a black key (F sharp). Cheers!
clyfton 1 year ago 11
@clyfton
How about only using the chord progression of C major scale? Then you got at least 7 chords(C, Dm, Em, F, G /G7, Am, Bdim) so all these notes are from C major scale.
Thanks.
seraphlgabri 1 year ago
@seraphlgabri Absolutely! However, those 7 chords are not the only ones used in this piece (but I would argue that they are the most common chords throughout the entire piece, for obvious reasons)
clyfton 1 year ago
@clyfton @seraphlgabri: Way back in college, this was the very first piece I analyzed in Music Theory class... Take a close look at "The Circle of Fifths": G is the Dominant of C... D is the Dominant of G... A is the Dominant of D, etc. Also notice that Am is the relative minor of C *and* it's the minor Dominant of D. Bach was wicked cool with the way he jumped around the Circle of Fifths. The guy was a certifiable genius.
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philnoll 1 year ago
@seraphlgabri I will tell you why there are notes from other keys. They are called secondary dominant chords. If you want to play a C-F-G progression, that's okay, but to add more interest before you play F, you can use the dominant chord from F, which is C7. Now your chord progression goes C-C7-F-G. You can add more interest before you play the G as well, by using the dominant chord from the key of G, which is D7. Now your chord progression goes C-C7-F-D7-G.
philnoll 1 year ago
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Secondary dominant chords, more interest, I got it, thank you.
But there are some chords, the root of the chord is not even from the C major scale, like the chord from 22nd measure is "F#dim7".
Pretty difficult for me to understand it.
seraphlgabri 1 year ago
@seraphlgabri That's interesting. There might be more than one way to explain that. But simply, F#dim7 is the second inversion of Cdim7. So it kinda makes sense. Bach was way ahead of his time. Does he use all the black notes in this song? Pretty cool how he can use all the black notes in the key of C.
philnoll 1 year ago
@philnoll
Inversion, I got it, thanks.
Yeah you're right, all of the 12 notes in an octave, that's pretty cool.
seraphlgabri 1 year ago
@seraphlgabri Also, secondary chords can be built the dominant or the diminished seventh. The dominant chord in G is D7. The diminished chord is F#dim. I'm sure it was pretty shocking to everyone at the time.
philnoll 1 year ago
@seraphlgabri
Keys that don't sound like they go with the key that you're playing -- in this case, C major -- are chromatics. As well as adding flavour, they do indeed contribute to other chords built in the song. Awesome question; it makes us musicians think a little...
bb3ca201 8 months ago
@seraphlgabri Yes, "written" in C. Meaning the key signtaure. The piece regulary deviates from this key, C major, by way of accidentals, in effect there is regular modulation to different keys. This takes you to a diffferent tonal centre, make your mind regulalry find a new resting place. If classical pieces did remain faithful to one key, altough some do, this is hard to create the broad effects of emotion that classical music can provide. Pop music is almost always in one key, as you suggest
EFAJE 7 months ago
I am learning this piece, too. you are playing good.
kittyleelove 1 year ago
I am so glad I finally found someone who plays this with feeling and slow grace. So many people tear through it...it's not a race, for goodness' sake. Wonderfully done. Thank you.
tatharlin 1 year ago
Not a bad playing... This piece is ideal practice for good legato in the right hand without using any pedal. It's sufficient to hold the two tones of the low voice (good exercise for keeping those two fingers on the keys). The result will be a cleaner sound. Keep the tempo constant at the end, with just a slight retardando at the very end. If you feel in the mood, you can also accompany the Prelude by singing Gounod's "Ave Maria" melody as you play.
Ernesto7608 1 year ago
Are you wearing pj's?
MsTurquaz 1 year ago
i LOVE to play this piece, i just lose myself and start dreaming... simply Genius!
david1234000 1 year ago
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joelhhh 1 year ago
Like in the next bar xD from where did you get that bar?? it's not in the song originally :D
RonaiHenrik 1 year ago
at 1:48 you are playing it wrong o.O the left hand should play: Ab F
and the right should play: B C D, B C D (the 3 notes next to each other)
The left plays not: G D#
and the right plays not: B C D# B C D#
Check it out, but my sheet says this, and it sounds much better too, and my teacher told me to do so too :) ^.^
RonaiHenrik 1 year ago 4
@RonaiHenrik This measure isn't even written in the sheet music that I have.
jssliffe 8 months ago
@jssliffe In that case I'm sorry (: It seems that there are more variants for that part.
RonaiHenrik 8 months ago
@RonaiHenrik I figured it out. That measure was added for Gounod's Ave Maria.
jssliffe 8 months ago
@RonaiHenrik My sheet music says he's playing it correctly. I play like he does but yes, thats soo strange that some other people on here are also playing it differently??
aadave88 7 months ago
sounds like a Zelda song doesnt it
houndoom1234 1 year ago
Nice from above I learned the whole song :D
Gadockahrok 1 year ago
Awesome video,but I can't help hating your hand technique (or however it is writen). On a personal opnion, you should move your hands more, to give more feeling to the music, however that is a just a personal opnion, not serious criticism.
Diffomega 1 year ago
@Diffomega Hey, thanks! I agree with you; "feeling" in music is very different depending on who you're asking. Are you saying that moving my hands will make it all sound different somehow? I mean, can you tell how my hands are moving simply by listening? Because ppl seem to care tremendously about the fingering or the positioning of the hands, when (in my opinion) it should all come down to the listening experience.
Cheers!
clyfton 1 year ago 12
@clyfton I'm not talking about how it sounds, the sound is perfect, I'm talking about seeing you playing. Something like...if you kinda moved your hands more to see how you feel about playing it, can you understand what I mean? Then again, it's just a personal opnion, nothing serious.
However I strongly agree you about the fingering stuff, except on some chopin songs in wich the fingering makes is much more beautifull to watch someone playing.
Diffomega 1 year ago
@clyftoni agre that it doesn't look right though..
ozzymate666 1 year ago
@clyfton well you make a point but it isn't necessarily true. First off very good job i loved playing this song but anyways a lot of songs if you have say 4 staccato eighth notes usually the fingering will be written in as 3,2,1,3 or something of that sort because it makes the staccato more defined, better sounding, and clear so the fingering can change the sound. but it sounded fine.
jbalinforever 1 year ago
@Diffomega If he moved his hands with more feeling - as you call it - it would interfere with the clarity of where he puts his fingers - his video helps me to learn the piece - so it is very helpful - so thank you Clyfton for posting it this way.
grahamsmusicfan 1 year ago
@grahamsmusicfan Well, that's just my opnion, maybe my style of playing is different then.
Diffomega 1 year ago
Someone played this it a chaps funeral I went to
TheEmperorhirohito 1 year ago
Well done. And I like the sound of your piano.
MightyCarnac 1 year ago
Wonderful. And thank you for playing it slowly, so a beginner like me, who doesn't even read music can at least get a grip on the first few bars. I'm very grateful. Oh, sorry - I've just read other comments and I seem to be mirroring them. I'm glad I'm not alone! Time to play your clip again. And again!
neighbour666 1 year ago
I enjoy listening to the way you have played this piece. Quite theraputic...
barrysrutherford 1 year ago
as someone stated before, since you play it slower and have an overhead view of the piano, It is easier for most of us to learn how to play this
Tuba408Bass 1 year ago
This is great slow - combined with a view of the keys, it pretty much taught me how to play this - Thanks :D
wgcw1993 1 year ago
there's any extra chord (2 measures) in there..
eq9ugh 1 year ago
SHEET MUSIC PLS!
JASMAXX 1 year ago
how should I use the pedal in this piece, at what point in each measure shd I lift it etc - Please help someone
geezonthekeys 1 year ago
parece un fragmento del ave maria del mismo bach. hermosa obra.
marasmo65 1 year ago
Imagine Art Tatum playing that :o
imbaAntares 1 year ago
GD#HCD#
at #t=1m50s
bahaar 1 year ago
i like this tempo
mburch1974 1 year ago
I like how slow its played.
mburch1974 1 year ago
Wtf is wrong with this blankpianist dude.
sirguigui 1 year ago
no offense but i dont like it in c major. just sayin.
ringosan8035 1 year ago
I love this piece, you played beautifully. :)
Oh and by the way, MsZoologist1, nobody cares if your 12 and teaching your 19 year old brother to play this. There are many 12 year olds playing piano and teaching older siblings, it's not something out of the ordinary so stop fishing for compliments :)
Riaaanneee 1 year ago
Awesome!
akirato86 1 year ago
Beautifully played, one of the best versions on here. Thanks.
bobclean 1 year ago
Well, I think one of the marks of a truly great piece of music is that it is affecting at a variety of tempos. I like things played slowly because it's easier to hear what's going on -- harmonic structure, interior melodies, etc. Maybe that's an 'erector-set' sort of viewpoint, but I stand by it.
jflintmainerrcom 1 year ago
WONDERFUL! I'm 12 and my 19 year old brother wants me to learn how to play this piece for him so that I can teach him how to play it! lol
MsZoologist1 1 year ago
@MsZoologist1 oooh isnt that just great. im bursting with excitement.
ringosan8035 1 year ago
@ringosan8035 jealous????? MUHAHA
MsZoologist1 1 year ago
This piece sounds so much better played at a slightly slower tempo than if you were to play it from a technical viewpoint. It gives you far more scope to imbue the piece with emotion and soul. This particular piece's simplicity belies it's genius. It's ebb and flow seems so timeless. I can't wait to learn and give my own interpretation to it. To Clyfton, I think you are on the money when you say you rely on your ears. Feel it first. Always.
wearesource 1 year ago
You should put this on a synth. How cool would that sound?
omnipitantlyoriginal 1 year ago
@omnipitantlyoriginal NONONONONONONOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! First of all piano music is NOT to be played on a synth, even a piano synth sounds bad. Second of all there are tousands of different synths.
RectumPilum 1 year ago
i like this. very calming
TheGabcat 1 year ago
Very nice.
fubatronapple 1 year ago
Lovely piece, & I love how it sounds at this speed
IDHello 1 year ago
bravissimo!
I will learn from you and make it my own,,, sorry Bach!
Blancallas 1 year ago
isn't this a little too slow?
desiree2086 1 year ago
anybody know where to find the sheet music?
very well done btw :)
H2LoFon 1 year ago
buen video la tocas bien :D
zonauo 1 year ago
I learned it in 2 hours :D
axrt 1 year ago
very good !!! merci beaucoup ;- )
momobling 1 year ago
OO it is the song I play!!!
ATEGD 1 year ago
Trauer, Sehnsucht, Hoffnung und glückliches Ende?
PookieM17 1 year ago
The sound is great! Nice work.
XgusX 1 year ago
hey man that was good but try speeding up the tempo just a little bit and use less pedal durn=ing the time that this was written it was not intended to be played with the pedal and you get a crisper clearer sound with out it and it sounds the way it is meant to sound..and also use more dynamics..good job tho =)
TheMasterAtEverythig 1 year ago
Naw man, it's perfect tempo for learning. If every video would be in fast tempo just to show off piano skills, how would people learn from them? It's also filmed from above, really, perfect for learning.
There was one "accident" at the end, otherwise it's great. :)
XupicorA 1 year ago 2
nice work!
mourajini 1 year ago 2
very good but a bit slow played
Drazxt 1 year ago 4
Awesome!!
muhyo000 2 years ago 2
you know i was thinking the man in the beautiful mind. it's like it summarizes his life
darkbluemars 2 years ago
Gorgoeus! I knew this song, but now I only remember half of it, I don't know notes so I have to learn the song without it. Thanks for this vid, it sounds amazing!
butseente 2 years ago
i have the bookBachs Gld edition and this songs in there. :)
aly1waly 2 years ago
I can't hear any song in the video. =)
ctimur 2 years ago
thanks 4 beeing so slow, it helps 2 learn.
thanks anyway
ilikelifemusic 2 years ago
Ahhhh Ive been trying to find this song forever! I will now have a nice Christmas present to play for my son. Thank you so much for sharing! There are too many "Prelude in C" songs out there and Im glad I finally found the right one.
fenix9885 2 years ago
The only wrong I can hear here, is that you are missing the ' Cescendo ' ( I dno iff I did spell it right, italian, hehhe )
Awesome!
Morten l. Larsen
mortenkul 2 years ago
I like your interpretation, you capture the 'dreamy', flowing feeling very well. It's interesting to hear different interps. Glenn Gould plays the right hand notes more sprightly and so his version feels more energetic to me.
bhinderbinder 2 years ago
Music is an art, not a science. He's playing it correctly. Let him interpret it how he feels. That's what artists do.
clovis2012 2 years ago 2
isn't this ave maria
5600981 2 years ago
actually, you're right!
im just not playing the melody of it :P
clyfton 2 years ago 2
@clyfton well, actually, no, this isn't ave maria, Charles Gounod just happened to add to bach's prelude. Although the base of ave maria is the same, they are still considered two different songs, if you get what i am saying :D but either way, love it :D
Meestercheese 1 year ago
@clyfton no, this IS Bach's prelude 1 (as is written), there is no other melody to this song. There was a 2nd melody written to play on top of this prelude by Charles Gounod. Charles used this prelude as the progressions for his Ave Maria lyrics. both are gorgeous
cplhewett 1 year ago
@clyfton may Gounod burn in hell for raping Bach's Prelude.
hea1901 1 year ago
You know... Ave Maria '' was an prayer, that was set in this song ( Bach - Präludium ) in the 1900.
I like this song best without the singing, to be honest =)
Morten l. Larsen
mortenkul 2 years ago
really, thats cool
i just loved the celtic women version, u should check it out, she sang it perfect
5600981 2 years ago
I shall do ^^ thank you
Morten l. Larsen
mortenkul 2 years ago
@5600981 I belive Gounoud transopsed this Bachprelude when he rote the melody to Ave Maria. Ave maria is in f-major i belive? I have sheets for it in f major anyway. And the original WTC-book to :-)
HerrWarja 1 year ago
@5600981 No.
hea1901 1 year ago
@5600981 but Who's Ave Maria is it? There are numerous variations by different composers. And not all are the latin prayer.
clowdstride 1 year ago
@clowdstride This is Bach's Prelude, written ca 1721, to which Gnouod set his Ave Maria in 1859.
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@5600981 but Who's Ave Maria is it? There are numerous variations by different composers. And not all are the latin prayer.
clowdstride 1 year ago
@5600981 No this is Bach. Ave Maria was written about 150 years after this Bach prelude. But you are correct that the Ave Maria piece is set to this music.
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AidenMcKee 2 years ago
I smiled at the end. Finish is so pure, I love it guys. I'm gonna play it in one moment :)
claudinelle23 2 years ago
This song is one of the many reasons why I want to get a paino. It doesn't sound as nice on a keyboard, especially one of the ones i have =[ ah well when ever I get the chance to play this song on piano it is brlliant =] nicely played BTW!
TheEverfade 2 years ago
I ove this piece!!!
SHINETOTHEWORLD 2 years ago
I love the speed, its the way I prefer to play it myself. I think this is beautiful...interesting note though...your measure 23 is a bit different than the two print versions I have. I have BCD and then AbF with the left. It seems you go BCD# and A#D#. Interesting, I was wondering if you did this to make it flow better for you or thats just the way you learned it (I'm asking because I always felt measures 22&23 were a bit awkward myself). Oh and have you learned the Fugue or any other WTC songs?
mvpsarah 2 years ago
Nicely done =)
conor0456 2 years ago
I like it slower too mate. However, I also know that speed means shit all, to be honest. Because speed is just somebody's personal preference. If they don't like it slow, instead of saying to play it faster, they should just go listen to someone else play it. I mean, it is equivalent to walking up to an impressionist painter and saying, "can you paint realistically for me? Because I don't like impressionism."
d0md0mt0mt0m 2 years ago 25
@d0md0mt0mt0m Well said.
dyz2102 1 year ago
@d0md0mt0mt0m
Yes, Sir.
Speed means mechanism, a metronome, a computer playing MIDI from a music sheet.
Speed does not mean motion. It can be the speed of light or still. It is in Einstain theory a zero, a number, a death, without life.
This piece, I do not like the damper, that makes a lot of noise.
VietFiddle 1 year ago 2
i kinda like it a bit slower like this one is played.instead of complaining,could you play it faster and better? if not...shhhhh
moonabys 2 years ago
yeah this piece is played way too slow.
Terpguy00 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this piece. It sounds lovely at the speed you've played. My daughter is learning the piece at this tempo and a faster tempo and plays either way depending on the mood or audience.
jhiroart 2 years ago 3
Nicely played :D. I like this piece very much :)
cynthiavela 2 years ago
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This piece is written in 16th notes, not 8th notes. So, yeah. I think you should be playing faster.
destroyedillusionsx3 2 years ago
First of all, I should begin by explaining that I rely on my ears and not sheet music when learning different pieces. Still, I know that 8th notes and 16th notes are in no way absolute measures of tempo, since they are proportional values of whatever tempo has been set. An 8th note in one piece may be exactly equivalent to a 16th note in another, which would suggest that the first piece has double the tempo of the second piece.
That being said, it could be played faster, sure! I agree.
clyfton 2 years ago 16
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you problem lies therein. You rely on your ear, and your ear is will never get everything perfect as your memory is not exacted towards the music yet. Not until you fully know how to play the music should you ever rely on your ear, even if you have perfect pitch (which I wouldn't know because I haven't tested you).
blankpianist 2 years ago
You're suggesting an awful lot, and I really have to disagree with you. Besides, the issue here is the difference between 8th notes and 16th notes (quavers and semi-quavers respectively) and what they mean exactly. This has NOTHING to do with the way I learn how to play different pieces - my understanding of these concepts are completely unrelated to my actual playing.
I unreservedly welcome any kind of criticism, but this just seems nonsensical to me. Sorry.
clyfton 2 years ago 18
@blankpianist
but Mozart, after hearing it, could write the whole full scale orchestra by ear, am i wrong?
imabuildadomo 1 year ago
@imabuildadomo
First of all you are indeed wrong. And secondly writing is completely different than playing it on spot.
ethicks00 1 year ago 2
@blankpianist how about if you go make your own video?
uemciicmeu 1 year ago
@blankpianist oh, i see you did make a video or three. rather florid...
uemciicmeu 1 year ago
@clyfton clyfton is correct. You can play any song at any tempo as long as you remain within the correct rhythm as notated by differences in 16th notes or 8th notes, whatever. Bach barely gave any direction in his pieces, most don't even have tempos assigned (allegro, or largo for example) it was all assumed. That being said, even bach's violin sonata 1 has a shit load of 16ths but that song is almost never played fast. I digress.
abkfjk 1 year ago
@clyfton @clyfton clyfton is correct. You can play any song at any tempo as long as you remain within the correct rhythm as notated by differences in 16th notes or 8th notes, whatever. Bach barely gave any direction in his pieces, most don't even have tempos assigned (allegro, or largo for example) it was all assumed. That being said, even bach's violin sonata 1 has a shit load of 16ths but that song is almost never played fast. I digress.
abkfjk 1 year ago
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@clyfton @clyfton clyfton is correct. You can play any song at any tempo as long as you remain within the correct rhythm as notated by differences in 16th notes or 8th notes, whatever. Bach barely gave any direction in his pieces, most don't even have tempos assigned (allegro, or largo for example) it was all assumed. That being said, even bach's violin sonata 1 has a shit load of 16ths but that song is almost never played fast. I digress.
abkfjk 1 year ago
@clyfton @clyfton clyfton is correct. You can play any song at any tempo as long as you remain within the correct rhythm as notated by differences in 16th notes or 8th notes, whatever. Bach barely gave any direction in his pieces, most don't even have tempos assigned (allegro, or largo for example) it was all assumed. That being said, even bach's violin sonata 1 has a shit load of 16ths but that song is almost never played fast. I digress.
abkfjk 1 year ago
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@clyfton @clyfton clyfton is correct. You can play any song at any tempo as long as you remain within the correct rhythm as notated by differences in 16th notes or 8th notes, whatever. Bach barely gave any direction in his pieces, most don't even have tempos assigned (allegro, or largo for example) it was all assumed. That being said, even bach's violin sonata 1 has a shit load of 16ths but that song is almost never played fast. I digress.
abkfjk 1 year ago
u are probably feeling the song, that's y u go slow.. its not bad, like it
qkien 2 years ago 3
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why are you playing 8th notes? the piece is written in 16th notes.
northcarolinafan1 2 years ago
euhm... you're basically asking me to play twice as fast?
clyfton 2 years ago
you play the Charles Gounod's version (Ave Maria), the 36-bar-version.
seraphlgabri 2 years ago
clavicembalo ben temperato, cazzone
elvin211 2 years ago