Harpsichord and organ are the the most epic instruments. Specially when used in Heavy Metal's sub-genres Classic Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal and Symphonic Metal.
@AlanDaNiao you loved shit, you know dick about what you're talking about you're just exhibiting typical petty bourgeois fake "admiration" for things you know nothing about but attach some perceived value and "prestige" to them. fuck that.
who says oriental nowadays... but yeah great performance. just say asian... oriental hmph..only use it when youre choosing your ramen flavor packs.. oriental.. wtf
Great performance but can't help feeling that she would believe in the piece a little more if someone placed a blank sheet of paper over the score before she played.
God her transition into 0:54 is so perfect, the recording I have with Scott Ross just has him playing that part instantly, but this one just smoothly transitions into it and speeds up, I love it. This is one of the coolest things I've ever heard.
Listen to yourselves! You can argue about what instrument is better till the pigs learn to fly. Who is going to come up with an absolute answer? Some like the harpsichord, others the piano. It's like arguing whether the violin or the tuba is better.
After hearing the sound of the harpsichord, I'm not surprised the piano surpassed it in popularity very quickly. While the harpsichord does have that old, jolly, classical sound, I could not understand for a moment why someone would prefer it to a piano.
I never said that harpsichord music should be played on a piano, merely that I generally preferred the sound of the piano. Personally, as a piano player, I would love to have a go at playing the harpsichord for fun, but I think most would agree that the piano is a more beautiful instrument, capable of conveying emotion far better than a harpsichord.
That's why I own 18th, 19th, and 20th c. pianos. Harpsichords aren't for "fun", they're for music. Pianists have no idea how to play the harpsichord. Quoting Landowska, "Bach was not as stupid as people would like to believe" meaning he perfectly understood the instrument for which he was writing. Stick to Chopin, and avoid the instrument that "quickly disappeared" over 500 years.
Your arrogance and patronising tone is really starting to irritate me. It's as though you believe harpsichordists are somehow superior to pianists. I find it somewhat odd and worrying that you cannot understand the enjoyment that might accompany the playing of a previously-unplayed instrument. I also find it odd that you quoted something I did not say. I imagine that harpsichordists would have no idea how to play the piano, as they would be overwhelmed at the idea of dynamics. ;-)
I'm glad you're irritated. I didn't say pianists were inferior to harpsichordists, but you are beginning to convince me. As for arrogance, I'll leave that to you, as you're far better at it than I.
This is actually a valid discourse, but perhaps better held in a less public place. Please do a search on my name and you 'll find my enote address. |;-Q
I didn't know you built harpsichords. (I presume the Lance Myers I found on the internet was you). They look very beautiful. I'll end this conversation here with a conclusion that may satisfy us both. The harpsichord suits the music that was written for it greatly, and for this reason, obviously the harpsichord should live on to play this music. However, the piano is a more adaptable instrument and therefore suited to the modern world where musical styles vary and evolve so greatly.
No need to end the conversation. Confrontations that convert to conversations make the world go 'round. And musicians make the worl worth living in (pardon my Addisonian termination).
With apologies, Addisson was a poet who liked to use a preposition to end a sentence with. As in "Why did you bring that book I did not want to be read out of to from up for?"
What is this Addisonian termination you speak of? Hehe. It seems that nowadays, to worry about them is more of a grammar idiosyncrasy than anything else.
Back to harpsichords, I'm learning to appreciate the instrument after some listening of Bach and Scarlatti; some harpsichord pieces really do sound quite exquisite. Are there any you particularly recommend? I'll admit now that I'm actually just an ignorant 16 year old and to argue with a skilled builder/player of harpsichords was futile. ;-)
16 year olds aren't ignorant, they're learning, and certainly not futilly. The only answer to the "best" harpsichord is play, play, and play as many of them as you can find. Your ears will teach you. Pianos too. And clavichords: they're more expressive than the piano.
You sooo don't know what are you talking about. If you think that harpsihord is "boring" because it has no dinamics, then you realy don't know much about music. It is sad that most musitians, especially pianist, think the same way you do. Listen piano is just easyer to play, and you couldn't have fun on harpsichord, because for it you need big talent, knowledge and brain, and it's seems like you don't have those things... Harpsichord isn't for fun, it's for music and try to have "fun" on piano.
The hypocrisy is immense; I think you are the one who doesn't know what they are talking about. I never said the harpsichord was "boring" and I was merely pointing out piano allows expression through dynamics. Both the piano and harpsichord take intellect to play; the difference is the style of music they are suited for. To say the piano is easier is ludicrous as it depends on the piece. I also find it worrying you would play an instrument without feeling an emotional connection.
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Listen me how i play piano! I left playing piano it because of harpsichord. Piano is much easyer and i know that, just like all other real harpsichordist and great musitians. And yes, you need far more inteligence to play harpsichord, because you can't "lie" audiance with just effects, like you can do that on piano.
How can you say that a harpsichord is harder to play than a piano? That is such a ridiculous and nonsensical claim. An instrument is as difficult to play as a composer or musician makes it; try telling world class concert pianists that their instrument is "easy" to play. Of course, anyone can hit piano notes and make some sort of sound but to play at the highest standard requires so much work. I'm not saying the harpsichord is any easier; again its difficult depends on what the music demands.
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Of course i know that. I was your age, and i mybe thought like you do now, but music is not that simple. Exuse me, but i don't really have the time do discuss this now and to bother to owner of this video. If you want to talk about that, i will explane you all the thing. Sorry, i didn't ment to insult you or anything like that. Just, there are too many pianists who think they know all, who think that harpsichord is stupid, non musical instrument. And that is really not truth.
@mrharpsi your being non-intelligent yourself, oh & if your so intelligent you did not spell it correctly, you wrote "inteligence" -you forgot a "l", & you misspelled 3 other words. Also to say piano is easy is a very idiotic statement, not all piano songs are easy, what your saying is like spitting on the graves of great classical piano composers.
@Sudeshi You seem to have forgotten the "n" on "you forgot a 'l'" that should be "an" L, just saying, I agree with what your saying, but it would be a shame for the person whom you are correcting should find fault in your corrections.
No actually it is correct, I said "l" which is a constant, not an "i." Did you forget the rule that "an" is when there is a vowel, and "a" is when there is a constanant? So actually you have made a mistake telling me that it was a grammar error.
@Sudeshi Forgive my mistake sir. (If you were to put an understood "you" at the beginning of this sentence, it would sound very demanding; which contradicts my apology.)
I do prefer harpischord to piano, it sounds more happy, like something you would hear in a fairground or a rag. Bring harpischords back to modern pop I say, and all the other fogotten barouqe instruments!
@minimarioman The more I pay attention the more I see that harpsichord is actualy alive and well! I hear it everywhere from soundtracks to random pop songs the harpsichord is often in the background.
haha, wow, you're amazing :D i tried playing the harpsichord on the keyboard and kept on getting distracted cuz it sounds so different than the piano :P great job! :D
Very good! Thank you. My classical music appreciation class came with a CD that has this piece played on a modern piano (not even a fortepiano.) It didn't sit well with my ears so I googled and found your video. It's great to hear it on harpsichord as it was written for. Piano and harpsichord just aren't that interchangeable in my opinion.
Hi! Very nice...the simple fact that playing Scarlatti on harpsichord is rare these days...personally, I wouldn't use so many rubato with much slower tempo and accelerating, especially on the begining of the second half. I also think that your fingering for the repeated notes in the second half simply doesn't work because you have to slow down the tempo...Scarlatti would have use finger changings...and the left hand should be more tenuto in those phrygian cadenzas. But anyway, nice job!
I... Am... In..... Love..... *faints* this is my favorite instrument of all time and played wish such grace by such a talented lady.. Such music is both the heart of my day and the soul of my night. i love it.
Harpsichord strings are tuned so that the sound each string makes is a half step lower than the sound it supposed to make. Even though you're playing the keys like they are in D, the sound it makes in C#. Still it sounds great the way it is, and you you play those fast parts really well! Great job!
This sort of brilliant technique is a gift. No amount of work produces these results.
It is a gift of brains, spirit, body all highly coordinated to produce these fantastic results. the best think is that it doesn´t sound too fast or rushed like many other harpsichordists who want to impress with their empty speed.
Kaung preferms this piece with a skill I shall never have, even given the few mistakes I can count on one hand. This is a great representation of what the piece sounds like when its played as midi, which is perfectly timed and toned. So to all of the people that say she doesn't have "feeling", blow it out your ass and you play it better. If you were told if were your favourite harpsichordist, and you just heard the music.. you would probably like it.
I'm not a harpsichord specialist, but as a pianist I'm very happy hearing this. You're very accurate and I liked how you threw in emotion even though volume dynamics are impossible on this instrument. It was awesome to listen to.
I agree with what you said about the dynamics. I know that I've found a harpsichordist that I really like when they hit me hard despite the absence of dynamics.
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You can't play emotion with an instrument... you can play it as its written, or vary from the sheet music as it was written. The woman in this video plays exceptionally well, but as I cannot read the tabs, I am not complaining about her playing... even if she isn't playing verbatim, its still incredible. And either its played in correct time, or the timing is off.. there is no emotion.
You are a liar, and the only reason people came up with "emotion" in music, is to critique people they dont like.. it has nothing to do with their playing. I've made this exact point to musical experts and professional musicians, and they agree; even when it puts them at a lacking of ability to play. If you play it correctly, then its correct... if there is emotion in it, then its not played as it was written.
I know that there is certain amounts of interpretation and altering people can do to a score. But so many people talking about this "feeling" thing... and with a HARPSICHORD.. there isn't any volume you can change... its all about timing. You cant play it softly or loud. And even with that said, instruments that have the ability to change loudness, there is notation for that as well. Just because its not their favourite person, asswipes feel as though they have to say it doesn't have "feeling"
idk if you could compare harpsichord and piano. they both have there great qualities like emotion being expressed through time on the harpsichord like you said. Its all about articulation, where you play the notes more legato and where you put a rest between notes. Piano though i still think you can get just as much emotion with volume and technique. Its just practically two different instruments altogether when you actually play both and compare them.
Oh please! when i was a little kid i used to think that way too, i thought yngwie malmsteen was a great torch bearer for neo-cassical music, i played electrc guitar for 19 years, and NEVER was i so completely awe struck and musically satisfied untill i started playing a REAL classical concert instrument (i play violin and piano), i know you don't see it now, but mentioning Vai, or halen on the context of REAL musical genius is very insulting, today i cringe every time i hear Yngwie say "Bach"
I know this is a little politically incorrect, but I must say that her performance is breaking all the stereotypes of Asiatic instrumentalists: technically perfect but rather cold and less emotionally involved... Having said that, I love her brilliant rendition of a difficult piece. Her performance is full of color and spirit, say, more Hantaii than Ross. On this occasion, her technique didn't prove perfection itself, still I find this quite delightful. Absolutely charming!
" stereotypes of Asiatic instrumentalists" - these stereotypes may have been some reason 30 years ago, but nowadays musicians from ASia are not only technically very skilled - but they are musically often much more sensitive than Europeans or Americans (I hope, I will not be killed now... :D )
You're pretty correct there. Some of the best pieces of music from games come from Asia. Zelda and Final Fantasy have some jaw dropping musical pieces.
MORE sensitive than americans or europeans? Sorry, but just in the same way i could never make asian music my own and be a part of it, asians also can play the 'notes at the right time' in western music, but sensitivity to the music realyy requires some degree og identification with those who wrote it, for instance, NO ONE feels italian opera, like an ITALIAN singer or audience, it's just NOT the same.
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For one thing, i have been a musician for a very long time, and anyone who is at best mildly proficient with the clavier, will hear instantly, how the main intent on this performance is to play all the notes clearly, cleanly and above all TOO FAST, but without paying partcular attention to the inner tempo. For instance quite a few times she rushes through one or two bars and then goes steady again, or if you pay attention,many times, her left hand actually rushes while the right one lags behind.
le falta metronomo a esta muchacha,,,muy buena tecnica...virtusismo obsoluto...pero muy fuera de tiempo y con algunos rubatos q no corresponden al barroco...igulmente demuestra su virtusismo...
Tienes mucha razon, en su inmensa mayoria, el musico asiatico tiende a poner demasiado enfasis en la tecnica por si sola, y por eso sus interpretaciones, especialmente en lo que al barroco respecta, son muy des-apasionadas. All flash-no dash
Truly remarkable. What we're missing in America is mostly ACTUAL artists. We're forced into watching pretty dolls and handsome hunks ruining it. (Not saying she's not cute)
Harpsichords are beautiful, and the most beautiful song with a harpsichord I have ever heard is Anthem by Neil DIamond, you may like it if you like this...
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Mr. Scarlatti unfortunately cannot leave his opinion here, but he'd be certainly treated as "racist" if he could, especially after what the Koreans had done to his country during the 2002 football WC.
I understand there are some people out there who love this kind of people because of their "yes, master" feature, but I'd rather meet some opposition in a discussion.
Ac Superb Performance never bested by German or English players - BRAVO. And as a Russian White male wth Blue eyes, mr. xx, you are an ASS and to be ignored. Dont feed the animals folks, they love the attention.
I didn't know that eyes' color should be capitalized.
As far as English or German players, maybe you're right, it's just a pity that Joh. Seb. Bach or Georg F. Handel or Henry Purcell never got a chance of getting a lesson on musical composition by one of the great Korean Baroque masters!
Scarlatti as well, too bad he's dead, otherwise he would be getting harpsichord lessons from this Korean lady. She surely knows how to play Scarlatti better than Scarlatti himself, right?
most asian parents are keen to push their children's development. music lessons are one example. the belief is that the next generation will live better, and the children will care for the elders.
i dont get how u can dislike this
fkdurmoms 3 weeks ago
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Harpsichord and organ are the the most epic instruments. Specially when used in Heavy Metal's sub-genres Classic Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Neoclassical Metal and Symphonic Metal.
WishmasterTheDark 3 weeks ago
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WishmasterTheDark 3 weeks ago
this music is so fun to play!
sofis2312 1 month ago
@EITrollo
This comment is disgraceful (I know, I know... don't feed the trolls)
Anyway, I loved the performance.
AlanDaNiao 3 months ago
@AlanDaNiao you loved shit, you know dick about what you're talking about you're just exhibiting typical petty bourgeois fake "admiration" for things you know nothing about but attach some perceived value and "prestige" to them. fuck that.
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@EITrollo
I wasn't talking to you.
AlanDaNiao 3 months ago
Bravo! I enjoyed.
Tenifus 4 months ago
I wonder what pianist has ever sat down at a harpsichord and said "Wheres the pedals ?!" :P
By the way, really really beautiful playing though ! :D
EmilyRules971 5 months ago
@EmilyRules971 I did once! I was being a little thick though
penguinoneshaw 4 months ago
YUmmmm!
PiroozAzDirooz 5 months ago
such skill and dynamics
leonardoboy2 6 months ago
Am I the only one who found out about an instrument named harpischord from MIDI editors? :L
Tertyu48 7 months ago
@Tertyu48 lol snap! ^_^
Rageypeep 6 months ago
X - O - L!NT !!!
TheRepub 7 months ago
Who keeps the old european cultural heritage alive? Asian people!
Imlaor25 8 months ago 2
She's great! Five stars from me:)
loveunderlaw 8 months ago
The harpsichord brings such a dark and mysterious sound when used in melodic death metal.. its beautiful!
dwayne515 8 months ago 7
@dwayne515 Yes, I agree I can listen to Cannibal Corpse, than Mozart 5 minutes later. Fukin Awesome..
apocyldoomer 1 month ago
is her dress transparant?
esraretin 8 months ago 3
Excellent comprehension of keyboard technique. Excellent playing.
aomf58 9 months ago
Marry me!
SwingwenuSwagga 9 months ago
ぐっときました！！ やはりプロですね。 ベリ〜ナイス！！！！！
0811sato1 10 months ago
how do you say "You're my favorite Korean harpsichordist ever!" in Hangul??
etheangel2220 1 year ago
@etheangel2220 당신은 내가 가장 좋아하는 하프시코드 연주자 입니다.
hyuque 1 year ago
@etheangel2220 당신은 내가 가장 좋아하는 한국인 하프시코드 연주자 입니다.
hyuque 1 year ago
who says oriental nowadays... but yeah great performance. just say asian... oriental hmph..only use it when youre choosing your ramen flavor packs.. oriental.. wtf
doctorage39 1 year ago
Oriental chick plays Harpsi' - tres avant garde !
LondonDada 1 year ago
Great performance but can't help feeling that she would believe in the piece a little more if someone placed a blank sheet of paper over the score before she played.
junction666 1 year ago
Rote playing; something's missing. She's capable of much more...has to stop reading mechanically and immerse herself in the period.
geneeeeeeee 1 year ago
Very sexy dress.
Why the Camera didn't film her legs?
founitte 1 year ago
@founitte probably because the video is about her playing the harpsichord. just a guess.
thesacrament77 1 year ago
God her transition into 0:54 is so perfect, the recording I have with Scott Ross just has him playing that part instantly, but this one just smoothly transitions into it and speeds up, I love it. This is one of the coolest things I've ever heard.
AmericanVideoGames 1 year ago
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She's a hot piece of ass.
iRewel 1 year ago
dang her fingers dont look real its awsoume the harpsichord is cool
4evertomgirl 1 year ago
Bravissima,
complimenti!
Pymmusic 1 year ago
This sounds so great, I really love the sound of super low notes at 0:45 and 0:53 is so damn good.
AmericanVideoGames 1 year ago
She is first class!
copaliscrossing 1 year ago 3
o kurwa!
Matd8e2 1 year ago 3
Maria Tipo, 1956: Scarlatti Sonata in G major, L 286 -
watch?v=z506oHagQek
thanks and regards
classicvinylbiz 1 year ago
So fuckin' fancy
Clickthisprofile 1 year ago
Bravo ! (although I am not a fan of the metallic sound of the harpsichord)
MrJosepMiro 1 year ago
@xxDisneyCutiesxx no u
FEETAMYBEETA 1 year ago
Beautiful player, beautiful playing!!! How can you not love the Harpsichord and her as well?
douskara 1 year ago
Fantastic! Great performance. Great piece of music. And the harpsichord is such a joyous sounding instrument!
vonkvetch 1 year ago
I'm in love.
jamesisnear 1 year ago
Domenico Scarlatti: italians do it better! ;-))
... and Asian on harpsicord kick ass ;-)))
ImperoRomano 1 year ago
fail at the end
FEETAMYBEETA 1 year ago
Awesome.
deepcure 1 year ago
harpsichord is definitely in the top five best instruments!
RasputnaViolist 1 year ago
Asians rock!
ppw8626 1 year ago
Excellent! You've truly captured Scarlatti's spirit and energy. Thanks for posting.
djg3619 1 year ago 2
chill people...
cheetify 1 year ago 3
Oh my GOSH! She's so good!
pheros24 1 year ago
awesome 5/5
Grefintiuk 1 year ago
it sounds so electronic, really neat invention
drewsky684 1 year ago
@drewsky684 What? o.o
samuraisokolata 1 year ago
she makes it look easy. well, not really.
mdo0bm 1 year ago
speechless !!! :O wow
topdeckchoconilla 1 year ago 3
every good musician has passion, thats the key point in success
omglolwatermelon 2 years ago 4
Holy Shit Asians...
Asians = Robots
Zd05Th3Gr347 2 years ago 4
I love the colors of the harpsichord's keys.
Jagguar20 2 years ago
Who cares what's harder to play? Since when is music a competition?
Thegenghisgandhi 2 years ago 9
WOW!!! this lady is amazing!
absolutmeade 2 years ago
Listen to yourselves! You can argue about what instrument is better till the pigs learn to fly. Who is going to come up with an absolute answer? Some like the harpsichord, others the piano. It's like arguing whether the violin or the tuba is better.
lilythepink123 2 years ago 3
I, for example, like and play both.
(Albeit with varied success rates.)
Hyardacil 1 year ago
how the HELL is a harpsichord boring? its way better than piano...
XxManaMalicexX 2 years ago
I think both of you are snobs in your own right.
Fleas fighting over the dog.
Get over yourselves...Music is as it is...enjoyment for the ears and heart.
You two are laughable.
netravler1 2 years ago
excellent!
n8luvs2sk8 2 years ago
Yo, the piano is quiet good, and ima let yo finish, but the Harpsichord is THEE best sounding instrument of all time.
desofmidnor 2 years ago 2
I agree, piano is an overrated piece of shit.
Baroque > Classical kthx.
Gangstar41145 2 years ago
Excellent. You showed that harpsichord what's up.
YvesIsaki 2 years ago
After hearing the sound of the harpsichord, I'm not surprised the piano surpassed it in popularity very quickly. While the harpsichord does have that old, jolly, classical sound, I could not understand for a moment why someone would prefer it to a piano.
RobinScott93 2 years ago
Yes, people who have no ears or brains usually prefer harpsichord music on the instrument for which it was not written.
lancemmyers 2 years ago
I never said that harpsichord music should be played on a piano, merely that I generally preferred the sound of the piano. Personally, as a piano player, I would love to have a go at playing the harpsichord for fun, but I think most would agree that the piano is a more beautiful instrument, capable of conveying emotion far better than a harpsichord.
RobinScott93 2 years ago
That's why I own 18th, 19th, and 20th c. pianos. Harpsichords aren't for "fun", they're for music. Pianists have no idea how to play the harpsichord. Quoting Landowska, "Bach was not as stupid as people would like to believe" meaning he perfectly understood the instrument for which he was writing. Stick to Chopin, and avoid the instrument that "quickly disappeared" over 500 years.
lancemmyers 2 years ago
Your arrogance and patronising tone is really starting to irritate me. It's as though you believe harpsichordists are somehow superior to pianists. I find it somewhat odd and worrying that you cannot understand the enjoyment that might accompany the playing of a previously-unplayed instrument. I also find it odd that you quoted something I did not say. I imagine that harpsichordists would have no idea how to play the piano, as they would be overwhelmed at the idea of dynamics. ;-)
RobinScott93 2 years ago
I'm glad you're irritated. I didn't say pianists were inferior to harpsichordists, but you are beginning to convince me. As for arrogance, I'll leave that to you, as you're far better at it than I.
This is actually a valid discourse, but perhaps better held in a less public place. Please do a search on my name and you 'll find my enote address. |;-Q
lancemmyers 2 years ago
I didn't know you built harpsichords. (I presume the Lance Myers I found on the internet was you). They look very beautiful. I'll end this conversation here with a conclusion that may satisfy us both. The harpsichord suits the music that was written for it greatly, and for this reason, obviously the harpsichord should live on to play this music. However, the piano is a more adaptable instrument and therefore suited to the modern world where musical styles vary and evolve so greatly.
RobinScott93 2 years ago
No need to end the conversation. Confrontations that convert to conversations make the world go 'round. And musicians make the worl worth living in (pardon my Addisonian termination).
lancemmyers 2 years ago
With apologies, Addisson was a poet who liked to use a preposition to end a sentence with. As in "Why did you bring that book I did not want to be read out of to from up for?"
lancemmyers 2 years ago
What is this Addisonian termination you speak of? Hehe. It seems that nowadays, to worry about them is more of a grammar idiosyncrasy than anything else.
Back to harpsichords, I'm learning to appreciate the instrument after some listening of Bach and Scarlatti; some harpsichord pieces really do sound quite exquisite. Are there any you particularly recommend? I'll admit now that I'm actually just an ignorant 16 year old and to argue with a skilled builder/player of harpsichords was futile. ;-)
RobinScott93 2 years ago
16 year olds aren't ignorant, they're learning, and certainly not futilly. The only answer to the "best" harpsichord is play, play, and play as many of them as you can find. Your ears will teach you. Pianos too. And clavichords: they're more expressive than the piano.
You're the best.
Lance
lancemmyers 2 years ago
@lancemmyers
a lot of ignorant ....
olipippocinque 11 months ago
You sooo don't know what are you talking about. If you think that harpsihord is "boring" because it has no dinamics, then you realy don't know much about music. It is sad that most musitians, especially pianist, think the same way you do. Listen piano is just easyer to play, and you couldn't have fun on harpsichord, because for it you need big talent, knowledge and brain, and it's seems like you don't have those things... Harpsichord isn't for fun, it's for music and try to have "fun" on piano.
mrharpsi 2 years ago
The hypocrisy is immense; I think you are the one who doesn't know what they are talking about. I never said the harpsichord was "boring" and I was merely pointing out piano allows expression through dynamics. Both the piano and harpsichord take intellect to play; the difference is the style of music they are suited for. To say the piano is easier is ludicrous as it depends on the piece. I also find it worrying you would play an instrument without feeling an emotional connection.
RobinScott93 2 years ago 3
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Listen me how i play piano! I left playing piano it because of harpsichord. Piano is much easyer and i know that, just like all other real harpsichordist and great musitians. And yes, you need far more inteligence to play harpsichord, because you can't "lie" audiance with just effects, like you can do that on piano.
mrharpsi 2 years ago
How can you say that a harpsichord is harder to play than a piano? That is such a ridiculous and nonsensical claim. An instrument is as difficult to play as a composer or musician makes it; try telling world class concert pianists that their instrument is "easy" to play. Of course, anyone can hit piano notes and make some sort of sound but to play at the highest standard requires so much work. I'm not saying the harpsichord is any easier; again its difficult depends on what the music demands.
RobinScott93 2 years ago 6
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Of course i know that. I was your age, and i mybe thought like you do now, but music is not that simple. Exuse me, but i don't really have the time do discuss this now and to bother to owner of this video. If you want to talk about that, i will explane you all the thing. Sorry, i didn't ment to insult you or anything like that. Just, there are too many pianists who think they know all, who think that harpsichord is stupid, non musical instrument. And that is really not truth.
mrharpsi 2 years ago
Yeah... tell me how "forte" or "piano" can you play on your harpsichord? .... Not? Ohh dear... :P
vikingmerijn 2 years ago
@mrharpsi your being non-intelligent yourself, oh & if your so intelligent you did not spell it correctly, you wrote "inteligence" -you forgot a "l", & you misspelled 3 other words. Also to say piano is easy is a very idiotic statement, not all piano songs are easy, what your saying is like spitting on the graves of great classical piano composers.
Sudeshi 1 year ago
Don't be Critical Cunt-Face... nobody likes him around here.
TimmYayhooray 1 year ago
@Sudeshi You seem to have forgotten the "n" on "you forgot a 'l'" that should be "an" L, just saying, I agree with what your saying, but it would be a shame for the person whom you are correcting should find fault in your corrections.
pressden43 1 year ago
No actually it is correct, I said "l" which is a constant, not an "i." Did you forget the rule that "an" is when there is a vowel, and "a" is when there is a constanant? So actually you have made a mistake telling me that it was a grammar error.
Sudeshi 1 year ago
@Sudeshi Forgive my mistake sir. (If you were to put an understood "you" at the beginning of this sentence, it would sound very demanding; which contradicts my apology.)
pressden43 1 year ago
Oh my! What an exquisite sound! The harpsichord is a lovely instrument indeed. How magnificent.
ronniegranillo 2 years ago 4
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Oh my! If only it made me feel as good as I do when I get my butler to give me a shafting!
gaybash 2 years ago
Very good. Niiiiice. Keep on playing!
pauljsowders 2 years ago
I do prefer harpischord to piano, it sounds more happy, like something you would hear in a fairground or a rag. Bring harpischords back to modern pop I say, and all the other fogotten barouqe instruments!
minimarioman 2 years ago 72
@minimarioman definetly sunds happier and more joyfull I agree...
erol12345 1 year ago
@minimarioman
Great idea... until you want to change your dynamics.
jazzyjimg 1 year ago
@minimarioman
yeahi!
aalexa88 1 year ago
@minimarioman I agree, but it depending the way you play the piano, it can sounds great.
dicenkomos 1 year ago
@minimarioman I prefer harpsichord to piano and organ to harpsichord.
MrJosepMiro 1 year ago
@minimarioman The more I pay attention the more I see that harpsichord is actualy alive and well! I hear it everywhere from soundtracks to random pop songs the harpsichord is often in the background.
TheDavid2222 10 months ago
@minimarioman Golden Brown by the Stranglers....Bad Romance by Lady Gaga...
MusicStudyMan 4 months ago
Bravissima!!!
AdagioundFuge89 2 years ago
que maner de meter dedos que la pario¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡..........simply ....an animal with those fingers
prilitominvi 2 years ago
Great performance, compliment!!
RobertoFasciano 2 years ago
harpsichord kicks ass
Grundalizer 2 years ago 100
@Grundalizer Asian kick ass, too.
FEETAMYBEETA 1 year ago
@Grundalizer This lady kicks ass as well :D
2DandChaselover23 1 year ago
haha, wow, you're amazing :D i tried playing the harpsichord on the keyboard and kept on getting distracted cuz it sounds so different than the piano :P great job! :D
hampsterbb 2 years ago
I've always had trouble with Scarlatti. Good work.
behindtheaegis 2 years ago
Brilliant playing!!
yossiban 2 years ago 2
BRAVO very well
zjbeast 2 years ago
Very good! Thank you. My classical music appreciation class came with a CD that has this piece played on a modern piano (not even a fortepiano.) It didn't sit well with my ears so I googled and found your video. It's great to hear it on harpsichord as it was written for. Piano and harpsichord just aren't that interchangeable in my opinion.
AncientWolfHP 2 years ago 3
Hi! Very nice...the simple fact that playing Scarlatti on harpsichord is rare these days...personally, I wouldn't use so many rubato with much slower tempo and accelerating, especially on the begining of the second half. I also think that your fingering for the repeated notes in the second half simply doesn't work because you have to slow down the tempo...Scarlatti would have use finger changings...and the left hand should be more tenuto in those phrygian cadenzas. But anyway, nice job!
markomelesmiha 2 years ago
I... Am... In..... Love..... *faints* this is my favorite instrument of all time and played wish such grace by such a talented lady.. Such music is both the heart of my day and the soul of my night. i love it.
hallis1 2 years ago 3
I got told you youtube this for my music lesson. we are studying baroque music. that woman is amaing!?
bubblespop27 2 years ago
Harpsichord strings are tuned so that the sound each string makes is a half step lower than the sound it supposed to make. Even though you're playing the keys like they are in D, the sound it makes in C#. Still it sounds great the way it is, and you you play those fast parts really well! Great job!
Steveo98033 2 years ago
This sort of brilliant technique is a gift. No amount of work produces these results.
It is a gift of brains, spirit, body all highly coordinated to produce these fantastic results. the best think is that it doesn´t sound too fast or rushed like many other harpsichordists who want to impress with their empty speed.
mrmolinodelahoz 2 years ago
Kaung preferms this piece with a skill I shall never have, even given the few mistakes I can count on one hand. This is a great representation of what the piece sounds like when its played as midi, which is perfectly timed and toned. So to all of the people that say she doesn't have "feeling", blow it out your ass and you play it better. If you were told if were your favourite harpsichordist, and you just heard the music.. you would probably like it.
notoncemoreagain 2 years ago
Fucking amazing playing, great job. This is my favorite instrument.
kerrigor154 2 years ago
wonderful
cosmicfan 2 years ago
:O omg the fing3rs xD
bbcharleslau 2 years ago
Bum note 3:03
sirAlexanderthegrape 2 years ago
Ae Lee is an incredible player..and even more attractive! She earned a bum note
notoncemoreagain 2 years ago
nazi
Jullepwnz 2 years ago
playing like dancing! enjoyable to watch.
wunderbar. vielen Dank!
mark60060 2 years ago
Wow Your Great !!!
doctorcatsburger 2 years ago
sounds good
AvroLancaster 2 years ago
Hallo
Kaung-Ae
Fantastisch
Adagioconspirito 2 years ago
Well, i dont know what everyone is talkin about but this is spectacular to listen to.
snowbrdr200 2 years ago
I'm not a harpsichord specialist, but as a pianist I'm very happy hearing this. You're very accurate and I liked how you threw in emotion even though volume dynamics are impossible on this instrument. It was awesome to listen to.
KimikonoBara 2 years ago
I agree with what you said about the dynamics. I know that I've found a harpsichordist that I really like when they hit me hard despite the absence of dynamics.
This harpsichordist sure has.
animalmother1065 2 years ago
emotion is better expressed through time than volume dynamics..
everybody should play harpsichord..
acortot 2 years ago 2
nay nay
scubadev 2 years ago
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You can't play emotion with an instrument... you can play it as its written, or vary from the sheet music as it was written. The woman in this video plays exceptionally well, but as I cannot read the tabs, I am not complaining about her playing... even if she isn't playing verbatim, its still incredible. And either its played in correct time, or the timing is off.. there is no emotion.
notoncemoreagain 2 years ago
You're wrong, and you fail. :D
Lintriel 2 years ago
You are a liar, and the only reason people came up with "emotion" in music, is to critique people they dont like.. it has nothing to do with their playing. I've made this exact point to musical experts and professional musicians, and they agree; even when it puts them at a lacking of ability to play. If you play it correctly, then its correct... if there is emotion in it, then its not played as it was written.
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FingerBoneBill 2 years ago
You're right. But music is ART in the first place. Not everything has to be exactly as it is written.
jvu2ilj26 2 years ago
I know that there is certain amounts of interpretation and altering people can do to a score. But so many people talking about this "feeling" thing... and with a HARPSICHORD.. there isn't any volume you can change... its all about timing. You cant play it softly or loud. And even with that said, instruments that have the ability to change loudness, there is notation for that as well. Just because its not their favourite person, asswipes feel as though they have to say it doesn't have "feeling"
notoncemoreagain 2 years ago
idk if you could compare harpsichord and piano. they both have there great qualities like emotion being expressed through time on the harpsichord like you said. Its all about articulation, where you play the notes more legato and where you put a rest between notes. Piano though i still think you can get just as much emotion with volume and technique. Its just practically two different instruments altogether when you actually play both and compare them.
weezerton77 2 years ago
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She needs to go back to china. Playing white instruments... shit, give her a flute.
vrfl 2 years ago
Do you mena like a Skin Flute?
The kind that jizzes?
peymaania 2 years ago
Didn't mean it in that way, but it'd work too
vrfl 2 years ago
why so racist? :<
charlie845 2 years ago
Van halen, steve vay and kirk hammet are based on baorrque musicf
ikerbeast666 2 years ago
Oh please! when i was a little kid i used to think that way too, i thought yngwie malmsteen was a great torch bearer for neo-cassical music, i played electrc guitar for 19 years, and NEVER was i so completely awe struck and musically satisfied untill i started playing a REAL classical concert instrument (i play violin and piano), i know you don't see it now, but mentioning Vai, or halen on the context of REAL musical genius is very insulting, today i cringe every time i hear Yngwie say "Bach"
mindaflame7 2 years ago
Man. I gotta get me some harpsichord lessons!
idiotbreathing 2 years ago
the notes on that piece of paper must have been tiny...
pcjwss 2 years ago
I know this is a little politically incorrect, but I must say that her performance is breaking all the stereotypes of Asiatic instrumentalists: technically perfect but rather cold and less emotionally involved... Having said that, I love her brilliant rendition of a difficult piece. Her performance is full of color and spirit, say, more Hantaii than Ross. On this occasion, her technique didn't prove perfection itself, still I find this quite delightful. Absolutely charming!
vitellia 2 years ago 2
" stereotypes of Asiatic instrumentalists" - these stereotypes may have been some reason 30 years ago, but nowadays musicians from ASia are not only technically very skilled - but they are musically often much more sensitive than Europeans or Americans (I hope, I will not be killed now... :D )
kpunkt 2 years ago
You're pretty correct there. Some of the best pieces of music from games come from Asia. Zelda and Final Fantasy have some jaw dropping musical pieces.
coldalarm 2 years ago
MORE sensitive than americans or europeans? Sorry, but just in the same way i could never make asian music my own and be a part of it, asians also can play the 'notes at the right time' in western music, but sensitivity to the music realyy requires some degree og identification with those who wrote it, for instance, NO ONE feels italian opera, like an ITALIAN singer or audience, it's just NOT the same.
mindaflame7 2 years ago
Why do YOU think, you can understand Scarlatti's music?
kpunkt 2 years ago 2
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For one thing, i have been a musician for a very long time, and anyone who is at best mildly proficient with the clavier, will hear instantly, how the main intent on this performance is to play all the notes clearly, cleanly and above all TOO FAST, but without paying partcular attention to the inner tempo. For instance quite a few times she rushes through one or two bars and then goes steady again, or if you pay attention,many times, her left hand actually rushes while the right one lags behind.
mindaflame7 2 years ago
You got still a lot to learn.
samuraisokolata 2 years ago
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hockeystar0330 2 years ago
nobody played like a metronome in scarlatti's time..
there were no metronomes.
acortot 2 years ago
Perfect...I play and I love Harpsichords!!
Great job.
whisky9096 2 years ago
wow ure very good and a harpsicord sounds beautiful
sofunnyyo12 2 years ago
le falta metronomo a esta muchacha,,,muy buena tecnica...virtusismo obsoluto...pero muy fuera de tiempo y con algunos rubatos q no corresponden al barroco...igulmente demuestra su virtusismo...
Andresppiiaannoo 2 years ago
Gosh, I need one of those. O_O
Timkeiship 2 years ago 3
An asian?
moooocat 2 years ago 2
No, a harpischord. (':
But an asian is OK too. (;
Timkeiship 2 years ago 5
Sólo unos dedos corriendo sin rumbo por el teclado... no es racismo, es una valoración desapasionada de lo que estoy oyendo...
MrSludov 2 years ago
Tienes mucha razon, en su inmensa mayoria, el musico asiatico tiende a poner demasiado enfasis en la tecnica por si sola, y por eso sus interpretaciones, especialmente en lo que al barroco respecta, son muy des-apasionadas. All flash-no dash
mindaflame7 2 years ago
Truly remarkable. What we're missing in America is mostly ACTUAL artists. We're forced into watching pretty dolls and handsome hunks ruining it. (Not saying she's not cute)
*sigh*
Bravo woman! That was Amazing!
NiteOwllll 2 years ago 2
Harpsichords are beautiful, and the most beautiful song with a harpsichord I have ever heard is Anthem by Neil DIamond, you may like it if you like this...
1980MF1980 2 years ago
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Mr. Scarlatti unfortunately cannot leave his opinion here, but he'd be certainly treated as "racist" if he could, especially after what the Koreans had done to his country during the 2002 football WC.
I understand there are some people out there who love this kind of people because of their "yes, master" feature, but I'd rather meet some opposition in a discussion.
xxchangeling 2 years ago
Ac Superb Performance never bested by German or English players - BRAVO. And as a Russian White male wth Blue eyes, mr. xx, you are an ASS and to be ignored. Dont feed the animals folks, they love the attention.
grumpyinNH 2 years ago
I didn't know that eyes' color should be capitalized.
As far as English or German players, maybe you're right, it's just a pity that Joh. Seb. Bach or Georg F. Handel or Henry Purcell never got a chance of getting a lesson on musical composition by one of the great Korean Baroque masters!
Scarlatti as well, too bad he's dead, otherwise he would be getting harpsichord lessons from this Korean lady. She surely knows how to play Scarlatti better than Scarlatti himself, right?
xxchangeling 2 years ago
Sounds badass.....shes also hot....
Good day.
greyfoxplaysbass 2 years ago
Some major racism! Keep it comming I'll fetch the popcorn.
Don't you just love this sound? <3
moramisnaty 2 years ago
most asian parents are keen to push their children's development. music lessons are one example. the belief is that the next generation will live better, and the children will care for the elders.
stybarrow 2 years ago