Tutorial: Mother's Journey (Yann Tiersen)

[jwwongg]

Damn it... both hands together is just too hard -_-

[bboybaab]

i can play right hand and left separatly but not together someone any tips how to learn both together??

[Newgear01]

@bboybaab learn one blind (preferably the left so you don't have to think and watch about it, learn the correct tempo, then play the them both slowly until it sounds right, then both faster until its the correct timing?

[Newgear01]

lol i don't get it what's wrong even after reading the comments.. please someone explain, before i learn it wrong :P

[TifoMc]

THANKS!!!!!!! :D

[DanteBayakuda]

thank you



[MaggieOMaggie]

Ohh I get what you mean by the additional notes don't belong to the melody, now it's getting easier to play

[igf4]

fredy kruger D:!



[twilightjasi]

0:21 wie spielst du das weil die Hand ist im Weg:D

[twilightjasi]

Geniaaal!

[Micolkaa]

Es wäre SO hilfreich wenn du die Noten im Video nach und nach sagen würdest ._. dankeeeeee...

[imdanadana]

like this if you thought 'fuck' when you saw the second part of left hand

[theklavier1912]

DANKEEEEEEEEEE, ich war für die Gäste suchen, aber konnte ihn nicht finden, dieses Tutorial ist PRIMA.

[breakingbeatz]

THANK YOUUUU!

[Houssoit]

I think there is one little mistake. In the 4th part of the melody of the right hand you play an F instead of a G (i think it's the 9th note of the 4th part.)

Anyway, good idea and a good way to teach. :-)

[cscwii]

Thanks!!!!!

[901Louis]

thank you very much even though so far i've just watched and not exactly tried to play this song it still looks very useful to me so thank you very much you're great!:)

[AlgebraProject]

Dude your piano sounds like shit. but thanks for the lesson :)

[Kastarinaria]

schööön :)

[coole Schuhe ;D]

[cres213]

freddy cougar

[HoboFromABC]

this is really really good

[Cloks1000]

oh and I like your hands btw..

[Cloks1000]

is it in Fb minor?

[CherrycheeksLea]

sehr schön (:

wie lange hast du dafür gebraucht um das Stück zu lernen? Wenn ich mir angucke wie du du das spielst, dann könnt ich verzweifeln :D

Ich will es aber unbedingt spielen können.

Liebe Grüße

[azagur88]

@CherrycheeksLea aaach das kriegt eigentlich jeder in ein paar tagen hin, man darf nur net locker lassen... am anfang ist die koordination das schwierigste, wenn man das draufhat gehts ganz von alleine :)

[TheHateHateHateHate]

@azagur88 hey danke für dein tutorial

kannst du irgendwelche tipps geben, wie man rechte + linke hand zusammen gleichzeitig lernen soll? bei mir klappt es nicht...ich komme nach den ersten drei noten der linken hand zusammen mit der rechten hand sofort durcheinander...

[tamz0123]

thank you XD I'M LEARNING IT NOW

[Cires2]

there are missing many notes oO

[azagur88]

@Cires2 bitte video ganz schauen, die noten fehlen nur am anfang um die oberstimme klarzumachen und kommen dann nach und nach dazu.

plz everyone watch the whole thing before commenting the "missing notes"

[prlnds]

Finally someone that doesn't feel the need to talk and tell what they are doing. Just showing it, the way you do, is perfect. Small steps, adding tiny details along the way is what I need!! I can't read notes and I had never heard this song before yesterday. After having a few tries I was able to play the righthand part in less than a day =)

I would really love to see you make a tutorial for SUMMER '78.

You are a great help to all of us musical illiterate people.. LOL

Thanks!!

RLNDS

[ThePianoBro1]

Umm....sorry to say...but....you have some notes wrong...

[yoshicatx]

I have the sheet music, yet, the accentuation and fingering part I learnt it from this tutorial. Thank you very much!!!! Ur tutorial is brilliant! (I still need to practice at least for another 10 years until I can post a vid response to your tutorial!! LoL)

[Jianju69]

Confused by the missing notes at first, yet understand after reading comments. Well done! Helps to learn about the dynamics; I haven't gotten to that point yet in my playing but I'm new to the piano..

[lizdorkk]

Thanks for the tutorial :D

Could you explain how to count the accents? I'm having a bit of trouble with making the music melodious :|

[Rustamislamov]

hey dude that was Perfect tutorial, keep it on, and thank you very much, I`ll try to do it by myself now :)

[ThuedeeVang]

Whoa. (:D

[belnicolas]

Bravo, best way ever to make a piano tutorial.

You are probably the teacher of thousands peoples without knowing who exactly Viva Internet ! ;)

[HoneyLinda060885]

nice shoes...:-)

[clockwasher]

thats just the perfect way a tutorial should be, short and compact, 5*

[lauren123456777]

really helpful thank you!!! :)

[mkasimm]

something's wrong :S

[gusbakker]

this tutorial really helped me, now I can play it after hours and hours...days..training lol

[ClaraX13]

oh gosh sorry, this a tutorial, I didn't see. Sorry.

[TheWhiteOwl23]

hahahahahahhaaaa made my day!

[ClaraX13]

you play the beginning too slowly!!

[Granpapayon]

man u r playin it the wrong way....you're missing the 6th D note after the 5th D but i like the way u play it see ya

[azagur88]

what do you mean? there is no sixth d to play oO

[Granpapayon]

yeah u r right i'm sorry it was the 4th D (the missing one) when he teachs it

[gusbakker]

thank you for the tutorial! now I can play and i posted a video thanks

[TheWhiteOwl23]

dude you rock! you are the only one with a tutorial for this, LOVE IT!

[edgarhm5]

WoW felicidades, es una melodia excelente y tu lo haces muy bien!!!

[LittleKana]

thanks <3

[Goldfeather8]

hey there, I love your vid and thanks to you I think I can play it quite well now but could you tell me... What do you mean when you say "you change the accentuation" at the end? What do ou do exactly? thank you, take care.

[azagur88]

some notes should be played louder than others, they build up the melody. First i play the melody like the beginning of the video (with d',g,bb,c,g,b,D,g louder than the organ-D in the background). At the end i change the accentuation with just the first, fifth, seventh and tenth note louder than the others (d',bb,c,bb) the whole thing gets an interesting off-beat sound then... but it's just my way to play it, of course you can play pretty much straight-forward as well.

[3700956patrice]

thank you muchly! =D

[Goldfeather8]

Thank you for this. Now, I'm gonna go practise!

[magicprophecy]

thank you SO much for this. it's really, really helpful.

although i can't read notes yet, i have already learned 'comptine d'un autre été' and 'i saw daddy today' by yann tiersen, and now i can finally learn this beautiful piece as well! thank you again. :)

[JuudiFul]

thank you very much for this video

ich bin grad dabei das zu lernen... mit deinem video!!

das is echt cool danke danke danke...

wenn ichs kann schick ich dir ein video;)

[tallsmi8]

danke danke danke.. thanks a lot for this vid.

[epicxpvperx1]

buitifull

[DimaSwert]

THAT IS TOTALLY AWESOME!!! Thank you very much!! :))

[xXStifflersMumXx]

thanks a lot for this video! Its very usefull. I can´t read notes, but now i can play this melody=)

[gusbakker]

thanks you so much! now I can play it!!

[erickbodom10v312]

wow i learned this song from you awhile ago n i came back just to seee you play again

love it

[mba1974]

Summer 78 tutorial please!! ^^

[LittleKana]

Cant see the part on 1:09....

can you tell me ?

[Electric888]

Ok i'll learn it with this tutorial. I'll post it tomorrow. Good tutorial.

[re1think]

PLZ make a Summer 78 tutorial !!! but make it more slow for some of us that are ''slower'' :P

if u can also put the camera at a straighter angle...maybe even from up top.

other than that ure great man.. i wish ill be able to play like that at some point

[CriisM92]

me encanta, y como tocas¡¡ es realmente dulce... =D

[sictm]

THANKS A LOT

REALLY THANKS!

=DDDDDD

[ianedward]

You're notes are completely off in the right hand only part, yet right when you do both hands together.. why?

[azagur88]

i tried to show that the organ point "d" isn't part of the melody and should be played more softly. i add it at 0:55.

[sophieDXD]

that's true "d" isn't really part of the melody !

Good job !

[sophieDXD]

Thank you so much. I could manage the song with the paper and now I can eventually play it.

You may recieve lots of messages like mine but I really wanna thank you though for posting this great teaching video.

[slechtefilmpjes]

That was great! I need a lot more practice ... It all goes so fast XD But great job! And a Summer 78 tutorial would be nice :P But I believe it isn't that difficult as Mothers Journey, though.

[Iamfreewill]

could you possibly make a summer 78 tutorial? by the way you are a god at the piano.

[fabienlele]

Faut-il utiliser la pédale tout le long ? Si oui, faut-il la relever et réappuyer à la fin de chaque mesure?

[azagur88]

Oui, il faut utiliser la pédale tout le long. Moi, je la relève à la fin de chaque mesure.

[qosmio92]

i have a question u know that pedal u pressed is that called the sustain pedal? and thanks for the tutorial helped alot!

[azagur88]

yes of course it's the sustain pedal, the right one ;)

[julioortizguevara]

so this is

MOTHER + MOTHER'S JOURNEY!?

[azagur88]

no, it's just mother's journey...

[makaveli2178]

this is great..thanks a lot,...

[erickbodom10v312]

hey which ones are the additional notes your talking about? bc when you play it with both hands you play it different than the tutorial.

[M4Rinaaaa]

but he don t show us the notes...and i can't see his fingers...

if anybody understand i would like to give me the notes...thanks

[M4Rinaaaa]

it s not a tutorial...:/

you are just play the melody

anyway thx!!

[yusukeichimura]

He's playing it a slower speed so it can be considered a tutorial....

[DECKAKI]

oh thanx for uploading this video...I really love this song...... :( I hope my mother's journey is sooo nice too.... :( :(

I wish I will be able to play it one day...

[oriolserna]

Good tutorial man, i never do that for the people so its good to anybody do it :D nice playing, check 'em out my profile ;)

[AzNxFrenzy]

weird tutorial man,

cant see it with ur fingers, going way to slow, less info bout what u gonna play etc. maybe its not bad but kinda confusing but thanks anyways.

[BioNic369]

great song - and the only tutorial i found.....good work !

[BOW13r]

i just cant put the two bits together :(

[cAnEmArU]

I can't see it with your fingers,but thanks xD

[neciosupmedina]

muy buenisimo

[Love9sick]

Thanks for the tutorial but it is annoying how you don't play the left "D" with you thumb on the right hand. It is a part of the song and actually makes it more confusing.

[azagur88]

well i play it later in the video because i think it's easyer to understand the melody this way...

[FALLoutGiRL13aTD]

Ö.Ö

you play awesome:)

[juliavidere]

my sister said, "You´ve got nice shoes, she has the same too".

[Karla1603]

hey so, its note for note right? (im talking about the part where it goes all crazy*)

[azagur88]

yes it is :)

[youstupidfayce]

Thank you.

So. Much. =DDD

[gagamericanflag]

so much help! and you play beautifully!

[WelfareChrist]

Hey! Because of this video I'll get to learn this song! Yay! Thank You!

[gagamericanflag]

oh goodness. such a huge help. haha. make more! :]

[tyroxi]

Love the song : ) Gonna learn it now.

Thanks for the tutorial !

[soleil250]

sieht ganz schön schwer aus. aber gutes tutorial!

[brazo123]

awesome but it's really sooo hard.. i can't remeber the notes.. i guess i have to practice but i love this song

[Idefix23]

the trick is....

you have to be able to play the right hand blind, without thinking. It should be some kind of "automatic".

If you are able to do that you can concentrate on the left hand wich is much "harder" to add to the right hand i think, especially when you are a beginner...once you got the rythm all will be fine ;)

coordination and rythm is pretty important!

i hope this helped a little bit.

bye and good luck

[ch13w]

brilliant!

[holaaxd]

thank you very much it is being very useful for me, i almost get it =D / muchas gracias me esta siendo muy util, ya casi lo consigo =D.

[PisdezOlja]

viel zu schnell !!

[za3lsa]

jy ariive c' est bon!! i get it! thank you so much! <3

[nenababee]

thank you sooooo much! this video was a buig help! it is very hard but im really close to getting it!

[alfonso134]

IT'S SOO HARDD!!!!! IS IMPOSIBLEEE T.T

...but i gonna practice :D

[just502]

It's easy to play both parts, but it's so hard to play them both together in time! Argh >:(

I'll get it eventually :P

[arowanaa]

Super tutorial. Many thanks for all you have done!!! I`m waiting for tutorial "Summer`78". Great job!!!

[toppsoul]

what about the part in the beginning ?

[azagur88]

do you mean "mother"? thats a separate piece...

[toppsoul]

ahaaaa didn,t know that sorry

anyway thanks very much for the tutorial it took me 3 hours only to learn it and i learned mother from watching other vids in youtube 2 WOHOO!

[TheArkisBest]

Thanks for the tutorial. Now I have learned it. Vielen dank! (Ich kann nicht so gut Deutsch schreiben).

[demianBlog]

nice work with the tutorial. :) noticed how yann tiersen has got some of michael nyman musical influences.

[woofiedog4]

Yep, you're definitely my hero.

I searched for 2 years for this song, I heard it somewhere but couldn't find out the name. Even after finding it, it was dissappointing not to get my hands on the sheet music...thank you so much for this tutorial.

[Gerri25]

Tolles Tutorial. Was kann ich tun, dass sich der rechte Unterarm nicht so verdammt verspannt? Tut höllisch weh!

[azagur88]

dann machst du irgendwas falsch! versuch nicht zu verkrampfen, aus den fingern heraus zu spielen! halte die arme locker und beweg deine finger...

[sleepylooky]

ich bin kein deutser aber ich gebe mein bestes es ist warscheinlig auch so das die hohe deins stuhl nicht ubereinstimmt mit der hoho deines pianos und dan bekommst du auch so eine gefuhl im arm

btw very good video unfortunatly you dont say the notes but still very good video

[julioortizguevara]

nice shoes!

hahahhaha

[magicprophecy]

Thank you so much!

And it'd be really great if you did make a tutorial for Summer 78, I'm sure a lot of people would appreciate it. :)

[Humandevil667]

i would appreciate it too^^

[lafraisefrais]

i totally agree with poppie541! we'd be very grateful if you made a tutorial for summer 78 ! your tutorials are great , keep on !

[poppie541]

perfect! thanks so much!!!

you should do a tutorial for his song summer 78, i really want to learn it!!

[za3lsa]

it's hard!! the left and the right together...aiiie aiiie aiie!!^^

[za3lsa]

its so good!! i'm frenchy girl and i'll try now!! byye! thank you! good guy!! =p

[azagur88]

bonne chance :)

[lievuz21]

thanx a whole lot dude! love this piece and your shoes, haha

[alelapeke]

u play this song!! awesomee!! Butt i listeen deee song!! and mm thje right hand.. is rong! :s im suree :s listen the sng!! really AWESOMEE!! my english sucks i know jaja! cya

[Nandisaa]

so much easier to play it now

[tony29bzh]

thanks a lot dude

[noesis1990]

These are the moments I wish for a a piano or at least a keyboard :) although Yann Tiersen is forbidden on a keyboard :D

Useful vid of a breathtaking video..

Nice shoes!

xxx

[surrillium]

This version is enitrely correct, so stop saying its not, its just takes a while to get into it be patient

[danielhf26]

You're master! Thanks a lot!

[marialego]

danke sehr!!

[facutev]

Thank you! this tutorial help me a lot :D

[Didiezzz]

Thank you very much ! Now, I can play it ! =D

[bluesourire]

I can play it now, after a long time! xD

Thanks =)

but.. what about pedals?

[Hromptak]

"Your melody isn't correct".... blah blah blah.. Azagur, thank you very much for posting this tutorial (even with the incorrect melody;-), when I got home I'll have a lot to do...

[darkstar2o1]

Your "melody" isn't correct...

You added like three notes to the end of the melody. The actual melody consists of only four notes each time. The first part of the melody consists of D, G, C, and then Bb.

[azagur88]

well thats pure interpretation isn't it? i feel like the three notes belong to the melody as well...

[jenay2nay]

you should probably check to see what the sheet music says, if you have it. and if you have it, where did you get it? i would like to purchase it from someone, but want to make sure it is correct.

[azagur88]

well weather its part of the melody or not... the notes definitely belong to the piece, so in the end it sounds the same.

[ln347]

I really love it...

[FishFvker9o21o]

Im going to learn this and play it at my mothers funeral

;,}

[6itch]

thank you.

[taylorrobin05]

great job! i learned this song from you in an hour its well put together and easy to follow thanks a lot!!

p.s. your a great pianist.

[mhchaka]

nice tutorial really! Have a look at my version please!

[Biochips1]

Hey, sorry für meinen Hater-Comment da unten. Ich bin grad dabei das Lied mit Hilfe deines Tutorials zu lernen. War nur frustriert, weil ich ein Lehrvideo erwartet hab, wo einem die Schritte langsamer gezeigt werden.

[Biochips1]

2 fast. Go home, dude and don't unnerve us anymore.

[indycar101]

What you know can't be taught! It has to be felt by someone that has hart, and wants it as you do! I not musical at all but I'm a good listener, and you have it! Its like driving trains 1000's and 1000's do it every day but only 5 out of every 100 get it, and get it right every single time and even then the best keep getting better! And your in that same family! Keep it up lad you are going to be the best of the best some day.

[aer0in]

i just cant play the notes at the same time really fast like you

urgh

but its a great song :)

[orangebrownie]

i love your shoes :)

[azagur88]

*g*

[jetais]

can teach "mother"?

[surrillium]

Very good tutorial. Not sure why but whenever i try playing, the left hand always over powers the right with sustain, sounds horrible :(

[coccinelle859]

same with my piano..melody gets lost..:/

[tomokogirl2000]

hey, do you have the sheet music 4 this song? plz, if you have it, could you email it to me? or can u give me the link where i can find it please? thx

[Jae132]

hey do u know 'mother'?

the beginning i guess

[Invisit]

Im sorry but thats not the way to play it. good try almost got it...

[azagur88]

hm? whats the problem?

[Invisit]

well thats not the way ahm I dont know how to explain it but at the beginning ist something like D D G D Bb D C D G Bb D G first D its form the octave above maybe if you see the piano sheet

[azagur88]

have you watched the whole tutorial?

[Invisit]

no I just watched the first seconds why would I see it I know how to play it =P sorry dude me bad... Well keep it up

[AgnesPeace]

Very nice. :>

[Lecker11]

oh mein gott.. wie genial! 5 Sterne von mir!

[Kirschsterngirl]

Das ist echt total schön :)

Ich hab seit gestern die Noten und einzelnd kann ichs schon :D

Aber man braucht echt Übung, um beide Hände zusammen spielen zu können =)

Aber du bist eine sehr gute Hilfe!!!

Dankeschön :]

[blinkett]

Tyvm as well! Kudos to you!!

[laylalele]

thank u thank u thank u

[supergunterino]

I'm trying, is very useful!! thanks!!