Prelude in G Minor

[GlimpseInTheLife]

0:00 These are obviously nazi soldier marching (A), 1:34 Then one of them hides himself on a hill and sees a wonderful eagle flying over him (B) 2:51 but the enemy attacks and while in the camp they are all fighting he just stay to see that wonderful beauty. 4:21 And then he is busted and killed (listen the G-shot!). And he falls down (4:23). (B) The moral: man doesn't look for victory of happiness, just for beauty. And prelude in G is the beauty.

[ImmortalSpecies]

Pirates lmfao? This's Severus Snape walking through Hogwartz making sure no one is bitching.

[tadayaido]

Could you send me the Midi file for this please. I love to learn this piece and the midi file really helps. My email is tadayaido@yahoo.com. Many THANKS

[RachPhantom40]

GHOSTS! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­

[piano0011]

hey guys! I would appreciate if someone could listen and give some comments on my version of this.... just hope i can play this well one day! I am confused to the speed as some people like it fast but it should be alla marcia?? So any comments would be appreciated! Please subscribe if you like my playing

[TheJackHarkness]

This is horrid -_-

[davidestil]

these videos are wonderful, i would like to know how did you do yhese videos. are perfect, i liked too much

[18jjpm]

the song has no feeling when its played by a computer

[MrGumbah]

I thought you had to see this - as a lover of music and a computer guy. On both accounts it is amazing - beauty and technology fused together in a lovely piano. Be sure to let Lucas and Jonah see a piano at its best.

[beethovenbuddy]

this piece always reminds me of silent movie music, the sort where the baddy ties the girl to the train track lol :)

[marsivin]

looks like a ghost is playing xD

[Smeagollum86]

classical music is not meant to be played by robots sorry

[artymowycz]

/clap

[AltoSaxOlly]

I'm pretty sure this rendition was performed by Rachmaninoff

[cellerianbot08]

Really? because this kind of sounds like it was played by someone who doesn't have very steady tempo...

[ThatRachGirl]

@cellerianbot08 Piano rolls are rarely 100% accurate. Over time, the tempo and other things become distorted as the roll falls "under weather."

That's always why I'd take an old static-y recording over a piano roll any day - you always have to take it with a grain of salt. I wonder how many people have been misled into thinking Prokofiev, Grieg, Ravel, Debussy, or Rachmaninoff are incompetent musicians just because of a poor piano roll...

[Lockdown42]

The piano rolls themselves were often heavily doctored by a roll engineer too. The initial roll only records the notes as holes when the key is first pressed, with no pedals or expression, the engineer would then manually add sustain by punching further holes in the roll etc.

Just a note to those making comments along the lines of this ruins classical music: it's not intended as a replacement - its just to help in learning and offer some amusement to those who find it entertaining.

[tommyschilb10]

that's impossible to do.

[PorcupineFloyd68]

Actually, this prelude doesn't have that big of stretches.

Check out the C# minor one. That's got impossible stretches that you have to play as two chords. The first being a grace note that's held throughout.

[DUDEamazeME724]

yes it does when i am playing my hand hert

[Rachmanomaniac]

You are aware that this prelude is in the diploma list for difficulty. Yes the c# has a few stretches; however that depends on your agility, not your hand size.

[PorcupineFloyd68]

Oh, I know. This is an incredibly difficult piece. I find it almost as hard as the third movement to the Moonlight Sonata.

I'm just saying it's not very big stretches, presuming that most people hold the low octaves with the pedal.

[Kalen1457]

What? I think its harder than the third movement!

I have played the third movement, and "began" but never finished this prelude.

[trynity7]

You are SO right! i dont have large hands (I can strech only an octave.) yet my hands are agile enough to play those chords! the length of your hands does matter, but agility matters too, you only need to have a wide angle and stretching to play most chords.

[chrisman803]

amazingly its actually only your fingers not with somebody else helping because at my piano recital one adult played this piece with no help at all.

[18974473]

I wonder how a person's hands able to reach those notes at the same times like that . o__o

[asianfinn]

Yeah...looks like he either has giant hands...or he used his nose and elbows and all his toes - all at the same time - to reach those notes...wicked.

[Achtelnote]

then you are not a piano player.

[18974473]

I wondering if you are reply to 18974473 or asianfinn ?

[DUDEamazeME724]

i can but it kills i am learning that piece

[Hoglund]

Rachmaninov must have had like 5 hands...

[TehWerewolf]

the notes in the middle section are actually held by the pedal... this is just a piano roll ...

[OriginalBasaliskos]

@Hoglund There is a peal that sustains some notes while you're free to press others unsustained.

Oh, if only I could have the hands of Rachmaninov.

[aviza12]

sounds more like march rather than prelude...

[Dennizzen]

well, Rachmaninov has put above the sheets "Alla Marcia" which means you have to play it like a march :P

[trynity7]

I am picturing some hidden civilization, underground practicing their march for when they come out and take over the world with nuclear death threats. you are right. the middle is the war! (very short, cus they have way more advance technology so all rulers, emperors and presidents surrender.) then the last part is the dumb dude who says "dont press the blue, or red button?" then, boom. YAY! humor!

[aviza12]

XDD lolz

[tan73h]

so robotic lol

[willemvdr12]

heel houterig, maarja het is ook maar een animatie :P

... En veel van jullie kunnen dit lekker niet lezen hahaa xD

- Willem vdr12

[BAKEDPIANIST]

rachmaninov requires a soul to play it, its not like bach which can sound have decent on a midi.

you cant right emotion into a midi

[brgndima]

where i can find the slower animation, i cant undarstand what is he playing, mean which notes...???

[WurlitzerPlayer190]

i was playing this the other day on my piano and i think i almost dislocated my finger. the chords on this prelude are huge

"how big was rachmaninov's hands"

[teresahan1991]

:O you almost dislocated you finger?

[WurlitzerPlayer190]

it was kinda funny beacause my thumb always did this weird poping thing and know it doesn't and it is like easy to play the piano.

in a odd way this prelude is a miricle worker

[perfectlalala]

aww, i wanted to elarn this, but my hands are seriously small. :| :( well, gonna search for some other song then.

[fowlermakesmusic]

Rachmaninov could reach a compound 5th easily it was his sort of show piece.

[darx117]

could you please repost this video with a slowere tempo? im trying to learn this song and it would help me alot.

[PuresMusic]

In this video you can see real well how less Rachmaninov himself used the pedal, it's really stunning!

[teresahan1991]

Can you Please send me the Midi file for this please. 'Cause i have Synthesia, and i want learn this piece that way, i think it's easier. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS : teresahan1991@yahoo(dot)com THANKSSSSS

[Lockdown42]

Teresa, just google it. Its the Ampico version by Rachmaninoff.

[teresahan1991]

but i can't download the file though, it just allowed me to listen to the midi file. I'll try once more.

[teresahan1991]

Can you ssend it to me? I spent half an hour looking for it and found nothing. I would really appriciate it.

[teresahan1991]

Nevermind, I finally found it, you can't imagine how happy i was when i found it. Thanks anyways.

[MegaDutchTutorials]

@teresahan1991 Omg! So fuckin lol! I watched your videos , and now 2 years 2 later we find that you got your midi :) You two , legends : Teresa : Absolutely best Synthesia Tuts Lockdown42 : Best Piano Animations!

[teresahan1991]

@MegaDutchTutorials hehe... thanks. But the MIDI makers deserve most of the credit :)

[MegaDutchTutorials]

@teresahan1991 Yea , i know. Synthesia learnd me playing this.

[adrianmelgar]

como se llama el software q hace esto? osea convertir archivos midis a estas animaciones?

[Lockdown42]

Es una programa que escribi que usa Maya para animar el modelo. asi que no esta disponible para bajar, pero si tienes una cancion que quieres ver lo puedo intentar si no es demasiado largo.

[adrianmelgar]

tu hiciste el software??

[Lockdown42]

si para convertir archivos MIDI a codigo para mover el piano en Maya, que es software para animacion.

[adrianmelgar]

super te felciito! q limitaciones tiene tu software?

[Lockdown42]

El mayor es que es dependiente de Maya para crear el video. Tambien hay que usar otro software para modificar el MIDI, y crear un archivo AIF o MP3 para importar al video.

[teresahan1991]

wow, the notes are real! I can see a lot of efforts you put in these videos. I appriciated these videos very much, and i'm sure anyone else who watch them will feel the same...

[Lockdown42]

Thanks, the effort went into the initial program. It converts a MIDI file (a computer music file) into the animation. Sadly, I can not claim to be any good on the piano myself :) The credit in the quality and accuracy goes towards the people who performed the initial recordings of the MIDI files.

[teresahan1991]

I see.....

[teresahan1991]

how do you do these kind of videos? do you have to read the notes?

[teresahan1991]

this is not how i play this song, the notes are difference.

[Lockdown42]

I think there was a certain amount of engineering involved in converting this piece from a piano roll to a MIDI, especially delaying the release of keys which would otherwise have been sustained with the pedal.

[teresahan1991]

i think no human hands can be that big, rachmanioff has big hands but not that big...

P.s. i love these kinda videos...

[jimmydushku]

There are pictures of him stretching over 12 keys! He had enormous hands.

[aaron0883]

I have never seen this kind of animation ... that is nifty.