Joanna Newsom: Sawdust & Diamonds

[CantSeeTheStars]

I get total cramp in my right hand when I play the part you're playing at 30secs in!! Though I have an electric piano that has horribly stiff keys!! How do your fingers not fall off?!?!?

[Sevendaysatsea]

Thank you for your incredible transcriptions.

[pagesophia]

beautiful.

[gnitleinad]

subscribed! you're freakin badass, love all your videos.

[mineralbison]

you look like sufjan stevens, not to mention you are wearing a illinoise shirt

[erikisPSYCHO]

Raise your hand if you died @ 0:42! Outstanding.

[distilla2000]

how amazing, i love your videos.

[greensquareferret]

finger cramps

[jimbobob19]

Will you please make a piano version of this entire song?

[jimbobob19]

Will you please make a video of the entire song on piano?

[jimbobob19]

Will you please make a video of the entire song on piano?

[jimbobob19]

Will you please make a video of the entire song on piano?

[lennydelacruz]

messed up at 0:32

[doublewuzzy]

@lennydelacruz So? Do you have any idea how often Joanna messes up?

[lennydelacruz]

@doublewuzzy

in all fairness your still good. lol

[Shearo]

@doublewuzzy Never, because even her mistakes are beautiful.

[doublewuzzy]

@Shearo Nah, she messes up a lot - that doesn't mean it's bad, which is the whole reason I mentioned it in the first place (if you read the above comments).

[job87meh]

@lennydelacruz Ok, YOU play this perfectly then. It's freakin' amazing.

[InsufficientFare]

@lennydelacruz and thats ok

[skjumpers]

AAAAAAAHMazing. 

[missblissxe]

I had to stop it at 7 seconds to say: You. Are. My. Hero.

You're amazing, that's amazing, how can you do that? What? my brain!

Do you play harp as well?

[deklan0083]

nice finger dancin' bro! and 20 extra points for dressing to match the chalkboard!  :D

[lilynamed]

wooooow... magnificent!

[sciurisciura]

!!!!!!!!!!! ! !

[Halogenerate]

You are absolutely amazing... and if you can't sing, I'll gladly sing for you.

[larsvonkalnassy]

cool

[aaroplane]

these are all great man. i wish you had good recordings of these for download

[alwayspoppies]

Gorgeous. Thank you.

[sidekickstupidco]

do you even use the pedal for this?

[whenislunch22]

where on earth could I sell my soul to get some sheet music for this? honestly. where can I get it?

[e04bf01b]

@whenislunch22 i was just thinking the same thing, you could probably pick it out by ear, i did with a few of them out of her first album

[m0thland]

this is a really beautiful version

[J2FaceR]

I love this song it is so calming to me. Joanna Newsom is pretty beast, but your really good too!

[JenniferNicole007]

This is amazing :)

[avahicreasei]

I'm using your sheet music to learn this. The part with the interlocking dotted eights and regular eights is really difficult but I'm still trying! Thanks so much :)

[gabeuop79]

I wish you would have included the beginning and end parts (the long, sustained chords)!!! The fast parts are difficult technically, sure, but it's the contrast with the slow (but beautiful) beginning and end that gives them context and makes them all the better.

[vicentin20]

you must sing....

[doublewuzzy]

I'm a terrible singer, unfortunately.

[sinkingsweat]

fucking amazing.

[squeegella]

Just fantastic. :)

[pollenonmynose]

Stunning.

Marry me?

[george474747]

Incredible. It makes me realise how great a composer she is.

[Casbah82]

molto bello:)

[echoingmelody]

That. Is. Wonderful.

[renethel]

Oh my gosh, you're incredible!

[Esphinxxx]

youre great! but I see youve read that before:P

[peachtable966]

woah.

[aarong923]

oh my, this is really good. the setting in this video looks like joanna's

[JessicaClark]

It is terribly good to carry water and chopped wood..

Thanks for the beautiful cover of one of the most beautiful songs ever written. :)

[akechi77]

Great work, thank you my friend.

[rqqrt]

you are a gift from god.

p.s. i'm feelin the illinoise.

[Strokaa]

bello

[riseup20twelve]

So Great!! beautifully played mate! well done.

[anasghost]

so beautiful

I looove this song

[depolarized]

now if you could sing, i would melt

[augenbaer]

AMAZING!!!!!

[boru1982]

i like the way you're able to delay time by a couple of seconds. i thought i was the only one.

[slewes]

You'd make Ms. Newsom proud, for sure.

[binomialnomentaylor]

i'm diggin the sufjan shirt!

[DaftPhunk]

oh and you've transcribed it too!!! thanks i'll be spending quite a few hours with this!! COol!

[DaftPhunk]

gotta love those harmonies.

great work

[livrae888]

EPIC WIN IN LIFE!!!

[tgjkr562]

marry.me.  creeper... i know, but wow.

[doublewuzzy]

No worries, I appreciate the appreciation... haha.

[tgjkr562]

haaa...i think that passed appreciation and settled right upon weird youtube girl. but you really are quite impressive. keep up the goods!

[elerrinaeyeseaewe]

i've just been teaching myself this on keys ...my efforts are futile ... =[

that said.

this is brilliant.

[Bighead5755]

That was great! Any chance of a midi file??

[mbp284]

BRAVO!

[Abadonstorm]

Wow.

That was fantastic.

I am speachless.

[phenumpkin]

you have BALLS to even attempt this... so kudos to you sir

minus that you are not singing

[bluedress]

wow youre gifted. ^_^

[1stupidlamb]

wow...

[avahicreasei]

I can't breathe it's so good.

[qtonic]

love joanna. did great justice! thanks!

[khaaaaansumating]

That was really very cool. I have not seen anything similar to this that I have liked this much before on Youtube. Really, it was very gorgeous and I applaud you for your efforts.

[TheBoyzFromIllinoize]

ps i love the t-shirt. great album.

not so great of a state, im afraid :/

[TheBoyzFromIllinoize]

frickin beautiful, maestro

i am going to DL the sheet music right now and learn this biatch

you are a saint for tabbing this girls' stuff

she makes the most beautiful music i do believe ive ever heard

[A8rotta]

I hope you had better recording equipment at hand.. Would love to hear it all.

[Alicecullen9]

this is amazing! i wish i was talented enough to arrange and play like that...

[gpdaddy1]

Awesome!!!

[sylsylee]

I'd pay money for a high qual mp3 of this. really good shit.

[voilinistgypsy87]

You are extremely talented. And very handsome.

peace.

[petuniaminsk]

TOP!!!!

[ulrichxyumi4eva]

I love this.

And the Sufjan shirt.

[FrancisMitterrand]

haha, i was about to make a very simmilar comment. ive got the shirt in blue! Cheer for Sufjan! Cheer for Joanna! and three big Cheers for Doublewuzzy!

[cykolink]

thank you so much for transcribing this, i'm not good enough to do it myself but been wanting to for a long time. your project is great, please keep it up.

[zebell33]

lol we all inlove with you..its that poise you have ;)

[bthickey]

i think i'm in love with you

[kjaks]

Great project, sounds great!

[ericheretoday]

YAAAAAA!!!!

F' ing great!!!!!

[BagofSunshine1001]

i loved this man fucking amazing

[purpleandgreen]

Oh, man.

[weepingforbrunnhilde]

Beautiful. Nice driving pulse.

Passionately played.

Thank you for this.

[xSecretChordx]

printed off a load of your transcriptions the other day, i'd already toiled my way through book of right on a while back, learnt en gallop earlier from your sheet music and i had a play of this one but didn't go through it all.

her stuff is really enjoyable to play, thanks for writing it out!

[kutracuer]

nice work man im hoping to learn this as a fingerstyle guitar song it would a great help if you happen to have this as sheet music or even just basic chord outline that you could send to me it would be greatly appreciated

[awesome87]

I don't think this song would translate to guitar very well, simply because the melody is very complex, and it would sound too simplified on guitar, even finger picked. It could work, but I have my doubts.

[vonkyyy]

actually, by translating the sheet music exactly it works rather well on guitar (fingerpicking of course, chords would be much too simplified, you're quite right). When I say well I mean that it kills your fingers, but with enough practice should be perfectly doable. The only the trouble is that guitars do not go nearly deep enough for the chorus section, so compromises must be made :(

[dapedawg]

Very nice! This is great.

[babybeckenbauer5]

wow thank you for figuring this out! nice shirt by the way.

[ohyouprettythingsss]

this is BEAUTIFUL

[mamawolf093]

o my gosh!

you are amzing!

joanna newsom is the one who inspired me to play harp

and now your the one who inspired me to play piano!

lol

is there sheet music of joanna newsom for harp?

well im sure there is but if you know where i could get it that would be great!

thank you

[doublewuzzy]

Look at my channel info and follow the link.

[shani123]

yeah, you were right i didn't read the key signature. that's why the transcription seemed odd. btw, i wasn't trying to belittle your work. this is an amazing effort on your behalf and much appreciated. i haven't been playing the piano that long either so i am definitly not trying to diss your playing :)

[shani123]

your transcription is a bit different from what you play on the video.

[doublewuzzy]

Not much, I stated in my channel info (at least it was in the past) that I only perform condensed versions on these clips because my camera cannot take more than 3 minutes of footage.

[shani123]

and here in "sawdust and diamonds" where she sings "and it cleft me right..." in the transcription there is and added bass note that i don't hear in the recorded version nor do you play it in this video. i.e. you play it correctly in the video but the notes you wrote are different in small points.

would you be interested to see what i transcribed for comparison and for the sake of swapping idea?

[doublewuzzy]

That bass note (a low G) is now in the transcription; you probably have an earlier version of it. If you notice, the top says "BETA version" on it, or at least it should. The bass note was not audible on the recording nor was I aware of it at the time I recorded this clip. I discovered it when watching a more recent performance of it.

[doublewuzzy]

Also, keep in mind that I have only been playing piano for four years; some of this clips have errors in them that are simply playing errors. For example, I mess up in Erin, Swansea, the end of this clip (and I think part of the middle, where I miss and hit some black keys), and I'm sure there are others. Also, in earlier works (like Book of Right-on) don't forget the key signature... that might be misleading to the ear if an unusual flat is left out (F-flat or C-flat, for example).

[doublewuzzy]

What you see here is the basic shape of the work -- no opening, and each verse (four broken F major chords and four broken G minor chords, forming one group which repeats four times for each verse of the song) is only done twice (i.e., I do the four F/four G pattern twice rather than four times). This is simply to demonstrate that I've transcribed it. The actual transcription contains the work in its entirety (minus the vocal part).

[gameyy]

Sufjan shirt and Joanna Newsom on the piano? My new best friend.

[iambennet]

i have that shirt, but it shrank weird. actually, all of my green american apparel shirts have done the same thing. i loved that shirt...

oh yeah, i enjoyed your video, too.

[laurenmacsporren]

oh my god. you are amazing. pleeease send me this and other sheet music (I've sent you a message). thanks!!

[thedimgoddess]

I've been trying to work this out on the harp,nice to know others are inspired too!! Sounds great as well.I got a bit stuck on all the chord changes when it opens out..You've obviously got a good ear and put a lot of work in. I like the whole harp- piano thing, I transcribed yann tiersen's piece vide onto the harp (originally on the piano), and 'the piano' by nyman..but perhaps that makes the title a bit silly ;D great stuff! (Oh and any tips-like the sheet music? - let me know eh? heh)..

[pianki]

thanks to you I now know that joanna newsom's music is amazing on piano as well. You play very beautifully and I wish I was as coordinated with playing separate parts with both hands as you are. And I like that shirt too if thats a sufjan shirt; I just saw him front row in michigan about a week ago.

[annalee26]

Oh please, please share your music with me. Joanna Newsom is my harp hero and you are now my piano hero. I'll be awaiting the sheet music. Then I will play until the stars can hear me.

[smyge]

You transcribed this all by ear, that's amazing! I played the piano for three years, but never achieved anything close to the discipline and dexterity exhibited by your fingers. You're so modest and you have no reason to be, you should be proud of yourself-this was beautiful really. I admire the effort you put into this and it's obvious you must have a true appreciation and enjoyment for Joanna Newsom to undertake such an accomplishment. Do you play any other insruments?

[doublewuzzy]

Well, I've only played piano for four years but I've been playing other instruments since I was nine, so I have finger dexterity already (and apparently a lot of free time).

[fivebobdowns]

How can I get the sheet music for "sprout and the bean"? Sooner the better... it's for the HSC.

[BattleAngel]

i like how you say you suck at the piano... i wonder what that makes me when i make mistakes on 'mary had a litte lamb.' thanks alot...

[angtheloser]

I am by no means a great piano player but it would be awesome to get a copy of the sheet music to this if you have it... it sounds great!

[kickthelosr]

sounds great! buy adobe distiller to change it to pdf. it puts a plugin into finale where when you print the document you can choose to print as a pdf which saves the file as a pdf

[sendmeapostcard]

fantastic

[sjamesvfx]

great stuff.

[finnieop]

nice job!

[deandrebattisti]

yeah! come on feel the illinoise!!!

VERY good transcription of this song..wish i was as good on piano. Got any more of YS on the way?

[doublewuzzy]

I started working on Cosmia but hit a wall. I'll come back to it in a few weeks.

[appleby]

hah is that an illinois tee

good job with transcribing all the joanna newsom songs, dude! i look forward to the sheet music :|

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[cadrifting]

Wow man, this is great! I would love to see you and her in concert. That would be an amazing song with her voice behind it. Keep it up!