Hamelin Chopin Etude 'Black Keys' Audio + Sheet Music

[mytownsanbon]

who arranged this music? is it godowsky?

[twooffour]

@mytownsanbon

Hamelin.

[qweuio]

A new Feux Follets for our era

[Neongrapes]

Brilliant!! I had the chance to meet Hamelin in the flesh...most down to earth guy....seemed almost oblivious to his own fame and genius.

[Ir0nman86]

you can find free piano sheet music @ sheetsearch . com

[pianoashmead]

Is it just me or there more than just a passing harmonic reference to a passage in Liszt's Transcendental Etude number 2 in A minor (namely the harmony of the rising theme after the initial descent)?

[Rodintube]

INSANE!

[ChopinLiszt82]

@MagicDolphinGO I think he uses some whole tone scale or some minor transposition or something like that...

[Neongrapes]

@ChopinLiszt82 He's using a lot more than that dude

[MagicDolphinGO]

was there some system he used to rewrite this?

[Chopinumbreon]

Holy crap...hahahah

[Laudan08]

That's black.

[sugarve]

Non è di questo pianeta!!!!

[hollymagic918]

CRAZYYYYYY!!!!

[tombennettpiano]

crazy. Interesting.

[v4liumfrance]

pointless

[Diffomega]

@v4liumfrance HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHAHA

What is the point of music my friend? What's the point of art?

[v4liumfrance]

@Diffomega

ruining a piece.

[tomekkobialka]

@v4liumfrance Sorry, wrong answer!

[Diffomega]

@v4liumfrance so the whole point of making art since the start of making was always ruining a piece? I can't see any sense there.

[tomekkobialka]

@Diffomega Me neither.

[v4liumfrance]

@Diffomega Neither do I

[Diffomega]

@v4liumfrance Therefore your argument is incorrect my friend.

[D1ndo]

WTF? is this really playable? :D

[twooffour]

@jorpianist

Ah sorry, I was referring to the op.7 no.4 etude - it's the only Stravinsky etude I currently know, though :)

[twooffour]

1:21 Stravinsky reference :)

[addeex1]

I like how the chord before the final one sounds so weak ^^

[chutdigadut]

dude, WTF are you serious Hamelin...REALLY...?

[takeonme79]

Sounds like a cross between the chopin etude and Scarbo

[ttryl09]

This is my first time hearing this version of the "Black Keys" etude. This is awesome!!!!!

[v4liumfrance]

it sux, listen the original version omg

[flic71]

che genialità!!!!!!

[djuxtsmith]

beautifully controlled lightness of touch (as usual from Hamelin) in a devilishly difficult piece. I am currently learning his Prelude and Fugue and christ is it hard...

[Grigor99]

This piece is totally nuts! But great! I would never recognize the homage if it weren't for the title though.

[Kalen1457]

Chopin's marvelous etude was perverted...

[Kalen1457]

Calm down man, its just an adjective I used to describe the evolution of the sound from that of a romantic o a more modern rendition. Not too say this version is worse-it's equally genuis.

[Kalen1457]

In addition, this isn't even Godowsky, its Hamelin's study on this particulary etude-I've checked all 6 of Godowsky versions and none of them match this piece-this is Hamelin's original formulated note system applied to Chopin's etude-NOT Godowsky.

[caricama]

oops, my bad :D

[MultiFailBot]

Does that key signature say "2 / 6"?

[tomekkobialka]

12 / 16

[MultiFailBot]

Thank you!

[ChrisThurmanVA]

@MultiFailBot And it's called a time signature ;)

[MrGrigor99]

I truly believe that Hamelin owes us all an explanation of how he does this stuff. It's like he's a circus act!

[regiear1991]

I think people were saying the same exact thing about Cziffra when he was still alive.

[mrkwonsony]

Despite the living legend of our classical era by this wonderful and awesomely gorgeous almost more than a freaking genius, kind of don't understand this melody of this one. Oh well, it's still just a merely practice piece, what should I expect too much for interpretation, as long as it's on the black keys exclusively...

[kasyapa]

i have no words.

[wborgstro]

Chopin occasionally composed during periods of temporary insanity as proven here. My God, man, how in hell do you do it??????????

[ShaggyPatches]

Chopin on crack! I love it. It's probably way more challenging to play than the original it's based on. Bravo!

[bh3puma]

He played this at a recital in Melbourne, which took place in October 2009. I remember I just couldn't help giggling the whole way through! It was absolutely brilliant and creative to the max!

[jarry161290]

wtf!!!???

[franzleone]

geniale,great composer too!!!!!!

[bowmanlz]

what the hell lol

[ikemaster9]

How do you play consecutive 2nd's so fast?

[flamethrowerabc]

maybe you move your fingers halfway between the keys lol

[lst9162]

Dang!

[lscully3]

It sounds a bit like Gnomenreigen.

[cerzule]

A bright, joyous little etude transformed into an eerie, frantically shimmering little piece ... very interesting.

[framaulo]

LOL :)

Thank you ^^