Failure "Beethoven Pathetique Sonata - 2nd Movement"

[MierdonaVEVO]

Desgracio el segundo movimiento D: nunca interpretare esa maravillosa obra asi jamas

[springkler]

[This comment is out from failing the concert of Beethoven Pathetique Sonata - 2nd Movement]

[FNPFAR]

the chair. O_o

[JohnsonPianist]

Not the right way of playing 2nd movement of "Pathetique" sonata. If beethoven was alive, he would be yelling at you. Listen to the recording of people play this movement of this sonata, for example Daniel Barenboim.

[ancientsolar]

If thats how I could play the piece.. I wouldnt perform it,~ there is no clarity of sound depth between the hands, theres little consistency with rhythm ..mistakes everywhere, ~ Other problems.. A chair instead of stool! Not easy to play from down there. Being the 2nd movement of pathetique.. its meant to be contrasting, the speed here is similar to what you would find in the 3rd movement :/

[itinkle]

My question, why not let the audience applause after the performance and immediately grab a book?

[annajeehee]

This is a joke

[sahalexx]

Please give up piano playing. You should not be doing this.

[radudeATL]

Beethoven's lucky, being deaf and all.

[lottoformulier]

oh dear...

[GA4N]

is that a brothel ?

[rhetoricalwishh]

F sharp?

[YouVRay]

funny mistake there. I love love love this 2nd movement, but I like it slow. Your performance made me shiver a bit, at some parts it was really messy, and overall too fast for my tastes. Well if you can play it well and fast that's fine, but to me this had little to no emotion, and emotion is what this movement needs. Well, to me anyway. :)

[ilovemee21]

@YouVRay I completely agree with you

[plargnarg]

Sharp 9!!!! I can't stop laughing. beautiful!!

[plargnarg]

The melody note at 2:46 had me on the floor laughing hard for like 20 minutes. I'll have to give a like just for the "monk" #9 blue note on the Dom7 chord!!!!

That made my day.

[plargnarg]

37 people are deaf

[goodchessactor]

What the heck was that? He must have had the sheet music upside down.

[macgeek2005]

I'm actually cringing.... haha

[kaitoxxjeanne]

let's study from failure :)

[mushroomartist]

Hey, this wasn't half bad. Honestly, I kind of cringed when I heard it, but I sent this to my sister and she was like 'Wait, what's wrong with it?' If you don't know the piece beforehand, you wouldn't be able to tell.

[Hoffnungster]

you are not playing Pathetique!

[jcsurfshop]

Was this some kind of sick joke or were you actually serious? This was horrible and shameful!

[97aaroniscool97]

The fail is that you played it 67 times too fast.

[gualterfreitas]

lol

[PuckMeSideways]

If that's the music for the piece in front of you there, then I have absolutely no sympathy. You should have known the music well enough to kick its ass with the music. If it's all from memory, then I'm sorry. I'm sure your next performance was better. It happens to the best of us.

[stevenwins2012]

let's be sympathetique! he is not the worst in the world and there are many ways of interpreting a piece of music. This is just an unusual way.

[zzzzzzzzzz202]

@stevenwins2012 ill usually agree with u, but this is just disgraceful to Beethoven and classical music. its andante not allegro

[chrissyluvspeace]

Ive fucked up a song at a concert too, keep going

[MrAbsalom95]

At least you finished.. ..

[cgoodson2010]

Hang in there. We've all done it. . . . Well, most of us. There might be some people out there who think they've never made a mistake. Good for them.

[legitlion1]

you suck

[chrissyluvspeace]

@legitlion1 youre an ass have you ever been on the stage

[fevimaster]

An homage to "Allegro Cantabile" by the Suemiths and Suemitsu?

[priereanotredame]

Beethoven is rolling in his grave!

[Dominipater]

....listen at the begining he says "this is the merengue cover"

[Dominipater]

This is what happens when you plug a 110V metronome into a 220V outlet

[lottoformulier]

@Dominipater If it were only that, I'd say it's still good... But errrm, well, you can complete this yourself :)

[AsSomedayItMayHappen]

Were you drunk?

[lolcunts]

Why are you people so... harsh? He fucked up a piano piece, it's not like he raped a baby.

[deshawnpenrose]

@lolcunts actually he was found guilty and charged shorty after this concert......then he died :-/

[Stebanick]

nice tempo....

[robertfullmer]

OMG! horror player

[Melinda1688]

Not bad!

[metstudioversions]

flagged as "promotes terrorism" LOL

[kindyin]

flagged you



[kindyin]

i dont really get this so I reported you

[SargsyanArevik]

wtf?

[17musicbox]

I'm speechless

[17musicbox]

I'm speechless

[Virtuoso80]

It's called melody. We're supposed to hear it.

[aomf58]

Pathetique beyond recognition.

[2natw]

@1Blackhaired - did you WATCH the video? wrong notes, tempo, MOOD, everything!

[haroldkwan28]

I suddenly found that my playing of this piece was not that bad after viewing this video.

[titoellis]

this is soooooooo baaaaaaaadddddddddd!!

[1Blackhaired]

Why are people so mean to him? Just because he played the song in wrong tempo doesn't mean everybody has to be offensive towards him.

[randmham1]

lmao

[lhrmeonom]

This is sooooooo bad, it's suppose to be slow, have you ever even heard of the recording of this piece?

[jKangaroo070]

so fast..... i believe the tempo marking is "adagio cantabile"......

[jerrynova14]

Honey, no...

[hellokittyrulz2011]

last two notes were the best .....

[hellokittyrulz2011]

U CREATED A MONSTER... :P

[hellokittyrulz2011]

WHY R U PLAYING SO FAT IT SOUNDS HORRIBLE PLAY WITH FEELING IT SOUNDS REALLY BAD... ;P

[Incyjang]

WTF was that??? I'd yell at you if I were there . >:(

[OmgItzMillerTime]

i liked it lol, idk what u guys r talkin about sounded good to me ^^ shit bet 90% of u guys cant even of done what he did( stand up in front of a big crowd and play the piano, plus 95 of u cant even play the piano)

[xFaIIenAngel]

@OmgItzMillerTime oh you.

[9thTwilight]

You must be real brave to post this up.

[Kolestarol]

Kudos for having the balls to post this up, whereas other ppl would hug their knees and rock on the same spot for hours every time they heard this piece again.

I hate performing in front of people...... i didn't mind when I was young, but once I got older, self-awareness plays a role......

Oh wellz, ur teacher needs to be taught a lesson anyway lol, so I shotgun the 2nd smack after @wonphi7 does it first..

[freya38]

what have you done?!?!

[man13preet]

Why, YOu have not failed...you just found out that one way didnt work :)

[pianistaclassico95]

CHE SCHIFOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Felixon344]

is their chair always like that?

[ElisabethLepidi]

But what is it ???

Je n'ai jamais entendu de ma vie une telle horreur et jamais autant ri !!!!

[fawful303]

@ElisabethLepidi i am taking french, and all I understand is "I don't have bla bla bla from my bla bla bla and bla bla bla. wow.

[ElisabethLepidi]

But what is it ???

Je n'ai jamais entendu de ma vie une telle horreur et jamais autant ri !!!!

[happyhinhei]

i only hear the harmony....no melodies at all...lol

everything sucks here

[weterr123]

EPIC FAIL - I had a vision of a spastic playing this while I watched with disgust. When you read words, do you read via the same method, like not pausing for breath? Please stop playing the piano.

[Carlosrenti]

you played it really " Pathetique"

[visualkei72]

hahah ouch. nerves got you?

[d4ni3lschi4v0]

Beethoven crying in his grave.

[wagneristhebest]

this is so bad it made me laugh, and puke inside at the same time.

[rockydalton]

WOW!!!! that was just awful, there was absolutley nothing good about that at all. You and your teacher should be ashamed of your selves. get a freaking metronome and a dictionary of music. watch your dynamics and your tempo i mean jeez what were you thinking.

[ProfRikk]

Why did you post this video?

Is it a sort of self punishment? I thought people would never post embarassing videos of themselves.

Anyway, I hope you don't get too despondent and keep practising, maybe with the help of a metronome and some more discipline. Don't give up!

[RISAS345]

respet the music my friend okay

[FeelingFreshSon]

Such harsh criticism!! Perhaps it's warranted, still, I enjoyed it a little bit. I suppose I'm not refined enough.

[swimfreak202]

"adagio cantabile." look it up.

[sucemabiteconnasse]

As a teacher of classical music, I understand and teach to my students that music is always open to interpretation. No two people will play a piece of music exactly the same - which is one of the most beautiful things about music! That being said, I think you took a little too much liberty in "interpreting" this piece. You would do well to engage in a study of Beethoven and his style of composing before deviating down a path that is borderline disrespectful to the composer.

[proszel]

It's not so much that the tempo is wrong, although it is indeed wrong. An exercise in this tempo requires clarity, and also requires that the voices be preserved. This is simply a wash of damper pedal, and lost emotion, and changing tempo.

I recommend that when you play at an accelerated tempo, you use very little pedal, focus on the voices of the piece, and maintain a constant tempo.

Exercises in tempo change are not without merit, but require clarity.

[allah211]

the title of the song you played suits you very well!

PATHETIQUE

[thenamesfrancisco]

@allah211 lol

[9thTwilight]

And for your information, this song is given the expression "Adagio cantabile" which means slowly, in a singing style. Please improve yourself. If possible, I would even like to see a video of you playing this song, properly.

[9thTwilight]

Go listen to those pianists that play this piece. At least, their variation is what Beethoven wants. Do not ruin Beethoven's music. Show some respect to him. Since you failed, it is even worse since this song can be played by a Grade 5. Taking the stage and failing is bad enough. Taking the stage and failing and posting it on YouTube is even worse. What will you do if your teacher sees this? Don't disgrace yourself.

[9thTwilight]

Firstly, the speed is way too fast. You are just playing the keys for the sake of completing the piece. Beethoven pieces. The second movements of sonatas is usually soothing and slow, a piece that soothes someone's heart. If you want to play a fast song, why not go for Moonlight Sonata third movement? This song is way too simple, yet too hard for you since you cannot play it slowly. Go and practice how to play music with expression first. If I were your teacher, I might have refused to teach you

[markpianoman]

This is about as bad as it gets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[12345qazx1]

hope that out of this chaos came a good pianist after all//

[radenvi]

His foot has felt asleep on the pedal. ^^. But nice try.

[wordlessmuse]

SLOW DOWN MATE.. lol

put some heart into your music please?

[no0btu83r]

ur so fucking bad

[shilloshillos]

OMG!!! WTF?????!!!!!!

[Kurremkarmerruk1]

It's so obstinately distorted that it seems intentional. Did you ever listened this piece from anyone exept yourself?

[crapatitus]

was there ever a melody in this performance?

[delf4eg1]

>_< It's worst eight sonata's second part's performance ever...

[sofiadiano]

its so messed up.........T_T

[IRIQUOIS227]

sounds like this group writing are nothing but "faux" pianists. more mouth than hands.

[theCalmserenity]

@IRIQUOIS227 not really. they have a point, he plays the left hand part too loudly (which masks out most of the melody), and the rhythm and dynamics hardly has any variation for a romantic piece.

[Flareknife]

I liked it! ^^

[FoziCoD]

EPIC FAIL.

[musicase]

This totally WRONG, YOu're a a stupid pianist

Take your medicine first before you go to play

[MrEbaby2010]

Too fast, Blurred playing. Too playful. Pay attention to the texture.

[MrEbaby2010]

Too fast,  blurred playing.

[hgjfkd12345]

too loud and fast man. FAIL

[keenboy1310]

ADAGIO... And its almost always piano throughout... Fail.

The upsetting thing is that the music is right there infront of you!

[SalHernor]

Ups!

You really was confuse that day xp

At least you seems to be conscious about that because you post this video!

but...you doesn't have a teacher to help you?

if you have one, listen to his advices.

If you don't have a teacher, look for one quickly.

If you have one and you are listening to his advices....look for another teacher quickly :)

[fishwithoutwings]

I should show this to a piano major friend I have... she plays all of the Beethoven Sonate. She would laugh at this fast tempo! You have guts to share this with Youtube and for that I am giving this video a like.

[darthdidious]

Someone needs to learn what "Adagio" means.

[meesbroersen]

i bet half of you can't play like him ;-)

[pocket83]

Nice words from all of you piano snobs. As an admitted piano noob, I am glad that I don't ask youtube for encouragement. Who cares how or what someone plays... it is all relative to taste. I am sure that many of us possess skills that others do not, but it hardly justifies attacking those less adept.

[bigwhiteguy91]

im not narrow... i can't hold it against any one who wants to put their own twist on a song to make it theirs..... but this is to much.... and he STILL messes up the original!!!

[carloslopez844]

the only reason why he was going fast is because he wanted to get it over with it and go eat the fried rice he was saving.

[HHDougyT]

NO NO NO NO NO!! that was crap!! PATHETIQUE SONATA?!?! ITS SLOW AND GENTLE WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING!?!?!

[TheConfusedJman]

Why the heck are you using a chair instead of a stool......

[marushkamkt]

Are you joking? It must be pathetique! SLOW AND ROMANTIC... Your version is too fast and without emotions... Give way to melody. Don't play it like this... that's bad way!!! Beethoven must turn over in his tomb...

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[aa4285]

Where's the fire??? SLOW DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheKeyzebron]

@aa4285 yep... so fast there dude its so wrong....practice makes perfect...that applies to all....XD even me....

[Laudan08]

dude! this is so fast Beethoven's body is moving.

READ THE SPEED INDICATION!

[Left4Halo3]

Don''t worry about it :]

everyone makes a mistake in there life that they find embarressing

i was preforming a song in a concert and i messed up on 1 key and everything went out of place so your not the only one :3

[Aartline]

You are really really bad...

Your execution of this (easy; yes it is!) piece can't be more awful.

I've just one thing to say... poor Beethoven and stop playing the piano in public!!

[wonphi]

I need to smack your teacher.

[ukaykeys]

I´m sure you are a famous comedian and this is one of your most successful numbers :-) Can´t stop laughing! But: your Memphis Stomp show is even "better"!

[davidliao623]

lol the first row just wouldn't stop moving, probably too unbearable live

[wjjuarez]

Until play Beethoven, you need to learn bach ( to acquaire independence finger), the learn haydn, clementi and mozart to learn what is adagio, and cantabile with mozart.

After you need to control the tmpi of your playing.

Then stud the first piano sonata of beethvoen like one, who have a lot of tips to play this composer.

TRY TO PLAY SOMETHING YOU AR PREPARE TO DO

[LifeOfAckers]

rushed much?!

[bacofishtaco]

ADAGIO FUCKING CANTABILE

Good Lord. Other than that, you could have pulled it off.

Oh, and another thing. Play with some feeling; Ann Coulter could have put more emotion into that.

[scohydom]

why playing that so fast, its not the charactere of the piece, I´m sorry but if you want to play a technical performance play A study or "galop chromatique" from Liszt, but this piece is not making for that... its like, making a technicals performance in a nocturne of chopin or a piece like that...

[gmspeedfreak]

oops, better luck next time dude

[1990rhaul]

I don't like to be critical of others, but there is a reason my piano teacher would always tell me to slow down. This song is on my iPod and I listen to it a lot and then I watched this video and couldn't even recognize it.

[dukedome]

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[inazuma3gou]

So this is how Beethoven went deaf.

[massimiliano123123]

Do you know what does ADAGIO CANTABILE mean? I'm italian and I know italian.. if you don't know... ADAGIO CANTABILE = Adage (slowly) and singable..

Poor Beethoven... Poor audience!

[extremelyfatchicken]

very nervous

[thegodofevil]

bethoveen HATES YOU!!

[slerk9]

do you post all your videos as failures? then when will you know which you are truly good at? you can lie to youtube, but yourself? is that the true spirit of virtuosity, self-demeaning comments?

[BelovedOne73]

He just started out playing it too damn FAST!

Gotta be careful. Them nerves'll getcha.

[8613942187]

the WORST interpretation i've ever heard....omg

[FoziCoD]

OMG ...

Epic Fail ...

[masterliis5]

you know, you aren't that bad, if you slow it down a lot, you will hit all the notes accurately and input more feelings when you go slow,

[chesnok9]

(((((((((((

[Pirateatheart87]

@EvanTheBold amazing comment

[EvanTheBold]

@Pirateatheart87 haha, thanks.

[Scampdude]

On the bright side, most of the notes are there! Just a bit of performance practise so you don't get nervous and rush and a litle bit of work on phrasing, dynamics and pedal and you'll be able to perform this piece well!

[TigerLuver2k10]

bit fast but that's probably on account of nerves :) don't worry m'dear it happens to us all and this is a very difficult piece :) plus you didn't fail at all so believe in yourself! xxx

[afertyus1000]

@TigerLuver2k10 difficult? hahaha are you joking????

[TigerLuver2k10]

@afertyus1000 erm no? it is- i find it difficult but i've just done grade six. pardon me but there's no need to be rude...

[afertyus1000]

@TigerLuver2k10 yes but surely you would never take that tempo if you had learnt the piece?

[TigerLuver2k10]

@afertyus1000 well no I wouldn't- but as I said before this guy was slightly too fast because he was probably REALLY nervous. do you play the piano? if not then you don't have good grounds to stand on when making critizisms.

[afertyus1000]

@TigerLuver2k10 Yes i do play the piano professionally he was MUCH too fast i suppose it would be difficult for a grade 5 imo but obviously more preparation was needed before playing to an audience i was not rude just truthful

[amysydney97]

@afertyus1000

Jeez okay Your Honour aka Mr. PianoPro, chill!

Nobody's perfect and we learn from our mistakes. This guy know he 'failed' (I'd say no, he just didn't play it right!) so there's no need to add to it.

BTW don't forget to NOT ask me "do you do piano" because I did AMus and I am probably half your age, considering you are somewhere near 30.