the genuine "Chopsticks Waltz"

[DonKevininiho]

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[moneyjr1122]

the kids that automatically synchronized at the end seems abit suspicious

[EpicAlexxxxxxxx]

The kids look so enthusiastic ...

[abipom]

check out my video for how to play the other version of chopsticks. 

[cmp0ff]

箸を左手に突き刺しそうで怖かったが...

[LittleXiaoShiRen]

British Composer 'Euphemia Allen'

Born In 1877

Original Title: The Celebrated Chop Waltz

[blucrave]

A piano, the same as everything else. Is just a tool. So what if it has a few scratches?

[mikenco]

Google "Musician" if you don't find this video, then the web is fucked. (just turn it off)

[LegolasArrow1]

He made the piano become a drumset ^^

[LegolasArrow1]

"Yoel Ahn demonstrates that there is nothing impossible on the keyboard."

FAIL! Where's the keyboard?

[karatay100]

))))))super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[superjam18]

well at least we all know its still possible to play well without a thumb

[jackfarmerthecoolest]

That would end up breaking the piano

[van3ssaharris0n]

I do dat. . .WITH MY SUSHI!!!!

[buckstar83]

A group of Russian composers — Alexander Borodin, César Cui, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Anatoly Lyadov, and Nikolai Shcherbachov (with a modest addition by Franz Liszt) — collaboratively composed four-hand piano variations on this theme for Borodin's daughter Gania. (Modest Mussorgsky did not participate, thinking that the composition would be meaningless.) From Wikipedia, someone wrote about Chopin saying the comp would be meaningless had to correct that.

[MusiicRoolz]

cause we Chinese are just that awesome ;)

[ponzies103]

vietnamese?



[Shabei09]

@ponzies103 Korean :)

[chasseneige96]

E. Allen composed first, then Liszt and other composers arranged it(Chopin did not participate thinking it is useless) , and now it is arranged by many people, and I strongly recommend listening to the jazz version

[kimico17]

o_o I can almost play this on Piano. =o I stink at playing Piano..I dunno how can almost play it though! Lol.

[yummyiscandy]

아저씨 늙었다

[MegaSmaza]

"no one know's the composer." Really?

The composer's name is Euphemia Allen.

The year she published it is also known - 1877.

[xxximsocoolxxx1]

all the azian kids in tha back are like pfffff

[MrDuypianist]

Awesome :-x

[bboo88]

He's great, but I want to bitch slap him for what he's doing to that beautiful piano.

[starladear002]

@bboo88 Oh, I so agree! I inherited a Steinway piano. If he (or anyone) did that to my piano, I'd stick those chopsticks up his nose.

[DanniCoconut]

wow ! i want to learn how to tap like that !!!

[ilikepieXDtime]

PIANO ABUSE!!!=O

[vizardkurosaki15]

the people who disliked this are mad cause he made them suck on those very chopsticks he used.....

[melvillecaleb]

I have that piano... thought it sounded familiar.

[Flumpkis]

I love how all the asian kids make the exact same noise at the end :')

[MrPage2004]

That guy is weird with his chopstick clicking and scratching at the end.  Plays a good piano though!

[kekefour2]

O.o so confuse

[MrMusician522]

I'm starting to think the piano was specifically designed for this song.

[DliverpoolD]

Stop scratching the piano!!!

[MissRandomName]

@DliverpoolD If you can scratch your piano with plastic chopsticks then you have a shit piano.

[piepepai]

a...amazing O_O!!! 

[yondaimegenesis]

Funny how you see no other kind of race doing this kind of stuff

[christie8639]

lol thats so pro

[JilllianneRobyn]

“Chopsticks” was written in 1877 by 16 year old Euphemia Allan who called it the “The Celebrated Chop Waltz”.

[april91b]

AMAAAAAAZING!!! LOVED IT!!

[mrdiegocontre]

i thought he just liked to carry chop sticks in case he got hungry...lmao!!

[rablend]

MUito legal !!!

[kamikazerus]

spoon waltz

[kazzaskull]

Most kids and stuff play like with their right hand side with both hands and it sounds like crap

[Veggieman87]

Never realized this was a waltz until you put it in the title. Well done.

[GlimpseInTheLife]

Asians rock

[EDsIXXI]

Holy cow, HES GONNA MAKE THE CHOPSTICKS DIRTY! D:

[betumene]

Has anybody got the sheet music?

[kennethkarr]

ok

[bither26]

omg !!! amazing !!!!!!

[VampireGoddess08]

that is so cool!

[weemouse101]

Innovative and fun rendition of the Arthur de Lulli (aka Euphemia Allen) piece. Great fingering on the right hand - I don't think he used his thumb at all! Reminds me of Lang Lang and the orange. If you like this you should check out Andrew Johnson's rendition of Chopsticks here on YouTube.

[LiviuPavel]

HE'S SCRATCHING THE BLOODY PIANO!

[mnstaa]

he looks kinda stiff, maybe he could loosen up a bit? XD

just a suggestion XD

[aznhkmafia]

at the beginning: "why in the world is he holding chopsticks?"

at the end: *....oh...O.O*

[thesacredyew]

@aznhkmafia Maybe he's a teacher, there does seem to be mostly children watching, so maybe he's holding the chopsticks to help the kids remember the name of the song. I could be wrong.

[dairymoostache]

I want this played at my wedding.

[Krissypoo508]

Haha Gooks!

[alteco123123123]

asia 1 - usa - 0

[AdministratorChris]

I'm sorry, but is this literally supposed to be performed with Chopsticks?

[JokerDoopliss]

saying someone has perfect pitch just doesn't make any sense, you can have good tone, be in tune etc. but pitch? wtf

anyway good performance.

[BrianLee476]

Hey :D I love this song on one of the game on my iPod touch. It's called "SwingSwing Touch"!! That game was really fun X)! <3

[Dewika01]

Awesome! I love this!^^

[MarshmallowRenegade]

Ah, this is so good!

[Samarachelle]

A woman composed this piece, by the name of Euphemia Allen.

[forestgumpey]

seems like there is always going to be dislikes on a video no matter how good it is... people are classless

[thatUniquekidd]

freakn Chinese people

[M16A4Kronic35]

that was probably the best Chopsticks vid i have ever seen .... very much skill put into learning to play the piano that fast

[ReasonIsTruth]

it's thought that euphemia allen composed chopsticks.

[najodleglejszy]

6 people belonged to that audience.

[kakainisnato]

sleepy children on the background ..wait its their eyes

[tornado7969]

This is my favorite theme of Chopsticks, I finished learning the 6 and a half minute version of Chopsticks, I am excellent at chopsticks, chopsticks will always remain my favorite piano song, I am getting a new keyboard within a month or two, and I myself is a song writer, and right now I am composing my song for the keyboard, I will start playing my songs and other songs on the keyboard on posting them to both Facebook, and YouTube, especially Chopsticks.

[madamerotten]

Euphemia Allen wrote this while she was pregnant.

[xyznaet]

haha, what a fun piece

looks like he's having a blast!

[panhandlers]

So disappointed he didn't just play the basic riff WITH the chopsticks.

[mickdundee4]

I was wondering what he was holding the chopsticks for....now I see...very nice.

[jettelag]

2:06 looks like my sister o_O

[guy71173]

AMAZING

[staphinfection]

HAH!  CHOPSTICK PART IS AWESOME!!!! But it does fuck the recording up a bit.

[Dippindots952]

What a beast. This right here is why i play.

[Lumos8]

That's some amazing coordination right there.

[JESUSISMYABBA]

may GOD bless :)

[deadlindsae]

BRAVO!!!!

[EtrofOnaip]

Very Funny ! Because of the Sticks in his hands, the fingering must be quite diff-icult/erent..

[EtrofOnaip]

Check out this guys who plays with 10 "hammered" fingers on a Dulcimer(Cymbalom):

Michael Masley

[1dorinda1]

AMAZING!

[TheDrBluShow]

He Kinda Looks Like Benjamin From "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" =D

[stansangel1969]

this is one of the waltzes i started to learn on piano and i never looked at tabulator i learned it by ear and sight from a lady i really cared about but things happened.

[AnotherSchmoe]

Haha, this dude is awesome. Thanks for sharing the amazingly cool video!

[bboyat0m1c]

legit

[NinjaPirate24]

he seemed so happy at the end :)

[EatPieYes]

Oh I get it. Chopstick Waltz. That's why he's playing with the chopsticks.

[mangotango7777777]

HEY, THEIR KOREAN =D

[YelIowMamba]

actually the British composer Euphemia Allen composed this

[Malaka57]

The faces of those kids is really great!

[Hgkbeesje]

The well-known piece of music (often played by children) called Chopsticks was written in 1877 by 16 year old Euphemia Allan who called it the The Celebrated Chop Waltz.

[malloryt19]

i like it!

[burglarry]

What about Mexicans?

[applemyaw]

oh my god!

[SovranadeiDesideri]

Fantastic!!! :D

[jelyow]

this guy's korean; that isn't tonal.

and who said that asian's are better at music?

[citation needed].

i am asian btw.

[nayru44]

really awesome and fun!

[renno0301]

AMAZING !

[rizal32123]

wow! it's super complicated... even just the right hand part...

[darkbluemars]

wow i didn't know chopsticks is much complicated.

[tsntana]

I can't even eat with chopsticks.

[errdayimhustlin]

hahaha

[Medsas]

i thought he was gonna play notes with the chopsticks :( disappointed...

[chibichibi9981]

haha! me too! :(

[GeminiJade2]

WOW i just love this lol it makes me SMILE :D lol

[mikline]

this is by far and away the greatest version on chopsticks i've ever heard.

[dontcry41]

that is sooo cool

i wish icould do that

[fukeymonkeyanna1]

u r awsom!

[strs9296]

simply amazing!!

[subatom101]

LMAO i can play chopsticks, but this guy can fucking turn chopsticks into something pretty god damn amazing

[littlegrrrlgreen]

Wonderful!

[MrFluffyducky]

playing chopsticks with chopsticks=genius.

:)

[melchoramparo]

AWESOME!!!

CAN YOU TEACH ME>?

[SaintCarloman]

I'm not a pianist but it does not seem so easy

[BlackMarketDude]

ahh very well done mate.....my folks would get pissed if i did dat 2 my piano with chopsticks...haha

[Moksins]

Chopsticks" (original name "The Celebrated Chop Waltz") is a simple, extremely well-known waltz for the piano. It was written in 1877 by the British composer Euphemia Allen under the pseudonym "Arthur de Lull" (alternatively, Lulli). Allen, who was the sister of a music publisher, was supposedly only sixteen when she composed the piece, with arrangements for solo and duet.

[nathan87]

lilly allen wrote chopsticks? :/

[idioticscheme666]

Lol... No.. it was composed by Euphemia Allen under the pseudonym "Arthur de Lull" or alternatively Lulli. So you may have come up with Lulli Allen??? And LoL.. this was written like in the 19th century!

[postdady]

bueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee terrible montaje, arre mentira, sos un genio.........!!!!!!!

[DancesWithSquirrelz]

Never play with your food...play with your food utensils =)

[cokeme002]

genius 8D

[jojojoker44]

can u teach me how 2 play????

[akosiivanangeles001]

ive been playing piano for 2 years now.. and this is still my favorite piece to play !! other than lovers in japan :D

[91Hitman]

AWESOME MAN!!!

I love his play ^^

I too play the piano but..i'm not goooood...but i'm not baaaaaad xD

!! 5/5 !!

[LudwigMr]

if your chopstick will break what would you do?

[LiamAfro]

I might be rong since ive just woken up (got home from school went stratght to bed) lololol but it sounds like you playin to fasr

[blossomeloise]

his last name is ahn

is he korean?

[sp0rtzgamer]

theres alot of different chopsticks songs i have heard but i like this one the most.

[Dajer619]

i can play a song called chopstick this is a lot differeent

[fokkfeis]

The song was composed by Arthur de Lulli (Euphemia Allen) in 1877

[Valeriejoycego]

Wow Amazing! I really regret giving up piano lessons when i was in elementary...

[sknotewwn18whwi5g]

I too regret stopping piano lessons.

What an opportunity I could of had...

[pierlu94]

aaaaaa sti cinesi

[jsaphosh08]

I have sheets, just msg me

[dermarti7]

that dude was crazy good...

[angelgirl101096]

no mu gea me eeth sa

woa

[joder96]

thats nice yea 5/5

[PattehPatrick]

I remember my grandpa always used to play this.

=3

i still only know the right hand. i haven't learned the left yet.

=X

[IrishPianoMan1996]

I have the sheets if anyone wants them. Just leave your email.

[IrishPianoMan1996]

What do you mean no one knows the composer? It was Arthur De Lulu.

[jadam52]

hahaha this guy is crazyy good :)

[1996Chrysler]

jeez too bad this guy's not a teacher in my area..dayum

[cacaloveforever]

"Every piano player, even beginners, enjoyed playing it one time in his life."

true.

[hadzimapango]

this is beautiful

[monkeyjunky5603]

That's not fair: he's Asian!

[qaz910]

lol!

[1996Chrysler]

Oddly enough, I've never met a asian that's BAD at music in some form...ah ha ha ha..ahem

[JShawtyKim]

lol, truth to that.

[yotsubalover234]

wtf are you trying to say... we dont have a good sense of music?

[JShawtyKim]

What? lol, no, but most asian parents force them to play piano, which gives them a good foundation to play other instruments, BUT, this does NOT mean other people cannot play.

Look at Vivaldi, Pachabel, Mozart, Beethoven. Were they asian? I really doubt it.

I am NOT saying asians are better, just more asians are forced to play, or at least introduced to music at an earlier age.

[SgtHydra]

I was forced to play instruments at a young age and sucked at it.

Your theory is a tad off.

Sometimes people got talent. Don't ever diss that.

[JShawtyKim]

I know that people got talent, but otherwise I meant the general people (in my area, so it's a biased observation)

And I sucked at playing piano, clarinet and bass clarinet. Not until did I have a passion for piano did I get better. (and I'm Asian)

and I also never said he didn't have talent.

[jogiff]

There's a theory that most Asians are better at music than other races because so many Asian languages are tonal. 32 % of Asian music students have perfect pitch (including Asians who only speak English) compared to 7% of non-Asian students.

[Timrath]

@jogiff Who gave jogiff 2 negative ratings? He's entirely correct, that theory has indeed been proposed by various researchers. The figures he quoted are also correct: Asians are 4-5 times as likely to have perfect pitch than other peoples.

[Bandaids4ever]

@jogiff Wouldn't it make SO much more sense to say that most Asian languages are tonal BECAUSE Asians are so good at music and have perfect pitch. Languages have to develop a certain way for a reason, do they not? In all honesty, it's dumb to say Asians are better at music than other races. That's just a stereotype, and we all know that stereotypes are never completely true on every level.

[jogiff]

@Bandaids4ever No, the theory only applies to Asians who speak Asian languages at home. It's more of a cultural thing than a racial one.

[Bandaids4ever]

@jogiff I see. Well I still stand by what I said that it makes more sense the other way around. Why else would a language be based on tones, unless it was developed by a people that are naturally gifted in that area. Or perhaps it's a bit of both. It still seems like a stupid theory to me, and correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you say that this included Asians that "only speak English" in your original comment? Why would that be? Make up your damn mind! :D

[jogiff]

@Bandaids4ever The reason I included Asians who only speak English is to imply that the percentage would be even higher in households that speak their native tongues.

The reason that I even brought up the theory was that someone was making vaguely racist comments about Asians and music, so I just wanted to give my two cents. I personally don't feel that strongly about the theory one way or another (even though I'm half Asian and tone-deaf).

[Bandaids4ever]

@jogiff Yes, well, I don't feel too strongly about the theory, myself. It just doesn't make a whole lot o' sense to me. My only point was that it could work if you flipped it around too.

[ind20000]

@jogiff also there's a bajillion of them and unlike western countries their parents still hit them for doing bad.

[ashikaru132]

@jogiff So true. I'm Asian and I'm great at many instruments and singing. But I have a friend who's pretty close to me. We sometimes play together on songs that need to instruments or stuff like that.

[artrocker65]

@jogiff So true. And also they work real hard. When your parents make you practice dozens of hours per week since your early childhood, you are bound to be able to play - even if you don't have any talent. :)

[KingPiccolOwned]

@jogiff Or they could just practice it more.