Philip Glass - The Poet Acts (difficult piano version, HQ sound)

[dubcity566]

Seriously someone has to have the sheet music for this. The fact that the arrangement available commercially is not nearly as interesting is a constant source of frustration for me.

[Dihelson]

Nothing happens on this music. No theme. I can do hundreds of this by day just improvising...

[megadanielortiz]

i warm up to this song

[ilovewiki]

This music, is absolutely horrific...honestly, I'm still trying to figure out which is worse, Impressionist or this. Truly, you can find a better composition, in which to show your musical abilities...by the way, you do have a wonderful touch, deep into the keys, beautiful sound and excellent control of pedal, so, don't think I'm mocking your playing, far from it...I just would like to listen to you play something that's actually worth listening to.

[AnnoDominoClips]

@ilovewiki Hehe, nice comment. But I think it's just the other way around. My playing skill may be fine, but really much worse than you described it. I love Minimal Music, of course it's not as sophisticated or complex as other pieces, but I think it's a very strong an haunting style and I also disagree on the point that it wasn't suitable to show your musical abilities. These pieces can be interpreted just as much as more complex ones, I think.

[ilovewiki]

@AnnoDominoClips

In terms of musicality, I'm spot on...I've been playing for many years and notice these types of things. Of course, from a technical standpoint, I can have no real say...as this piece doesn't show your abilities in that regard. I tend to find Minimalist music, rather boring, to be honest...Glass' harmonics are rather bland, and it really is amazing, that he was actually taught in classical Harmony, because by listening to his work, you wouldn't know it.

[ilovewiki]

@AnnoDominoClips

Furthermore, he says Schubert is his favourite composer...haha,...wow, what a slap in the face to Schubert. =) Well, nothing against your playing, your taste in music is questionable, but that's just a matter of preference. It isn't much worse than I described, trust me. Maybe, one day, I will appreciate this kind of music for it's merit...if it has any. *shrugs* who knows...

[Whisperlands]

Wonderful, just wonderful

[juliejuulie]

It seems to be a perfect arrengement.  You have created that special atmosphere, it's really a good job!

[itachilover98]

God wants his hands back

[JennyJaine]

Thank you thank you! I had not heard this before finding it on here and am off to download the music right now...so beautiful!

[Sinagorge]

Absolutely superb and moving! My hat is off to you, Sir!

[CossacksChampion]

einfach fantastisch !

[gregoriodavila]

You can purchase THE HOURS songbook on AMAZON that's where I got it. $12-

[attilga51]

Nice song,really well played,but this song isn't that difficult!

[Dannnneh]

How long did it take for you to master this song???

[luckymitchel]

0-0

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(OMG)

[tiptoeoverme]

You make it looks so effortless.

It sounds perfect.

[thegreattyphon]

really really awesome!

[mikeywalla13]

awesome!!!!!!!

[Menards2]

you have prettttyyyy handsssss. 

[gertjevis]

You are fucking awesome and genious :D 

[douglassmcann]

Brilliat recording...



[frozenghost233]

Absolutely riveting. Just out of curisotiy, why is this one of the ost difficult to play?

[potatoguy100]

thumb up cuz ur good but i hate the song

[ombregrise]

I don't know how to play piano, but i just loved watching this. Thank you for your choice.

[TheLarres]

well i have the sheet music of this song and all the songs of the hours!

[AnnoDominoClips]

@TheLarres Yeah, but it includes a different arrangement of this song.

[TheLarres]

@AnnoDominoClips but it looks almost the same as in my sheet music thats also hard to

[frozenghost233]

@TheLarres WHERE DO YOU GET THE SHEET MUSIC?!?!?! I"VE LOOKED EVERYWHERE!

[TheLarres]

@frozenghost233 i have a book of sheet music from philip glass. and their are some music from the hours, like THE POET ACTS.

[frozenghost233]

@TheLarres I understand why its so hard now. In the version I have, well.....it just looks like the person in the video is using the G a super lot more than whats in the music.

[ByronicFemale]

How could I thank you?? I'm dying for a tutorial of "the Hours" if it's possible. But still, this video of yours is so,,,i'm very thankful.

I wish you the best luck .

Nariman from Algeria.

[UnifiedPerfection]

I wish I could play like you, One day I will. You are wonderfull on the piano.

[UnifiedPerfection]

Perfect!

[DatSkinnyWhiteGirl]

i would absoletly die if you could play "dead things" with the camera just like that! i'll even pay you if you want. "dead things" is my absolute favorite piano song but i can't read notes but i would love love love to know how to play it.

[AnnoDominoClips]

@DatSkinnyWhiteGirl Sure! The whole soundtrack is great, so it will be my pleasure to make you that favour. And no payment needed of course ;-) It'll take a while, but I'll try to learn the piece and send you the link when I've got a video of it uploaded.

[DatSkinnyWhiteGirl]

@AnnoDominoClips oh my goodness you have no idea how happy i am right now! i've been looking to learn it since 2007. thank you so much!

[happylake1]

Divine...

[ToMMYFiLM]

This was a very good version! Thank you! I love Philip Glass' music!

[fiftyriad]

magnifique

[fegde]

Thanks for posting this. You are truly gifted! And this is such a beautiful piece.

[WhiteNoiseMusic]

I like this one sooo much better than the one in the sheet music book. I LOVE this. Well done to you, very nicely done... :)

[kapritska]

fantastic!

[PhosterPhoster]

is there sheet music available for this arrangement? all i can find is the easy version.

[AnnoDominoClips]

There's definitely no official sheet music, and I didn't find any "amateur" transciption neither, so I was forced to play it by ear. It took me a lot of trial and error until I final found out the correct version though. Just try to "imitate" the playing from my video ;-)

[PhosterPhoster]

haha. i tried for a while last night just watching your hand trying to get the first measure down and i think i almost had it. i'll try again today now that i'm sober. ;)

[frozenghost233]

@AnnoDominoClips Actually, I found some sheet music that is pretty definet.

[iltonjardim]

GREAT!

[DOMINODAN123MAIN]

do u think all domino builders have good hands for that, because i am realy bad at piano?

but 5*!

[AnnoDominoClips]

My mom, who is far more into playing the piano than me, says that I'm holding my hands TOTALLY wrong when playing this piece. So even with the wrong hand position, you can play it. Just give it a try, it should work after a while (except for the part from 0:54 to 1:01, that took me quite some time).

[DOMINODAN123MAIN]

okay

[2473922]

Most enjoyable, Don.

[vap1995]

WoooW! I didn't know that you play the piano!! I love the song! It sounds great! n_n

[pianogirl98]

Very nice!

[blancheett]

das ist mein favorite stück, sehr gut gespielt.

[iCurtisDom]

Didn't have to delete my comment.

[AnnoDominoClips]

I did because that was obviously a YouTube bug. Never mind

[IIIIIDominoIIIII]

benutz das beim nächsten dominovideo wo es passt als musik

[IIIIIDominoIIIII]

super gespielt!

[IIIIIDominoIIIII]

Sehr schön gespielt. Schönes stück.

[DMRdriver]

das is voll beruigend :)

[millionendollarboy]

Du kannst ja besser spielen als ich! xD

Respekt!!!

5*

[jimbobjun]

You're some pianist!

piano is an instrument i've always wanted to learn, it's just the only instrument we don't have, so I havent been able to teach myself.

great video