Jacob plays organ toccata composed by his Grandad

[cnewark]

you are truly gifted jacob.. keep it up...

[Pentatonus]

Exellent! How is this piece called? Where can I get the sheet-music?

[JusticeRW]

What a wonderful performance! Jacob can be, and indeed ought to be, very proud of himself. Very, very well done piece!

[CindyBradyTooh]

Yea! You're the best organist yet over there! :D (I like kids! :p!)

~Cindy!  :)

[19shea85]

How old is this kid? He is really good for his age.

[richardus1985]

Amazing to see your youth playing like a master! A truly gifted kid.

BTW, could you post the score on the net so we can practice it in our pianos? It's a lovely piece and doesn't seem hard to play either. :-P

[fdh1004]

Awesome job kid.  Keep up the good work and best of luck.

[RalphCramdenJr]

Can you tell that Jacob is really into it? Great job Jacob and Grandad. That piece of music seems custom fit for him too. Okay, Grandad! Where were you when I was young, lol!

[mitokar1]

Świetny jesteś:))

[obaba1928]

Great job Jacob! I wish I had a fraction of your talent!

[eameece]

Great! What should I call this Toccata? Jacob's Grandad"s Toccata in D Minor?

[atredis6815]

Wahoo, stuff the comments on the original clip what do they know and who cares ! You obviously enjoy playing so keep it up, the talent is there and coming along well. Wish it was me :-)

[HHDougyT]

not bad at all :) but if you really want to increase one's talent don't just introduce him to notes, i think, start cultivating his musical knowledge for any normal person can play notes - its how they play it that matters!

[48MSMUMR52]

Bravo Jacob! I love the enthusiasm with which you attack this tocatta. It's a challenging piece, and very pretty. I was impressed by the way handled the pedal parts, especially. You seem to have it pretty well memorized, too...didn't see you looking at the score at all. How thoughtful of your Grandfather to compose it for you. What key is it in? Does it have a "nicname"? Think of one, then I'll tell you my idea for it.

ENCORE!

[imbethondion]

It's in D minor.

[BH061595]

Great job!!! I am talented but I am not at that point yet! :)

[fdh1004]

Really good job Jacob.

[IceWind9107]

Jacob's definitely got a lot of talent! It's rare to see someone his age with this much musical passion and talent.

And I liked the composition, as well!

[imbethondion]

I'd been wondering when we were going to see more of this kid. He really is pretty good for 9 (I assume he's 9 now as he was 8 in the Bach video). I like the piece too - simple but effective. I've got the pedal part stuck in my head now... I hope we'll be seeing more of Jacob - he's definitely got potential. And it's so good to see a kid his age taking an interest in the organ instead of just playing video games or throwing stones at cars or whatever else 9-year-olds do for fun these days.

[latribe]

Yes - he's doing well and called in the other day with Grandad, played this and I persuaded him to do it again for YouTube.

The trouble with the current generation of youngsters is that the majority are disenfranchised from their heritage. They are not dragged around with families, so that they are introduced to things which they will find enjoyable in later years. As a result they become as you say.

I'm fed up of being enterntainment for octagenarians and not inspiration for 8 year olds.

[RalphCramdenJr]

@latribe Well said, latribe, well said. And oftentimes the heritage is potrayed as undesirable and something completely evil. Every culture has had it's bad points,

I think Europe on a whole is less disenfrachised from their heritage than America.

That is probably why the arts are thriving more so in Europe. I'm in love with the guitar and the classical guitar. I can't find home grown classical guitarists in my area. Beat machines and yelling. It gets old, but this music ....is timeless.

[rsas0010]

Hay muchos jóvenes interesantes como Jacob, promocionémoslos y disfrutemos de su potencial, en vez de abocarlos a otras actividades. ¡Hurra por Jacob, su abuelo y los que le apoyan!

[belamoure]

Très bien ti pite cela est complexe et beau et tu joues fort bien.

[pedalboy]

Go for it Jacob! You're doing just fine!