Beethoven, 5th Symphony
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Uploaded on Jul 15, 2009
Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony 5, first movement, with a graphical score.
FAQ
Q: Where can I get free sheet music for this piece?
A: Here:
http://tinyurl.com/beetop67
Q: What do the colors in the bar-graph score mean?
A: The colors show which instruments are playing. Here's a chart:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/Instrument...
Q: How did you make this video?
A: There were a lot of steps; here's a short summary. I found a recording I could license and made the arrangements to use it. I found a MIDI file that was fairly complete, and imported that into the notation program Sibelius. I compared it to a printed copy of the score from my library and fixed things that were wrong (b5_fullscore.pdf is a snapshot taken during this process; note that there was a piano part in the MIDI file --- not something in the real score). Then, I listened to the recording and compared that to the score, and modified the score so that the timings were more like what the orchestra was actually playing (see b5_timings_adjusted.pdf). I exported this as a MIDI file and ran it through my custom frame-rendering software. Then, I made a "reduction" of the score (b5_reduction.pdf) and colored it to match the colors I was planning to use in the bar-graph score (b5_reduction_color.pdf). Unfortunately, when I squished the bar-graph score enough to make room for the notation score, too much detail was lost, so I ended up deciding not to use the notation. Then I put all the pieces (rendered frames, audio, titles) together in Adobe Premiere and exported the movie as a QuickTime file. Then, I used On2 Flix to convert the final file into Flash format (so that YouTube's conversion to their Flash format wouldn't change it in unpredictable ways), and uploaded the result. The PDFs mentioned in this description are in this ZIP file:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/b5_scores.zip
Q: You seem to have uploaded many versions of this piece ... what's going on?
A: I started out with this one in 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRgXUF...
When YouTube supported higher resolution videos, I did a remake:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WuK4x...
Then, I started experimenting with other graphics; this one uses a fisheye effect:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qglck7...
This one shows dynamics, using an "egg" design:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCJSlK...
This one shows dynamics, using a "triangle" (rhombus) design:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeRTxW...
Q: Could you please make a video of ________?
A: Please read this:
http://www.musanim.com/requests/
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Uploader Comments (smalin)
Erica Yang 1 week ago
What's sehr gut?
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smalin 1 week ago
German.
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Peter Melillo 1 week ago
Damn I thought this was the whole symphony. Imagine my surprise when it stopped after 7 minutes. :-(
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smalin 1 week ago
I have plans to do the rest ...
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t14016807c 12 hours ago
very good
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natirp 19 hours ago
hay q ser Beethoven para interpretar " el destino llamando a tu puerta" y traducirlo en una pieza como esta :) el tipo era un genio
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carlos j Pardo 1 day ago
Me encanta!!! Ideal para despejar ideas.
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TheChivalricKnight 1 day ago
Oh for Pete's sake; it translates as "fascinating!" And as for your OTHER comment, "sehr good" translates as "very good".
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toroklaura2001 2 days ago
Muito legal
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Edwar Cifuentes 5 days ago
I thought I only liked Beethoven's Moonlite Sonata until I heard this. Now I want to listen to more of him!
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smalin 6 days ago
Don't you know how to use Google Translate?
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Erica Yang 6 days ago
Oh.... But what does it mean? good job or somethin?
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SKyHailer 6 days ago
Ok, 1 what key is this, 2 how long is the original song, 3 Did you find a recording of this, if so where?
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