The primary purpose of these inventions was to teach composition. I'm sure Bach would be pleased to see someone experimenting with the music, rather than just treating them as simple technical exercises or recital pieces (I can imagine how baffled Bach would be to see us using his student curriculum as concert pieces lol).
@@vapourmile Jesus, why so aggressive? I thought that was a really interesting and informative comment, why shut them down like that? If anyone sounds condescending here it's you...
I played the piano for around 10 years as a kid and when puberty hit, switched to guitar and bass. It’s been many years without any regret, but you’re definitely one of the musician making me feel in love again with what piano and keyboards have to offer :)
The Invention in d-minor is a very beautiful piece on its own, but your take on this idea of transforming Bach which isn't that "new", like you said, is very cool. A little jazz influence here and there with great harmonic movement. Everything fits together.
I am not qualified to comment on the "authenticity" of the first "straight" version (but it sounded wonderful to me. ) However, as often happens with Nahre's work, the new version just made me smile as her playing would take an unexpected direction that was always somehow the right one. So expressive and so appealing and yet behind it is this stunning complexity, skill and musicality. We are so lucky to have this amazing woman.
I really enjoy seeing all the editing work you do for the videos. It really makes you stand out and makes the video that much more enjoyable! Thank you for taking the time to do so!
You know, I really like the annotated, top-down view on the keyboard and hands. It is something I sort of took in-stride in your other videos. But as I'm watching it today I realize that this is a very tidy, very informative little innovation. Kudos.
I love filming that way too! For the performance, I wasn't able to bring the equipment necessary to do this, and I wasn't going to put a tripod on top of that piano :) thank you for your comment, as well!!
Like many people, I first became familiar with Bach in the 1970s due to Wendy Carlos' Switched On Bach. One of my favorite tracks was this piece, and I think you have carried on that in that tradition wonderfully!
Nahre, you have no idea how inspiring you are to me. I'm currently trying to add my own twist on a Bach prélude, and seeing this made me so sooo happy!! What an exciting journey you are in!!
Thanks for providing an insight into your thought process. This sounds brilliant and thank you for sharing. Also the point where you are not sitting comfortably but your dog is, so you dare not move 🤣🤣
It is all about the undiscovered land. I truly love your curiosity and willing to learn like a little child. Your view to the world is precious. So thankful for teaching me this lesson with all of your vids. From a man who loves progress.
Wonderful composition! I enjoyed Bach and Switched-on Bach as a youngster too. I especially liked the glockenspiel section. It added a delightful sparkle. I also really appreciated how you took the theme and made it more uplifting.
Delightful arrangement and performance. And THANK YOU for not having the camera floating all over the place. The stable placement of the camera allowed me to concentrate on the music. THANK YOU!
My favourite Bach CD for many years now is the collection of his two-part variations, played by Andras Schiff, so I'm very familiar with this little gem. And I love what you've done too. You've taken it and really gone to your own place with it. Beautiful!
As a lover of pure original Bach, rearranged Bach (Busoni), electric psychodelic Bach (Virgil Fox), and as a person venturing into combining all of those elements of Bach, I really appreciated this video. Your vlog style was perfect and spot on, and made for a really insightful and concise taste of how you made this take of yours. I'm finally putting pen to paper of the St. Anne Prelude and Fugue BWV 552 for string nontet (with electric 5-string bass) into reality after fantasizing its possibility for years, so this is really inspiring. Thank you greatly!
You should keep doing these. As time goes on, they are sounding less and less like experiments or exercises and more and more like compositions. That's a good thing, I think.
It's great to see you re-invent this piece of music in such a creative way. I just went again through the video at half speed to read all the annotations that you put on the screen next to the keyboard, they really bring up such great value and let me appreciate the final piece so much more. Thank you! A personal note. I learned piano in primary school, went up to the Das Wohltemperiete Klavier level and then I dropped playing piano for 25 years. When covid hit a year ago, I found strange solace in taking out an old, cheap 6-octave casio synthesizer (it does not even have velocity-sensitive keys) and bringing up the music sheets for Bach's Preludes, Simple Pieces, 2- and 3-part Inventions (I even went to the length of ordering some of them on the Internet). I was astonished with how much of it my fingers actually remembered, and quite soon I came up with an idea to bring that up to next level, to try to build somethin around it in ableton live, something that would be both familiar and somehow freed at the same time. The idea then got burried under other things, but with this video you not only reminded me of that, but also inspired and gave some kind of an extremely creative and beautiful reference point, if not a direction. So thank you for that, too :)
I love how your pop ups explain what your doing while it's happening. I missed the ii-V-I but recognized the "slight" pedal point because of your pop up narration. Never would have otherwise. Awesome.
This reminded me of one "episode" of Bernstein Young People Concert, where he waa teaching the kids about Bach, and he introduced a new synthetizer, wich was pretty new by the time (and huge). Idk, I really learn a lot from your videos.
I have always adored the simplicity of Bach, and often resist pieces which seek to "put a spin on it," but this was so skillfully and respectfully done that I very much enjoyed the end result.
Great ideas, great work, trying to figure things out of the box. Your work is so very interesting and always so pleasant to hear. I'm personally enjoying the ride very much. Thank you for sharing. Have fun on the way, and I guess we will keep getting it too !
Excellent as always. I think this is exactly the way to do it. You take what I understand to be a study piece rather than a performance work, and build upon it, try things out, invent. You use actual musical knowledge and theory to contemporise a work from the past. You keep Bach, a beloved composer, alive and relevant to the 21st century. Also, considering your closing comments, I actually prefer that you made the backing track first. Electronic music can sound mechanical, using the technology to mask limitations in the artist's realtime capabilities (clearly not the case for you of course). In this case however, there is absolutely the live performance aspect and, to my ear, that is the predominant feature. The backing track remains a backing track. Overall the work remains a live performance and is all the richer for being so. Bravo!
Very nice. Reminds me of when I began incorporating and experimenting with technology back in the days of working for the Akai Corp in Ft.Worth (IMC, back then). Sweet musical comps Nahre!
I always love hearing what you come up with, and knowing the process and thoughts behind it is even cooler! I also really appreciate how well you are able to mix modern digital production with such wonderful acoustic and traditional styles.
Thank you so much for music creation, the genuine sharing and reflection along the way. It's a beautiful process not just for you yourself and the team around you. As a viewer like myself, I feel the positive energy and it means a lot. 💖
Bach is eternal inspiration and I hope you do more of your own Bach inspired works! And more synths! I think your piece is great even if played on just piano. I would like to hear it on just piano! Also, playing Bach's invention before your work is a humble tribute to the master! I appreciated that!
Beautiful, exciting music! A transformation of Bach, who is indestructible and allows space for all types of ideas to flourish. This is magical fairy tale music with driving momentum, like a VG :)
Because I love the original so much it’s tough for me to think of this piece objectively. I liked it well enough in general though it sounds more like film music than a stand alone piece. I think the backing strings being so forward, masking the melody, is what made me think that this piece was an accompaniment to visuals instead of a stand alone piece.
The primary purpose of these inventions was to teach composition.
I'm sure Bach would be pleased to see someone experimenting with the music, rather than just treating them as simple technical exercises or recital pieces (I can imagine how baffled Bach would be to see us using his student curriculum as concert pieces lol).
@@vapourmile Ironically, you sound the most condescending out of anyone here.
@@vapourmile yikes, what's with the hostility?
@@vapourmile Jesus, why so aggressive? I thought that was a really interesting and informative comment, why shut them down like that? If anyone sounds condescending here it's you...
@@vapourmile..so the average person is now a composer?,...I mean,..I am to so....whatever dude...🤔🎓🎼🎹♥️🖤💙
@@vapourmile The classic "I said some dumb shit and someone called me out for it, so now I'm going to say it was all part of the joke."
I appreciate Nahre going the extra length to make a monitor graphic to put her laptop's screen in lol
Thank you!! I just thought it was more interesting this way...slightly :))
@@NahreSol thanks! Your music is amazing!
..its the little things.
@@NahreSol your efforts don't go unnoticed
wow nahre doing synth bach is something I didn't realize I needed but i'm glad it exists
Eyyyy sound field lets gooooo
Look for the documentary called the joy of Bach here on UA-cam.
Go check: Wendy Carlos "Switched on Bach". Mind Blowing!!!
Fellow me guys 🤡
Instablaster...
To say you're an inspiration would be a massive understatement. Thank you for your contribution to music!
Thank you so much for the very very kind and lovely comment 🧡🧡🧡
Fantastic arrangement and video, Nahre! So exciting and inspiring!
Fellow me guys 🤡
I could really tell from her version that she's picked up some jazz vocabulary from you & Adam & others!
Wonderful as always. Whatever challenge you tackle, I end up smiling.
Thank you so much!! 🧡🧡🧡
That's so true!!
The D Minor Invention is definitely my favourite as it was the first one I really learned. Glad to see it getting plenty of love!
Yes, it's a beautiful invention!!
nahre never misses with her videos😍
YES.
she hits so hard damn
Thank you!! 🙏😁
@@NahreSol what software you use for music production?
I played the piano for around 10 years as a kid and when puberty hit, switched to guitar and bass. It’s been many years without any regret, but you’re definitely one of the musician making me feel in love again with what piano and keyboards have to offer :)
It was really nice working with you. Enjoyed a lot! Hope to see you soon at the Village :)
RAY!!! Thank you so much, you are wonderful and awesome -- hope to see you again soon too!!!
The Invention in d-minor is a very beautiful piece on its own, but your take on this idea of transforming Bach which isn't that "new", like you said, is very cool. A little jazz influence here and there with great harmonic movement. Everything fits together.
I am not qualified to comment on the "authenticity" of the first "straight" version (but it sounded wonderful to me. )
However, as often happens with Nahre's work, the new version just made me smile as her playing would take an unexpected direction that was always somehow the right one. So expressive and so appealing and yet behind it is this stunning complexity, skill and musicality. We are so lucky to have this amazing woman.
I really enjoy seeing all the editing work you do for the videos. It really makes you stand out and makes the video that much more enjoyable! Thank you for taking the time to do so!
Thank you!! That means a lot to me!!
As I was a teenager, Switched on Bach was a must-have. We were all amazed by the new sounds. I loved your version.
This channel is a gift. I am so grateful to Nahre for sharing her process so intimately and directly.
You know, I really like the annotated, top-down view on the keyboard and hands. It is something I sort of took in-stride in your other videos. But as I'm watching it today I realize that this is a very tidy, very informative little innovation. Kudos.
I love filming that way too! For the performance, I wasn't able to bring the equipment necessary to do this, and I wasn't going to put a tripod on top of that piano :) thank you for your comment, as well!!
Like many people, I first became familiar with Bach in the 1970s due to Wendy Carlos' Switched On Bach. One of my favorite tracks was this piece, and I think you have carried on that in that tradition wonderfully!
Nahre Sol, Invention for piano and Extended orchestra 😍😍
I've always been wondering what kind of music would've been written if early masters had a synths and midi 🤔
😁😁🙏🧡
@@NahreSol Like, ya know? Clearly like... american, right?
Wow Nahre!
Haven't even watched the whole video but you really nailed the 3rd voice, making it sound so light!!
Thank you so much!!
Nahre, you have no idea how inspiring you are to me. I'm currently trying to add my own twist on a Bach prélude, and seeing this made me so sooo happy!! What an exciting journey you are in!!
Thanks for providing an insight into your thought process. This sounds brilliant and thank you for sharing.
Also the point where you are not sitting comfortably but your dog is, so you dare not move 🤣🤣
Thank you so much!!!
It is all about the undiscovered land. I truly love your curiosity and willing to learn like a little child. Your view to the world is precious. So thankful for teaching me this lesson with all of your vids. From a man who loves progress.
Ay The Village! Just recorded there, nice room :) Great piano
Wonderful composition! I enjoyed Bach and Switched-on Bach as a youngster too. I especially liked the glockenspiel section. It added a delightful sparkle. I also really appreciated how you took the theme and made it more uplifting.
자랑스러워요~ 항상 응원하고 있어요. 저도 클래식 작곡 전공이고 컨템포러리도 공부한 목사예요. LA지역에 살고 있습니다. 좋은 영향력을 끼쳐주셔서 감사하고, 언젠간 복음에도 좋은 도구가 될 줄로 믿어요~ 저는 기도로 후원할께요. Keep it up!
Knocking it out of the park as usual, Nahre. I love your work! It is very inspiring.
Wonderful piece! The chordal parts added a real lushness to the composition.
what a beautiful and fun arrangement! sounds like something that would be in a studio Ghibli movie
Fantastic work, Nahre! Thanks for giving us a glimpse into some of your process.
your piece sounds lovely, sounds like a friend chasing down another friend playfully as they run along a lake or in a park
Nahre, you're a inspiration for many musicians (me included)!!! :D
I'm glad for you share your discovers and creations with us!
Delightful arrangement and performance. And THANK YOU for not having the camera floating all over the place. The stable placement of the camera allowed me to concentrate on the music. THANK YOU!
My favourite Bach CD for many years now is the collection of his two-part variations, played by Andras Schiff, so I'm very familiar with this little gem. And I love what you've done too. You've taken it and really gone to your own place with it. Beautiful!
Love the synth strings and jazzy thick transition - really cool
As a lover of pure original Bach, rearranged Bach (Busoni), electric psychodelic Bach (Virgil Fox), and as a person venturing into combining all of those elements of Bach, I really appreciated this video. Your vlog style was perfect and spot on, and made for a really insightful and concise taste of how you made this take of yours. I'm finally putting pen to paper of the St. Anne Prelude and Fugue BWV 552 for string nontet (with electric 5-string bass) into reality after fantasizing its possibility for years, so this is really inspiring. Thank you greatly!
well done, enjoyed your version, awesome.. Can't wait for the album.
You should keep doing these. As time goes on, they are sounding less and less like experiments or exercises and more and more like compositions. That's a good thing, I think.
So inspiring! Blue ices and northern lights around here, I see them in your playing. Thank you.
nahre you have inspired me to pursue piano and you have also introduced me to a whole other world of harmonics. thank you so. much!!!
Very good arrangement! More of these, please!
Home run! Loved it.
“The secret to happiness is freedom. And the secret to freedom courage”. ❤️😊
It's great to see you re-invent this piece of music in such a creative way. I just went again through the video at half speed to read all the annotations that you put on the screen next to the keyboard, they really bring up such great value and let me appreciate the final piece so much more. Thank you!
A personal note. I learned piano in primary school, went up to the Das Wohltemperiete Klavier level and then I dropped playing piano for 25 years. When covid hit a year ago, I found strange solace in taking out an old, cheap 6-octave casio synthesizer (it does not even have velocity-sensitive keys) and bringing up the music sheets for Bach's Preludes, Simple Pieces, 2- and 3-part Inventions (I even went to the length of ordering some of them on the Internet). I was astonished with how much of it my fingers actually remembered, and quite soon I came up with an idea to bring that up to next level, to try to build somethin around it in ableton live, something that would be both familiar and somehow freed at the same time. The idea then got burried under other things, but with this video you not only reminded me of that, but also inspired and gave some kind of an extremely creative and beautiful reference point, if not a direction. So thank you for that, too :)
Amazing!!! Excellent work!!! This has always been one of my favorite Inventions!!! Keep it up!!!
Wonderful work with this reinvention! Thank you for sharing your inspiration and I would love to ear this piece with actual instruments too!
A totally awesome arrangement... seriously impressed by what you did with this Nahre !
OMG ! That's a big W ! That's real music evolution !
Congrats from France ! :-)
That final performance was incredible. I thought the original was beautiful but your interpretation/variation brought me to tears. Love what you do!
Something incredible about seeing my favorite contemporary composer indulging in my passion: Bach on synthesizers!
I love how your pop ups explain what your doing while it's happening. I missed the ii-V-I but recognized the "slight" pedal point because of your pop up narration. Never would have otherwise. Awesome.
@Soulful Notes My pleasure... So nice to find a kindred spirt
This reminded me of one "episode" of Bernstein Young People Concert, where he waa teaching the kids about Bach, and he introduced a new synthetizer, wich was pretty new by the time (and huge). Idk, I really learn a lot from your videos.
Your piano performance is incredible.
Love the whole premise of your channel. Keep going!!
I have always adored the simplicity of Bach, and often resist pieces which seek to "put a spin on it," but this was so skillfully and respectfully done that I very much enjoyed the end result.
This is beautiful! Thank you for doing this
Amazing! This was my first Bach piece before starting Sinfonias and Fugues. So cool to hear it used for this project!
Wow, this is amazing Nahre 👍👍👍👍 I like the neon gadgets in the background too!
3:58 Nahre’s signature phrase: “why not?”
Ive been learning this invention these past days and then this inspiring video shows up!
Great ideas, great work, trying to figure things out of the box. Your work is so very interesting and always so pleasant to hear. I'm personally enjoying the ride very much. Thank you for sharing. Have fun on the way, and I guess we will keep getting it too !
Gorgeous! Among the most refreshing music I have heard in a while!
Beautiful!! I could listen to this all day.
Great performance with original. Fantastic textures and colours with your version ❤
Excellent as always. I think this is exactly the way to do it. You take what I understand to be a study piece rather than a performance work, and build upon it, try things out, invent. You use actual musical knowledge and theory to contemporise a work from the past. You keep Bach, a beloved composer, alive and relevant to the 21st century. Also, considering your closing comments, I actually prefer that you made the backing track first. Electronic music can sound mechanical, using the technology to mask limitations in the artist's realtime capabilities (clearly not the case for you of course). In this case however, there is absolutely the live performance aspect and, to my ear, that is the predominant feature. The backing track remains a backing track. Overall the work remains a live performance and is all the richer for being so. Bravo!
I love the finished product. Made me want to hear your version arranged for a jazz big band.
Original piece performance starting at 7:25
Nahre's version at 8:15
Thanks! :)
Amazing !!!...Great work ....meraviglioso ...Bravissima !!
It was one of my examination piece .. you changed it in good way I like your works Nahre ..keep going
Very nice. Reminds me of when I began incorporating and experimenting with technology back in the days of working for the Akai Corp in Ft.Worth (IMC, back then). Sweet musical comps Nahre!
I've been following you for quite some time now. You're amazing!
I always love hearing what you come up with, and knowing the process and thoughts behind it is even cooler! I also really appreciate how well you are able to mix modern digital production with such wonderful acoustic and traditional styles.
Wonderful recording, inspiration and very creative , thanks for sharing this with the world. Love yiur thoughts and how you let this happen!
Thank you so much for music creation, the genuine sharing and reflection along the way. It's a beautiful process not just for you yourself and the team around you. As a viewer like myself, I feel the positive energy and it means a lot. 💖
this is so beautiful oh my god... bach alone is so magical already but you took it to another level!
I love this Invention - Cool interpretation and thoughts!!
One of my favourite inventions 😻 this was amazing, you are amazing! Every video you post is a new journey and learning experience, thank you
Really nice! Congratulations! Awesome, inspiring work of yours!
Bach is eternal inspiration and I hope you do more of your own Bach inspired works! And more synths! I think your piece is great even if played on just piano. I would like to hear it on just piano! Also, playing Bach's invention before your work is a humble tribute to the master! I appreciated that!
I am studing this piece since 8weeks and I am so thankful to you for sharing this! (Heart)
Fantastic! Super creative! 😊👍🏻
Nahre's videos are about the closest thing to perfect content that you can get on UA-cam.
Inspiring and beautiful music. Loved it!
Wow Very Nice, I love her added expressions.
I am in complete awe of her ❤️
This is so amazing.
The piano playing is just mind altering.
Beautiful, exciting music! A transformation of Bach, who is indestructible and allows space for all types of ideas to flourish. This is magical fairy tale music with driving momentum, like a VG :)
I really love the external influences of mysticity. Makes it feel more warm and inviting.
This is so good !. So much so that it makes me feel happy. he he😊
Congratulations Nahre, maybe you could make a record with this idea.
Because I love the original so much it’s tough for me to think of this piece objectively. I liked it well enough in general though it sounds more like film music than a stand alone piece. I think the backing strings being so forward, masking the melody, is what made me think that this piece was an accompaniment to visuals instead of a stand alone piece.
So impressive, massive congrats Nahre 😊
Wow that was really something special Nahre... Have you thought about doing an album of all the inventions like that?
Excellent! I love the synth accompaniment.
❤❤❤❤❤ Oh I always thought Bach should have used this theme for a concerto! You realized my dream to use the theme for more development.
Beautiful finished product!
I really appreciated classic much more since your project. Excellent 👏🏾👏🏾🌹
Nahre, you are an inspiration
Thank you so much!!
I had an album in the 1970's called "Switched On Bach" by Walter Carlos. It was Bach played on the Moog Synthesizer. I played the grooves off of it.
This is definitely the most fun way to cram loads of awesome musical vocab into my head. 😊 thanks loads Nahre. 👍Your channel is mega cool 😎
You and your work are so a huge motivation for me. Thank U so much
Stunned and inspired! Thank you!