J. S. Bach - Air [Violin Solo]
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
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Roman Kim performing his own transcription of Bach's Air on G - string.
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This vid is 9 years old... why didn't I know anything about Roman Kim until today? What a discovery... this man is awesome. What is he doing here? Double stops to create two voices and a third one with the left hand pizz... this is legendary.
@@ChiefHerzensCoach what do you mean by "being absorbed by himself" ?
Because 2-set hadn't mentioned him? :)
@@ChiefHerzensCoach You can watch this interview about Roman's beliefs and what he is all about: ua-cam.com/video/f8bZWV-XGTo/v-deo.html btw he does tour and play his music with orchestras
@@ChiefHerzensCoach I don’t really understand the phrase “being absorbed by himself”. Could you explain it to me
I had the same thought. I came here from a recent TwoSet Violin video!
What he is doing is exceedingly difficult. Non-violinists might not understand that he is creating every sound you hear.
[Violin Solo] >>> "is creating every sound you hear"
yep...
Yes it is amazing. I would die trying to play double stops and pizz with another finger at the same time!
"violin solo" is used in a broad range of contexts these days, including situations where the background is pre-recorded. So I don't feel that Rum and Bass's comment was redundant.
I hadn't realised that..I can appreciate it all the more after learning that .Thank you
He's literally playing 3 notes in two different styles at once, it is otherworldly... I am having trouble learning just the arco part
I am terribly impressed by this. Bravo.
Only verified comment I think I've ever seen on this channel! And you got the first comment on his channel!
@@stoningupper Yes, he is amazing!
continue smalin
You must also see how his brother plays:
ua-cam.com/channels/3fmOpVLlZc55nZB_dL8jTw.html
Both of them are really just insanely incredible!!
still alive pog
thank you!!))
God save you brother
I think even the paganini is impressed!
I am your fan from Indonesia, Mr. Kim
Hey Roman! I have practised your piece now for a few days and can already play the first line :D It sounds so much easier than it really is. You need to give us the secret on how to practise 40 hours a day!
Another amazing video! Legendary! Thank you so much for uploading and letting everyone enjoy while being so impressed!
Searched "bach for begginers violin" , this is the first result, are you serious youtube?
lol xD
lol
I agree
LOL XD It has double stops and left handed plucking as well LOL wow. xD
Motivation for beginners.
Not only amazing technique....but also the arrangement (he re-assigned every Air's notes carefully to make it "playable" by single violin) is incredible.
love the air quotes on "playable" lmao
It's just one instrument yet it sounds like a whole orchestra.
Sure?
@@lunitamusica3212 *String quartet/trio
OMG... That's what I call multitasking
the unhuman thing is that he doesn't miss one tone. He is more tuned than an orchestra
The talent of Mr.Kim is unprecedented, at least in this era of music.
He has a frets violin... But anyway it's impressive
@@nainposteur55 this one doesn't look at the violin
@@nainposteur55 not on this one, I don’t see any. He does have one on his Beethoven transcription, but still doesnt take away the mind blowing talent.
Let.s be more human, please
It's kind of annoying how easy this sounds in reality to how incredibly difficult it is.
lmao theres almost no point in the piece where there isnt 3 consecutive notes playing
Throughout the piece he plucks double stopped notes(double notes) with his pinkie and also the other fingers
If you think this sounds easy you have a terrible musical ear
It’s easy if you practice 40 hours a day
@@creamcheeseandpirates practicing correctly
I have 2 hypothesis about you:
1. You're a kind of a Paganini's reincarnation
2. You've found the violin that the devil gave to Tartini as a gift
Its pure and profund talent... No Pag even Trat....
You are wrong
He is the LING LING!
@@nimarashidi4510 you are cultured.
Tartini's violín is México, Szerying gave it to the National symphonic orchestra
@@nimarashidi4510 I know it's a joke, but hes honestly a better violinist than Ling Ling
This man is doing bow double stops and left hand pizz double stops. I can't even comprehend the level of violin playing he is existing on.
Makes sense as to why people in Paganinis Era thought he sold his soul to the devil
Just your ordinary crescendo double stop with left hand pizz at the same time, why not. And of course it sounds amazing, because of course it does. Because f*ck you and your lil flute. Like whose playing would be affected by some 4 minute long pinky pizzicato
this is really remarkable. just to perform the crazy left hand manipulations required here and "get the notes", you could forgive if the sound quality was not great or the artistic content was not there, but this is actually a beautiful performance; you can just listen to it as a great piece of music, and forget the unbelievable machinations going on to actually make it happen. wow!
This man is a genius. His name belongs among the names of the great musicians and talents of history.
Браво
roman kim is the paganini of the 21st century : how lucky I am to live long enough to be able to hear him and see him on Utube, ( I am 87 ! )-
I agree with you, Sir!
How are you doing?
WHAT ??!!! Pizz & Bow playing in DOUBLE STOP, all in same time with a perfect intonation ?! Man you're not HUMAN !!!! o_O
*Plays video for background music and goes to another tab*
"Wait, plucking and arco? I thought this was Solo-"
*Returns to youtube*
"Oh"
I know, I know. The same with every other Roman Kim piece
Pizzicato
This man did his dounis exercises, that's fo sho
drunksessions I busted out laughing.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
HAHA IM WEAK 🤣🤣
Only a genius can create such an amazing transcription that Bach himself for sure would be proud of it.
Michael Feeley
I'd like to see that .Where is it?
After 10 years still watching this incredible performance.. totally god's worthy.
Officially the lingling workout
Do you know how many instruments humans need to produce that sound?!! it is like every finger has it's own brain and in top of all that he makes it looks easy. Man I love you
So well said, every finger a brain, amazing.
I died trying.
worth to try for such beautiful music
ahah, wanna try it too but looks so complicated.
that left hand pizzicato...
Not really all that complicated, when you know where the notes are and you can get it in tune, however the violinist's interpretation of the music is absolutely more important than anything. I have tried and understand the mechanics of the violin but am a long way away from getting to this stage. Try it if it moves you so, you never know.
same
At least you tried
At first I was all like "where is that pizzicato coming from". Then they zoomed in and I was like "OOOOOHHH," that is amazing.
The technique is called left-hand pizzicato. It's an advanced technique, only used occasionally in very difficult pieces. It's pretty impressive though, huh?
@@late8641 To be honest, on its own, left hand pizz. is not very difficult in most cases. Here however he is playing 3 voices simultaniously and for the intervals here to be possible to play, he changed the pitch of 1 or 2 strings (I'm not really sure which ones). The left hand positions here are very uncomfortable, awkward and extremely difficult to play in tune while keeping musicality. Most of the time he is basically playing 3 or 4 note chords while also using a finger to do pizz. , which must also speak. It may not look or sound like it, but it is probably one of the hardest violin pieces ever created.
This is insane… Can’t imagine it was made 10 years ago… Still a legendary piece even in 2022
PLEASE SHARE THIS VIDEO!!! THE WHOLE WORLD DESERVES TO HEAR AND SEE ROMAN KIM!! ❤️👍💪🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻
Talents like this are not born everyday; but only once every few generations. BACH will be very proud and impressed with you Roman KIM!
This is harder than triple string stops. It may be harder than 4 string stops. Because of the crazy pizzicato. And on top of that, it's Bach...
This one of the most impressive musical performance I have ever seen. This is out of this world...this guy is a genuis and deserves much more recognition!!!! he would have become a legend if he was born in the 19th century!
OudPlayerHBY
Is this the FIRST and only musical performance you have ever seen?
Vibrato + pizzicato, that's INSANELY hard.
And double stops
doublestops, counterpoint with 3 voices, lefthand pizzicato, scordatura and vibrato, that is hard
Indeed there's no vibrato+pizzicato
@@robergarcia11 He sold his soul, his life to the violin.
Remarkable.
If you listen to it with your eyes closed you’ll think it’s a string ensemble playing.
Billae 90
A lousy, no-talent ensemble.
his movements are very calculated & every sound is so even. a simple sounding piece but his control is amazing
OMG! He’s beautifully played a quartet piece simultaneously. I can barely wrap my mind around what he just did. I had to watch this video several times. Unreal.
Absolutes Genie!
It's really a testament to the vanity of society that this phenomenal man isn't more well known. We have a musical genius here who has revolutionized the violin yet again, on par with Paganini, yet of course pop stars get more hits for their pathetic four chord songs of debauchery and degradation.
lol
David Roberts I fear these letters will be humanity's epitaph.
in that he revolutionized the violin I think he is not a genius so if you really know what it is to be a genius.
Get the stick out of your life. But you can't. You will be forgotten one day, as the sands of time grind on. Why don't you compose an opera or some veritable work, I am. I never said people can't enjoy pop music. But their enjoyment is short lived for its such a disgrace to true intellect. Anyone can write a "pop" song. But this is music, you stupid little man.
had he existed in paganini's time, Roman Kim's name wouldve been branded into history perhaps on top of paganini
Just attended Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music concerts and heard him play. He is a master and so very young. If only he could stay in this country.
Roman should you have time please respond to your comments. These are also fine artists whom are easy to speak to and approach. You are developing a fan club which is one way to gain great favor with many. I have already encouraged many performers and artist to watch your performances.
Please no more people like this. I have many friends that play in string quartet.
They would lose their job if many people like this existed.
And I happen to be an arranger for a quartet...
LOL JK.
..or maybe not.
@@ChiefHerzensCoach oh wow, a reply from a 6 year comment/joke! 😂
Well, of course Mr. Schwartz, what you said is true; a quartet and a soloist are indeed 2 different 'entities' and will yield different 'feels'. Relax, I know it too hence I can joke about it 😁
@@adriepram 🤣
@@Jackson_Blagg ah justin , ur everywhere
@@Tulsenus On this channel maybe.... I am not the real Justin Y. unfortunately lol
@@ChiefHerzensCoach mate calm down and shut up
Very impressive indeed! Kim's innovative technique never ceases to bamboozle, but in this particular case his positively diabolical skill is matched by celestial dynamics. Now that really is pure wizardry!
It's crazy. At 3:21 he is out of fingers, so he uses his thumb. Just unbelievable.
And violinist never uses thumb!!!!
Cellists: First time?
@@Prycc69420 haha I love this
How can he do the melody and accompaniment with "pizzicato"? He is incredible!
Realmente incrível.
maybe he's just better than us haha
That’s honestly to beautiful, all the sounds form by one violin
Wow-- that is really amazing. The pizzicato accompaniment is so clean-- and the melodic line stays totally smooth and singing. At first I was looking for the "other player"-- then I realized it was all him.
I'm still sitting here with my jaw dropped! Wow! You're absolutely Amazing! Great Job. I'm more than impressed... Just beautifully played.
I would never be able to pluck and play at the same time. Bravo.
Jesus… I was very excited to finally be able to play this piece on the G string and felt good about it… Until I watched this version
Start practicing you can play this too. If you always play something thats comfortable and easy you'll never get better. Roman Kim practiced this hard and failed countless times. Thats what separates the great from the good. The greats fail much more than the good. Embrace the suck, as we'd say in the military
I play electric guitar, and I practiced for a couple of years, got okay. Then I just played all the things I could play, and never really challenged myself anymore. I never improved much at all after that, and I realized it. Then I started just try harding stuff I cant play, I started practicing knowing I'll fail time and time again. In 5 months I made more progress than I had made in 3 years prior. Human body is an amazing thing, if you dont ask it the impossible you wont improve.
For example when I hit some arbitrary milestone (like you did with being able to play this normally) I didnt celebrate, I just made my practice harder. It was time to level up
Getting a clear sound on those left hand pizz while playing double stops is so freaking hard. This is wild
WOW. Just amazing. I'm no violinist so I'm like in a 2D perspective watching what 5D would look like. It's like he's the whole orchestra. As if playing just one instrument isn't hard enough, he's doing it for like 4.
me : speechless ...
I read all the comments below. everyone already said what I need to say. Roman Kim needs to be recognized by the world
Roman Kim turned the string quartet into one violin!
I'm not a violinist but I loved how he could sustain a note on one string while playing an accompanying melody on another without at all affecting the sustained note. That can't be easy right? Plus add the left-hand pizzicato and you're in alien territory.
Phenomenal! Just watching this makes me understand how guitarists back in the late 70s and 1980s felt when they first heard/saw Eddie Van Halen! Many guitarist stopped playing no joke! That really happened.
Now I found the answere to my own question regarding the tuning. It is called SCORDATURA tuning, and it is not that uncommon. You tune 1 or more strings diffently than the normal GDAE. Why? If you didn't, the composition would be impossible to play, the fingering on your left hand would be impossible, especially when you sometimes need fingering on 2 strings that you are bowing and then at the same time need a left hand finger for the pizzicato. There is an article: "Violin technique". In this article this is explained and also other things, bowing techniques, high harmonics (octaves) etc...Roman uses a lot of harmonics in his other videos. ...Perhaps to much explanation, just enjoy his wonderful music.
What string do you tune differently? im trying to attempt this
The E-string should be tuned down to C, that's written in the score. The link to the score is in the info-box! It's still impossible to play, at least for me!
Tuning any string to another pitch than EADG is just changing the string... "SCORDATURA" is changing the pitch of a string while playing for a temporary effect.
Myrna Adam No, that’s a specific way to use scordatura. Scordatura does generally mean to tune a string to a pitch not in standard tuning. The Biber Mystery Sonatas are great examples where they stay in unconventional tuning the whole time, yet they’re referred to as being in scordatura.
@@whitfitzgerald638
Danse Macabre solo violin part is Scordatura, E string is D sharp for the tritone
Yes is so difficult!!! He is amazing! Wow I love this young man!!! Bravo!
this is bach
with many levels of pizzacato
and arco
AND PLUCKING
AND FOUR STRING STOPS
THIS IS A NIGHTMARE
Such Delicacy. One suspects just reading the transcription would put stretchmarks on your brain. I know someone must practice and probably do push-ups on the fingertips. Thunderstuck I am. Thank you for this treatment, for investing your time and energy into making it seem so lucid and transparent. Makes me want to live an entire nother life learning more fiddle.
GLORIA, PAZ, BEATITUD, MILAGRO, ETERNIDAD.
GRACIAS POR ESTE MOMENTO ESPIRITUAL, POR ESTE ESFUERZO SOBRE HUMANO.
🧡💚💙💛❤
@TwoSetViolin should comment this
bro is playing a whole orchestra with just one instrument. Idk how this guy hasn't gone viral yet, but I believe he will be viral one day
Nani how are you playing everything at the same time? I just noticed🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
huhuhuhu,,crazy right..hahaha
You just noticed? Bruh
Simply breathtaking... and I am not even a violinist. This inspired me to create my own interpretation on Bach’s Air on the G string
oh my actual god...not only ridiculously difficult, but beautiful played...like the higher bits are so beautiful executed.
A one man trio
Ale technika! Roman po prostu wymiata! Inni uwertozi przy nim mogą się tylko schować.
He really flexin his pinky on this one
Incredibly moving and as someone who studied violin is insanely impressive.
Not many kids are like let me take this moderately difficult piece and combine my part with 2 other instruments. 🤩
Wow.... Wow.... HOW? WOOOOOOW... THIS IS WILD.
THIS IS MINDBLOWING SOMEONE MAKE HIM POPULAR
This made me feel like I'm one of the first people to ever witness Paganini perform something that was deemed impossible until that very moment when somebody said "lol bitches, imma do it anyway".
Absolutely MIND-BLOWINGLY fantastic
This young man is truly talented, and deserves to be much better known! The playing you see and hear here is on a level with Leonid Kogan and Ruggerio Ricci! Bravissimo!
Роман, Вы шикарно играете! Очень жду Ваших новых видео! 🥰
INCREDIBLE control and technical skills wow!! Plucking and bowing and double stops?! 🤯
simply beautiful....food for soul.
You really get across the original meaning of the piece. You truly feel the devotion and adoration of his God that drove Bach's work. The faith, the love that he felt while writing them is portrayed perfectly
Oh. unbelievable , This is the miracle.
Pure genius. I think probably Roman is the most talented violin player in history. His ability is really unbelievable. I think he is not the most famous living violinist because his talent is really shocking…it’s somehow scaring the ease he has while playing so incredibly virtuously…he is probably seen more like a phenomenon than like a violinist. Pure and total genius.
I really love listening to this. 🤍💯
MY LIVING VIOLIN LEGEND
Eu sou fã desse cara! Como ele consegue tocar assim? Simplesmente fantástico!
Robson Júlio Esse cara é a encarnação de Paganini. O mundo só vê um gênio vivo por vez, nunca dois ao mesmo tempo kkkk... Esse cara é demais.
Segovia once said Guitar is a mini orchestra ... apparently violin also ... and only a great master can show that... what a musicianship!! ❤
I like that it still sounds musical and not just like a clever technical exercise.
If you want to find Bach right now, just listen to the maniacal laughter and bone-shattering applause. And if you dig in you'll see he's sitting up pointing right at Roman Kim. That's one happy dead composer.
Fantastic! It’s an arrangement which is not „only“ for show off but which realy works! And i‘ve just seen the score is available at Baerenreiter! Congratulations! 😉
Something smells here..
His sick talent.
This is the most sickest discouraging pure damn fxxking amazing talent ever.
Like ever.
I love you and hate you at the same time very much 🤣😂👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
If I close my eyes, I literally can’t tell how many people are playing 😵
That's just extraordinary !
Where is that metronome coming from?!
Oh, wait… MIND BLOWN
Heaven in it's most simple complexity. Beautiful interpretation! Thank you!
... Out of this world😮
¡Qué hermosa transcripción e interpretación! Ese dedo meñique de la mano izquierda es prodigioso. ¡Gracias por esa creatividad!
I can't stop listening. Just an amazing and emotional execution.
It sounds like a quintet more than an orchestra
God, I would like to inform a glitch :P Bravo!
I love this version of Air the most. Been watching this everyday for weeks. Great work ! Now I have to go back and practice some more, maybe in a few years I'll be able to play this on my violin...
How did it go?
AMAZING.
WOW! Trio in solo.
Quadruple at parts
E string seems to be tuned one major 3rd below....it is very clear from 38" In my opinion the tuning is (from 4th to 1st) G-D-A-C
Me thinks the E is tuned to B. It's weird to watch a foreign tuning, but there are a few times where there is an open-sounding high string which is a B when it happens.
violinalone It is in C. Have the Bärenreiter published score.
@@violinalone I don't think there is...
Unbelievable
I want to add more than one like to this video - each for every part that was played on a single instrument.
Those double stops are so clean oh my gosh!
Especially 4ths!
not words. it's simply magnifique. beauty