The MOST Beautiful & Relaxing Piano Pieces | Pianist Reacts
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- Опубліковано 20 лют 2024
- In this video I react to a video by Rousseau of the most beautiful and relaxing piano pieces.
Here is Rousseau's original vdeo:
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Matthew is genuinely the most underrated youtuber, all his videos are amazing ideas, helpful, and are edited really well.
Thank you, I really appreciate that! 😊
he's misunderstood most of the time as arrogant because he doesn't praise every pianist and actually gives his thoughts negative or positive
3:30 sounds like an emotional part of a movie
I started learning piano two years ago, after hearing River Flows on youtube, when looking for new pieces to play, I still come back to wanting to re-learn this piece. I don't know why but it is still my favourite.
Your videos are so engaging to watch, especially for a beginner pianist like me. I am literally binge watching your videos for the last few weeks. Amazing content and keep up the good work.
Matthew is such a smooth teacher for an inexperience person trying to learn by ear he can really grab your attention and give you hope of excelling in your individual desire to play
Chopins berceuse is very relaxing as well
D flat major
you make it look so easy Matt!
fantasie impromptu is perfect for doing art
Thank you!
I actually was surprised that there's a video about this. I listen to this video as background music
Wow I'm midway through the video and already have tips for my next playthrough. You got a subscriber!
I play comptine and moonlight. I really really love to play them both specially Moonlight
I agree fully with the first one, I hate it as well. But you were able to tell me why, finally it makes sense. The chord change you suggested just made it 1000x better instantly.
i love ur content :) keep up the good work!
Here before this guy gets famous! Been looking at your content at sometime now and a think everyone can agree, your videos are top tier.
I just love the way you analyse a piece. Fantastic.
Thank you! I’m glad you like my analyses 😊
@@matticawood you extract so much meaning from a single bar, it's amazing. I wish I could have you as my piano teacher. Keep up the great work, I can't wait for the next video! And thank you for all the work you put into each and every one of your videos.
I discovered your videos last week and I've watched so many now. You're so good and your videos are so watchable! 😊
Yes it's a very interesting piano channel and just right combination of education entertainment covers and fun 🎹💖
agreed! and I watch vidoes on this channel I didn't think I'd be interested in too
Passacaglia!!!! My favourite
Which one? There are literally hundreds of Passacaglias. Many were composed during the 16-18th centuries, but there are plenty of later compositions. Note that Passacaglia is not the title or name of a piece but the musical form that the piece is using.
@@ampac It's quite obvious he means Handel, since this entire video .. handels these kinds of mainstream/popular pieces and songs, context!!
As a Frenchman I can assure you that Satie’s gymnopédie does make me feel like I’m sat in a café with an éclair as well! 😆
Subbed. Great channel. Great content. ❤
One of the reasons River Flows in You is so popular is that anyone getting into Piano can learn it relatively quickly and it sounds very good for their skill level.
No hate on the piece, that's why I learned it. It is easy and sounds good for someone who doesn't have much experience/skill yet.
The Beethoven's look of judgement made me laught at 17:42 xD
Very nice video as always !
My left hand is also heavy in Moonlight Sonata. Well, both hands probably, but especially the left. Part of it is that I can't play it well, but I also want the bass notes to really ring. I like to make it sound more "dramatic" than it should be.
In my opinion the most beautiful song is clair de lune, specifically the one that "channel 3 UA-cam" uploaded, in my opinion the playing in that video is so good, calm yet dramatic when need be.
the entire album, Screws by Nils Frahm
U deserve more subscribers!
Thanks! 😊
Hi Matthew, can you do a video about Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3 (Rach 3) It is a very beautifully and complex piece and I would love to hear you react to it!
I was wondering if u could react to some of Matsuii. He is very under appreciated and I feel like he has some of the most relaxing and calming music that I’ve ever listened to.
for the most difficult music there are some that are really hard like Mephisto or Mazeppa or even Hungarian rapsody no 6 I can't even imagine playing these pieces because it's so hard
I like to listen to the moody stuff. That is usually slow with lots of depth to it. Brahms has a lot of music like that, but most of the time you only hear about his happy, bouncy stuff. It'd be nice to see you cover some of his richer pieces. Also, I've been playing the Moonlight Sonata since the age of 14, and didn't realize there are 3 movements to it. While I am decent at playing the first movement, the one most people know, I find the 2nd movement a bit dull, but the 3rd is insane. Can you play that one? I've even seen someone arrange it for electric guitar.
Can you please react to Nostagia and marching season by Yanni. They have interesting time signatures throughout.
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You should react to traum piano
I absolutely need to learn sheet after being self taught for almost 8 months, this was perfect timing for me because learning it has been on my mind. I would just like to know if it is digital or not?
My Beginners Guide to Reading Sheet Music?
It’s a digital download you will get a link and an email with a link to be able to download it 😊
My way is opposite I started playing the piano as adult (altoough I whished my whole life before) self taught too. Now about 5 years but always started with sheet music. Now I will learn more to play by ear and my own arrangements I always did but now want it to do freely by ear. To know both you really get out the best of both worlds I guess!! But still have the feeling the skill by ear is the most useful and what Im dreaming of! 🎹💖 You can put more emotions in it and doesn't stick to have sheets (even if it's just Leadsheets) for everything!
Sheet music is too boring
Does anyone know what the song waterfall by Jon Schmidt would be rated on difficulty??
How does he record his keyboard's audio?
There's a lot of grace notes in classical music? Ornaments are everywhere in it. Especially baroque music where it's just assumed the performer will add them. Later on they were written in like in Chopin's music, especially nocturnes imitating the italian singing style at the time which had a LOT of them. Later on again Prokofiev uses them loads in a more rhythmic style or Rachmaninoff/Scriabin using them to create wider harmonies
Hey, I was particularly referring to the difference between appoggiaturas and acciaccaturas…appoggiaturas were definitely very commonly used, and in earlier music baroque/classical periods acciaccatura were definitely used but they were played slightly longer rather than “crushed” or played together releasing the grace note afterwards and in the baroque period specifically, they were used (like most decoration) at the performers discretion.
Later in the romantic period when composers were being more specific in their music writing they were more commonly used in sheet music and kind of standardised so there was a much clearer distinction between how to play appoggiaturas vs acciaccaturas. Chopin, Prokofiev, Rach and Scriabin all loved a good acciaccatura as these were all
Romantic and later.
So essentially what I was saying is that, although the chord writing and 4-8 bar phrasing is reflective of the chord writing in the classical period, you can tell it isn’t because of the way the acciaccaturas are used 😊
Why don't you get so much support your good❤
Thank you! I think there are quite a few that support 😊
Can you react to epilogue from lalaland
Whats your pov on nuvole bianche, i think its pretty relaxing and good
Yes, it is pretty relaxing. And it happens to use a VI-IV-I-V chord progression , which are exactly the same chords as River Flows in You, just in a different order. And, like Yuruma’s piece the chords are repeated over and over. So, they are both nice pieces but uninteresting from a musical perspective.
Matthew you should react to Peter Buka's songs. Very large youtuber and very skilled at the piano (some popular pieces: Coffin Dance, Dance Monkey)
You can immediately hear an Avicii melody. Rip man
can you react to hide n seek of ethan bortnick please ? that would be interesting to have your opinion on it
Yeah, this guy is too underrated...
I'm french, and I'm absolutely okay with you 😂 (14:11)
Everyones ears are different its hard to say what makes something special, as we all react to certain dynamics and playing styles differently. One person might love a version of a piece the next person might find it dead. Although i know is i love your style evey piaec u played in this and especially when you elaborate on it and add, something special to my ears. So much better then Russo hands down. But thats just my opinion.
did you just make river flows in you (which i also hate / never learned) mixolydian cadence , the cowboy flows in you.
What VST did you use, or is that the sounnd of this keyboard? lol your sound compared to that Ressiquo w/e it's night and day , and I have been using addictive keys for a while now.
So I am curious.
Also I love his chromatic mediant - from C# to A sucks music doesn't modulate at all anymore, or use diminsihed chords,
the other day I was analyzing, we are the champions, the Modulation and secondary dominants, in that song is so good,
Wtf happened to music man.
I made it better 😂 I use Keyscape, I think all of the spectrosonics stuff is really good!
I know Rick Beato talks about how music has changed a lot…but you are definitely right, popular music used to be more exploratory and creative with the chords used but they tend to play it safe now. 😊
there is a good video from vice, about the history of songs modulating its really cool!
Yeah i Hate these 2, 5, 1, 6 pop songs with no dim chords at all , it pisses me off so much disrecpectful.
and you did. the b7, b5 ,minor second best inttervals imo.
Yeah keyscape is always the contender for pinnacle seat, thanks! and love to see how your channel has grown so much!
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I don't know why but a lot of the grace notes in river flows in you always sound like mistakes to me XD like someone accidentally hit the adjacent key
Would love to See some Omegle Vidoes from you 🙏
Don't like to be too critical of Yiruma "River Flows in You". People listen to this piece for its simplicity than technical virtuosity like some Classical pieces. Many pieces that are composed in a simple way ('minimalist' approach with simple melodies with a few chords) with slight variations. At the end of a busy day at work we don't want to listen to a fancy Beethoven concerto vs a piece like Erik Satie "Gymnopédie 1" for relaxation.
Music that are popular tend to be overplayed which is expected. "Marriage d'Amour" is a piece by Paul de Sonneville arranged by Richard Clayderman. Sometime ago a man who lost both arms in an accident played it on piano with his feet on a Chinese TV talent show. Therefore it's very popular in the Chinese community meaning many people would learn it.
River flows in you is a beautiful song; it's just ridiculously overplayed, specifically by intermediate players
5:40 COD ZOMBIES THEME SONG !?!?!
river flows in you is super basic and esy, and overplayed. But I do think it's pretty and relaxing.
how can you hate river flows in you ?
btw don't forget about the patrik pietschmann idea i gave you lol
it repeats a lot but it's still a good piece
Just heard it way to often
@@Phoenix21555I agree
@@kattttttyeah same I mean I don't hear it every day but there are songs that I don't like cuz I heard them many times but that was has a very great melody I'm not getting bored even tho ofc I don't hear it too much
Same reason as why many pianists hate Einaudi I suppose. It's basic.
I don't quite agree with Matt's interpretation that it's half classical and half pop though. Just because it's played on a piano doesn't make it classical. If you discard the idea that it's trying to be classical then it becomes more enjoyable.
Again. LoOoOOOOOOOOoooOooOOOOoOOoOoOong time man.
Have you not been around these parts for a while? 🥸
“Russo” is just crazy
I don’t think that any classical music is relaxing.
Except maybe Chopin’s prelude op 28 No 16
A very “chilled out” piece 😂
Why? What about Eric Satie’s piece that one I forgot the name of
I can’t listen to music without thinking about its meaning. That’s all.
Your technique upsets me ಠ╭╮ಠ
you think lol No spider fingers very flat fingersbothers you, watch Freddie Mercury play lol
In what sense? The angle of the camera makes my fingers look flat because it’s facing towards the arch of my knuckles when in reality…they aren’t 😊
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