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Was Motzart historically in some ways a classical “jazz” musician that wrote some of those impromptu compositions on paper? Basically having a type of arpeggio pattern bank that was accessed “on the fly” with the right hand while playing a chord bass on the left?
@@THE_ONLY_GOD Mozart was a known improviser. In fact, in the concerto form he developed, he included a section towards the end of movements called cadenzas. Most soloists today perform pre-composed cadenzas but back in Mozart's time soloists were expected to improvise.
beautifully done, as usual! You fooled me in the opening test and I thought the only genuine Mozart piece was number 3, which You wrote!! Proves you got it right 110%. I also eliminated number 2 for exactly the reason you said-it sounded "too baroque" for Mozart😁
Brilliant composition and analysis! I especially appreciate the 'maybe' moments because it really brings detail to the thought process of this insightful composition rather than just the result.
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(Totally disregarding age) I feel like a middle-schooler trying to take a college-level course. Yet, I absolutely love this analysis, presentation, and the “drinking from a firehose” music theory. And, of course, I adore Mozart’s music as well. Dear Professor, you have beginners in your audience who are learning by immersion. These videos are thrilling! (I will not confess how many times I paused and/or backed up the video to take notes). I wish I had learned this language earlier in life. You are a wonderful instructor. Thank you! Also, for being kindergarten literate in music, I recognized immediately that the second piece was the original Mozart…perhaps because I have listened to Mozart so much.
Having seen most of, if not all, of you're "How To Sound like" Series I enjoyed this one the most! The way you show your process in a very articulate yet fun way is very entertaining and helpful at the same time, I'm excited to see what you'll create next :)
For an uneducated fan of classical music this is like one of those Bob Ross videos where he starts painting and then suddenly magic happens and you see the final outcome and it inspires you to create something, great work!
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It's so amazing how insightful these kind of videos are. Really interesting how the composers thought about writing music. Keep up the great work Nahre! 😁
12:37 especially reminds me of the recapitulation in the first movement of his Sonata No. 8. If I tried this I would've included more lengthy/sparkly runs, but regardless the composition is amazing!!
I'm an engineer, I play a little guitar, I don't play piano. Through your videos I've been learning and understanding much about piano, and music in general. It helps me a great deal in appreciating music. Thanks a lot.
12:36 I love the harmony. I want to play or compose something that brings out this harmony. I swear, the composer imitaiton series never fails to impress how close they get to the sound of the original composer
That was very insightful! I've always been a fan of your arrangements (I love the Liszt and Bach ones). But since this series is about getting each composer's various trademark styles (or clichės?), in this case, 1st movements of Mozart sonatas, I do have a few things in mind about this particular one, and do correct me if I get some things wrong (and please pardon my English): 1. For second themes, Mozart very often goes to the dominant key for sonatas written in major, and the relative major for sonatas written in minor. The relative minor 2nd theme sounded like a different composer, like an early Beethoven or maybe Haydn. 2. Mozart's textures are usually very thin and transparent. His melodies are normally very straightforward except for transitions between themes where the scales or arpeggios are usually found, unless if the theme is based upon scales or arpeggios. Those are not normally sprinkled around it. 3. Mozart often has symmetrical phrasing of 4 or 8 bars per melody. When he deviates from that, like 3, 5 or 6 bar phrases, it's usually very intentional, and those intentions are usually very clear that they almost never sound jarring. 4. He usually has very clear cadential endings. Themes almost always close off neatly, with exposition endings almost sounding like the actual end of the piece. Your Mozartian Star Sprangled Banner at the 3 excerpts game was a lot closer to Mozart than the end product for Happy Birthday that it actually fooled me lol.
You are the unique piano player as far as I know. No one able to compose music in such brilliant manner in different styles as you do. I believe you could compose your own music. Best wishes from Almaty, Kazakhstan!
I am not very musically savvy but I am very fond of classical and your videos are incredible. Thanks for sharing and taking the time to put these together.
I, too, tho't the 3rd arrangement was Mozart! This video is really capital! I enjoyed watching what you've done; it's evident how much you've accomplished--I'm happy for you. How cool to be able to think in music language like you do! You have my admiration!
ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING! Talk about making something almost infinitely complex look so effortless!! To have taken the trouble to analyse the originals and get the essence of what makes Mozart, Mozart, must have been a significant undertaking - but then we were treated to all the interim trial and error attempts which were every bit as interesting as the final product - and all characterised with the little friendly captions as much to demonstrate Nahre's own stream of conscience as to guide us!😄👍. I loved how the notion of the call and response was related to opera - I've been playing those sonatas for 30 years as very much an amateur and I guess all that time busy trying to achieve perfect evenness and legato, has meant the notion of the "two voices" has never struck me! Not that I feel a lummox now - ANYONE'S going to against Nahre's talent 😄 Most of all though, I loved that it is possible to be presented very, very sophisticated material in such a highly consumable and enjoyable way yet which is not dumbed down. Truly high quality content, I am delighted to have discovered this channel! PS, to the three "test" pieces asking which were Mozart, my answers were no, not sure and no😏
These videos are soooo well made and I love everything about the style of your content, not to mention your piano playing and composition that makes these videos as wonderful as they are!!
I admire your knowledge, talent, technical ability, and enthusiasm so much. Very inspiring. I’m not at all on this level. I thought you nailed it, so much so that it blew my mind because first of all, I never thought an arrangement of Happy Birthday could nearly bring me to tears, and second of all, if someone played me that and said it was a Mozart arrangement, I would believe it without question.
What was missing was a big white wig😂. This was incredible to watch. Such musicality. Deep, difficult ideas, presented as playful as Amadeus played the piano. This was heartreaking. Wish my father could have seen this. Much love from Belgium!
You are such an inspiration, beautiful video as always! It's really such a shame that classical music teachers don't encourage this kind of composition/improvisation. Or maybe they do now, mine certainly didn't, but luckily your videos are truly so inspiring in this sense!
I thought Excerpt 3 was Mozart. Excerpt 2 did not feel as playfull as Mozart's pieces usually do, but hearing it was written for organ, it does make more sense to me. Always a delight to listen to your playing Nahre!
The 9-8 suspension section transports me back to my youth, discovering Mozart's music and wanting to learn more about classical composition. I love your videos and especially this series. Thanks!
I barely know any music theory, nor am I classically trained, but you presented this in a way that’s highly sophisticated yet still digestible for people like me. Thank you. ♥️🎹🎶
The resolution was the most "Mozartesque" part imo. It was well established and more directional compared to the other parts, which sounded a little like a compilation of Mozart techniques but lacked the "hand of God" which I think only him can truly possess. Yes I'm a Mozart fan boy :P Amazing deconstruction of his style. Thank you! Will definitely watch other videos!
I think you nailed the characterization of Mozart, it really felt like something he would write, but I would've loved to hear more repetition, it felt like the music was developing a little quickly and it was difficult to keep up. Wonderful video!!!
One of the best videos about classic music. Since you asked for suggestions: Change the first few notes, they don’t necessary have to be exactly like “happy birthday”. In beginning they are identical and in the rest there only there is inner similarity. The non-initial part is nicer than the first few notes copied from HBD (although HBD is considered catchy). Change slightly the timing of the first notes so that they are seamless with the rest. I think even HBD on its own can be played with slightly different timing and rhythm and still sound like HBD. The one chosen here for the first 4 notes is the most plan one. IMO, keep the part that you wrote, they are awesome, and turn the 4 initial notes (timing) to match the awesomeness of the rest of the notes.
This is a PhD like dissertation! Amazing and well explained. I am not an expert player, yet I think my ears is good enough to recognize music and styles. You showed how to transform a known music to mozart style.
Wow! That was amazing! I totally picked except number 3, LOL. I thought your rendition was spot-on! I had no idea Mozart used Alberti Base so much; I'll have to listen for that more. One thing I've noticed about Mozart's music is that he was incredibly good at turning a simple chord and its inversions into outstanding melodies (for example, Ein Kleine Nachtmusik).
I’m new to her videos but I love the little text blurbs as she plays, that have both entertaining but also knowledgeable information of what she’s doing in terms of theory as she improvises. It’s helpful to see how the theory I know is getting used even as she’s just conjuring ideas, and of course as well in the final product
Nice breakdown. One thing: 11:32 Often in music from the classical period the number od bars in a phrase is divisible by 4 or 2. The first four phrases in this arrangement are 5 bars, which gives kind of an "uneven" feel to it. It is something composers of this era (esp. Haydn) sometimes did on purpose to achieve distinct effects, but if one tries to imitate Mozarts style with simple melody and form, they should rather use even phrase periods.
Regardless of our marital statuses, I can't stop loving you :-) You are the perfect rare mix of beauty and skill and your music touches me in ways I never knew.
Im so glad to find your channel, composer. Watching your videos before bed makes me feel nice and cozy. im just a classical guitarist but so in love with the piano...
This was great! I'm no Mozart expert, but perhaps one trope that might be harder to qualify is something like the antidote to the general playful flutteriness of everything, which would be "surprise sincerity". There's normally one moment of drama that breaches playful frivolity into a moment of true suspense and gravity. I think the tune of Happy Birthday is too simple as to basically preclude this possibility but i loved your final composition, and the great analysis!
Wow wow wow! What a brilliant video you have created. Theory was never my forte in college, but I really appreciate it and your analysis of Mozart's style. It is clear you love what you do and you are amazing at it. Keep up the wonderful content.
Omg I just assumed you already covered Mozart in this series. Love these birthday composer videos as a pianist who is woefully undereducated in terms of theory.
I guessed piece 3 was the real thing and possibly that the fugue was done as a young man as an exercise. The final piece had so much in it, performed expertly but yet explained with so much clarity. Brilliant musical education for sure.
This is brilliant. The last movement had more hints of later composers-perhaps Schubert?-than Mozart. It sounded a little more ruminative and Impressionistic than classical.
Randomly got recommended this, I don't know much about music theory but I find that almost all terms were easy to grasp with all the great examples!! I really enjoyed this video!!
Love this video and inspired by how you are able to analyze classical composers and non classical genres. I think a cool video would be on how you actually take a composer and analyze their distinct style across their body of work.
Wow as an accordion student there’s so much to learn here thank you would you ever do a series elaborating on all these concepts in this “how to sound like” series ?
Marvelous! I think you got very close and yet you have so very far to go. With Mozart you hear the free flow of perfect thought. Every time you said "Not quite there yet", was just the opposite of the essence of Mozart. This caused repercussions in the clockwork precision of your musical tensions, sequences and creative ideas. The meditative state of mind is perhaps the greatest challenge. I do not think AI will be able to achieve this level of competence unless it becomes sentient.
You've done a very good job! It's great how you don't just make general asumptions about how composers sound but you go into depth studying the key elements of their music.
Thank you for this wonderful mini-series explaining various techniques, styles, and methodologies that each composer was often noted for. As a lay person to music theory, it was fun watching you explain/teach the basic concepts.
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Insightful and very entertaining. The deeper I keep delving into Mozart's music, the more I keep finding. After I become more proficient in the first nine sonatas I'm playing now, I won't be satisfied until I'll be playing all 18 of them. They are all so fascinating.
This is brilliant. I would say the next step is to just forget Mozart and make the piece yours because the only thing missing is the spirit of the piece. That unique energy that holds it all together and takes us on an emotional journey. At his best Mozart can make you feel a deep sense of awe or beauty that can’t be explained with any logic. So the problem in this exercise is that, to succeed, you can’t just rely on logic. You have to feel your way from the deep core of your unique expression. If you did this next, it may not be perfectly Mozart but It would surely be perfectly beautiful. I think you are extremely talented and a very good teacher.
My ears were confused but pleased at the same time. Is all about the little details and I was really amazed with the analysis and the construction of the piece. Superb!
Great job! Maybe you could have included a ‘purple patch’, where Mozart does an extended mixture borrowing from the parallel minor, which then emerges back in the sunshine of the tonic key. But great work with a daunting topic!
Very beautiful video. I really enjoy your communication style and the conviction of your exploration and work through your effort at thorough understanding of fundamental principles in music. This one is going in my favorites.
I just play by ear,and chords,and I love popular music ,John Paul,George and Ringo,I started to listen on 78,s Have a full Studio for a Rock Trio,you are such an inspiration,absolutely amazing,great content that can used by every musician this why I love your channel
OK, I guessed excerpt 3, but even though it was not Mozart's it was quite Mozart like in that you seem to be able to absolutely nail that! I am totally impressed!!!
Excerpt number 3 seemed the most Mozartean so I correctly guessed that that one was yours. As always, you did an amazing job analyzing and mimicking all the techniques and tropes, though it sounded “too perfect” and that gave it away. Wonderful video, thanks! Really happy to see you continue this series.
Your forensic analysis and reconstruction of music reminds me of how I study buildings - I think you were super close (maybe more bassy thumps) and brilliantly done!! (I can't begin to analyse how you produce such captivating videos!?!)
wow im 28 actually learning violin 1 year, and 5 minutes in your video, you explain musical concepts really well for a noob like me! also i thought the 3rd excerpt was mozart and the 2nd BACH LOL
Nahre, your great attempt helps me in emphasing the Sonata Form importance in classical genre ! Thank you . Mozart would have used everything available APPROPRIATELY… where his genius at delicate contrasts differs from our attempts (without placing him on an impossibly high pedestal!). e.g. your point of dramatising (with Italian operatic nuances that he admired) Happy Birthday into an elaborate surprise gift IN SONATA FORM - say serenading the birthday 🎂 person with new piece played by ensemble (of servants all dressed up…busying in hubbub like at a market… with the enigmatic EASILY RECOGNISED signature of the same person … yet… at the crucial moment disaster struck … but the birthday girl 👧 could recognise the effort, the attempt and loved 🥰 every moment of it in happiness . In the way that UNITY IS ACHIEVED and our clumsy cobbling even the clever & beautiful contrasted with mishaps in his hands became a seamless tapestry even concerning where he was describing disaster …. yet celebrating the divine , (he was religious in a deep, funny yet touched by his genius way … “requiem” “memorising Allegri’s Miserere “…) loving 🥰 and forgiving FINAL OUTCOME ! again, thanks.
I don't know if it sounds like Mozart. I mean, it sounds exactly like Mozart, but I also think Clementi and Kuhlau sound like Mozart. It does bring me back to my piano lesson days, where I would sit and listen to piano recitals. In any case, it sounds like pure genius to me! You should sell the sheet music for that.
Your music reading is impressive. You know how to capture the emotions and symbolism of mozart's music and explain this with great ease and pedagogy. You are doing a remarkable work !
I think Wolfgang could take a month, or maybe a year, off with you covering! One conductor told us that Mozart is always either singing or dancing. To me, Mozart's magic is how he makes a simple phrase that just sticks to your mind..
Genius move using the star spangled banner and showing the reveal. Drawing in anyone interested in styles using something recognizable in a not recognizable way.
It is pure joy to watch you work and explain your thought-process and understanding behind what gave every composer their signature sound. The recreation of that sound using the reverse engineering process you just explained that follows is gold. Your channel is one of the most insightful channels here on UA-cam and I myself have personally grown quite a bit as a composer myself because of your content. Please keep doing what you do. Thank you very much
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Oh my gosh you finally did it! Thank you Nahre! I've been wanting to see you delve into Mozart's composing style. It really helps me as a pianist learning how to compose. This video was really informative, so again, thank you very much! ^^
Thank you so much for this series. I've been pretty good at being able to recognize various composers and styles but not *why* they sound like them. This has been really educational and has given me words for what I am hearing.
Not only a very skikful pianist but a complete musician, open-minded, curious, intelligent and creative. Best regards 🙏
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She's quite beautiful, too
i think your videos contribute a lot to classical musicians starting to improvise again.
Hopefully…!
Was Motzart historically in some ways a classical “jazz” musician that wrote some of those impromptu compositions on paper? Basically having a type of arpeggio pattern bank that was accessed “on the fly” with the right hand while playing a chord bass on the left?
@@NahreSol You have certainly inspired my playing. Classical background here thinking like I'm "playing on the corners" improvising this way.
@@THE_ONLY_GOD Mozart was a known improviser. In fact, in the concerto form he developed, he included a section towards the end of movements called cadenzas. Most soloists today perform pre-composed cadenzas but back in Mozart's time soloists were expected to improvise.
@@hoot2416 Ah, so basically Motzart is historically credited with inventing jazz. Can add that to the list.
beautifully done, as usual! You fooled me in the opening test and I thought the only genuine Mozart piece was number 3, which You wrote!! Proves you got it right 110%.
I also eliminated number 2 for exactly the reason you said-it sounded "too baroque" for Mozart😁
Thank you!! Yes - when I first heard that fugue I thought the same…
I, on the other hand, thought "it's going to be the one that DOESN'T sound like Mozart" so I guessed correctly
I concur with your comment!
Me too. I thought it was 3.
Exactly 👌
The last movement of his Jupiter symphony is one of his most impressive works contrapuntally
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Yes, but the most impressive part is mostly the coda. The 40th is my favourite
Contrapuntally*
@@henrykwieniawski7233 Thank you I knew I spelled it wrong lol
@@laurenth7187 the 40th is my favorite of his, also.
Brilliant composition and analysis! I especially appreciate the 'maybe' moments because it really brings detail to the thought process of this insightful composition rather than just the result.
Thank you!!!
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The transformative power you show in such a short composition is incredible
Thank you so much!
Repent and trust in Jesus. He's the only way to Heaven. We've all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins like lying, lusting, etc. Repent and trust only in Jesus, and you will be saved! You can be saved because he took the punishment for our sins on himself when he died on the cross, just like someone can pay your speeding fine in court, and you get off free.
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John 3:16❤😊❤
(Totally disregarding age) I feel like a middle-schooler trying to take a college-level course. Yet, I absolutely love this analysis, presentation, and the “drinking from a firehose” music theory. And, of course, I adore Mozart’s music as well. Dear Professor, you have beginners in your audience who are learning by immersion. These videos are thrilling! (I will not confess how many times I paused and/or backed up the video to take notes). I wish I had learned this language earlier in life. You are a wonderful instructor. Thank you! Also, for being kindergarten literate in music, I recognized immediately that the second piece was the original Mozart…perhaps because I have listened to Mozart so much.
1:27 HAHA Gould is such a nutter!! what a ledge :DDD
Having seen most of, if not all, of you're "How To Sound like" Series I enjoyed this one the most!
The way you show your process in a very articulate yet fun way is very entertaining and helpful at the same time, I'm excited to see what you'll create next :)
Thank you so much!!
Super informative, really to the point.
…And Happy birthday to you too 🎉
Thank you!!
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For an uneducated fan of classical music this is like one of those Bob Ross videos where he starts painting and then suddenly magic happens and you see the final outcome and it inspires you to create something, great work!
It also will lead the viewer down many wrong paths.
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@@TehKaiser Viewers fault ngl.
It's so amazing how insightful these kind of videos are. Really interesting how the composers thought about writing music.
Keep up the great work Nahre! 😁
Many thank you’s!
Agreed! So clever and really love this one.
12:37 especially reminds me of the recapitulation in the first movement of his Sonata No. 8. If I tried this I would've included more lengthy/sparkly runs, but regardless the composition is amazing!!
Thank you! Great note!
I'm an engineer, I play a little guitar, I don't play piano. Through your videos I've been learning and understanding much about piano, and music in general. It helps me a great deal in appreciating music. Thanks a lot.
12:36 I love the harmony. I want to play or compose something that brings out this harmony.
I swear, the composer imitaiton series never fails to impress how close they get to the sound of the original composer
It's pretty usual harmonic sequence, especially common in baroque music but you can definitely still find it quite often in classical music
That was very insightful! I've always been a fan of your arrangements (I love the Liszt and Bach ones). But since this series is about getting each composer's various trademark styles (or clichės?), in this case, 1st movements of Mozart sonatas, I do have a few things in mind about this particular one, and do correct me if I get some things wrong (and please pardon my English):
1. For second themes, Mozart very often goes to the dominant key for sonatas written in major, and the relative major for sonatas written in minor. The relative minor 2nd theme sounded like a different composer, like an early Beethoven or maybe Haydn.
2. Mozart's textures are usually very thin and transparent. His melodies are normally very straightforward except for transitions between themes where the scales or arpeggios are usually found, unless if the theme is based upon scales or arpeggios. Those are not normally sprinkled around it.
3. Mozart often has symmetrical phrasing of 4 or 8 bars per melody. When he deviates from that, like 3, 5 or 6 bar phrases, it's usually very intentional, and those intentions are usually very clear that they almost never sound jarring.
4. He usually has very clear cadential endings. Themes almost always close off neatly, with exposition endings almost sounding like the actual end of the piece.
Your Mozartian Star Sprangled Banner at the 3 excerpts game was a lot closer to Mozart than the end product for Happy Birthday that it actually fooled me lol.
You are the unique piano player as far as I know. No one able to compose music in such brilliant manner in different styles as you do. I believe you could compose your own music. Best wishes from Almaty, Kazakhstan!
Wowie wow wow.
Watching you talk about character in his pieces really helps me understand how to approach playing his music with better interpretations, thanks!
I am not very musically savvy but I am very fond of classical and your videos are incredible. Thanks for sharing and taking the time to put these together.
I, too, tho't the 3rd arrangement was Mozart! This video is really capital! I enjoyed watching what you've done; it's evident how much you've accomplished--I'm happy for you. How cool to be able to think in music language like you do! You have my admiration!
ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING!
Talk about making something almost infinitely complex look so effortless!! To have taken the trouble to analyse the originals and get the essence of what makes Mozart, Mozart, must have been a significant undertaking - but then we were treated to all the interim trial and error attempts which were every bit as interesting as the final product - and all characterised with the little friendly captions as much to demonstrate Nahre's own stream of conscience as to guide us!😄👍.
I loved how the notion of the call and response was related to opera - I've been playing those sonatas for 30 years as very much an amateur and I guess all that time busy trying to achieve perfect evenness and legato, has meant the notion of the "two voices" has never struck me! Not that I feel a lummox now - ANYONE'S going to against Nahre's talent 😄
Most of all though, I loved that it is possible to be presented very, very sophisticated material in such a highly consumable and enjoyable way yet which is not dumbed down.
Truly high quality content, I am delighted to have discovered this channel!
PS, to the three "test" pieces asking which were Mozart, my answers were no, not sure and no😏
These videos are soooo well made and I love everything about the style of your content, not to mention your piano playing and composition that makes these videos as wonderful as they are!!
You did great with this, seriously...I even thought your 3rd example in the Mozart game was Mozart, it just has that character, loved the video!
I admire your knowledge, talent, technical ability, and enthusiasm so much. Very inspiring.
I’m not at all on this level. I thought you nailed it, so much so that it blew my mind because first of all, I never thought an arrangement of Happy Birthday could nearly bring me to tears, and second of all, if someone played me that and said it was a Mozart arrangement, I would believe it without question.
What was missing was a big white wig😂. This was incredible to watch. Such musicality. Deep, difficult ideas, presented as playful as Amadeus played the piano. This was heartreaking. Wish my father could have seen this. Much love from Belgium!
your videos have such a high quality youre my favorite piano channel even if i personally dont know that much about classical music and piano stuff
12:41 I love this so much I started playing this down and down and again
You are such an inspiration, beautiful video as always! It's really such a shame that classical music teachers don't encourage this kind of composition/improvisation. Or maybe they do now, mine certainly didn't, but luckily your videos are truly so inspiring in this sense!
Thank you!!
I'm a Mozart junkie, and you definitely captured his spirit!
I thought Excerpt 3 was Mozart. Excerpt 2 did not feel as playfull as Mozart's pieces usually do, but hearing it was written for organ, it does make more sense to me. Always a delight to listen to your playing Nahre!
You have one of the best musical education channel (at least composition-wise) keep the good work, thank you.
What a charming idea and a charming presenter. Goes right into the "Wish I Did That" file!
The 9-8 suspension section transports me back to my youth, discovering Mozart's music and wanting to learn more about classical composition. I love your videos and especially this series. Thanks!
Patting myself on the shoulder for picking out the real Mozart 😌 The middle one had a delicate and real narrative to it to my ear.
I barely know any music theory, nor am I classically trained, but you presented this in a way that’s highly sophisticated yet still digestible for people like me. Thank you. ♥️🎹🎶
Nahre: *Plays absolutely beautiful lines*
Also Nahre: NOT QUITE!
The resolution was the most "Mozartesque" part imo. It was well established and more directional compared to the other parts, which sounded a little like a compilation of Mozart techniques but lacked the "hand of God" which I think only him can truly possess. Yes I'm a Mozart fan boy :P Amazing deconstruction of his style. Thank you! Will definitely watch other videos!
I think you nailed the characterization of Mozart, it really felt like something he would write, but I would've loved to hear more repetition, it felt like the music was developing a little quickly and it was difficult to keep up. Wonderful video!!!
One of the best videos about classic music. Since you asked for suggestions: Change the first few notes, they don’t necessary have to be exactly like “happy birthday”. In beginning they are identical and in the rest there only there is inner similarity. The non-initial part is nicer than the first few notes copied from HBD (although HBD is considered catchy). Change slightly the timing of the first notes so that they are seamless with the rest. I think even HBD on its own can be played with slightly different timing and rhythm and still sound like HBD. The one chosen here for the first 4 notes is the most plan one. IMO, keep the part that you wrote, they are awesome, and turn the 4 initial notes (timing) to match the awesomeness of the rest of the notes.
This is a PhD like dissertation!
Amazing and well explained.
I am not an expert player, yet I think my ears is good enough to recognize music and styles. You showed how to transform a known music to mozart style.
Same here. In my mind, Mozart's music sounds symmetrical and clean.
Oh and your final composition is just lovely.. Very well done! I’m not a huge fan of the classical era, but that one really made me smile.
Wow! That was amazing! I totally picked except number 3, LOL. I thought your rendition was spot-on! I had no idea Mozart used Alberti Base so much; I'll have to listen for that more.
One thing I've noticed about Mozart's music is that he was incredibly good at turning a simple chord and its inversions into outstanding melodies (for example, Ein Kleine Nachtmusik).
I’m new to her videos but I love the little text blurbs as she plays, that have both entertaining but also knowledgeable information of what she’s doing in terms of theory as she improvises. It’s helpful to see how the theory I know is getting used even as she’s just conjuring ideas, and of course as well in the final product
I started crying in the middle of the development section. Form is such a beautiful thing 😭😭😭
Nice breakdown. One thing: 11:32 Often in music from the classical period the number od bars in a phrase is divisible by 4 or 2. The first four phrases in this arrangement are 5 bars, which gives kind of an "uneven" feel to it. It is something composers of this era (esp. Haydn) sometimes did on purpose to achieve distinct effects, but if one tries to imitate Mozarts style with simple melody and form, they should rather use even phrase periods.
Not quite right, mozart tends to be very irregular in his early piano sonatas, having periods, of 2, 3 etc...
@@PabloGambaccini Yeah, but in my opinion the beginning felt a little off, and I thought the 5 bar phrase definitly had sth to do with it
when you say "not quite", I just imagine Mozart from the movie going like "This doesn't really work, does it?"
Loved the video!
Regardless of our marital statuses, I can't stop loving you :-) You are the perfect rare mix of beauty and skill and your music touches me in ways I never knew.
Im so glad to find your channel, composer. Watching your videos before bed makes me feel nice and cozy. im just a classical guitarist but so in love with the piano...
Honestly been waiting for this!
This was great! I'm no Mozart expert, but perhaps one trope that might be harder to qualify is something like the antidote to the general playful flutteriness of everything, which would be "surprise sincerity". There's normally one moment of drama that breaches playful frivolity into a moment of true suspense and gravity. I think the tune of Happy Birthday is too simple as to basically preclude this possibility but i loved your final composition, and the great analysis!
Wow wow wow! What a brilliant video you have created. Theory was never my forte in college, but I really appreciate it and your analysis of Mozart's style. It is clear you love what you do and you are amazing at it. Keep up the wonderful content.
Omg I just assumed you already covered Mozart in this series. Love these birthday composer videos as a pianist who is woefully undereducated in terms of theory.
I almost assumed I already covered him too 😅
I guessed piece 3 was the real thing and possibly that the fugue was done as a young man as an exercise.
The final piece had so much in it, performed expertly but yet explained with so much clarity. Brilliant musical education for sure.
This is brilliant. The last movement had more hints of later composers-perhaps Schubert?-than Mozart. It sounded a little more ruminative and Impressionistic than classical.
Thank you!
I agree!! 🎉
Schubert is gonna be a challenging one. He's too good to reverse engineer. But I'd be amazed to see it done.
Randomly got recommended this, I don't know much about music theory but I find that almost all terms were easy to grasp with all the great examples!! I really enjoyed this video!!
Love this video and inspired by how you are able to analyze classical composers and non classical genres. I think a cool video would be on how you actually take a composer and analyze their distinct style across their body of work.
I love Mozart's compositions. I'm a Piano Teacher myself in a Music Institute.❤ i enjoy your playing.
Wow as an accordion student there’s so much to learn here thank you would you ever do a series elaborating on all these concepts in this “how to sound like” series ?
Exciting music class! Fascinating! I can prove it: 55 years after my last music class I can't stop watching this.
Henle Verlag is the coolest sponsor I've ever seen on UA-cam lol what a flex
Amazing video as usual!
Marvelous! I think you got very close and yet you have so very far to go. With Mozart you hear the free flow of perfect thought. Every time you said "Not quite there yet", was just the opposite of the essence of Mozart. This caused repercussions in the clockwork precision of your musical tensions, sequences and creative ideas. The meditative state of mind is perhaps the greatest challenge. I do not think AI will be able to achieve this level of competence unless it becomes sentient.
You've done a very good job! It's great how you don't just make general asumptions about how composers sound but you go into depth studying the key elements of their music.
I love the theme and variations in A major, it's one of my favorite pieces of all time.
Thank you for this wonderful mini-series explaining various techniques, styles, and methodologies that each composer was often noted for. As a lay person to music theory, it was fun watching you explain/teach the basic concepts.
Finally, a relevant sponsor! Indeed, a well produced physical music score is a real joy to use and keep forever.
Thank you!! Yes, Henle is great, I’m very happy to work with them.
Insightful and very entertaining. The deeper I keep delving into Mozart's music, the more I keep finding. After I become more proficient in the first nine sonatas I'm playing now, I won't be satisfied until I'll be playing all 18 of them. They are all so fascinating.
This is brilliant. I would say the next step is to just forget Mozart and make the piece yours because the only thing missing is the spirit of the piece. That unique energy that holds it all together and takes us on an emotional journey. At his best Mozart can make you feel a deep sense of awe or beauty that can’t be explained with any logic. So the problem in this exercise is that, to succeed, you can’t just rely on logic. You have to feel your way from the deep core of your unique expression. If you did this next, it may not be perfectly Mozart but It would surely be perfectly beautiful. I think you are extremely talented and a very good teacher.
My ears were confused but pleased at the same time. Is all about the little details and I was really amazed with the analysis and the construction of the piece. Superb!
Whom the Gods Love or Wen die Götter lieben - 1942 .. I dare say.. it's the best film about Mozart. very worth seeing. You are beautiful, Nahre
I mainly only like the joyful and delightful Motzart music, by the way, and those parts of that composition seem generally spot on! Bravo on those!
I love watching your videos. What a gift you possess.
This was one of my requests!
Thanks Nahre Sol!
Thank you back! Yes… finally…after many requests 😅
Great job! Maybe you could have included a ‘purple patch’, where Mozart does an extended mixture borrowing from the parallel minor, which then emerges back in the sunshine of the tonic key. But great work with a daunting topic!
I love the video, really interesting. Henle verlag created a tradition of scores and urtext music. Congratulations for the sponsor!!
Very beautiful video. I really enjoy your communication style and the conviction of your exploration and work through your effort at thorough understanding of fundamental principles in music. This one is going in my favorites.
I just play by ear,and chords,and I love popular music ,John Paul,George and Ringo,I started to listen on 78,s Have a full Studio for a Rock Trio,you are such an inspiration,absolutely amazing,great content that can used by every musician this why I love your channel
it's been a gripping 13 minutes journey. thank you!
The annotations on video are so interesting, rich and informative.
“Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me a chance to do my best. ”
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i got the number 2 but i didnt catch the star spangled banner on your piece. well done, Nahre! blew me away. thank you for your videos
I love this series! It's fascinating how you manage to capture the essence of all the composers.
OK, I guessed excerpt 3, but even though it was not Mozart's it was quite Mozart like in that you seem to be able to absolutely nail that!
I am totally impressed!!!
This was marvellous! 🎶
Excerpt number 3 seemed the most Mozartean so I correctly guessed that that one was yours. As always, you did an amazing job analyzing and mimicking all the techniques and tropes, though it sounded “too perfect” and that gave it away. Wonderful video, thanks! Really happy to see you continue this series.
Your forensic analysis and reconstruction of music reminds me of how I study buildings - I think you were super close (maybe more bassy thumps) and brilliantly done!! (I can't begin to analyse how you produce such captivating videos!?!)
Thank you..!!!
wow im 28 actually learning violin 1 year, and 5 minutes in your video, you explain musical concepts really well for a noob like me! also i thought the 3rd excerpt was mozart and the 2nd BACH LOL
Nahre, your great attempt helps me in emphasing the Sonata Form importance in classical genre ! Thank you . Mozart would have used everything available APPROPRIATELY… where his genius at delicate contrasts differs from our attempts (without placing him on an impossibly high pedestal!). e.g. your point of dramatising (with Italian operatic nuances that he admired) Happy Birthday into an elaborate surprise gift IN SONATA FORM - say serenading the birthday 🎂 person with new piece played by ensemble (of servants all dressed up…busying in hubbub like at a market… with the enigmatic EASILY RECOGNISED signature of the same person … yet… at the crucial moment disaster struck … but the birthday girl 👧 could recognise the effort, the attempt and loved 🥰 every moment of it in happiness . In the way that UNITY IS ACHIEVED and our clumsy cobbling even the clever & beautiful contrasted with mishaps in his hands became a seamless tapestry even concerning where he was describing disaster …. yet celebrating the divine , (he was religious in a deep, funny yet touched by his genius way … “requiem” “memorising Allegri’s Miserere “…) loving 🥰 and forgiving FINAL OUTCOME ! again, thanks.
I don't know if it sounds like Mozart. I mean, it sounds exactly like Mozart, but I also think Clementi and Kuhlau sound like Mozart. It does bring me back to my piano lesson days, where I would sit and listen to piano recitals. In any case, it sounds like pure genius to me! You should sell the sheet music for that.
There's a difference between conforming to the classical style and Mozart's particular "flow". The flow matters more than the conforming to style.
Your music reading is impressive.
You know how to capture the emotions and symbolism of mozart's music and explain this with great ease and pedagogy.
You are doing a remarkable work !
I think Wolfgang could take a month, or maybe a year, off with you covering! One conductor told us that Mozart is always either singing or dancing. To me, Mozart's magic is how he makes a simple phrase that just sticks to your mind..
100%. I would say no one wrote as many memorable melodies.
i like that dialog interpretation at the end
Genius move using the star spangled banner and showing the reveal. Drawing in anyone interested in styles using something recognizable in a not recognizable way.
It is pure joy to watch you work and explain your thought-process and understanding behind what gave every composer their signature sound. The recreation of that sound using the reverse engineering process you just explained that follows is gold. Your channel is one of the most insightful channels here on UA-cam and I myself have personally grown quite a bit as a composer myself because of your content. Please keep doing what you do. Thank you very much
Thank you so much…!!
Why you call it arrangements, you are so humble, it is composition, variations, Thank you so much for these techniques
I love your different characterizations of Mozart's music! Beautiful composition and so much information to absorb. Thank you!
Wunderbar. Leider musste ich aufhören mit meinem Klavierspiel, da ich in eine Mietwohnung gezogen bin, wo ich die anderen Menschen nur gestört hätte! 🎶🎼🌻🙋♀️
Oh my gosh you finally did it! Thank you Nahre! I've been wanting to see you delve into Mozart's composing style. It really helps me as a pianist learning how to compose. This video was really informative, so again, thank you very much! ^^
Been waiting for this!!
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Thank you so much for this series. I've been pretty good at being able to recognize various composers and styles but not *why* they sound like them. This has been really educational and has given me words for what I am hearing.
Amazing Video Nahre, Nice to meet you! I Will buy your next book soon (Intermediate/Advanced Piano Exercises