I've been enjoying the recent Debussy series; great to hear a bit of Ravel too! I'd not come across this Prelude before. Astounds me how he can pack so much colour into so few notes - stunning music!
I think his secret is his painting background. Uses his fingers on the piano like his hands with paintbrush. As opposed to others who play like a robot, just going through the motions. I could be wrong tho lol
Antepollón Z Difficult to explain. It’s sort of audio-visual but it’s really just a metaphor used to describe the combination of harmony and timbre to add more to a piece than a simple melody and bass line.
Marius Walther Hence why I said “sort of audio visual “ but “mostly” a metaphor. Because not everyone has synthesia and processes sounds as actual colours. I certainly don’t.
Marius Walther To people who don’t possess synthesia then it may as well be. If it was so obvious then no one would have to ask. Calm down it isn’t that serious and no one is impressed. I gave a fair explanation that makes sense to people who don’t possess synthesia and you just googled it. Have a good one.
As a beginner to sight-reading this is a great piece to use - until I realised I was playing half of it wrong. Fixed it all now though and this is truly one of Ravel’s finest pieces for piano.
It was written as a sight-reading piece with quarter note = 60 (as per instructions), but played back at around 1.75 times faster, it makes more sense.
Thank you for this Paul, your videos are truly such an inspiration and always a welcome treat and with this performance - you’ve truly captured something special. Thank you again! Peace
Like every other piano student and fan I have a request. Sometime could you perform Ravel’s Minuet in C# minor with the slow and copy hands techniques used in your Kind of Blue video? (My very high praise for that piece as well!) A big request I know but the minuet continues to confound me in my teacherless pandemic lockdown.
Besides (and nothing creepy intended!) I like to watch your hands. The motions are clear, precise, reassuring, and confidence building. Hey, to my surprise and pleasure I can play your arrangement of Kind of Blue! Thank you for your fine video performances. All the best.
Started playing the piano seriously a bit less than a year ago. Really good piece to improve on various skills I find, my non-finished version definitely sounds a lot less fluid but still surprised that I could play in a so decent manner ! Kinda scary at first though, especially the cross-handed part in the middle
Indeed! I was working on it and put it on hold when I got to that part :). Recently made some good progress and it seems a lot less daunting. Very exciting!
And I just glanced up at the comments entered by Paul Barton and see that posting something less technically difficult was part of the criteria for choosing this piece. I guess the lesson is, look before you type.
I think my piano is broken because when i play this it doesnt sound like that Edit: the B at 1:16 isnt tied... I've been playing this piece for like 2 months and always held that B because I though it was tied...
Really, the only thing that makes this piece sound like its in A minor is the beginning (only somewhat), and the end... Its pretty vague with the whole A minor deal. Ravel would def. agree with this...
Jonathan Pontel It’s Ravel so it certainly isn’t going to be completely tonal. Like most impressionists and 20th century composers his understanding of harmony and timbre was very different.
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I've been enjoying the recent Debussy series; great to hear a bit of Ravel too! I'd not come across this Prelude before. Astounds me how he can pack so much colour into so few notes - stunning music!
I think his secret is his painting background. Uses his fingers on the piano like his hands with paintbrush. As opposed to others who play like a robot, just going through the motions. I could be wrong tho lol
What is color in music? What is the synesthesical meaning?
Antepollón Z Difficult to explain. It’s sort of audio-visual but it’s really just a metaphor used to describe the combination of harmony and timbre to add more to a piece than a simple melody and bass line.
Marius Walther Hence why I said “sort of audio visual “ but “mostly” a metaphor. Because not everyone has synthesia and processes sounds as actual colours. I certainly don’t.
Marius Walther To people who don’t possess synthesia then it may as well be. If it was so obvious then no one would have to ask. Calm down it isn’t that serious and no one is impressed. I gave a fair explanation that makes sense to people who don’t possess synthesia and you just googled it. Have a good one.
As a beginner to sight-reading this is a great piece to use - until I realised I was playing half of it wrong. Fixed it all now though and this is truly one of Ravel’s finest pieces for piano.
Ravel did create this piece for a sight read test
Ravel wrote this for a sight-reading competition. Let that sink in
:O
i mean, it looks difficult to sight read but not impossible
@@aaronjuntilla6996 you should try playing it
@@kylem7127 i'm not trying to degrade it and say that this this is easy but i just thought that it didn't look impossible to sight read
The funny thing is, ravel wasn’t actually that good of a pianist. I mean it was well known that he was nowhere near as good a pianist as composer
To this day, I still have no idea how you convey so much emotion when you play. It looks so natural and elegant, and comes across as such.
Phrasing choice
@@sarahkraus8247thank you for this.
That final chord is so cold! Makes me need a blanket.
What a beautiful thing to wake up with
Yaay! I love Ravel so much and your recordings are so wonderful that I'd love to hear more from you!
It was written as a sight-reading piece with quarter note = 60 (as per instructions), but played back at around 1.75 times faster, it makes more sense.
Beautifully played. You have brought so much warmth and peace to so many through your incredible performance.
Stumbled by mistake on this video. really amazing!
What a treat. And that ending!
Man... I really love your playing. I just wanted to thank you for uploading this kind of videos. Cheers from Argentina!
wow this is amazing. so light and simple
thank you for sharing this, it is a easy way to approach the talent of this composer
Thank you for this Paul, your videos are truly such an inspiration and always a welcome treat and with this performance - you’ve truly captured something special. Thank you again! Peace
Beautiful as always. Thank you.
Thank you. Beautifully played! It's so nice to see an easier piece by Ravel😊
Timing is so tricky when trying to make it sound fluid!
Beautiful! I might have to give this one a try!
c'est magnifique !
Beautiful!!!
My god, I have never heard this.
Beautiful
This is stunning! And a goal for me.
Like every other piano student and fan I have a request. Sometime could you perform Ravel’s Minuet in C# minor with the slow and copy hands techniques used in your Kind of Blue video? (My very high praise for that piece as well!) A big request I know but the minuet continues to confound me in my teacherless pandemic lockdown.
Besides (and nothing creepy intended!) I like to watch your hands. The motions are clear, precise, reassuring, and confidence building. Hey, to my surprise and pleasure I can play your arrangement of Kind of Blue!
Thank you for your fine video performances. All the best.
Started playing the piano seriously a bit less than a year ago.
Really good piece to improve on various skills I find, my non-finished version definitely sounds a lot less fluid but still surprised that I could play in a so decent manner !
Kinda scary at first though, especially the cross-handed part in the middle
Indeed! I was working on it and put it on hold when I got to that part :). Recently made some good progress and it seems a lot less daunting. Very exciting!
It’s easier if you just don’t play it cross handed
@@imlafonz8047 But where's the fun in that?
What a nice short piece!
Great interpretation!! very beautifull version
Really a little gem
lovely !
A wonderfully understated but nevertheless stunning performance. Thank you!
Genius.
Lindíssimo, bravo
Love it so much. Hope to learn it someday when my reading and playing gets there
Wonderful
This is perhaps a direct stepping stone for Debussy's Reverie.
Unlike a lot of Ravel's piano music, that doesn't look too difficult. Sounds great though.
And I just glanced up at the comments entered by Paul Barton and see that posting something less technically difficult was part of the criteria for choosing this piece. I guess the lesson is, look before you type.
@RodericSpode you're fine
It’s hard to believe this was written by the same guy who wrote Mirors.
I think my piano is broken because when i play this it doesnt sound like that
Edit: the B at 1:16 isnt tied... I've been playing this piece for like 2 months and always held that B because I though it was tied...
Thanks
1:06
At 1:01 it looks as though you're playing F G with your left hand, but it sounds like you're playing G Ab... I'm so confused
If u look closely he plays G and Ab not F and G
@@leviathanyt4399 He plays F, G and Ab; you can hear a G when he plays the F, and Ab when he plays the G, and there's no sound when he plays the Ab.
Eargasm
ok
You use the pedal in the entire song?
Well now you know who the writers of the final fantasy sound track were listening to
You can really hear early elements of jazz/blues in this piece
SeekerOfTruths Jazz comes from impression music like a evolution
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAVEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
美しい
I don't know what this is but that was great.
you don't know ravel ?
@@Jotmful i don't, but now i will check out his other stuff
@@danzwku Enjoy !
Daniel Ku What I would give to be in your position.
@@TomCL-vb6xc any recommendations? i have no idea
This is so Bill Evans
Wtf are u deaf?
This piece evocates me a beginning love affair that stumbles down in a slow but abrupt way and aborts, disappearing in the whitish shades of time.
Le roi cloche dans la nuit.
need this sorry lmao 0:37
Give us some Mihaud.
Sounds more like E minor to me
Really, the only thing that makes this piece sound like its in A minor is the beginning (only somewhat), and the end...
Its pretty vague with the whole A minor deal. Ravel would def. agree with this...
Does no one feel bossa nova style here? 😀 this sounds like Brazilian music
Ravel's music have something away from Jazz piano!
It seems easy to play, at the first sight. It is not
I don't like it. I don't know why. It doesn't mean it's bad, but I just don't really get it? maybe?
helostcontroll I totally understand that, sometimes it takes a few listens and the right mood to really feel and understand a piece
I agree.. and I'm a professional pianist lol so I feel you
this one got me as soon as the left hand came in
Jonathan Pontel It’s Ravel so it certainly isn’t going to be completely tonal. Like most impressionists and 20th century composers his understanding of harmony and timbre was very different.
Yeah some of ravel just doesn't sit with me right, but others are beautiful
First
My new fav
Beautiful!