I imagine that a lot of people hearing Rhapsody in Blue all the way through for the first time would be surprised to learn that several pieces they recognize from movies, TV shows, etc., all in fact happen to be from the same piece.
It surprising common that is for many ballads and older pieces of music. In a different realm its like Tchaikovsky whose prolific library is found all over the place with no association to the original composer.
The best part is that this isn't just a novelty, these instruments actually capture the feeling of this piece well; for example, the up-and-down chords at 1:34 sound like a train, which is _exactly_ what Gershwin intended.
@@asukalangleysoryu6695 it's a pocket trumpet, those sounds horrible, also his embouchure really gives it away. I don't think you need to play trumpet to realize that
Evan Romito his embouchure is good and all his fingering is correct, and with a Harmon mute you really can’t tell the difference in tone between pocket and regular trumpets
The really amazing thing is that they stripped a piece designed to be performed by a full symphony orchestra and a damn talented solo pianist down to two melodicas with a brief trumpet piece...and I don’t feel that it lacks for anything!
I don't have one so I don't know, but it looks like he is manipulating the pitch with his mouth like he's whistling. I know you can do it with an harmonica-maybe it's the same?
Obviously not the whole piece, but from 5:07 to the end at least the guy on the left is. At 5:13 ish you can see his cheeks puff out with him still sustaining that note, which is indicative of circular breathing.
Austin Lan I think you're right. Ever try sustaining a big chord like that for that long on a melodica? I have and it takes loads of air. I'd guess the guy on the left doesnt have big enough lungs to do that without circular breathing
It doesn't take a lot of air to sound a melodica but at the same time there isn't much back pressure so you can get very soft sounds very easy and hold louder sounds for really long. Also, no air flows through the instrument if there aren't any keys pressed, so they get a lot of chances to breathe. They can take a tiny breath between staccato notes if they want.
Exactly what I was going to say. The phrasing is incredibly long throughout, especially with the larger chords. I bought a melodic a a few months ago, and even a regular triad is difficult to sustain for more than a few seconds. They go through several bars unphased.
What does that mean for those who are not into inner-city slang? I learned the the Queens English and do not understand the word homies, and I do not mean that as a racist blur. I am just curios, peace out LOL.
Kjelly Lund homies basically means friend and it is more commonly used among black people but it’s not a racial slur or anything like that. Frankly, it’s common enough here that I’m actually a little surprised you don’t know it. We really are “two countries separated by a common language” 😂
Wow, you guys have created a new form of performance art/music in this internet era. Such musicianship and skillful tailoring of music would attract both seasoned and casual listeners.
I agree and if this is how classical music and other styles that are less popular with the youth can live on on the internet, then I could definitely live with that
Love this. Starts out looking comedic but quickly this turns into a serious performance. Fun, of course, exactly as intended by Gerschwin. I bet he would have loved it!
To me either. But I dont really know how he did this. Maybe by blowing so much air in the melodica? (Cause it seems like he has to work a lot.) I would try it myself but evryone around me is sleeping so Ill better wait😁
I first heard Gershwin`s Rhapsody in Blue in Disney`s Fantasia 2000 (where they animated it, still the image that I think when I hear this piece), then it blew my mind that it can be arranged for other instruments when it was played in Nodame Cantabile, then finally I come here, where they played it all on two melodicas. If Gershwin was still alive today, he would have been proud that his music is now everywhere and is being brought to new heights by the creativeness of musicians everywhere.
Hate to say it, but this is the best rendition of this piece I've ever heard. You guys have sense of jazz rhythm and blue notes that rarely make their way into performances of this piece.
I was going to say the same - the best interpretation I ever heard. Then I was not sure am I having a knowledge to say so, and then I see your comment. The best .
As someone very familiar with the original, this was incredibly well done guys! The artistic liberties you took, and the shortened portions, were all good calls and were almost never distracting. Love what you're doing. :)
Came here because Cateen excitedly told his fans to watch your incredible playing, esp at the very beginning( originally for clarinet), what great technique. Awesome 🔥
Wait what. A glissando on a melodica? Yeah. I guess it's a similar technique to the clarinet glissando in the original? I didn't know that was possible on a melodica.
Hah hah, same... and the vibrato? Or better yet the de-tuned notes like you can do on a harmonica. I didn't think that would be even possible on the melodica.😮👍
This made me realize how lucky and blessed Iam to be alive, to get do discover such a beauty, such display of joy and passion, art and talent. I was going thru some dark times, this made me feel happy and alive for the first time in a while in depths I can not explain to you. Bless you guys. From a very grateful and happy guy in Mexico.
I love your channel. Pls keep on doing these videos. They show me in a wonderful way whats possible with my melodica. I even bought a melodica now after watching your videos for quite a while :D
I inherited my husband's 40+ year old melodica and I think these guys are great. I play several keyboard instruments besides the melodica including accordion plus I played oboe in many bands and orchestras (my favorite instrument). What these guys do with several melodicas and the occasional pop gun is genius! Bravo!
Maurice Ravel it's a bit of shame that someone with such great name has to discover such great music through an odd television series, but anyway good to see it gets people into classical music
DAMN!! That was your best one yet. I've played "Rhapsody" on the piano for years, and it's my favorite piece. You guys totally rocked it. I just ordered my melodica from you guys, and it's being shipped. Can't wait!
Your version was beautiful. I play saxophone and clarinet and flute and recorder and violin. Still, I wish I could play piano. Such a beautiful instrument.
Iv watched this a few times now, on my own, and I clap at the end everytime without noticing. Such a rich layered sound, I absolutley love the original piece of music and I think you guys have added to it, not just covered it. Keep it up, ye are awesome.
One of my favorite composers - such a homage you are providing with this arrangement. Respect! (And you must have such a fun rehearsing and doing these clips)
Hi Melodica Men. First let me start by saying that you both are absolutely awesome pushing the boundaries of this amazing Instrument! It is really refreshing hearing what you both have done with it. The Melodica was my first Keyboard Instrument and so it has a very special place in my heart. Whenever I play I am told that I sound like a Harmonica Player. The Melodica is a Reed Instrument so I can quite understand that. The mechanism differs from the Harmonica. Now, I have tried for years to bend the reeds as would a Harmonica Player and I have only succeeded in bending a note down a semitone! The Bend/Glissando/Portamento that you did from F up to Bb in the Introduction; could you kindly dispel once and for all whether this was overdubbed using a Clarinet or Synth Patch? If you truly used the Melodica to produce that effect, then kindly make a Instruction Video available as I'd be first in line thanks. I look forward to hearing more awesome great Musical Performances from you. Cheers, Ozou`ne.
omg how did you do such a beautiful glissando with melodica... amazing
みんなきてるね～
Everybody Coming …
かてぃんさん 彼らに会いに行けばいい〜❢😚
Whoa! It's かていん ! 😱
オケで有名な1812年も聴いて欲しい
my thoughts exactly!
HE GOT OUT THE POCKET TRUMPET HOLY SHIT
yea but he didn't actually play it lol
Robert Buzinkai yeah I just noticed that but oh well at least the portrayal is still accurate
So how did he get that muted-trumpet sound?
I'm 99% sure that's real
Overdubbed recording
I imagine that a lot of people hearing Rhapsody in Blue all the way through for the first time would be surprised to learn that several pieces they recognize from movies, TV shows, etc., all in fact happen to be from the same piece.
The first time I heard this song was only a few days ago actually. And YES, I recognized a lot of things from other songs
We had this song in our marching band show and I love it
@@rwpickels9183 we had it in our show aswell
It surprising common that is for many ballads and older pieces of music. In a different realm its like Tchaikovsky whose prolific library is found all over the place with no association to the original composer.
Reminds me of William Tell OVerture, and how every single movement of that is recognisable
This dude flutter tonguing on a melodica like a mad man
Illuminachos 77 ah the lavender
Illuminachos 77 keep him away from our wives
when?
Around 1:35
The best part is that this isn't just a novelty, these instruments actually capture the feeling of this piece well; for example, the up-and-down chords at 1:34 sound like a train, which is _exactly_ what Gershwin intended.
Peter Yost it’s because he wrote it on a train.
@@carltrotter7622 I think he knows that lmao
That was exacrly what fantasy 2000 showed
You guys are absolutely, bloody amazing!
Woah it’s you
They're fuckin fantastic, hell yeah
> Gets out real muted trumpet
Me: Wait, that's illegal
I mean, it's not like it was actually him playing it
@@rilke1791 ?
@@asukalangleysoryu6695 it's a pocket trumpet, those sounds horrible, also his embouchure really gives it away. I don't think you need to play trumpet to realize that
Evan Romito It doesn't matter
Evan Romito his embouchure is good and all his fingering is correct, and with a Harmon mute you really can’t tell the difference in tone between pocket and regular trumpets
The really amazing thing is that they stripped a piece designed to be performed by a full symphony orchestra and a damn talented solo pianist down to two melodicas with a brief trumpet piece...and I don’t feel that it lacks for anything!
A skilled Organist can also pull off a whole Symphony
And the opening clarinet cadenza as well, complete with slide.
THAT GLISSANDO MADE MY JAW DROP OML
Mikey Barker I know, right?!
How to do a glissando with a melodica ?
I don't have one so I don't know, but it looks like he is manipulating the pitch with his mouth like he's whistling. I know you can do it with an harmonica-maybe it's the same?
(it’s dubbed with the original clarinet part)
yes :( it's indeed a clarinet's sound
It still blows my mind how he actually pulled off the giant bend on a melodica of all things.
yeah i can do it on clarinet but i don’t get how on melodica
I want a video on how to do it!!!
Wow, you two sound just like a whole orchestra
What if they played all 17 minutes of it
I believe that would be called awesome
@@jacktherailfan3264 I believe it would kill them, and we wouldn't want that
I’ve never played a melodica but it looks like you need an saxophone type embouchure and 17 minutes of that would be excruciatingly painful by the end
Damn your guys' circular breathing skills are insane
Austin Lan I dont think they are circular breathing
Obviously not the whole piece, but from 5:07 to the end at least the guy on the left is. At 5:13 ish you can see his cheeks puff out with him still sustaining that note, which is indicative of circular breathing.
Austin Lan I think you're right. Ever try sustaining a big chord like that for that long on a melodica? I have and it takes loads of air. I'd guess the guy on the left doesnt have big enough lungs to do that without circular breathing
It doesn't take a lot of air to sound a melodica but at the same time there isn't much back pressure so you can get very soft sounds very easy and hold louder sounds for really long. Also, no air flows through the instrument if there aren't any keys pressed, so they get a lot of chances to breathe. They can take a tiny breath between staccato notes if they want.
Exactly what I was going to say. The phrasing is incredibly long throughout, especially with the larger chords.
I bought a melodic a a few months ago, and even a regular triad is difficult to sustain for more than a few seconds.
They go through several bars unphased.
This needs at least 5 million views
That's what Gershwin would have wanted.
10th like btw.
Heck yea Sean
3 years later and yeah it does
It feels like they’re trying to convince me of something but I don’t know what
To play the melodica; trust me it’s sick 🤙😂
A monorail
You guys are amazing, now I’m researching melodicas....
same🤣
White and Blue collar, I see you homies !
Oh dang, I didn’t! Thanks for pointing that out!
What does that mean for those who are not into inner-city slang? I learned the the Queens English and do not understand the word homies, and I do not mean that as a racist blur. I am just curios, peace out LOL.
Kjelly Lund homies basically means friend and it is more commonly used among black people but it’s not a racial slur or anything like that. Frankly, it’s common enough here that I’m actually a little surprised you don’t know it. We really are “two countries separated by a common language” 😂
@@kjellhl1975 white collar is upper class, like "white collar crime"
Blue collar is lower class, like 'blue collar jobs' - such as factory workers
Estos jóvenes son estupendos músicos. Interpretan muy bien a Gershwin y con una cuota exquisita de humor. Excelentes.
Wow, you guys have created a new form of performance art/music in this internet era. Such musicianship and skillful tailoring of music would attract both seasoned and casual listeners.
Neutral Criticism Thank you!
That is an accurate username.
True shit.
I agree and if this is how classical music and other styles that are less popular with the youth can live on on the internet, then I could definitely live with that
Love this. Starts out looking comedic but quickly this turns into a serious performance. Fun, of course, exactly as intended by Gerschwin. I bet he would have loved it!
these videos remind me of early youtube. People having a blast doing what they do. What a joy these are to watch!
the gliss... how?
especially the end of the glissando sounds dope. I wonder why this sounds so unbelievably fluent
Didn't you recognise it was a clarinet that played the glissando?
Sure?😏
you saying they dubbed over the melodica with a clarinet to get the glissando? Sounded like legit melodica glissando to me.
To me either. But I dont really know how he did this.
Maybe by blowing so much air in the melodica? (Cause it seems like he has to work a lot.) I would try it myself but evryone around me is sleeping so Ill better wait😁
I first heard Gershwin`s Rhapsody in Blue in Disney`s Fantasia 2000 (where they animated it, still the image that I think when I hear this piece), then it blew my mind that it can be arranged for other instruments when it was played in Nodame Cantabile, then finally I come here, where they played it all on two melodicas. If Gershwin was still alive today, he would have been proud that his music is now everywhere and is being brought to new heights by the creativeness of musicians everywhere.
Hate to say it, but this is the best rendition of this piece I've ever heard.
You guys have sense of jazz rhythm and blue notes that rarely make their way into performances of this piece.
My man
Personally I think it's because a lot of the interpretations are from orchestras that aren't used to play jazz
@@leothepumpkin2298you are 1000000% correct haha. Those cats don’t know how to swing
I was going to say the same - the best interpretation I ever heard. Then I was not sure am I having a knowledge to say so, and then I see your comment. The best .
Man, I feel the same, and I've loved listening to this piece over many years. Melodica Men get the FEEL.
これ本当にピアニカなのかよ、、、、
音の出方がとっても楽しい
yushi kogure こんなに素敵な楽器だとは知らなかった…
As someone very familiar with the original, this was incredibly well done guys! The artistic liberties you took, and the shortened portions, were all good calls and were almost never distracting. Love what you're doing. :)
Ditto X 1m
Que extraordinaria interpretación. La modulación de las notas musicales le da mucho sentimiento y el toque de humor hace muy grato de ver y escuchar.
As an experimental wor!k it was worth the while. Góod boys,
This could well be my favourite rendition of this piece. It’s played with easily as much feeling and virtuosity as any orchestral version I’ve heard.
鍵盤ハーモニカで、こんなに美しい曲はじめて聞いた
Came here because Cateen excitedly told his fans to watch your incredible playing, esp at the very beginning( originally for clarinet), what great technique. Awesome 🔥
This Rhapsody always make me remember Tom & Jerry!
Katarina Vita I knew I heard it from somewhere!
God, finally someone said it! I always got the cartoonish city vibe but I’ve never been able to put my finger on it!
YEAH!
can you tell which episode? cause I can't remember which one how matter I try, thanks
Kazi Iqbal it’s on Fantasia 2000 by Disney
Holy crap. I’m a huge Gershwin fan and I just so happened to stumble across this... incredible y’all. Just incredible. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
最初のグリッサンドみたいなやつどうやってやってんのwwwすごwww
もっと評価されるべき
Wait what. A glissando on a melodica? Yeah. I guess it's a similar technique to the clarinet glissando in the original? I didn't know that was possible on a melodica.
Hah hah, same... and the vibrato? Or better yet the de-tuned notes like you can do on a harmonica. I didn't think that would be even possible on the melodica.😮👍
This all sounds like something Brian Wilson would produce.
ua-cam.com/video/e8hg68e0vho/v-deo.html Have you heard the album he does of Gershwin?
Is there a score for this?
Paul Beladino me too
"Is there a score for this?" Um.... 20:0? (No need to reply...)
Ridiculously true
This made me realize how lucky and blessed Iam to be alive, to get do discover such a beauty, such display of joy and passion, art and talent. I was going thru some dark times, this made me feel happy and alive for the first time in a while in depths I can not explain to you. Bless you guys. From a very grateful and happy guy in Mexico.
This put a huge freaking smile on my face for 5 minutes straight
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 me too!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
This has got to be the best thing I’ve seen in a while
I love your channel. Pls keep on doing these videos. They show me in a wonderful way whats possible with my melodica.
I even bought a melodica now after watching your videos for quite a while :D
I inherited my husband's 40+ year old melodica and I think these guys are great. I play several keyboard instruments besides the melodica including accordion plus I played oboe in many bands and orchestras (my favorite instrument). What these guys do with several melodicas and the occasional pop gun is genius! Bravo!
このチャンネルの選曲好きな曲ばかりだし元々上手いのにサービス精神旺盛でめっちゃ楽しい♪って鍵盤ハーモニカでフラッター？？？
These guys deserve more subscribers than they already have...
いろんな国の人がコメント欄にいて嬉しい(^^)
やっぱステキな音楽には国の壁とか関係ないのかなとか言ってみてしまう…
でくさい!!!
でくさい！ってなにが？？どうしたの？💧
イキリ中学生 いきんなw
壁ない。
芸術の素晴らしいところが溢れてる(笑)
おいおいおいおい、
音が鍵盤ハーモニカじゃねぇぞぉ！？
スゴすぎやろ…
These were the most chaotic 5 mins and 29 seconds I have ever witnessed
Thank you.
"He adored New York City.
He idolised it all out of proportion. "
Uh, no. Make that "He romanticised it
all out of proportion. "
gumbo1973 wat
It's the opening line to the film Manhattan when this music is playing.
HOLY CRAP omg this is literally gold omg how even...
1:35 is my favorite part, the melodica definitely works the best here
Happy 100 year anniversary since the first performance of this piece! Came back today to listen to one of my favorite covers. 🎹 🎺 ❤
この人たち何者！？すごい！
聞いてて楽しい！！THEY'RE SO COOL👍👍👍
yoyo chie 日本人おった〜!!!!!
凄いですよね\(∗ ¨̮ ∗)/
鍵盤ハーモニカ（？）で演奏してるとは思えないですよね!!!!!!!!!!!
カッコイイです///
yoyo chie
それな笑
才能の塊だよね笑
もっと有名になってもおかしくないのに笑
のだめカンタービレでこの曲をまさしく鍵盤ハーモニカで演奏していましたね。^^
薮田亮子 それそれマングースのー
weegee
POCKET TRUMPET!
Rhapsody in Blue has been one of my favorite songs since I was like six.
指揮者とかいないのに息とフィーリングとテンポ感の合い方がすごい
Rhapsody in Blue is one of the greatest pieces of music ever created in human history.
ピアニカってこんなに完成された楽器だったんだ、、、、
I love how they are changing expressions on the faces.
It’s a totally rocker!!
I never thought I'd enjoy music so much from 2 guys who look like they're hooked up to feeding tubes! This is so fun, and they are quite good!!
この方々の、豊かに変化する表情がとても素敵だと思います✨
I'll keep my fingers crossed!!!
俺の知ってるピアニカじゃねえ
I don't speak squiggle.
Aiden B
hey guys
@@user-kk4dd2bq3y FFFFFFFFFFF
鍵盤ハーモニカだけで色々な雰囲気作れるのかっこよすぎます…！
Another crowning piece of music for a certain era and age...the 40's...pure genius. You do it justice guys...truly..! Thank you thank you..!!
Rhapsody in Blue was composed in 1924.
Another GREAT PERFORMANCE by two AMAZING musicians! BRAVO!
Anyone who knows good music would be lining up to get a handshake from you guys after hearing that glissando...
最高すぎます。
これからも頑張ってください！
歌っているように弾きますね😁
Pitch bend was so god dang beautiful.
Reminds me of Nodame Cantabile
Maurice Ravel OMG so true!!! I even can picturing Nodame playing the melodica in mongooes costume! 😂😂
Maurice Ravel I love that
Oh shit that’s where I know this from thank you oh my god
Was a great anime, it's where I first heard Rhapsody in Blue!
Maurice Ravel it's a bit of shame that someone with such great name has to discover such great music through an odd television series, but anyway good to see it gets people into classical music
You guys brought a smile to my face.
Thank you.
Thank you UA-cam recommended for this gem
DAMN!! That was your best one yet. I've played "Rhapsody" on the piano for years, and it's my favorite piece. You guys totally rocked it. I just ordered my melodica from you guys, and it's being shipped. Can't wait!
Yeah, I got mine!
Paul Hogarth same
Paul Hogarth i've never seen anyone able to play this in real life.
Logan - here is me attempting to play it on the piano: ua-cam.com/video/d6mx-U1YMvE/v-deo.html
Your version was beautiful. I play saxophone and clarinet and flute and recorder and violin. Still, I wish I could play piano. Such a beautiful instrument.
Woah you guys nailed this, i wasn't expecting it to sound this great haha
Holy Cow! You two are real musicians, and really good ones.
Iv watched this a few times now, on my own, and I clap at the end everytime without noticing. Such a rich layered sound, I absolutley love the original piece of music and I think you guys have added to it, not just covered it. Keep it up, ye are awesome.
ゆっくりなとことかどこで息吸ってんのってくらい口開けてないからすごい…鼻呼吸しながら吹く人なのかな…どっちにしろすごい…
Holy cow, to take such ambitious piece that well...! I'm speechless.
I love, love, love what you guys do with your creativity and musicianship. Keep it up.
One of my favorite composers - such a homage you are providing with this arrangement. Respect! (And you must have such a fun rehearsing and doing these clips)
おーーーい！！！トランペットも吹けるんかーい！！
最強すぎん？
多分吹き真似だと思います！
ふ、深川
いえ、吹いてると思います！
なんの楽器か忘れてしまいましたがプロらしいです！！
がお
コルネット？
ぷに山ぷに太郎
ポケットトランペットだと思われます🎺
ゆうき。 この人ら管楽器奏者ですよ
バストロンボーン演奏の修士号保持者とジャクソンビル交響楽団首席トランペット奏者です
What an incredible duo. Never cease to amaze.
I will forever love this and come back to this.
That was incredible!!! I love that song as it is, but you both made it sound even better!
Stunning performance art. Musicianship of the highest order.
出だしのねっちょり感がたまらん！！
One of your masterpieces!
Love you guys... great musicians with a sense of humor, stage presence. Kudos.
Hi Melodica Men.
First let me start by saying that you both are absolutely awesome pushing the boundaries of this amazing Instrument! It is really refreshing hearing what you both have done with it.
The Melodica was my first Keyboard Instrument and so it has a very special place in my heart. Whenever I play I am told that I sound like a Harmonica Player. The Melodica is a Reed Instrument so I can quite understand that. The mechanism differs from the Harmonica. Now, I have tried for years to bend the reeds as would a Harmonica Player and I have only succeeded in bending a note down a semitone! The Bend/Glissando/Portamento that you did from F up to Bb in the Introduction; could you kindly dispel once and for all whether this was overdubbed using a Clarinet or Synth Patch? If you truly used the Melodica to produce that effect, then kindly make a Instruction Video available as I'd be first in line thanks.
I look forward to hearing more awesome great Musical Performances from you. Cheers, Ozou`ne.
This is my favorite piece of music and I really enjoyed listening to this.
this is so amazing, the expression and performance and arrangement im drooling
Wonderful rendition of one of my favourite pieces of music!! Thank you!!
Oh man; I LOVE this! This is NOT an easy classical song to cover and you guys did an amazing job! More classical, please!
Pretty sure this is inspired by the Bernstein performances. They follow his cadence and interpretation very closely. Excellent!
Wow! I am once again absolutely amazed by this!
So amazing! My Melodica arrived today! I'll be watching all of your videos!
That was amazing guys! And one of my childhood favorites too.
You guys are amazing, exceptionally well done guys, bravo!!!
特に2人で合図してる訳でもないのに、曲の変わり目が息ぴったりで本当に凄いなあ…
Fantastic!! You guys are amazing! Keep up the great work!!
間違いなく今後伸びまくる
Amazing arrangement!
このRhapsody in Blueマジでめっちゃすき♪
I love how much fun they have, really adds all lot to music when you see the players enjoying themselves