There must be at least one repetition, because Ravel wrote the music of first three pages of the first part and the repetition of the first part different from each other. He intended there to be a contrast between the first statement of the opening and all subsequent repetitions. So the version is too truncated, possibly because the pianist wanted to include two versions in his UA-cam clip. The second version with the drum sounds better, and the piano part is more sensitive too. A good performance, and the incessant rhythm of the accompaniment is effective and the build up in dynamic intensity at the end done well.
When I listen to the song I feel like it represents a unique life with its unplanned and messy failures. Then everything comes back together in success and confidence only to be followed by more failures. In the end your successes are more profound but then you die only to be left by your legacy whether in memory by friends or just itched in a tombstone.
It is pretty insane! 😳😳😳 But possible, if you start from slow and figure out where what is... Any improvements after 2 years? 🤠 I'm learning it on the drums,, = to play the shuffle and the melody orchestrated over the kit at the same time. Much easier with the transcript TY, mr Barton
ladypodtron the overall feel is easy to play i just think of it as a slow 3. however those annoying triplets over semiquavers...i hate trying to play those rhythms like in fantasie impromptu for example
Miss Capri have yu heard fantasie impromptu how do you suggest to learn the feel? I can play all thse notes in fantasie imporinptu but they have to be together lol
Oh, I've heard it all right, but never learned it. He has a great tutorial on it, though. He says when you're learning it to accent the notes that fall on the beats until you get used to where they are supposed to go, and then the rest will follow. One of the most interesting things about that piece, he pointed out, was that the part of the right hand that goes really high, depends back using the notes of the cadenza from Beethoven's third movement of the Moonlight Sonata. Like wow! Hadn't even noticed that before! :) I'm just starting to work on the lovely Sibelius Romance in D. Flat now. That's a challenge and a half if you want to learn it by ear. The rhythm isn't too hard to get, but that cadenza makes my head explode. I found a tutorial that goes through it slowly, after much searching on UA-cam.
This is excellent ! I've never thought the Bolero could be transcribed to Piano and keep its charm and all the orchestra nuances. Great pianist you are !
music can be so wonderful if everything is perfect. And here it is. Composition, arrangement, playing and even the recording are absolutely perfect! Congratulations!
I've discovered that if I play Ravel's Bolero (the only Ravel I hate) I dust & vacuum a lot faster. Never underestimate the power of irritation! Thank you, Paul. Wally (sheltered-in-place)
Hey Paul, I have huge respect for your works, and your person as a fantastic artist. I wondered, could you possibly play the Scriabin Etude 8/12 sometime? :)
Thanks for all your Video's - What a good pianist you are - I didn't hear (from)you before ! Especially the way you play the Bach & Rachmaninoff pieces I love !!
wow thats great :D .. made me instantly start to learn this piece :) .. and i am a bit proud to say that i have quite an old "original" branga piano score published by durand from around 1930 (the paper already got a bit "crispy" unfortunately..) which i herited from my grandma :) .. but looks exactly the same as in the video ;)
It definitely loses something without the percussion, but imo it also gains a sort of.... 'hypnotic' quality, maybe? I'm not a musician, but I can't really detect a 'melody' as such - people won't be humming it after they hear it for the first time, but it's still engaging. Love this piece.
Os ritmos de boleros modernos são bem diferentes desse,por isso é que esse é o Bolero de Ravel.Único, incomparável.Como se fosse uma marcha em ritmo ternário enquanto os modernos são mais quaternários e um pouco menos sérios.
Ooh, this reminds me.. I absolutely *LOVE* Aziza's version, especially her Burghausen live performance (although she tripped a little bit; also, it's hard to find it on the net), but the studio recording is great too. I'd love to learn it (maybe without the crazy solo parts), or at least see you (or anybody else) take a shot at it.
Great performance Paul! Loved it when you shared this on FB with your special video and again here on UA-cam. You are truly a great pianist and a real pro! BRAVO! ~Jackie
Does any Music Theorist know what kind of Overhanging Scale Ravel uses toward the end of Bolero (also faithfully done in the 2-piano version)? It's like those old organs or pan-flutes that's a 6th or a 9th over the main melody. Weirdly beautiful. Phrygian mode??
modes used: Ionian (major scale) Mixolydian Phrygian (Mixolydian ♭6) (Phrygian Dominant) The melody occasionally ‘borrows’ notes from each mode in the same passage so it's up for grabs whether it's Mixolydian, then for 1 note it's Phrygian - or you might say it's Mixolydian ♭6 - both are correct.. The bit with the evocative piccolos / pan-pipes I think is parallel diminished triads harmonising the melody? (which makes for a rather chromatic sound over alternating C / C9 chords) - the melody in that bit is switching between Mixolydian and Phrygian. (This is as far as I can make out by ear - don’t shoot me!)
Paul, I really love your music; your interpretations are always fantastic. I wonder if you have ever studied Debussy's" L'isle Joyeuse". It is a really interesting and excitable piece. Please look into it and give us your masterful version. Thanks
Trivia: Nintendo almost used Bolero as the theme of The Legend of Zelda in 1986, then discovered its copyright expired a month later than they thought (he died December 1937). It's not a bad piece, but I'm glad they didn't. The original theme they went with is iconic.
just all together: great, sweet, exiting. thx. If it is not too much extra work, i'd appreciate, if you could upload to your Gdrive the drums as extra mp3 and link it here. If you can't find the time, can you authorize me to copy the drums out of your file for my personal use only?
Hi Robert, I've uploaded the drum track to Google Drive for you and added the link to the video info. You are more than welcome to use the track in any way you wish.
au secours, j'ai un véritable problème pour caler les temps, j'arrive pas à placer mes durées de notes dans un temps, qui peut m'aider, car si je me souviens bien, une noire fait un temps. quand je tente d'écrire les notes d'un temps, je sors de la durée du temps, j'utilise CUBASE pour reproduire la partition. je sais pas si je suis bien claire ??? ,
that was a huge disappointment. not about the performance maybe, but about the arrangement itself. I so wanted to hear the crazy ravel harmonies, parallel dominant sevenths, that part where piccolo plays the parallel fifth. I guess I will make my own arrangement. Maybe for four hands or two pianos.
I expected this to bore me, it did. I was not surprised that Ravel's most boring piece without the one aspect making it interesting would be boring without that aspect.
I never thought that Bolero would ever sound good on piano, but wow, what an enchanting video!
Bolero was invented for piano firstly. Like a pavane for dead infant
@@PolishPianoOrgan a1t
The quality of the piano recording is unbelievable. Well done! :)
PianoCzarX you here!
No way!! The full of Ravel's Bolero for solo piano!? This is amazing!
Pssst buddy, I'll tell you a secret but don't share with anyone.
The full of Ravel's Bolero goes on for way more than five minutes.
@@Schwallex its a fuck ton of repetition so its okay tbh
There must be at least one repetition, because Ravel wrote the music of first three pages of the first part and the repetition of the first part different from each other. He intended there to be a contrast between the first statement of the opening and all subsequent repetitions. So the version is too truncated, possibly because the pianist wanted to include two versions in his UA-cam clip. The second version with the drum sounds better, and the piano part is more sensitive too. A good performance, and the incessant rhythm of the accompaniment is effective and the build up in dynamic intensity at the end done well.
Paul this rendition is phenomenal. All the nuances of the orchestra that you brought to the piano... I'm in love with your recordings!
When I listen to the song I feel like it represents a unique life with its unplanned and messy failures. Then everything comes back together in success and confidence only to be followed by more failures. In the end your successes are more profound but then you die only to be left by your legacy whether in memory by friends or just itched in a tombstone.
I cannot imagine a better way to play this. Unbelievable!
That polyrhythm makes me want to cry.
Exactly!! me too! (glad to know I'm not a total freak :D)
It is pretty insane! 😳😳😳
But possible, if you start from slow and figure out where what is...
Any improvements after 2 years? 🤠 I'm learning it on the drums,, = to play the shuffle and the melody orchestrated over the kit at the same time.
Much easier with the transcript
TY, mr Barton
TRICKY RHYTHMS! IMPRESSIVE AND LOVELY!
ladypodtron the overall feel is easy to play i just think of it as a slow 3. however those annoying triplets over semiquavers...i hate trying to play those rhythms like in fantasie impromptu for example
*Waves* Yep, 4 against 3 is pretty difficult. Not like 3 against 2.
Miss Capri have yu heard fantasie impromptu how do you suggest to learn the feel? I can play all thse notes in fantasie imporinptu but they have to be together lol
Oh, I've heard it all right, but never learned it. He has a great tutorial on it, though. He says when you're learning it to accent the notes that fall on the beats until you get used to where they are supposed to go, and then the rest will follow. One of the most interesting things about that piece, he pointed out, was that the part of the right hand that goes really high, depends back using the notes of the cadenza from Beethoven's third movement of the Moonlight Sonata. Like wow! Hadn't even noticed that before! :)
I'm just starting to work on the lovely Sibelius Romance in D. Flat now. That's a challenge and a half if you want to learn it by ear. The rhythm isn't too hard to get, but that cadenza makes my head explode. I found a tutorial that goes through it slowly, after much searching on UA-cam.
This is excellent ! I've never thought the Bolero could be transcribed to Piano and keep its charm and all the orchestra nuances. Great pianist you are !
The most ingenious piano version imaginable!
music can be so wonderful if everything is perfect. And here it is. Composition, arrangement, playing and even the recording are absolutely perfect! Congratulations!
Fantastic!!!
I've discovered that if I play Ravel's Bolero (the only Ravel I hate) I dust & vacuum a lot faster. Never underestimate the power of irritation! Thank you, Paul. Wally (sheltered-in-place)
Hi, Wally! Waving from up North. ;-)
@@northernmuse9 Oh the intrigue... One more clue....
@@nohaylamujer I just commented on FB. :-)
@@northernmuse9 Torville and Dean?
@@nohaylamujer But of course!
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Oh this is great! You are such a great pianist when you choose to make fun! Love it!
You sir are a poor boy's angel. Thank you so much.
Hey Paul, I have huge respect for your works, and your person as a fantastic artist.
I wondered, could you possibly play the Scriabin Etude 8/12 sometime? :)
THIS IS PHENOMENAL
Thanks for all your Video's - What a good pianist you are - I didn't hear (from)you before ! Especially the way you play the Bach & Rachmaninoff pieces I love !!
freaking AMAZING..
DEAR Paul ! I must say that your this performance is just not good rather BRILLIANT !
Wonderful!!!! Thanks
wow thats great :D .. made me instantly start to learn this piece :) .. and i am a bit proud to say that i have quite an old "original" branga piano score published by durand from around 1930 (the paper already got a bit "crispy" unfortunately..) which i herited from my grandma :) .. but looks exactly the same as in the video ;)
Excellent!
I love this.😍😍😍
Players of Kastanets play one line lefthand. And with the right kastanet in the intensity of left line precisely.
Marvellous! Thanks!!
It definitely loses something without the percussion, but imo it also gains a sort of.... 'hypnotic' quality, maybe? I'm not a musician, but I can't really detect a 'melody' as such - people won't be humming it after they hear it for the first time, but it's still engaging. Love this piece.
Os ritmos de boleros modernos são bem diferentes desse,por isso é que esse é o Bolero de Ravel.Único, incomparável.Como se fosse uma marcha em ritmo ternário enquanto os modernos são mais quaternários e um pouco menos sérios.
Thaaank you for the drum track at the end!!
You are my favorite pianist right now.
Lindo !!!
Bealtiful !!!!
Ooh, this reminds me.. I absolutely *LOVE* Aziza's version, especially her Burghausen live performance (although she tripped a little bit; also, it's hard to find it on the net), but the studio recording is great too. I'd love to learn it (maybe without the crazy solo parts), or at least see you (or anybody else) take a shot at it.
Amazing!!! I hope to learn this piece some day.
Great performance Paul! Loved it when you shared this on FB with your special video and again here on UA-cam. You are truly a great pianist and a real pro! BRAVO! ~Jackie
Bravissimo
this is bloody awesome yea yea>
Paul Barton sei un fenomeno!
I would like to thank You for letting Me learning the Backing Rhythm for Me to play on my Electronic Drums. The full Video is on my UA-cam Channel.
Very nice
What a stunning performance in the spirit of fun!! Wow! ...and the effect of that 4th pedal is astonishing! Thank you!!!!
Does any Music Theorist know what kind of Overhanging Scale Ravel uses toward the end of Bolero (also faithfully done in the 2-piano version)? It's like those old organs or pan-flutes that's a 6th or a 9th over the main melody. Weirdly beautiful. Phrygian mode??
I'm guessing some sort of blues scale because that's what this whole song is based off of
modes used:
Ionian (major scale)
Mixolydian
Phrygian
(Mixolydian ♭6)
(Phrygian Dominant)
The melody occasionally ‘borrows’ notes from each mode in the same passage so it's up for grabs whether it's Mixolydian, then for 1 note it's Phrygian - or you might say it's Mixolydian ♭6 - both are correct..
The bit with the evocative piccolos / pan-pipes I think is parallel diminished triads harmonising the melody? (which makes for a rather chromatic sound over alternating C / C9 chords) - the melody in that bit is switching between Mixolydian and Phrygian.
(This is as far as I can make out by ear - don’t shoot me!)
Thank you, you have been very helpful to me.
GREAT!!!!!!
So Good! wow, never heard an arrangement of this for piano! Love it!
Wow, this is very interesting!
How pretty!
Thank you so much
Paul, I really love your music; your interpretations are always fantastic. I wonder if you have ever studied Debussy's" L'isle Joyeuse". It is a really interesting and excitable piece. Please look into it and give us your masterful version. Thanks
Sensacional!!!
Trivia: Nintendo almost used Bolero as the theme of The Legend of Zelda in 1986, then discovered its copyright expired a month later than they thought (he died December 1937). It's not a bad piece, but I'm glad they didn't. The original theme they went with is iconic.
Wow!
SUPERBE !!! MERCI !!!
Lindo !!! Beaultiful !!!
Where can I get the score? I love the bass on this
ボレロ好きやね…個性ある
同じ繰り返しだけれども
勉強になろますさぁ
Hey Paul, very nice arrangement! I'm a pianist with small hands (one octave max). Would I have problems to play it? Thank you in advance.
Pedro Abreu if you really want to know if you can play this... Study the score
Especially if you take music seriously. Score study should be a high priority in every serious musician's practice
Is this a rabel version???
just all together: great, sweet, exiting. thx. If it is not too much extra work, i'd appreciate, if you could upload to your Gdrive the drums as extra mp3 and link it here. If you can't find the time, can you authorize me to copy the drums out of your file for my personal use only?
Hi Robert, I've uploaded the drum track to Google Drive for you and added the link to the video info. You are more than welcome to use the track in any way you wish.
+Paul Barton thx so much
Why is this song such a bop?
au secours, j'ai un véritable problème pour caler les temps, j'arrive pas à placer mes durées de notes dans un temps, qui peut m'aider, car si je me souviens bien, une noire fait un temps. quand je tente d'écrire les notes d'un temps, je sors de la durée du temps, j'utilise CUBASE pour reproduire la partition.
je sais pas si je suis bien claire ??? ,
Excellent but why he jumps an octave higher at 1.34 ???
*I can use your record for 3-4 minutes for videos on UA-cam*
Link not working anymore :(
Who is the pianist? Tell me please. Thanks.
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Great! very funny
This really is impressive. However, I can't help but notice that the drum track needs MORE COWBELL!
Maybe he wasn't in the moooood for more cowbell (he said trying to be udderly ridiculous).
Carolina Kostner :)
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Can you send me the notes? Thanks
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I'm going to totally rip this off. Expect my copycat version in 5 to 6 years :)
Wrong temp 5:04
Grade 10 students here HAHAH
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Ten fingers?! Yeah right. My fingers are not that independent lol
qdfc
that was a huge disappointment. not about the performance maybe, but about the arrangement itself. I so wanted to hear the crazy ravel harmonies, parallel dominant sevenths, that part where piccolo plays the parallel fifth. I guess I will make my own arrangement. Maybe for four hands or two pianos.
big fan of paul, cant stand ravel
lh
I expected this to bore me, it did. I was not surprised that Ravel's most boring piece without the one aspect making it interesting would be boring without that aspect.
uncultured swine
@@uniboyyyz9374 hahahaha, Ravel is a pile of dogshit and everything else Ravel made is 1923021931293 times better.
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