Imagine being able to play an instrument as if it were your own voice. She doesn’t think about where the hands go, she probably doesn’t even think about notes. It’s all as natural as walking. Truly an amazing gift, watered and nurtured through so many years of hard work and dedication. Thank you for sharing
@@kiransreekumar5004 I'll admit, I'm blessed with amazing dreams, every night. Playing music in a dream when you've become aware you're dreaming is incredible... I think it's kind of sad that a lot of people simply don't remember their dreams.
tbh as a singer there were a ton of areas i think many trained singers (myself most certainly included) would struggle to sing with the clarity and cleanliness she displayed
Took me a solid few minutes to realize that she didn't have this sheet music, you MADE the sheet music so I could understand the insanity of the last 8 minutes to some degree. Thank you good sir.
@@taru4635 When they first started they were clapping on every beat. Clapping in performances like this annoys me. The crowd is too big to be able to keep the tempo steady, and the performer might not even want to keep it steady.
When a performer does this I always think of Harry Connick Jr adding a beat to make the audience clap on the 2 and 4 rather than the 1 and 3. Very simple yet difficult thing to do on the fly
Am I an asshole for absolutely hating when an audience does this? I assume the people on stage are sort of happy for audience engagement because it shows they are enjoying the show, but I hate how these types of audiences “take over” a performance. I feel like a stooge, but i had to get this off my chest
This is a Japanese artist performing a German composer's music remixed in the Swing-Jazz style originating from African Americans on an instrument invented in Italy. The connections our world can form bring about great beauty.
I love how at 4:12 some guy from the audience says "Yeah!" after the repetitive lick, and she acknowledges him by bringing it back for a few measures right after! What an amazing performer!!
@@rossou99 "When she did that she looked into the crowd and started laughing, probably to the person who yelled" it's difficult to conclude that that's what she did, because she was already looking to the crowd and smiling even before the guy shouted "yeah". Then she briefly looked at the piano and looked back the same way she was doing before. Even this whole idea that she repeated the lick just because of the "yeah" is kind of a stretch, as that could have been on her plans to do anyway, regardless of the guy shouting.
Saw Hiromi on the thumbnail and had to click it. As usual, she never misses a beat and blew me away. I saw a video of her in concert once where she actually reached into the piano and straight up played the strings...by hand!!! It sounded awesome! Seeing her live in concert one day is on my bucket list.
@@melvinhawkins9208 since Pachelbel is a baroque composer, he didn't have piano back then but the harpsichord (even Bach barely saw the first prototypes of fortepiano). She used this trick to mimic the harpsichord on the medium-high octaves while accompanying with piano sound on lower thematic notes. Cheers!
This is a great clip to show someone who doesn't "get" jazz. Start with a familiar motif, play it until it's ingrained in the ear, gradually start twisting it around itself in more and more complex patterns until you're just freestyling the shit out of it, and finally, come back home. This is simply brilliant.
Yeah that describes it really good. Destroying the original music until ears of audience are hurting and for sol long that everyone is releived when it finally ends. 🤮 Jazz is really the most overfluent and misleaded variation in modern music by far. And I like MANY music styles when done well, nearly everything as long as it is not yazz. Yazz is always and forever with NO exception bad.
god i wanna be a musician like this, so unapologetically enraptured by the joy of making music. she looks like she's having so much fun up there, if it weren't for her adjusting to the audience's (bad) rhythm i would wonder if she even knew they were there. there is so much love and passion and happiness in this performance and it makes my heart full to see.
I love that they added a half a beat to keep the audience in time then decided nope they're not tight enough and just syncopated the Rhythm to destroy their will to clap along
The jazz culture in me 🧐 wants to argue to exert my dominance in playing wrong notes the "right" way and considering exclusively the "classic" jazz pianists, as being offended by new interpretations of jazz is our primary responsibility as we progress towards PhDs in jazz theory, but...honestly, she's pretty dang good. 😆 I feel like this comment will inevitably cause contention in the jazz world because jazz schools teach musical superiority even more than they teach contradictory music theory, but...who cares? I'm impressed!
"gradually add more wrong notes AKA jazz" i spit out my drink. Then had to clean my brand new laptop. Thanks George. This performance is the embodiment of all the rage that classical musicians (especially cellists) have for this song. Truly astounding performance.
if you watch any of hiromi’s other performances you can tell how much she loves what she’s doing, like in her performances with edmar castaneda she’s having a BLAST
Absolutely agree! Nothing is better than seeing a musician that is really loving what they are doing. It is so inspiring and makes me so much happier knowing they are loving it! I went to a concert of four metal bands and one of the undercard bands was Avatar. I knew of them and enjoyed their music, but they stole the show with how much fun they had on stage and with the crowd. It means so much more when the people there to entertain you clearly are enjoying doing it. In contrast, I saw Bob Dylan play the same venue and he came off like he felt he had blessed us with his presence - never thanked or even acknowledged the crowd and at the end, he walked up front, looked to the side, put a hand out in a flashy pose, turned and walked off stage. I would love to see Avatar again - wouldn't go see Dylan if the tickets were free (which is sad because I love his work).
@@ori_the_omnivorous omg yess. One musician should love performing with all their heart. I can't avoid smiling while playing. It's all about having fun and enjoying because the music is pure magic. Something beautiful and unique.
I'm typically a classical junkie, but this was the first time I ever shed a tear over a jazz adaptation. How incredible. She is absolutely levitating on the pure joy of music.
She gradually went from playing the wrong notes at the right time to playing wrong notes all the time and then abruptly back to super smooth harmony. She's wild.
I bet you clap the offbeat along with a performer who's trying to play it correct, messing them up and then coming on here talking about how you think jazz is
@Ruska oh, we haven't been formally introduced, but I'd gladly ask who you are so that I can unintroduce us. Also, 13 people agreed with me, none of you know jazz, you just benefit off of the daily random shit that greets you on the algorithm wagon. Get a personality
I was lucky enough to hear Hiromi play live in 2014 - front row seat, behind the piano, in a stand on the stage(!). She had this same level of fun and intensity for what I guess was a couple of hours. When she came back for the second encore I felt kinda sorry for her, as she was clearly exhausted, but she still gave it her all and knocked it out the park anyway. An absolute olympian of musicianship.
Almost every performance I've seen her do she brings this infectious, happy vibe that just draws you in and clearly shows how much she's enjoying her time at the piano.
Soloing and doing stride bass at the same time is notoriously hard to do, which is why it fell out of fashion. People _wanted_ to imitate it but it's really, really hard.
The right/left hand split around 6:30 absolutely rocked me. Not just the difficulty on its face, but to play one hand straight and swing the other. 魅力的で！
I don't think it's a particularly great sound. Meant to emulate a harpsichord probably, or some other early keyboard, but it just sounds like a ruler stuck,k in a piano most of the time. This isn't Cage's Sonata 5.
keep smiling and crying at the same time while the song is playing, hiromi is just wonderful, the world is beautiful, to be able to live 'til now is a absolute miracle, thank you and wish everyone a smooth and happy new year
Canon in D always makes me emotional for some reason and this performance especially filled me with joy and I sat here smiling and crying as well lol. I thought something similar how this is what life is about, there is so much talent and beauty and art in the world and I feel lucky to be able to see so much of it. Glad to share an experience and joy with you. Happy new year to you as well.
man I feel like the discordance of that part would pop off so much harder with an instrument that has more harmonics (or whatever it is called when there are a lot of under and overtones)
@@AcousticOlli i mean he has multiple videos sent to him to upload every day and he handpicks the one he chooses. With his platform multiple unrecognized talents got in the spotlight. But I do see where you are coming from.
@@AcousticOlli Tony Williams (who transcribed this score) probably sent it to George because he wanted to share his work. This channel is the most popular one of its kind, after all. And I'm pretty certain George Collier aligned the transcription with the original video himself and made sure to keep the time marker in sync with her playing. He didn't just upload it.
@@tappkarton I commission Tony for all the transcriptions that he does for the channel. I have to research videos, edit them, manage a YT channel, manage a website, provide support, on top of other things and I’m in my final year of high school with final exams coming up!! By working with other transcribers for about half of my videos, you get more frequent videos and transcriptions of instruments I can’t transcribe like guitars and drums:)) only so many hours in a day 😂
I think it starts with knowing what key it is in first. Then you just gotta know the scale. Chords are the last thing you can identify. Often melodies can be pulled if you have an anchor note( what I like to call it) like the 1st of the scale or just C in general.
As a beginner pianist, this is so amazing and impressive. I can sometimes pick a simple melody line by ear, but I can't really pick up the bass, and I wouldn't even know the correct notation, time signature, etc. Amazing, I am so in awe with professional musicians.
I will always be grateful for this video because it's what first introduced me to Hiromi. Her joy and skill in this video are captivating, and prompted me to listen to just about everything I could find of hers. She's now my favourite pianist, by far
i love watching people who look like theyre about to start singing as they play instruments. like they’re singing but the instrument is their voice. so much fun!
Her control of rhythm is astonishing, i mean I know that she's a world class musician but that section at around 06:30 where she was playing the melody in the bass left me gobsmacked 😶
It wasn't even the rhythmic clarity for me, which is mind-blowing in and of itself; it was how she gave the melody that much personality and exuberance while keeping the treble so regimented and restrained. It felt to me like the melody had been so restrained for the previous measures it was just forcing it's way out of her. Glorious stuff.
Wow that tone is incredible. I’m told I can get a pretty good tone out of a piano, but this is just on another level, and I’m envious for sure! The independence of her two hands is even crazier, especially during that part with the super fast ostinato on top and embellished melody on bottom!
its insane how she manages to keep those chords so insanely quiet but lively and bouncy at the same time. as a pianist, i can only sit in astonishment and doubt all my life decisions
No need to doubt life decisions. Compare it to something else. Like driving a bike. Yes, there is top sport where they outperform me in every possible way. Doesn't stop me from having fun driving my bike.
2:35 ooai! this is the most underrated note in the whole piece. Also you really should be crediting this amazing artist in the title of the video!! Mad respect to Hiromi Uehara
My guess is the title has been designed for SEO - it allows the video to get into the algorithm and reach a broader audience, and those with a lot of interest in this can certainly find the artist’s name in the video description. :)
@@THE_Mirage It's a highly audio-visual product, but if you want just the audio in higher quality, use this link ua-cam.com/video/h3chjgQ7yMY/v-deo.html
That’s what I was thinking the entire time! It wasn’t until the video was over that I realize was face was just starting to hurt from smiling along with her the whole way. It’s something about seeing the joy radiate off of a musician while they play; seeing someone look so happy doing something they love. For me that aspect makes me enjoy the performance so much more. 💕
Never did I once think that I'd ever hear a truly interesting adaptation of canon in D that makes me feel something. Fantastic rendition that the performer is clearly enjoying to play, which helps the audience to enjoy more as the feeling of joy comes through in the music.
As a bassist, I'm still thinking an orchestral adaption of this would be torture. Sure, there's the occasional interesting bit, but on the other hand you either have to count measures or pay really close attention to know when the next bit comes. Most of this song is just as boring as before for the bass and/or cello.
@@emilyr8668 I get that, but that doesn't change how this song makes me feel. Maybe this will help you understand. ua-cam.com/video/JdxkVQy7QLM/v-deo.html
What gets me is the look of pure joy on her face, she looks like she’s having the time of her life and it reflects beautifully in her music and the audience listening!
You must have 100% control over your fingers at all times to be able to switch and be 'pin-point-perfect' with her straights at the end of such a piece. Her control is at 100%.
I'd say I enjoyed it too if she weren't trying so hard to put on a facade..but the lack of consistent pacing just kinda made her demeanor a bit awkward. The annotator calls it "swing" in some places but honestly she's just not great at staying in time
I love it when musicians reach that level of play where it's as easy as breathing for them. Everything they do becomes art. Even their -mistakes- _happy little accidents_ are incorporated into the musical flow. As a guitarist, I still have a long way to go until then. In the meantime it's practice, practice, and practice. Or at the very least, "let the guitar collect dust while I ignore it for weeks on end."
4:25 has to be one of the most beautiful and coolest sounds I’ve ever heard played on a piano. It doesn’t even sound like a piano!! I keep replaying those 5 seconds over and over lol. God she’s talented
@@patbamm4926 it happens a lot in Jazz. I’m no expert, but I know that it’s typical for jazz players to do ALOT of improv. This sometimes causes alot of slip ups in their performances. This is why you may hear a bunch of “wrong notes”. What’s amazing is the fact that they are still some how able to make the piece sound good, despite the fact that they’ve never practiced and they played the wrong notes. That’s what makes Jazz improv so great! :D
@@patbamm4926 I like to think of it like a speaker starting to yell and go off script during a speech as if theyre so passionate they cant contain themselves anymore
Two things stand out to me: (1) the sheer joy of playing on her face. She knows she's in the zone. (2) Seeing the score, I realize I can't even think fast enough to play 32nd notes. The whole thing just amazes me. Love it.
The amount of repetition required to pull those off is insane. Even practicing everyday, that's something I don't think I will ever be able to do. She must have started when she was like 6 or something.@@stephena21
When you play 32 notes, you're playing patterns. You can't read or think them individually. The human brain has pretty remarkable really how it can organize music and flag the notes that don't fit so fast.
I lost my shit at 6:21 when she starts swinging a melody in her left hand while KEEPING UP that gnarly (although probably not TOO difficult) right hand pattern at the SAME TIME! I'm sure it's a 'trick', but keeping it THAT EVEN and CLEAR in the right while SWINGING the LEFT is NOT a trick... that's called damn fine musicianship ! And the way she gets out of it is brilliant and brings the house down.
right hand accompaniment with left hand lead sounds like it should be a 'trick', but the way she used it was so musical and rhythmic and such a gigantic flex. She's amazing
@@Gladiva19 Normally when you compliment someone, there is someone will say " it is not that impressive " and something similar, so maybe he just do that beforehand.
Guys, acknowledging that it's a trick does not undermine the compliment. Please don't go all out fanboy defense mode, never go all out fanboy defense mode.
I've been fortunate enough to see Hiromi live about 5 times since 2008: once with her Quartet, once with the Trio Project (Anthony Jackson and Simon Phillips), once with the Harpist Edmar Castañeda, and twice solo. She is unreal, and so joyful in her playing.
I LOVE THE CALLBACK TO THE ORIGINAL CANON IN D NEAR THE END! seriously though, this woman is seriously talented, not to mention the vibe she gives. only wish it never ended
It's wierd always the people who haven't got a clue about the knowledge in a certain subject are those that are giving the most exagerrated compliments to people who know about the subject🤔
I love how the audience started and very quickly gave up on clapping along. Even with her help... they realized it was a badddd idea. Most self-aware audience ever haha.
twoset gonna have an aneurysm hearing this
Lol
Lol
everyone with a sense for integrity has.
😂😂
we can leave the elitists behind where they belong
"add half a beat so the audience stays in time" at 2:01 is the best notation I've ever seen and it broke me
"wrong notes (a.k.a. jazz)" was also up there imo, made me realize how awesome I am for being able to play this 100% jazzy
@Kirk Horner Yeah what a talent to able play the piano like this and then to just wing out half a beat like no sweat :D
@@youtubeforcinghandlessucks Yep!
Same
7:22 "gradually add more wrong notes (a.k.a. jazz)" is what got me
Her smile is absolutely infectious and it looks like she was having an amazing time playing it, as well. I couldn't stop smiling the entire time.
Me too! She was so obviously enjoying the whole thing and I loved it, my mood got better by 100 percent just by watching the video.
Same here. It's completely stupid but I even had tears of joy.
Sort of. My go-to analogy is Jordan at his prime. He worked his _ass_ off to make it look easy.
Her smile? Those were practiced Ted Nugent mouth theatrics.
She has the rare joyful-stankface
Imagine being able to play an instrument as if it were your own voice. She doesn’t think about where the hands go, she probably doesn’t even think about notes. It’s all as natural as walking. Truly an amazing gift, watered and nurtured through so many years of hard work and dedication. Thank you for sharing
That's how it is when u make music in ur dreams. I make some amazing music in my sleep.... I wish I could recreate it when awake :(
Not a gift, hours and hours spent playing and understanding music.
@@humanbean3 that sounds like a gift too
@@kiransreekumar5004 I'll admit, I'm blessed with amazing dreams, every night. Playing music in a dream when you've become aware you're dreaming is incredible... I think it's kind of sad that a lot of people simply don't remember their dreams.
tbh as a singer there were a ton of areas i think many trained singers (myself most certainly included) would struggle to sing with the clarity and cleanliness she displayed
as someone who played the ruler in high school can confirm this was a talented ruler player, to incorporate a piano was genius :3
Thank you
I wish I had known you in high school.
Hahaha
🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂
as someone who got spanked by a ruler... i can tell you that making out of a ruler is impressive. not sure why they had to bring a piano into this
Took me a solid few minutes to realize that she didn't have this sheet music, you MADE the sheet music so I could understand the insanity of the last 8 minutes to some degree. Thank you good sir.
"of the last eight minutes" literally the entire video
Description mentions one Tony Williams as the hero who did the transcription. What a wonderful gift he has bestowed upon humanity.
@Farb S may he rest in peace
@Farb S lmfao
Seriously, doing a transcription of this size would get you full credit as a major project in a jazz harmony or improv course in graduate level study.
2:02 "add half a beat so the audience stays in time" is the best thing I've seen in sheet music i think ever
white people can't clap
It is on par with "prepare right hand for combat", yes.
Actually would have never noticed it if it was not written. It's so flawlessly done on the fly.
look at the graph of replaying the vid. Your comment single-handly change it, everybode comes back to 2:02 lol
Also it shows her skill. This means she was able to improvise on the fly and to adjust her performance to the audience.
the audience kept trying to clap but they got thrown off by the rhythm so much so they just gave up LOL
Considering they were clapping on 1 and 3, confusing them off was the correct move.
@@taru4635 Well clapping on 1 and 3 on a classical piece is the right thing to do. But it's also jazz. So... clapping on 1 2 3 4 is the way to go ?
@@ZeZapatiste Clapping anything on a classical piece is a no go, lol
@@taru4635 When they first started they were clapping on every beat. Clapping in performances like this annoys me. The crowd is too big to be able to keep the tempo steady, and the performer might not even want to keep it steady.
@@ZeZapatiste could clap eighth notes and make it a soul clap!
I had the privilege of going to Berklee at the same time as Hiromi, she was just as delightful to watch back then
So cool!
Keeping the audience in time as a performer is such a power move!
When a performer does this I always think of Harry Connick Jr adding a beat to make the audience clap on the 2 and 4 rather than the 1 and 3. Very simple yet difficult thing to do on the fly
@@isaac_rodriguez17 Omg I'm so grateful for the internet, that I can find people who already commented what I was about to say !!
Even better if she had them clap “correctly” on the backbeat
@@isaac_rodriguez17 Seriously. It’s amazing how she does it almost immediately after the audience starts clapping out of time
she just adjusted what she was playing to be on their (incorrect) beat, I think it would be harder to NOT play on the beat there.
Hiromi: ahh this is a nice upbeat tempo.
The audience: not on my watch, not my tempo
lololol
haha
"Are you rushing or dragging?"
just sitting here thinking every few moments, "well, surely it can't get jazzier," and then it GETS JAZZIER
She is gorgeous and she has swing.
this absolutely, the title of the video is just so apt
It can always get jazzier
Same. At first I was thinking this is getting about as jazzy as Norman White and the White Skat Chorale ua-cam.com/video/hwryh-U6MXQ/v-deo.html
"press random notes, AKA 'JAZZ'" lost it xD
I love the instruction, "add a half beat so audience stays in time" at 2:03.
2:27 the real reason she’s smiling is because she successfully got the audience to stop clapping off beat.
Like Harry Cowlick Jr. (I know that's now it's spelled, I just think it's kinda humorous)
Like "hands off, I got this".
Am I an asshole for absolutely hating when an audience does this? I assume the people on stage are sort of happy for audience engagement because it shows they are enjoying the show, but I hate how these types of audiences “take over” a performance. I feel like a stooge, but i had to get this off my chest
@@day6stan Nah you ain't alone, brother
Truth
This is a Japanese artist performing a German composer's music remixed in the Swing-Jazz style originating from African Americans on an instrument invented in Italy. The connections our world can form bring about great beauty.
Amen!
amazing
Yep, music transcends nationality without completely disregarding it!
Yeah this connection reminds a kind of axis
@@Cptcat. NOOOOOO
I love how at 4:12 some guy from the audience says "Yeah!" after the repetitive lick, and she acknowledges him by bringing it back for a few measures right after! What an amazing performer!!
When she did that she looked into the crowd and started laughing, probably to the person who yelled. God music is awesome
Great catch, I had to watch this section 3 times to see what happened!
4:15 on my player. Good catch!!
@@ytp3nohh lol thats where it is
@@rossou99 "When she did that she looked into the crowd and started laughing, probably to the person who yelled"
it's difficult to conclude that that's what she did, because she was already looking to the crowd and smiling even before the guy shouted "yeah". Then she briefly looked at the piano and looked back the same way she was doing before. Even this whole idea that she repeated the lick just because of the "yeah" is kind of a stretch, as that could have been on her plans to do anyway, regardless of the guy shouting.
Saw Hiromi on the thumbnail and had to click it. As usual, she never misses a beat and blew me away. I saw a video of her in concert once where she actually reached into the piano and straight up played the strings...by hand!!! It sounded awesome! Seeing her live in concert one day is on my bucket list.
She didn't miss a beat. She missed half a beat, to get the audience back in time :)
Putting a metal ruler on strings to make it sound like a jazzy harpsichord is pure genius. Chapeau.
Reminds me of this comedy-cover of “I Will Survive” by Igudesman & Joo that uses a milk-frother against piano wire for a similar effect. 😂
The idea is cool, but I was really annoyed by the sound. It was so much better after she took it out.
Definitely a cool voice, don't necessarily like it tho. I thought the audio file were broken
@@melvinhawkins9208 since Pachelbel is a baroque composer, he didn't have piano back then but the harpsichord (even Bach barely saw the first prototypes of fortepiano).
She used this trick to mimic the harpsichord on the medium-high octaves while accompanying with piano sound on lower thematic notes.
Cheers!
So that's what it was for?
This is a great clip to show someone who doesn't "get" jazz. Start with a familiar motif, play it until it's ingrained in the ear, gradually start twisting it around itself in more and more complex patterns until you're just freestyling the shit out of it, and finally, come back home. This is simply brilliant.
What a great description of jazz
The best description of Jazz I’ve ever heard is that it is smooth spirals.
Yeah that describes it really good. Destroying the original music until ears of audience are hurting and for sol long that everyone is releived when it finally ends. 🤮 Jazz is really the most overfluent and misleaded variation in modern music by far. And I like MANY music styles when done well, nearly everything as long as it is not yazz. Yazz is always and forever with NO exception bad.
@@Rorimac67 boi you better replay the video
@@Rorimac67 what utter nonsense
god i wanna be a musician like this, so unapologetically enraptured by the joy of making music. she looks like she's having so much fun up there, if it weren't for her adjusting to the audience's (bad) rhythm i would wonder if she even knew they were there. there is so much love and passion and happiness in this performance and it makes my heart full to see.
Agreed. It looks like it feels so good to be able to just let your hands fly
This
Start learning man.
THIS BRO
devote time and effort. Music is a skill that only gives my friend :)
Adverts in the middle of this feels like a crime against humanity.
feels even worse
Adverts are a crime against humanity.
@@tjlambaes Amen brother!
I started subscribing to youtube so I could watch stuff like this without the advert rubbish. Best money I have spent in a long while.
that's because they are
Can we just acknowledge that transcribing this is completely INSANE?
I never thought about that but you're right. Must of taken a long time to get it right.
amen. well said.
Not for a profecional artist.
@@isaicordero5654 It's insane even for a professional.
Hes still in highschool too
I love that they added a half a beat to keep the audience in time then decided nope they're not tight enough and just syncopated the Rhythm to destroy their will to clap along
That was beautiful I'd say
This woman is arguably the best jazz pianist alive in terms of mechanisms. Just INSANE fingers.
The jazz culture in me 🧐 wants to argue to exert my dominance in playing wrong notes the "right" way and considering exclusively the "classic" jazz pianists, as being offended by new interpretations of jazz is our primary responsibility as we progress towards PhDs in jazz theory, but...honestly, she's pretty dang good. 😆 I feel like this comment will inevitably cause contention in the jazz world because jazz schools teach musical superiority even more than they teach contradictory music theory, but...who cares? I'm impressed!
Yea i also think her creativity is outstanding!
Look up her Time Out piano solo :)
@@tajf5529 inhuman
@@samthisam570 she's great and Im a fan and have seen her play, but I think Chihiro Yamanaka is better
"gradually add more wrong notes AKA jazz" i spit out my drink. Then had to clean my brand new laptop. Thanks George. This performance is the embodiment of all the rage that classical musicians (especially cellists) have for this song. Truly astounding performance.
My favorite part is so much FUN she's having.
There's nothing like watching a musician who truly enjoys and feels what they're playing. ❤
if you watch any of hiromi’s other performances you can tell how much she loves what she’s doing, like in her performances with edmar castaneda she’s having a BLAST
There's a zone we get into when our hearts are finally opening up to unleash the deeper music.
Absolutely agree! Nothing is better than seeing a musician that is really loving what they are doing. It is so inspiring and makes me so much happier knowing they are loving it!
I went to a concert of four metal bands and one of the undercard bands was Avatar. I knew of them and enjoyed their music, but they stole the show with how much fun they had on stage and with the crowd. It means so much more when the people there to entertain you clearly are enjoying doing it. In contrast, I saw Bob Dylan play the same venue and he came off like he felt he had blessed us with his presence - never thanked or even acknowledged the crowd and at the end, he walked up front, looked to the side, put a hand out in a flashy pose, turned and walked off stage. I would love to see Avatar again - wouldn't go see Dylan if the tickets were free (which is sad because I love his work).
That's the spirit, isn' it?
she is fucking stoked through the whole set
She looks like she's enjoying her music more than the audience. Honestly, she looks like she'd buy a ticket to play at her own show.
Truth be told, that's what every artist should be. Their own biggest fan.
If you would not listen to your own album, why did you record it?
@@ori_the_omnivorous omg yess. One musician should love performing with all their heart. I can't avoid smiling while playing. It's all about having fun and enjoying because the music is pure magic. Something beautiful and unique.
But its a sad day when a musician needs to pay to play at their own show. This happens every time attendance is poor.
her name?
I'm typically a classical junkie, but this was the first time I ever shed a tear over a jazz adaptation. How incredible. She is absolutely levitating on the pure joy of music.
I started tearing up very suddenly at around 6:21, when that bass line came in and she just kept that high thing going it was absolutely crazy
Beautifully said. Very emotional to watch this.
classical + jazz = country
@@jendralhxr no
me too ,me too tears at 3:06 also took all will to play piano again .....
came for some kids rendition of cannon D, stayed cause i was busy picking my jaw up off the floor
Hello Alexander, the sound on the right hand islike that because she put a metal stick on the strings
@@pauldominiqueschal6769Brother, it's called a metal ruler😂, no offense btw.
Too much jawz, it seems.
That "some kid" is one of the best jazz pianists of our generation.
Her sense of timing was obvious when she was able to block out the audience's clapping that was painfully off beat.
only non drunk metalhead can headbang to meshuggah
well said
Only Tim Minchin has called the audience out on their offbeat clapping so far.
@James Grant yes it's called sound waves lol
@@broccolee4328 Oh you're off beat, wicked
I audibly exclaimed 'no..." in bewilderment when she started playing the left hand melody underneath those 32nd notes. She's on another level ;o;
Those 32nds were straight, and the 16ths were swung, I think that's even crazier
.....
My jaw literally dropped for the rest of the performance
Me too!
Imagine performing this in the 1680’s and seeing everyone lose their freaking mind
Witch!
I always wonder how people back then would have reacted to jazz!
Like a Marty McFly moment lol
"Your great(x50) grandkids are gonna love this"
ask Copernicus how that went...🤣
@@lengmoua6861 Only if she weighs the same as a duck ;=)
There are no words to describe how much she loves music, but you can see it through her happiness when performing.
She gradually went from playing the wrong notes at the right time to playing wrong notes all the time and then abruptly back to super smooth harmony.
She's wild.
_JAZZ_
I bet you clap the offbeat along with a performer who's trying to play it correct, messing them up and then coming on here talking about how you think jazz is
Jazz is spicy music.
Welcome to jazz
@Ruska oh, we haven't been formally introduced, but I'd gladly ask who you are so that I can unintroduce us. Also, 13 people agreed with me, none of you know jazz, you just benefit off of the daily random shit that greets you on the algorithm wagon. Get a personality
If I had a time machine, I'd go back to the 17th century and show this to Pachelbel.
You'd show this to him at his deathbed? (Well, I guess it would be his deathbed after seeing it)
@@Wecoc1 “this musical performance could kill a small Victorian child, or a large Baroque era Composer”
He would cry a lot
@@kitsubi11 Cry from happiness I hope. It's hard to imagine a musician not feeling only joy for having this kind of a tribute done to them.
@@Wecoc1 Excuse me for being the ackchyally guy, but 17th century = 1600-1700. Bachebel died in 1706. He might've died sooner if he saw this though.
I was lucky enough to hear Hiromi play live in 2014 - front row seat, behind the piano, in a stand on the stage(!). She had this same level of fun and intensity for what I guess was a couple of hours. When she came back for the second encore I felt kinda sorry for her, as she was clearly exhausted, but she still gave it her all and knocked it out the park anyway. An absolute olympian of musicianship.
演奏が素晴らしいのは勿論だけど、楽しそうにプレイするその表情が見てる自分を幸せな気分にさせてくれて止まないです。とても素晴らしいライブです。
It's always impossible to do this level of jazz without making the face.
Fr 🤣
any level of jazz needs that stank face ooomphh
Jazz just seeps into your soul and you can't help but smile.
Like how a guitarist makes the face when they're so absorbed in their solos.
@@SiniBANG I play oboe. Try making a face with that!
She's like a classical musician through out her life and finally came out of her closet to be a jazz player
Just a live-action, abridged adaption of Kids on the Slope, really 😂
@@mattm7220 dammit, everyone is talking abt it and now I gotta watch/read it too (if it has a manga)
no she started studying jazz at 8...
Kinda like Crossroads.
@@michaeltagor4238 you should watch it rather than reading it if you like jazz music
It's like she's lost in her own world. Nothing exists outside of her and the piano. This is someone who is completely in the zone.
Not that true since she is also playing with the public
@@neitsab8172 her zone is so poweful that she took the whole audience with her in her realm
That's not hard, I could play that. Up to 0:21.
😂
The best part of the whole thing is that you can tell she's just having a BLAST up there.
She's smiling through the pain
Almost every performance I've seen her do she brings this infectious, happy vibe that just draws you in and clearly shows how much she's enjoying her time at the piano.
Absolutely
@@kaptenlemper It's kinda creepy. Is it camp I wonder? I wish she wouldn't, the music doesn't need it.
@@davidhawley1132 Pretty sad that you don't recognize what happiness looks like.
Its wild to me how expressive she's being with her right hand while still playing rhythm with her left hand.
It’s like two different people
Hand independence at its finest
Soloing and doing stride bass at the same time is notoriously hard to do, which is why it fell out of fashion. People _wanted_ to imitate it but it's really, really hard.
Wait until you hear Oscar Peterson doing it in Blues Etude: ua-cam.com/video/EX6fLQZNMiA/v-deo.html
The right/left hand split around 6:30 absolutely rocked me. Not just the difficulty on its face, but to play one hand straight and swing the other.
魅力的で！
"Mom, can we have harpsichord at home?"
"We already have harpsichord at home."
Harpsichord at home:
Your mom is right, harpsichord at home is better
I always loved her expressions and joy on stage, she's so fun to watch!
Who is she?
@@jasonlieberman4606 Hiromi Uehara
She is having so much fun. Reminds me of tommy Emmanuel on the guitar. If they were to play together their smiles would be out of control.
That's showmanship. It does add a lot to the performance. Some people force a smile when playing their instruments and they looked pathetic.
I felt relieved when she finally took the ruler off the strings.
That poor ruler didn't deserve to be violated as such...
I don't think it's a particularly great sound. Meant to emulate a harpsichord probably, or some other early keyboard, but it just sounds like a ruler stuck,k in a piano most of the time.
This isn't Cage's Sonata 5.
@@davidwilson6577 fuck all the way off that shit was poppin
As soon as she took that ruler out, everything escalated into a full-blown musical perfection streak
After much calculations, I infer a hotdog sausage would create a more softer reverb over the ruler
keep smiling and crying at the same time while the song is playing, hiromi is just wonderful, the world is beautiful, to be able to live 'til now is a absolute miracle, thank you and wish everyone a smooth and happy new year
Canon in D always makes me emotional for some reason and this performance especially filled me with joy and I sat here smiling and crying as well lol. I thought something similar how this is what life is about, there is so much talent and beauty and art in the world and I feel lucky to be able to see so much of it. Glad to share an experience and joy with you. Happy new year to you as well.
gosh i'm glad I wasn't the only one
gosh i'm glad I wasn't the only one
That is a wonderful response!
7:16 "continue with random sloppy clusters" is easily the greatest notation i've ever witnessed, that's just fucking golden lmaoo
aka jäzz
Hahah I laughed at “add a half beat so audience clap stays on time”
man I feel like the discordance of that part would pop off so much harder with an instrument that has more harmonics (or whatever it is called when there are a lot of under and overtones)
"Gradually add more wrong notes (a.k.a Jazz)" Pretty much accurately sums up what jazz is, but also sums up what makes Jazz such an amazing genre.
It says jäzz, for a reason
Jazz is syncopation, 3 beats against 4 or a variation.
"It don't mean a thing if it don't swing"
that was my favorite part about the whole notation XDD
Yeah…try adding just any old “wrong” notes…
Very nice transcription as always! Also: Thanks for bringing attention to such remarkable pieces of music and their performers.
@@AcousticOlli i mean he has multiple videos sent to him to upload every day and he handpicks the one he chooses.
With his platform multiple unrecognized talents got in the spotlight.
But I do see where you are coming from.
@@AcousticOlli Tony Williams (who transcribed this score) probably sent it to George because he wanted to share his work. This channel is the most popular one of its kind, after all. And I'm pretty certain George Collier aligned the transcription with the original video himself and made sure to keep the time marker in sync with her playing. He didn't just upload it.
🙂
@@tappkarton I commission Tony for all the transcriptions that he does for the channel. I have to research videos, edit them, manage a YT channel, manage a website, provide support, on top of other things and I’m in my final year of high school with final exams coming up!! By working with other transcribers for about half of my videos, you get more frequent videos and transcriptions of instruments I can’t transcribe like guitars and drums:)) only so many hours in a day 😂
@@GeorgeCollier you’re in high school?!?!!
One of the best piano players in the world. She is absolutely mind blowingingly good.
How do you even start to transcribe such music? Well done, George. As a drummer, I find your videos fascinating...as I'm sure non-drummers do also.
well you can make a machine do it
I think it starts with knowing what key it is in first. Then you just gotta know the scale. Chords are the last thing you can identify. Often melodies can be pulled if you have an anchor note( what I like to call it) like the 1st of the scale or just C in general.
I’m a piano player, and this is frickin’ awesome
@@thenonfurry You get it! :)
As a beginner pianist, this is so amazing and impressive. I can sometimes pick a simple melody line by ear, but I can't really pick up the bass, and I wouldn't even know the correct notation, time signature, etc. Amazing, I am so in awe with professional musicians.
The pure joy on her face while she's playing is contagious x'D
Transcendental
My right hand started physically cramping up at 6:50 and she’s the one who’s playing, what the hell! Incredible
No lie, G.I. !!
I will always be grateful for this video because it's what first introduced me to Hiromi. Her joy and skill in this video are captivating, and prompted me to listen to just about everything I could find of hers. She's now my favourite pianist, by far
7:23 "gradually add more wrong notes (a.k.a. jazz)" - that makes me a jazz master! :) Love Hiromi's playing
* jäzz
lol
"Wrong" aint a word in jazz baybee
Like Thelonius Monk said, "The piano ain't got no wrong notes."
beat me to it, lol
@@sharkofjoy There are not wrong notes, you only miss the confidence to play them.
She was positively vibin the whole time. Neat.
4:26 The AGRESSIVE DELICACY that she plays those chords with is mesmerizing, speechless.
"agressive delicacy" that's it, that's my new fav phrase, thank you for that one
Dude! She's OOZING feel! It's ridiculous!
OH YEAH! It's classic Erroll Garner with those full delayed chords. It's so wild!
It legit didn't even sound like a piano to me, it was so damn gorgeous
What a beautiful human being
3:01 I FELT LIKE I FREAKING ASCENDED
That was so good!
This is beyond words. Thanks for sharing your work with us, George :)!
Credit where it's due - this was transcribed by Tony Williams :)
i love watching people who look like theyre about to start singing as they play instruments. like they’re singing but the instrument is their voice. so much fun!
Her control of rhythm is astonishing, i mean I know that she's a world class musician but that section at around 06:30 where she was playing the melody in the bass left me gobsmacked 😶
It wasn't even the rhythmic clarity for me, which is mind-blowing in and of itself; it was how she gave the melody that much personality and exuberance while keeping the treble so regimented and restrained. It felt to me like the melody had been so restrained for the previous measures it was just forcing it's way out of her. Glorious stuff.
My right forearm almost got a Charlie Horse just watching her perform that part!
Wow that tone is incredible. I’m told I can get a pretty good tone out of a piano, but this is just on another level, and I’m envious for sure! The independence of her two hands is even crazier, especially during that part with the super fast ostinato on top and embellished melody on bottom!
its insane how she manages to keep those chords so insanely quiet but lively and bouncy at the same time. as a pianist, i can only sit in astonishment and doubt all my life decisions
the same !!! i was sitting in astonishment and doubting about my life too
Aside from the rulers, there appears to be a black coat and a bunch of other junk sitting inside the piano
I know that feel bro...Best solution is to banish UA-cam entirely
Every time I see Hiromi I realise that the highest of heights of jazz are only reachable by her and a few others.
No need to doubt life decisions. Compare it to something else. Like driving a bike. Yes, there is top sport where they outperform me in every possible way. Doesn't stop me from having fun driving my bike.
2:35 ooai! this is the most underrated note in the whole piece. Also you really should be crediting this amazing artist in the title of the video!! Mad respect to Hiromi Uehara
Totally agree, the pianist name should be in the title
@@aldiepi8160 I think that's Hawaiian for
"OMG my eyes+ears are so amazed I can't get them back in my head"
My guess is the title has been designed for SEO - it allows the video to get into the algorithm and reach a broader audience, and those with a lot of interest in this can certainly find the artist’s name in the video description. :)
I feel inclined to assume everybody already know who she is
unironically best version of it that I've ever heard by a long shot.
I can think of one better that took me by surprise. This one’s so complex and interesting though.
@@declandougan7243 which one?
@@declandougan7243 bro you can't keep us hanging like this
@@THE_Mirage I won't ua-cam.com/video/eWqbMrGFQLI/v-deo.html
@@THE_Mirage It's a highly audio-visual product, but if you want just the audio in higher quality, use this link ua-cam.com/video/h3chjgQ7yMY/v-deo.html
The way it progresses from 3:07! What a great player! that's also some serious transcription work!
I can only pray that sometime in my life, I will feel something as hard as she was feeling that performance.
Thats what she sa…
hehe *hard*
@@mos680 😂
sus
PHRASING
She looks like she's having so much fun, what a smile and her voice is so perfectly soft.
That’s what I was thinking the entire time! It wasn’t until the video was over that I realize was face was just starting to hurt from smiling along with her the whole way. It’s something about seeing the joy radiate off of a musician while they play; seeing someone look so happy doing something they love. For me that aspect makes me enjoy the performance so much more. 💕
Remember watching a concert of hers on YT with her just going :D and her bassist going D: the entire time ^^
that sound of metal ruler on the strings sounds like a hit in rhythm game
How is that so spot on?
FC
Arcaea hitsounds
Oh so thats what it is, i was wondering whats wrong witth this piano haha
It makes me happy how happy she is
Never did I once think that I'd ever hear a truly interesting adaptation of canon in D that makes me feel something. Fantastic rendition that the performer is clearly enjoying to play, which helps the audience to enjoy more as the feeling of joy comes through in the music.
As a bassist, I'm still thinking an orchestral adaption of this would be torture. Sure, there's the occasional interesting bit, but on the other hand you either have to count measures or pay really close attention to know when the next bit comes. Most of this song is just as boring as before for the bass and/or cello.
@@charlessaintpe8574 good thing this is done by a solo pianist for solo piano
@@emilyr8668 I get that, but that doesn't change how this song makes me feel. Maybe this will help you understand. ua-cam.com/video/JdxkVQy7QLM/v-deo.html
😊
What gets me is the look of pure joy on her face, she looks like she’s having the time of her life and it reflects beautifully in her music and the audience listening!
Same here! I can’t agree better!
this is improvised right?
also what the hell that run was so clean at 3:01 that it sounded like a midi to me lmao
6:00 this one too
Of course it’s improvised. There are some licks prepared beforehand though
holy shit it does
The steady right hand in 6:00 was the most jaw dropping for me. It was so clean no matter what happened in the left. Amazing!
No. This is jazz
Check her out showing off her dexterity at the BBC Proms ua-cam.com/video/PmKQptkI6g0/v-deo.html
I have never seen anyone more in love with music.
Those runs at the end are so god damn clean
Hiromi is one of the cleanest pianists you'll ever hear. That's kinda her thing.
You must have 100% control over your fingers at all times to be able to switch and be 'pin-point-perfect' with her straights at the end of such a piece. Her control is at 100%.
The look she has the entire time is just sheer, unadulturated JOY 😁 I adore this
The smile she always has on her face is so contagious. I can’t help but smile when I watch this
Fake smile..
It's called play for a reason! it should be fun!
@@kostakowski LOL she's just... *pretending* to be happy while she plays piano for a bunch of people as loud as she wants? Okay.
I'd say I enjoyed it too if she weren't trying so hard to put on a facade..but the lack of consistent pacing just kinda made her demeanor a bit awkward. The annotator calls it "swing" in some places but honestly she's just not great at staying in time
I love it when musicians reach that level of play where it's as easy as breathing for them. Everything they do becomes art. Even their -mistakes- _happy little accidents_ are incorporated into the musical flow. As a guitarist, I still have a long way to go until then. In the meantime it's practice, practice, and practice. Or at the very least, "let the guitar collect dust while I ignore it for weeks on end."
I love this comment!
I just started guitar an you sir spat straight facts there.
How'd it go?
I keep coming back to this video. It just puts a smile on my face!
4:25 has to be one of the most beautiful and coolest sounds I’ve ever heard played on a piano. It doesn’t even sound like a piano!! I keep replaying those 5 seconds over and over lol. God she’s talented
I involuntarily WOO-ed right there
This first and second and third time i hear that part i cried. Especially when she brings it back later even louder 😭
5:45 is the second
@@novakian I was looking for a comment about this! Genuinely moved me to tears. Absolutely beautiful.
Her tone is just so perfect
The "wrong notes" part was so cool, it takes one hell of a musician to make that work but my god its awesome when its done right
Can you please educate me more? About the wrong notes. I’m not a musician but I love jazz. I would like to know more about it.😁
@@patbamm4926 it happens a lot in Jazz. I’m no expert, but I know that it’s typical for jazz players to do ALOT of improv. This sometimes causes alot of slip ups in their performances. This is why you may hear a bunch of “wrong notes”. What’s amazing is the fact that they are still some how able to make the piece sound good, despite the fact that they’ve never practiced and they played the wrong notes. That’s what makes Jazz improv so great! :D
@@patbamm4926 I like to think of it like a speaker starting to yell and go off script during a speech as if theyre so passionate they cant contain themselves anymore
@@hotdogskid Thank you. It’s very visualise and easy to understand. 😁 I could imagine that…👍
Two things stand out to me: (1) the sheer joy of playing on her face. She knows she's in the zone. (2) Seeing the score, I realize I can't even think fast enough to play 32nd notes. The whole thing just amazes me. Love it.
The only time I'm pulling off 32nd notes, it's cos I programmed it with midi lol.
Nobody thinks fast enough to play the 32nd notes - its all muscle memory.
And to play triplets with the left hand at the same time. Unbelievable.
The amount of repetition required to pull those off is insane. Even practicing everyday, that's something I don't think I will ever be able to do. She must have started when she was like 6 or something.@@stephena21
When you play 32 notes, you're playing patterns. You can't read or think them individually.
The human brain has pretty remarkable really how it can organize music and flag the notes that don't fit so fast.
まさか、jazzサウンドがカノンに合うなんて、想像出来なかったですよね😂
素敵な演奏でした🎉❤
いゃあ右手凄過ぎでしょ(笑)
7:34 I love that little "eeh" she makes after those insane 32th notes.
Her scatting along and the little "eeh"s that she puts in add so much to her charm and how wonderful this piece is.
i love how the audience tries to clap along but they can't handle the big jazz energy
LITERALLY HOW? And throwing in those left-hand triplets around 6:53 during the insane 16ths run is just... what!?
Hiromi uehara for you
So utterly and absolutely beautiful. It fills my heart with joy.
when she kept that trill going and switched the melody to the left hand, like damn, that's some endurance!
I believe she seperated her brain into 2 parts to achieve that feat.
I lost my shit at 6:21 when she starts swinging a melody in her left hand while KEEPING UP that gnarly (although probably not TOO difficult) right hand pattern at the SAME TIME! I'm sure it's a 'trick', but keeping it THAT EVEN and CLEAR in the right while SWINGING the LEFT is NOT a trick... that's called damn fine musicianship ! And the way she gets out of it is brilliant and brings the house down.
right hand accompaniment with left hand lead sounds like it should be a 'trick', but the way she used it was so musical and rhythmic and such a gigantic flex. She's amazing
What an underhanded compliment. It's okay, you can acknowledge someone is better at it than you.
@@Gladiva19 Normally when you compliment someone, there is someone will say " it is not that impressive " and something similar, so maybe he just do that beforehand.
just say you liked the song bro
Guys, acknowledging that it's a trick does not undermine the compliment. Please don't go all out fanboy defense mode, never go all out fanboy defense mode.
I've been fortunate enough to see Hiromi live about 5 times since 2008: once with her Quartet, once with the Trio Project (Anthony Jackson and Simon Phillips), once with the Harpist Edmar Castañeda, and twice solo. She is unreal, and so joyful in her playing.
I own some Trio recordings but I absolutely prefer her solo... I feel she has to fly alone.
oh, how much i enjoy, i love the way the notes come along thogether with this bodylanguage!!
I LOVE THE CALLBACK TO THE ORIGINAL CANON IN D NEAR THE END! seriously though, this woman is seriously talented, not to mention the vibe she gives. only wish it never ended
She’s like a kid enjoying hide and seek with sound. What a prodigy.
Oh my God! How does she do it?
@@sorendippel She hits random keys, and the notes play themselves.
It's wierd always the people who haven't got a clue about the knowledge in a certain subject are those that are giving the most exagerrated compliments to people who know about the subject🤔
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Maybe she is from another universe
I love how the audience started and very quickly gave up on clapping along. Even with her help... they realized it was a badddd idea.
Most self-aware audience ever haha.
I hate the audience clapping along at a JAZZ concert pretending they can follow the tempo
When she took off the ruler (or whatever that was), the music really got enjoyable!
I've always found it impossible not to smile while watching her play. She is pure joy.
Notice how she isn’t even looking at the piano. She’s just feeling it
Hiromi is the type to laugh at her own jokes....before she finishes telling them. To have joy such as that is my eternal search in life. Bless Her.
What’s her full name?
Her name is Hiromi Uehara.
Julia LePetit anyone?
you can have it with Christ! He loves you!
I know you didn't mean it like that, but this reads like a southern insult.
I think this is the best thing ive ever seen and heard in my life