Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor
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- Bach - Prelude & Fugue No. 2 in C Minor
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Hope you enjoy this performance of Bach's 2nd Prelude and Fugue, from WTC 1 by SPQ.
Outro: Bach - Prelude No. 1 in C Major
Hello, I'm Rousseau, I make piano covers of classical and pop songs with a reactive visualizer. New videos every Monday and Thursday!
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Bach. Prelude & Fugue No. 2. The first minor Prelude & Fugue from his Well-Tempered Clavier - written to show the possibilities of equal temperament (where you can play in tune no matter what key you play). Before this, music was often centered around each key, where if you were in tune in C major, you were out of tune in F# major (or vice versa) - this was a problem if you wanted to change keys. So to show how equal temperament solved this problem, Bach wrote two books of Preludes & Fugues, writing one for each of the 12 major and minor keys - probably not realizing that he had just written one of the most important musical works of all time. I hope you have a great Monday ♥
i love you rosseau
I need HR2
you are an absolute god, well played
my ears
Never knew that, interesting
Do you want to see some more Bach, or are there any other composers you would prefer?
Chopin please
Rousseau Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Just bring liszt-HR2
Rousseau more Bach
Can you do Liszt-Penseroso please?
I dont know why people are saying this is so hard to play its streaming in perfect quality for me
Cathal
Holy sh*t, if someone doesn’t get this joke im lowkey going to r/woooosh them.
Lmao. That was good, my friend.
Really had me in the first half ngl
iDiOt tHeY mEaNt iT aS In PlAyInG iT oN tHe pIaNo NoT sTreAmIng iT On YoUtUbE
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The "Subscriber Special" riddle is now solved! A "No. 1" at 1M for Ballade No. 1 and then a "No. 2" at 2M for Prelude & Fugue No. 2! *Just kidding* - HR2 is almost rendered, all I'll say is - DIAMONDS. I'll be sharing a sneak-preview screenshot of the video on my mailing list this coming week, make sure to sign up so you see it before everyone else! www.rousseaum.com
Can't wait for it !
Omg, can't wait!!
Liszt Penseroso please.
So sign up to a newsletter to see a screenshot?
Can you play Chopin sonata 3 at 3M
I really never understand how come anyone in the world can dislike a piano music video.. these are played by well experienced pianists.
I was just thinking that
Well don't worry about that now!! 😬
doesnt matter who they're being played by, if someone doesnt like anything they dislike it. thats the whole point of that system, to show that you dont like it. sad that they've removed it
The pianist playing the piece is irrelevant to your argument. Oftentimes people dislike because they themselves do not enjoy the music
@@aiai8967 but then why listen or even click on this video then? It’s obvious that it’s classical piano stuff, so why click it if you know you won’t like it?
Fuges are insane in difficulty, not because they’re fast or anything like that, but they require complete hand independence which is something very hard to achieve, I’m currently learning this piece, wish me luck
good luck!
*piece
All preludes by Bach are about intermediate-late intermediate levels but the fugues, oh god, late intermediate and advanced for sure, having to play so many voices at the same time is very hard and requires insane hand and finger independence
The C Major fugue is an actual fugue… C Minor one not so much of a chore. I wish you luck nonetheless. It’s a great piece, an essential, and teaches.
@@gaopinghu7332 why?
Day 1 of asking Rousseau to upate his Spotify
Like If you want him to update his Spotify aswell
I started using YT Music thanks to him lol
Just listen to the yt playlist. Although there's gonna be ads.
I want him to update his Spotify but that doesn't mean I need to give you a like you leech. You don't need to ask for likes to know something.
Davis Robinson wastes too much data. It uses way less data on Spotify
@@davisatdavis1 download them if you are in phone
Guess who's Bach
Bach again
Bach is Bach
Tell a friend
What if I don't have any?
Fugue you!
@@noursarhan8695 cuz you couldnt get laid!
@@guilloboi get rekt
Nice bro
Rousseau: Uploads epic piece that is pretty hard.
Viewers: Still no Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 though.
Rousseau: Sigh
Dylan Crusher pretty hard this? Really not.
He would have a good reason to sigh. These morons can't understand not now.
@@Npvsp yes it is.
@@Npvsp yes it is.
Henry It isn’t hard at all. This can be achieved by any piano student after say two or three years.
The prelude is hard simply because of the speed and articulation, the fugue is hard simply because there are three voices. I'm playing these pieces in an upcoming audition (hopefully)
Hope your audition goes well! These pieces are really devilish
Hope you played it well in your audition.. I'm 2 months late so probably its over!
prelude is what im learning now and it's really fun
@@sammysmith9196 same! It's fun to see progess everyday when you slowly get faster and faster.
funny exact same piece for an audition for me!! , (in several weeks actually)
I’m a simple man...
Rousseau uploads a new video
I click
Rousseau:uploaded HR2
Me: *CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK*
this didnt age well
It hurts waiting but I'll be patient because I know it's worth it
It's coming soon
@@somnangodom9130 what is
@@givemethatfilletfish HR2
@@fits_to8764 but when?????
@@givemethatfilletfish Yesterday
What I love about Bach, particularly here, is that he doesn't repeat stuff.
Just listen to anything mozart, let's say his 40th symphony, and you will see that everything is repeated at least once.
True, any theme or transition motifs he brings in are always developed differently or maybe even a key change but never repeated exactly the same, ofc there are exceptions sometimes
y que tiene de malo repetir lo bueno?
@@Trooman20 Right.
And that's why mozart is catchy af, bach not so much
That doesn’t mean anything
Nice texture, and really amazing playing of course! I should try this on harpsichord someday!
One question. Do harpsichords from the 17th century support MIDI, if so, you should make a video like this ;)
@@loganm2924 Oh no I don't mean that. I'll use a harpsichord patch for my digital piano, like the one in my Prelude and Fugue #3 cover
Hello there! Love your videos
That's my favourite Fugue, it's great to see some Bach. He is to classical music what The Beatles were to pop/rock music. There's a bit of Bach in pretty much every great composer that followed him.
rousseau: *uploads one of my favourite pieces*
me: *OMF-*
also me: *WHERE IS HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY 2*
*dies*
I second this
no stop
@Taryn Arnold
Isn't Rousseau a professional?
Gsus those meme formats are worse and worse
same
that must be the most satisfying thing ever to play.... my respect
Oh it is satisfying trust me
@BobTheBuilderXDshould I learn this or la cathedral engloutie?
1:25 he actually did the trill
so?
@@norkini9960 a lot of performers dont do it
Aren't trills/ornaments to the players discretion with Bach's music?
On my sheet there isn’t this trill
It’s lower mordant lol 😂
Bach is no doubt the goat at harmony.
I used to know this song by heart (the fugue, not the prelude). I heard it in a recording in college and it was played more like a mad man was at the keyboard. The energy was intense. I recall reading that when Bach was in the church practicing, people would walk by and see him thought the door with a glazed look in his eyes playing in a craze. I wish someone would post it playing in that head space. It does so much for it.
This isn't the No.2 we wanted, but it's the No.2 we deserves
i love that little foreshadowing of the fugue's motif at the end of the prelude
The elegance, and precision that you must play Bachs compositions with, makes his music like no other. My favorite composer, my appreciation cannot be expressed more. Fugue is my favorite part
I love fugues so much maybe it’s how they start with a simple sounding theme then go beyond that, outstanding preformence
I never learned to read music with piano but my dad taught me the prelude part of this just with showing me the keys and a lot of patience, unfortunately I stopped playing for years and years but hearing this has reignited the love for piano! Gona go learn to read music!
Being early is fun! Anyway, amazing performance, I really loved it!
0:04 1:33 1:39
This is where it starts for those practicing
For y’all asking ,,,, Rousseau said that he’d be posting HR2 soon ! He’s still rendering it or smtg
An incredible, wonderful creation
Yeeeeaaaaaa gimme what weve been waiting fir 1 year
Today is my birthday. After one and a half hour, it will be “was” and probably only a few of my close relatives will send their best wishes. I don’t expect anything from people, never expected till this time but when you get older, your expectations are changing. Today, no lies I’ve felt a bit lonely. But instead of expecting things from people, I’ve encouraged myself to love what I have and what I can have by myself. I love listening to piano music, I love reading, I love traveling, and let me tell you what they have in common; All of them you can do it by yourself. No matter what my new age will bring it to me, I will try to make my life worth living...
and thats it, you have matured.
You seems so passive aggressive about people not sending you happy birthday wishes dang, it’s just a birthday
@@akiyachef_5213 "calm down, its just a game"
except Game Over will be final.
And inevitable.
Birthday wishes don't mean anything to me. If Person really wishes the beste for you know it without them telling on your birthday. People wishing you stuff, just because this is the way are meaningess
Finally classical music is bach again on your channel :D
Bachroque*
classical or .. Bachroque:?? get it ? no? ok i'll go now
@@litherpowerplayz6867 🙄😑
@@litherpowerplayz6867 😅😅😅bachroque...
Litherpower Playz i can handel the joke
😂
I am currently playing this piece!!
got any trouble with the fugue ? im like on the half of it and its pain haha literal pain actually i played too much ;3
Mosca Dei Lamberti I always find when playing this piece that my hands are cramped as hell. 😂
Me too
i finally finished this piece and i had so much trouble on 2:22-2:27 and 2:31-2:37. too many weird fingerings
It requires hand independency. Make sure to start slow so your fingers can develop the technique
A HUGE CONGRATS to Rousseau,
You’ve worked hard uploading many videos with high musical and video quality. You definitely deserve few million subscribers
NOW GIVE ME HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO. 2
You know, I've already seen HR2 on so many channels, but I want my favorite UA-camr to play it.
The community is ready, Rousseau...
This is my fav piece by Bach, it's so epic.
My favourite! I can't stop practising it.
You're playing it sooo wonderfully! Thanks for this great recording!
I have already played the Prelude but I never played it with this dexterity. It's incredible.
I should preface this by saying I have only played for 7 years. I looked at the prelude sheet music and said "might take a minute but it isnt too bad." Looked at the sheet music for the fugue and couldn't find what could be so hard about it. As I have now tried to play it, keeping all three voices the same volume and figuring out the fingering is a nightmare. I appreciate the challenge.
I’m a simple man, I see Rousseau and like the video.
Tempest Sonata 3rd movement!! It would look amazing
yes! I am learning that one at the moment and it's really fun.
Yeah!
I was just learning this peace. And when i had a break i opened UA-cam and first video i saw was this. Such a coincidence
SAME
I’m a beginner pianist, but i really like Bach as a lot of his work is based on repetition, with slight variations. It makes it easy to break down, and memorise (cant read music). I can actually play a lot of his stuff now, and people think I’m actually an experienced musician. I’m currently working on this, and Its just like many others, just faster. If you break any piece of music down, and play it slowly enough, you can learn anything, within reason. With my current skill level, as long as the music doesn’t require the hands to move great distances up and down the keyboard, in a short period of time, constantly making new shapes, I know I can learn the piece. BTW, I’m close to 50, so if i can do it, anyone can!😂👍😎
you should learn to read music
Very inspirational words kind sir, thanks for the motivation.
my reply is 2 years later but you should 100% learn to read music or else you're screwing yourself in the long run
good on you for learning at an older age though
Just discovered this channel. That's brilliant! (Greets from Latvia)
I listen and watch the videos bc I can’t read music but I can’t learn by watching others or hearing it. My mom started getting me instruments 3 years back bc I picked up the music so easily. I love these videos bc they help learn
No entiendo cómo hay personas que no les guste esta hermosa música, Bach para mí uno de los mejores músicos de toda la humanidad desde sus comienzos hasta estos días
Escuchala pero la de kassia
Hay personas de gustos diferentes, de todos modos. Ya qué se va a hacer.
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Face, voice and piano reveal
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I've only just started to learn to play after falling in love with Bach's prelude in C major and wanting to play it myself, it looks a little daunting but doable whereas this...just well, it looks insane!
Me as well, I play piano because of Bach. Still learning prelude in C major thou. It's so hard to memorize
@@lynch8067 It did occur to me to maybe learn to read sheet music first and then I would not need to memorize a song but that is yet another rabbit hole of confusion.
@@RealmsOfThePossible Bach's Well Tempered Clavier isn't something meant for sight reading, if you can sight read this stuff, you've gotta have some serious skill.
Yeah the only beginner piece in his Well Tempered Clavier is that Prelude in C major. Every other piece is at least at an advanced level. Work on some other stuff for a while, and come back to the other Prelude and Fugues in due time and I’m sure you’ll be great. Oh and btw when I said “a while”, I meant at least 6-7 years lol, Piano is hard.
honestly this piece is fairly easy to intermediate. the only hard part is getting the timing
Legend says Rosseau's subscribers are waiting for Hungarian Rhapsody 2 till today.
Wahnsinn so gut zu spielen. Bin nicht oft begeistert...Aber das bringt mich fast zu weinen vor freude. Danke für die Arbeit. Nice work.
THIS IS NOT MUSIC
THIS IS ART!!!
En mi opinión, el preludio más bello de Bach
Day 21 of asking for Chopin "Heroic" Polonaise
Day 365 asking for hr2
@Da Films Tv knights*
I just listen to this an hour ago and you uploaded the same piece. Beautiful. HR2 all the way!
Kaksi todella kaunista pianoesitystä tuovat mieleen konsertin suomalaisessa kirkossa useita vuosia sitten ❤️🎹🎶😃
Asian parents: Now play it backwards
That happens in Bach canons tho.
Definitely not the first time I saw this comment.
More like play it bachwards...
Jackob2003 it's pretty dead now
Start form the middle, what would you do?
I can play to 1:03 . I actually started practicing Prelude no.2 the year before, unfortunately I don't think I will be able to finish it. Cheers Rosseau for your piano skills
keep going :)
@@fryderykfranciszekchopin5716 Easier said than done, altough I will try ^^
Hi! Are you be able to finish it?
Nope. I moved on to other pieces since my family didn't like it when I played it hahah. To them it was cacophony.
Damn, how the time flies. Now I'm a student so I don't get to play much on my piano in my hometown.
Love this fugue so much!
Fun fact: For anyone who loves Spring Awakening, the first two measures of this piece are used in the show. It is not on the cast Recording but in the show, it is during the segment on the song, “My Junk” where they ask the character to play “The Prelude in C minor” I always thought it was Duncan Sheik’s but i only found this out with old scores I found of the off Broadway score. Except apparently they did more than just the first two measures
I have to congratulate you. You managed to make one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed sound like boring schlock. I really didn't think it was possible to make Bach sound this uninteresting. A robot would have more passion and would apply more dynamics. At least I have something to put on when I'm having trouble falling asleep at night
.
What if it's already recorded?
Rousseau OH MY GOSSHHHHHHHHH ❤️❤️
I love Etude Op 25 no 5 😍 please!!!
@@Rousseau nice!
@@Rousseau yeaaaaaaaah!!!
Hello, im 10 years old and I am learning Prelude by Rachmaninoff which is a big step up from Turkish March. Love your videos and I have subbed.
Sarah Baker Woah, which prelude? That might be too big of a jump...
Ya lol , did u learn it yet?
Wait... Turkish March to a Rachmaninoff prelude? Shouldn't it more or less be like Turkish to mozart sonata no 13? I mean its ur(or ur teacher's) choice but no 13 has some important things u probably want to know.
What prelude? C# Minor? G Minor. Or other preludes by him that aren't as famous as the ones that I have listed?
Bach was just doing finger exercises when he came up with this masterpiece
It's amazing what you can do with just predominantly two octaves, even for the piano. Much of the prelude is that way.
I'm playing this for my classic piano audition, wish me luck! :)
Comments under this video:
0,1% Good job, Rousseau
99,9% OmG yOu JuSt HIt 2 miLLioN subs wHeRe da Hr2?!?
When u know Rousseau hit 2 mil and see no. 2 on post notifications
But NOT HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY
ME : WHAA!!!!
Welp, this ought to increase my patience until HR2 arrives😍😍😍
You did an excellent job giving voice to the various polyphonic lines without sacrificing speed or dynamics!
at last ! i found this song. i've heard it before but i forgot the title ! i suddenly remember this song when i listen bloodstained game OST named livre ex machina
one of my favourites, big like! maybe do no. 1 next (fugue included), pretty please?
Lone Wanderer and then no.6
I don't like much classical pieces, but this song is absolutely fire.
A lot of Bach's keyboard pieces are very unique!
You are such a talented pianist and I love seeing new videos from you. It's great to see you are able to do what you love and keep the videos comming. I know it's alot of work but if you truly love it then it's worth it. Keep it going with the great videos man.
This video came out a few weeks after it was assigned to me; I am so glad!
this was played very well and enjoyable to listen to also. very well done as usual
Великолепно!
Одно из любимых произведений музыки.
Rousseau: Let me check my liszt to see what's scheduled for my next upload..
Liszt: huh!..
00:04 Prelude
1:31 Fugue
Today is the day I’m starting to learn the Fugue with my piano teacher. I’ll come back here some day when I have finished the piece
Wish me luck
Good luck. Please update us on ur progress. And don't die.
Update Saturday 11th of September: I have now almost completed the piece! I just need to work on the intonation and really try making the theme in the different voices stand out each time. And playing the 16th more legato and the 8th more staccato ^^
OMG in the first seconds I’m captivated beyond belief
Perfectly balanced. As all things should be.
"Perfectly tempered, as all things should be." - J.S. Bach probably
good use of this meme
@@jassskmaster7575 lol
just started learning this and lmao he his playing it so fast
I'm learning this peice... but only at half speed... and only up to 0:30 so far :D
How did it go?
Fighting 🎉🎉
@@benjaminmanns654got upto full speed 30 seconds then started a new peice. This is still great 💪🏽
After watching Meshuggah - Bleed (drum cam) I felt I had to listen to something relaxing. Thank you, Rousseau!
Congratulations on 2 million I've been inspired since la campanella :)
He protecc
He attacc
but most importantly
He plays *BACH*
He atacc
He protecc
But most important... he’s BACC
Why does Fugue looks like the sequel of the "fly of the bumblebee"!
The beginning of this prelude is what was used in Succession TV series "L to the OG" song btw
+ShimonDanilov Do you think J.S. Bach covered it from there?
Please guys this is an awesome interpretation of this piece, and all the coments are about HR2 or Wrong Note or any other pieces…. he already said that he is going to upload HR2 and... lets appreciate this piece pls.
(sorry for the bad english)
Can you do Liszt's Pastoralle or Il Penseroso please?
I am always amazed by the sheer genius you need to be to compose pieces like the old composers ❤ back then music was at it's peak
r/woosh
*Waiting for Hungarian Rhapsody No 2...*
I love the C minor Prelude and Fugue.
Thank you for playing it.
I was first introduced to this piece on the (vinyl) record "Switched On Bach" back in the 1970s as a child. *That* was a wild version!
I’m supposed to play this on like May 22 in front of my whole school and some people from the IB board and I’ve never played piano before like July and seeing it being played just makes me nervous.
How’s it going?
both of this pieces are not that easy for someone who never touched a piano😳 anyway are you learning?
Update: I have the first page done! I’m playing at 80 BPS though
@Krish Rohra it’s a personal project for school
And for the next update I just reach page three with less then 3 months to go (they moved the deadline) and it is hard, there is no more pattern (kinda)
Uma obra de arte!!
Me: Play me the boss music of an old Nintendo game
Rosseau: Say no more
I love playing prelude 2 that song is so fun, but you play it a billion times better
I was just about to sleep and I got a Rousseau notification
Sleep can wait