Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

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  • Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (BWV 565)
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    Hope you enjoy my performance of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.
    Outro: Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
    Hello, I'm Rousseau, I make piano covers of classical and pop songs with a reactive visualizer. New videos every second Monday!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 6 тис.

  • @Rousseau
    @Rousseau  4 роки тому +7153

    I'M BACK!!! Here's something a little bit different - Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, perhaps the most magical experience you can have in world of music, if you've never just closed your eyes and let Bach take you along for the journey, you are missing out. Written approximately 300 years ago, a piece as grand as this arguably wasn't to be written until the next century with the grand symphonies of the romantic period, it's quite easy to see how Bach was well ahead of his time and is, to this day, considered the grandfather of all modern music. I hope you enjoy the crunchiness in that intimidating introduction and the new patterned effects! This has been one of the most enjoyable videos to create in a long time :D For any organists, excuse the format (with the 3rd hand "pedals" and automatic registration), and a big thanks to my good organist friend for his guidance and advice. Hope you've all had a good start to 2020 ♥

    • @Lo-Fi_Lynx
      @Lo-Fi_Lynx 4 роки тому +44

      Rousseau thank you Rousseau. Your a legend🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @matthewt3450
      @matthewt3450 4 роки тому +259

      You could say you’re... Bach

    • @norixsynth
      @norixsynth 4 роки тому +17

      this was played in an organ but why piano?

    • @kucing7732
      @kucing7732 4 роки тому +3

      Well, alternate

    • @julienagosto3961
      @julienagosto3961 4 роки тому +13

      It is one of the greatest classic songs to me :)

  • @asvarien
    @asvarien 4 роки тому +6462

    For those who are wondering, the lowest notes are played using foot pedals on a church organ. No, you don't need 3 arms to play this, just very good hand and feet coordination.

    • @im_ann_apple4435
      @im_ann_apple4435 4 роки тому +196

      Thanks for clearing this up, i was genuinely confused when i first watched this!

    • @chopinfrederic5040
      @chopinfrederic5040 4 роки тому +140

      @@im_ann_apple4435 Organ Players have like 10 different pedals....

    • @RealRaynedance
      @RealRaynedance 4 роки тому +166

      @@chopinfrederic5040 I think the standard number is something like 32, plus expression pedals.

    • @happyjellycatsquid
      @happyjellycatsquid 4 роки тому +11

      Oooouuuh I get it ! Thank you, it’s quite helpful!

    • @Sachin-at
      @Sachin-at 4 роки тому +78

      This statement will be very confusing for those who never seen organ. LOL

  • @shotbydavjn
    @shotbydavjn 4 роки тому +16731

    Remember guys, this is the 1700’s. People with 3 arms was not uncommon.

    • @MushaFNBR
      @MushaFNBR 4 роки тому +79

      @@GliffVFX ....................

    • @theguywhowentthere3346
      @theguywhowentthere3346 4 роки тому +169

      I know right!? People also lived to be around 250 back then too, hell, dude's with 3'rd nipples was pretty common too. Or so I read.

    • @shmeeTV
      @shmeeTV 4 роки тому +312

      huh weird I wonder how he's gonna play that note OH GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING

    • @HuxleysShaggyDog
      @HuxleysShaggyDog 4 роки тому +403

      They had bass pedals.

    • @orsemcore
      @orsemcore 4 роки тому +28

      that was not funny?

  • @itskaden2012
    @itskaden2012 Рік тому +575

    Imagine the hype when Bach dropped this on Spotify back in the day.

    • @OliverXur
      @OliverXur 6 місяців тому +8

      Spotify came out in 2008. Bach died in 1750. I think your math is a little off

    • @itskaden2012
      @itskaden2012 6 місяців тому +30

      @@OliverXur bro i said "imagine" bruh

    • @omega_7779
      @omega_7779 5 місяців тому +3

      😂 Sin duda habría sido todo un revuelo:)

    • @uno3130
      @uno3130 5 місяців тому +8

      bro did NOT get the joke

    • @itskaden2012
      @itskaden2012 4 місяці тому

      @@uno3130 fr

  • @AMINOMMA
    @AMINOMMA Рік тому +582

    Imagine hearing this in church in the 1700s, truly divine.

    • @alaintonatihulopezcaillas2368
      @alaintonatihulopezcaillas2368 8 місяців тому +6

      Still, hear this at church now we are alive ❤!!!

    • @mrnohax5436
      @mrnohax5436 7 місяців тому +7

      You can’t tell me this song turns you into a vampire

    • @barrythird3297
      @barrythird3297 5 місяців тому

      You're exactly right about that

    • @barrythird3297
      @barrythird3297 5 місяців тому

      ​@@mrnohax5436 yeah it depends but it's not real ?!?!?????

    • @yomajo
      @yomajo 4 місяці тому

      Watch Fellini's La Dolce Vita.

  • @Rousseau
    @Rousseau  4 роки тому +4267

    Ever since I was young, I remember dreaming of learning this piece. Is there any piece you dream to play in the future?

  • @JP-kf6uw
    @JP-kf6uw 4 роки тому +4187

    Fun fact: Bach composed this piece to test the power of the new build organ in the church of the town he was playing in at the time

    • @S0larus
      @S0larus 3 роки тому +305

      Fun fact: we don't even know for sure if it was really composed by Bach

    • @TepsiMorphic
      @TepsiMorphic 3 роки тому +438

      @@S0larus the fugue have definitely Bachs fingerprints all over it, its definitely Bachs style, if it wasn't written by Bach then the rest of the music that is labeled by Bach isn't.

    • @drakonwolfchan1623
      @drakonwolfchan1623 3 роки тому +29

      Interesting fact

    • @dragonyang4762
      @dragonyang4762 3 роки тому +13

      True dat

    • @staalman1226
      @staalman1226 3 роки тому +143

      @@TepsiMorphic It was most likely written by Bach, but this "fun fact" has no sources that I can find.

  • @christinafg1864
    @christinafg1864 4 місяці тому +77

    My brother Charlie, who sadly passed away last month, taught himself to play this, by ear, on the electric guitar 🎸 when he was in his late teens. it was mesmerising to watch and hear him play. So beautiful was his soul. Rest in peace with this beautiful music Charlie 🙏🏼🎼🎵🤍

    • @ma_monna1450
      @ma_monna1450 Місяць тому +2

      God bless ur brother🪦😢

    • @christinafg1864
      @christinafg1864 Місяць тому +2

      @@ma_monna1450 thank you. You’re so kind. Peace be with you always 🙏🏼✨

  • @Userrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.r
    @Userrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.r Рік тому +94

    3:01 one of the best moments in bach’s music, classical music and music in general

    • @Megadeth_777
      @Megadeth_777 8 місяців тому +6

      Last Rites/Loved to Deth by Megadeth

    • @evilbabaroga
      @evilbabaroga 2 місяці тому +7

      @@Megadeth_777 so thats where bach nicked it from

    • @user-rt8pt5gm9o
      @user-rt8pt5gm9o 21 день тому

      Orochimaru's Theme is sampled from here as well

    • @jamiehughes5573
      @jamiehughes5573 20 днів тому

      It was also used in two songs in the ost for twin star exorcist anime and assassin's pride

  • @cosmostardust5624
    @cosmostardust5624 4 роки тому +4687

    As a vampire, this is the coffin jam. Get tucked in for a nice 50 year nap and have this on loop. Now that’s the stuff

    • @lil_yonker7.628
      @lil_yonker7.628 3 роки тому +105

      damn covid got the blood tainted

    • @AlanKroeger
      @AlanKroeger 3 роки тому +21

      @Kardz22 He has no feet so he couldn't execute THE PDQ Bach tootsie roll without the extra hand

    • @bendurbin9585
      @bendurbin9585 3 роки тому +16

      @Kardz22 He didn't use feet because he is on a piano, not an organ. Just because he didn't use feet doesn't make him bad.

    • @Tier1Michael
      @Tier1Michael 3 роки тому +13

      Install an epic sound system in the coffin lol

    • @Flame-rp6yq
      @Flame-rp6yq 3 роки тому +7

      *nails a branch of wild rose to the lid*
      The Vampire: *gasp* a wall

  • @jdsmith8282
    @jdsmith8282 4 роки тому +786

    Rousseau: returns
    Literally everyone: *BACH PUNS*

    • @emadmary4271
      @emadmary4271 4 роки тому +1

      because of course

    • @aw3som3reczor39
      @aw3som3reczor39 4 роки тому +4

      JD Smith Pls fix to “Puns are Bach

    • @Ereaes
      @Ereaes 4 роки тому +2

      Rousseau: "It's good to be Bach."

    • @roma540
      @roma540 4 роки тому +1

      You can say...
      ...they are CLASSIC!

  • @athos401
    @athos401 Рік тому +34

    The fugue part is just outstanding, I love it. Rest in peace, Johann!

  • @mahmudii2081
    @mahmudii2081 Рік тому +253

    The finale starting from from 8:31 and ending around 9:17 has got to be one of the greatest endings in the history of music.

    • @user-ph6id5xu7u
      @user-ph6id5xu7u Рік тому +6

      I thought the same isn't it sound so good i am overwhelmed

    • @swapnilkrishnan1636
      @swapnilkrishnan1636 Рік тому +3

      if you want to hear that chord progression in a different context check out carolina crown’s opening hit from 2017!

    • @user-ph6id5xu7u
      @user-ph6id5xu7u Рік тому

      guess its cool but i like the organ more haha

    • @olivierdols5556
      @olivierdols5556 7 місяців тому +3

      my absolute favourite chord sequence starts at 9:00 its pure magic

    • @orestisp
      @orestisp Місяць тому +1

      He rushes it a bit. 😅 I always play the last chord progression very slow because it feels so good. 😌

  • @Rousseau
    @Rousseau  4 роки тому +2199

    This year, I want to experiment more. To make this somewhat possible, at least for the forseeable future I am planning to only release 2 videos a month to allow for a bit more time to perfect every video for you. Please let me know what you guys want to see more of - did you like this organ video? Don't worry there are many more piano videos incoming too ;)

    • @tommasoc.2207
      @tommasoc.2207 4 роки тому +153

      It's OK! Quality over quantity!

    • @Sahilpianist20
      @Sahilpianist20 4 роки тому +19

      Nooo!This is very bad.Please go on only piano covers

    • @drrach1
      @drrach1 4 роки тому +41

      Yes it’s OK!!!

    • @drrach1
      @drrach1 4 роки тому +53

      This organ was majestic

    • @ernarjandos1031
      @ernarjandos1031 4 роки тому +31

      Rousseau every video of yours is perfect

  • @gladJonas
    @gladJonas 2 роки тому +1747

    3:00 I absolutely love this part, Bach was something else

  • @kaeliegoss4315
    @kaeliegoss4315 Рік тому +108

    I remember when this song came out! Never gets old🖤✨🤟

    • @katiefrisk980
      @katiefrisk980 Рік тому +6

      hol up >:/

    • @7BlackShadow
      @7BlackShadow Рік тому +19

      Oh yes i remember too when i left romania to hear this masterpiece at around 1704. Made my pointy teeth and ears aroused.

    • @alaintonatihulopezcaillas2368
      @alaintonatihulopezcaillas2368 8 місяців тому +1

      😂😂😂😂 Awesome... 😂😂😂😂

    • @dazza2350
      @dazza2350 8 місяців тому +1

      Neither do you apparently

  • @SzaSzabiYT
    @SzaSzabiYT 4 місяці тому +3

    There is legitimately nothing that gives me this much chills, people making these 300 years ago were the definition of talent

  • @ilyaioudin2005
    @ilyaioudin2005 2 роки тому +3222

    This piece is so powerful that Rousseau immediately gave birth to his third hand while playing.

  • @guyedwards22
    @guyedwards22 3 місяці тому +4

    I love this entire piece, but this morning, 4:44 caught my attention. The effective G9 -> C7 -> Bbmaj9 -> A7b9 -> Dm Progression is really nice. The way Bach voices/developes that Bbmaj9 makes it sound like he doing a classic II7 V7 I, but he plops that D and Bb right in the middle of the arpeggio to recontextualize what at first sounds like the F chord and uses it to fall into that V7b9 -> i cadence to D minor. Some really cool chord cross-stitching. Bach did it all, and all these little nuggets I discover in his work blow my mind day to day.

  • @revabarendse2445
    @revabarendse2445 Рік тому +7

    I've just blasted my neighbors out by playing this full volume. Heard it for the first time again in a long time a few weeks ago and my whole soul reverberated. Pure and utter bliss!

  • @ThirstyLuzik
    @ThirstyLuzik 4 роки тому +804

    Me: seeing piano keyboard
    Rousseau: starts playing organ
    Me: *wait... that’s illegal*

    • @its.me.reonne
      @its.me.reonne 4 роки тому +8

      What do you expect organ keyboard to look like?

    • @ThirstyLuzik
      @ThirstyLuzik 4 роки тому +8

      Smiley Dono multiple of them

    • @semdefesas2188
      @semdefesas2188 4 роки тому +15

      @@its.me.reonne he uses a digital piano.

    • @pesty4592
      @pesty4592 4 роки тому +8

      Sem Defesas no shit

    • @ludwig4029
      @ludwig4029 4 роки тому +10

      Sem Defesas he could be using a grand piano with a midi system, kassia uses one

  • @brambakker5253
    @brambakker5253 4 роки тому +821

    Rousseau the man who can make an organ out of a piano

    • @davidzhang6990
      @davidzhang6990 4 роки тому +66

      Well, now we at least know that he plays on a digital piano.

    • @JuggsMCPvP
      @JuggsMCPvP 4 роки тому +28

      @@davidzhang6990 could be a hybrid

    • @carlosvillagra6661
      @carlosvillagra6661 4 роки тому +3

      @@JuggsMCPvP ???

    • @kevinzhong2910
      @kevinzhong2910 4 роки тому +13

      @@carlosvillagra6661 it could be a grand piano with digital piano features

    • @MrACSRC
      @MrACSRC 4 роки тому +25

      Well he did in fact make an entire new arm, didn't he?

  • @SavvySkyLady
    @SavvySkyLady Рік тому +84

    I’ve been playing this since I was 8, it’s my favorite song in the whole world, playing it doesn’t compare to just listening

    • @user-ph6id5xu7u
      @user-ph6id5xu7u Рік тому +10

      song?? its a pieace

    • @Nachorrillana
      @Nachorrillana Рік тому +3

      x2 i´ve been playing this for like 7 year and still learning

    • @istealurgf
      @istealurgf Рік тому

      Hey question i want to get into the piano but this doesnt sound like a piano? Can you like change how it sounds?

    • @user-ph6id5xu7u
      @user-ph6id5xu7u Рік тому +2

      @@istealurgf It is an organ pieace. Yes you can change the timber(the way it sounds) but on a keyboard just buy a keyboard with most voice changing and layering option on its control panal

    • @user-ph6id5xu7u
      @user-ph6id5xu7u Рік тому

      @@Nachorrillana Maybe you are not giving it quality practice time.

  • @stephenpatterson2860
    @stephenpatterson2860 Рік тому +11

    Everybody knows and loves the intro to this piece, but I think many forget that after the intro there's actually a whole song there too! And it's spectacular!

    • @NeonBeeCat
      @NeonBeeCat Рік тому +3

      my favorite part is the beginning of the fugue actually

    • @radish1972
      @radish1972 3 місяці тому

      Piece. It's not a song.

  • @anieziisandezzlas
    @anieziisandezzlas 4 роки тому +972

    *The third hand scared me*

    • @RandomDays906
      @RandomDays906 4 роки тому +79

      Everybody's gangster until the 3rd hand shows up.

    • @Lawyer_Morty
      @Lawyer_Morty 4 роки тому +15

      Linus Torvalds you must be new here

    • @baringozi2214
      @baringozi2214 4 роки тому +4

      When I first found this channel I thought the hands were real, and I was blown away by how perfect this guy was playing, until I looked closer lol

    • @Lawyer_Morty
      @Lawyer_Morty 4 роки тому +2

      Bari Ngozi ????

    • @de_light641
      @de_light641 4 роки тому +10

      @@baringozi2214 what?? do you think its a robot playing?

  • @LeonydaCruz
    @LeonydaCruz 3 роки тому +2532

    I wanna play this but unfortunately my third hand is broken

    • @Froge4291
      @Froge4291 3 роки тому +47

      Is it good now ?

    • @MrTridac
      @MrTridac 3 роки тому +145

      Shouldn't have bought it at a second hand shop.

    • @Hopebestman
      @Hopebestman 3 роки тому +15

      I have a spare, if yours still broken?

    • @ishanjain922
      @ishanjain922 3 роки тому +13

      @@MrTridac I see what you did there

    • @Smirkless
      @Smirkless 3 роки тому +3

      Just get a sustain pedal

  • @richierich30001
    @richierich30001 Рік тому +17

    I’m high af rn I got scared I saw the third hand lmao.

  • @computernaut
    @computernaut Рік тому +2

    Huge props for giving this an organ sound!!! It really makes this piece what it is. I love piano, but it never quite does justice to this masterpiece.

  • @mattouli
    @mattouli 4 роки тому +1484

    My dad was church organist and I was turning the pages half the time. He’s unfortunately passed recently, but this one reminds me a great deal of him - good practice piece for a Saturday evening.

  • @MoonLight-np4wx
    @MoonLight-np4wx 3 роки тому +1630

    I refuse to die if this isn't played at my funeral at full blast.

    • @danielzhang7408
      @danielzhang7408 3 роки тому +40

      You would straight up refuse to die?

    • @MoonLight-np4wx
      @MoonLight-np4wx 3 роки тому +78

      @@danielzhang7408 ...
      Yes.

    • @barrier677
      @barrier677 3 роки тому +9

      Same.

    • @rk1356
      @rk1356 3 роки тому +41

      Are you kidding, I want this played at my wedding. And I want to appear right …. 2:56

    • @malodavout6729
      @malodavout6729 3 роки тому +16

      This should be the song of both death and life

  • @mrsir6000
    @mrsir6000 Рік тому +1

    This is probably the most powerful piece by Bach, like the very inner feeling of the music is very very powerful.

  • @jasonstarr6419
    @jasonstarr6419 9 місяців тому +5

    a fabulous piece and well played and the visuals really add to the effect. loved it love it loved.

  • @konrad1126
    @konrad1126 4 роки тому +2244

    *Rousseau plays Toccata and Fugue in D minor without pedals*
    Two handed poeple: Am I a joke to you?

  • @sailorhatphilosopher9149
    @sailorhatphilosopher9149 4 роки тому +562

    He took a trip to Chernobyl and got a third hand, that’s why he was gone for a month

    • @hellfire66683
      @hellfire66683 4 роки тому +17

      He already has 4 hands

    • @beatrixkiddoo971
      @beatrixkiddoo971 4 роки тому +3

      Lol! That took me about 5 minutes. It was really irritating me why I’d never heard that and then it clicked. Smart ass! Lol

    • @ancharazameerkumar7721
      @ancharazameerkumar7721 4 роки тому +2

      I think he went to Fukoshima, Japan

    • @jour8952
      @jour8952 4 роки тому +3

      Legeno

  • @ig8083
    @ig8083 Рік тому +13

    Dear Lord this was incredible.

  • @nastyrex4302
    @nastyrex4302 Рік тому +1

    This composition literally makes me me cry. I love it. I really want to hear it on person some day

  • @marieeekm8095
    @marieeekm8095 4 роки тому +2145

    Me: Oh, this playable!
    Rousseau plays with his third hand*
    Me: well uhm... nevermind

    • @CathDad4
      @CathDad4 4 роки тому +150

      Just need to grab yourself an organ, Or a third Hand...
      Not sure which is harder to get.

    • @Lonewanderer6666
      @Lonewanderer6666 4 роки тому +121

      How did you learn to play piano without knowing the third hand technique?

    • @lestath2345
      @lestath2345 4 роки тому +3

      😂😂😂

    • @ayhamshaheed7740
      @ayhamshaheed7740 4 роки тому +8

      marieee km even without a third hand it’s still insanely hard. A lot harder than people give it credit for

    • @baringozi2214
      @baringozi2214 4 роки тому +18

      Use your toes 😊

  • @MJTFreeTime
    @MJTFreeTime 4 роки тому +431

    Me: “Hmm... this seems pretty doable!”
    Rousseau: “You thought.”
    *brings in his extra hand*

    • @michaelibrahim9275
      @michaelibrahim9275 4 роки тому +15

      I’m pretty sure that’s to simulate the organ pedals

    • @LuckyOwI777
      @LuckyOwI777 4 роки тому +6

      @@michaelibrahim9275 It is.
      And MJT Free Time was making what we like to call...a joke

    • @Nicholxsb
      @Nicholxsb 4 роки тому +1

      LuckyOwl777 No. 🌚

    • @nachothemacho0389
      @nachothemacho0389 4 роки тому

      Honestly would be doable with a sustain pedal, but there is no way in the world I’m remembering all 9 minutes

  • @osvandirjunior468
    @osvandirjunior468 4 місяці тому +1

    The piece may be well-known, but you can't deny the beauty of each chord, each flourish. Baroque music has the peculiarity of being played on a small keyboard, five octaves maximum, so both hands work in synchronization, they seem like an extension of each other, harmony and melody become one. The shapes of the hands: Bach have a uniqueness, particular thing. The father of western music. Without commenting on the synchronicity of the feets (playing with two lines, often disparate, on hands is already complicated, imagine synchronizing that with your feets). There is no work by Bach that is merely irrelevant. And congratulations to the interpreter. Magnificent performance! 👏👏👏

  • @iamykarihyy
    @iamykarihyy 8 місяців тому +3

    This song is the definition of masterpiece

  • @ScarFail
    @ScarFail 4 роки тому +592

    I'm Romanian so whenever I walk inside a room, this plays.

  • @okman-u1697
    @okman-u1697 4 роки тому +790

    ME: HES BACK
    Rousseau: I"M BACK
    EVERYONE: HES BACK
    BACH: IM BACH

  • @rickwhite4137
    @rickwhite4137 2 роки тому +3

    This kind of music will never be forgotten. I humans still exist next 10,000 years, this music will still be played and loved.

    • @rickwhite4137
      @rickwhite4137 2 роки тому

      @Soulful Notes Thank you for your wishes. I had to hear this amazing music again after reading your comment.
      I can't appreciate this kind of music enough. It's _genius!_
      Take care and be blessed.

  • @catjet4590
    @catjet4590 Рік тому +1

    Das ist das beste Stück was ich jemals gehört hab komme selber aus Mühlhausen in Thüringen und Bach ist mein absolutes Vorbild und erstmal ein Stück hinzubekommen was 10 Minuten geht und sich noch gut anhört muss man erstmal schaffen
    LG aus Mühlhausen Thüringen Germany

  • @sikroboskop3121
    @sikroboskop3121 4 роки тому +635

    Me: Oh no, this does not sound so well on pia-
    Rousseau: Hold my third hand I got this

    • @unplayednamer0165
      @unplayednamer0165 4 роки тому +11

      I thought the same😂 Just learned it on the accordion, actually sounds a lot like an organ if played correctly, but sadly not as intimidating as an organ.

    • @yoavshati
      @yoavshati 4 роки тому +4

      The third hand does the part of the feet

    • @jmemusic
      @jmemusic 4 роки тому +1

      Mutant pianist :-)

    • @thereyougoagain1280
      @thereyougoagain1280 4 роки тому +2

      The fugue sounds pretty good on piano.

    • @Morrov
      @Morrov 4 роки тому +1

      @@unplayednamer0165 nothing sounds as intimidating as an organ, it truly is a magical instrument

  • @AlexandreMachado0
    @AlexandreMachado0 4 роки тому +573

    This is the heavy metal of the classical music!

    • @DeterminedExpression
      @DeterminedExpression 4 роки тому +8

      Not as heavy as the 1812 overture.

    • @arsantiqua8741
      @arsantiqua8741 4 роки тому +3

      @Mario Morales Bach was more metal with his keyboard concertos though.

    • @seaweed5823
      @seaweed5823 4 роки тому +3

      The heavy metal of classical would be Vivaldi, Violin concerto no. 2 in G minor, Violin Concerto no. 4 in F minor.

    • @infinitry2820
      @infinitry2820 4 роки тому

      Alexandre Machado I don’t believe you’ve been introduced to mr. Rachmaninoff yet. He is the true metal of the classical genre.

    • @EmeraldPixelGamingEPG
      @EmeraldPixelGamingEPG 4 роки тому

      @Alvin Raul S Thanks, someone also realises here lol

  • @87Wayne
    @87Wayne Рік тому

    The pipe organ IS the King of instruments. Can make virtually any sound and can speak as long as a key is held. It is unrivaled in bass production!

  • @klaus-dieterdevries1684
    @klaus-dieterdevries1684 3 місяці тому

    As a great admirer of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, I am very grateful that you have done this, especially as it is now a wonderful model for practicing the piece myself, even though I am already at an advanced age. I wish you continued success.

  • @TheInnerTempleOracle
    @TheInnerTempleOracle 4 роки тому +6294

    * Rousseau disappears for a month *
    Rousseau: Don't worry. I'll be Bach.
    Edit: Woah thanks for the love, everyone. Right Bach at you.

  • @renoalkonga2619
    @renoalkonga2619 4 роки тому +269

    When you accidentally stumble into a Romanian castle on your vacation in Europe.

  • @Gabyriella_
    @Gabyriella_ 11 місяців тому +5

    0:27 I WAS LIKE “wait, 3 arms?”

  • @Thecryingbean
    @Thecryingbean Рік тому +3

    Huh, a blue lobster crawled out of the water as this was playing

  • @nicolashomsi4811
    @nicolashomsi4811 4 роки тому +249

    *THIRD HAND REVEAL AT 3 MILLION SUBS*

  • @tolistsipos7210
    @tolistsipos7210 4 роки тому +367

    Lets appreciate the fact that it is in baroque tuning

    • @vilheim9508
      @vilheim9508 4 роки тому +3

      It's well tempered?

    • @VegetaPixel
      @VegetaPixel 4 роки тому +20

      @@vilheim9508 That's got nothing to do with Baroque tuning.
      The tuning standard in Baroque times was somewhere around A = 420.

    • @1006kelsey
      @1006kelsey 4 роки тому +2

      @@VegetaPixel yeah something like that, as the hertz for A increased due to a "pitch war"

    • @spamaccount1513
      @spamaccount1513 4 роки тому +1

      Thaaaaats why

    • @emilianohernandez2456
      @emilianohernandez2456 4 роки тому +4

      Mmm no... it’s a whole tone below, or it sounds so similar...

  • @Kjeesle
    @Kjeesle 3 місяці тому +1

    Bach says, "Thank you." So glad I've found you, Rousseau.

  • @Cat-with-spear-
    @Cat-with-spear- 8 місяців тому +1

    THANK YOU❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ this is my favorite song ever sense I was little! I’m now learning piano lessons and I wish to do such a divine song one day! I look up on you so I hope you never fail!❤️

  • @luckat0nic
    @luckat0nic 4 роки тому +1404

    "when you find out you are 1% transylvanian"

    • @cisco4374
      @cisco4374 4 роки тому +15

      Underrated comment, I appreciate it

    • @AbhishekRai-xc6zc
      @AbhishekRai-xc6zc 4 роки тому +4

      😂

    • @topic260
      @topic260 4 роки тому +30

      **romanian**

    • @Artrysa
      @Artrysa 4 роки тому +8

      @@topic260 But specifically Transylvanian.

    • @lavinia3989
      @lavinia3989 4 роки тому +14

      And, when you're actually born in Romania. My case :)

  • @GreifvogelSGE
    @GreifvogelSGE 3 роки тому +442

    As a metal-head, this pleases me so much. Nothing more metal than the OGs like J.S. Bach

    • @onedoc6517
      @onedoc6517 2 роки тому +14

      You should hear so of Beethoven music like 9th symphony or 3rd movement of "Moonlight sonata"

    • @GreifvogelSGE
      @GreifvogelSGE 2 роки тому +45

      @@onedoc6517 thanks for your suggestions, but do you really think there is a person alive who doesn't know those pieces?^^

    • @onedoc6517
      @onedoc6517 2 роки тому +7

      @@GreifvogelSGE it's the most famous nothing more. For person who don't know how to listen a classical music this will be the best start

    • @onedoc6517
      @onedoc6517 2 роки тому +8

      @@GreifvogelSGE Beethoven is main metalhead of classicism

    • @GreifvogelSGE
      @GreifvogelSGE 2 роки тому +5

      @@onedoc6517 that's what I'm saying, even people who don't know classical music know these pieces. I know classical music, I obviously know Beethoven's pieces ;D

  • @alessiosandro123
    @alessiosandro123 Рік тому +1

    4:41 the fast played notes there give me everything haha so cool

  • @founderofnewporkcity
    @founderofnewporkcity Рік тому +1

    Currently listening to this on October 1st at midnight. Fits the vibe perfectly.

  • @brickbybrickcubing1115
    @brickbybrickcubing1115 3 роки тому +513

    I've been playing piano for well over 400 years and this is by far my favorite piece to play.

    • @guyperson7487
      @guyperson7487 2 роки тому +46

      You should invest in an organ

    • @viking5736
      @viking5736 2 роки тому +13

      Would be a worthwhile purchase

    • @reversez6757
      @reversez6757 Рік тому +6

      why changing the profile

    • @birkanklnc9062
      @birkanklnc9062 Рік тому +13

      Did no one really asked how he could play piano for "well over 400 years"???

    • @_black__tea_
      @_black__tea_ Рік тому

      ​@@birkanklnc9062 +

  • @jjrollins1356
    @jjrollins1356 4 роки тому +283

    Rousseau: "im back!"
    Me: sees the 3rd arm
    Also me: "awww sh*t, here we go again.

    • @codysteevis9536
      @codysteevis9536 4 роки тому +1

      Never would've thought I would see another trickshotter on a Rosseau video!

    • @jjrollins1356
      @jjrollins1356 4 роки тому

      @@codysteevis9536 yep, weird

    • @fatitankeris6327
      @fatitankeris6327 4 роки тому +2

      You'd normally use your feet to play the low notes in those parts...or one more hand.

    • @Him_1
      @Him_1 4 роки тому +1

      Ok idk why but that sounds so wrong when you say third arm, that's just my state of mind sorry 😂

  • @nonyabusiness2703
    @nonyabusiness2703 6 місяців тому +1

    Amazes me that these songs are reduced to dots and look so easy to play!

  • @halvey123
    @halvey123 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for sharing this lovely composition with the You Tube World

  • @kathleen3183
    @kathleen3183 3 роки тому +459

    3:02 the moment we've all been waiting for

    • @jonathangandara109
      @jonathangandara109 3 роки тому +31

      A fellow fugue nut, how do you do

    • @kyleeatsbeans6138
      @kyleeatsbeans6138 3 роки тому +16

      4:32

    • @fatitankeris6327
      @fatitankeris6327 3 роки тому +19

      8:44 That ending though...

    • @Tejvir7
      @Tejvir7 3 роки тому +5

      What does wainting mean

    • @avava2
      @avava2 3 роки тому +11

      My favorite part is the first 42 seconds. And fun fact... my first name was inspired in Bach's.

  • @jaymzOG
    @jaymzOG 4 роки тому +163

    Having now listened to this piece in its entirety for the first time, all I can imagine is that Bach wrote this after somebody insulted his playing, so he went and invented the heavy metal genre on the piano and then invented shredding on the piano. This was just Bach shredding for 9 minutes straight. Amazing.

    • @betsegg
      @betsegg 3 роки тому +12

      That's a piece for the organ, not piano

    • @horacio6537
      @horacio6537 3 роки тому +7

      Sadly, it does not sound like this on the piano. Ut would be nice though. Itvs for organ a much much bigger version of the piano and it is actually older than the piano. It uses air not strings to play. The piano was like a pocket version if the organ with strings. Yes, it so big that a piano is a pocket version.

    • @zacharybond23
      @zacharybond23 3 роки тому +5

      Bach was known to play certain pieces of music in certain ways due to how others criticize him, indeed. People complained that his organ preludes were too long, so he'd make them too short. When people complained that they were too short, he did the opposite. Here is one example of Bach's antics: "And the one where he disagreed with Silbermann's organ tuning so vehemently that he called 1/3 of it "barbaric". And the one where he launched into a piece in A-flat major on purpose, i.e. the worst key in Silbermann's tuning, to pique Silbermann to his face (nevertheless, he and Silbermann were friends and colleagues, and this may have been as a joke)."

  • @baldzhongli4057
    @baldzhongli4057 8 місяців тому

    Ive been working on this piece for years and im continuing to sight read and practice the latter half of the toccata for years. I hope someday i can play it this well

  • @ancharazameerkumar7721
    @ancharazameerkumar7721 2 роки тому

    Dude...duuuuudeeeee, duuuuuuuuuuudeeeeeeee
    You are pushing the limit too high, now with 3 hands.... Wtf... I won't be able to play like you, never!!!
    But I will not cease to enjoy to see you play and enjoy the great melodies. You are keeping our cultural and historical spirits alive....
    Thank you again...
    Cheers, always shall remain you big fan

  • @TheMrlightswarm
    @TheMrlightswarm 4 роки тому +71

    I took a course on J.S. Bach for music appreciation back in university, and this video has fulfilled one of my favorite pieces. The rumor is that J.S. Bach was looking for another job at a church as an organist, and he played this song as a warm-up. The other players auditioning for the role were simply appalled and intimidated that they left without auditioning! Needless to say, J.S. Bach got the job.

  • @GliffVFX
    @GliffVFX 4 роки тому +1216

    So when Rousseau tickles an organ and records it everyone’s fine with it but when I tickle organs at the hospital the security is called?

    • @vongees3942
      @vongees3942 4 роки тому +11

      my name is jeff yum

    • @Him_1
      @Him_1 4 роки тому +12

      LMFAO, this song is played at requiem's In Romania, or funerals. The cancer patients probably gonna hear it and pull the line.

    • @nvducei
      @nvducei 4 роки тому +37

      @@Him_1 I think you got the joke wrong, he's making a pun about organ, one is the musical instrument called organ and one is the parts/organs in your body

    • @kylecooke265
      @kylecooke265 4 роки тому +7

      So unfair

    • @SugmaNatsu
      @SugmaNatsu 4 роки тому +15

      You're tickling the wrong kind of organ mate..

  • @sergedubost380
    @sergedubost380 8 місяців тому

    Une musique prenante qui vous transperce le coeur par sa puissance et son originalité inégalée chapeau pour l'interprétation .Pour les amoureux de belles musiques merci encore à ce défunt inégalé ✌️✌️✌️

  • @nirak444
    @nirak444 7 місяців тому +1

    absolutely majestic

  • @kotoriminami8042
    @kotoriminami8042 4 роки тому +78

    Me: How is he supposed to play the feet part?
    *third hand appears*
    Me: oh

  • @eduardosacasa5007
    @eduardosacasa5007 4 роки тому +456

    this piece gives me chills every time. It's powerful, majestic, it feels ancient, yet galactic in scale. Makes me think of walking into a huge white cathedral the size of a mountain, a dusk sunlight entering it's crystallized windows, the secrets of the universe stored within its walls; this music echoing from somewhere deep within
    yeah, I dunno, my brain is weird

    • @nicholasrees1838
      @nicholasrees1838 4 роки тому +9

      It's a great piece and has a visceral quality to it due to the power of the organ but let's be clear, Bach wrote lots of great music of equal or greater quality which travels way below the radar. It's all there from the Sinfonias - pretty obscure to the listening public - to the Partitas to the Toccatas; masses of it. Almost too much for anyone to process. This toccata is pretty much an extempore composition, one can imagine Bach approaching a newly commissioned organ (Silbermann or somesuch) and trying it out with this as a spontaneous "touch piece" to explore all the aspects of the new instrument.

    • @apassmore9872
      @apassmore9872 4 роки тому +14

      It was composed just to test out the organ actually. It spans the entire sets of keys to test pipe function and sound quality.

    • @andremeyer6596
      @andremeyer6596 4 роки тому +14

      That chord at 1:19 always makes me tremble. It is the most terrifying chord I’ve ever heard and I love it everytime I hear it

    • @CaesarNeptuneStudios
      @CaesarNeptuneStudios 4 роки тому +5

      Eduardo Sacasa I see the piece as a story, maybe even the story of humanity. It starts powerful with that epic introduction, that represents birth. The faster section is growing up and the rest of the toccata is possibly the rest of childhood and teenage years. The fugue is the rest of your life, it seems to fly away and not something you care too much about since you are always busy as an adult. The end of the fugue and the transition into the next part is when you get old and don’t have much time left. That’s why it speeds up and then slows down. The final chords is your dying breath. I see the final chord as when you leave the earthly life. And that’s how I imagine the piece.

    • @Psxmoe
      @Psxmoe 4 роки тому +3

      Not weird. But so true

  • @user-cg1ih5ys6r
    @user-cg1ih5ys6r Рік тому +9

    Это нельзя слушать без восторга. Спасибо.

  • @CirqueitOfficial
    @CirqueitOfficial 3 місяці тому

    What amazing experience to see and hear. Love it!

  • @UndeadKing996
    @UndeadKing996 3 роки тому +1097

    This is why I believe that if classical composers of way back when were alive today they'd love heavy metal.

    • @rizkystephanie33333
      @rizkystephanie33333 3 роки тому +27

      Yep, i agree

    • @in_ur_moms_house
      @in_ur_moms_house 2 роки тому +114

      I think you'd find them in all genres of music if alive today.
      ...except country xD

    • @argie9914
      @argie9914 2 роки тому +46

      @@in_ur_moms_house Dvorak would've loved country

    • @in_ur_moms_house
      @in_ur_moms_house 2 роки тому +22

      @@argie9914 anythings possible. Parts of his music have been copied and incorporated into many modern works.
      To me at least his music kind of reminds me of edm or prog rock/metal.

    • @Matt-hw2lo
      @Matt-hw2lo 2 роки тому +17

      this os baroque and the purpose of this peice is to flex ur skils

  • @ryanside7095
    @ryanside7095 2 роки тому +284

    I’m obsessed with the chords at 7:46 and the ones at the very end. They give off a feeling that I never get from any other music.

  • @donaldwhittaker7987
    @donaldwhittaker7987 7 місяців тому

    Always one of my favorites

  • @johannricgrft6526
    @johannricgrft6526 Рік тому +4

    Господи,такая музыка.Спасибо вам большое.Слушаю и наслаждаюсь,спасибо.

    • @Maus5482
      @Maus5482 6 місяців тому

      Liebe Grüße aus Leipzig und alles Liebe für Ihre Familie ❤❤❤

  • @juicyapricot3592
    @juicyapricot3592 4 роки тому +129

    You know shit gets real when Rousseau grows a third arm to play a piece.

    • @Aleksandr_Skrjabin
      @Aleksandr_Skrjabin 2 роки тому +3

      thats becuz the piece is menth for the (pipe) organ, where u use ur feet for the low notes.

  • @whitearrowgo255
    @whitearrowgo255 4 роки тому +695

    Rumor says Bach could play this with his toes

    • @Sciguy95
      @Sciguy95 4 роки тому +145

      What did he do, lay on his Bach.

    • @elcucumber2847
      @elcucumber2847 4 роки тому +91

      well, he was an organist

    • @catherinearroyo5359
      @catherinearroyo5359 4 роки тому +40

      @@elcucumber2847 Yup, they also use their feet =)

    • @Jamesi03
      @Jamesi03 4 роки тому +36

      Well thats technically the truth ig

    • @chito8375
      @chito8375 4 роки тому +42

      A rumor that is actually a fact

  • @nocturnalvisionmusic
    @nocturnalvisionmusic 2 роки тому +2

    Two years old on Thursday (2.17.22). Still a beautiful classic ♥️🥰

  • @raymondowens5852
    @raymondowens5852 Рік тому

    This song is always in my head!! ALWAYS!!!

  • @curbees9971
    @curbees9971 4 роки тому +336

    His other 2 hands must of fallen off, so it took him 1 month for them to grow back.
    Edit :
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    Edit 10 : ah you thought I was gonna be those cringey kids.

  • @jasonelcr
    @jasonelcr 4 роки тому +846

    I can easily play this. Why is everyone saying it’s so hard to play? I know my WiFi connection is not the best, but the video played just fine.

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 4 роки тому +34

      I've even played this on TV.

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 4 роки тому +8

      Show off! 😁😁😁

    • @howai4204
      @howai4204 4 роки тому +18

      i thought this was gonna be an original comment

    • @rafipadmonojati3509
      @rafipadmonojati3509 4 роки тому +1

      @@Him_1 the joke flew over your head.

    • @LuckyOwI777
      @LuckyOwI777 4 роки тому +6

      @@Him_1 r/whooooosh big time, lol. You have heard of the concept of what a joke, is...right?
      Also, it isn't "too hard" to play is you have been playing piano for a while. I've been playing piano for 12 1/2 years and this piece was nowhere near the most difficult piece for me to play. Yes, I haven't "perfectly mastered" it, but it really isn't too hard. Lots of the dame hand patterns, same notes, etc etc.
      Of course this would be hard for someone with only a few years of experience, but if you have all that experience that you claim you do, then you should be able to do better than "barely play it".
      Don't even make me laugh, child

  • @NeonBeeCat
    @NeonBeeCat Рік тому

    the start of the fugue is so good, so many people try to imitate it.

  • @user-fk1iw6hg8e
    @user-fk1iw6hg8e 11 місяців тому +1

    Шикарно❤

  • @lordsebasWL
    @lordsebasWL 4 роки тому +260

    As an organist, this is extremely cool! Consider doing the Passacaglia or the Fantasy and Fugue in G minor too!

    • @bradyzimmerman8380
      @bradyzimmerman8380 4 роки тому +8

      LordsebasAWLR Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor is my favorite piece right now (I am also an organist). I hope he can do something similar w it on his channel.

    • @jonathantavitian7283
      @jonathantavitian7283 4 роки тому +7

      LordsebasAWLR I just wanted to say thank you for mentioning passacaglia. It’s a song I’ve been playing by ear all my life but never knew the name! Now 7 years later I know

    • @jonah3499
      @jonah3499 4 роки тому +5

      The first thing i thought when i saw this, is "please play the passacaglia too" it is just so unpopular for people not playing the organ though its such a great piece of music. 'd be cool to see it in the future

    • @rubiksmaster301
      @rubiksmaster301 4 роки тому +1

      I am kinda an organist, I play reed organ LOL

    • @EliotKiti
      @EliotKiti 4 роки тому

      These three, I mean BWV 565, 543 and 582 are my favorite!!!!!!!!!!! Just love orgelwerke!

  • @zacharybond23
    @zacharybond23 3 роки тому +168

    One of the difficulties of playing Bach's music is not just the technical aspect, but making sure each voice of the music is heard. A common characteristic of Bach's music is the fact that he employs counterpoint, so being able to make each voice clear is very important. I believe you did a good job, Rousseau.

    • @lucifervalentine5406
      @lucifervalentine5406 Рік тому +2

      Bach played on harpsichord and organ though, and i'm pretty sure these instruments have no velocity-based volume control, all pressing velocities yield the same volume regardless of how hard you press the keys

    • @niloazar7298
      @niloazar7298 4 місяці тому

      BLUE LOBSTER
      crab

  • @SevenEllen
    @SevenEllen Рік тому +1

    It doesn't matter how many times I hear this piece in three days, I can NEVER get bored of it. 8-) I think I'm possessed.

  • @sarahsantowski9790
    @sarahsantowski9790 2 роки тому

    One of my favorite songs to play, and I am baffled by the third hand

  • @hodovadia6698
    @hodovadia6698 4 роки тому +165

    Bach Battles: Fugue Fight
    (retro boss fugue playing in the background)
    -Rousseau, the piano mage, has turned his piano into an organ!
    -Oh no! His organs are multiplying!
    -Press A to continue!
    -Press F to pay respect! (this is hard af)

  • @eltunbaratl5618
    @eltunbaratl5618 4 роки тому +46

    Bach: You can only play it on the Organ
    Rousseau: Hold my piano

  • @estebangutierrez160
    @estebangutierrez160 9 місяців тому

    I have heard something this beautiful in years

  • @cuatbarbq
    @cuatbarbq 2 роки тому

    The best interpretation I've ever heard

  • @existenceerror
    @existenceerror 4 роки тому +292

    3:01 *Orochimaru entered the chat*

  • @skillxxe7690
    @skillxxe7690 4 роки тому +129

    I played this to my dog
    Now he's a werewolf

  • @pamelastones4802
    @pamelastones4802 9 днів тому

    Spectacular!❤

  • @CalebStaelens
    @CalebStaelens 4 місяці тому +5

    🦞 THE BLUE LOBSTER HAD BEEN SUMMONED! 🦞