@@NahreSol can you make albums in his style Gnossienne 1, at least do 12 my bb girl give ur daddy what he want, make them to remind me your smile your sweetnes my princess
I think you're on to something with using abstract gifs to teach music... it really cuts through the barrage of theory that is kind of inevitable, but the gifs make it easier to relate and memorise the concepts. Do more!!
As a self taught jazz/pop/blues pianist, it is incredibly helpful to have someone break down classical music. Classical is really lacking in my repertoire and skill set so I love learning more. Your videos make me feel both very inadequate and very determined to improve! Thank you.
One thing is missing from your analysis! Extremely poetic and quirky interpretation notes such as (approximative translations): Du bout de la pensee ( From the tip of the thought) Avec une tristesse rigoureuse ( With a rigorous sadness) Tres luisant (Very shimmery) Conseillez-vous soigneusement (Councel yourself thoroughly) Munissez-vous de clairvoyance ( Supply yourself with clairvoyance) De maniere a obtenir un creux ( So as to obtain a hollow) And my favorite: Ouvrez la tete (Open the head) However surrealistic some may sound, they are actually very accurate descriptions of the ambiance required.
And the classic instruction before the piece "Vexations" - "In order to play the theme 840 times in succession, it would be advisable to prepare oneself beforehand, and in the deepest silence, by serious immobilities"
canzo0378 no, he’s definitely not just bragging about his French. It makes sense for him to use French since, ya know, Satie was French. And a lot of his pieces utilize French on the sheet music as a way of telling the pianist how to play it (Gymnopedie No. 1 says “Lent et douloureux” basically means slow and painful). Either you’re making a joke or you’re being serious. If you’re being serious, you really should think about why he’s using French in his comment
Nahre talks about this in a later video (Satie's "daily routine"), those comments are rather on the ironic side of things. Some can make sense in the context of playing but others like "conseillez-vous soigneusement" are more playful than anything in my opinion. A satiric guy who's music I enjoy very much :)
You have -no- idea how long i've been looking (and thus waiting) for something like this!! I can't thank you enough. Satie spoke to me so many years ago, he's the sole reason i taught myself the basics of piano, to be able to play his gorgeously twisted and often unpredictable twists and turns. Many composers/pianists I've tried to talk to about him (in the hopes of some analytical breakthrough) tend to brush him off as simplistic or even naïve, but they are so missing the point. So thank you for showing respect to his genius and sharing the construct of his musical mannerisms with me and with the world. Liked & subscribed, looking forward to more of these!
So happy to hear that someone else also appreciates my favourite composer. People I've talked to irl about him were not impressed to say the least... Which is sad, but oh well...
Informative and so fun to watch 😊had a smile on my face throughout the entire video! Side note: I also just stumbled upon your channel yesterday - super impressed with your analytical skills and also the quirky animations in your videos
You interpreting great composers helps us discover our own interpretation of great composers ... bonding us closer to the music itself. We grow immensely from your passionate insight of others creative personalities. Thank you again.
Ahh there are so many comments I'll feel bad if mine doesn't go through. I just have a really genuine feeling I want to express about your talent. It's amazing and I've been touched emotionally on a really deep level, I love your work so much!
I actually made a piano improvisation that sounded like a demonic Satie piece, and the things you're mentioning here match very nicely with what I've noticed. I'd say Trois Gimnopedes no. 1 is my favorite!
The visuals above the piano are so intriguingly coherent, and the breakdown of Satie was shockingly good. I was expecting those dark chords not to work, but once those techniques of grace notes, plagal cadences, and repeated notes, and octaves came in, wow, it sounded like Satie reincarnated.
2:58 I would love to hear more of that "filigree", just wow. Left this tab open for many weeks and came back to hear it again just now (and no doubt, many times more).
Would you please consider making a similar videos about Chopin, Debussy or Ravel? This video was very informative and interesting and I would love to see your take on other composers :)
Peter-Andre' Pliassov Yes! I plan to make more in the future... So far the Bach and Satie videos were tied to their birthdays, but this not be absolutely necessary...
That's great to hear! I'm looking forward to seeing more. And also, thank you for the videos you've made so far. Your videos continue to inspire me and remind me to have fun while practicing.
Omg, Nahre. I just discovered your channel 10 min ago. I'm in love! If you haven't made the video yet, tell us how you got into animation - your animations are so good! Btw, your playing is beautiful, too - no question ;)
Hello! Thank you so much!! Welcome -- Bobby, my dog, and I are glad you're here 🐶😊 Yes about the video editing video, I might do one in the near future...
his Cinq Nocturnes No. 2 absolutely floored me when I heard it for the first time this spring. I felt an alien sense of joy and also felt like I was on another celestial body entirely. I think there are no 3rds, or no major 3rds until somewhere in the last couple bars or something. Sweet composer. Great video.
I always find my eyes filling when I listen to Satie - I even found this happening when listening to the characteristic Satie phrases you explained!There must be something which resonates with the sounds within my brain.....
I love this. Satie is my all time favorite composer, and you hit the nail on the head with this video :) My favorite Satie pieces are Nocturne no.2 & 3, and Gnossienne no. 4 What are yours??
The quality of your videos is shocking. Thank you for putting out such incredibly detailed and polished content. So informative and such a joy to watch
What is so wonderful about a good music teacher, is the way the knowledge is conveyed to seem accessible. and as a guitarist, with a broad church of musical tastes, I am enthralled and inspired.
Nice! I always learn/teach modes with mood associations. For example, Ionian ♭2 feels and sounds like circus, with the unexpected flattened second. Phrygian has bellicosity and war-like air to it, Spanish feel if moderate. Byzantine ♯4 is just super mysterious, especially when played on the flute.
Satie was my favorite to play in college (still is) and I also love to write/improvise music. I am so pleased to find your brilliant explanation/demonstration of how to play in his style!
Just discovered you're channel today! I love Satie so I just had to watch this, I'm not a huge fan of other classical composers but I love Satie's work, it's so unique.
I don't think I've ever subscribed based on a single video, but there's a first time for everything right. I love Satie's music, and videos like these help me appreciate it even more. Great job!
It is not hard to sound like Satie, the Gymnopedies are predominantly quite simple and to emulate a Gymnopedie just use inversions and only occasionally play the tonic as bass in the left hand using a lot of sevenths and sixths and fourth chords and using these added tonalities as a bass anchor like the sixth instead of third or fifth of the quadrad or pentad. Resolving Suspensions on slow moving melodies that either walk up or down and describe broken chords for right hand melodies and that's about it. I think you are playing much too fast and rushing Satie, look at his tempo indication for Trois Gymnopedies, they are all Grave !
This is an amazing video. Deconstructing the Characteristics of Satie and re-adding them one by one is a nice visualization on its own, but combining that with the counter-examples and the small illustrations/gifs really makes things even more accessible. I had little contact with music theory in my life so far, but videos like these really get through. Thanks for making this.
What a wonderful video. Gymnopedie n.1 was the first piece I learned on the piano, followed by Gnossienne n.1, and currently trying to learn Gnossienne n.3. Satie's music is so beautiful and mysterious, and yet so simple. But now I wanna learn more about the theory. I don't even know what a "plagal movement" is
Thank you very much for producing your videos. You're playing and insights are absolutely wonderful. Thanks for sharing. I am a blues musician and have been since 1955. But I'm also known for my improvisations. I taught myself how to play Blues piano, but I have listened to a lot of music, especially classical and world music in addition to Blues. I have been actively improvising all this time. Not only on Blues changes, but on very free form music. Some of the members of my bands have been leading members of new music programs at the University. I performed in front of thousands of people in totally improvised settings. Improvising is absolutely not a foreign thing for me. I would love to improvise with you someday. I don't know how that could ever happen, but I would welcome the opportunity. Thanks again for all your dedication and generous revealing yourself to those of us on the internet.
I've been seen this video dozens of times in the last year! Now finally got myself a keyboard and I'm set to learn this! wonderful Miss Sol! thank you...perfect quarantine study
finally someone speaks in modes, really accurate video i would call your "locrian bb7" (2:03) as "locrian b7" cuz thats what you played imo. amazing animations too. and the fantasy over the concept, you also nailed it. pure quality
This really is evocative Erik Satie. I used to attend church which had a monthly Taizé service of chants in the evening. Before and after the service when the rector chose to be the lead, he would play quite a bit of Satie from memory before and after the service proper.
Whoa! I just happened to come across your channel though TH-cam's IG while listening to Satie; he's my favorite composer and I didn't quite understand what I liked about his music, as I'm not really music literate. Thank you for this! This was informative, despite me not really understanding the technicalities. I look forward to watching your other videos. You stopped right before Gnossienne No. 1 got exciting; that was so frustrating haha.
These are so awesome! Your analysis is always so dead-on and enlightening, and your compositional skills in so many settings are super impressive as well. I’ve seen other people request composers, and I don’t want to inundate you with requests but a video breaking down Prokofiev could be really cool and, I think, up your alley. On a slightly different note, a composer who you may not know (or at least not very well) is Einojuhani Rautavaara. His piano concerti are spectacular and, to me, harmonically groundbreaking. He also has some awesome etudes and piano pieces which are easy to find on TH-cam. If you have the time, I’d really check him out!
It's worth noting that what this emulates most closely is the style of the Gnossiennes, and also, the Gymnopédies, pieces which are very famous, and justly so, but that there was more to Satie than these (especially since the Gnossienne themselves are already imitative of eastern european "gypsy" music). Even an only slightly later piece such as Le Fils des Étoiles sounds quite a bit different, what with its quartal harmony and violent accents ! It's quite an astounding piece and played with a fast enough tempo it almost sounds like a prefiguration of some of Messiaen's works. Arguably one of Satie's best work is the four-hand piano piece Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire, which combines and alternates elements from both the Gnossienne/Gymnopédie vein with the more percussive and richer melodic and harmonic style of his Sarabandes, Ogives and Sonneries. But Satie's piano masterpiece is probably the suite Sports & Divertissement, beneath a jocular program music appearance, it hides quite a lot of musical beauty. Lastly, Satie didn't write only for piano, his ballet orchestral music is also well worth listening to. Check out "Parade", especially !
You are so cool! As a child I used to be lying under our Grand Piano listening to my Mum playing Satie. I just couldn't get enough of the deepness of his compositions.
I like how accurate you visualize seemingly abstract concepts
Thank you!! Visuals help me learn so I like to include them :))
@@NahreSol indeed a wonderful tool! I was wondering what software you use to make those animations and so on? Thanks for you videos!
@@NahreSol It makes me think of synesthesia. (well technically it is synesthesia)
I suspect your dog knows more about music than I ever will.
😂😂😂
The dog is there in case Nahre forgets to use the pedal.
**Barks in Ebm7+9#11**
@@InventorZahran OH NO
@@NahreSol can you make albums in his style Gnossienne 1, at least do 12 my bb girl give ur daddy what he want, make them to remind me your smile your sweetnes my princess
I think you're on to something with using abstract gifs to teach music... it really cuts through the barrage of theory that is kind of inevitable, but the gifs make it easier to relate and memorise the concepts. Do more!!
Thank you!! 🙏😊🙏😊🙏
yeah youve got a knack for illustrating ideas. love watching all of your videos, thanks for taking the time to share!
As a self taught jazz/pop/blues pianist, it is incredibly helpful to have someone break down classical music. Classical is really lacking in my repertoire and skill set so I love learning more. Your videos make me feel both very inadequate and very determined to improve! Thank you.
One thing is missing from your analysis!
Extremely poetic and quirky interpretation notes such as (approximative translations):
Du bout de la pensee ( From the tip of the thought)
Avec une tristesse rigoureuse ( With a rigorous sadness)
Tres luisant (Very shimmery)
Conseillez-vous soigneusement (Councel yourself thoroughly)
Munissez-vous de clairvoyance ( Supply yourself with clairvoyance)
De maniere a obtenir un creux ( So as to obtain a hollow)
And my favorite:
Ouvrez la tete (Open the head)
However surrealistic some may sound, they are actually very accurate descriptions of the ambiance required.
These are great descriptions of the emotion for the player.
And the classic instruction before the piece "Vexations" - "In order to play the theme 840 times in succession, it would be advisable to prepare oneself beforehand, and in the deepest silence, by serious immobilities"
canzo0378 no, he’s definitely not just bragging about his French. It makes sense for him to use French since, ya know, Satie was French. And a lot of his pieces utilize French on the sheet music as a way of telling the pianist how to play it (Gymnopedie No. 1 says “Lent et douloureux” basically means slow and painful). Either you’re making a joke or you’re being serious. If you’re being serious, you really should think about why he’s using French in his comment
Nahre talks about this in a later video (Satie's "daily routine"), those comments are rather on the ironic side of things. Some can make sense in the context of playing but others like "conseillez-vous soigneusement" are more playful than anything in my opinion. A satiric guy who's music I enjoy very much :)
Your videos are fantastically visual, which really helps my little brain. Thank you for your work.
You have -no- idea how long i've been looking (and thus waiting) for something like this!! I can't thank you enough. Satie spoke to me so many years ago, he's the sole reason i taught myself the basics of piano, to be able to play his gorgeously twisted and often unpredictable twists and turns. Many composers/pianists I've tried to talk to about him (in the hopes of some analytical breakthrough) tend to brush him off as simplistic or even naïve, but they are so missing the point. So thank you for showing respect to his genius and sharing the construct of his musical mannerisms with me and with the world. Liked & subscribed, looking forward to more of these!
So happy to hear that someone else also appreciates my favourite composer. People I've talked to irl about him were not impressed to say the least... Which is sad, but oh well...
7:03 your dog looks so mellowed out by the song. Much respect for the analysis and for gracing our ears with the beautiful playing.
Thank you!!! 😊🙏 My dog is really funny when it comes to music. Sometimes he gets zoned out like that or sometimes he gets frightened by loud playing 😂
flixization research shows that dogs are calmest when listening to reggae and soft rock..
Wonderful video. He's also one of my favorite composers. His compositions are both beautiful and haunting, even ghostly.
Wonderful video Nahre - you set the bar very high. 👏
Thank you so much!! 😊🙏
Julian Lambert is
Informative and so fun to watch 😊had a smile on my face throughout the entire video!
Side note: I also just stumbled upon your channel yesterday - super impressed with your analytical skills and also the quirky animations in your videos
Thank you so much!! And welcome to the space! Bobby (my dog) says hello 😊
You interpreting great composers helps us discover our own interpretation of great composers ... bonding us closer to the music itself. We grow immensely from your passionate insight of others creative personalities. Thank you again.
Thank you!! 😊🙏
1st step: smoke some dank kush
2nd step: acquire at least 6 layers of irony
3rd step: begin composition process
Ahh there are so many comments I'll feel bad if mine doesn't go through. I just have a really genuine feeling I want to express about your talent. It's amazing and I've been touched emotionally on a really deep level, I love your work so much!
Discovered your channel yesterday. I'm definitely impressed!
Thank you so much!! 😊🙏
I love your dog. We all need someone to look up at us like your dog is looking up at you. Dogs are amazing. Love the video!
Chris McMurry yes! I agree! Dogs are the best...
I actually made a piano improvisation that sounded like a demonic Satie piece, and the things you're mentioning here match very nicely with what I've noticed. I'd say Trois Gimnopedes no. 1 is my favorite!
is it on the internet?
what's a gimnopede?
name of one of his pieces. just google it.
Emir Okmen Look for Blutwaltzer on my channel
Trois Gimnopedes No. 1 means 3 gimnopedes number 1. Your favorite is just Gymnopedie No. 1 ;)
The visuals above the piano are so intriguingly coherent, and the breakdown of Satie was shockingly good. I was expecting those dark chords not to work, but once those techniques of grace notes, plagal cadences, and repeated notes, and octaves came in, wow, it sounded like Satie reincarnated.
I really love how you visually depict the music. It's really helpful, especially with Satie's music. Thank you.
Even your buzzer sections are amazing. You have a very engaging way of explaining complex ideas. Love the visuals too
I always feel at ease when I hear Satie. I’m in the zone, mentally.
2:58 I would love to hear more of that "filigree", just wow. Left this tab open for many weeks and came back to hear it again just now (and no doubt, many times more).
Cool! Trying to learn piano (in my late 20s lol) and Gymnopedie no 1 is one of my goals. So interesting to see his style dissected.
That's really cool! I love the Gymnopedies... :)
Your dog has the best life - beautiful piano music everyday and pampered by you, no wonder he looks at you with admiration.
😂 I'm lucky to have a sweet dog like Bobby... I definitely spoil him though!
what an enchantingly cool video!
this is totally mind blowing! i start to get goosebumps when the first note rang
Damn. The final product sounds really good. She cracked the code
great stuff! I love how you always have the composer express his disappointment in you :)
frenchef7 thank you !! And yes haha... The composers are usually frowning in my head 😂
Would you please consider making a similar videos about Chopin, Debussy or Ravel? This video was very informative and interesting and I would love to see your take on other composers :)
Peter-Andre' Pliassov Yes! I plan to make more in the future... So far the Bach and Satie videos were tied to their birthdays, but this not be absolutely necessary...
That's great to hear! I'm looking forward to seeing more. And also, thank you for the videos you've made so far. Your videos continue to inspire me and remind me to have fun while practicing.
YES!! Those are my 3 favourite pianists
How come you are so good at video editing?? Even professional editors don't do justice like you do!! Way to go
Thank you!! 😊🙏
Imagine if universities were like this.
I could listen to this composition you made of happy birthday all day on a nice quiet winter day, fits the mood so well
Omg, Nahre. I just discovered your channel 10 min ago. I'm in love! If you haven't made the video yet, tell us how you got into animation - your animations are so good! Btw, your playing is beautiful, too - no question ;)
Hello! Thank you so much!! Welcome -- Bobby, my dog, and I are glad you're here 🐶😊 Yes about the video editing video, I might do one in the near future...
It's nice to see how advanced music theory contents are growing on youtube, this kind of videos are really pleasing! beautifully explained!
Thank you!! 😊🙏
I know you're supposed to avoid extreme temperaments, but 4:30 sounded really cool.
his Cinq Nocturnes No. 2 absolutely floored me when I heard it for the first time this spring. I felt an alien sense of joy and also felt like I was on another celestial body entirely.
I think there are no 3rds, or no major 3rds until somewhere in the last couple bars or something. Sweet composer. Great video.
Yes his Nocturnes are very beautiful and special... I only heard them for the first time recently!
I can’t choose between je te vuex or gymnopedie no. 1. And such a cute pup at the end!!!!
Really hard to choose between those two, yess!!
both?
vanishingmoon1 Satie didnt think much of Je te veux. It was just a commercial sell out piece that he could play in the cabarets for money
I don't choose, I play both.
When faced with that choice, choose the little known 5th Gnossienne
I love that there are visuals, helps me learn
You are really really the best. Thank you for all these)
Thank you!! 😊🙏
I always find my eyes filling when I listen to Satie - I even found this happening when listening to the characteristic Satie phrases you explained!There must be something which resonates with the sounds within my brain.....
What a cool present your video is, today is my birthday as well!
juan josé limas becerra happy birthday!! 🎂🎉🌟
just discovered your channel and your puppy looking at you while playing gnossienne n.1 is melting my heart
I love this. Satie is my all time favorite composer, and you hit the nail on the head with this video :) My favorite Satie pieces are Nocturne no.2 & 3, and Gnossienne no. 4 What are yours??
Thank you!! 😊🙏 I really like Pièces Froides, and Gymnopedie No. 1 and Le Piccadilly :)
You videos are not only very informative and useful, but also extremely aesthetic, such an eye candy.
Dang this is so accurate
Bluemon thank you 😂🙏
The quality of your videos is shocking. Thank you for putting out such incredibly detailed and polished content. So informative and such a joy to watch
wow this is gold, thank you youtube algorithm
Thank you so much!
What is so wonderful about a good music teacher, is the way the knowledge is conveyed to seem accessible. and as a guitarist, with a broad church of musical tastes, I am enthralled and inspired.
Nice! I always learn/teach modes with mood associations.
For example, Ionian ♭2 feels and sounds like circus, with the unexpected flattened second. Phrygian has bellicosity and war-like air to it, Spanish feel if moderate.
Byzantine ♯4 is just super mysterious, especially when played on the flute.
Byzantine #4! Whoa haha 🙈
Also known as Composite Ⅱ Scale ( C Db E F# G Ab B C )
What a treat this video is!
I love the humor :-)
Steve Crooks thank you!!
Nahre Sol thank you!!
The way you explore satie's type of music and the way you use it it's really beautiful. Thank you for this amazing video which helped me a lot. ♡
Thank you!! 😊🙏
Nahre Sol you're welcome
This just sound so great to my hears, thank you a lot for the excelent vídeo!
Thank you!! 😊🙏
These videos have totally given me tons of new ideas for different directions to go in compositions where I was stuck. Thanks!
Nailed it!
Graeme Gerrard thank you!!!
Au contraire! Thank you to you!
Satie was my favorite to play in college (still is) and I also love to write/improvise music. I am so pleased to find your brilliant explanation/demonstration of how to play in his style!
You're a goddess! Mind blown at 5:50 !!
Castillo Piano Composition thank you so much!!
Man I love the visual metaphors in this video so much
The illustration animations give me the strongest synesthesia, so masterful
Just discovered you're channel today! I love Satie so I just had to watch this, I'm not a huge fan of other classical composers but I love Satie's work, it's so unique.
Hi! Welcome! Satie is such a great composer...
I sound like Erik Satie every day, for I play all his gymnopedies and all his gnossiennes every day (and also "je te veux").
I don't think I've ever subscribed based on a single video, but there's a first time for everything right. I love Satie's music, and videos like these help me appreciate it even more. Great job!
It is not hard to sound like Satie, the Gymnopedies are predominantly quite simple and to emulate a Gymnopedie just use inversions and only occasionally play the tonic as bass in the left hand using a lot of sevenths and sixths and fourth chords and using these added tonalities as a bass anchor like the sixth instead of third or fifth of the quadrad or pentad. Resolving Suspensions on slow moving melodies that either walk up or down and describe broken chords for right hand melodies and that's about it. I think you are playing much too fast and rushing Satie, look at his tempo indication for Trois Gymnopedies, they are all Grave !
Pascal Rogé is my favourite performer of his music. Gymnopédies, Gnoissiennes, Nocturnes all feel better played fast but with appropriate phrasing.
I love how you have animations to help visualize and interpret music.
That end product is beautiful, very skilled. Instructions are really helpful and articulate aswell.
This is an amazing video. Deconstructing the Characteristics of Satie and re-adding them one by one is a nice visualization on its own, but combining that with the counter-examples and the small illustrations/gifs really makes things even more accessible.
I had little contact with music theory in my life so far, but videos like these really get through.
Thanks for making this.
I hope your videos get much more popular. They have a lot of substance and quality, yet are also entertaining. Rare.
Literally my music "everything" in this video. Well done I loved it!!
OMG i love the aeolian with the flat 5
By far the best piano teacher I've come across 😍 Nollaun 👏👏👏
What a wonderful video. Gymnopedie n.1 was the first piece I learned on the piano, followed by Gnossienne n.1, and currently trying to learn Gnossienne n.3. Satie's music is so beautiful and mysterious, and yet so simple. But now I wanna learn more about the theory. I don't even know what a "plagal movement" is
Where has this been for 3 years?! Love Erik Satie's work, thank you!
Thank you very much for producing your videos. You're playing and insights are absolutely wonderful. Thanks for sharing. I am a blues musician and have been since 1955. But I'm also known for my improvisations. I taught myself how to play Blues piano, but I have listened to a lot of music, especially classical and world music in addition to Blues. I have been actively improvising all this time. Not only on Blues changes, but on very free form music. Some of the members of my bands have been leading members of new music programs at the University. I performed in front of thousands of people in totally improvised settings. Improvising is absolutely not a foreign thing for me. I would love to improvise with you someday. I don't know how that could ever happen, but I would welcome the opportunity. Thanks again for all your dedication and generous revealing yourself to those of us on the internet.
My favorite composer!
This is such a great perspective on his style.
Thank you so much, Nahre!
Thanks for sharing.
Indeed Satie is a very enigmatic composer because he is so simple, laconic and sophiticated at the same time.
your visuals are so perfect thank you
You are beyond wonderful! Your depth of understanding is an inspiration!
I've been seen this video dozens of times in the last year! Now finally got myself a keyboard and I'm set to learn this! wonderful Miss Sol! thank you...perfect quarantine study
I love the casual 10th at 2:45
I enjoyed the visual interpretations so much, it is incredible that so much thoughts are put behind them.
Great video, thank you! My favorite Satie piece is Je Te Veux. That M9 chord in the beginning of the melody is fantastic.
Thank you! I've loved Satie for years but I learned a lot from your analysis that I didn't know.
finally someone speaks in modes,
really accurate video
i would call your "locrian bb7" (2:03) as "locrian b7" cuz thats what you played imo.
amazing animations too.
and the fantasy over the concept, you also nailed it. pure quality
Best instruction ever. I'd ask you to do a Jazz series....but I'm starting to think in these terms myself....the best gift of all...
This is probably one of the best interpretations of Satie's work I've ever seen. Thank you!
Also, that was an epic Happy Birthday tune.
This really is evocative Erik Satie. I used to attend church which had a monthly Taizé service of chants in the evening. Before and after the service when the rector chose to be the lead, he would play quite a bit of Satie from memory before and after the service proper.
Your Xs when showing what not to do made me laugh. And the dog on your lap, I'm in stitches.
Thank you for this! Just love the whole analysis. Glad you're a huge fan. I wasn't sure at first.
Whoa! I just happened to come across your channel though TH-cam's IG while listening to Satie; he's my favorite composer and I didn't quite understand what I liked about his music, as I'm not really music literate. Thank you for this! This was informative, despite me not really understanding the technicalities. I look forward to watching your other videos.
You stopped right before Gnossienne No. 1 got exciting; that was so frustrating haha.
Thank you Nahre . This has me enthralled..
I am almost in tears... do I like Satie's music this much? Thank you so much for sharing this excellent experiment with us!
These are so awesome! Your analysis is always so dead-on and enlightening, and your compositional skills in so many settings are super impressive as well. I’ve seen other people request composers, and I don’t want to inundate you with requests but a video breaking down Prokofiev could be really cool and, I think, up your alley.
On a slightly different note, a composer who you may not know (or at least not very well) is Einojuhani Rautavaara. His piano concerti are spectacular and, to me, harmonically groundbreaking. He also has some awesome etudes and piano pieces which are easy to find on TH-cam. If you have the time, I’d really check him out!
Yes!! Will try to do one on Prokofiev one day for sure. And thank you!!! 🙏🙏🙏 Also I've heard of Rautavaara but not in depth yet, thanks!!
She is just a genius. The way she understands music is so deep and complex
It's worth noting that what this emulates most closely is the style of the Gnossiennes, and also, the Gymnopédies, pieces which are very famous, and justly so, but that there was more to Satie than these (especially since the Gnossienne themselves are already imitative of eastern european "gypsy" music).
Even an only slightly later piece such as Le Fils des Étoiles sounds quite a bit different, what with its quartal harmony and violent accents ! It's quite an astounding piece and played with a fast enough tempo it almost sounds like a prefiguration of some of Messiaen's works.
Arguably one of Satie's best work is the four-hand piano piece Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire, which combines and alternates elements from both the Gnossienne/Gymnopédie vein with the more percussive and richer melodic and harmonic style of his Sarabandes, Ogives and Sonneries.
But Satie's piano masterpiece is probably the suite Sports & Divertissement, beneath a jocular program music appearance, it hides quite a lot of musical beauty.
Lastly, Satie didn't write only for piano, his ballet orchestral music is also well worth listening to. Check out "Parade", especially !
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I so enjoyed this video! I love satie with my whole body! Someone taking apart his way of composing is just so satisfying to watch! Well done!
You definitely read my mind. I could abandon everything for a video like this.
The music is soooo beautiful. You are among the very best music teachers whose classes I've had the privilege of attending. THANK YOU
You are so cool! As a child I used to be lying under our Grand Piano listening to my Mum playing Satie. I just couldn't get enough of the deepness of his compositions.
Wow, what a cool thing to listen to Satie under the grand piano!! And thank you!! 😊🙏
This fed my soul. You are a special human.
Beautifully done. I am a big fan of Satie also. His music is relatively simple, yet elegant and moving.