I'd like to say a BIG thank you to my friend and colleague, Dr. Jared Pierce, for agreeing to present our first ever ProPractice Guest Artist tutorial, featuring Liszt's formidable Transcendental Etude No.8 "Wilde Jagd". Let me know in the comments if you'd like to see more guest artist tutorials! Have a great week of practicing :) For more information about Dr. Pierce, here's a link to his faculty page: music.byu.edu/team/jared-pierce/
Bravo, Dr. Pearce for showcasing this thrilling Etude, it's been one of my many favs from Liszt's brilliant Transcendental collection, which was light-years ahead of its time.
@@lavatrex Indeed, its a real balancing act getting it right. I still struggle with getting the sustain right on the crescendo. too much and the melody is quickly overpowered by everything else.
For me, landing those insane octave jumps up and down in the right hand before the recap of the soft section towards the end was the hardest part. But I certainly agree from a musicality standpoint that the soft section is more musically demanding. Those octaves are just one of the most technically demanding things I've ever had to learn.
An amazing lesson. The piece is too advanced for me but it was terribly interesting to see how to tackle the different techniques and hopefully one day I might get there. Thank you so much for your time, really quite inspiring
im currently learning this piece now and he is very correct in saying straight from the go he is trying to kill us. this is one difficult brilliant piece of music. i love your pro practice tutorials they really are great.
Vision begins with a solemn funeral, the deep bells of the church ring and fade into nothingness, the change of the bell seems to reveal all secrets; the old but complicated relief tells the tale of a hero's past, and the hero echoes the shadows in a noble and cold veil.Asymptotic climaxes, with several repetitions of both Dionysus-like ecstasy and unshowed glory. The hero struggles and resists in the eternal predicament like Sisyphus, the infinite and seemingly doomed tragic resistance, but he kills another way in the predicament of death-beyond himself, with dignity and open-mindedness. At the end of the song, the pen turns sharply, and the chords rise like thunder, piercing the enemy's heart, and then, in a triumphant gesture, death, glory.
Hey Josh I remember in some older vids you had some color tape in what seemed like a low C and a High C or something like that. Was it meant to help train the spatial awareness? or what was it for??
Hi Juan - it was part of the ProPractice Early Beginner mini course. The colored tabs showed the length of smaller keyboards, as part of our initiative in writing the Early Beginner course was for Iraqi refugees. With some generous supporters and donors, we raised enough to purchase the refugee camps 200 smaller keyboards and give them a semester of music lessons based on the early beginner course.
I read through it once or twice and mildly injured my right index finger during the lyrical sections. There are a number of places where you play an octave followed by the second, followed by (I think) the sixth, which is incredibly awkward for the second finger even when playing slow!
it is normalized - meaning any louder and it will distort. I'm not going to compress the audio because it doesn't give authentic sound. He’s doing us a favor, he has a yeti, just throw on a pair of headphones. Problem solved
Of course, this Transcendental etude opens with articulatory fireworks - strong, stormy "fortissimo" staccato passages especially in the first 6 measures. Of course, the opening measures should be done "tempo giusto" - if you want to do that, you have to think in sixteenth notes in the 6/8 rhythms to get the dotted sixteenth full chords spot-on exactly in rhythm. But some concert pianists break this "tempo giusto" rule and do some "rubato" in the opening 6 measures of this etude for show-off purposes. Liszt of course was the inventor of the piano recital, as you know. But if you think this "Wilde Jagd" version is crazy - the 1840 version of that - called the "Grand Etude in C minor" - is ultra-crazy, and lasts probably 1 or 2 minutes more..... This is likely the 1850 or so version of this etude.
I'd like to say a BIG thank you to my friend and colleague, Dr. Jared Pierce, for agreeing to present our first ever ProPractice Guest Artist tutorial, featuring Liszt's formidable Transcendental Etude No.8 "Wilde Jagd". Let me know in the comments if you'd like to see more guest artist tutorials! Have a great week of practicing :) For more information about Dr. Pierce, here's a link to his faculty page: music.byu.edu/team/jared-pierce/
Dr. Pierce is amazing. Could we invite him back again?
I’ll definitely keep that in mind!
"Liszt writes it as presto furioso and triple Forte. Allready he's trying to kill us." 😂😂😂
Haha he is a very entertaining teacher!
Oooo the first transcendental etue of the channel, history has been made
I like how you spell transcendental right but spell etude wrong
Whoa Liszt Transcendental Etudes Tutorials, awesome!
Thanks Timothy!
Yes! Awesome initiative and thank you Dr Pearce for a very exciting tutorial!
Thanks Christophe!
Really splendid to have a Guest Artist series that adds depth to an already powerful library! Loved the focus on relaxation during the wide leaps.
We love and thanks for Josh wright's invited Jared Pierce can demonstrate Liszt transcendental etude Wilde Jagd.
What a fantastic initiative. Congratulations for all your work! All the best.
Thank you Rogerio! Have a great week
Incredible. Thank you for the treat Dr. Wright and Dr. Pirece
Bravo, Dr. Pearce for showcasing this thrilling Etude, it's been one of my many favs from Liszt's brilliant Transcendental collection, which was light-years ahead of its time.
How about some more transcendental etudes? I was hoping to hear your thoughts on these
I’ll keep that in mind
@@joshwrightpiano
Awesome. My suggestion for these etudes is chasse neige. My suggestion in general is something in alkans op 39 set.
the insane jumps in the left hand during the soft section with simultaneous polyrhythms is definitely the hardest part
as someone who’s played this piece, the hardest part of that section is by far bringing out the melody on top
@@lavatrex Indeed, its a real balancing act getting it right. I still struggle with getting the sustain right on the crescendo. too much and the melody is quickly overpowered by everything else.
For me, landing those insane octave jumps up and down in the right hand before the recap of the soft section towards the end was the hardest part. But I certainly agree from a musicality standpoint that the soft section is more musically demanding. Those octaves are just one of the most technically demanding things I've ever had to learn.
This is GREAT! Now please get Babayan and Trifonov to teach!!!!!!!
Haha I wish!
XD imagineee
Trivinov's version of this piece is litrerally trancedental :)
Enjoyed this very much! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is realy good tutorial. I play this pice and this realy help me. Thanks Joshua and thanks mr Pierce....
awesome video!! would you be willing to do a video on rach op 39 no 8? thanks for everything you do Josh!
I LOVE that piece. I’ll keep it in mind for a future tutorial
Dr. Jared Pierce should have his own channel
Literally just decided to look at this piece. Turns out the timing worked out well.
Awesome! Thank you for your efforts.
We appreciate your support!
I really appreciate your channel. ❤️from Poland!
An amazing lesson. The piece is too advanced for me but it was terribly interesting to see how to tackle the different techniques and hopefully one day I might get there. Thank you so much for your time, really quite inspiring
We appreciate your support Tim!
im currently learning this piece now and he is very correct in saying straight from the go he is trying to kill us. this is one difficult brilliant piece of music. i love your pro practice tutorials they really are great.
I wish he alerted more on the chords. someone that watched the full-length video can tell me if he did?
Absolutely amazing
Great interpretation! Would you like to share some of your insights on sixth Vision?
Vision begins with a solemn funeral, the deep bells of the church ring and fade into nothingness, the change of the bell seems to reveal all secrets; the old but complicated relief tells the tale of a hero's past, and the hero echoes the shadows in a noble and cold veil.Asymptotic climaxes, with several repetitions of both Dionysus-like ecstasy and unshowed glory.
The hero struggles and resists in the eternal predicament like Sisyphus, the infinite and seemingly doomed tragic resistance, but he kills another way in the predicament of death-beyond himself, with dignity and open-mindedness.
At the end of the song, the pen turns sharply, and the chords rise like thunder, piercing the enemy's heart, and then, in a triumphant gesture, death, glory.
I like how you are doing his transcendental exudes. Maybe his 4th would be an interesting one to do.
Great video! Please make a video on chopin waltz op 64 no 1.
Guys, is Wilde Jagd s137 one of the most difficult piece ever?
Hey Josh I remember in some older vids you had some color tape in what seemed like a low C and a High C or something like that. Was it meant to help train the spatial awareness? or what was it for??
Hi Juan - it was part of the ProPractice Early Beginner mini course. The colored tabs showed the length of smaller keyboards, as part of our initiative in writing the Early Beginner course was for Iraqi refugees. With some generous supporters and donors, we raised enough to purchase the refugee camps 200 smaller keyboards and give them a semester of music lessons based on the early beginner course.
@@joshwrightpiano Oh wow that is so amazing! thanks for the nice response Josh
You should make more of these
I read through it once or twice and mildly injured my right index finger during the lyrical sections. There are a number of places where you play an octave followed by the second, followed by (I think) the sixth, which is incredibly awkward for the second finger even when playing slow!
Sir i think you should up the volume a bit.. it's hard to hear without headphone and even without full volume.
it is normalized - meaning any louder and it will distort. I'm not going to compress the audio because it doesn't give authentic sound. He’s doing us a favor, he has a yeti, just throw on a pair of headphones. Problem solved
Please do Etudes Tableaux op.39 no.8
Its happening!!!
Finally! Haha
Gave up on this piece several months ago, now I have to try it again, man why do u do this to me 🤪🤣
This is great
Glad you enjoyed it Yousef.
Of course, this Transcendental etude opens with articulatory fireworks - strong, stormy "fortissimo" staccato passages especially in the first 6 measures. Of course, the opening measures should be done "tempo giusto" - if you want to do that, you have to think in sixteenth notes in the 6/8 rhythms to get the dotted sixteenth full chords spot-on exactly in rhythm.
But some concert pianists break this "tempo giusto" rule and do some "rubato" in the opening 6 measures of this etude for show-off purposes. Liszt of course was the inventor of the piano recital, as you know.
But if you think this "Wilde Jagd" version is crazy - the 1840 version of that - called the "Grand Etude in C minor" - is ultra-crazy, and lasts probably 1 or 2 minutes more.....
This is likely the 1850 or so version of this etude.
Josh, can we see you playing Feux Follets? And a guide on that :)
Josh doesn’t have feux follets in his repertoire, but on the bright side that is what these guest tutorials are for.
Josh are you able to respond to most of your emails? I would like to ask you a couple of questions about practicing
Josh! Could you make your voice slightly louder, please? Thanks!
YES
Yessss
Thank you....
😍😍😍
The audio is too low
He’s doing us a favor, he has a yeti, just throw on a pair of headphones. Problem solved
....Pulse ?
Please leave the piano to Josh.