How Mozart turned a simple scale into a genius melody
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I need to hear that scale.
im saying like
I'm searching in recordings of him playing to find such a scale. Best I've heard so far is in him playing Great Gates of Kiev.
@@davisatdavis1 I think when the performer sang a few notes of the descending partial scale thats what they are referring to.
I was so hyped up for a millisecond. Now my day is half ruined...
I’m confused, she showed how Mozart used a descending scale as a melody, what are you talking about?
“If you think like a musicologist, which I encourage you not to do”
Being an ordinary scientist had always been stupid, stubborn, and close-minded. Following these scientific rules and teachings is like being in a crowd of sheep and stopping where they do, instead of going further than anyone else.
@@NoahLoftier wise words. Going down the path of the ordinary proves no progress from the original ground of forged ideas, as compared to the ones out of the ordinary -- the extraordinary -- who have 'extra' to differentiate them from the bunch.
The ones making progress are those who strive to look at the bigger picture by developing a fundamental understanding of reality with their brain's filtered interpretation.
This is why no matter what, you shouldn't stick to one truth and lock yourself in a cage of repetitive thinking-patterns and fixed imagination.
Being a scientist, or even an artist -- and by extension musician --, you should immerse yourself in the simple components of the chaotic strings of patterns that life has to offer, and search for inspiration in the ocean of ideas of other branches of knowledge and art, like looking into philosophy as a physicist, or listening to impressionist music as an artist.
With science, you connect pieces of information together, and with art, you connect the ideas and patterns to form a 'picture'
@@NoahLoftierThis is the most ridiculous thing I have heard recently.
@@NoahLoftierYou can only break the rules and push science forward when you already know the rules inside-out and know HOW to break them properly. More importantly, you should know IF it's wise to break them. If you had to undergo a delicate surgery, you wouldn't want the surgeon to break any rules.
This is why I love her.
Her mother would weep and say, "All that money for lessons for a c-major scale?"
😂
So think of it as a partial A minor scale.
Such a Jewish joke :P haha
Yes, notice how she name drops like... oh even as a beginner I had lessons with the best.
What a stupid old trollop. She can't sing either... musicologist indeed!
His mother is rolling in her grave.
Mozart as a child was asked how do you play so beautifully?...He kept it simple and said: "I just play the notes that like each other."
Wow.... Love that! That's exactly why!
That's BEAUTIFUL
That eyebrow raise was intense
He has intense eyebrows and orange makeup, but doesn't fool anyone except maybe himself... but I even doubt that.
I saw her play Grieg's Concerto in A minor once, this lady is an absolutely magnificent musician. Her name is Sara Davis Buechner if you want to look up her recordings
Edit : A minor, not E minor
Grieg's only piano concerto is in a minor..?
@@romandruckermusic Well, I saw her play Mendelssohn's 5th piano concerto in F major
@@romandruckermusic Yes, not only just one piano concerto, but only one concerto all together he wrote, the one in A Minor
Thank you for the info 👏🏼
That’s clearly a man
I learned that each single note of whatever you play stands by itself and should be made conscious, has its individuality in your mind and requires attention and love. Then all becomes lovely. There is no "mechanical" note that should be played.
Specially in Mozart. Actually playing Mozart feels like you need to be aware of each note, phrasing, dynamics, etc. More than other composers like Beethoven or Bach. Mozart is like pearls falling down, you can hear each pearl hitting the floor, the same applies to Mozart
@@MrArturoPM Man that's a beautiful and accurate definition of Mozart's music
@@MrArturoPM right, because Mozart makes every note special. Beethoven makes *phrases* special. Not that one’s better than the other; piano players just have to learn the difference
Unless that is the interpretation you're going for
@@LAM1895 How could an interpretation, consciously made, not be consciously made? If it should sound like a machine - fine. If I want a vacuum cleaner noise to be interpreted as music -- also fine. But in classical music at least, this art has a form, within that form we move by some rules and with highest attention. Otherwise, it all falls apart and loses it's meaning. The level of inner joy created may be seen as the measure.
Don’t think like a musicologist!
(Musicological approach appears…)
Cos it will ruin 'the music' is why.
I encourage you not to think like a jokologist.
@@casperbetz7606I encourage you not to think like a Critique-ologist
Dr. Buechner! Amazing teacher!!!
She transformed that scale
He
Glenn Gould: *"Thats bullsh-"*
Gould was a prideful fool. His interpretations of Bach are marvellous. But his inability to recognise the greatness of Mozart's music remains an embarrassment.
@@reuben8856 Agreed
@@reuben8856 Do any of his recordings of Mozart's works come across as someone who doesn't recognise the greatness of Mozart's music? Some of the most expressive interpretations are from Gould, take Mozart's 24th Piano concerto, first movement of the A major sonata.. etc etc. Sounds like you're the prideful fool
@@reuben8856 There is a striking difference of quality and level of innovation between the likes of Bach and Mozart, Maybe Mozart is a good composer (although not to my tastes), but for whatever reason, he did become the face of classical music for those who are less familiar with it. I think it's fair to be frustrated with that.
That is absolute nonsense, @@jonathancooper5104. Mozart can write counterpoint that is every bit as complex and mathematically intelligence as Bach's. (Bach wasn't a classical composer. He was a baroque composer.) Mozart's music has just gone over your head. His depths are hidden too well for you to see. But that's a you problem. Keep spouting ignorant bullshit and you'll be blocked.
I could listen to this lady talk about music for hours!
Lady?
What's her name???
@@chasereiter4760 STFU it's a piano conversation
@@tomasschiappacassi2401 cope harder
@@chasereiter4760yes, lady. Cope harder
I got to play in an orchestra on Dvorak's piano concerto with her as the soloist. She's an absolutely amazing and knowledgeable musician
Who never composed anything famous.
@@lukewalker1051 composition isn't a marker of great musicianship 🤷🏼
another beautiful scale is Tchaikovsky's Pas de Deux🥰
My teacher encouraged me to practice scales musically, always.
exactly what I was going to say. Pas de Deux is my favourite classical piece. ugh it's just so good
my grandfather used to finish his jobs on the farm as quickly as he could, so he could get home and listen to his sister play the scales.
Love this lady, she reminds me of my first piano teacher, a strong character with a great sense of humor
Who is she?
@@matteomagurno3068 her name is Sarah Davis Buechner. Amazing pianist, I think she won prizes at Tchaikovsky competition, Leeds competition, queen Elisabeth and more.
Dresses like a lady, but I think they're a dude.
Lady?
@@matteomagurno3068 She?
Structure is a good argument against Mozart-haters... But she is not just a musicologist.
Because she would make an excellent stand up comedian, she makes a good teacher.
In case any of you are wondering, that’s Mozarts sonata No. 5 k283
'Elegant simplicity', bravo from an old colleague at Juilliard
Ive read estimates that Mozart wrote, just wrote, for 8 hours a day for the last 10 years of his life!!
This stuff is literally about classic music and an in depth analysis, which she's clearly educated on. Yet so many of these comments are just about her person. How fucking awful. If it bothers you, don't watch it. If you're intellectually immature and disinterested, don't watch it. It's a video
Is this and old lady or an old trasveti man? If you want to teach something, you better make the subject more intriguing that your person
You are the ones making a big deal out lf it, not her!
Both would be ladies. And only YOU are finding that more intriguing. Frankly the story is fascinating.
Yes! The master takes the humble pieces and creates a masterpiece. The result is human and divine 😇
OMG DR SARA!!! So good to see you. I remember studio classes with you at MSM. I hope you're well!! We need more Dr. Sara B dropping knowledge on TH-cam PLEASE!!!!
Sara? That’s a guy.
You are in every comment, just stfu and get a life.
@@723taylorjharris It is true that Dr. Sara was born male but she is transgendered and now currently identifies as a woman. Hope that helps to clarify. Have a great weekend :)
This is the type of phrasing of scales that should be encouraged in practice, not boring exercises which are the norm, IMO. Because it makes it interesting
Excellent lecture! Each and every note can be beautiful if they are played correctly and with the right touch and evenness between them
Nice advice from Mrs. Doubtfire
🤣
Clearly transgender
Cleverly stated! 😂 That’s what I saw too.
@@Agent.99 You seem to be a top agent. Just as it wasn't obvious. 🤣
With Mozart who else do we need. He is the weaver of beautiful sounds
This lady is such a vibe. Great video!
She’s got a lot of balls playing that
“Im so smart, I made a trans joke, notice me everyone”
@@vogelvogeltje I dont understand? It is a very risky scale to play given the history of Mozart's life and the artistic discovery he championed. There's a broader musical context you may have missed.
@@_Triangularitymotte and bailey smth smth
This woman is brilliant
That's a transvestite
And even if she were a trans woman, still a woman
@@averyvyvyanavanti5547 trans "woman" are fake and gay
@@jorgefoyld8538 and YOU need a new hobby
That’s a man.
The transphobia in this comment section astounds me.
Edit: these replies are low quality bait lmao
Phobia means fear. Not phobic. It’s mentioned because it’s quite noticeable. Hard to hide the hands and voice. We’re allowed to see life as we see it. Thanks.
Transphobia? The fact the observing the world honestly has been given a label and called bigoted does not change reality
You can’t change your sex. Nobody has to be rude or nasty about it and we also don’t have to follow your made up rules about people.
Yes, me too. Very disgusting..
Transphobic = normal healthy mind based in reality, who's simple reality and mindset is the worst thing ever to weak minded people pretending to be what they are not
Fascinating! Never heard scales explained this way.
Thankyou for this magical intepretation.
That’s a dude, right?
The best scale I have ever heard is in the second movement of Bach’s second violin concerto opening its second section - it starts on a B and moves through the scale of C# minor - perhaps the most beautiful key known to human ears!❤ My memory of it is one played by David Oistrakh and it is sublime!
That's the best 5min of music ever written. Blows away all of chopins nocturnes. But the 1st movement also has a scale embedded in middle voices right in the beginning
Hm, I'd say that depends what kind of musicologist you intend to think like...;-)
Brilliant, I just subscribed. Your explanation alone got me
Mozart listening to electic overdrive guitar ,screaming his lung out " FUCK YEAH!!"😂
Thanks for the update.
Could the transphobes please just let the musicians and music lovers appreciate and learn from this video in peace? Honestly, you have enough spaces of your own…
If you don’t like it, that’s perfectly fine, just move on. You gain nothing and convince no-one with your comments, you’re just wasting your time and ruining our enjoyment.
Also, if what I’m saying makes you so angry that you cannot stop yourself from commenting, first, know that I will not engage, you’ll just be wasting your time and sort of proving my point, and second, maybe think really hard on why you feel that unbearable compulsion to invade a space that’s about music to correct people on the gender they use to talk about this pianist.
Fuck, let music out. It’s literally for everyone, even the worst haters of whatever.
Don't care if I'm proving your point, I will always be here to remind you that men are men and women are women and that this person is a confused man. Also, I'm not invading any space-classical music is just as much my space as it is yours or this confused man's so quit with the gatekeeping 🤗
Don't care if I'm "proving" your "point" (although that implies that you have one), I will always be here to remind you that ♂️ = ♂️ and ♀️ = ♀️ and that this person is a confused ♂️. Also, I'm not invading any space - classical music is just as much my space as it is yours or this confused man's so quit with the gatekeeping 🤗
Don't care if I'm "proving" your "point" (although that implies that you have one), I will always be here to remind you that ♂️ = ♂️ and ♀️ = ♀️ and that this person is a confused ♂️. Also, I'm not invading any space - classical music is just as much my space as it is yours or this confused ♂️'s so quit with the gatekeeping 🤗
Who is this lady!? I need more of her sassy musical self!
Dr. Sarah Davis Buechner, she's really incredible.
@@RTGrimmer Thank you so much! I'll see if I can find more of her 🥰
Its definitely a dude
@@emporororretargds8601 and that’s definitely transphobic. No need to be an idiot online 😊
@@emporororretargds8601 lmao
Thank you for your help in exploring Mozart's genius with presenting a very beautiful scale ❤
Hi Y’all. Let’s all remember to use she/her pronouns with the brilliant artist in this video! Sara is amazing at what she does, and an even greater human being
Some people are so weird about it, it costs them nothing to show the smallest bit of respect
👮♀️ thought police alert! 🚨
God Forbid we just look at this lady as a *person* and listen to what she has to say as a good teacher. No, she’s trans so let’s all tip-toe around and listen to be told what to do like children. You are why they hate us. You are why the gay movement is in shambles.
🚨misgendering will be viewed as *literal violence* 🚨
That's not a woman.
he
@@pleasedyes 20 years ago, no one cared about this.
I like this dudes take on Mozart
All you have to do is listen to Bach’s c major prelude from the third cello suite to know how beautiful a major scale can be.
A simple thing done well is an amazing thing.
I have been crying over that same C Major scale for many years while still trying to learn how to play it.
hilarious.. had me crackin up at the end
I'm no pianist, nor do I know much about scales and famous composers, but last night before I slept, I listened to Debussy's Arabesque; could the sound of the 'rain' in this piece be considered a scale being played as a melody?
This person is brilliant!
Semi-related - Joy to the world is my favorite example of using scales in music for my students. Obviously not written by Mozart, but it begins with a backwards major scale and it’s only the rhythm of the notes that makes it “joy to the world”.
I like use it as an example for my young students to showcase how the rhythm of the notes is just as important as the notes themselves.
also Tchaikovksky's Pas de Deux has downnwards major scale as the main melody/motive
@@krzysztofq7420 Nutcracker Pas de Deux.
Even one note can be beautiful
"Joy to the World" is a simple descending scale. Rhythm is important.
Love this guy
Lol
Some of those wonderful melodies are absolutely hard and puzzling for some folks to practice on keyboard or organ.
nice to see Sara Davis Buechner
What song is this?
She’s cool 🎉
The classical period is also known for its very lyrical, conjunct melodies. Mozart is the embodiment of these ideas.
Translation : DON'T THINK LIKE MUSICOLOGIST ! WE OVER THINK EVERYTHING AND WE'RE EMPTY INSIDE ! !
I used to play that!
Don't think like a musicologist!!
*proceeds to analyse like a musicologist*
You know, she’s so right here. My favorite violin concerto ever (to listen and to perform) is the one written by Beethoven. You know that gorgeous first movement? Literally a bunch of training exercises for beginners😂 Octaves, scales, and a few arpeggios thrown in for good measure. I mean, it doesn’t “ruin” it for me to be aware of that side of the piece, but I do see why she says not to think about music like a musicologist, especially as a musician yourself. As a musician, it’s your responsibility to not see exercises but rather, melodies, because while one is dull, the other is beautiful and inspires you to play beautifully which, in turn, is your gift to your audience😉
Play that scale for us, please!
Mozart is truly the final boss of piano. It's one thing to practice a virtuosic passage a thousand times over. If you got it, you got it. But playing something as simple as just a few notes and making it sound like something big is a whole other skill.
"Which I encourage you NOT to do"
That got a "like" from me
Is this an old lady or an old transvesti man ?
Dude.
Thank you.
Can someone share the catalog number and the specific movement the piece in this video is from?
Do-Re-Mi from the Sound of Music is the title you've been looking for 😂
Lovely musician
Lovely person
Also compare Beethoven who made fantastic works, often building on the simplest themes. (Violin concerto!)
"To err is human, to play without emotion is unforgivable."
Is that a man?
It is
It’s all in the touch.
She's talking about Glenn Gould, who hated Mozart. I hate Glenn
Now I want to hear more of her lectures...
I hadn't even realized she's trans until the crying comment section pointed it out. Being so bothered about how someone chooses to present is incredibly weak. That aside, I really like her humor.
@No 🤫😶 nah that's a man pretending to be a woman, he needs to grow up and stop being a creep
@@snickers6125 You need to grow up and start minding your own business.
@No 🤫😶 or I can fight a movement which ideology is responsible for many suicides depression and enabling mental health. Being trans is not only not a real thing. It completely destroys the lives of almost everyone who goes for it. I care about people so will help fight a movement that hurts them. Fk lgbtq
@@snickers6125 You hate all of us and couldn't care less about our well being as long as you didn't get to see us ever. Baby just feels soooo uncomfortable at our existence. I don't care about your concern trolling. Also it's so funny that upon seeing a phenomenon in the real world that you don't like, you resort to saying "it doesn't exist!!!". Okay, so it doesn't, whatever. Mind your own business and leave us alone. You wish we were doing what you said we're doing, but we'll keep existing and thriving and doing meaningful things with our lives like this lady in the video who is an accomplished pianist. Seriously, if you were sooooo worried and conceeeerned about how it's DESTROYING HER LIFE, you'd try to make it less miserable for her, but here you are. I'm not entertaining this conversation anymore because as I said, I do not care about your opinion, I did not ask for it, it has no bearing in my life, you won't change my mind and I won't change yours. I will however keep supporting trans people and posting affirming things. If that bothers you, that's a you problem.
Thank you ! #Australia, 14:14 AEST ANZACDay.25.April.2023.Tuesday.
You can't leave us without playing that C scale
she sounds exactly like Jordan Peterson
because its a dude
It's OK to think like a musicologist.
It tends to ruin that magic of music.
@@charleshayesvaughn I agree.
Whoa K283 is deceptively hard to play well…with the lightness of G major
Can confirm the best melodies are usually simple scales!
Bro the moment she said think like a musicologist, which I encourage you not to do, I immediately thought...damn...i suddenly think grandma’s are sexy.
What’s this guy’s name, Bert?
Sounds like a JP female version who is not a psychologist
She sounds like Jordan Peterson
A genius can take something simple and mundane and transform it into something beautiful.
Very Lovely Musicologyst!!!
I have arrived
Learning to play this now. Have first two pages worked out. Sounds no where near as good as this though lol
I want to hear her play some Aerosmith…
This is important information to keep you from being fooled by pianist Glenn Ghould mocked Mozart's composition as mere child's play. Some of Ghould's Beethoven was profound, but most of his music can't get past the blur of his egomania. - Peace Out! -The Acoustic Rabbit Hole
Tchaikovsky smiles in Nutcracker :)
What's the name of the piece she plays?
One of my favorite melodies by the film composer Henry Mancini involves a descending major scale.
Thinking like a musicologist does no favours for your ability to enjoy music.
what piece is this!
Which musicologist hurt you?
musicologists can tell you thousands reasons why and how certain part of a famous piece is beautiful, but they can't tell you why and how certain part or the whole part of a lesser knowns or obscure piece of music isn't beautiful, why? cuz they're biased.
Mozart like others at that time, didn't really have a point of reference, a catalogue of pianist to tap into, nor did they have records to listen to of course.
Therefore their creations are unique, are Genius, and they set the basis of contemporary music.
That's why we're still listening and talking 250+ years later.
Discouraging the work of Mozart and others applying modern parameters of music-analysis to a different historical era, it does Not make sense!
If Nowadays a 5 years old creates beautiful melodies such as those of W-A M. we can maybe say that he is a prodigy of music, but not really a Genius because the kid would have probably already listened thousand of melodies and having therefore a point of reference.
Finally to use a parallelism, if a kid draws on papers flying machines, bridges, and many inventions out of his imaginations, that doesn't make him a Leonardo da Vinci, simply because the surronding environment and historical period is different.