I loved the improv. That looked like a lot of fun despite the guy who said "B". My (classical) guitar instructor and I have talked about how improvisation is a lost art in classical music. Coming from a bluegrass background, he is good with improvisation. I'm still learning the basics. I think "wing it" should be a valid part of any composition.
I knew you were destined for an amazing career. This is the 1st classical improvisation I've heard on TH-cam. You are truly a pioneer, because of your hard work, your gift & your love. Thanks you so much!
One of the challenges in improvising on a submitted theme is to instantly identify the style where the theme, and in particular its harmonic implications is going to be at home; any melodic span that includes a tritone as here is especially so. The late Romantic style with echoes of Rachmaninov and Liszt and others was the perfectly judged vehicle for that theme. Utilising the intervallic motifs and such devices as rhythmic augmentation and segmentation further embedded the theme into the texture. Perhaps the overall structure, particularly in relation to key relationships, could be a little bit more taut, (as arguably they could be in many early works of even the very greatest of composers). Nevertheless, it is so, so rare even among top virtuosi to hear classical piano improvisation done at this level. I look forward to hearing more of your improvisations posted, and in a variety of styles. Bravo!
i agree melodic classical improv..is gone from the so call serious stage... so it is great to hear. one can imagine the like of chopin or rach...doing this kind of stuff live.. this is very amazibg ro hear in 2018.
If I was capable of improvising like this, I think I would have trouble not just selling everything I own, buying as nice of a grand piano as I could, putting it on a balcony outside somewhere nice, and doing nothing in life but waking up to play. And eat sometimes :)
you have a super power. like WOW, my mind is blown- I can't even make a simple chill melody very easily off of my head, but I just watched you create a whole sonata like WHAAT
Thanks, kitty kat! The fun thing with improv is that you never know what kind of piece you'll get for sure! Thanks for your support, and be sure to sub if you haven't already! 😄
My greatest enjoyment and honor to you my friend, Liszt would be proud of the honest virtuosity displayed here. Hope we get to meet one day, may God bless me this way.
Charlie, you have gone "Over the Moon" with your your improvisation. Hope to see you locally some day soon! Wow, what fun you are having with your creativity. Your former choir director and friend. Mrs. Lane
Thank you, Mrs. Lane! I will be back doing a fundraiser concert for the Centralia College Foundation at Corbet Hall in November! Hope to see you there! :)
Swap the no of views with "Gangnam Style" and we're talking about a much better world. :-) Thank you for sharing - you have worked incredibly hard to be able to do what you do. Beautiful and magnificent. Many thanks from Sydney, Aust - Dave
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Does anybody else hear completely improvised music in there head? Like just sitting on the jhon and the sound of the fan turns into music you've never heard.
Yeah an already talented player could probably learn how to improvise like this over time....but he clearly is naturally talented to an extreme level given how young he is here and how absurdly good this improve is. Beyond any physical technique; his intrinsic harmonic sense is off the charts, and I definitely didn't catch everything he is doing just in one listen. Pretty crazy fo sho.
I bet Kristina Miller can. She plays both Jazz and Classical and is VERY underrated. I have the nerve to say that she is better than all 3 of them. I have made comparisons lol (go check her out). She plays Oscar Peterson's jazz pieces all by ear. She is very talented. If you learn jazz music by ear, i am sure you will develope the skill to improvise any music in any way that you want on the spot.
So I can tell from a professor of my music university I study in, that he asked Murray Perahia after a concert of him to improvise together. He, a professor for classical improvisation said, Perahia is a beast at improvising. I just don't know if it applies to other pianists in this class too...
Amazing improvisation. I discovered you through the podcast you did with fresno philharmonic about beethoven. Just 1 question, I didn’t catch all the notes you played, so other than the notes people gave you, what other notes you used?
Hi Thunderbird1650! For improvisations where I take notes from the audience, I often use a wide variety of other notes throughout the piece in addition to the four given to me, to make it more cohesive of a piece that sounds hopefully less like an improvisation and more like a "normal, written down piece." Thank you for your support, Thunderbird1650! 😄
@@CharlieAlbrightPianist please keep this up. We've only dreamt of witnessing such a feat, like what mozart would've done. All of which has been lost. Until you came along.
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Use rondos (my spelling is awful, when you slow down the begining of the phrase then speed the end of it up, allows you to keep the same amount of notes in the phrase and ends on a transition you can use to speed the tempo
Haha thank you! I didn't have any special preparation for this piece before the concert; I had the audience choose notes so that people could clearly hear that it really was being made up on the spot. :)
The elements in his piano playing came or were influence from different existing pieces especially in terms of scales, arpeggios, melody, harmony, texture, form, etc; these are the long-term preparations to become a good improviser. In the case of this performance, there was no exact preparation by playing not exactly what has been practiced before or the exact piece (which is different among classical musicians these days, preparing a piece exactly what is written by the composers). Like language, you have developed a vocabulary of musical elements. That’s why improvisation at the high level (ie. let’s say speed), which is this case, is possible. Also chunking with groups of notes and having a good ear (he also plays by ear) helps significantly with your improvisation. I also improvise this kind of music but not at this level of skill and difficulty. What a good performance indeed ❤.
I loved the improv. That looked like a lot of fun despite the guy who said "B". My (classical) guitar instructor and I have talked about how improvisation is a lost art in classical music. Coming from a bluegrass background, he is good with improvisation. I'm still learning the basics.
I think "wing it" should be a valid part of any composition.
I knew you were destined for an amazing career. This is the 1st classical improvisation I've heard on TH-cam. You are truly a pioneer, because of your hard work, your gift & your love. Thanks you so much!
Thank you very much for your support! :)
You are welcomed!
You'd be amazed at how many great classical musicians can't do this at all
I love to improvise. Sadly, it isn't really taught anymore very much...
@@CharlieAlbrightPianist then pls make a lesson
@@CharlieAlbrightPianist sry u already hv made a lesson u got a sub
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I got to see this guy live!! it was so much fun when he started doing improvisation
UNBELIEVABLE TALENT
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One of the challenges in improvising on a submitted theme is to instantly identify the style where the theme, and in particular its harmonic implications is going to be at home; any melodic span that includes a tritone as here is especially so. The late Romantic style with echoes of Rachmaninov and Liszt and others was the perfectly judged vehicle for that theme. Utilising the intervallic motifs and such devices as rhythmic augmentation and segmentation further embedded the theme into the texture. Perhaps the overall structure, particularly in relation to key relationships, could be a little bit more taut, (as arguably they could be in many early works of even the very greatest of composers). Nevertheless, it is so, so rare even among top virtuosi to hear classical piano improvisation done at this level. I look forward to hearing more of your improvisations posted, and in a variety of styles. Bravo!
Thank you very much, John! :)
i agree melodic classical improv..is gone from the so call serious stage... so it is great to hear. one can imagine the like of chopin or rach...doing this kind of stuff live.. this is very amazibg ro hear in 2018.
If I was capable of improvising like this, I think I would have trouble not just selling everything I own, buying as nice of a grand piano as I could, putting it on a balcony outside somewhere nice, and doing nothing in life but waking up to play. And eat sometimes :)
LOL Thank you, Daniel! :)
2nd subject carried so beautifully from the 1st subject
Thank you!
you have a super power. like WOW, my mind is blown- I can't even make a simple chill melody very easily off of my head, but I just watched you create a whole sonata like WHAAT
Thanks, kitty kat! The fun thing with improv is that you never know what kind of piece you'll get for sure!
Thanks for your support, and be sure to sub if you haven't already! 😄
Amazing improvisation! I love the romantic style. Definitely my favourite!!! I want to learn to do this!
Thank you! I’ve got lots of improv-related vids on my Learn to Play (LTP) playlist you might like to check out. Thank you for commenting! 😄
YEAH that’s how it should be! Great outburst of creativity! Colourful and dynamic and free.
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My greatest enjoyment and honor to you my friend, Liszt would be proud of the honest virtuosity displayed here. Hope we get to meet one day, may God bless me this way.
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Charlie, you have gone "Over the Moon" with your your improvisation. Hope to see you locally some day soon! Wow, what fun you are having with your creativity. Your former choir director and friend. Mrs. Lane
Thank you, Mrs. Lane! I will be back doing a fundraiser concert for the Centralia College Foundation at Corbet Hall in November! Hope to see you there! :)
Charlie Albright, your piano skills are excellant & beautiful !!! It's a joy to listen to you play !!!
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Brilliant, Charlie!
I honestly don't think I've ever felt this much jealousy.
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@@CharlieAlbrightPianist you're welcome :) you are very talented 😍
omg how could anyone be this good o.O!!!!1
That was terrifying
ly good. Good job Charlie!
Haha thanks, Richard! 😄
Bravissimo.
You're amazing Charlie!
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Swap the no of views with "Gangnam Style" and we're talking about a much better world. :-) Thank you for sharing - you have worked incredibly hard to be able to do what you do. Beautiful and magnificent. Many thanks from Sydney, Aust - Dave
More peaceful
You are a true musician
You're so talented. This is brilliant.
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This is so amazing!!
Thank you!
Damn you're just too good! Awesome!
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I just saw you perform with the Philly POPS last night. You were amazing, so I had to check out some TH-cam stuff. I'm blown away!
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What a privilege, sir
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Fabulous
Thank you, Aaron!
Does anybody else hear completely improvised music in there head? Like just sitting on the jhon and the sound of the fan turns into music you've never heard.
😃
Ive played everything by ear to thus date, now its just a case of learning ragerime
your playing is amazing and great timing
That sounded very good
Thank you! 😄
@@CharlieAlbrightPianist Thank me later bro 👺
Overpowered piano skills!
I want to see if kissin or yuja Wang or Lisitsa or any of the other great pianists could do this?
Craig Opperman they can definitely play it, not sure if they can improv this good
Yeah an already talented player could probably learn how to improvise like this over time....but he clearly is naturally talented to an extreme level given how young he is here and how absurdly good this improve is. Beyond any physical technique; his intrinsic harmonic sense is off the charts, and I definitely didn't catch everything he is doing just in one listen. Pretty crazy fo sho.
wiggityp this isn’t natural talent, that’s a lot of hard work
I bet Kristina Miller can. She plays both Jazz and Classical and is VERY underrated. I have the nerve to say that she is better than all 3 of them. I have made comparisons lol (go check her out). She plays Oscar Peterson's jazz pieces all by ear. She is very talented. If you learn jazz music by ear, i am sure you will develope the skill to improvise any music in any way that you want on the spot.
So I can tell from a professor of my music university I study in, that he asked Murray Perahia after a concert of him to improvise together. He, a professor for classical improvisation said, Perahia is a beast at improvising.
I just don't know if it applies to other pianists in this class too...
You are a great talent ! You play the piano so good :) Großartig !
Amazing improvisation. I discovered you through the podcast you did with fresno philharmonic about beethoven. Just 1 question, I didn’t catch all the notes you played, so other than the notes people gave you, what other notes you used?
Hi Thunderbird1650! For improvisations where I take notes from the audience, I often use a wide variety of other notes throughout the piece in addition to the four given to me, to make it more cohesive of a piece that sounds hopefully less like an improvisation and more like a "normal, written down piece." Thank you for your support, Thunderbird1650! 😄
Wow 🤯
That was perfect damn :O
Up until around the end of the romantic era, this stuff stopped happening. We can only read about it. It's nice to see it actually happening.
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@@CharlieAlbrightPianist please keep this up. We've only dreamt of witnessing such a feat, like what mozart would've done. All of which has been lost. Until you came along.
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nice piece
i say gsharp minor, f, a7, bflatmaj
I wouldnt even know how to hear that from this bloody hell
Whoever said B, we'll talk after the concert LOL.
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Waw
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THAT'S TERRIFIC. I used to do something similar when I was a kid. I called it composing with my fingers.
Wonderful! 😄
Where do you live good sir?
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can you tell me, how you could shift a tempo during play?
Use rondos (my spelling is awful, when you slow down the begining of the phrase then speed the end of it up, allows you to keep the same amount of notes in the phrase and ends on a transition you can use to speed the tempo
2:50
Rach 3
I guess this is how Liszt made his pieces...
Haha maybe! :)
21st Century Liszt
The guy who said "B" disliked the video. The other dislike comes from God, because he is jealous.
lol
I like that B. It makes the melody rather nontrivial and interesting.
Exactly this.
What the hell
🤣
Assim não tem nem graça tocar piano af
How can someone play an improv. at that speed!! I am not sure that anyone can reach this level, I feel you had some preparations before you came here.
Haha thank you! I didn't have any special preparation for this piece before the concert; I had the audience choose notes so that people could clearly hear that it really was being made up on the spot. :)
The elements in his piano playing came or were influence from different existing pieces especially in terms of scales, arpeggios, melody, harmony, texture, form, etc; these are the long-term preparations to become a good improviser. In the case of this performance, there was no exact preparation by playing not exactly what has been practiced before or the exact piece (which is different among classical musicians these days, preparing a piece exactly what is written by the composers). Like language, you have developed a vocabulary of musical elements. That’s why improvisation at the high level (ie. let’s say speed), which is this case, is possible. Also chunking with groups of notes and having a good ear (he also plays by ear) helps significantly with your improvisation.
I also improvise this kind of music but not at this level of skill and difficulty. What a good performance indeed ❤.