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I remember watching that, and now re-watching it, it's still amazing. This kid has serious skill, I could watch it over and over. My father, a life-long musici
by themartorana 10y ago
I remember watching that, and now re-watching it, it's still amazing. This kid has serious skill, I could watch it over and over.
My father, a life-long musician and music teacher, always told me the hallmark of a good piece of music is that it can be transposed and arranged into any other genre of music and still sound amazing. I don't know if he was right or not, but this seems like decent evidence he wasn't all wrong.
- bane 10y agoI agree in some sense, an astonishing number of Bach pieces have been rewritten for a bewildering array of instruments and sound absolutely amazing. But Bach is kind of like Math, it's true regardless if it's written in chalk on a chalk board or in mustard on an umbrella. Yet there's also plenty of great music that really only sounds good on the instrument, something about it is very "subjective" with respect to the particulars of the orchestration. I'll sometimes spend hours digging into covers of favorite songs on youtube, and it really is amazing how different kinds of music can survive this kind of instrument shifting. just some sharing here's a well known Bach Suite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQLXRTl3Z0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQLXRTl3Z0 now on guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGipFrts650 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGipFrts650 on piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhfxM5FOzjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhfxM5FOzjQ flute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWKQevA68DY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWKQevA68DY on Nyckelharpa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs3aUCM8BX8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs3aUCM8BX8 electric guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsr0MyH-3IU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsr0MyH-3IU another electric guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8OVpjdBevs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8OVpjdBevs Baritone Saxophone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXz67syyse0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXz67syyse0 Michael Hedges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfnm__lNNUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfnm__lNNUg Bass Guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-tzPu7e2pg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-tzPu7e2pg Recorder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PAhkoATipk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PAhkoATipk Tuba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neiTiiFp0bM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neiTiiFp0bM Banjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLyM4gCrn1k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLyM4gCrn1k Rock version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIo59bHw54Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIo59bHw54Q Bobby McFerrin (not quite the same, but still...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14LcvpXmb74 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14LcvpXmb74 Pipe Organ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRMrGo2UTH0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRMrGo2UTH0 Marimba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0eVALniBKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0eVALniBKE Ukulele https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC230wdYl1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC230wdYl1c Clarinet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdTh4plaV9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdTh4plaV9E Dubstep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7qxeXNqCHw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7qxeXNqCHw Mandolin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdKGI5zfkE0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdKGI5zfkE0 Harp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUWU4DdxdwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUWU4DdxdwU Horn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNsdcmDoDY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNsdcmDoDY0 Chapman Stick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbWkDlPM8oI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbWkDlPM8oI Bassoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMl7j-Q1DEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMl7j-Q1DEE Accordion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGE4l7ObPvQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGE4l7ObPvQ Trombone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqvapAxXsVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqvapAxXsVE It survives completely intact across instrument types, performance arenas, recording methods, synthesis, voice, octave...it's absolutely astonishing.
- scholia 10y agoGreat selection! I'll be working through those.... There's a CD of Pachelbel's Greatest Hit - The Ultimate Canon (2003), which has 14 different versions of the Canon. https://www.amazon.com/Pachelbels-Greatest-Hit-Various/dp/B0000C9JCM https://www.amazon.com/Pachelbels-Greatest-Hit-Various/dp/B0... I also have a collection of CDs of Pictures At An Exhibition with all kinds of odd versions. These include ELP, Tomita, Mekong Delta, a brass band etc, as well as various solo piano and orchestral versions.
- ufo 10y agoThe wind instruments stand out a bit because the performers need to take pauses to breathe.
- Bromskloss 10y ago> Michael Hedges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfnm__lNNUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfnm__lNNUg Judging from his manners in that video, what a nice guy!
- jzymbaluk 10y agoFor anyone who wants to watch all the videos in this comment, I created a youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYMnBtxJ_oErE0qEFFxQSz3q6RCFa__5k https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYMnBtxJ_oErE0qEFFxQS... Thanks for the effort put into gathering all these different videos!
- js8 10y ago> the hallmark of a good piece of music is that it can be transposed and arranged into any other genre of music and still sound amazing I would also make a similar claim, that almost any piece played on classical instruments sounds good. I would point out at Apocalyptica as an evidence.
- golergka 10y agoThat can only be true for melodic music. Genres like drone, techno, or ambient, which rely on sound design and often have no tonal content whatsoever, obviously can't be "played" with a music instrument or transposed to a different one.
- ZenoArrow 10y agoI agree to a point, but sound design can still be part of playing musical instruments, especially electrically amplified instruments. One of my favourite YouTube channels is Effectology, where Bill Ruppert pulls out a wide range of sounds out of an electric guitar and guitar pedals (Electro-Harmonix guitar pedals in this case): https://m.youtube.com/user/Effectology https://m.youtube.com/user/Effectology Beyond the sounds available from effect boxes, you can also trigger MIDI signals whilst playing musical instruments, so in that way there's no sound that can't be played in a live setting.
- dagw 10y agoI've been to several drone music concerts where the the music was played either mostly or entirely on music instruments.