Liszt - Feux Follets

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  • čas přidán 14. 11. 2022
  • After 72.5 weeks and 1000+ practice hours, here is my recording of Feux Follets.
    I won't go so far as to say that this is the hardest piano piece ever written, but it's certainly the one that has challenged me most. With this project, I wanted something that would push me to become a better pianist, and force me to rethink all my preconceptions about technique. I picked Feux Follets because (1) it has a reputation for being hard, (2) the technical challenges are all things I've historically been bad at, and (3) I think it's a cool li'l tune. Hope you enjoy.
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Komentáře • 50

  • @nunyabusiness4606
    @nunyabusiness4606 Před rokem +20

    holy shit, you actually performed this on a digital piano

  • @Sujkhgfrwqqnvf
    @Sujkhgfrwqqnvf Před 5 měsíci +2

    Playing this study on that keyboard (especially the double notes) may be a little advantageous because the keys are much lighter, however when it comes to not missing jumps it can be a drawback since this type of keyboard is much more sensitive to the friction of incorrect notes than an acoustic piano. Getting used to playing a piece of this difficulty on a keyboard like this has a lot of merit, added to how well you play it!

    • @NolanMillerPiano
      @NolanMillerPiano  Před 5 měsíci

      Thanks! I actually picked this particular keyboard because the action is fairly heavy. I find that it doesn’t feel too different from playing on an acoustic piano.

  • @bubblejoe480
    @bubblejoe480 Před rokem +17

    I was wondering why this guy doesn't upload for so long, little did we know that he is working on a banger piece. I'm lowkey jealous of your skill, congrats! :DDD

    • @NolanMillerPiano
      @NolanMillerPiano  Před rokem

      :D hopefully it won't be as long until the next one!

    • @bubblejoe480
      @bubblejoe480 Před rokem

      @@NolanMillerPiano Nah bro, just take your time, we're all busy person.

  • @nicolasserranodelgado5498

    It's awesome!!!

  • @MicoAquinoComposer
    @MicoAquinoComposer Před rokem

    Such an amazing performance!

  • @abigailwilliamson3715
    @abigailwilliamson3715 Před rokem +1

    So good! Congrats!

  • @christopherbanka2267
    @christopherbanka2267 Před rokem +3

    Excellent!!!

  • @lj.619
    @lj.619 Před 11 měsíci +2

    holy shit dude this is good, you should get an acoustic piano; it already sounds good on a digital piano. congrats on conquering this absolute finger breaker

  • @nineteendollar4230
    @nineteendollar4230 Před rokem +1

    this sounds so amazing, great job!

  • @SanAleksiusII
    @SanAleksiusII Před rokem +8

    Wow I wasn't expecting such a great performance. Great job Nolan.

  • @gentlewhalepiano
    @gentlewhalepiano Před rokem +6

    Lovely performance!

  • @AjStillabower
    @AjStillabower Před rokem +2

    Congratulations! A lovely achievement :)

  • @ksh8114
    @ksh8114 Před rokem +1

    Wow! I would say that your performance is actually of very-very high class!

  • @meenamanki7158
    @meenamanki7158 Před 7 měsíci +2

    0:28 The child in the car going through his house: Dad I want Liszt
    Dad: We have Liszt in our neighborhood.
    The Liszt in our neighborhood:

  • @taronsento
    @taronsento Před rokem +2

    Very nice

  • @Lordversus44
    @Lordversus44 Před rokem

    Nolan!!! It's a great job!!!!

  • @animalsarebeautifulpeople3094

    Very difficult piece! Well done!

  • @masarunamba
    @masarunamba Před rokem

    Bravo!!!👏👏👏👏👏 from JAPAN

  • @massimorusso2192
    @massimorusso2192 Před rokem +2

    Fantastic performance with attention to the smallest details! You earned my channel subscription. Could you tell me which digital piano are you playing?

    • @NolanMillerPiano
      @NolanMillerPiano  Před rokem +1

      Thank you! It’s a Yamaha P515, but I’m using Garritan CFX sound samples.

  • @ICanPickLocks
    @ICanPickLocks Před rokem +1

    Very nice!! Any time I try playing it my right hand feels like it's gonna fall off.

    • @NolanMillerPiano
      @NolanMillerPiano  Před rokem +1

      Aaah, very relatable 😢. The double notes are so brutal.

    • @most_sane_piano_enthusiast
      @most_sane_piano_enthusiast Před rokem +1

      my teacher said she injured her right hand when she was practicing this piece nonstop in conservatoire. seems like a great idea for me to start learning lol

  • @aleksey6151
    @aleksey6151 Před rokem

    I like your setup! I tried recording something by the window but it doesn’t look as good as this lol

    • @NolanMillerPiano
      @NolanMillerPiano  Před rokem

      Haha thanks! My apartment gets a lot of natural light from all the windows, which helps, but I also got lucky that it was a reasonably sunny day when I recorded this. Some of the other recordings I made of the piece for my progress video look much worse haha 😃

  • @LarsAlexander-sd5jp
    @LarsAlexander-sd5jp Před rokem

    If only this guy is my neighbor, I'll ask for his autograph.

  • @RozarSmacco
    @RozarSmacco Před rokem +3

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @vcupiano
    @vcupiano Před rokem

    good for you, harder to make good piano music sound anything like an acoustic.

  • @hester1955
    @hester1955 Před rokem

    pfft

  • @herobrine1847
    @herobrine1847 Před rokem

    What digital piano are you using?

    • @NolanMillerPiano
      @NolanMillerPiano  Před rokem

      Yamaha P515 with Garritan CFX sound samples.

    • @frs25123
      @frs25123 Před 25 dny

      Do you have to download the sound? ​@@NolanMillerPiano

    • @NolanMillerPiano
      @NolanMillerPiano  Před 25 dny

      @@frs25123 yeah, it’s a purchase-able download. Search for Garritan CFX.

    • @frs25123
      @frs25123 Před 25 dny

      @@NolanMillerPiano I have the same Piano, is it worth it?

    • @NolanMillerPiano
      @NolanMillerPiano  Před 25 dny +1

      @@frs25123 I like the Garritan just a bit better than the onboard sounds for the P515. For recording it was worth it to me, but for practicing and playing on a daily basis I just use the onboard sounds.

  • @Luiss-ix7rf
    @Luiss-ix7rf Před 10 měsíci

    In my view, Rachmaninoff's prelude in E flat minor and Scriabin's etude in D flat Op. 8 are even harder than this piece. Never have I seen any pianist tackling those pieces live.

    • @LkFia_
      @LkFia_ Před 5 měsíci +1

      I have and those works are not even close in terms of the difficult of this beast of a etude

  • @predrop
    @predrop Před rokem +1

    Sounds very like a professional recording, I believe it will be much better on a grand piano

    • @NolanMillerPiano
      @NolanMillerPiano  Před rokem

      Thanks! I think you're right, but for my tiny apartment and for how inexpensive the instrument is compared with a nice grand, I am happy that the result can sound this clear.

    • @darkalligraph
      @darkalligraph Před rokem

      @@NolanMillerPiano It sounds amazing, may I ask how you recorded it?

    • @NolanMillerPiano
      @NolanMillerPiano  Před rokem +1

      @@darkalligraph thanks! I recorded it using GarageBand and Garritan CFX. I plug my keyboard into my computer, open GarageBand, create a new project, select Software Instrument as the track type, then I click on Plug-ins and select CFX Concert Grand and then Stereo. From there I load the preset under 01- Full -> Classic -> 00_Default, then go to advanced and enable partial pedaling. Other than that I use the default settings. Also, I can’t remember if I had to do anything originally to get GarageBand to find the Garritan CFX sound samples, or if they just automatically showed up there after I installed Garritan on my computer. From there I just make a separate video recording while also recording through GarageBand, and then go to Share -> Export Song to Disk to render the audio, and then manually sync the audio and video in my video editor.

    • @darkalligraph
      @darkalligraph Před rokem

      @@NolanMillerPiano Oh wow, thank you!!

  • @MathieuPrevot
    @MathieuPrevot Před rokem +4

    ""hard hard hard"... you are missing the point about this piece: les Feux-follets; it's about air, fire, flow, dance, blurriness, not hardness.

    • @Lucacarrara3173
      @Lucacarrara3173 Před rokem +7

      My friend, Liszt composed the hardest music of the romantic era, on purpose. What do you mean this piece is not about hardness? Do you know what are etudes for?

    • @reddon1969
      @reddon1969 Před rokem +2

      Incredibly difficult, I'm impressed by anyone with a decent attempt, this was great!

    • @most_sane_piano_enthusiast
      @most_sane_piano_enthusiast Před rokem +2

      This rendition isn't bad at all. We aren't all Kissins who can play this monstosity at an insane tempo with a light sound and without any audible struggle at certain places. This dude worked hard to learn this piece and delivered a nice performance (it would probably be even greater on a grand).

    • @most_sane_piano_enthusiast
      @most_sane_piano_enthusiast Před rokem

      His interpretation is good; he makes it sound mysterious, magical and flowy. He doesn't play it like some Czerny study.