How to Sound Like Rachmaninoff
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A video in celebration of the birthday of Sergei Rachmaninoff (born April 1, 1873) by breaking down elements of his compositional style and recognizable traits. And of course, I wrote a "Happy Birthday" in the Style of Rachmaninoff, which is at the end of the video. Enjoy!
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What I got from this: Rachmaninoff was indeed a pianist
Rachmaninov is known to be a better pianist than Horowitz or Liszt
@@VanoArts there is no need to rate them, S. V. Rachmaninov was a great pianist.
Yes. And as such, Rachmaninoff's have often been described as pianistic as he composed with the pianist in mind.
Have you seen the movie Shine? All about a man's mental breakdown and Rachmaninoff's 3rd Concerto
@@VanoArts he was even better on the kazoo
I watch this every 3 months to remind myself of what mastery truly is
owo
arpeggios >_
Didnt expect lionel here
Hey Lionel! Nice to see you here. And btw, so sorry for your loss. The tribute was beautiful.
But your already a master 🤔
Thanks Nahre! This is my favorite series on CZcams. Love the graphics and everything about this! Happy Birthday Rach!!
Thanks, I didn't know, that his birthday was 1st of April.
I checked it anyway on Wikipedia, because it could be a 1st April Fools day Joke.
But it's true ... 1. April 1873
Hi Rick! Nice to see you here
Thank you Rick!!!
Mr. Beato please do a video on the Rach 3! I love your series!
Much love!
Rick’s and Nahre ´s channels are gold! it’s awesome inspiring and instructive keep doing it for music, that’s all we need!
Rachmaninoff helped me to fall in love with Classical music (as an overall genre). His Piano Concerto #2 will always be my first love.
me too! try doing ecstasy while listening to it
His 2nd concerto puts me in another world
@@tomsherwin7077 His Concerto #2 IS ecstasy 💞
@@tomsherwin7077 i randoly start crying on the street when i remember his concerto melodies. If i listen to it on the phone i I most probably will cry and laugh franticly. For me his music is like drugs.
This is my all time favourite as well!
Step 1: have massive hands
And 6 fingers if possible
And 3 arms
Step 0: get yourself a livelong depression
I have pretty large hands and I can tell you it has more problems than benefits for me. I constantly get my fingers stuck in between black keys ._.
And play super fast notes in a ridiculously wide range. I see her hands moving but I can't understand its real !
This series is consistently amazing
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!
Sooooooo Trueee
No...thank you Nahre
I would love to hear How To Sound Like Nahre Sol! :)
It would be perfect.
Egg Master that’s not true. She composes.
Egg Master "She *JUST* "
step one, be infinitely better at playing piano than I will ever be. She's a sorceress.
2:27
Who else wants a full piece based on this wonderful dialogue
Hell yes!
The Idea, the script, the playing and the vídeo editing are master.... congratulations....
Thank you so much!!
I'll second that comment. Bravo.
yep, totally! a pleasure
@@NahreSol this is the first video i saw from you, i am impressed how clear you represent it, my palying level is far from "just pick up what she shows", but your video is so clear, that i feel i barely could :-) keep it up!
@@sirleto i could not agree more - I have learned so much - like the curtains have been withdrawn - amazing. Wonderful.
I can't even begin to describe how incredible this is. With this kind of abilities, i'd probably never stop playing haha
That part starting from 2:27 is so goddamn beautiful.
Thank you so much!!
That I iv prog always hits different :)
I am absolutely blown away at this, your ability to break down key compositional elements of classical composers is ridiculous. Take my like!
Thank you so much!!
Ridiculous, eh? Why?
@@arsinclair not everything is negative dude, this s meant
in a good way
@@earthblade5109 the word ridiculous is not used in a good way. If you wanna say laughable in a good way, you use the word hilarious man. Check you dictionaries.
Ridiculous here means it's absolutely nuts and amazing how good her ability to break down the abilities and style of classical composers, so you can say it's a figure of speech it doesn't mean ridiculous in a bad way many words can be positive or negative despite the meaning depending on the meaning of your sentence.
Now i must practice 40 hours everyday to reach this point
Pity there aren't 40hrs in a day, tip: it's not the amount of hours, it's how you structure your practice.
@@timmeagher2687 yes
@@timmeagher2687 its a joke from a Channel of classical music named twosetviolin
Ling Ling hahaha
You always find a twosetter in the comentsection.
the world urgently needs a full-scale piano concerto out of this
this is amazing
Вы учитесь где-то?
@@AlexejShak не понял вопроса =)
His Fourth Piano Concerto sounds a lot like this. He wrote it when he emigrated to America, so it's got Rhapsody in Blue moments. In fact, Rachmaninoff was at the premiere of that Rhapsody, and he even played jazz to entertain himself.
5:26 Bom-bombom BOM: Rachmaninoff's signature.
Bom-bombom BOM: *Rachmaninoff sweared*
4:30 FINAL PRODUCT: Happy Birthday in the style of Sergei Rachmaninoff
0:12 Left-hand arpeggios
0:43 Dotted rhythms
1:09 Harmony: pedal note in the bass, lots of chromaticism and augmented chords
1:38 Triplet rhythms with big chords
1:50 Chromatic runs
2:10 Inner lines
2:25 Lines interacting with each other (polyphony)
2:39 "Grandiose, expressive, and soaring melodies"
2:59 Polyrhythms (2 against 3, 6 against 7)
3:16 Secondary dominants (3:30 over a wide register)
3:53 "Sparkling passages" in the upper register
4:03 Momentum and energy
4:13 Big endings
You forgot key info
@@holoheart4409 Which info?
@@AlessandroSistiMusic they key. I'm assuming its b minor. But for anyone who doesn't know,
and BOM BOMBOM BOM
Happy birthday to meeee.
Thanks for the videos :)
Thank you so much!! Honored that you commented haha :)
Omg Rachmaninoff hi! I'm your biggest fan:)
"How to Sound Like Rachmaninoff"
After watching this video, it looks like I can't.... (yet)
I studied harmony under Easely Blackwood at the University of Chicago. He seemed to know the first time every (once) novel harmony appeared in a work in the European musical tradition, with its dogged exploration into novel sonorities, and he considered Rachmaninoff's chromaticism to be the most advanced tonal harmony in this tradition.
That is so neat to have studied with Blackwood! Was that before or after his publication of the microtonal etudes?
@@auedpo During, actually. He had an elaborate early programmable synthesizer that took up 1/4 of his small office, which he used for the tunings. I think there were only about a half a dozen of this model produced back then.
It's supranatural how musicians can experience things in life beyond than any other, like you smoke some arpeggios and get high on creativity. Truly grandiose !!
Brilliant video. As a jazz pianist with a classical background, I often look at Rachmaninoff's piano music for inspiration, which I think is second-to-none from a pianistic perspective. The subtle interplay between the accompaniment and the melody, the multi-layered writing, the rich harmonies, just ingenious... Thanks for breaking it all down so marvelously. I'll surely keep coming back to this video for reference!
Thank you so much!!
Although it’s April 1 today, this magnificent video is no joke at all!! Rachmaninoff would be proud of you Nahre! As always, such an amazing work and a wonderful birthday gift! This thoroughly enthralling series truly expands my musical horizons and it's my absolute top/first pick on CZcams ever! Big love and respect and kudos to your artistry and influence! 🎉💥🧠👏❤️🙏 P.S. As an avid jazzhead and hepcat, I agree with your notion that Rachmaninoff’s music sounds like Jazz in a sense that he influenced Jazz and vice versa, here are some of the things, examples I’ve noticed after doing some quick research (some of them could be myths or false information, please correct me if I'm wrong):
Once, Miles Davis, when he was asked about the inspiration behind one of his pieces said: “Well, we were really into Rachmaninoff that week.”
Another example comes from the greats such as Art Tatum and Duke Ellington, they all embraced Rachmaninoff’s influence and he admired their music, too, when writing his "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor" which can be described as jazzy to some degree, Rachmaninoff was listening to lots of Jazz ranging from big band orchestras of Duke Ellington to solo recordings of Tatum whom he became a devoted enthusiast and even it has been said that he, after hearing the magnificent Tatum play live, claimed that "he is the greatest piano player in any style" and also Oscar Peterson was classically trained as well and it's said that he drew a wealth of influence by playing Rachmaninoff concertos and not to mention that some have noted Rachmaninoff’s inspiration from George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” in this fourth concerto. Even, his friend, tenor John McCormack remembered Rachmaninoff playing jazz for his own amusement.
In addition, owing to his close relationship with Scriabin, I've just learned that Rachmaninoff studied Scriabin’s music for the memorial recitals and he was influenced by them and also one and only Glenn Gould described Classically-influenced great pianist Bill Evans as “The Scriabin of Jazz”. Therefore, in that regard/sense, along with French impressionists (although they hated the term a lot, apologies to my heroes, one and only Debussy and Ravel!) and my other heroes Stravinsky and Bartok, it seems both Rachmaninoff and Scriabin influenced Jazz giants deeply too both directly or indirectly and vice versa, hence, Rachmaninoff’s music indeed sounds like Jazz due to extended harmonies, unique voicings and lots of inspirations etc. and Jazz sounds like Rachmaninoff in part, too!!
Btw, his music reminds me of the words, adjectives "epic", "sublime", “immense”, "thematic" and "conceptualist" and his style seems "uncompromising" as well! I'm new to his music and thanks to you I'll be listening to them more closely from now on!! 🤯😃
Currently, I'm listening to his "Prelude in B-Minor" (I've just discovered it and what a composition!! Totally awe-inspiring, my favorite composition by him now, I truly love Classical music and Jazz intersections in music a lot, it's most likely my favorite thing in music!!) played by one of my top favorite Russian music interpreters and pianists, one and only Yuja Wang, and I think this composition really sounds like Jazz and this supports your view/notion about this jazzy aspect of Rachmaninoff’s music, too.
I think Rachmaninoff’s preludes, in general, are reminiscent of Jazz, even I've heard some Keith Jarrett-like phrases such as the ones in his iconic solo concert recordings and especially Paris and Vienna concerts; as it seems Jarrett has been influenced by him in his improvisations, too!
On the other hand, the music of Rachmaninoff has a certain amount of distinctive, recognizable features as you broke down really well in the video and even though I've tried to find some commonalities between Jazz and his music, I think it's necessary to emphasize that there are a remarkable amount of differences between them as well, for example, it seems he was a true admirer of Tchaikovsky since his childhood and he was considerably conventionalist in terms of his compositional style, too, his music was also highly folkloric in terms of unique Russian melodies and themes and this is probably one of the solid indicators of his composing style just like in Stravinsky's case.
Also, I’ve noticed some of his reflections in inspiring folkloric tone poems/works by Fazıl Say and Tigran Hamasyan as well. In particular, Say’s “Cello Sonata: I. Sivas” from “Four Cities” and "Achilleus" from "Troy Sonata" reminded me of Rachmaninoff’s music to some degrees but I might be wrong so I’ll try to be more familiar with Rachmaninoff’s music in the future.
Thank you so much again Nahre! I really love this top-notch quality series, it's really informative, insightful and effective for me to learn and improve myself in composition and theory and thanks to this thoroughly fascinating video, hopefully, one day I'll be able to analyze this outstanding "Prelude in B-Minor"! Btw, I really wonder what's your favorite Rachmaninoff composition and who's your favorite interpreter of his music and Russian Classical movement in general?
To conclude, truly brilliant work as expected and as always Nahre!! I am looking forward to listening to your own albums consisting of your own distinguishable and enchanting compositions too, I think you would be one of the top, world-class interpreters of French music with your sonorous, unique and dynamic playing but now, after this magnificent video, it's clear that you would play and record Russian music repertoire amazingly as well!!
And lastly, today in 1917, one and only Scott Joplin died penniless in a tragic way, in a psychiatric hospital and all but forgotten. I can’t even imagine how incomplete would music history be without his inspirational legacy and Ragtime! Rest in peace. We can’t thank these great artists enough and I hope they will always be remembered not only in their lifetimes but to eternity!
I'd like to finish my words with Rachmaninoff's this enchantingly beautiful quote which I couldn't agree more:
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music."
Thank you for your immense inspiration which cannot be overstated Nahre!✨💥💫🎶🙏❤️👏😊
I'd love to read all of this, but honestly, it would help a lot if you added some paragraphs to your text.
@@kasane1337 Thanks for this valuable feedback, I've adjusted it, does it look more readable now?
Thank you very much! :-)
@@kasane1337 You're welcome and thanks for reading, too! Have a great day!
yeah, I've been getting the feeling that jazz is much closer to "classical music" than music that is categorized as "contemporary classical music".
I recommend you also check out Nikolai Medtner, the dedicatee of Rachmaninoff's 4th concerto. His music sounds jazzy as well
Videos where you break down music like this are my very favorites.
This is amazing! Super fun to watch this. Great job
This is fantastic! Thanks for posting this.
You’re such a good youtuber it’s insane. All of your edits are perfect and you have such good knowledge of music!
No kidding, I searched for a video like this 3 months ago. So glad you did this
One of my favorite videos of yours so far. Amazing work!
This is amazing! Thanks so much for this. Fantastic work.
Hi Nahre, thanks for another fantastic video. I would love you to create how to sound like F. Poulenc or D. Shostakovich (because they’re my favorite composers). Also they would help us learn the piano arrangement a lot.
By the way I will post movie soundtrack in the style of Rachmaninov video soon so stay tuned!
Большой поклонник!
Leiki Ueda love u
Hi
D. Shostakovich would be awesome!
The visualisation is superb. I have never found a video as fascinating as yours.
I love the visuals!
This is absolutely amazing. You are so good!
Your channel is truly the discovery of the year to me. You make it look so easy! Thank you!
Awesome! I love how you break down so many composers and styles into bite-sized pieces! 😊 please keep the amazing content coming! 🎹
Thank you so much!!
That was incredibly beautiful, thanks for making this
Beyond impressive! Well done!
I LOVE RACHMANINOFF!! YES. Brooding, dark, moody, intense. Chromatic - beautiful. Your left hand better work. Pedal point common tone in the bass with moving triads over the top? I wonder if that's where Genesis' Tony Banks got some of his inspiration. Massive chords - awesome! The melody lines weaving back and forth between the hands. The grandiose and soaring melodies over the rich harmonies. The rhythmic mix. Those harmonic extensions. The descending chromatic cadenzas towards the end. Building the drama and momentum. Big Endings. The mix of everything is soooo beautiful. I've never seen anyone break down Sergei's style like this before. HOLY CRAP! You NAILED IT!! So awesome!! Great job!! :-) :-) :-)
You are truly amazing, Nahre! What a wonderful lesson and analysis. You channeled Rachmaninoff!
Thank you so much!!
Or she *was* Rachmaninoff and has returned.
This is an awesome video. Simple yet very informative and quick to the point and entertaining:)
been wanting something like this for so long! thank yooooooou x1000
I bought a Rachmaninoff t-shirt last week, so yes, I was really waiting for this video. Your analysis and deconstruction is so accurate, so good! Thank you Nahre
Thank you so much!!
😎Bom-Bombom BOM👏👏👏 Quite brilliant Nahre Sol. Awesome visuals above the piano, the drummer got me smiling and the ocean waves were a Rachmaninov tone poem picture 😎💃🙏
Thank you so much!!
And how about that Slinky? I laughed out loud.
I've been waiting for this video for so long!!!
You're the best Nahre!! Love your videos and your way of explaining things up!
This is awesome! 😎The style of Rachmaninov is clearly explained and demonstrated. 👍🏻👍🏻🤩Can you make this kind of video about Prokofiev🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you so much!!
this is the best birthday present ive gotten today, thank you for making a video about my favorite composer :)
Happy belated birthday!!!
Nahre Sol thank you!!
One of the most suprising videos in CZcams!! this series is so amazing!!
That is incredible, I discovered your channel today. You made my day.
Haha yes! I love your videos Nahre!
Thank you so much!!
Music is a science and an art....you have demonstrated that remarkably well...Bravo...beautiful
This was so witty, to the point and effortless! Really enjoyed !😍
This was the most incredible video I've seen in awhile. Amazing work Nahre!! 🤯
You are unbelievable!!! Your ideas of music imagination are way further in interpretation than other musical bloggers! You have unique point of view and I really like that! 😍
Thank you so much!!
This entire series is fantastic! Have you ever thought of writing an accompanying book? I think it you did, it would become standard fare for composition courses at conservatories. Especially if you included extended harmonic analysis of several of these pieces. I find extended harmonic analysis of classical pieces difficult to find. In any case, simply wonderful work.
Wow. Just stumbled upon your channel, and I'm already blown away by this video! REALLY well planned and executed, and jam packed with useful information :) Thanks, and keep doing these!
I love this series so much, been hoping you'd do rachmaninoff for so long. Thank you!
THAT WAS BRILLIANT
By breaking it down, it all starts to make sense. It makes understanding his composing so much better - what a revelation! I must have watched this 15x and blown away each time. Astounding. Wow!
Dave
As a medium-technic keyboard/pianist, i found this video so inspiring. Rachmaninoff has been along since 2009 for me. One year after being invaded by his music and history, i started learning piano in a conservatory, but couldn't go further into the studies after the fifth year because was into another vibes (i was only learning classic music, i wanted to play synths and jazz) So i have never actually gotten to play Rachmaninov by myself. Today, 10 years after, i kept learning through studying by myself (been studying brazilian and jazz music) and working as a musician in bands and records, but as soon as this video finished, i found myself in ecstasy of trying to play like him. Thank you Rachmaninoff and Nahre Sol!
Fantasticly done!
Thank you Nahre. I really love your analysis.
I'm speechless btw. You're a gifted pianist! Also I love Rachmaninoff for eternity. HBD to my man!
Thank you so much!!
This is a true masterpiece. I come back here again every few months to be awed again.
spectacular video! thank you
The bom bom bom at the end had me cracking! :-) Great job!
What fascinates me the most in this video is undoubtedly the divine purity that emanates from your whimsical mind when you amaze us with your fairy fingers. Your implacable musical logic is so perfect that it could officially serve as an international reference. Much love and admiration😘
Seeing someone interpret and reproduce a composer so perfectly is amazing. It's far from a blatant copy, jet it's full with the fundamental sound of the composer! Truly a birthday for Sergei.
Thank you so much!!
Had to double check I wasn't speeding the video up!! You've got chops dude!
this is incredible! 🙌🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Again, amazing vid, really complete, a lot of details, hope the next episode is gonna be "how to sounds like liszt" 😋
Thank you so much!!
Wow the fact that your able to just slip into the style of a composer is just incredible, similar to when a magicians secret is revealed, absolutely incredible👌👌👌
Absolutely fantastic insight. Thank you
I love this channel. Thank you for your generosity
One of the things that Rachmaninoff does a lot, and sounds really amazing, is he'll play a counter melody at the mid-range with the left-hand at the top of the arpeggio. For example, the middle section of the g minor prelude.
Fabulous.
Thank you Joe!!!!
really need this for composing, thank you nahre
Such amazing video! Thanks a lot.
If you haven't heard anything by them, listen to Muse. Matt Bellamy writes lots of piano parts that sound like Rachmaninoff, such as the songs Space Dementia, Butterflies and Hurricanes, Piano Thing, Exogenesis Symphony pt. 2. He also uses arpeggios like Rachmaninoff in songs like Bliss, Stockholm Syndrome and Starlight
This is awesome!
Could you make one for Alexander Skriabin ? :)
absolutely not
Love the images. They help!! This is very educational, love your your improvising. :)
That was amazing! You broke it down so well and played it so fantastically. Well done!
😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️🙌🙌🙌
Nahre. YESSSSSSS
I guess your wish from the inspirational Chopin video came true which is amazing! I'm happy about it!😃😊🎶🙌
I didn't know someone could be so skilled at music theory and improvisation. I'm big sad that at 32 I have fallen in the love with the piano but not sure I'll ever develop the skill to play some rachmaninoff. You're inspiring. I didn't realize what was possible.
I'm also 30 and recently decided to play the piano again! I only have some basic knowledge. I think we should go for it! Music is more than just a hobby. It's a stress and emotional relief. You need an inner passion to play. I've never felt so alive as I feel with music.
Thanks Nahre, I love this! You have such a wonderful touch on the piano and absolutely nail the composer's style
This video is amazing! I learned a lot about Rachmaninoff's style and the way you play is fantastic!
I'd love to see Rachmaninoff's reaction to this video
0:51 It sounds like Chopin Revolutonary Etude
Breaking down beauty. I just discovered this series and it might just be my favorite on youtube. Keep it up
The visual explanation is Gold!
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!! THANKS WAHAHAHA HIHIHI
Rachmaninov would be proud of you
This is absolutely brilliant!!!
These videos combine everything I'm searching for...great pedagogy, incredible artwork and masterful playing! Thank you Nahre!
Thank god! I swear if i see another April's fools video imma flip out
The fool was that it was real.
How to Sound Like Rachmaninoff : be dramatic and tragic like you lived a very bitter life and had to abandon your country? :D
This one was one of the most impressive in this series. Thank you!
+big hands and powerful sound (which i don't have)
Nahre you are amazing!
Amazing editing. And piano skills of course.
I really like the "ceremonious chords" that sound kind of jazzy-ish
5:17
i keep coming back to this video mainly for those jazzy-ish lofi-ish chords, its so good.
But it doesnt sound at all like jazz, why are they jazzy?
0:12 You spelt *thicc* wrong
haha!!
This is simply incredible. Wow. Just wow. Well done, Nahre! Well done!!
Nahre Sol, just killing it!