Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

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  • Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (BWV 565)
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    Hope you enjoy my performance of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.
    Outro: Tchaikovsky - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
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  • @Rousseau
    @Rousseau  Před 4 lety +7126

    I'M BACK!!! Here's something a little bit different - Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, perhaps the most magical experience you can have in world of music, if you've never just closed your eyes and let Bach take you along for the journey, you are missing out. Written approximately 300 years ago, a piece as grand as this arguably wasn't to be written until the next century with the grand symphonies of the romantic period, it's quite easy to see how Bach was well ahead of his time and is, to this day, considered the grandfather of all modern music. I hope you enjoy the crunchiness in that intimidating introduction and the new patterned effects! This has been one of the most enjoyable videos to create in a long time :D For any organists, excuse the format (with the 3rd hand "pedals" and automatic registration), and a big thanks to my good organist friend for his guidance and advice. Hope you've all had a good start to 2020 ♥

    • @Lo-Fi_Lynx
      @Lo-Fi_Lynx Před 4 lety +44

      Rousseau thank you Rousseau. Your a legend🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @matthewt3450
      @matthewt3450 Před 4 lety +259

      You could say you’re... Bach

    • @norixsynth
      @norixsynth Před 4 lety +17

      this was played in an organ but why piano?

    • @kucing7732
      @kucing7732 Před 4 lety +3

      Well, alternate

    • @julienagosto3961
      @julienagosto3961 Před 4 lety +13

      It is one of the greatest classic songs to me :)

  • @asvarien
    @asvarien Před 4 lety +6367

    For those who are wondering, the lowest notes are played using foot pedals on a church organ. No, you don't need 3 arms to play this, just very good hand and feet coordination.

    • @im_ann_apple4435
      @im_ann_apple4435 Před 4 lety +193

      Thanks for clearing this up, i was genuinely confused when i first watched this!

    • @chopinfrederic5040
      @chopinfrederic5040 Před 4 lety +138

      @@im_ann_apple4435 Organ Players have like 10 different pedals....

    • @RealRaynedance
      @RealRaynedance Před 4 lety +164

      @@chopinfrederic5040 I think the standard number is something like 32, plus expression pedals.

    • @happyjellycatsquid
      @happyjellycatsquid Před 4 lety +11

      Oooouuuh I get it ! Thank you, it’s quite helpful!

    • @Sachin-at
      @Sachin-at Před 4 lety +77

      This statement will be very confusing for those who never seen organ. LOL

  • @Rousseau
    @Rousseau  Před 4 lety +2193

    This year, I want to experiment more. To make this somewhat possible, at least for the forseeable future I am planning to only release 2 videos a month to allow for a bit more time to perfect every video for you. Please let me know what you guys want to see more of - did you like this organ video? Don't worry there are many more piano videos incoming too ;)

    • @tommasoc.2207
      @tommasoc.2207 Před 4 lety +152

      It's OK! Quality over quantity!

    • @Sahilpianist20
      @Sahilpianist20 Před 4 lety +19

      Nooo!This is very bad.Please go on only piano covers

    • @drrach1
      @drrach1 Před 4 lety +41

      Yes it’s OK!!!

    • @drrach1
      @drrach1 Před 4 lety +53

      This organ was majestic

    • @ernarjandos1031
      @ernarjandos1031 Před 4 lety +31

      Rousseau every video of yours is perfect

  • @itskaden2012
    @itskaden2012 Před rokem +516

    Imagine the hype when Bach dropped this on Spotify back in the day.

    • @OliverXur
      @OliverXur Před 5 měsíci +8

      Spotify came out in 2008. Bach died in 1750. I think your math is a little off

    • @itskaden2012
      @itskaden2012 Před 5 měsíci +25

      @@OliverXur bro i said "imagine" bruh

    • @omega_7779
      @omega_7779 Před 4 měsíci +3

      😂 Sin duda habría sido todo un revuelo:)

    • @uno3130
      @uno3130 Před 4 měsíci +6

      bro did NOT get the joke

    • @itskaden2012
      @itskaden2012 Před 3 měsíci

      @@uno3130 fr

  • @christinafg1864
    @christinafg1864 Před 3 měsíci +58

    My brother Charlie, who sadly passed away last month, taught himself to play this, by ear, on the electric guitar 🎸 when he was in his late teens. it was mesmerising to watch and hear him play. So beautiful was his soul. Rest in peace with this beautiful music Charlie 🙏🏼🎼🎵🤍

    • @ma_monna1450
      @ma_monna1450 Před 11 dny +1

      God bless ur brother🪦😢

    • @christinafg1864
      @christinafg1864 Před 11 dny +1

      @@ma_monna1450 thank you. You’re so kind. Peace be with you always 🙏🏼✨

  • @cosmostardust5624
    @cosmostardust5624 Před 4 lety +4654

    As a vampire, this is the coffin jam. Get tucked in for a nice 50 year nap and have this on loop. Now that’s the stuff

    • @lil_yonker7.628
      @lil_yonker7.628 Před 3 lety +105

      damn covid got the blood tainted

    • @AlanKroeger
      @AlanKroeger Před 3 lety +21

      @Kardz22 He has no feet so he couldn't execute THE PDQ Bach tootsie roll without the extra hand

    • @bendurbin9585
      @bendurbin9585 Před 3 lety +16

      @Kardz22 He didn't use feet because he is on a piano, not an organ. Just because he didn't use feet doesn't make him bad.

    • @Tier1Michael
      @Tier1Michael Před 3 lety +13

      Install an epic sound system in the coffin lol

    • @Flame-rp6yq
      @Flame-rp6yq Před 3 lety +7

      *nails a branch of wild rose to the lid*
      The Vampire: *gasp* a wall

  • @JP-kf6uw
    @JP-kf6uw Před 4 lety +4142

    Fun fact: Bach composed this piece to test the power of the new build organ in the church of the town he was playing in at the time

    • @S0larus
      @S0larus Před 3 lety +304

      Fun fact: we don't even know for sure if it was really composed by Bach

    • @TepsiMorphic
      @TepsiMorphic Před 3 lety +433

      @@S0larus the fugue have definitely Bachs fingerprints all over it, its definitely Bachs style, if it wasn't written by Bach then the rest of the music that is labeled by Bach isn't.

    • @drakonwolfchan1623
      @drakonwolfchan1623 Před 3 lety +29

      Interesting fact

    • @dragonyang4762
      @dragonyang4762 Před 3 lety +13

      True dat

    • @staalman1226
      @staalman1226 Před 3 lety +140

      @@TepsiMorphic It was most likely written by Bach, but this "fun fact" has no sources that I can find.

  • @AMINOMMA
    @AMINOMMA Před rokem +553

    Imagine hearing this in church in the 1700s, truly divine.

    • @alaintonatihulopezcaillas2368
      @alaintonatihulopezcaillas2368 Před 7 měsíci +6

      Still, hear this at church now we are alive ❤!!!

    • @mrnohax5436
      @mrnohax5436 Před 6 měsíci +7

      You can’t tell me this song turns you into a vampire

    • @barrythird3297
      @barrythird3297 Před 4 měsíci

      You're exactly right about that

    • @barrythird3297
      @barrythird3297 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@mrnohax5436 yeah it depends but it's not real ?!?!?????

    • @yomajo
      @yomajo Před 3 měsíci

      Watch Fellini's La Dolce Vita.

  • @Userrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.r

    3:01 one of the best moments in bach’s music, classical music and music in general

    • @Megadeth_777
      @Megadeth_777 Před 7 měsíci +5

      Last Rites/Loved to Deth by Megadeth

    • @evilbabaroga
      @evilbabaroga Před měsícem +5

      @@Megadeth_777 so thats where bach nicked it from

  • @jdsmith8282
    @jdsmith8282 Před 4 lety +782

    Rousseau: returns
    Literally everyone: *BACH PUNS*

    • @emadmary4271
      @emadmary4271 Před 4 lety +1

      because of course

    • @aw3som3reczor39
      @aw3som3reczor39 Před 4 lety +4

      JD Smith Pls fix to “Puns are Bach

    • @Ereaes
      @Ereaes Před 4 lety +1

      Rousseau: "It's good to be Bach."

    • @roma540
      @roma540 Před 4 lety +1

      You can say...
      ...they are CLASSIC!

  • @Rousseau
    @Rousseau  Před 4 lety +4252

    Ever since I was young, I remember dreaming of learning this piece. Is there any piece you dream to play in the future?

  • @athos401
    @athos401 Před rokem +32

    The fugue part is just outstanding, I love it. Rest in peace, Johann!

  • @mahmudii2081
    @mahmudii2081 Před rokem +249

    The finale starting from from 8:31 and ending around 9:17 has got to be one of the greatest endings in the history of music.

    • @user-ph6id5xu7u
      @user-ph6id5xu7u Před rokem +6

      I thought the same isn't it sound so good i am overwhelmed

    • @swapnilkrishnan1636
      @swapnilkrishnan1636 Před rokem +3

      if you want to hear that chord progression in a different context check out carolina crown’s opening hit from 2017!

    • @user-ph6id5xu7u
      @user-ph6id5xu7u Před rokem

      guess its cool but i like the organ more haha

    • @olivierdols5556
      @olivierdols5556 Před 6 měsíci +3

      my absolute favourite chord sequence starts at 9:00 its pure magic

    • @orestisp
      @orestisp Před 17 dny +1

      He rushes it a bit. 😅 I always play the last chord progression very slow because it feels so good. 😌

  • @ilyaioudin2005
    @ilyaioudin2005 Před 2 lety +3218

    This piece is so powerful that Rousseau immediately gave birth to his third hand while playing.

  • @brambakker5253
    @brambakker5253 Před 4 lety +820

    Rousseau the man who can make an organ out of a piano

    • @davidzhang6990
      @davidzhang6990 Před 4 lety +66

      Well, now we at least know that he plays on a digital piano.

    • @JuggsMCPvP
      @JuggsMCPvP Před 4 lety +28

      @@davidzhang6990 could be a hybrid

    • @carlosvillagra6661
      @carlosvillagra6661 Před 4 lety +3

      @@JuggsMCPvP ???

    • @kevinzhong2910
      @kevinzhong2910 Před 4 lety +13

      @@carlosvillagra6661 it could be a grand piano with digital piano features

    • @MrACSRC
      @MrACSRC Před 4 lety +25

      Well he did in fact make an entire new arm, didn't he?

  • @kaeliegoss4315
    @kaeliegoss4315 Před rokem +104

    I remember when this song came out! Never gets old🖤✨🤟

    • @katiefrisk980
      @katiefrisk980 Před rokem +6

      hol up >:/

    • @7BlackShadow
      @7BlackShadow Před rokem +19

      Oh yes i remember too when i left romania to hear this masterpiece at around 1704. Made my pointy teeth and ears aroused.

    • @alaintonatihulopezcaillas2368
      @alaintonatihulopezcaillas2368 Před 7 měsíci +1

      😂😂😂😂 Awesome... 😂😂😂😂

    • @dazza2350
      @dazza2350 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Neither do you apparently

  • @guyedwards22
    @guyedwards22 Před 2 měsíci +3

    I love this entire piece, but this morning, 4:44 caught my attention. The effective G9 -> C7 -> Bbmaj9 -> A7b9 -> Dm Progression is really nice. The way Bach voices/developes that Bbmaj9 makes it sound like he doing a classic II7 V7 I, but he plops that D and Bb right in the middle of the arpeggio to recontextualize what at first sounds like the F chord and uses it to fall into that V7b9 -> i cadence to D minor. Some really cool chord cross-stitching. Bach did it all, and all these little nuggets I discover in his work blow my mind day to day.

  • @shotbydavjn
    @shotbydavjn Před 4 lety +16592

    Remember guys, this is the 1700’s. People with 3 arms was not uncommon.

    • @MushaFNBR
      @MushaFNBR Před 4 lety +78

      @@GliffVFX ....................

    • @theguywhowentthere3346
      @theguywhowentthere3346 Před 4 lety +169

      I know right!? People also lived to be around 250 back then too, hell, dude's with 3'rd nipples was pretty common too. Or so I read.

    • @shmeeTV
      @shmeeTV Před 4 lety +310

      huh weird I wonder how he's gonna play that note OH GOD WHAT IS HAPPENING

    • @HuxleysShaggyDog
      @HuxleysShaggyDog Před 4 lety +398

      They had bass pedals.

    • @orsemcore
      @orsemcore Před 4 lety +26

      that was not funny?

  • @ThirstyLuzik
    @ThirstyLuzik Před 4 lety +803

    Me: seeing piano keyboard
    Rousseau: starts playing organ
    Me: *wait... that’s illegal*

    • @its.me.reonne
      @its.me.reonne Před 4 lety +8

      What do you expect organ keyboard to look like?

    • @ThirstyLuzik
      @ThirstyLuzik Před 4 lety +8

      Smiley Dono multiple of them

    • @semdefesas2188
      @semdefesas2188 Před 4 lety +15

      @@its.me.reonne he uses a digital piano.

    • @pesty4592
      @pesty4592 Před 4 lety +8

      Sem Defesas no shit

    • @ludwig4029
      @ludwig4029 Před 4 lety +10

      Sem Defesas he could be using a grand piano with a midi system, kassia uses one

  • @SavvySkyLady
    @SavvySkyLady Před rokem +84

    I’ve been playing this since I was 8, it’s my favorite song in the whole world, playing it doesn’t compare to just listening

    • @user-ph6id5xu7u
      @user-ph6id5xu7u Před rokem +10

      song?? its a pieace

    • @Nachorrillana
      @Nachorrillana Před rokem +3

      x2 i´ve been playing this for like 7 year and still learning

    • @istealurgf
      @istealurgf Před rokem

      Hey question i want to get into the piano but this doesnt sound like a piano? Can you like change how it sounds?

    • @user-ph6id5xu7u
      @user-ph6id5xu7u Před rokem +2

      @@istealurgf It is an organ pieace. Yes you can change the timber(the way it sounds) but on a keyboard just buy a keyboard with most voice changing and layering option on its control panal

    • @user-ph6id5xu7u
      @user-ph6id5xu7u Před rokem

      @@Nachorrillana Maybe you are not giving it quality practice time.

  • @revabarendse2445
    @revabarendse2445 Před rokem +7

    I've just blasted my neighbors out by playing this full volume. Heard it for the first time again in a long time a few weeks ago and my whole soul reverberated. Pure and utter bliss!

  • @mattouli
    @mattouli Před 4 lety +1482

    My dad was church organist and I was turning the pages half the time. He’s unfortunately passed recently, but this one reminds me a great deal of him - good practice piece for a Saturday evening.

  • @konrad1126
    @konrad1126 Před 4 lety +2243

    *Rousseau plays Toccata and Fugue in D minor without pedals*
    Two handed poeple: Am I a joke to you?

  • @SzaSzabiYT
    @SzaSzabiYT Před 3 měsíci +2

    There is legitimately nothing that gives me this much chills, people making these 300 years ago were the definition of talent

  • @richierich30001
    @richierich30001 Před rokem +17

    I’m high af rn I got scared I saw the third hand lmao.

  • @anieziisandezzlas
    @anieziisandezzlas Před 4 lety +970

    *The third hand scared me*

    • @RandomDays906
      @RandomDays906 Před 4 lety +78

      Everybody's gangster until the 3rd hand shows up.

    • @Lawyer_Morty
      @Lawyer_Morty Před 4 lety +15

      Linus Torvalds you must be new here

    • @baringozi2214
      @baringozi2214 Před 4 lety +4

      When I first found this channel I thought the hands were real, and I was blown away by how perfect this guy was playing, until I looked closer lol

    • @Lawyer_Morty
      @Lawyer_Morty Před 4 lety +2

      Bari Ngozi ????

    • @de_light641
      @de_light641 Před 4 lety +10

      @@baringozi2214 what?? do you think its a robot playing?

  • @computernaut
    @computernaut Před rokem +2

    Huge props for giving this an organ sound!!! It really makes this piece what it is. I love piano, but it never quite does justice to this masterpiece.

  • @stephenpatterson2860
    @stephenpatterson2860 Před rokem +10

    Everybody knows and loves the intro to this piece, but I think many forget that after the intro there's actually a whole song there too! And it's spectacular!

    • @NeonBeeCat
      @NeonBeeCat Před rokem +2

      my favorite part is the beginning of the fugue actually

    • @radish1972
      @radish1972 Před 3 měsíci

      Piece. It's not a song.

  • @MoonLight-np4wx
    @MoonLight-np4wx Před 3 lety +1630

    I refuse to die if this isn't played at my funeral at full blast.

    • @danielzhang7408
      @danielzhang7408 Před 3 lety +40

      You would straight up refuse to die?

    • @MoonLight-np4wx
      @MoonLight-np4wx Před 3 lety +78

      @@danielzhang7408 ...
      Yes.

    • @barrier677
      @barrier677 Před 3 lety +9

      Same.

    • @rk1356
      @rk1356 Před 3 lety +41

      Are you kidding, I want this played at my wedding. And I want to appear right …. 2:56

    • @malodavout6729
      @malodavout6729 Před 3 lety +16

      This should be the song of both death and life

  • @marieeekm8095
    @marieeekm8095 Před 4 lety +2144

    Me: Oh, this playable!
    Rousseau plays with his third hand*
    Me: well uhm... nevermind

    • @CathDad4
      @CathDad4 Před 4 lety +150

      Just need to grab yourself an organ, Or a third Hand...
      Not sure which is harder to get.

    • @Lonewanderer6666
      @Lonewanderer6666 Před 4 lety +121

      How did you learn to play piano without knowing the third hand technique?

    • @lestath2345
      @lestath2345 Před 4 lety +3

      😂😂😂

    • @ayhamshaheed7740
      @ayhamshaheed7740 Před 4 lety +8

      marieee km even without a third hand it’s still insanely hard. A lot harder than people give it credit for

    • @baringozi2214
      @baringozi2214 Před 4 lety +18

      Use your toes 😊

  • @mrsir6000
    @mrsir6000 Před rokem +1

    This is probably the most powerful piece by Bach, like the very inner feeling of the music is very very powerful.

  • @ig8083
    @ig8083 Před rokem +13

    Dear Lord this was incredible.

  • @gladJonas
    @gladJonas Před 2 lety +1746

    3:00 I absolutely love this part, Bach was something else

  • @LeonydaCruz
    @LeonydaCruz Před 3 lety +2531

    I wanna play this but unfortunately my third hand is broken

    • @ydgames4291
      @ydgames4291 Před 3 lety +47

      Is it good now ?

    • @MrTridac
      @MrTridac Před 3 lety +144

      Shouldn't have bought it at a second hand shop.

    • @Hopebestman
      @Hopebestman Před 3 lety +15

      I have a spare, if yours still broken?

    • @ishanjain922
      @ishanjain922 Před 3 lety +13

      @@MrTridac I see what you did there

    • @Smirkless
      @Smirkless Před 3 lety +3

      Just get a sustain pedal

  • @adamscottv
    @adamscottv Před 9 dny

    If Bach wasn't a genius, then no one was. There's no better intro to a piece of music, ever.

  • @jasonstarr6419
    @jasonstarr6419 Před 9 měsíci +5

    a fabulous piece and well played and the visuals really add to the effect. loved it love it loved.

  • @okman-u1697
    @okman-u1697 Před 4 lety +791

    ME: HES BACK
    Rousseau: I"M BACK
    EVERYONE: HES BACK
    BACH: IM BACH

  • @brickbybrickcubing1115
    @brickbybrickcubing1115 Před 3 lety +513

    I've been playing piano for well over 400 years and this is by far my favorite piece to play.

  • @klaus-dieterdevries1684
    @klaus-dieterdevries1684 Před 2 měsíci

    As a great admirer of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, I am very grateful that you have done this, especially as it is now a wonderful model for practicing the piece myself, even though I am already at an advanced age. I wish you continued success.

  • @iamykarihyy
    @iamykarihyy Před 8 měsíci +3

    This song is the definition of masterpiece

  • @sikroboskop3121
    @sikroboskop3121 Před 4 lety +636

    Me: Oh no, this does not sound so well on pia-
    Rousseau: Hold my third hand I got this

    • @unplayednamer0165
      @unplayednamer0165 Před 4 lety +11

      I thought the same😂 Just learned it on the accordion, actually sounds a lot like an organ if played correctly, but sadly not as intimidating as an organ.

    • @yoavshati
      @yoavshati Před 4 lety +4

      The third hand does the part of the feet

    • @jmemusic
      @jmemusic Před 4 lety +1

      Mutant pianist :-)

    • @thereyougoagain1280
      @thereyougoagain1280 Před 4 lety +2

      The fugue sounds pretty good on piano.

    • @Morrov
      @Morrov Před 4 lety +1

      @@unplayednamer0165 nothing sounds as intimidating as an organ, it truly is a magical instrument

  • @AlexandreMachado0
    @AlexandreMachado0 Před 4 lety +573

    This is the heavy metal of the classical music!

    • @DeterminedExpression
      @DeterminedExpression Před 4 lety +8

      Not as heavy as the 1812 overture.

    • @arsantiqua8741
      @arsantiqua8741 Před 4 lety +3

      @Mario Morales Bach was more metal with his keyboard concertos though.

    • @seaweed5823
      @seaweed5823 Před 4 lety +3

      The heavy metal of classical would be Vivaldi, Violin concerto no. 2 in G minor, Violin Concerto no. 4 in F minor.

    • @infinitry2820
      @infinitry2820 Před 4 lety

      Alexandre Machado I don’t believe you’ve been introduced to mr. Rachmaninoff yet. He is the true metal of the classical genre.

    • @EmeraldPixelGamingEPG
      @EmeraldPixelGamingEPG Před 4 lety

      @Alvin Raul S Thanks, someone also realises here lol

  • @nastyrex4302
    @nastyrex4302 Před rokem +1

    This composition literally makes me me cry. I love it. I really want to hear it on person some day

  • @Gabyriella_
    @Gabyriella_ Před 10 měsíci +5

    0:27 I WAS LIKE “wait, 3 arms?”

  • @MJTFreeTime
    @MJTFreeTime Před 4 lety +431

    Me: “Hmm... this seems pretty doable!”
    Rousseau: “You thought.”
    *brings in his extra hand*

    • @michaelibrahim9275
      @michaelibrahim9275 Před 4 lety +15

      I’m pretty sure that’s to simulate the organ pedals

    • @LuckyOwI777
      @LuckyOwI777 Před 4 lety +6

      @@michaelibrahim9275 It is.
      And MJT Free Time was making what we like to call...a joke

    • @Nicholxsb
      @Nicholxsb Před 3 lety +1

      LuckyOwl777 No. 🌚

    • @nachothemacho0389
      @nachothemacho0389 Před 3 lety

      Honestly would be doable with a sustain pedal, but there is no way in the world I’m remembering all 9 minutes

  • @jaymzOG
    @jaymzOG Před 4 lety +162

    Having now listened to this piece in its entirety for the first time, all I can imagine is that Bach wrote this after somebody insulted his playing, so he went and invented the heavy metal genre on the piano and then invented shredding on the piano. This was just Bach shredding for 9 minutes straight. Amazing.

    • @betsegg
      @betsegg Před 3 lety +12

      That's a piece for the organ, not piano

    • @horacio6537
      @horacio6537 Před 3 lety +7

      Sadly, it does not sound like this on the piano. Ut would be nice though. Itvs for organ a much much bigger version of the piano and it is actually older than the piano. It uses air not strings to play. The piano was like a pocket version if the organ with strings. Yes, it so big that a piano is a pocket version.

    • @zacharybond23
      @zacharybond23 Před 3 lety +5

      Bach was known to play certain pieces of music in certain ways due to how others criticize him, indeed. People complained that his organ preludes were too long, so he'd make them too short. When people complained that they were too short, he did the opposite. Here is one example of Bach's antics: "And the one where he disagreed with Silbermann's organ tuning so vehemently that he called 1/3 of it "barbaric". And the one where he launched into a piece in A-flat major on purpose, i.e. the worst key in Silbermann's tuning, to pique Silbermann to his face (nevertheless, he and Silbermann were friends and colleagues, and this may have been as a joke)."

  • @ancharazameerkumar7721

    Dude...duuuuudeeeee, duuuuuuuuuuudeeeeeeee
    You are pushing the limit too high, now with 3 hands.... Wtf... I won't be able to play like you, never!!!
    But I will not cease to enjoy to see you play and enjoy the great melodies. You are keeping our cultural and historical spirits alive....
    Thank you again...
    Cheers, always shall remain you big fan

  • @osvandirjunior468
    @osvandirjunior468 Před 3 měsíci

    The piece may be well-known, but you can't deny the beauty of each chord, each flourish. Baroque music has the peculiarity of being played on a small keyboard, five octaves maximum, so both hands work in synchronization, they seem like an extension of each other, harmony and melody become one. The shapes of the hands: Bach have a uniqueness, particular thing. The father of western music. Without commenting on the synchronicity of the feets (playing with two lines, often disparate, on hands is already complicated, imagine synchronizing that with your feets). There is no work by Bach that is merely irrelevant. And congratulations to the interpreter. Magnificent performance! 👏👏👏

  • @ScarFail
    @ScarFail Před 4 lety +592

    I'm Romanian so whenever I walk inside a room, this plays.

  • @TheInnerTempleOracle
    @TheInnerTempleOracle Před 4 lety +6298

    * Rousseau disappears for a month *
    Rousseau: Don't worry. I'll be Bach.
    Edit: Woah thanks for the love, everyone. Right Bach at you.

  • @iloveloli.
    @iloveloli. Před 10 měsíci +3

    This just proves that Bach is the father of music

  • @nirak444
    @nirak444 Před 6 měsíci +1

    absolutely majestic

  • @TheMrlightswarm
    @TheMrlightswarm Před 4 lety +71

    I took a course on J.S. Bach for music appreciation back in university, and this video has fulfilled one of my favorite pieces. The rumor is that J.S. Bach was looking for another job at a church as an organist, and he played this song as a warm-up. The other players auditioning for the role were simply appalled and intimidated that they left without auditioning! Needless to say, J.S. Bach got the job.

  • @sailorhatphilosopher9149
    @sailorhatphilosopher9149 Před 4 lety +559

    He took a trip to Chernobyl and got a third hand, that’s why he was gone for a month

    • @hellfire66683
      @hellfire66683 Před 4 lety +17

      He already has 4 hands

    • @beatrixkiddoo971
      @beatrixkiddoo971 Před 4 lety +3

      Lol! That took me about 5 minutes. It was really irritating me why I’d never heard that and then it clicked. Smart ass! Lol

    • @ancharazameerkumar7721
      @ancharazameerkumar7721 Před 4 lety +2

      I think he went to Fukoshima, Japan

    • @jour8952
      @jour8952 Před 4 lety +3

      Legeno

  • @87Wayne
    @87Wayne Před rokem

    The pipe organ IS the King of instruments. Can make virtually any sound and can speak as long as a key is held. It is unrivaled in bass production!

  • @carrbeara2686
    @carrbeara2686 Před 7 měsíci +1

    THANK YOU❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ this is my favorite song ever sense I was little! I’m now learning piano lessons and I wish to do such a divine song one day! I look up on you so I hope you never fail!❤️

  • @GreifvogelSGE
    @GreifvogelSGE Před 3 lety +441

    As a metal-head, this pleases me so much. Nothing more metal than the OGs like J.S. Bach

    • @onedoc6517
      @onedoc6517 Před 2 lety +14

      You should hear so of Beethoven music like 9th symphony or 3rd movement of "Moonlight sonata"

    • @GreifvogelSGE
      @GreifvogelSGE Před 2 lety +45

      @@onedoc6517 thanks for your suggestions, but do you really think there is a person alive who doesn't know those pieces?^^

    • @onedoc6517
      @onedoc6517 Před 2 lety +7

      @@GreifvogelSGE it's the most famous nothing more. For person who don't know how to listen a classical music this will be the best start

    • @onedoc6517
      @onedoc6517 Před 2 lety +7

      @@GreifvogelSGE Beethoven is main metalhead of classicism

    • @GreifvogelSGE
      @GreifvogelSGE Před 2 lety +4

      @@onedoc6517 that's what I'm saying, even people who don't know classical music know these pieces. I know classical music, I obviously know Beethoven's pieces ;D

  • @tolistsipos7210
    @tolistsipos7210 Před 4 lety +367

    Lets appreciate the fact that it is in baroque tuning

    • @vilheim9508
      @vilheim9508 Před 4 lety +3

      It's well tempered?

    • @VegetaPixel
      @VegetaPixel Před 4 lety +20

      @@vilheim9508 That's got nothing to do with Baroque tuning.
      The tuning standard in Baroque times was somewhere around A = 420.

    • @1006kelsey
      @1006kelsey Před 4 lety +2

      @@VegetaPixel yeah something like that, as the hertz for A increased due to a "pitch war"

    • @spamaccount1513
      @spamaccount1513 Před 4 lety +1

      Thaaaaats why

    • @emilianohernandez2456
      @emilianohernandez2456 Před 4 lety +4

      Mmm no... it’s a whole tone below, or it sounds so similar...

  • @Kjeesle
    @Kjeesle Před 2 měsíci +1

    Bach says, "Thank you." So glad I've found you, Rousseau.

  • @Thecryingbean
    @Thecryingbean Před rokem +3

    Huh, a blue lobster crawled out of the water as this was playing

  • @luckat0nic
    @luckat0nic Před 4 lety +1405

    "when you find out you are 1% transylvanian"

    • @cisco4374
      @cisco4374 Před 4 lety +15

      Underrated comment, I appreciate it

    • @AbhishekRai-xc6zc
      @AbhishekRai-xc6zc Před 4 lety +4

      😂

    • @topic260
      @topic260 Před 4 lety +30

      **romanian**

    • @Artrysa
      @Artrysa Před 4 lety +8

      @@topic260 But specifically Transylvanian.

    • @lavinia3989
      @lavinia3989 Před 4 lety +14

      And, when you're actually born in Romania. My case :)

  • @nicolashomsi4811
    @nicolashomsi4811 Před 4 lety +248

    *THIRD HAND REVEAL AT 3 MILLION SUBS*

  • @CirqueitOfficial
    @CirqueitOfficial Před 2 měsíci

    What amazing experience to see and hear. Love it!

  • @halvey123
    @halvey123 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Thank you for sharing this lovely composition with the You Tube World

  • @kathleen3183
    @kathleen3183 Před 3 lety +458

    3:02 the moment we've all been waiting for

  • @jjrollins1356
    @jjrollins1356 Před 4 lety +283

    Rousseau: "im back!"
    Me: sees the 3rd arm
    Also me: "awww sh*t, here we go again.

    • @codysteevis9536
      @codysteevis9536 Před 4 lety +1

      Never would've thought I would see another trickshotter on a Rosseau video!

    • @jjrollins1356
      @jjrollins1356 Před 4 lety

      @@codysteevis9536 yep, weird

    • @fatitankeris6327
      @fatitankeris6327 Před 4 lety +2

      You'd normally use your feet to play the low notes in those parts...or one more hand.

    • @Him_1
      @Him_1 Před 4 lety +1

      Ok idk why but that sounds so wrong when you say third arm, that's just my state of mind sorry 😂

  • @founderofnewporkcity
    @founderofnewporkcity Před rokem +1

    Currently listening to this on October 1st at midnight. Fits the vibe perfectly.

  • @user-cg1ih5ys6r
    @user-cg1ih5ys6r Před rokem +9

    Это нельзя слушать без восторга. Спасибо.

  • @ryanside7095
    @ryanside7095 Před 2 lety +284

    I’m obsessed with the chords at 7:46 and the ones at the very end. They give off a feeling that I never get from any other music.

  • @GliffVFX
    @GliffVFX Před 4 lety +1215

    So when Rousseau tickles an organ and records it everyone’s fine with it but when I tickle organs at the hospital the security is called?

    • @vongees3942
      @vongees3942 Před 4 lety +11

      my name is jeff yum

    • @Him_1
      @Him_1 Před 4 lety +12

      LMFAO, this song is played at requiem's In Romania, or funerals. The cancer patients probably gonna hear it and pull the line.

    • @nvducei
      @nvducei Před 4 lety +37

      @@Him_1 I think you got the joke wrong, he's making a pun about organ, one is the musical instrument called organ and one is the parts/organs in your body

    • @kylecooke265
      @kylecooke265 Před 4 lety +7

      So unfair

    • @SugmaNatsu
      @SugmaNatsu Před 4 lety +15

      You're tickling the wrong kind of organ mate..

  • @catjet4590
    @catjet4590 Před rokem +1

    Das ist das beste Stück was ich jemals gehört hab komme selber aus Mühlhausen in Thüringen und Bach ist mein absolutes Vorbild und erstmal ein Stück hinzubekommen was 10 Minuten geht und sich noch gut anhört muss man erstmal schaffen
    LG aus Mühlhausen Thüringen Germany

  • @AbsolutelyNotGabriel
    @AbsolutelyNotGabriel Před rokem +8

    0:01 Got Blue Lobster'd

  • @whitearrowgo255
    @whitearrowgo255 Před 4 lety +695

    Rumor says Bach could play this with his toes

    • @Sciguy95
      @Sciguy95 Před 4 lety +145

      What did he do, lay on his Bach.

    • @elcucumber2847
      @elcucumber2847 Před 4 lety +91

      well, he was an organist

    • @catherinearroyo5359
      @catherinearroyo5359 Před 4 lety +40

      @@elcucumber2847 Yup, they also use their feet =)

    • @Jamesi03
      @Jamesi03 Před 4 lety +36

      Well thats technically the truth ig

    • @chito8375
      @chito8375 Před 4 lety +42

      A rumor that is actually a fact

  • @lordsebasWL
    @lordsebasWL Před 4 lety +261

    As an organist, this is extremely cool! Consider doing the Passacaglia or the Fantasy and Fugue in G minor too!

    • @bradyzimmerman8380
      @bradyzimmerman8380 Před 4 lety +8

      LordsebasAWLR Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor is my favorite piece right now (I am also an organist). I hope he can do something similar w it on his channel.

    • @jonathantavitian7283
      @jonathantavitian7283 Před 4 lety +7

      LordsebasAWLR I just wanted to say thank you for mentioning passacaglia. It’s a song I’ve been playing by ear all my life but never knew the name! Now 7 years later I know

    • @jonah3499
      @jonah3499 Před 4 lety +5

      The first thing i thought when i saw this, is "please play the passacaglia too" it is just so unpopular for people not playing the organ though its such a great piece of music. 'd be cool to see it in the future

    • @rubiksmaster301
      @rubiksmaster301 Před 4 lety +1

      I am kinda an organist, I play reed organ LOL

    • @EliotKiti
      @EliotKiti Před 4 lety

      These three, I mean BWV 565, 543 and 582 are my favorite!!!!!!!!!!! Just love orgelwerke!

  • @CalebStaelens
    @CalebStaelens Před 3 měsíci +5

    🦞 THE BLUE LOBSTER HAD BEEN SUMMONED! 🦞

  • @aibelreji2259
    @aibelreji2259 Před 2 lety

    I absolutely love this piece.

  • @eduardosacasa5007
    @eduardosacasa5007 Před 4 lety +456

    this piece gives me chills every time. It's powerful, majestic, it feels ancient, yet galactic in scale. Makes me think of walking into a huge white cathedral the size of a mountain, a dusk sunlight entering it's crystallized windows, the secrets of the universe stored within its walls; this music echoing from somewhere deep within
    yeah, I dunno, my brain is weird

    • @nicholasrees1838
      @nicholasrees1838 Před 4 lety +9

      It's a great piece and has a visceral quality to it due to the power of the organ but let's be clear, Bach wrote lots of great music of equal or greater quality which travels way below the radar. It's all there from the Sinfonias - pretty obscure to the listening public - to the Partitas to the Toccatas; masses of it. Almost too much for anyone to process. This toccata is pretty much an extempore composition, one can imagine Bach approaching a newly commissioned organ (Silbermann or somesuch) and trying it out with this as a spontaneous "touch piece" to explore all the aspects of the new instrument.

    • @apassmore9872
      @apassmore9872 Před 4 lety +14

      It was composed just to test out the organ actually. It spans the entire sets of keys to test pipe function and sound quality.

    • @andremeyer6596
      @andremeyer6596 Před 4 lety +14

      That chord at 1:19 always makes me tremble. It is the most terrifying chord I’ve ever heard and I love it everytime I hear it

    • @CaesarNeptuneStudios
      @CaesarNeptuneStudios Před 4 lety +5

      Eduardo Sacasa I see the piece as a story, maybe even the story of humanity. It starts powerful with that epic introduction, that represents birth. The faster section is growing up and the rest of the toccata is possibly the rest of childhood and teenage years. The fugue is the rest of your life, it seems to fly away and not something you care too much about since you are always busy as an adult. The end of the fugue and the transition into the next part is when you get old and don’t have much time left. That’s why it speeds up and then slows down. The final chords is your dying breath. I see the final chord as when you leave the earthly life. And that’s how I imagine the piece.

    • @Psxmoe
      @Psxmoe Před 4 lety +3

      Not weird. But so true

  • @renoalkonga2619
    @renoalkonga2619 Před 4 lety +269

    When you accidentally stumble into a Romanian castle on your vacation in Europe.

  • @cuatbarbq
    @cuatbarbq Před 2 lety

    The best interpretation I've ever heard

  • @1ns4ne1d10t
    @1ns4ne1d10t Před 8 měsíci +4

    The strange thing about this piece. Its like hallucinating on a drug when you listen to it. It is the only piece of music that can literally transform your emotions from dark and scary to light and happy. Its almost got hallucinagenic properties to it. It sounds so deathly dark and frightening, then goes to sound big, grand, majestic and powerful, then goes to cheerful light happy and playful. And thats what gives this piece its beauty.

    • @Scratchydoesmusic
      @Scratchydoesmusic Před měsícem

      I watched a bunch of avocado animations and listening to this got rid of my chills by the time i finished it

  • @zacharybond23
    @zacharybond23 Před 3 lety +168

    One of the difficulties of playing Bach's music is not just the technical aspect, but making sure each voice of the music is heard. A common characteristic of Bach's music is the fact that he employs counterpoint, so being able to make each voice clear is very important. I believe you did a good job, Rousseau.

    • @lucifervalentine5406
      @lucifervalentine5406 Před rokem +2

      Bach played on harpsichord and organ though, and i'm pretty sure these instruments have no velocity-based volume control, all pressing velocities yield the same volume regardless of how hard you press the keys

    • @niloazar7298
      @niloazar7298 Před 3 měsíci

      BLUE LOBSTER
      crab

  • @juicyapricot3592
    @juicyapricot3592 Před 4 lety +129

    You know shit gets real when Rousseau grows a third arm to play a piece.

    • @Aleksandr_Skrjabin
      @Aleksandr_Skrjabin Před 2 lety +3

      thats becuz the piece is menth for the (pipe) organ, where u use ur feet for the low notes.

  • @user-fk1iw6hg8e
    @user-fk1iw6hg8e Před 10 měsíci +1

    Шикарно❤

  • @donaldwhittaker7987
    @donaldwhittaker7987 Před 6 měsíci

    Always one of my favorites

  • @UndeadKing996
    @UndeadKing996 Před 3 lety +1097

    This is why I believe that if classical composers of way back when were alive today they'd love heavy metal.

    • @rizkystephanie33333
      @rizkystephanie33333 Před 3 lety +27

      Yep, i agree

    • @in_ur_moms_house
      @in_ur_moms_house Před 2 lety +114

      I think you'd find them in all genres of music if alive today.
      ...except country xD

    • @argie9914
      @argie9914 Před 2 lety +46

      @@in_ur_moms_house Dvorak would've loved country

    • @in_ur_moms_house
      @in_ur_moms_house Před 2 lety +22

      @@argie9914 anythings possible. Parts of his music have been copied and incorporated into many modern works.
      To me at least his music kind of reminds me of edm or prog rock/metal.

    • @Matt-hw2lo
      @Matt-hw2lo Před 2 lety +17

      this os baroque and the purpose of this peice is to flex ur skils

  • @existenceerror
    @existenceerror Před 4 lety +292

    3:01 *Orochimaru entered the chat*

  • @alessiosandro123
    @alessiosandro123 Před rokem +1

    4:41 the fast played notes there give me everything haha so cool

  • @nonyabusiness2703
    @nonyabusiness2703 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Amazes me that these songs are reduced to dots and look so easy to play!

  • @jasonelcr
    @jasonelcr Před 4 lety +846

    I can easily play this. Why is everyone saying it’s so hard to play? I know my WiFi connection is not the best, but the video played just fine.

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 Před 4 lety +34

      I've even played this on TV.

    • @spikespa5208
      @spikespa5208 Před 4 lety +8

      Show off! 😁😁😁

    • @howai4204
      @howai4204 Před 4 lety +18

      i thought this was gonna be an original comment

    • @rafipadmonojati3509
      @rafipadmonojati3509 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Him_1 the joke flew over your head.

    • @LuckyOwI777
      @LuckyOwI777 Před 4 lety +6

      @@Him_1 r/whooooosh big time, lol. You have heard of the concept of what a joke, is...right?
      Also, it isn't "too hard" to play is you have been playing piano for a while. I've been playing piano for 12 1/2 years and this piece was nowhere near the most difficult piece for me to play. Yes, I haven't "perfectly mastered" it, but it really isn't too hard. Lots of the dame hand patterns, same notes, etc etc.
      Of course this would be hard for someone with only a few years of experience, but if you have all that experience that you claim you do, then you should be able to do better than "barely play it".
      Don't even make me laugh, child

  • @curbees9971
    @curbees9971 Před 4 lety +337

    His other 2 hands must of fallen off, so it took him 1 month for them to grow back.
    Edit :
    Edit 2 :
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    Edit 9 :
    Edit 10 : ah you thought I was gonna be those cringey kids.

  • @motheia
    @motheia Před 11 měsíci

    what the! this is hauntingly beautiful

  • @rickwhite4137
    @rickwhite4137 Před 2 lety +2

    This kind of music will never be forgotten. I humans still exist next 10,000 years, this music will still be played and loved.

    • @rickwhite4137
      @rickwhite4137 Před 2 lety

      @Soulful Notes Thank you for your wishes. I had to hear this amazing music again after reading your comment.
      I can't appreciate this kind of music enough. It's _genius!_
      Take care and be blessed.

  • @kotoriminami8042
    @kotoriminami8042 Před 4 lety +78

    Me: How is he supposed to play the feet part?
    *third hand appears*
    Me: oh

  • @hodovadia6698
    @hodovadia6698 Před 4 lety +164

    Bach Battles: Fugue Fight
    (retro boss fugue playing in the background)
    -Rousseau, the piano mage, has turned his piano into an organ!
    -Oh no! His organs are multiplying!
    -Press A to continue!
    -Press F to pay respect! (this is hard af)

  • @Caroline1261
    @Caroline1261 Před 2 lety

    I'm impressed! Bravo!

  • @baldzhongli4057
    @baldzhongli4057 Před 7 měsíci

    Ive been working on this piece for years and im continuing to sight read and practice the latter half of the toccata for years. I hope someday i can play it this well

  • @zoltano_cortez
    @zoltano_cortez Před 4 lety +94

    I like how he used the baroque frequency tuning for this, for anyone that is confused why it doesn't sound like d minor

    • @patrickoneill9132
      @patrickoneill9132 Před 4 lety +11

      That makes sense, I was confused at first! That’s really cool, that we’re able to hear it how Bach performed it.

    • @nuxapower
      @nuxapower Před 4 lety +3

      What temperament is used for this version?

    • @NoteyouraveRage
      @NoteyouraveRage Před 4 lety +3

      What does this mean?

    • @topic260
      @topic260 Před 4 lety +5

      @@NoteyouraveRage people in the baroque days tuned much lower than we do, at a = 415 hertz.

    • @ramil90
      @ramil90 Před 4 lety

      french mean tone

  • @OhioFinalBoss865
    @OhioFinalBoss865 Před 4 lety +437

    There is a rumor that the third arm is kassia's arm

  • @palacinka1133
    @palacinka1133 Před měsícem +1

    Master Piece 🔥🔥🔥

  • @hmmm.324
    @hmmm.324 Před 4 lety +52

    woah, I've never been this early in my entire time of youtube.
    But honestly, welcome back Rousseau!
    *And indeed, what you brought us by far, was ultimately, **_Grandiose_*