A Chopin Melody, Deconstructed

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A look at the lyrical melody lines of an iconic Chopin piano piece -his Berceuse op.57. How does Chopin create interest and beauty across the course of the piece? Special thanks to Tiffany Poon for her involvement.
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@DBruce 3 года назад

Thanks for watching everyone! If you'd like to support my channel, you can do so via PATREON: www.patreon.com/davidbruce or you can now buy some MERCH, including some nice new 'harmonic series' and 'big notes' t-shirts david-bruce-composer.creator-spring.com/ ALSO - I now have an active DISCORD server, check it out: discord.gg/bsGpJ5fYjd

@AmandaKaymusic 3 года назад

Thank you David and Tiffany for an inspiring clip. The elegant emotive well phrased breath in this pieces performance with a join the dots explanation from the well worded explainer was a treat.

@I.amthatrealJuan 3 года назад

I didn't expect to come by a collaboration between David Bruce and Tiffany Poon. A pleasant surprise indeed

@gabrielkolim 3 года назад

Yessss!!!

@gracewallisstudio 3 года назад

My thoughts exactly! Instant view and like from me.

@segmentsAndCurves 3 года назад

David Bruce, Tiffany Poon and Chopin! What a crossover!

@segmentsAndCurves 3 года назад

And the Berceuse is one of my favourite Chopin too.

@qalaphyll 3 года назад

hi nguyen

@segmentsAndCurves 3 года назад

@@qalaphyll Hello!

@MrGnuifje 3 года назад

And a yellow bird

@qalaphyll 3 года назад

@@segmentsAndCurves your comment's getting kinda popular lol

@sohamprasad6696 3 года назад

I'm so happy Tiffany is branching out. It's difficult maintaining the clashing personas of a serious concert pianist and social media personality, but Tiffany has struck a good balance. And anyway, online is the future, and anyone who disagrees is out of touch with today's world.

@anaghshetty 3 года назад

I agree. Times are changing mostly for the better. Classical music has become more accessible to all bcoz of online

@andresgunther 3 года назад

Yes, that is 100% right. 👍

@montego2 3 года назад

It seems eventually all my favorite RU-vid musicians wind up in a David Bruce video. This time it's Tiffany Poon. Playing Chopin. Almost too delicious.

@myname-mz3lo 3 года назад

so true haha davis is the best

@anaghshetty 3 года назад

Never expected such a collaboration- composer and a pianist

@qalaphyll 3 года назад

ओके

@MariaVlasiou 3 года назад

I clicked for Tiffany Poon, saw in seconds it was David Bruce, and literally squealed from excitement!

@khreed 3 года назад

I wasn't expecting this collab between two people I support on patreon :o

@mousikopaigmonas23 3 года назад

At 5:05 you point out the dissonance, but not the fact that he put the melody on grace notes?! I think this genius technique deserves recognition, especially when we are talking about deconstructing the melody of the piece.

@Abayake 3 года назад

To be even more precise, a "berceuse" in french is a lullaby, a piece meant to soothe and even help fall asleep.

@quasi6243 3 года назад

I feel like David never gets enough appreciation for his editing style, its so smooth!

@vinylarchaeologist 3 года назад

Only now did I notice the similarities between the Berceuse and Bill Evans' “Peace Piece”.

@DBruce 3 года назад

At one point this video was going to be a comparison between this piece and Flamenco Sketches from Kind of Blue - such a similar sensibility somehow.

@vinylarchaeologist 3 года назад

@@DBruce Peace Piece happened in the studio in 1958 when Bill Evans was recording Some Other Time. He was fascinated by the opening chords to that tune and decided to do an entire improvised track on those chords, hence Peace Piece emerged. A year later, in 1959, he re-used the chords for the beginning of Flamenco Sketches.

@lavendelle_swift 3 года назад

Tiffany Poon! Love her interpretation. Well explained about this piece. Thanks, David Bruce. Edit: Both are my favorites.

@sleepysundaymorning5034 3 года назад

Never have I been sooner to David Bruce's video

@littlebumgorf 3 года назад

I loved studying this piece, I learned to voice and phrase dissonant passing notes correctly. It should never FEEL dissonant

@philip.stigaard 3 года назад

*I’m a simple man, I see a video with David and Tiffany, I click on the video.*

@leonbeler2711 3 года назад

My favourite piece by Chopin. I'm thinking about never learning it, so it remains a mystery.

@kpunkt.klaviermusik 3 года назад

This piece remains a mystery if you play it 1000 times!

@pianorover 3 года назад

I know what you mean but don't worry about it. I've been playing it for 10 years already, and it never gets old. Or rather, it gets older and matures with you. Like a good friend you go through life with.

@Paolo8772 3 года назад

I also love the ending with Dorian and Tiffany: one can never be sure what any musician finds the "hardest" or "most difficult" part of anything they learned to play was for them.

@RubioBoy85 3 года назад

Please we need more of this Chopin breakdowns!!

@ericrakestraw664 3 года назад

This piece really reminds me of the slow movement of Bach's Italian Concerto. Both pieces have an ornate, almost improvised melody over a simple ostinato-like figure in the bass. I wonder if Chopin was influenced by the Italian Concerto, since we know he liked playing Bach in public as well as teaching Bach to his pupils.

@pianorover 3 года назад

Among my favorites from both composers. Music that makes all of this worth it.

@bentleycharles779 3 года назад

Beautiful analysis, David.

@parichehrmhrpyn964 3 года назад

Awsome collaboration! Thanks for the amazing informantion!

@tylerhayes1663 3 года назад

This is one of the most interesting, inspiring, and in-depth theoretical analyses I've ever seen. Well done and thank you!

@stevebryson3888 3 года назад

Yay! Two of my favorite music youTubers working together! I really enjoyed this great video and I hope we see a lot more of this collaboration.

@vigokovacic3488 3 года назад

More of these kinds of videos please! Analysis videos of beautiful melodies are very underappreciated!

@hrobert745 2 года назад

Love this! Learning the piece and your analysis is very helpful.

@SolarMumuns 3 года назад

Exceptional playing, analysis and editing. Bravo!

@breadstuff 3 года назад

wowww. both of u are great! but i’ve never thought i would one day come accross such collab. bravo 🙌

@donkeyfacekilla1 3 года назад

Excellent video! love your explanation and Tiffanys beautiful playing.

@OutbackBoy 3 года назад

Well played Tiffany! Love your channel

@qkf1674 3 года назад

This is the first video ive watched on your channel. Wow this leads a good impression. I've fallen in love with the style of your videos only 6 minutes in. i'm definitely going to be watching more of your videos

@EmanuelSpader 2 года назад

Such a great video! I wish people would make more of this kind of deep dives into works. Thank you for sharing this!

@ronl7131 3 года назад

Great vid & wonderful collaboration...🙂

@saxpride100 3 года назад

Great to see Tiffany here in this video! Always looked up to her for inspiration ever since I came across her channel.

@TheTroubadourRecords 3 года назад

What a fine breakdown! So many ideas to try out now...

@Jro132 3 года назад

Beautiful playing and thoughtful discussion!

@jazzloopjazz 3 года назад

Yay, two of my favourite classical musicians on youtube! Worlds are colliding!

@matthewbenedict5923 3 года назад

I tried to make my first video essay over the last day. It really helped me appreciate what you do David. A lot of work goes into the great stuff you produce

@stephenchen7491 3 года назад

Wow, surprised to see Tiffany's performance here! Chopin's Op.57 is one of my favorites and your melodic analysis gives me some special insights to the piece.

@a5grade12kobewagyu5 3 года назад

Totally awesome. I discovered this piece through Tiffany and have been playing it over and over and over ever since. It's so beautiful and the build up is very gradual, playful, and satisfying. Thanks for the analysis.

@wolfgangberndt3481 3 года назад

Very well done, both Tiffany's playing and the analysis. Love the idea with the heat map 2:13!

@FalcoPaul 3 года назад

Very nice breakdown of a beautiful composition, presented in a colorful, stylistic, relaxed and even playful manner, with plenty to learn from!

@bullish7352 3 года назад

Incredibly well explained throughout!

@blablablablavla3021 3 года назад

the editing and animations just keep getting better aaaaaa

@Mario-xr3jo Год назад

This analysis is pure bliss!

@bloolish 3 года назад

I just love this YT channels making vids together...it's like two worlds colliding

@kenrichard5 3 года назад

Such an informative piece. Thank you so much.

@alexmantua 3 года назад

Nice video, nice piano playing from Tiffany.

@dosgos 3 года назад

Fantastic tutorial. Tifffany's playing is always wonderful, and here comments at the end were a surprise!

@emloub6980 3 года назад

Wonderful video, thanks!

@nowkentapplegate5315 3 года назад

Exquisite interpretation. Thank you Tiffany and thankyou David for your intriguing analysis.

@jakiejan3017 3 года назад

I don't usually comment that often, but I have to take a moment to thank you for your amazing work! It's not something we can take for granted when we can find such a high level of quality in music analysis for free here on RU-vid. So thanks again! sorry for my english, still learning

@johnnyp6202 3 года назад

Awesome video. It is easily one of Chopin's finest works. Was really interesting to see how different constructions that add disonance to a piece can make a simple melody even more melodic and beautiful and so rich...Quite an amazing thing actually

@danielfiori 3 года назад

Amazing video, thanks

@iansandon8057 3 года назад

Well, I've been bored to tears by musical analysis before, but that's the first time I've ever been brought to tears. Ms. Poon is on another level as a pianist, as is Chopin as a composer... You're alright as a guide and tutor too David 😉😁 Top notch all round, thank you!

@parsa.mostaghim 3 года назад

great as always 🎈

@adamedison6831 3 года назад

Really excellent analysis. I love that heat map!

@nickcy27 3 года назад

David ....this video...i cannot describe my feelings. Please more ....its just wonderful

@soniabenhamida8984 3 года назад

Thanks for inviting the amazing Tiffany, this was a brilliant video!

@CodyHazelleMusic 3 года назад

Great video. Composing to a point makes sense. In a lot of pieces I learn I see that after a chromatic run or some other such crazy run it just so happens to end nicely on a chord tone...

@HUVISZ 3 года назад

As a jazz musician you use this trick all the time

@blue.goldfish 3 года назад

Aww heeeeell yea! What a calming video in such troubling times. :)

@boaz1353 3 года назад

my 2 faves coming together! we love to see it

@Seranadensoul 3 года назад

Great video!

@coloraturaElise 3 года назад

I really enjoy music analysis, and this was really well done! Also, Tiffany's interpretation was wonderful! (I just wish they had tuned that piano before recording.)

@TheMassif 3 года назад

All of this is so fascinating, even for someone that has no idea how to read or play music, but has just interest in listening to it. And the way David explains it, is very engaging...great video

@stellarsoular 3 года назад

Nice, another dual release day!

@composer7325 3 года назад

Excellent, thank you.

@WatchOnYT 3 года назад

Just think about it. He's one of the only classical composers with an active fandom!

@yoavshati 3 года назад

Looks like you've never seen Shostakovich fans

@juliusseizure591 3 года назад

@@yoavshati I think he means living composer.

@iamlalala1995 3 года назад

Glass ?

@brazilamaral 3 года назад

He is a talker

@humanweapon100 2 года назад

It worries me that you are unaware of Alma Deutscher.

@cyqlty1 3 года назад

Nice collab! 👏

@josehernandezcomposer1962 3 года назад

Beautiful piece, thank you David for the rich melodic stripdown. Chopin was amazing!

@robertacamilleri2031 3 года назад

The collaboration I didn’t know I needed!

@curtbarnes4294 3 года назад

Mr. Bruce, you're the best layman's musical educator since Bernstein. thanks

@modernmozart813 3 года назад

Excellent analyzation 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@jfpary7336 2 года назад

Wonderful video...

@RolandHuettmann 3 года назад

Phantastic... so enjoyable... finally something not so "mainstream". Super anlysis! Deserves all stars I can think of.

@kurikokaleidoscope 3 года назад

Sensational💫

@jameslabs1 3 года назад

Good morning! Tiffany and David working together How cool! thanks

@cameronhughes9707 3 года назад

Love this piece and love playing it

@richardwerner50 2 года назад

Great Video! Is it only me or does the section at 10:25 - 10:32 sound exactly like Chopin`s Etude Op 10 No 3, Bar 21. He just cut the resolution and kept repeating that pattern. It was haunting me. Finally i remembered, what was so familiar about that part....

@LadanzaTube 3 года назад

Great a collab with Tiffany Poon👏🏻👏🏻

@willemkossen 3 года назад

I still remember when my father was playing this piece, slower, but so great to listen to. I will never be able to play it myself, but what gets instilled in childhood never goes away....

@subjectline 3 года назад

I like how Dorian emits the love hearts

@dm.percussion 3 года назад

Tiffany did such an amazing job that was absolutely beautiful!

@ramimadanat7512 3 года назад

The collaboration we dreamed of

@DENNIHDX Год назад

Wow dis chanel is beautiful. Thank you.kiss from italy

@lansvale28 11 месяцев назад

One of my favourite pieces

@kaspianocz6330 2 года назад

Wow this is awesome

@arnar9478 3 года назад

Lovely

@mozin 3 года назад

AHHH I LOVE THIS COLLAB

@gideoncheung8731 3 года назад

Wow Tiffany! Much love, keep striving!

@Tylervrooman 3 года назад

One of my favorite Chopin pieces...

@diabl2master Год назад

Chopin's Berceuse is one of the most beautiful pieces of music every written. And Tifanny Poon makes it look absolutely effortless...!

@cookie_monster171 3 года назад

"I have to confess...I don't know how this line was put together"-don't worry neither did Chopin know, he is probably having a laugh in his grave looking at us trying to figure out what the hell he did, while he secretly knows he just put some notes together 'till it sounded good

@Helloworld-xu2ui 3 года назад

Nah he was so big brain he obviously knew what he was doing.

@cookie_monster171 3 года назад

@@Helloworld-xu2ui True True

@eliascorrea8573 2 года назад

Maybe that's actually what hapenned. Likely not, but maybe and I like that thought :)

@maniak1768 3 года назад

What your video demonstrates to me once more is the fact that Chopin's music is tragically underestimated by musicologists, especially in German speaking countries. The myth that Chopin's music isn't anything more but written impovisations that contain very little degrees of formal planning has to go once and for all. This piece is a wonderful example that the man invested incredibly much efforts into making the most unassuming-sounding pieces. Also George Sand told us so. There is incredible craft at work in his pieces and the most subtle shifts in some chromatic ornament can have dramatic influence on the colors and the moods of a piece, not only in this Berceuse. In the Barcarolle in f-sharp major, my favorite Chopin piece, there are similar miracles at work.

@arturkranz-dobrowolski2959 19 дней назад

The remark about Germans, and especially German musicologists, is apt. Nevertheless, there were three Germans who had no doubt that Chopin was one of the greatest musical geniuses. The first, of course, was Robert Schumann. The second was Johannes Brahms, who compiled his own edition of Chopin's works. The third was Heinrich Schenker. In fact, Schenker was Austrian. His case is quite amusing. Schenker compiled what he thought was a complete list of eleven musical geniuses. Although Domenico Scarlatti and Fryderyk Chopin were on it, he insisted that the list contained only German composers. But why would DS and FCh be German composers? Schenker's answer was astonishing in its simplicity. Both were German composers as they were writing profound music. Amazing.

@djohnson5675 3 года назад

hi david - from america

@rinardman 3 года назад

His explanation is so far over my head I hurt my neck looking up trying to see it! 🙄 But, it was still interesting, and it had Tiffany playing, so it deserves a like. 👍

@petrasbalsys2667 3 года назад

Good one!

@sonholee5769 3 года назад

that was awesome

@davidwhite2949 3 года назад

It’s true. Studying theory is very important for us as composers and for understanding the general intention and structure of a piece. And maybe its historical significance But at some point you have to toss all that to the side, and think simply about the task at hand - performing the piece