Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor 

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 ♥

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.

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 ;)

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

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

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

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

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 🙏🏼🎼🎵🤍

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

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

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

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.

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

Rousseau: returns Literally everyone: *BACH PUNS*

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

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

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

*The third hand scared me*

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

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.

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

I wanna play this but unfortunately my third hand is broken

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

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!

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

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

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!

0:27 I WAS LIKE “wait, 3 arms?”

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

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.

🦞 THE BLUE LOBSTER HAD BEEN SUMMONED! 🦞

0:01 Got Blue Lobster'd

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

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

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

Dear Lord this was incredible.

This is the heavy metal of the classical music!

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

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! 👏👏👏

Это нельзя слушать без восторга. Спасибо.

Lets appreciate the fact that it is in baroque tuning

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

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.

This song is the definition of masterpiece

*THIRD HAND REVEAL AT 3 MILLION SUBS*

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

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

This just proves that Bach is the father of music

"when you find out you are 1% transylvanian"

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

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

OH THE ALMIGHTY BLUE LOBSTER BLESS US WITH YOUR UNMEASURABLE AND UNBEATABLE POWER AND SHOW YOUR KINDNESS FOR PEOPLE CAN'T SEE NOR HEAR YOUR ANGELIC SOUND

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

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

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.

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

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

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

BLUE LOBSTER JUMPSCARE

3:01 i love that part... to deth

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.

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

YES YES YES YES YES

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Rumor says Bach could play this with his toes

MY ADHD IS IN LOVE WITH THIS GUITAR HERO ORGAN STUFF!

why when i hear this song do i immediately think "Romania"

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

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

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!

Now, show actor James Mason as Captain Nemo. Playing this piece on his organ in the Nautalis. Musical experts examined the film footage. They declared that Mason's fingering on the keyboard was more accurate than Any other actor playing this piece. Keep in mind, Bach was a "virtuoso". Meaning that he could play more sophisticated pieces than most people. In fact, he wrote pieces so complex that only Bach, himself could play them correctly. Also keep in mind the English translation of the Italian title word "tocatta". It literally means "touch" with fingers. But, in music, it figuratively means: extra-ordinarily skillful finger manipulations.

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

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?

0:00 Toccata 3:01 Fugue Oh! Today is J. S. Bach's birthday (Or maybe March 31), so I posted the part of this piece! Happy birthday for Bach :)

Наш Гений Бах!!!🌹🌹🌹👌👌👌❤❤❤

His other 2 hands must of fallen off, so it took him 1 month for them to grow back. Edit : Edit 2 : Edit 3 : Edit 4 : Edit 5 : Edit 6 : Edit 7 : Edit 8 : Edit 9 : Edit 10 : ah you thought I was gonna be those cringey kids.

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.

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

Господи,такая музыка.Спасибо вам большое.Слушаю и наслаждаюсь,спасибо.

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

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

absolutely majestic

This was heavy metal of the 1700s

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

0:04 back on the rocks initial d 3:01 orochimaru theme

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

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

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.

3:01 *Orochimaru entered the chat*

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

the change is just magical 4:20

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)

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.

I'll never forget the first time i saw Dracula and heard this music at the very beginning of the movie. I knew the name of the piece.

Two years old on Thursday (2.17.22). Still a beautiful classic ♥️🥰