Chopin - Etude Op. 25 No. 5 (Wrong Note) 

Chopin. Wrong Note Etude. The most common way I see this piece described is in two words: 'beautiful mess', 'harmonic dissonance', or 'perfectly imperfect' - but deeper than just this "mess" of "dissonance", more than anything I hear something like bittersweetness. The ebb and flow of tension and resolution that radiates out like a fractal, first in the 'wrong notes', but further in the melodic and harmonic shapes, and then in the whole structure of the piece - it's almost like a metaphor for life with our pleasure-and-pain-filled days, months and years. I also just want to let you all know that I'm taking a break from RU-vid in January - which will be the first break since the start of this channel, in almost 2 years! There are so many amazing things I want to make for you outside of just RU-vid videos, but have to take some time off from the relentless stress and deadlines that come with weekly (or bi-weekly) uploads! Thank you for the amazing year, I hope you have a great start to 2020 - and I'll see you all again in February ♥

When you play 1 note wrong, everyone judges... When you play whole piece of wrong notes, it's a masterpiece.

Chopin : Wrong note Rousseau : *We don't do that here*

Chopin: *throws Piano at another piano* Also Chopin: yo that was lit

after listening to it a thousand times, now every "Wrong note" feels so right.

i love the red "wrong note" effect

Loved the red notes for the wrong notes!!!! And the gold too!!!

Your lie in April has leed me to this beautiful trip of classical music

"Chopin is the greatest of them all, for with the piano alone he discovered everything." - Claude Debussy

Chopin: slams hands on piano. “Yes.”

Friend: Can you play the wrong note? Me: Yeah, but not the piece

0:56 Chopin truly never disappoints.

This piece makes me feel like I’m looking back on a happy memory, and I know there is something fundamentally wrong happening in hindsight but in the moment you’re looking back on you don’t know. Like you’re looking back at all the times you’ve had with your mother, not knowing she’ll die of a disease she had the whole time during these memories. But you’re too late to fix that now as you lie by her bedside. This piece makes me feel helpless in happiness, too caught up to notice the underlying failure of everyone involved until it’s too late.

How many wishes have been fulfilled now? :P What other classical pieces do you wish to see on the channel?

"Kid, the piano competition is a sacred place for music, not a place to find yourself."

ahhhh, Your Lie in April is such a good show.. I can literally hear Kosei in my head while listening to this beautiful preformance

The amount of skill required to play wrong notes scares me because imagine the amount of skill needed to play right notes

Someone: u play wrong note.. yes? me: *yesn't*

0:56 one of greatest moments in piano music! So gorgeous, like you falling in love and spring wind whistling the song about carelessness! Chopin is the master of dissonance!

Way to end the year... on a wrong note. *_"Coronavirus, it's your cue!"_*

WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! What pieces do YOU want to learn in 2020?

Publisher: Are these the right notes? Chopin: Well yes but actually no

Everyone: Can Chopin ever play wrong notes? He's so talented! Chopin:

Friend: Can you play "wrong note"? Me: Yeah, but not that fast Friend: Oh that's good enough Me: And not the piece too

Fans: Omg Chopin is so talented. his piano skills are sooo perfect, he literally never plays the wrong note Chopin: Well yes but actually no

This is the first time Rousseau has hit the wrong note

The more you listent to it, the more the melody starts to reveal from the dissonance, and the more you are able to appreciate this piece as a fresh breeze of life and originality, just like the one waving the branches of a cherry blossomed tree in April.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this was used for “your lie in April”

I’ve been waitin for this composition in this channel for a long time

*_One day in April, I met a really weird violinst. Totally outrageous. Self-righteous. But the smile she shows to people, she is like angelic._*

People: Enjoying the piece Weebs: D E A R A R I M A K O U S E I

I’m so bad at the piano that I can end up accidentally playing this song..

It sounds like 2 persons competing with one piano each, on the same music, but not with the same representation of it.

chopin : felt bored* chopin : slaps piano* Etude opus 25 no. 5

Your lie in april: that is not actually a hard piece ME: XDN'T

Honestly this piece is purely beautiful, I can't even put it into words. To some it may sound like a jumble a notes but the the way the melody hides in the chaos adds so much more beauty. On top of that this piece is very difficult to learn which is ironic considering its name. When in fact it requires a lot of attention to small details in order to make it sound as its supposed to and not like a wrong note

Whoops looks like you've ended the decade on a wrong note

Playing Chopin "Wrong Note" Rousseau : Arima Kousei : "Ah yes, I've been playing for you. You are here."

Imagine the look on the peoples faces when they heard 0:56 for the first time. The transition from a weird sounding piece, to the most magical, magnificent thing ever.

You know the composer is skilled when he can compose a piece about wrong notes and still make it sound so right

When life gives you 10 fingers Use all 90 of them Thats rousseu right there

2:57 no else is gonna mention that he's reaching an 11th interval?! That's huge!

Chopin is so good, he can play the wrong note and still make it so beautiful.

Fell in love with this piece* after watching "Your Lie In April" Such a gorgeous piece* (Sorry, still need to learn my music terms it seems)

You know it gets hard when he doesn’t look at the camera. Sorry wrong channel

Chopin: Presses wrong note *boss music plays*

Chopin is truly the greatest pianist on earth. Somehow his music sounds like he is slapping the keys while at the same time he is making beautiful music. His emotions he puts in to his pieces is rage and happiness at the same time. Truly inspiring

I need a 10 hour cut of 0:56 through 1:09

If I play a wrong note they say I'm noob. When Chopin plays wrong, it's becoming a masterpiece

When I saw the title, I thought Rousseau? Wrong Note? Impossible. And I was right. Technically.

"Did it Reach Her" "I'll never forget, I promise..."

What an absolute genius of a composer. As a pianist, you’re taught key signatures for a reason but Chopin always (especially with this piece) manages to abstract them while it still sounds right and brilliant. He really was a genius. I wonder if he knew his music would still be having an impact like this 200 years later ? All composers for that matter ?

Chopin: Wrong note Me: *ITS JAZZ*

*Types of people in this comment section:* • Jokes • *YOUR LIE IN APRIL* • Thanking Rousseau • Requesting pieces • Thanking Chopin

Weird that Chopin didn’t summon a demon while playing that

Bro, Chopin was so talented. He planned all those notes to clash so perfectly.

Today, we call it jazz.

The more times I listen to this, the less messy it gets. Huh

Finally someone plays the beautiful middle section at the right tempo.

this has got to be one of my favorite Chopin pieces. The dissonance sounds so unique and listening to it is addictive in an unexpected way

This is the piece that made me take up piano, it's been two years and I've just ended my first semester at University studying music. Thank you Chopin, I will play this one day.

2:57 "I'm just a human" - Rousseau

omg he did it with the beautiful colors like the sunflowers AHHHHHHHH

After seeing your lies in April, this song became so lovely.

People: Wait how many wrong notes are there Chopin: yes

Cognitive dissonance: When you hear Rousseau perfectly play wrong notes.

I really never gave this much a listen cause I enjoyed a lot of chopins etude but hearing the middle part. The emotions it had was so beautiful. No other words to describe it 😭❤️

1:22 that melodic bass give me goosebumps

This song is basically: *Well, yes, but actually, no.*

I loved how you put the the "wrong notes" in red!

This piece reminds me of what it feels like after making a mistake during a performance. Its that gut wrenching feeling of "oh my god, everyone heard that", "I don't deserve the performance opportunity", and the adrenaline that comes with every performance. The "B" section adds to this because its that moment where everyone compliments you for a great performance even though you deflect everything because of said mistake. The ending honestly comes across as the moment you realize that in reality, you did your best and everything will be okay.

I love how i can listen to 5 different people play this and it sounds different each time. You can really tell style and interpretation apart on chopin pieces i feel

Chopin: *plays the wrong note during the premiere* Chopin: get nae nae'd

Chopin just has that grace and beauty that no other pianist has. I love it.

*"In Jazz there is no wrong note.."* I don't even know Chopin makes _Jazz._

Remember first getting into classical and hearing this piece I thought it sounded horrible but hearing it now after learning piano I love it so much

please come back rousseau 😢😢 you haven’t posted in a while

1: wakes up 2: goes to piano 3: plays miraculously 4: cries Actual order 2-3-1-4

Those are some serious base notes there. Brought some chills up my spine man, good job!

This is the way Kosei played it while being underwater

This piece always reminds me of ‘Your Lie In April’ 😭✨

Thank you Rousseau for the videos this year

I have literally been looking for the name of this piece for years, and found it by stumbling across this amazing channel!! Great playing btw!!

"Did it reach her?" yes Kousei Arima, it definitely did

It' music like this that makes me regret not taking my lessons seriously and quitting. Seriously planning to learn again.😔

I've waited for years for this, thank you🙏🏼

this piece is the real definition of "hidden gem"

He posted this just before 2020, he knew what was up.

chopin: rousseau: arima kousei: me: thats it i have been deceived

No one: Litteraly no one: Rousseau: 2:53 and 2:58: 11th

When you play this piece then the teacher says you did it wrong

my my another dream piece, thank you very much for uploading :)

When I first listened to this piece, in Your Lie in April, I thought that Arima was playing it so bad hahahaha. But just then I realized how beautiful the imperfection is. Happy new year to you, too!!

YESSS I REQUESTED THIS ONE I LOVE THIS SO MUCH THANK YOU ROUSSEAU ❤️❤️

YLIA opened my eyes to such beautiful music, man the feels are real with this one

you have such a polished and refined sound, i really love how you play.

who knows it from your lie in April?

"Beautiful mess" explains most of my school assignments

my favourite piece :D

I heard this piece for the first time in the anime your lie in April, since then I fell in love with this Etude