Hey Jeremy, just checked out your version on Spotify. Sounds great! Truth be told though, I think I like this version better. It sounds more light and more intense at the same time somehow? It’s just a bit more raw and passionate. Thank you!
marking the tempo man, thats just any muisician. But i do agree i think he enjoyed it in a way, like thinking "so this is what the younglings are into these days, not bad, not bad at all"
As a musician, I have tapped my leg and even jammed out to plenty of amateurish music. That's not to say our cellist is an amateur-far from it-but our ability to enjoy music is largely independent of whether the music is impressive in any way.
@@johnnyshortfor Can confirm. I've watched a room full of musicians bob their heads up and down like pigeons to music they all collectively agreed was dogwater. Except the drummer, ironically. He doesn't need to, I guess.
He made his music teacher laugh. Classical music teachers are infamously hard to please so that's the accomplishment. It's a subtle win but still impressive.
Former musician here. The foot tapping is something we are taught to keep tempo. It has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not we like the music.
I think he was treating the dialogue as a blow by blow. He meant he wasn't impressed at that moment. Yes he was impressed at the end. Was he when he started? Not sure, I'm not a instrument enthusiast.. but skipping a part of Rush E might've been initially disliked by the man he chose to play to, whom I assume has great respect for the artwork and maybe more so than the person playing the music. Can't confirm, but the man showed praise during and at the end. Respectfully, I can't confirm the statement in that section of text as anything but subjective. All we can say is that the enthusiast himself might know if the more experienced enthusiasts are or are not impressed in their field of expertise. -C.P.
my mom gave me piano sheets to this the other day saying she found it on tiktok. she thought it was a classical piece and wanted me to play it. bless her :)
I don't think it's called Rush E because of the key signature, it sounds like A minor to me but I might be wrong. Think it's called rush E because of the repeated dominants lol.
Nah sounded like rush E all the way through, although they do have that same set of notes after the part with like 20 of the same notes, although rush A goes immediately into a different set of notes the second time around and rush E keeps with the regular thing
For real, “playing fast” is overrated, *especially* on string instruments. The double stops take way more precision to play properly than the “fast” sections.
Yep. Even on bass (my instrument), where playing fast is more impressive just because of how damn much you have to move, it’s more important to get the right intonation. You can almost always ghost a note here and there and people’s brains, especially musicians, will auto-fill it in for ya.
@@user-qd8lq7uk4t A double stop is when you play on two strings at the same time, whereas normally you only play on one. It can be hard to get both strings to have a good sound and proper intonation, especially when the finger positions are awkward
@@elith6930 As an artist you don't want to get a compliment on your talent, instead you want a compliment on the aspects you have influence on and actually worked/trained for. Those are skills. I don't think it makes sense to praise someone for their talent, because that's not what they achieved.
@@your.fav.gem1ni That's simply wrong. Talent is something you are born with which makes it easier for you to learn a certain ability. Skill is the result of putting the work and time in to get better at something. An artist only has influence on the training part, so making someone a compliment on their talent is pointless.
@@seeker296 Though technically it has strings, it's classified as a percussion instrument because of how those strings are played. They are hit, instead of bowed or plucked.
As an Ashkenazi jew, Rush E always sounded to me like traditional Ashkenazi Klezmer music or other northern Eastern europe culture type of music. Judging by your teacher's name and the fact he teaches Cello, i'd say he's an Ashkenazi jew who was raised with some Ashkenazi jewish music because he really seems to enjoy it even if he tried not to
Because it dodges the point of why Paul Katz is a teacher, or why Jeremy Tai is a cellist (or why I'm learning the cello), or why they love the instrument and the repertoire. Rush E is not beautiful, meaningful, or sincere.
He flubbed the key change. It was clearly sharp. I guess only musicians can hear it? He also flubbed a line and even noted it. That was literally explained lol
Actual musicians are not impressed by speed. Speed is just repetition of accurate practice. He was proud because it was clear you rehearsed well and secondly because there were moments of great musicality in your playing. only moments though. With more practice to clean up the errors and a focus on musicality you could take a real step forward with this piece.
@@rojastegulubf the original comment was being quite snotty. “Only Moments though”. Mans did. an excellent performance with one main hiccup. No need to get too pedantic. And then there’s the whole “not impressed by speed” “just Repetition of accurate practice”. What kind of person isn’t impressed by accurate practice. That means someone is not just putting a lot of time in, they’re also making that time worthwhile. Not sure what’s more impressive than that.
Yeah, it’s already technically impressive but if you can make it interesting by adding expressiveness THAT elevates it to a whole new level. It’s like Flight of the Bumblebee that way
@@ililililililililililililil5337 it's actually more of the opposite, it's more on rhythm, playing slower is a lot harder on literally anything, whether it's strings, percussion, and most importantly winds, I'm a percussion and strings player and i find it way harder to play slowly than to play fast
The RU-vid algorithm doesn't distinguish between 👍&👎. They are rated exactly the same. Ironically, the only way you can "register" your dislike is to do nothing. If you comment at all, you are helping the video, too. There is nothing you can do except to do nothing. 😢
One of my favourite parts of all the Rush E videos is that EVERYONE puts up the caption "I am speed" when they start the fast bit, and something about that makes my heart happy.
Rushing (ironically) through the intro and then even more so skipping to the hard part kind of ruins the whole thing. Just sounds like you're playing a song at 5x the speed it's supposed to be, as opposed to a song that slowly builds up its momentum to that speed.
we get it, you are proud for being technical, and you kidnapped an old teacher with your video (he's obliged to have a reaction). but these comments ..... omg....
Also a lot of students will film or audio record their lessons and practice sessions so they can listen/watch it back later and make sure they don't forget anything they learned.
