Rachmaninoff - Little Red Riding Hood (Etude Tableau Op. 39 No. 6) 

Rachmaninoff's pieces scare me, not by how difficult it is, but how it just sounds

When his fingers went ↗️➡️↘️⏫↩️◀️⤴️↕️↩️⬅️↪️⏬🔀⬆️↪️▶️🔁⏹⤴️⏮⬆️, I felt that

2:12 oh this sounds nice 2:15 *BADAMABADAMADMMDAMDAMDAM*

2:01 The left hand is literally shoving the right hand higher up the keyboard.

No one: Rachmaninoff: Let's turn a children's story into a scary af piece that'll keep non-musicians awake at 3am because they're scared, and musicians awake because they can't play it and their concert is the next day

And the media says that video games leads to violence They clearly haven’t heard Rachmaninoff

Grandma! What big hands you have! *all the better to play piano with my dear*

Beethoven: joy and anger and feeling and stuff. Dont have time for this. _Must compose_ Brahms: whatever keys i press it sounds good. Say, do you like hungary? Liszt: i paid for the whole damn piano, imma use the whole damn piano Rachmaninoff: *_these keys are soaked in the blood of the innocent you can hear their screams in the chords_* Chopin: sometimes fun, kinda depressed. Need another hand to play.

if your thumbs overlaps more than ten times in a music... its rachmaninoff.

these visual effects makes it so much better

0:14: the spider in a corner of my room after I miss it with my sandal.

So I listened to this while I sleep.... and I actually fell asleep.... and have a dream about me chasing little red riding hood. Wait a minute.... I'm the wolf?

0:00 *A LEGEND WAS BORN!!*

This video was the start of it all. From this to what you have accomplished now. Congratulations on 1 million subscribers.

2:54 My piano level

"c" The first note of this channel

0:04 Oh okay 0:15 *OH WHAT THE HELL*

This is easy, Hold my beer. Give my beer back

I don't know why, but from 0:04 to 0:11 Rach was testing his piano before the real music

2:09 I love those high notes right there, I wish Rachmaninoff had let them carry on a bit longer

1:36 when your mom wants to check your browser history

This is probably what the wolf was feeling when little red riding hood just barged in and started insulting him about his looks

How to be Rachmaninoff: Step1: f, ff, fff or ffff (dont ask why) low chords Step2: stupidly difficult mash of keys Step3: left hand jumps, those are fun Step4: lets repeat the melody, but as CHORDS :DDDDDD Step5: enjoy!

Ah yes, a great beginner's piece.

The transition at 1:46 has always been my favorite!

Adding the visual helps appreciate how difficult this is. Great job.

can we all agree that the progression from 0:56 to 1:30 is soooo nice?

0:15 My mom chasing me with a stick 1:00 My dad joining in with a belt 1:30 My uncle joins in while carrying a sandal 1:38 My grandpa joins in carrying a hammer 1:46 My family and my neighbors with a broom chasing me down the road 2:09 My principal carrying metal rod 2:15 (Yes, you can guess what happened next) SPANK!

This legitimately SCARES ME. 😳

*Me:* And how many notes per second? *Rachmaninoff:* _yes_

I like how you voiced the small melody at 1:01 because I didn’t here anybody else who played it voiced the melody at that part. So when you did that it kind of added a unique flavor to the song

Once when I entered my piano classroom, my piano teacher was just casually playing this, calling it a "nice little warm-up piece"

0:12 my all time favorite part of the piece

i can play twinkle twinkle little star

This makes me think of this: It’s night time in the middle of the woods and you hear the wind blow threw the tall trees and you hear a crack behind you and you see two red eyes staring right at you you start running and as your running you see more and more red eyes pop up and then they pounce

1:35 is my favorite part.

Rachmaninoff was on steroids when he wrote this.

2:16 is epic

This is the type of music you would hear if you were tied up in someones basement and they were playing upstairs

1:30-1:55 is so beyond mind-blowing.

Piano Hero looks dope.

The part at 1:30 makes me so happy.

00:00 A legend is born

first 100 cases of corona: 1:10 10000 cases of corona: 1:22 100k cases of corona: 1:30 200K cases of corona: 1:36 now: 1:42

I love pieces like this bc you can tell the composer had fun writing it

1:03 It remembers those levels of the mario that was in the Castle, for me one of the best compositions

Ok but why is 1:00 so scary, I feel like somethings coming for me

John Williams : let's put 2 notes into jaws theme Rousseau : beer my hold

How many hours into the piano must you put to be able to play like this?!

Nice playing man. That’s one tricky etude. What is your setup/how do you edit in the visualizer and effects?

no one: Roussaeu: ight quick warm up guys~

1:51 sounds like a part of hungarian rhapsody no.2 but disorted into an almost creepy sort of way.

Wow. This is why I love classic piano. This piece is absolutely menacing. I can't wait to see your next video! :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROUSSEAU!! Here a legend was born

This piece makes me imagine a scene where the wolf chases Little Red Riding Hood like a Tom and Jerry episode.

From 0:58 to 1:46 the right hand goes up 3 1/2 octaves and it’s so natural. And then we see the hands go up 3 octaves in 10 seconds starting at 2:00! There was something wrong with Rachmaninoff; he shouldn’t have been allowed to be that good.

This is a bit more intense than I remember the fairy tale being.

0:00 a legend named Rousseau was born

Played this to my gentle Pom. It's now a Russian Forrest Wolf , chasing me all around.

1:37 when you fail your exam.

1:30 can you so this No I can't 1:45 how about backwards :| ... NO

I really have no words for this. Its a masterpiece. I want this whole performance played in my bedroom over my ceiling forever.

My brain: Ok let's play! My hands: What the fuck

This video is the first of the channel. I was watching the video 2 years ago. The video started your celebrity and your channel. You are the best Rousseau! And now I’m. coming after watching the waltz of the flowers. I’m waiting for your performance of the trascendential etude. Finally I have to say you CONGRATULATIONS FOR 3 MILLIONS OF SUBSCRIBERS!!! ❤️❤️👍👍😊😊

all those trash talking stupid people saying this isn't difficult lol... I can say that I still like Lugansky's interpretations the most, but this is absolutely awesome, crisp, CLEAR, relaxed, you can see pianist totally owns this piece which basically means he's at least like "one level higher than the difficulty of this piece". And believe me, Chopin etudes are nothing compared to Rachmaninov. I would even say that Liszt Transcendental Etudes are easier to play, there's not much music in them, while in Rachmaninov etudes you have still top difficulty + musical demands like tons of counterpoints, double-melodies etc... This particular piece is one of the most difficult pieces to play. And to the question of how many hours do you need to put into it to play like this? Depends on intensity, talent and leadership you have, the goal isn't to become a world-class pianist in the shortest time possible, but to become the best pianist in any time it takes - for you personally, to be able to play pieces you like the way you wish. The more you know, the higher demands you put on yourself. Thus, some say that mastering something takes at least 10 000 of hours. I really doubt that works for piano, it's probably a long time ago I did my 10 000 hours and I still can play just a few of Rachmaninov etudes and not even remotely being able to do this one. I'd say something like 4 years of net time could be it. Also don't forget there are many asian pianist who play like machines at the age of 15. But there's a reason why you always rather listen to Lugansky, Pogorelic etc. pianist that had some life and that have some feeling to put in their play. You want to hear human playing the piano, not organic machine.

This melody combined with the visual effects makes it... mesmerizing. That's amazing and at the same time weird, I cannot explain. Great job, i really like watching all your videos !

my personal favourite part is 2:01 where he forces the right hand up the keys. beautiful and well done rousseau👍

When you’re escaping Capital Punishment 1:30 for 3 Organized Bombings in the State of Texas and 10 Counts of Capital Murder spanning the years 2015 to 2017.

Friend: Can you play the piano Me: I can play Little Red Riding Hood Friend: .....

This is literally my favorite rendition of this song that I've ever heard. I love your playing.

This will always my favourite interpretation of this piece. This channel and this piece are one of the first experiences I ever had with classical music and this piece, it has just stuck with me.

2:26 onwards my favorite part

i literally thought i had my speed set to 2x what the fuck

One of my favourite pastimes is sitting back, closing my eyes and imagining my favourite characters playing these. Thank you, for the years of drawing and writing inspiration. You're a gem.

I always get the chills with this piece. The intelligence to create it is beyond my comprehension

You manage a level of perfection that I never imagined I could see in a perfomance.

These piano songs need to chill Mary had a little lamb is the hardest song to play

Me: I think I’m pretty good at piano Rosseau: 2:00

Finally listened to every piece on Rousseau's channel. Holy moly this was a journey.

I really like his rendition of this piece. 0:39 The voice of the bass at that minute takes me into the depth of the obscurity of this piece

I N T E N S E N T E N S E

0:23 when the guardian starts chasing you in BOTW

I have watched this several times and am always so impressed with your technical ability.

it's incomprehensible to me how any person would come up with such a thing... this is beyond brilliant

HOLY CRAP!!! YOU CAN MOVE THOSE HANDS SOOOOOOOO FAST!!!! WOH THIS NEEDS A MILLION LIKES!!!!

god damnit, he got us

I've listened to quite a lot of other recordings, but yours is still the best for me! bravo!!!

I love how ragtimey it sound especially in this interpretation which leans into it so hard, easily the best rendition I can find

2:44 When The Big Bad Wolf is about to swallow The Red Riding Hood.

1:45 is my favorite part of the song

Easily the most precise and crisp piano playing I have ever heard. Very well done

There were so many notes that my headphones gave out in 5 seconds (I’m not even joking)

after 4 years of studying music, I finally know what rachmaninoff is writing

¡Congrats for 3 million subs, Rousseau!

ok thanks for crushing my self esteem

Wow! It’s amazing to see how much your channel has grown! Congrats for your 3 year anniversary!

Nice quality dude! Keep it up, you got my sub.

I know musicians master their art,I’ve bn a guitar player for around 16yrs...but my mind can’t even comprehend playing something like this at all. It’s literally mesmerising and I’m jst jealous lol

I believe, or at least I like to, that little red riding hood gets eaten at about 2:37.

I love how after a piece so terrifying, wild, and incredibly challenging, you have Arabesque peacefully playing at the end of the video!