tell me you're a genius without telling me you're a genius: 

With this one 8 in total. Their names: Give Thanks, What a friend we have in Jesus, There is power in the blood, blessed assurance, just the two of us, isn't she lovely, at the cross, watermelon man and this one is isn't she lovely. Thank you for your work even if I don't win your videos are great and I love listening to them and thanks to your transcription learning STH.

@@ArthurEymannthat’s right! Message me via gondolamusic.com/contact

I noticed that too - I figured he might be studying?

thank you for this comment kturn5953. you really opened my eyes to the tragedy that is a compliment

this guy seems like fun

@@amadeuz8993genius level fun!

It is genius. Beethoven also composed diatonic only and he is a genius. His harmonic language is the same as the geniuses that predate him. Do you only consider non diatonic and outside playing to be "genius"?

@@heinzgilbertI looked up the definition of genius and there does seem to be a wide discrepancy. Psychologist Lewis Therman said it is an ability only shown by 1 in every 250 people. So according to him this pianist could be considered genius, but that’s cause probably less that 1 out of every 250 people even study piano at a professional level. However, according to psychologist Leta Hollingworth it is an ability only shown by 1 in every 2 million people. Now that’s a higher threshold for sure, and then it must be reserved for elite minds. Seeing as how the definition is ambiguous, I no longer have a leg to stand on. I viewed “genius” like Hollingworth did, yet that is not the only voice on the topic as Therman would disagree with her. So, it’s fine, this guy is a Therman level genius, and therefore you guys are right! It’s fun to critique music or art because it’s always a losing battle. Someone will inevitably come along and describe how important that art is to them. The fact that art is subjective simply dismantles any naysayers like myself. I don’t see or hear the genius in this, and with Beethoven it was obvious (counterpoint, voice leading, through-composed motives, harmony, modulations, original compositions, etc…), but that is my viewpoint. Therefore anybody could be called a genius depending on the person saying it. Genius is now a term I can throw around at anyone that I think is fairly good at what they do. I’ll redefine it in my head as not a ground-breaking or unique person, but simply a standard level of talent and accomplishment to be used to describe anybody I like 👍 Next time I come chatting about misuse of words, I’ll research the word and argue with myself ahead of time haha 😂 Don’t call Albert Einstein a genius anymore, because that would be underselling him!