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Variations on the A Major Scale 

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Variations on the A major scale - a walk through the practice rooms in the conservatory when all the composers are practicing.
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In ten minutes, starting from a simple one-octave A major scale, this piece explores the history of Western music. The scale starts out as the cantus firmus of a counterpoint exercise and It then develops into the subject of a Bach fugue. It continues its journey through the timeline of classical music from the Baroque period to the twentieth century. The scale is woven into the harmonies and melodies of this musical scavenger hunt in a subtle way. This all-in-one etude, nocturne, fugue, and impromptu challenges and showcases the technique, creativity, and musicality of the pianist.
Composed and performed by Nathan Zhao
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@QuinnTaran
@QuinnTaran 11 месяцев назад
I expected a gimmick, but many of the later variations are remarkably sophisticated. An excellent performance of a fun composition!
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 11 месяцев назад
It's not sophisticated, when you puzzle random pieces together, that simply do not fit, and your process of coice is simply what you like the most. As a whole, this piece is just a gimmick, a complete joke.
@themobiusfunction
@themobiusfunction 11 месяцев назад
@@Whatismusic123 WIM (@Whatismusic123) is a notorious troll who leaves hate comments (such as this one) on videos of mostly modern music, but also some Classical and Romantic music like Beethoven and Liszt. They also leave hate comments on lots of original compositions from RU-vidrs (including myself), even though they ignore criticisms of their own compositions. WIM also makes up lots of "music theory" "concepts" to justify theur hate comments and completely distorts the reality of music. "Arguing" with them is completely useless, as they will not accept a single thing. -TheMobiusFunction
@ThomasRomanowski
@ThomasRomanowski 11 месяцев назад
he's just mad that this piece is actually good @@themobiusfunction
@darrellaldrige3909
@darrellaldrige3909 10 месяцев назад
​@@themobiusfunctionhe's just mad that he makes bad compositions while other people make compositions that are even better than his 😂😂😂
@Beanie1879
@Beanie1879 11 месяцев назад
I absolutely love the fugue. This is the absolute work of a genius, on A Major Scale!
@E.Vecvec
@E.Vecvec 10 месяцев назад
I don't know where you studied music but this is not a fugue, the fugue involves a tonal or real subject which is transposed in the response to the dominant, to the third voice to the tonic and in the fourth to the dominant to finish the exposition and the countersubject must also be transported
@rhys8878
@rhys8878 9 месяцев назад
@@E.Vecvec Var. 6.
@E.Vecvec
@E.Vecvec 9 месяцев назад
@@rhys8878 I imagine you understand something about music and harmony 🤣😂
@rhys8878
@rhys8878 9 месяцев назад
@@E.Vecvec could be a fugato
@MarketGarden87
@MarketGarden87 9 месяцев назад
There’s no fugue. But to all those replying, don’t be rude music snobs
@Juliushenrykim
@Juliushenrykim 10 месяцев назад
1:35 fugue?? Brand new idea on an beautiful scale!
@TheArmchairist
@TheArmchairist 11 месяцев назад
Very clever composition, and brilliantly played! Well done! - felt like a small walk through musical history. Hints of two-note harmonies, baroque elements, classicism, romanticism, modernism and contemporary elements, all within a short 10 minute composition. Love the textures and ideas at 5:55 and 8:05
@philipmcniel4908
@philipmcniel4908 11 месяцев назад
I specifically hear homages to Mozart's piano concerto no. 23, mvt. 3 (Var. VIII) and Chopin's funeral march (Var. X). I heard a few other variations that I kind of recognized but couldn't place. Could you hear any homages to famous masterworks that I missed?
@esrabemelmans
@esrabemelmans 10 месяцев назад
I heard some burgmuller maybe (etudes op100) and a little too much out of the box perhaps with some handel sarabande. But then I'm only talking about the rhythmical form
@philipmcniel4908
@philipmcniel4908 10 месяцев назад
@@esrabemelmans Timestamps?
@RachManJohn
@RachManJohn 11 месяцев назад
What a piece, my friend! I am glad such a composer lives.
@The_Guy_Who_Asked_06
@The_Guy_Who_Asked_06 11 месяцев назад
Found you again
@epointerwinboie
@epointerwinboie 11 месяцев назад
Omg rachmanjohn
@danyahal7
@danyahal7 11 месяцев назад
Love the Mozart piano concerto 23 theme and that this delightful piece was dated on my bday. XD absolutely fascinating work of art. So important to love your scales and the structure they bring to your art on any instrument. Bravo!!!
@jimmyd2902
@jimmyd2902 11 месяцев назад
Wow! I am genuinely blown away by this. What a brilliant idea to do variations on something seemingly so mundane in music (a scale). And boy they were some variations. Bravo!
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 11 месяцев назад
Terrible variations, and an incomplete scale. Not sure how you're blown away
@themobiusfunction
@themobiusfunction 11 месяцев назад
WIM (@Whatismusic123) is a notorious troll who leaves hate comments (such as this one) on videos of mostly modern music, but also some Classical and Romantic music like Beethoven and Liszt. They also leave hate comments on lots of original compositions from RU-vidrs (including myself), even though they ignore criticisms of their own compositions. WIM also makes up lots of "music theory" "concepts" to justify their hate comments and completely distorts the reality of music. "Arguing" with them is completely useless, as they will not accept a single thing. -TheMobiusFunction @@Whatismusic123
@darrellaldrige3909
@darrellaldrige3909 10 месяцев назад
​@@Whatismusic123those "terrible variation" Are better than anything that you have made
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 10 месяцев назад
@@darrellaldrige3909 egotistical, braindead contrarianism won't get you anywhere
@themobiusfunction
@themobiusfunction 9 месяцев назад
​@@Whatismusic123... which applies more to you than anyone else here
@MiScusi69
@MiScusi69 11 месяцев назад
This is a masterpiece! Kudos!
@tfpp1
@tfpp1 11 месяцев назад
Beethoven reference in var. 9, love it.
@ajmaltaujoo4277
@ajmaltaujoo4277 11 месяцев назад
Mozart reference in 8 ;)
@tfpp1
@tfpp1 11 месяцев назад
@@ajmaltaujoo4277 Yeah, someone else already mentioned that in a comment below, which is why I dind't say anything. But I didn't see anyone mention the Beethoven reference. ;)
@harrybmichell
@harrybmichell 11 месяцев назад
This is brilliant! Var 15 is incredibly creative and novel! Playing is fantastic as well! 🎉🎉
@Kyle-ur4mr
@Kyle-ur4mr 11 месяцев назад
I never listen to these all the way through, but I stayed for this one. Awesome work! Good pattern of tension and release makes it compelling to keep listening
@somehow3707
@somehow3707 24 дня назад
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@lmichaelgreenjr
@lmichaelgreenjr 11 месяцев назад
Truly truly genius composition. Respect where respect is due. It’s good to see there are other composers in the postmodern world who have their heads on right. Cheers! Looking forward to more from you.
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 11 месяцев назад
To a headless chicken, everyone who has lost their head looks the same. He doesn't have his head on right, he's just as headless as you.
@themobiusfunction
@themobiusfunction 11 месяцев назад
@@Whatismusic123 WIM (@Whatismusic123) is a notorious troll who leaves hate comments (such as this one) on videos of mostly modern music, but also some Classical and Romantic music like Beethoven and Liszt. They also leave hate comments on lots of original compositions from RU-vidrs (including myself), even though they ignore criticisms of their own compositions. WIM also makes up lots of "music theory" "concepts" to justify theur hate comments and completely distorts the reality of music. "Arguing" with them is completely useless, as they will not accept a single thing. -TheMobiusFunction
@joshtheviolinist
@joshtheviolinist 10 месяцев назад
Variations 15 was my favorite, a very jazzy feeling!
@officaldungeons
@officaldungeons 11 месяцев назад
Love jazz variation 15!
@moudar.871
@moudar.871 11 месяцев назад
As a true lover of musical fantasies or variations I'm absolutely amazed by your composition!! Well done and keep it up!!!
@shivshukla7556
@shivshukla7556 2 месяца назад
Amazing, both the written and execution! Would love to hear more of your compositions
@Herman_Fedko
@Herman_Fedko 10 месяцев назад
Perfect work!!
@inscario
@inscario 9 месяцев назад
this is great. It's interesting how an entire universe is born from something so simple.
@gabrielkivivuorisereno
@gabrielkivivuorisereno 11 месяцев назад
Amazingly constructed from beginning to end. All the references to different composers and eras came through, but were so well knit into the whole of it that they didn't disrupt the natural course of the piece. Great pianism as well!
@Dizzyfingers2
@Dizzyfingers2 5 месяцев назад
Wow. This is extremely well crafted. I smiled at all the references. The performance is remarkable. This should be an encore on many a program.
@anterix1999
@anterix1999 2 месяца назад
Excellent! Fantastic.
@Cayres18
@Cayres18 11 месяцев назад
Incrível! Gostaria se mais composições assim
@btat16
@btat16 11 месяцев назад
Reminds me of a more modern take on Ut Re Mi variations by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Really well done!
@theasmir5917
@theasmir5917 11 месяцев назад
Oh my dear heavens, this is beyond incredible!
@bennyksmusicalworld
@bennyksmusicalworld 11 месяцев назад
Haha love this! Are the first few variations just first/second species counterpoint lol
@renatochacon289
@renatochacon289 11 месяцев назад
I thought the same
@tfpp1
@tfpp1 11 месяцев назад
Actually, it goes all the way up to 5th species, and then florid counterpoint.
@JacobGreer51
@JacobGreer51 4 месяца назад
This is incredible!
@SoringeMorsen
@SoringeMorsen 8 месяцев назад
Very interesting and innovative piece of music! Keep up the good work!
@charles.e.g.
@charles.e.g. 10 месяцев назад
This is a lot of fun! Love the many nods to various classical composers, particularly the quote from Mozart’s A major Piano Concerto! ❤
@Omelette8110
@Omelette8110 11 месяцев назад
I love this work, sorry if i not speak well the language, im from Argentina. Is to good work, you make me to keep in your composition, hearing all of the notes, Very good!
@andreaspapas
@andreaspapas 11 месяцев назад
Damn this is such a cool idea. Good work on both the composition and the playing!! Keep it up :DD
@franciscoaragao5398
@franciscoaragao5398 2 месяца назад
Muito bem. Criativo. Obrigado.
@maureensansburn6413
@maureensansburn6413 11 месяцев назад
I'm going to to this on my harp
@Prachtbart
@Prachtbart 10 месяцев назад
Its marvellous
@susanbishov7620
@susanbishov7620 11 месяцев назад
Nathan, your playing is magnificent and your compositions are so very intriguing. I am an elderly piano teacher and always searching for examples of living composers. Is there any way that you would be comfortable sharing any biographical information. I would love to share your magic with my students. Thank you for all the joy that you bring and best of luck in all of your endeavors! BRAVO!!!!
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 11 месяцев назад
Please don't poison your students with garbage pieces like this, even if you like the fictional idea that there are any good classical composers alive.
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 11 месяцев назад
@@KrisSucksAtLife Enaudi is a poster child of pandering. His pieces are awful, he just uses chord progressions and techniques which are popular in "sad music" or "exciting music" and puzzles them together, regardless of how well they fit together. He's also simply not a classical composer at all, he composes pop music.
@happypiano4810
@happypiano4810 11 месяцев назад
@@Whatismusic123Self-burn from a fellow composer?
@deltafournumbers
@deltafournumbers 10 месяцев назад
​@@Whatismusic123After looking at the "music" you put out on your channel, I think it's really cute that you think you're entitled to criticize anyone else's compositions, especially in such a scathing way. You are utterly insufferable and even if you were actually talented, it wouldn't justify treating others in the way that you do.
@timothyj.bowlby5524
@timothyj.bowlby5524 11 месяцев назад
Very imaginative. A good introduction to composition and the necessary emulation of styles.
@ImJumber
@ImJumber 10 месяцев назад
Interesting work
@Janeahmon
@Janeahmon 11 месяцев назад
Love this!! A great experience listening
@kuretaxyz
@kuretaxyz 11 месяцев назад
All very beautiful craftsmanship. Is there a specific reason why you did not write Variation 11 in 6/8?
@yjoon3210
@yjoon3210 11 месяцев назад
What a counterpoint
@vonMohl
@vonMohl 11 месяцев назад
Very useful for honing compositional skills.
@michaelquigley2121
@michaelquigley2121 11 месяцев назад
Why didnt you change the time signature in variation XI? Would be much easier to read I think
@guii233music
@guii233music 11 месяцев назад
Very good!
@engelbertschoormans
@engelbertschoormans 11 месяцев назад
Like the old masters did with the hexachord fantasias! Nice!
@MorikawaMelodies
@MorikawaMelodies 11 месяцев назад
Isn't every piece in A major a variation on the A major scale?
@datnguyen3441
@datnguyen3441 11 месяцев назад
Not really ? Variation in A major scale variation on the scale not they key. This means the pattern of the scale (ascending and descending) keep appearing and changing. The trick to see the scale appearing in this variation is to look for A in the start of a phrase in where the melody is.
@redShiftish
@redShiftish 11 месяцев назад
At 3:00, mozart concerto 23 reference? XD
@chasesutherland1168
@chasesutherland1168 8 месяцев назад
This is a remarkable idea! Very well done, an absolutely brilliant composition. You should be very proud if this work. This concept would be a great exorcise for composers to practice composing!
@carlitos5336
@carlitos5336 11 месяцев назад
Bravooo 👏👏👏👏👏
@stapler942
@stapler942 11 месяцев назад
Here's one to fan the flames for the Schenkerians and their hotly contested 8-line Ursatz.
@tomswiftyphilo2504
@tomswiftyphilo2504 11 месяцев назад
amazing
@matheuspeixoto8689
@matheuspeixoto8689 9 месяцев назад
6:56 rach 3 reference?
@brooksiefan
@brooksiefan 11 месяцев назад
Bravo!
@bigPianist99
@bigPianist99 3 дня назад
on what piano was this played?
@grocheo1
@grocheo1 11 месяцев назад
Congratulations
@swinger9374
@swinger9374 11 месяцев назад
Wonder is there a reason you choose A major but not another key?
@DavitMinasyan-rn3fv
@DavitMinasyan-rn3fv 11 месяцев назад
i really love var 12 is really unique
@floriankauffmann2888
@floriankauffmann2888 3 месяца назад
Can somebody please help me, the first notes of the var. VIII (3:00) sound like a very famous sonata, but I can't remember which one ...
@user-qm1xk9xk2w
@user-qm1xk9xk2w 2 месяца назад
someone said Mozart concerto no 23
@onceamusician5408
@onceamusician5408 11 месяцев назад
very impressive!! great imagination, a fertile inventiveness and technically assured. both in the composing and the performance. well done sir - from some one with a composition degree but so completely demoralized that i can no longer compose
@johnchessant3012
@johnchessant3012 11 месяцев назад
This is awesome!
@tfpp1
@tfpp1 11 месяцев назад
Guys, this isn't just a major scale . . . it's A major scale, LOL
@most_sane_piano_enthusiast
@most_sane_piano_enthusiast 11 месяцев назад
this is so epic
@jmleongmusic
@jmleongmusic 11 месяцев назад
Amazing composition, but your piano chops are insane too! What killer repeated notes!!
@user-qm1xk9xk2w
@user-qm1xk9xk2w 2 месяца назад
I kinda agree with WIM sometimes, but his attitude is what ruins it every time
@Zero-bu5ry
@Zero-bu5ry 11 месяцев назад
Are we witnessing the next Mozart?
@trueclou2249
@trueclou2249 11 месяцев назад
Are you kidding? Nothing more than just style copies, not even well done.
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 11 месяцев назад
What??? No
@themobiusfunction
@themobiusfunction 11 месяцев назад
WIM (@@Whatismusic123) is a notorious troll who leaves hate comments (such as this one) on videos of mostly modern music, but also some Classical and Romantic music like Beethoven and Liszt. They also leave hate comments on lots of original compositions from RU-vidrs (including myself), even though they ignore criticisms of their own compositions. WIM also makes up lots of "music theory" "concepts" to justify their hate comments and completely distorts the reality of music. "Arguing" with them is completely useless, as they will not accept a single thing. -TheMobiusFunction
@nachfullbarertrank5230
@nachfullbarertrank5230 11 месяцев назад
@@themobiusfunction activating the plugin that disables youtube comments again. i've relapsed a bit lately and I'm so sick of this shit, most worthless person on this fuckin earth
@yjoon3210
@yjoon3210 11 месяцев назад
It is the whole history of the western music
@cardinals7480
@cardinals7480 11 месяцев назад
var. 8 reference to mozart piano cto. 23?
@thatnicekid04
@thatnicekid04 11 месяцев назад
You are an amazing pianist
@loosi_goosi
@loosi_goosi 11 месяцев назад
This is incredible
@sipelius4385
@sipelius4385 11 месяцев назад
Wherr is humppa? It is not right if not humppa
@deusexmusica803
@deusexmusica803 11 месяцев назад
Wow! Great work!
@artie360
@artie360 11 месяцев назад
Interesting
@wigwagstudios2474
@wigwagstudios2474 4 месяца назад
>8D
@runinvandeivil
@runinvandeivil 11 месяцев назад
I really like Var. 11
@andredelacerdasantos4439
@andredelacerdasantos4439 11 месяцев назад
OMFG
@SamTahbou
@SamTahbou 11 месяцев назад
A cute exercise
@juwonnnnn
@juwonnnnn 10 месяцев назад
🤣
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 11 месяцев назад
It's less of a "variations on the A major scale", and more of a "compilation of ideas, based on the A major scale."
@themobiusfunction
@themobiusfunction 11 месяцев назад
WHY
@joshtheviolinist
@joshtheviolinist 10 месяцев назад
Yea I don't understand the difference, explanation please?
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 10 месяцев назад
@@joshtheviolinist variations music is a piece where there's an incomplete theme presented, then a series of variations progress and make up the form of the piece. In this case, the "variations" don't do anything, they're just different ideas based on the same concept.
@joshtheviolinist
@joshtheviolinist 10 месяцев назад
​@@Whatismusic123in my opinion, some of these variations do fit well in making the form of the piece, but I see your point in some parts
@connorcmusician
@connorcmusician 6 месяцев назад
i do not like bar 30
@lucapointcom
@lucapointcom 4 месяца назад
yeah that 8ve was ass bruh
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 11 месяцев назад
Damn, the counterpoint is a joke too.
@isaacbeen2087
@isaacbeen2087 11 месяцев назад
not you being complete knob again 😭
@Jwellsuhhuh
@Jwellsuhhuh 11 месяцев назад
Ok make your own version
@isaacbeen2087
@isaacbeen2087 11 месяцев назад
@@Jwellsuhhuh he will if you're not careful
@amiapsychopat
@amiapsychopat 11 месяцев назад
what is it that makes you dislike it? I'm genuinely interested. (As a side note, I don't think these variations were intened to be a masterpiece, so no need to be rude.)
@commentingchannel9776
@commentingchannel9776 11 месяцев назад
​@@amiapsychopatThis person is a troll has been commenting on random classical music videos for years now. Ignore them.
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 11 месяцев назад
You know it's bound to be terrible when it starts on a 14 bar phrase 4+4+4+2(needs to be 4) Also the time signature is 2/2 not 2/4 2:20 is this even the same piece? Nice standalone idea, but it doesn't fit in the slightest. Don't forget that variation pieces need form.
@bennyksmusicalworld
@bennyksmusicalworld 11 месяцев назад
Oh my dear elitist friend, you must hate Haydn…
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 11 месяцев назад
@@bennyksmusicalworld Haydn is great. There's a great deal of difference between an incomplete phrase, and an uneven one. The one presented in this video is incomplete.
@kaijenkin3631
@kaijenkin3631 11 месяцев назад
cringe.
@orangemandarin7925
@orangemandarin7925 11 месяцев назад
Didn’t Dvorak write his symphonic variations specifically because the theme had an irregular bar phrase, 7+6+7?
@Whatismusic123
@Whatismusic123 11 месяцев назад
@@orangemandarin7925 yeah, and dvorak is terribly incompetent.
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