This is very impressive. Not sure if I’d want to play the piano after these guys though.
…ow?
That was pretty awesome though.
-insert obligatory GILDisbald joke here-
thats kind of dirty, i’d hate to play the piano afterwards.
but still cool.
haha, I saw that years ago, still kinda funny though.
You couldn’t pay me enough to tune THAT piano! Anybody got some lighter fluid and a match?
Here’s the real deal if anyone’s interested in hearing a genius pianist: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YOaeJhcCtbE
This man is my all-time Idol when it comes to piano! http://youtube.com/watch?v=WOXO4WcBkuo
omg. I just went into cardiac arrest
lol
I expected the amazing Dan Menendez (who’s newest act looks ridicolous -but funny!-)
…or Duo Full House!
That guy has terrible form. Trust me, I play piano, and I know that your not supposed to have your back all hunched over unless you have some medical conditon.
Also, it kinda bugs me how people are so impressed by pianists that can play fast, but when they start playing something slow, musical, and with feeling, the listener isn’t usually as impressed:(
And your point is…? Does that mean someone is a bad musician because they don’t have good form? As long as whatever form you have works for you, it’s good form. If it’s hindering your playing, then you work on changing it.
I agree with you here…there seems to be a bigger problem with this among guitarists. Someone isn’t good unless they shred.
I doubt they are really using their snakes. Most probably it’s some sort of a strap-on tool.
nah probs a fake piano but nobody can check
You obviously have never heard of Glenn Gould; the virtuoso pianistic genious from Canada, who has since passed away at the early age of 50. Here’s a little bio: http://www.glenngould.com/gg/
Just google his name for more info, or check out his Bach’s “Goldberg Variations.”. His recording of this great work is univerally regarded as the quintessential, most amazing performance ever! I realize you’re only 12 and may not be familiar with this person, so don’t judge him by his physical form, listen to what he communicates through his music.
And while we’re talking about “form”, Vladimir Horowitz, (google him too!) one of the greatest pianists of ALL TIME, always played with “flat” fingers on the keyboard. As you know, piano teachers and books always teach that your fingers should be “curved”, not flat. Everyone has their own form, and it’s the music that counts, not whether you have “textbook” form.
Here’s a website with interesting info on the greatest classical pianists of the 20th century. Both Gould and Horowitz are listed among many others. Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century, Classical Notes, Peter Gutmann
Piano: It’s all about Oscar…
Amen, man!!!
Or a rigged piano.
The juggling piano act also uses a rigged “keyboard”. The keyboard is rigged to play the correct note no matter where the ball hits on the keyboard. The song is programed in the keyboard. Any time a ball hits it plays the correct note of the song. He still has to get the rhythm right. And he cannot make a mistake because it would be impossible to recover from. An impressive act made more impressive by the illusion.
Spoilsport.
Now that is cool. No electronic rigging or programmed notes on that keyboard.
Also watch -in case you haven’t already- their full promo (to which I linked in a previously reply) for more ackward piano-playing.
I saw them hosting the public show of EJC in Rotterdam (maybe the hardest and nastiest crowd in the world to work for -unless you’re real good-).
Two friends of my translated their theatre show into Dutch, and I saw it few years ago. I could watch it over and over again, just to see the audience responding. That gimmick with the piano-seat for example. Sem Abrahams has a unicycle like that! I must have an (unpublished) video of that. I’ll dig that up later.