Bernstein, The greatest 5 min. in music education

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@proberts34
@proberts34 5 жыл бұрын
As a non-musical person, I have almost no idea what he said during this video, yet I found it fascinating. It's like when I listen to Feynman lectures.
@HR-yd5ib
@HR-yd5ib 5 жыл бұрын
@@ChiefHerzensCoach , or you could actually explain the concepts in the first place in such a way that people can understand it.
@thehappypine
@thehappypine 4 жыл бұрын
Wadel Radel it’s hard to be concise about these ideas while also being understood by the layman. It takes a great deal of effort to study music.
@HR-yd5ib
@HR-yd5ib 4 жыл бұрын
@@thehappypine , is it that complicated to explain that the wavelength goes down by half when you go up an octave or that the tones in between are overtone frequencies. I would find that a lot more illuminating than whatever he said here.
@thehappypine
@thehappypine 4 жыл бұрын
Wadel Radel, it’s not complicated to say that. But that’s not the idea he is expressing. Among other things, he’s saying that as human culture has discovered, and become accepting of new intervals our music has changed and enriched. An interval is the distance between notes. An octave is an interval. Two of the same note twelve semi-tones apart. And their frequency wavelength is halfed if we tune using equal temperament but not always in other cultural or historical tuning systems.
@spacebanana5000
@spacebanana5000 4 жыл бұрын
Bernstein's manner and way of speaking does remind me of Feynman a bit.
@CarterBartram
@CarterBartram 5 жыл бұрын
You know you're too deep into jazz when the part that Leonard Bernstein calls "chromatic porridge" actually sounds pretty good and makes musical sense.
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 5 жыл бұрын
Man that's what I thought at 13 in 73 when it aired. I would hear certain things and want to know why it sounded better or different like Iris by Wayne Shorter or even 7 yrs before when watching Charlie Brown. The power of harmony.
@Symphonicrockfran
@Symphonicrockfran 4 жыл бұрын
That was simply beautiful
@farshimelt
@farshimelt 4 жыл бұрын
@oso polar It became more so with the advent of Mahler and developed further with 20th C composers.
@emily-jr1oj
@emily-jr1oj 4 жыл бұрын
Carter Bartram there is no such thing as too deep into jazz
@jeffreyjeziorski341
@jeffreyjeziorski341 4 жыл бұрын
@Melanie Boots ......You! Shall not! Modulaaate!!!! Improvise, you fools!
@bcgrittner8076
@bcgrittner8076 2 жыл бұрын
Long ago my elementary school music teacher strongly encouraged me to watch Bernstein’s Concerts For Young People. Bernstein’s narration was way over my head. I tried to watch those same programs as an adult. I could not connect with Elmer Bernstein despite having an “above average “ music education. Finally- This video connected with me. It took a while. I’m 70.
@joebarr725
@joebarr725 2 жыл бұрын
And yet, with your "above average" music education, you do not know that Leonard Bernstein and Elmer Bernstein are two different people.
@tonirose6776
@tonirose6776 2 жыл бұрын
@@joebarr725 Oh....Bahaha. Be kind: bcgrittner mixed up two composers, so not unrelated.
@owenevilmakings5433
@owenevilmakings5433 Жыл бұрын
@@joebarr725you don’t gotta do a 70 y/o like that💀
@jankrautio
@jankrautio Жыл бұрын
I know what you mean. I wished I'd heard/seen Bernstein before I went to Indiana University and barely passed music theory! I had played piano for 11 years, and been taking vocal music lessons for about 5 years.
@michigan1947
@michigan1947 Жыл бұрын
There is an Elmer Bernstein but this is Leonard - who was not related to Elmer.
@stuffnuns
@stuffnuns 3 жыл бұрын
When Bernstein gave his televised Lincoln Center Concerts for Young People, I was very young, too young to understand the theory presented here. But, Bernstein had a way of enchanting us with his love of music, and his unbiased fondness for ALL music, influenced my tastes. I grew up loving Claaical, Romance, Folk, Blues, Country, Bluegrass, Roma, Indian, and so many kinds and styles - due much to Leonard Bernstein’s wonderful programs. He was a kind of a Mr. Rogers of music - before Mr. Rogers. I wish there were something like that now - where musical styles can be mingled, and we can understand each other better.
@MikehMike01
@MikehMike01 Жыл бұрын
The only thing I noticed from this video is how much he rubs his nose
@michellelekas211
@michellelekas211 Жыл бұрын
I loved these as a kid!
@jenniferflaherty730
@jenniferflaherty730 Жыл бұрын
I LITERALLY understood nothing of what he said. Yet I've played this clip 3x, just wishing I can grasp a moment of brilliance...
@daisuke4bleach
@daisuke4bleach 3 жыл бұрын
I knew he was eventually going to mention Bach. The dude that's genius really showcased the possibilities of music. I cant believe someone like Bach actually lived on this planet.
@thelonious-dx9vi
@thelonious-dx9vi 3 жыл бұрын
so *justly*, says Lennie, so rightly.
@stpd1957
@stpd1957 3 жыл бұрын
Well said
@nigelft
@nigelft 3 жыл бұрын
@@billlan0 I will always argue that that there are two periods in music history: BB (Before Bach), and AB (After Bach). Granted you also had Händel, but just in his massive Cantata Cycles alone (which very often take a decade, or more, to completely record), he managed to utterly change the musical landscape. I promise myself that in the year of my 55th birthday, I would love nothing more to spend a month or so, travelling around where Bach lived and worked, given his huge influence his music has had on my life ...
@lymanmj
@lymanmj 3 жыл бұрын
We have over 1,100 surviving compositions from J.S. Some musicologists believe there were several times more that have not survived. All of this written out by hand.
@crowkraehenfrau2604
@crowkraehenfrau2604 3 жыл бұрын
And revelling in the beauty of Mathematics while composing.
@LPJack02
@LPJack02 2 жыл бұрын
RIP Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 - October 14, 1990), aged 72 You will be remembered as a legend.
@germanchris4440
@germanchris4440 Жыл бұрын
Was he saved? According to his own words, he loved occultism, which is not a good sign at all. Anyway, without having believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior, there is no eternal peace.
@germanchris4440
@germanchris4440 Жыл бұрын
@rxw5520 You confirm what is obvious anyway: the word "Jewish " is simply used without even being defined. And that is fatally careless. What made Bernstein (and many others who are simply called that) a "Jew"? - Or, asked the other way around: What exactly is a "Jew" in the common, certainly usually unreflective use of the word? In other words, the definition that Bernstein, for example, corresponded to? If you are not just an "AI" KZbin bot, I'd like to hear an answer.
@YudronWangmo
@YudronWangmo Жыл бұрын
@@germanchris4440Okay, I’ll bite. Bernstein was born to Ukrainian Jewish parents, grew up in a Jewish neighborhood, and strongly support Israel. He was both culturally and genetically Jewish. He attended synagogue as a youth and learned Hebrew. He was also a closeted gay man, and-to this day-that often alienates people from institutional religion as they reach adulthood, especially in that era. It looks like you follow a middle eastern messianic religion comprising one third of the world’s population and expect everyone to share your beliefs. Leonard Bernstein conducted Christian, Jewish and other musical works without discrimination.
@germanchris4440
@germanchris4440 Жыл бұрын
@@YudronWangmo I will reply to you in detail. Would you perhaps take a careful look at this and then answer me again if applicable? Did he believe in the God of the Old Testament and try to keep the law, the Torah? This characterizes a true Jew above everything else. Or wasn't he a lover of occultism, i.e. the paganism that characterizes so-called "Judaism" today through the Babylonian Talmud, the Kabbalah, etc.? Did he believe in the God of the Old Testament and try to keep the law, the Torah? This characterizes a true Jew above everything else. Or wasn't he a lover of occultism, i.e. the paganism that characterizes so-called "Judaism" today through the Babylonian Talmud, the Kabbalah, etc.? I remind you that the synagogue of Satan are explicitly not Jews, but liars (Revelation 2:9 and 3:9). Pharisaism is a Babylonian cult - and today's rabbinism with its Talmudism is (according to the Jewish Encyclopedia) the modern continuation of Pharisaism. - And this is the occultism that so-called Jews sometimes even profess, such as Leonard Bernstein did. In that case, even if he were descended from the true Jews or the tribes of Israel, he would have been an apostate Jew who did what is an abomination before God. ANd to define the Jews simply as a race is a teaching of the Talmud, not a Jewish teaching. So, was Leonard Bernstein descended from Judah or one of the tribes of Israel? And: Was he of Jewish faith in God or did he follow the satanic-pharisaic Talmud? - Your explanations neither give a definition of the term "Jew", nor do they state that Bernstein was a Jew, namely in the biblical and therefore true sense of the word. So you have not answered my question and have not provided me with any clarity. However, it is precisely because this confusion surrounding the term Jew has been created that God will, in the end times, also and first of all exercise purifying judgments on the population of the present-day state of Israel, until it becomes clear in the end who the Jews or Israelites really are before God. Leonard Bernstein is no longer there, but the general question and uncertainty remains until God will provide the answer as far as the true remnant is concerned. This is not yet evident, neither in the current general population of the state called Israel nor in the other facts you share from Mr. Bernstein. However, as I said, there is much to suggest that he was at best an apostate Jew. - Or did he believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and tried to keep the law of God for the Jews?
@jorgemendez9082
@jorgemendez9082 Жыл бұрын
A legend for the ages
@jimlaguardia8185
@jimlaguardia8185 5 жыл бұрын
I have been teaching all of this to my students for 50 years. What a pleasure to hear it from someone else for a change.
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 3 жыл бұрын
Good going sir
@keithramsell9955
@keithramsell9955 2 жыл бұрын
Me too: you're not alone! It's EASY!!!!
@karaamundson3964
@karaamundson3964 5 жыл бұрын
I remember foolin' 'round on the piano, exploring the intervals upon which my cello was tuned (C G D A), and thinking, "violins have an E string...". I knew the key signatures and could hear fifths, so I just kept adding *one more sharp* and eventually I got to "B#"--C. I was fascinated by this and immediately took the "newly discovered concept" to my orchestra teacher. She was an old-fashioned teacher who taught with tough love and made sure we knew all our scales and could describe them accurately as well as play them. When I told her she got a shiny look in her eye and said, "That's the Circle of Fifths!" I was so proud and thrilled to make her proud. 💛
@Zed_Solo_RS
@Zed_Solo_RS 3 жыл бұрын
I am in awe of the level of knowledge so effortlessly communicated.
@Relaxicity
@Relaxicity Жыл бұрын
He is actually just showing off. You can tell by the fact that his lesson can only be understood by someone who already understands what he is saying.
@MikehMike01
@MikehMike01 Жыл бұрын
Maybe he should touch his nose some more
@cicook7
@cicook7 5 жыл бұрын
This man was creating so much energy and excitement around music and the joy of creating and understanding it.
@sschimel
@sschimel 7 жыл бұрын
I was a music major in college and I always loved music theory. I still read theory 40 years later. He's such a brilliant teacher.
@mnopkt7883
@mnopkt7883 5 жыл бұрын
I was a kid when LB was in his heyday; I had no grasp how brilliant & talented he was. Thanks for making this available!
@audio-video-stereo
@audio-video-stereo 6 жыл бұрын
I have an undergraduate degree in music and I gotta day he summed up an entire semester in 5 mins.
@TiberiusStorm
@TiberiusStorm 5 жыл бұрын
Yes but it's easier to digest when delivered slowly over time for most beginners.
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 5 жыл бұрын
I'll only remember it if I get to do it myself. If I hadn't done it myself already, I'd never remember this.
@nicolewerner2970
@nicolewerner2970 4 жыл бұрын
He basically summed up an undergrad music degree
@frankystrings
@frankystrings 4 жыл бұрын
there's always some sap saying this stuff... what you're forgetting is he himself learned all this over a time that didn't take 5 minutes
@chaselewis7853
@chaselewis7853 3 жыл бұрын
Period
@stevimichael5553
@stevimichael5553 5 жыл бұрын
A most brilliant instructor and certainly one of the most knowledgeable musicians that ever lived.
@powertube5671
@powertube5671 5 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to have a teacher like that. He makes, understanding music, fun and not so officious. He has a contagious enthusiasm.
@commentatron
@commentatron 5 жыл бұрын
In those days it helped to be to the manor born. Now, these KZbin crumbs of wisdom have mitigated that somewhat.
@CrowClouds
@CrowClouds Жыл бұрын
@@commentatron Ha!
@landunlocked2423
@landunlocked2423 6 жыл бұрын
Love hose concise this was. He’s right, music is truly a mathematical language all its own.
@robertmorency6335
@robertmorency6335 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I grew up watching his series of lectures for young people. The city, Lawrence, Massachusetts, was also where Leonard Bernstein was born and, I think, raised. Also, my parents rented out the second floor of their double-decker, and we once had a tenant who said that he went to grade school with the Maestro. our City has great pride in his being a native son. R.I.P., Lenny.
@oldfan1963
@oldfan1963 7 жыл бұрын
The best of Bernstein - he eagerly shared his knowledge with everyone. He wanted other people to really learn about music. Remember the Young People's concerts on CBS? And he had a great sense of humor.
@TheSteveBGreen
@TheSteveBGreen 5 жыл бұрын
"West Side Story" for me, remains the best and most complete musical of all time. The "Quintet" at the end of the first act is absolutely my favorite piece of theatrical music. Thank you, Mr. Bernstein and Mr. Sondheim.
@ayokay123
@ayokay123 Жыл бұрын
The irony is that he thought WSS was a nothing burger for him to compose. Not much more than an afterthought.
@alexallan-musicaaovivo500
@alexallan-musicaaovivo500 2 жыл бұрын
I learned more about the Circle Of Fifths here than in hours and hours of explanations I had before. The Great Bernstein!
@patricka.crawley6572
@patricka.crawley6572 7 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful instrument the piano is.
@scottmoyer1357
@scottmoyer1357 3 жыл бұрын
Bach was a teacher, a highly motivated musical educator whose studies and curiosity coupled with his deep levels of perception led him to discover all of these brilliant and magically mystical elements of music allowing composers to expand their usage of the 12 notes into chords and harmonies never seen nor heard of before. Bach's genius was far beyond the norm as he spent endless days and years of his life in musical discovery and evolution so as to provide new and more progressive lessons for his students. All of his inventions were simply studies he created to keep his students fully engaged & enlightened as to what the full range, possibilities and scope of music actually is. His findings remain the most profound discoveries in the history of music. He created music that would have taken light years to uncover and shape into useful concepts and exercises. One must wonder what , if at all, his predecessors were even thinking.
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 3 жыл бұрын
Yes Bach was a genius but if you go into that room and apply yourself and are able to accurately focus your inquiry than even you or I will start to make forward motion it's not magic as much as determined persistant inquiry. What's very fascinating to me is how he was able to combine the very complex art of Counterpoint with all its structural permutations with the then NEW harmonic possibilities of unlimited modulation and even some chromatically altered harmony being clearly indicated no stated via his amazing counterpoint.
@jwmc41
@jwmc41 2 жыл бұрын
You seem to be answering your own question.
@TheJamnesia
@TheJamnesia Жыл бұрын
Bach was in a league of his own but Scarlatti was no slouch.
@gaopinghu7332
@gaopinghu7332 Жыл бұрын
Light years are a unit of lenght, though.
@phillipstrommer4668
@phillipstrommer4668 Жыл бұрын
Even Sting was quoted as saying that Bach was his teacher..Great Sting interview by Rick Beato on Utube.
@porukun52
@porukun52 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Leonard Bernstein for your New York Phil and Young People’s Concerts that I watched growing up in Kentucky in the 1960s. My mother would tune it in, but I watched it. WLAC in Nashville would broadcast those kinds of things back then as well as the Grand Ole Opry. Mr. Bernstein, whose music was also on our phonograph at home (Time-Life records), is the reason I have been a professional violinist for the last 40 years. Happy 100th! (Same age as my mother) Wish you were still with us, but of course, you are, in the legacy you left behind.
@RagingCanuck
@RagingCanuck Жыл бұрын
My beloved piano teacher, James Hopkirk, told me about the circle of fifths when I was about 11 years old. The most brilliant and enlightened of music educators, he explained this concept to me clearly and concisely, ending with, “So you see, Lois, all music exists in nature. We merely have to find it.” Fifty years after his death, I still mourn his passing.
@johnlewis1640
@johnlewis1640 6 жыл бұрын
I watched this series as a junior high school student and it had a great impact on me, thank you Mr. Bernstein.
@jonneville2287
@jonneville2287 4 жыл бұрын
The great composers and musicians have an insight that goes beyond description. They can explain seemingly complex subjects more succinctly than the average piano teacher can do in 6 months of tedious lessons. This video is bookmarked for my students to watch.
@CrewsTheWildDawg
@CrewsTheWildDawg 6 жыл бұрын
One of the most brilliant musical minds of all time. I love this!
@carlajpatterson
@carlajpatterson 7 жыл бұрын
This was at Harvard, but he also gave us kids in Philly the same lecture (and many more) in a program called Music for Children back in the 50's. It was one of the truly formative experiences of my life - a life firmly rooted in a love for making, and hearing, understanding, and standing on its head, all aspects of music.
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 7 жыл бұрын
very cool
@dottymark1921
@dottymark1921 4 жыл бұрын
This is a perfect score for a very sweet film. The score captured the action, the moods and the activities of the main character, Paulette. I have a friend who is blind. Her husband played the video while she listened to the music. There after, her husband told her Paulette’s story. He told her what she did, how she was feeling, and her various activities in the film. Then her husband played the video a second time. She told me that she could visualize Paulette. That she could visualize the actions as the score became brighter and faster. She could visualize Paulette’s moods, particularly when she was sad, as the music was slower and more somber. This friend has no musical background at all. Yet in this short film, the score so perfectly replicated the action of the film, that even a blind person could “see“ it. I don’t think there can be a better complement for the score than that.
@stevimichael5553
@stevimichael5553 5 жыл бұрын
Harvard lectures by Bernstein are a must for those who wish to have a unique understanding of the fundamentals of music. A lot to absorb but worth every penny and time spent on each lecture.
@god-son-love
@god-son-love 8 жыл бұрын
As a physicists student, I will totally vote him for this years best physics teacher. He elucidated a lot. Greatest 5 min indeed.
@sebastianzaczek
@sebastianzaczek 6 жыл бұрын
Porschen Hund *6 minutes
@Cherem777
@Cherem777 5 жыл бұрын
r/iamverysmart
@birdsoldtimegospelmusic
@birdsoldtimegospelmusic Жыл бұрын
I love this guy. I learned the number system from one of his 5 minute "lessons" like this from one of his children's concerts. It matters who the teacher is. They tried to teach me in college but just didn't click. Bernstein nailed it in 5 minutes for me. The best music lesson I ever received. By the way, if you are into music and don't know the number system, learn it. It will change how you approach music and give everything a "name". Much easier to conceive and or remember music when you have someway to enumerate and name everything you are hearing.
@belindadrake5487
@belindadrake5487 Жыл бұрын
It’s called the ‘Nashville System’my Friend! 😃👊🏾🎹
@birdsoldtimegospelmusic
@birdsoldtimegospelmusic Жыл бұрын
@@belindadrake5487 You are somewhat correct in that many call it that now. Neal Matthews Jr. of the Jordainaires in the 50's took the old way of doing it with Roman numerals, which had been around since the late 1700's and basically just changed the Roman numerals to Arabic numerals and he and Charlie McCoy with very few modifications popularized it's use in Nashville. Neal probably went to "music school" somewhere lol! Once you know the system, learning a "pop" or "country" song is simply a short sequence of numbers which the musician can then easily remember and embellish from his own expertise or experience. They called it a head arrangement. This allowed the musicians to work together to create a unique arrangement from several brains instead of one. Works rather nicely. If you've ever played in a band you know what I mean. So yes, a lot of people today call it the Nashville system. However, it's roots go back almost 200 years. But it's the most important thing we can learn when we first start to learn music because it's a way to "visualize" what we hear. It becomes a way to "name" what we are hearing so to speak. I know it totally changed how I comprehend and remember music once I understood it. It's a bit like being "born again" in music! So whether you get if from "music school" with Roman numerals, or "Nashville" with Arabic numerals, the concept is the same and I highly recommend it.
@belindadrake5487
@belindadrake5487 Жыл бұрын
@@birdsoldtimegospelmusic YES, my friend, l am well aware of all that you’ve said! I do know that. I wanted to keep it fairly basic, because some people just don’t like theory . 😳 Have you met people like that? OF COURSE YOU HAVE!! And yes, l have played in many bands. There’s so many ways to tackle learning music. You never stop learning. Personally , l love being a professional muso, who loves theory. I’m grateful that you put it all up. You put a smile on my ‘dial’ 😁!l! Maybe too, you know of John Cages 4”33!. Take care! You should check it out! I’d love to know wot you think of that one 😁Bravo my Friend !, 😃👍🏾🎹🎸
@birdsoldtimegospelmusic
@birdsoldtimegospelmusic Жыл бұрын
@@belindadrake5487 To say that Cage's music is "experimental" would be an understatement lol! I knew of him and his, shall we say unorthodoxed approach to music, but Had not "heard" this particular piece, nor much of anything from him really. I'm doing a "theory in small Bytes" series that will go up on one of my KZbin channels before too long and I point out that music is any progression of sounds or silences that we can come up with. I also point out that if you want to make a living in music tho, you might want to stick with something other than someone chopping up a piano and releasing it on a CD lol! Good to meet another "music nerd" lol! I've been one all my life. At 78 I'm just glad I lived long enough to see all the advances in the tech used to play and create music. I was blessed with the knack for playing most anything of a musical instrument nature and I just got a Linnstrument which I'm told has been around since 2015 or so but I just heard about them and Immediately ordered one to control synths with. What a neat piece of equipment. I LOVE this thing. But it is a great example of many technologies put into one package and it could not have existed just a few year ago. I go back to working in a studio in the 60's and we had two 2 track Ampex machines running at 15 ips and a punch in was where you took two or three takes, selected the best parts and then spliced them together with a razor blade and tape. I now have a computer system with 48 light wire channels to a Yamaha DM2000, works like a charm, sounds great and you can automate punchin's. Disneyworld!! And the plugins!! And don't get me started on the internet and the wealth of knowledge available instantly. You don't even have to type if you don't want to, just talk to it, and here's the scary part, it talks back lol! Good to meet you my friend. I know we'd enjoy talking over "a cup of coffee". You sound like "good people".
@benkebret8363
@benkebret8363 5 жыл бұрын
This man is a unique conductor teacher and comedian wish he was still alive Thank you sir or madam for this video
@harrymills2770
@harrymills2770 4 жыл бұрын
It helped to have a ton of charisma.
@berlinerinberlinerin7357
@berlinerinberlinerin7357 Жыл бұрын
How I miss Mr. Bernstein...he gave me so much.. What a sense of humor....what a genius..
@nickr.4120
@nickr.4120 4 жыл бұрын
The part where he mentioned the fifths and how that works with the twelve tone harmony blew my mind. The circle of fifths.
@tonyl4264
@tonyl4264 5 ай бұрын
Explain a little more? I don't quite get it. I get the circle of fifths
@francanino4190
@francanino4190 6 жыл бұрын
Leonard Bernstein would be turning 100 in August/2018 and his centennial is being observed throughout the world. THank you for such an amazing music!
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 6 жыл бұрын
Huh... ok cool
@wovfm
@wovfm 5 жыл бұрын
What an outstanding self assured leisurely lesson. Bernstein command and confidence is impressive to watch.
@tonym994
@tonym994 8 жыл бұрын
Leonard Bernstein was not a musical snob. he gave a stunning review to the 1969 lp 'TOMMY' by the WHO. written by Pete Townshend(w/ a couple of important songs by John Entwistle). it wasn't because of any musical virtuosity ,but rather it's energy and historic significance .they were the first Rock band to play the MET w/ their Rock "Opera".Bernstein attended,apparently, and personally praised Townshend. there is your 2 cents from a rock( WHO) fan .I play a little guitar. I'll be watching this again .I saw WEST SIDE STORY when it was re-released in the mid 60's( if I'm not mistaken). I wanted to be in a gang and sing at the same time .I've seen subsequent screenings and to say it holds up well would be an understatement. if it comes your way, find out first if it's the re-mastered version. THAT'S an experience! if you love music, you'll never tire of the seemingly endless credits accompanied by Bernstein's brilliant score.
@coreycox2345
@coreycox2345 7 жыл бұрын
Last year, I took my mom to see a production of West Side Story that was produced at the Banff School of Fine Arts. We loved it. The way that it opens with a vibrant number stands out. I came home and watched the movie version the next day. A singing dancing gang. :)
@tonym994
@tonym994 7 жыл бұрын
glad you guys had a good time .I might call that soundtrack the best I ever heard .the film also has a great intro. camera pans NewYork from the air
@user-np3mj3bf6f
@user-np3mj3bf6f 7 жыл бұрын
I had no idea he did a review of that album, thanks. I do know he praised the Beatles as well a few times. I think the reason why there was such negativity/snobbery towards rock music in the classical world is due to it's vast commercial and popular success in the 20th century while classical composers struggled to be successful (it's the same way many (but not all) rock fans feel towards rap and hip hop these days - which do have merits of their own as well.)
@normantrombon
@normantrombon 7 жыл бұрын
Tony M ...in the young peoples' concert he used 'You really got me going' by the Kinks to demonstrate the mixolydian mode!
@tonym994
@tonym994 7 жыл бұрын
thanx, norm .now I just need to find out exactly what a mixolydian mode is.
@philitesta2495
@philitesta2495 Жыл бұрын
I remember when i was a kid in the '70s Italian tv broadcasted some of his lessons, i was already totally fascinated! A great musical myth as a director, composer, pianist and teacher... ❤️
@MR_Mocha_Major
@MR_Mocha_Major 5 жыл бұрын
I wish professors taught like this today. As a person who has never taken a music class, he made this so easy to understand. Excellent teacher.
@damonmoney4474
@damonmoney4474 5 жыл бұрын
KZbinrs need to to their game for 6 minute videos. 1. Straight to content. 2. Development of content. 3. Beautiful content. 4. Interesting content. 5. Thought provoking content. 6. I am content.
@AndrewFurmanczyk86
@AndrewFurmanczyk86 5 жыл бұрын
Underrated Comment.
@amitraam1270
@amitraam1270 5 жыл бұрын
Alas, KZbin awards 10 minute clips, thus forcing creators to add fluff. Just think, a decision of a single manager somewhere in Alphabet (google), can save humanity millions of man-hours watching fluff and filler.
@jfo3000
@jfo3000 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly, it's getting difficult to watch KZbin videos anymore, they've caused KZbin to have gone the route of network TV. However, this video was incredible.
@janosk8392
@janosk8392 4 жыл бұрын
@@jfo3000 Agree, I spend half my video time sorting fluff from fibre. Looking forward to the manager who can sort it out.
@GCCork
@GCCork 8 жыл бұрын
I barely understood what he was trying to get across but I will certainly be watching several times over to better understand his method of teaching.
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 8 жыл бұрын
good going !
@kaustik185
@kaustik185 8 жыл бұрын
i wouldn't have got this two years ago, now, it blew my mind. keep that sh' up :)
@pobz100
@pobz100 8 жыл бұрын
You need to understand the 'interval' and the 'diatonic' system to really undersand this. It's not so complicated.
@bryanstarkweather
@bryanstarkweather 7 жыл бұрын
what is basically talking about is the ever-diminishing distance between intervals that the human brain keeps evolving to find Pleasant. Even a hundred and fifty years ago, a minor second was considered a very ugly sound. now of course, with jazz, and modern music, it's not uncommon at all. it can sound quite beautiful in the right context. And now we begin to delve into things like quarter tones, and microtones. My education is probably very similar to Bernstein's, except obviously, being born in the 80s, everything he knew I was able to learn younger, and I'll pass down what I learn to composers and musicologists of the future. perhaps in a hundred years, the quarter tone will be very common, who knows?
@ryankuzmic595
@ryankuzmic595 7 жыл бұрын
He's kind of talking about two or three things. They're all fairly simple, but they are very important. First, is the progression of western music theory. Early music was focused on droning or octaves, then incorporated fifths (V's, dominants), then fourths (IV's, mediants), and then thirds. Thirds were either major or minor, and those gave you a major or minor chord. The key concept is that composers didn't think of music as being based around keys or chords until remarkably late; the most important unit before was intervals. When thirds began to be introduced, the concept of "tonality" was as well. This simply means that your music is in a "key", which means it has a limited number of notes in it. Then came sevenths, seconds and sixths. What happened was you had notes that fit into the key, this was tonal music. Those notes and chords had set roles, set meanings in that key. E.g., the fifth dominates it (specifically because all of the individual notes that are present in the V chord are shared or want to resolve to the I chord). These 'roles' are known as "diatonic function". The next interesting part was that this still didn't really work for instruments unless you retuned them for each key. This is because of what he was (I think) alluding to (confusingly) with the circle of fifths. To find the actual pitch frequency of the second or sixth, you had to find them by taking a fraction of the harmonic interval of two other notes. Basically, what this means is, there came to be a difference in frequency between, for example, an A# and a Bb depending on what key, and what direction you're moving in. What this means is, one instrument could not modulate keys. Because the notes would be out of tune. This led to the introduction of "equal temperament" (except for Germany - forget about germany) in the majority of music. This allows you to walk up to a piano and play in any key. But fundamentally, some of your notes are chosen at makeshift frequencies in between their natural #/b frequencies by (iirc) 100 "cents" (a unit of measurement of physical frequency). The final part is: once you had equal temperament, you now had 12 universal notes that you could combine in certain ways (tonally), or do any of the awful things that composers started doing in the 20th century, that made academic music super hard to listen to. Such as: button mash in a horrible mishmash of any combination of the 12 notes you wanted (playing chromatically). Chromatic means playing a sequence of the 12 notes in a row. I joke, but it has it's place. You can also use all 12 notes, and never create a tonic center, or have an ambiguous, shifting tonality (12 tone music). Finally, coming virtually full circle to the greeks, having equal temperament allows us to write in modes - which awesomely, and confusingly enough, have a tonality but do not have diatonic function. So you play all the notes found in a plain major or minor (or other) scale, but emphasize a different note as the tonal center of the song, and all of a sudden you have all kinds of neat weird stuff like minor iv chords. They sound very exotic. This all happened in about the last 1000 years of western music (not counting greek modes).
@edwardlobb931
@edwardlobb931 6 жыл бұрын
What a blessing, to be here for us, at his age. The many who resented his genius will always reveal his strength.
@gin4king110
@gin4king110 2 жыл бұрын
I won't lie, this went over my head the first watch, but I'm sure it'll blow me away after a few more. I can't wait!
@gpallay1240
@gpallay1240 2 жыл бұрын
Saw him conducting when I was a child. Still sharp in my recollection. A musical genius!
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 7 жыл бұрын
Well glad to see folks are still checking this out. I hope the content will spur some of you to watch this 6 part series in it's entirety. It's posted numerous places "cagin" or "Shawn Bay" for example. I can attest the entire series is liberally seeded with what is best and too often forgotten or overlooked about Western culture and Art Music. Not to mention amazing insights into the architecture and mindset of great composers and the underlying strings that connect all the arts.
@NathalieVillanueva83
@NathalieVillanueva83 2 жыл бұрын
Where can we find this?
@rkoorse
@rkoorse Жыл бұрын
my thanks to you for doing this. I am sending the video to two friends, one a physicist the other an MD with strong musical bent. And to my daughter, maybe she'll watch with HER two young ones. And I will watch the rest of the series. Again, thank you!
@rosaphilosoph
@rosaphilosoph 5 жыл бұрын
God, please give us more educators like Lenny ❤️!
@craigbrowning9448
@craigbrowning9448 9 жыл бұрын
I don't exactly know about that last (J. S.) Bach comment. Bach's era started the use of more refined temperaments, but they were still unequal, but were playable to transposed to 12 keys ("Well" Temperaments and the like). The theory of Equal temperament existed since the Renaissance, but was not put into practice until the mid to late 19th Century.
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 9 жыл бұрын
Craig Browning Yes yes in the end you stated the point here . There is no possibility for the modern musical world as we know it if you can't use the note F# in the key of C or any note in any key . Thats the point. Bach more than anyone else established this post tempered stage for the rest of the History of Western Art Music to play out on . He did that by composing truly great eye opening music in all keys; all the while conducting his own very musical yet surprisingly advanced inquiries into chromatic density.The history of European Classical Music (is) in fact, a history of the continual inclusion of more and more notes outside the key . Not just through increased modulation and increased melodic chromaticism but also through the inclusion of chromatically altered harmonies . This composer driven process (includes your favorites) creating higher and higher levels of chromatic density stalled in the early 20th century because at that point any further increase of said overall chromatic density would and did create polytonality and/or atonality . Bernstein refers to this crucial point as the 20th Century Crisis .Any survey of the history of Western Art Music that fails to mention this little understood but deeply central fact is most surely extremely lawed . That is, in the end ,the subject of this lecture series .
@BrooklinFunkProject
@BrooklinFunkProject 5 жыл бұрын
This is an excerpt from the 1973 Norton lecture series at Harvard. Watch the whole 6 or so hours, I have - it is all equally brilliant.
@xxsaruman82xx87
@xxsaruman82xx87 5 жыл бұрын
The warmest, most compassionate, most talented man of the 20th century.
@bravaLiz
@bravaLiz 9 жыл бұрын
Never among my favorite conductors. Reasons for that, not to explain here. However.... a BRILLIANT musician and educator. Also FAR UNDERRATED as a composer. This is a must see for all music students studying music fundamentals and those studying form and analysis. Thank You for sharing this!
@RyanONeilmusic
@RyanONeilmusic 6 жыл бұрын
way underrated asa composer Chichester Psalms is my JAM!
@justincombs7433
@justincombs7433 4 жыл бұрын
His interpretations are definitely open to criticism for sure, as well as his technique. But in terms of understanding music fully and having a master's control over the craft? No. It can't be debated. Lenny understood scores backwards and forwards. And while as I mentioned some of his interpretations are somewhat interesting (especially Beethoven's) and especially in his later years, his overall understanding and command of the podium can never be debated. He may not be the best baton technician, but he's one of the greatest musicians of the modern era hands down. And yes, highly underrated as a composer; I've played through so much of his stuff lately and it's just amazing the musicality and technique in his pieces.
@MaestroTJS
@MaestroTJS 4 жыл бұрын
For me it's the other way around. While some of his interpretations might be controversial, they are enlightening in some way. (Gould is also like this, but much more so.) He fully understood the larger picture of what he was conducting and made a coherent interpretation as he understood it. I haven't liked any of his music. West Side is catchy enough, but I'm not really into musicals at all.
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 6 жыл бұрын
Just listened to Symphony #2 the Age of Anxiety, by Bernstein and pop efforts notwithstanding this guy could write it was eye opening don't know why I never got around to it.
@mikedonovan4768
@mikedonovan4768 Жыл бұрын
This is the sort of video that even if you're not into music theory, is really interesting. The best 5 minutes in KZbin land ! 👍
@michaelmills2625
@michaelmills2625 5 жыл бұрын
This is the material I got in music appreciation at UNC Chapel Hill many years ago, but delivered with wonderful concision and panache.
@tastymouse
@tastymouse 5 жыл бұрын
I grew up in NYC when Bernstein led the NY Phil. Young Peoples Concerts were aired on TV. Bernstein was brilliant on these. He was able to communicate to young people very intelligently and clearly. It was truly a blessing growing up there in such an artistically rich environment. Bernstein was truly a gift to the world.
@andreashoppe1969
@andreashoppe1969 7 жыл бұрын
Listening to his voice by itsself is music to my ears already!
@julieberkowitz2750
@julieberkowitz2750 Жыл бұрын
He defines the word magnetism. Even if you think he is a narcissist he is a good narcissist. (Never heard that before ). The man is so compelling and probably the best musical instrument to have ever existed . A force like no other.
@sprezzatura8755
@sprezzatura8755 Жыл бұрын
Sadly it seems that the Larger than Life musical giant archetype like Berstein is out of fashion.These days it seems the priority is equality over excellence.
@julieberkowitz2750
@julieberkowitz2750 Жыл бұрын
@@sprezzatura8755 highly disagree. And it is a sad take on such genius
@sprezzatura8755
@sprezzatura8755 Жыл бұрын
@@julieberkowitz2750 it is possible you have misunderstood me. I have edited my comment for clarification. I'm a big Bernstein fan.
@julieberkowitz2750
@julieberkowitz2750 Жыл бұрын
I think maybe I am wrong but it goes something like: 1. Leonard Bernstein 2. Elvis Presley 3. Bob Dylan 4. Frank Sinatra 5. Joni Mitchell
@julieberkowitz2750
@julieberkowitz2750 Жыл бұрын
Bernstein is also a major Orator. Like the guys from Ancient Greece or Rome or you know
@RogerHeathers
@RogerHeathers 6 жыл бұрын
This stuff occupies my head every day. I’m sure it does for so many of you too. A lifetime of wonderful tonal relationships to learn!
@KiatHuang
@KiatHuang 4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Breathtakingly informative and entertaining, seemingly without drawing breath. Such skill, flair and genius. This video and it's effect remind me of the famous lectures of physicist Richard Feynman, though finding the best 5 minutes from them would be a challenge :)
@chrissanders1043
@chrissanders1043 6 жыл бұрын
that was like 3 years of music theory packed into one shotgun blast. i need a nap.
@joannamikka3983
@joannamikka3983 5 жыл бұрын
Same here.It SHOULD be shown at every school.
@quabledistocficklepo3597
@quabledistocficklepo3597 5 жыл бұрын
@@joannamikka3983, Why? Why do you want to torture the kids?
@diabl2master
@diabl2master 5 жыл бұрын
Three years..? Really?
@wjlbrz
@wjlbrz 5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely agreed! 😅😅
@mccloysong
@mccloysong 5 жыл бұрын
The best comment of the page, right there.
@gybx4094
@gybx4094 4 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid in the 1960's, Leonard Bernstein had orchestral teaching shows for young people on TV. I don't remember what it was called, but he helped us understand all of the musical instruments and their roles in the orchestra. He was fascinating.
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah the Young People's Concerts
@justincombs7433
@justincombs7433 4 жыл бұрын
He also had a few shows on Omnibus, which was kinda of a earlier version of PBS educational television, except it showed on a major network on Sunday afternoons or evenings. The quality of the programming was outstanding. Especially when you consider the absolute GARBAGE we have on TV these days. Imagine sitting in your living room watching say Simon Rattle or James Levine talking about a musical topic for an hour on a major network these days. But yes, his Young People's Concerts were WONDERFUL exposures for children to be introduced to music in all shapes and forms.
@robertwebb3546
@robertwebb3546 2 жыл бұрын
That was when TV was intended to both entertain and inform. Not much of the latter these days.
@svendbosanvovski4241
@svendbosanvovski4241 4 жыл бұрын
Great man. Many here might like to view the wonderful documentary on Mr Bernstein's life. He wasn't just a great conductor and composer, but someone who felt deeply about his fellow man.
@homayoontv
@homayoontv 3 жыл бұрын
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@bobsaturday4273
@bobsaturday4273 5 жыл бұрын
Leonards genius is rooted in a perfect understanding of the science of music
@rkgrant
@rkgrant 4 жыл бұрын
A nicely presented overview of music, its evolution and its relation to the physics of the overtone series but this is meaningful only to people already familiar with the material...its a particularly elegant and concise summary of that which they already know. It presupposes an understanding of what is meant by say an octave, a fifth, chromaticism, overtone, harmonic series etc. etc.
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 4 жыл бұрын
Hey genius this is all correct except for one huge glaring error: and that is, this is a 5 min snippet of a 2hr long lecture, the 1st of 6... I'd say here we are 50min in and, you as a lay person aren't dealing with any undefined terms. Not to mention that by now you understand scientifically why major sounds happy and, minor not so much, as well as why children the whole world round sing the same taunting song. Plus you know what a monogenetic phoneme is!; as well as why the pentatonic scale is one.
@nuclearhotseat1550
@nuclearhotseat1550 Жыл бұрын
I was a production assistant on this, the Charles Elliot Norton Lectures at Harvard in 1973. Bernstein lectured on Mondays at Harvard,, in a major theatre, and then recorded on Tuesdays at WGBH.. Because the studio had to be kept very cold to counteract the heat of the lights, the biggest problem was keeping the piano in tune so all his demonstration chords would play properly. The Steinway had to be tuned three times on recording days - first thing in the morning, after the rehearsal, and then right before taping.
@JDMVman
@JDMVman 3 жыл бұрын
I love that after a few years of Rick Beato this all makes perfect sense to me now. I wish it had always been this simple.
@georgemartin5980
@georgemartin5980 Жыл бұрын
Rick Beato is actually a good name to mention for having an ability to explain things.
@andreataylor5516
@andreataylor5516 2 жыл бұрын
He was brilliant I have been enjoying his concerts for kids sooooo interesting No one else did this He was soooo talented
@evansclan4eva49
@evansclan4eva49 4 жыл бұрын
The two greatest things mankind has achieved - the equation for relativity and being able to grab notes out of the air and put them on paper.
@davidwise1302
@davidwise1302 5 жыл бұрын
In that series of lectures, Leonard Bernstein taught me how to do algebra word problems, which has served me very well. At one point in his musings about musical linguistics, he placed music high on a spectrum from metaphorical to concrete. Music, like poetry, was placed very high on the metaphorical end of that scale, so mathematics must be placed on the lower more concrete end. With analytical geometry, you can express every single infinite point in a line or a curve or a circle, etc, with a single expression. A very nearly infinite set of points expressed with a single simple expression. How much more power could you ever hope to get? Now, once I realized that algebra was primarily a language, well I knew how to translate from one language to another. And the rest was simplicity itself.
@scottward7813
@scottward7813 Жыл бұрын
That this man is so smart, engaging, and interesting on a subject I know nothing about is mind blowing.
@pukulu
@pukulu 4 жыл бұрын
Bernstein was a great communicator and it helped that he was also a tremendous composer and conductor.
@ardiris2715
@ardiris2715 7 жыл бұрын
This popped up among my search for postgrad math lectures. After watching it, I see why. Bernstein understood permutations and ordered sets. Give youtube's algorithms a rich sample of watched videos with little noise, and this is the depth of the results.
@quaver1239
@quaver1239 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! As a teen in a rural town in the 1950s, I learnt an enormous amount about classical music from Leonard Bernstein’s lessons on LP records. He analysed symphonies and concerti so that anyone could understand them. I loved him from a distance, and have always been grateful to him. He was a born teacher, and now his daughter Jamie does the same as he did, in a different format. What a talented, generous and unusual family they are!
@wrightgregson9761
@wrightgregson9761 4 жыл бұрын
how many of you all are old enough to remember Bernstein's series on music that PBS tv presented back in the 1950s or 1960s. Absolutely wonderful and i wish it could be presented today.
@josephstreppone9814
@josephstreppone9814 3 жыл бұрын
Five minutes of music education I need to completely understand thank you Mr. Leonard Bernstein
@gezginorman
@gezginorman 4 жыл бұрын
"equally powerful and contradictory in nature" such a dialectical way to see things
@pasion4piano
@pasion4piano 3 жыл бұрын
After 52 years of playing by ear on my piano, this man is in lighting what’s coming naturally to my humble plays
@antoni7999
@antoni7999 3 жыл бұрын
What a waste of time
@vogelvogeltje
@vogelvogeltje 2 жыл бұрын
@@antoni7999 what a waste of time learning music 😂 it can be played by ear.
@dam09ify
@dam09ify 9 жыл бұрын
This is sensational - exactly what teaching music should be.
@littleheath1666
@littleheath1666 7 жыл бұрын
Damian Broderick . yes but its all bullshit. Ask The Beatles who wrote more famous tunes than Bach or Mozart or Bernsteinn.
@blahdelablah
@blahdelablah 7 жыл бұрын
+Philip Hunter, the Beatles were interested in using interesting harmonies in their songs. For example: www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/news/you-gave-me-the-answer-paulmccartneycom-asks
@MrJingres
@MrJingres 7 жыл бұрын
It is not bullshit. We can safely assume the Beatles didn't know as much theory as Leonard, but they were still bound by western music's rules, whether directly known to them or not. The proof of this is shown in an analysis of the Beatles music itself. They would not have been popular had they completely ignored all the rules they had absorbed in their formative years, learning and playing (cover) songs that did generally follow the rules. While one doesn't have to know any music theory to write a good song, doing so makes it much easier and success more likely, ie. less trial and error, less dependence on luck.
@quabledistocficklepo3597
@quabledistocficklepo3597 7 жыл бұрын
Jd Ingres, "less trial and error," That makes a lot of sense.
@swarze
@swarze 6 жыл бұрын
This is not bullshit. I adore the Beatles, but I am a musician, and I actually attended these lectures live back in the 70s , and can tell you first hand they were terrific. Bernstein was an inspired teacher with vast knowledge and a passion for sharing it. He was also an inspired student. He did not think he knew it all. He was always hungry to hear more, and learn more. Paul McCartney would LOVE this stuff, because McCartney is smart enough to know HE doesn't know everything. All the best artists never stop learning. And as far as "famous tunes" are concerned. I beg to differ. Bach and Mozart have been pleasing audiences for hundreds of years. HUNDREDS OF YEARS. I fell in love with the Beatles in 1964, and I know every melody and lyric they ever recorded. Hundreds of years from now, they might still be appreciated, but Mozart has been dead for over 200 years, and his music continues to be played and appreciated in virtually every country on the planet since he wrote the stuff.
@chazmann108
@chazmann108 Жыл бұрын
Bernie summed it ALL up when he told the 'young people' that music helps us to feel all those emotions for which there are NO WORDS. The TRUTH, distilled by this great man.
@colbyandbrennen3543
@colbyandbrennen3543 2 жыл бұрын
I love videos like this where while he can't share any more information these exist for future generations
@MrDb4894
@MrDb4894 5 жыл бұрын
Professor: 2.5 minutes Title: 5 minutes Video: 6 minutes
@zarez974
@zarez974 5 жыл бұрын
Hotel : Trivago
@mj31382
@mj31382 4 жыл бұрын
Me: half hour later... Huh?
@FrogEnjoyer17
@FrogEnjoyer17 4 жыл бұрын
It’s time inflation, duh
@nathancoffman3025
@nathancoffman3025 4 жыл бұрын
His Speech: Amazing His Singing: Better luck next time?
@genedryer-bivins8314
@genedryer-bivins8314 4 жыл бұрын
@Truthfears Guilty - Thanks for your erudite opinion.
@RasierapparaT
@RasierapparaT 6 жыл бұрын
This could perfectly be a today's TED talk.
@mitigiant5328
@mitigiant5328 5 жыл бұрын
RasierapparaT si thats why KZbin recommend me Ted videos after this? ...
@doublenegation7870
@doublenegation7870 5 жыл бұрын
Don't cheapen this man's legacy.
@mika274
@mika274 5 жыл бұрын
TED talk is not worthy of this
@viciniusoommen
@viciniusoommen 4 жыл бұрын
I hear you
@brianskinner2864
@brianskinner2864 9 жыл бұрын
I know zip about music theory, but found this stimulating to listen to, even though I came out the far side as ignorant as I came in. What fun.
@DMTInfinity
@DMTInfinity 7 жыл бұрын
Brian Skinner ......
@sexology
@sexology 7 жыл бұрын
Theory is not that important, don't worry. Not knowing theory doesn't make you an ignorant.
@rolandgerard6064
@rolandgerard6064 7 жыл бұрын
Sebastián Arashiro what you are saying is the same as saying you can talk so to be able to read and to write is not important. Of course it's important.
@sexology
@sexology 7 жыл бұрын
It's not that important, that's what I said, meaning one can not know theory but still be a great musician, not that it would be a bad idea for someone to learn theory. But it doesn't make someone an ignorant or incompetent. It's also possible that someone can know a lot of music theory but still be musically incompetent.
@nikkpalumbo5098
@nikkpalumbo5098 7 жыл бұрын
planty of people don know how to read or right, but can still communicate. Have you read the comments lately?
@UnknownIdaho
@UnknownIdaho 5 жыл бұрын
Really fascinating but rather over my head as My middle school music teacher Mr Smith taught me to hate music theory and middle school music teachers but I still loved all kinds of music. Took until I was 30 and learned to play folk-rock-Blues on guitar left-handed till I could really pursue it. A good teacher can make a wonderful impression, a bad one can take years to recover from.
@UnknownIdaho
@UnknownIdaho 5 жыл бұрын
@Dan Shevock I think internet spelled backwards is elobrepyh....
@shadowjack8
@shadowjack8 2 жыл бұрын
I've learned more in five minutes than I did in seven years of primary education. I'm saving this video to watch again. I fear I may need to watch it more than a few times.
@DavidA-ps1qr
@DavidA-ps1qr 4 жыл бұрын
I just wish we had more musicians like Bernstein in today's society. At the moment there is absolutely nobody. No wonder classical music is dying a slow death. I weep.
@FeonaLeeJones
@FeonaLeeJones 2 жыл бұрын
Theres plenty of great teachers these days...!!!!
@DavidA-ps1qr
@DavidA-ps1qr 2 жыл бұрын
@@FeonaLeeJones So why is the standard of music being produced so diabolical and those standing in the Prom during Promenade concerts all look like members of the Darby & Joan Club?
@FeonaLeeJones
@FeonaLeeJones 2 жыл бұрын
​@@DavidA-ps1qr I do think all composers having come after JS Bach, are all trying to reinvent music and and not try and copy their predecessors...its like its been done, what else can a composer create that is different and unique? I feel like many composers have been able to incorporate many influences in their music, but I do agree that the original great composers are all Source for the newer composers...and its about how we can take what they did and make it our own. I don't know if this really answers your question, but I think we do have to continue the discovery and reinvention in music so it does not stay static.
@DavidA-ps1qr
@DavidA-ps1qr 2 жыл бұрын
@@FeonaLeeJones Thank you for your reply. I have checked your You Tube account and see you are obviously a very talented lady. To get into your position you would have had some excellent teachers as you mention. My original comment was aimed more at the average person's appreciation and understanding of "good" music. As I can see you are way above that average, it certainly doesn't apply to you :-)
@Juscz
@Juscz 8 жыл бұрын
I remember walking into an HMV store in London about 17 years back. Chancing into a bass fiddle player who was also a store salesman, we got to discussing music (of course). He revealed that he had played under the direction of a fair number of the better known conductors during the past 10 years. I asked him who his favorite was, expecting this bass fiddle player to respond that a European conductor was his favorite. He answered, "Bernstein." A bit surprised (but, as an American who really loved many of Bernstein's performances, quite happy at this response), I inquired as to why he liked Bernstein so much. He responded (approximately), "Bernstein always tried to teach you something. Moreover, he did it in a very enjoyable way." I think we also see both Bernstein's love of music and teaching music in this video you've posted, paxwallacejazz.
@russell_szabados
@russell_szabados 8 жыл бұрын
John Uscian : you nailed the very essence of Leonard Bernstein's importance in culture and his overwhelming popularity. As far as I know (and I only know what I've read or studied in college), he was committed to educating as many people as possible about the beauty in music. Orchestral music is "disliked" by so many people, especially in America, because no one has ever taken the time to teach them what it's about and how it is different - and yet the same - as every other kind of music people love. It doesn't help that many orchestral music fans have a snobbish attitude towards anything created by or enjoyed by "regular folks". I think that if that ridiculous snobbery suddenly disappeared tomorrow, a lot of people would be more willing to seek out the music of Mozart, Chopin or any of the masters. Anyway, just my $0.02. Have a great day. :-)
@Juscz
@Juscz 8 жыл бұрын
Great insights, Russell, and thanks for sharing them. Let's hope that classical music can again rise to greater overall appreciation in the USA again. We need a 21st Century Bernstein, that's for sure.
@russell_szabados
@russell_szabados 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you John. I am hopeful and even certain that there will be more with the special communicative talents of Leonard Bernstein in the near future, and he/she/they will wield influence & respect in equal measure precisely for the respect they show all people when discussing orchestral music, or high art of any discipline. If I may add a personal opinion, I think that could happen sooner rather than later if the music establishment would finally get over their fear, or undying love as it were, for modernism. Because that would lead us right into the composers of today...and *that* will be the key. Those who know nothing of this music are also confounded by the cult of 150 years past. There is much beautiful music being written now and eventually a major talent with star power and "the gift of gab" (to quote my Mom) will reinvigorate orchestral music and it's relevance in the zeitgeist.
@TickleMeElmo55
@TickleMeElmo55 7 жыл бұрын
And what are the things "regular folks" enjoy that you allude to?
@paxwallacejazz
@paxwallacejazz 7 жыл бұрын
who Bernstein ? or me? well Bernstein is dead; so not currently alluding to much and "I am not dead yet ,I think," (Bring out yer Dead) oh you mean John Uscian cool never mind .
@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony
@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony 3 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how many musicians never come to realize that the Circle of 5ths is just the one octave Chromatic Scale as stacked 5ths.
@newagain9964
@newagain9964 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. What rubes.
@peach6405
@peach6405 2 жыл бұрын
I feel attacked lol xd
@jimbonsf
@jimbonsf 2 жыл бұрын
I got, in maybe a minute, with Bernstein's impressive clarity, a rock solid understanding of the circle of fifths. An amazing and brilliant man, as well as a highly effective teacher of music theory.
@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony
@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony 2 жыл бұрын
@@jimbonsf Bernstein’s interpretation of how tonal harmony came to be, via the Circle of 5ths, is questionable. Although it’s very intriguing. There’s something a little too convenient about the narrative. Not saying it’s wrong. I really like the way he’s tells a story. But the truth is, it needs to be studied more. Schoenberg and Schenker didn’t agree with Bernstein’s narrative. Yet, it is compelling.
@alexgoico
@alexgoico 2 жыл бұрын
I wish I knew what you mean with Chromatic Scale as stacked 5ths. Pleeeeease explain 🙏
@jeansindhikara1823
@jeansindhikara1823 3 жыл бұрын
I could hardly understand his words, but I could hear what he was saying through the music! Amazing genius has been displayed.
@daveparsons6956
@daveparsons6956 Жыл бұрын
Wow. That is truly brilliant. They say you really know your stuff when you can explain it simply. That was awesome.
@rva
@rva 7 жыл бұрын
great guy
@guscox9651
@guscox9651 4 жыл бұрын
Right?
@mr.clasher-clashofclansboo7286
@mr.clasher-clashofclansboo7286 4 жыл бұрын
The greatest
@josefi9656
@josefi9656 10 ай бұрын
Lenny the goat
@yikes7607
@yikes7607 4 жыл бұрын
I learn a little more with every view of this video. After I watch this 1000000 times I can move to the piano and play Liszt.
@zxdfty77
@zxdfty77 6 жыл бұрын
What a nice little gem! I have always been very deeply moved by his performance of "Adagio" by Samuel Barber. So it is quite interesting to hear him vibrantly speak, bringing music (theory) alive. Also -- I really enjoyed other's comments about how Bernstein significantly inspired their life-long love of music. Thanks for your stories, as well!
@quabledistocficklepo3597
@quabledistocficklepo3597 3 жыл бұрын
zxdfty77 Have there been any performances that didn't move you?
@juanmanuelmendozalopez8610
@juanmanuelmendozalopez8610 Жыл бұрын
Without academic music education, i always knew that bach is our father and that the first movement of the well tempered clavier was the ultimate template of western music ❤
@Smileater
@Smileater 3 ай бұрын
My favorite part is his praise of Bach for his understanding of the main structures and music and how brilliantly he shared this through immortal pieces.
@user-np3mj3bf6f
@user-np3mj3bf6f 8 жыл бұрын
Bernstein - The Carl Sagan of music
@tonym994
@tonym994 7 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't mind hearing a conversation between the both of those two. Carl would bring some good reefer,I'm sure.
@alexcarter8807
@alexcarter8807 7 жыл бұрын
Carl would ride his bike over and you'd tell he was coming by the blue shift in front of him
@donaldstanfield8862
@donaldstanfield8862 7 жыл бұрын
alex carter That's hilarious, yes, that would have been an interesting conversation!
@JazzKeyboardist1
@JazzKeyboardist1 7 жыл бұрын
Carl is coming by on Billions and Billions of blue shift waves?
@fbcpraise
@fbcpraise 7 жыл бұрын
Sagan - the Leonard Bernstein of cosmology. Maybe.
@malwebb1
@malwebb1 7 жыл бұрын
A great lesson indeed! Although he fails to mention that the harmonic series' 4ths, 5ths and 3rds aren't quite in tune with their equal temperament counterparts*. Most piano players are in denial about that inconvenient fact! Although he does allude to the stretched tuning of that piano, with it's crazily sharp top C. *For those who don't know, 4ths and 5ths are only a 50th of a semitone out, but the 3rds are about a 7th of a semitones out!
@keithramsell9955
@keithramsell9955 2 жыл бұрын
WRONG! It's the equal temperament abortions that aren't in tune with the natural series! When I was younger I made people cry with my Bach violin Chaconne. Nobody ever cried listening to a piano, however moving the interpretation. Why on earth do people imagine the violin doesn't have those awful FRETS!!
@malwebb1
@malwebb1 2 жыл бұрын
@@keithramsell9955 Ha ha! Yeah, true, it's the harmonics that are in tune and equal temperament is the approximation, albeit an irresistibly practical one. Similarly, we should say that even semiquavers are out of time with a true samba groove. I think you'd like the Risset / Shepard / Harmonic video on my channel.
@payambehtash7124
@payambehtash7124 5 жыл бұрын
whenever Mr Bernstein explains anything everyone can understand.
@haydenwayne3710
@haydenwayne3710 Жыл бұрын
Truly his greatest contribution was as a teacher! His and Fred Friendly's Omnibus...then Young People's Concerts educated an entire generation towards classical music...something we so seriously need today!
@WaterlooExpat
@WaterlooExpat 3 жыл бұрын
Nobody could talk about music like Bernstein. Absolutely nobody.
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