John Cage - Sonata V (from Sonatas and Interludes) - Inara Ferreira, prepared piano

Sonata V by John Cage for Prepared Piano, from Sonatas and Interludes, performed by Inara Ferreira.
Recorded at the FAU Theater - Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton - FL

[@MatthewSearComposer]

She nailed it!

[@lingonberriesofwrath1836]

I agree, she didn't screw it up one bit.

[@helloolleh4861]

pun intended?

[@grahamibell4912]

f

[@nickthequick0723]

oh my god...

[@romieanime4614]

😂😂😂 yes the nail

[@steelrarebit7387]

I love this piece. It's got a funky groove and you can dance to it.

[@motokohondamusic]

I agree!

[@tax0787ond]

I agree !!! Of course!!!!

[@dk-gj9dy]

Yeah look at those rhythm displacements, funk as hell!!

[@SurprisedAirplane-xs5ge]

Om

[@SurprisedAirplane-xs5ge]

​@@tax0787ondom

[@codybigenho3017]

Sounds like the music from many cultures put into one. Very cool composition.

[@udonfrenzy]

Yup! Cage wrote this after he heard gamalan music.

[@mywong2411]

John Cage would be absolutely amazed at the rate digital music has progressed that you can create any sound and synchronise into the music. There's no need to use nails anymore.

[@peterhammel3799]

he'd probably dig Aphex Twin

[@electriczap9615]

@@peterhammel3799 I prefer Terminal 11

[@micahslobcrud5958]

Ah, but ain't it more fun to just randomly try stuff and hear what you get? Half of "The Wild Bull" by Subotnick was experiments that he liked and saved. Looks like he got the thread about 2/3rds into it. My own prepared piano was fun times--random and recorded. My quarter tone synth stuff is fun too, random and recorded -- after all, even music we know is different each time because WE are different listeners than we were yesterday.

[@docdaneeka3424]

sure but this is more fun

[@scotthjackson5651]

Cage was not just interested in getting a certain sound, he was about curating objects within his immediate field and showing that everything is music... so in that sense he would still be interested in "using nails"

[@LordQueezle]

John Cage is usually too "out there" for me, but this has an odd charm to it. I like the bell qualities on some of the notes and the repetition is actually somewhat soothing.

Reminds me of Indonesian traditional music.

[@rzmusic7916]

@@kreuner11 Cage was greatly inspired by the music of the Indonesian Gamelan, so yes it is indonesian traditional music in a way.

[@sby60118]

As an indonesian i can confirm

[@nathanstutoring]

Gamelan?

[@yeetthebeet]

@@nathanstutoring its a instrument

[@jelenakalashnikova]

gamelan.yes

[@JUMBOpin]

This really forces you to read and play what is written and not what your brain wants you to hear. This would be a great way to teach you how to read music.

[@A_29886]

Great way to not be able to get perfect pitch too!

[@nabijafviso4460]

there's a thing called muscle memory lol

[@bipbong2906]

Archie mac FUCK IT

[@simonisenga5422]

O

[@nomsterdude]

Fr

[@ndSpaz]

Cage was probably trying to write a piece on piano and when the inspiration didn't come he just said: "Ah, screw it!".

[@NoahJohnson1810]

i don't think you got the joke

[@sethumirajapakse5291]

I meant, that's like EVERY song. Wrong post.

[@davidbrant390]

no, he found beautiful new ways to compose piano music that has a far more meditated and transient emotional experience than what has come before

[@nachodoggy]

ahahaha very clever comment

[@ph.deeeee]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

[@isaachernando8560]

0:00 “hmm?”

[@wd6989]

xD

[@user-kr7hr1wn5z]

XD 😂

[@corespark7956]

That paino's screwed.

[@warcow6514]

I see what you did there

[@smhmyhead8017]

Your spelling is more screwed.

[@belac.howard8295]

I like how the sound of the piano sounds distorted, yet the piece still sounds great the way it is put together

[@jeorge5533]

Parece um samba brasileiro. Uma música para capoeira. Maravilha! It's like a Brazilian samba. A song for capoeira. Wonderful!

[@PariahLycan]

Beautifully performed, a pleasure to listen and watch!

[@anthonyc1515]

It sounds like bongos

[@Edgelordess]

I know I kinda wanna add some latin strings to it.

[@legopachycephalosaurus6825]

Sorta sounds like a steel drum to me for some reason.

[@dagnyrainbow792]

Yes I agree

[@lex3729]

naa...Gamelan. 👹

[@agusspp6551]

@@lex3729 Totally right, John Cage was listening to a lot of music from different parts of the world. I've also hear that most of the extended techniques in music, very popular in avant-garde jazz for example, came from Asia (or at least they made similar stuff years before in occident they even started to play with it).

[@einhornqueen9318]

So, after listening to lots of pieces by Schönberg and some others in music lessons, it was a big pleasure to hear anything that isn't completely crazy... And although this is a new sound to hear and Cage definitly not pleases everyone I am a big fan of this piece and his 4'33

[@nattievoices]

I simultaneously don’t like them but like it at the same time

[@Pardock97]

*This on a piano* Some people: ThiS iSnT MmuSIc *exactly this but allegedly on bongos and oriental string instruments* Same people: Most interesting indeed, intricate musical textures right here.

[@plscometomychannel1007]

Same people: mOdErN MuSiC sUcKs

[@emilj883]

This music sounds line shit

[@Timeward76]

This just feels wrong to do to a piano.

[@thelastaesthete]

Damn you really owned that imaginary person in your head bro

[@thebumblebeemovie3514]

There needs to be a setting on keyboards where you can play like this! This awesome!

[@SkyFoxTale]

#PETP People for the ethical treatment of pianos

[@GenericGoogleAccount]

People eating tasty pianos

[@Edgelordess]

I'm actually working on a video on John Cage's sonatas and in the disclaimer I say, "Don't try this at home kids. Have a trained professional assist you in preparing your piano"

[@BitchItsJules]

@@GenericGoogleAccount Pianos eating tasty people

[@micahslobcrud5958]

@@Edgelordess I ask, where to get the "trained piano preparer"? And I otherwise must disagree! What's an instrument for except to mess with it? I randomly prepared pianos twice in my life and recorded straight away with wild and satisfying results. Experiment! Why bother to play Cage? Do your own stuff! I'm sure that's what all composers would say.

[@excuseyou7198]

@@micahslobcrud5958 I mean, I would get more creative experimenting like this. Not to mention, it would be more fun.

[@Hephasto]

for those wondering why the piano called prepared, it's basically preparation for going to trash😑 it's like you can't simply throw it to wasteland, you've got to prepare it for the last trip

[@carnine]

Probably the most famous of cage’s prepared piano pieces

[@giorgoszogas]

Excellent piece. One cannot tell that no pianos were injured during the performance tho.

[@toi1ets34t8]

There's screws in the piano

[@plalem99]

No shit

[@MisterMalleable]

That’s what prepared piano is

[@Madi-ic7hc]

SUCH A BOP

[@readtousauntiecharlene9748]

Sounds electronic. To get an electronic sound from an acoustic instrument! Amazing!

[@orcrist484]

These sound really cool for a bit, but really only as a rhythmic, percussive sound. There is no real pitch variation and it begins to sound monotonous. They should perhaps blend prepared and normal pitches for variety. Also, I would never do this to a piano.

[@ciragoettig1229]

I believe sometimes they do prepare only part of the piano, playing the rest as normal. The piano's fine btw, if the technician is competent, this is supposed to be non-destructive.

[@directcurrent5751]

Sounds like a cross between traditional Asian Island percussion and baroque harpsichord, said Mozzy.

[@Thorum13]

Love this!

[@HumbertoGiulianoMariotoPaulucc]

Muito bom! Parabéns!

[@conduite6721]

Sounds awesome ngl

[@_v-.]

Wonderful 👌

[@felix699]

When you cant buy a gamelan but you can buy a grand

[@theplaylistguru6027]

0:01 man why isnt that a main riff to a avant Garde pop song!! Makes me want to steal it Tom Waits get on it

[@jstatham5814]

Amazing

[@equilibrioprehumano]

Excelente interpretacion, alcanza las entrelineas conceptuales y musicales q John Cage queria q se captaran en su musica,mas alla de lo obvio, muy bien, felicidades...

[@k-ta251]

What an interesting idea!

[@motokohondamusic]

I love prepared piano music !

[@skiss_skiss_houwhi_houwih40]

this is a whole other level of good :)

[@MichelBlackburn]

I Love it!!

[@tigercarings]

It actually sounds nice wow..

[@weinhara]

Großartig!

[@rippspeck]

Man, this is so cool.

[@DanielInioluwa-q2b]

Awesome

[@Alianger]

Kinda reminds me of Tom Waits and some old video game music

[@wisteela]

This sounds really cool

[@EYEBALLband]

Beautiful.

[@ohwell2088]

probably the john cage piece that goes the hardest

[@14isaque08]

Really pretty good

[@Mike-qo8nm]

The best part of this comes @1:39

[@diegeigergarnele7975]

Nailed it.

[@ChristopherIverson44]

Very nice performance and interpretation of the piece!

[@motokohondamusic]

Great performance !

[@manred6362]

Is it just me or is there also an eraser on the piano -1:28

[@excuseyou7198]

I think that’s an eraser?

[@jesseindo5660]

Wowww you can Play the Gamelan In your piano this is Impressing :O

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Imagine going into a concert hall to prepare for a piano performance, and the concert hall music techs see you start sticking screws into their Steinway. lol If someone even looks funny at my pipe organ, I throw them over the loft railing.

[@snicklefritz5568]

Thank you Reggie

[@s_arina]

brilliant

[@AlaanPlacenciaTimoteo]

Hermosa pieza

[@BenSadounJeremie]

Super. J’adore.

[@川口健太郎-l1b]

カッコいい

[@DanielInioluwa-q2b]

Soundind like a kind of traditional music

[@Жан.джазмен]

It's how a more analogic sound synthesis, i think.

[@sewerhunk5327]

Why do I have to be weird and love this

[@AlikVolkov]

Why am I learning this for music history

[@nancypena9650]

Tell me about it, I'm supposed to analyze it

[@maureenwalsh8752]

Alik Volkov because it’s a interesting piece

[@unidentifiablefeelings]

Im here bc of fu kin school

[@paatacha]

Great sound!)

[@rodrigomalato6110]

Muito bacana!

[@afrizaanimawana8825]

Cage inspired by Javanese Gamelan, Indonesia. Perfect.

[@ayoweii]

Oh yes it is BOOTYFUL

[@FlamingSnowflakeProductions]

I want someone to animate something over this

[@andyzar1177]

Perfect for American Beauty soundtrack.

[@marcparocha]

‘Everything is music’

[@MiloDC]

No.

[@maureenwalsh8752]

Milo Cooper yes to a extent

[@MiloDC]

@@maureenwalsh8752 A cheeseburger. Is a cheeseburger music? What about a jogger's sweaty underwear, is that music? How about the odor of an old dog's fart? I love music as much as the next person, but let's not lose our heads.

[@maureenwalsh8752]

Milo Cooper that could be music.

[@АндрейФамилия-й1я]

Ничего нового. Мы так в институте на ка кафедре фортепиано делали. Только скрепки вставляли. А потом играли известные произведения классиков. В разных интерпритациях)))

[@yasushinakahira4138]

楽しいです。

[@OneForTheDollyBirds]

Nuts and bolts will give a much, much nicer tone than wood screws. You ought to try them sometime. But they'll void the warranty, so be careful. By the way, doesn't Yamaha have a patch on its portable keyboards called "CageScrews"?

[@josiahricafrente585]

Why does this low key give me Sesame Street vibes? Like, I half wanna start practicing pronouncing the letters in the alphabet, or some number, or something.......

[@Edgelordess]

This episode of seasame street is brought to you by the letter J and the number 433.

[@ramizian]

It's so weird, yet it's also very interesting tho S/o Malhaire for showing me this 🔥🔥

[@bariole]

Aaaaaa.... A new Zoq Fot Pik theme....

[@putinniejimmy5795]

His hmm at the beginning is cute.

[@Brunochiko]

i think is good for my birth day

[@ramenbo]

reminds me of gamelan

[@alfonzo_]

I can definitely see Aphex being influenced by this

[@Sheista3x]

Sounds like when I try to play on my dollar tree ukelele

[@palmeranimations]

Finally, not silence

[@janfher7902]

Muy interesante de como toca la Joven el piano, la música es muy relajante.

[@가을구름-i7p]

1. 미술과 연결문제, [모빌과 4분33초] 악보는 둘다 우연성 , 정해지지 않은 형식, 가변저깅ㄴ 형식에 으ㅏㅣ한다 // 마를린 멀로의 얼굴은 팝아트 작품으로 거쉰의 랩소디 인블루와, 재즈와 클래식의 연결적 의미로// 미술의 미나멀리즘 작품은 악보에서 5도 병행이 계속되는 형태등과 연결된다. 케이지는 주역을 연구하면서 자신의 창작 세계에 수용한 ‘우연성’ , 즉 ‘무작위(無作寫)가 작위’ 라는 사고를 담은 불확정성 작곡법을 우연성음악이라고 말한다 또한 우연성음악은 유럽 총렬주의 작곡가들이 받아들인 ‘우연성’ 사고를 지칭하는 ‘알레이(Alea)’ 음악까지를 포함하는 종합적인 개념이다. [프리페어드 피아]노를 위한 작품들이 주는 음향의 가변성으로 예시한 케이지의 우연적 사고는 〈주역 음악)(Music of Changes 195 1)을 시작으로 그의 작품에서 본격적으로 전개되었다. 커닝햄을 비롯한 현대 무용기들의 위촉으로 케이지는 피아노 현에 이물질(종이， 천， 나사，을 첨가하여 타악기적인 효과를 내는 ‘새로운’ 악기를 발명했다2. 혜프닝과를획서스 비연극적 ， 비음악적， 비미 술적인 것들의 총체라 할 수 있는， 행위를 가장중요한 예술로 여긴 [해프닝과 플럭서스]는 케이지의 영향에 의한 것이다 백남준은 (피아노를 위한 에튀드)(Etude for PianofOlte 1 960)에서 ‘음향적 작업’ 을넘어 2대의 피아노를 파괴하고 케이지의 와이셔츠를 찢고， 넥타이를 자르고 삼푸로 머리를 감겼다

[@free2shanezx]

Bro this shit goes so hard 💀💀

[@MRMOTOFOTO]

Catchy Ditty

[@dextermorgan5962]

what happened to the piano? is it broken?

[@excuseyou7198]

The piano is fine.

[@Xxsopxx]

This is cool AF

[@kenshin6553]

Donkey Kong intensifies

[@antoniomarino6896]

It s on Aleatoric Music right?

[@TDK_wav]

I like this.

[@old_bento]

I often hear it in a dangeon

[@Lorenzo-qw1kn]

GRANDE BRO

[@johnmarley5658]

At least John Cage did not totally ignore the principles of rhythm, harmony and even structure unlike the music and philosophy of Pierre Boulez so predominant in serious contemporary concert music during the 1970s causing the baby boomer intelligentsia to often heckle those contemporary composers- it wasn't just the homecoming Vietnam Vets who got heckled back then. An interesting com[posing job by Mr. John Cage.

[@parcivalg.5659]

Sicuramente è interessante e cura anche la stitichezza.

[@kennethanderson8883]

This is HYSTERICAL! Some people have no sense of humor.

[@cannonjones6713]

That's the problem; he wasn't writing it to be funny.

[@garrisson1000]

Это мне напомнило наступление немцев в 1941 году на СССР.

[@lucristianx]

Sounds very Krautrock

[@hyseo1121]

Humorous music. Cage has good sense of humor. But he has real inspiration?