Ravel “Scarbo” from Gaspard de la nuit Tutorial (Part 1)

[@QualityPianoEducation]

Real pros are always so humble about how the play. Josh, that was a phenomenal performance! Thank you! I could hardly name pianists I know who can reach to the level to play this piece. ✨

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thank you very much for your kindness

[@QualityPianoEducation]

@@joshwrightpiano 🙏🙏🙏

[@3r7s]

man, just keeping all those pieces memorized is a feat in itself! let alone playing them all in a single program.. ✌

[@dylansamedovoshnoei942]

I was not expecting for you to lean into the 12:15 climax like that. I have never heard it played like that before but it blew me away.

[@Furious75-zv2qp]

I always appreciate how you give a little history/background on the piece you’re demonstrating, it’s very cool and educational 👍

[@HopperDragon]

Man, it's funny I caught the slight slip ups you mentioned, but with them included this is one of the best performances of scarbo I've heard, especially live. Maybe I'm biased because I agree with basically all your phrasing decisions but the piece is so in character and well considered. Funny that you're self conscious about the performance. Great job and thanks for the tips!

[@liselachance7321]

Wow! Very impressive! Thank you! As a french speaker, I like listening to the translations of French poems! 🥰

[@aimlessspace]

So beautiful….!! Thank you so much for sharing your incredible performance! What a magnificent piece. I’m learning many piano practice techniques from watching your videos. So grateful 🙏

[@guileguileguile8177]

The live performance was absolutely fantastic - on par with the performance of Lucas Debargue at the 2015 Tchaïkovsky Competition. What a variety of characters, you did justice to my favorite piano work from my favourite composer ! And thank you for the tutorial even if I will never be able to play this piece

[@Lalulalala824]

A performance consisting of the Bach Busoni Chaconne, a Volodos transcription and this? Enough said! That's incredible!!

[@mitchnew3037]

I love this❤

[@saltlakepianoservice]

No apologies needed. Thanks Josh for sharing what a piano can do in the right hands!

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thanks Hyrum!

[@turnerkeys88]

A caring wife is never wrong!! 😅 Beautiful performance!

[@spacevspitch4028]

I'm convinced Scarbo is a sleep paralysis demon.

[@dylansamedovoshnoei942]

And damn, that accidental tap of the key at the very end was so fitting aswell. lol

[@captivator13]

Thanks brother Josh ♥️ Sam 🎵

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thanks Sam

[@hugginduff]

excellent. for me the most difficult is the first page of Ondine

[@yuwu6776]

Hi Josh! Thanks for those tips and they really really helped! I am actually having trouble with measure 468 to 471. Do you have any tips on that? Thank you!!!

[@avantpianist6636]

Hi Josh. It is so amazing to see a tutorial for such a high level piece. Your performance is becoming much more refined than the old one. May I ask what level of playing skill is required to even just think about learning this piece?

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thanks so much for your kindness. It’s a really tough piece - mostly with repetition and jumps, and on the musical side making things demonic, colorful, and exploring a variety of characters. I believe Ravel was writing this to be as tough as Islamey by Balakirev. They are completely different pieces with different sets of challenges. For me, Chopin Etude Op.10 No.2, which is quite easy at slower speeds, is perhaps the most difficult piece I’ve ever played when aiming for high speeds. There are 12 year olds that can play that much faster than many well-known professional pianists. Each pianist is different, and each piece presents different challenges. So I don’t have a specific “level” to recommend, but rather suggest looking through the piece at the unique challenges it presents

[@schewts]

hey mr wright, i want to ask that how to adapt to other pianos better? because when i play on pianos other than mine, the different actions and mechanics always throw me off and make my performance terrible. some people suggested that i play on as many different piano as possible but i dont have many opportunity to. so is there any other ways to improve my adaptability? thanks

[@IainInLondon]

Cordellia Williams does a nice rendition of this as well.

[@SirVTropic]

missed opportunity labelling the video "unravelling Ravel" 😉

[@briancoveney3080]

Music can never be perfect. It's music. If you want perfect go do some math.

[@Kholesimon]

Audio too low

[@joshwrightpiano]

The audio is normalized on every one of my videos - meaning the max peak without distorting. Most KZbin videos use compression, which makes classical piano sound terrible. Try using a pair of headphones or a different set of speakers.

[@scottlee7086]

promo sm

[@alexgoriatchenkov]

Are u human ?