Marc-André Hamelin - Valse Irritation d'après Nokia (Ringtone Waltz)

A transcription of Nokia's ringtone by Marc-André Hamelin.

[@masterchief9064]

apparently he DID play this when people's phones rang during his concerts. Or so I've heard.

[@SlyHikari03]

That dial tone sound at the end was a nice touch.

[@beforeisleepdotnet]

Very well done, but the last four measures left me scratching my head until I read the instructions in the score. I had no idea those were supposed to be touch tones!

[@AsrielKujo]

It is supposed to be some numbers dialed

[@Whatismusic123]

It's poorly composed garbage that's why

[@emilygclarinet]

I've heard of this piece, but never actually heard it until now. Thanks for posting.

[@thenameisgsarci]

WHERE DID YOU GET THE SHEET MUSIC? And what was the sound in 0:40 to 0:45? what a very nice piece!

[@MJE112358132134]

The sheet music is available somewhere, although I forget where. If it's not available now, it probably wouldn't take all that long to write it out on music paper from this video.

[@mr.hashundredsofprivatepla3711]

That sound is mimicking the touch tone sound of a phone

[@ruthsalgado6775]

That tempo marking though 😂 😂

[@dzordzszs]

A true man of culture

[@qalaphyll]

i know xd but its pretty common for triple time tempo lol

[@GUILLOM]

I know xd but its pretty common for triple time tempo lol

[@MicoAquinoComposer]

i know xd but its pretty common for triple time tempo lol

[@AsrielKujo]

i know xd but its pretty common for triple time tempo lol

[@TiqueO6]

You've redeemed that tune which after the flogging we taken from it is no small feat! Bravo!

[@PeterJohnston]

Is there any significance to the numbers dialled at the end? 1, 3, 5, 6, 1, 3, 4??? Do they mean anything?

[@jerry_moo]

Peter Johnston, ah. Did you hear the last few measures? I believe if you press those said numbers on a Nokia cellphone, it will sound exactly like those notes. It is possibly imitative of that, though this is just an assumption.

[@EpicPianoArrangements]

They sound like that on every single phone, no matter what brand. It's how blind people know the number they are dialling. I'm just curious if the number had any meaning...

[@robertofontiglia4148]

@@EpicPianoArrangements Hey I don't know -- there's seven, and phone numbers have seven digits in North-America (Marc-André Hamelin is from Québec) so maybe it's a relevant phone number ?

[@Yubin_Lee_Doramelin]

My finding was 1356136 and I don't think this means anything else.

[@lyl9255]

Dat laugh tho

[@juicedelemon]

Set this as my ringtone

[@ShokinaMiao]

I like very much this version !!

[@manduker]

official anthem of finland...

[@et0t]

imagine being the person who originally composed the ringtone

[@rvn10rvn17]

this is my ringtone :). at least not annoying like nokia's real tune

[@ruthsalgado6775]

Omg same hahaha

[@justin10292000]

Very funny and clever. :) Love it...

[@slipknotic07]

I just saw this on Fox Chicago!!

[@viergevivacebel]

You didn't notice that it starts with a pick-up measure: two eights in the third beat and then two quarter notes!

[@giardaella]

i'm gonna crack up people when I play this on the piano downstairs HAHAHA neighbours gonna go mad

[@sethd85]

So how do you download the mp3 at the site? I don't seen an mp3 file...

[@Appassionata90]

Is it possible to download the sheet somewhere?

[@Antphoneigh]

hehe imagine people checking their pockets for their phones while this song was being played!

[@moondiamondcat]

Hahaha, brilliant!!! THAT ringtone, whenever I hear it, irritates me to the point of wanting to rip the offending device out of the owner's hands and smash it on the ground... but yes, this, during a concert, would be a politer sort of vengeance. ;o)

[@qalaphyll]

wow :D

[@qalaphyll]

@Bacn :|

[@GUILLOM]

kif

[@qalaphyll]

@@GUILLOM :|

[@Rheostatik]

Is sheet music available?

[@cafity]

@gsarci2011 If you watch in Full Screen, at that part you can read: "as if dialing a touch-tone phone" ;D

[@Vanamutt]

And tarrega?

[@TomRussle]

Is Hamelin a serious pianist?

[@nicklang3861]

Oh yes, very much so! And a very nice person on top.

[@mrnarason]

Yes...

[@MJE112358132134]

Is the Pope a Catholic? Yes, certainly he is - one of the greatest in the world, in my opinion. I love how he explores so much very obscure repertoire, and plays the most difficult pieces with astonishing precision. Clearly he has a sense of humour, too, as shown here.

[@morganmartinez8420]

Yes, and the best living pianist too.

[@simonalbrecht9435]

Hamelin is one of the greatest pianists of our time, but he also has a unique way of connecting deep pianistic art with humour, and I think that makes people take him less seriously as a person.

[@rvn10rvn17]

oowh.. i download the song as mp3 from youtube video with dvdvideosoft program.. it's free.. just google it

[@mambetovmsc]

Ringtone Valse, ha-ha-ha, a la Robert Schuman aus Carnaval. Sorry Amigo!

[@vhcp19]

Connecting Chords

[@mambetovmsc]

you must used Real Player 10 XP!

[@damek666]

@Antphoneigh lol

[@AchilleDebussy]

Wasn't really feeling the ending, but other than that this is great.

[@palemco]

trepmuD

[@TheHardProblem]

@newFranzFerencLiszt watch?v=4RTNzyxNNm4

[@EaSy64region]

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[@PerkyAngler]

I hate this melody...