Massenet's Meditation Piano Accompaniment for Violin

The piano is a little heavy on the pedal, but the tempo changes are perfect on this. Because this is my most popular violin accompaniment, and a few people have mentioned how they would like it SLOWER, I did a slower version here: • Massenet Meditation Ac...
Check my list of videos out for a beautiful alternative version of this accompaniment on harp. It would be especially nice if you're playing this on flute.
I want to add that if you missed it, a young Spanish pianist of considerable talent, Jorge Nava, has a piano channel, with several great piano accompaniments for violin.
On my channel I'm now doing original compositions using MuseNet artificial intelligence, and please check them out if you have an interest or curiosity in that sort of thing.
For me, I was a one-trick wonder, finding this old Meditation accompaniment on MIDI and immediately recognizing it as special.

[@elinorczebiniak9127]

Just one word....WOW!!!

[@cynthiawang19]

I love this so much! The piano accompliament doesnt sound like a robot, I can tell there are feelings when you played it.

[@Timzart7]

Thank you Cynthia. I like it for the same reason. But it is not me playing the midi accompaniment. I wish it was! I would record lots of violin accompaniments, such as things I'd really like to play, such as the violin and piano version of La Plus que Lente. (I don't know who did this midi accompaniment for Meditation and don't even remember where I got the file.) I bought a decent keyboard intending to record some things but since I'm playing violin and flute off and on, I couldn't get interested in practicing keyboard. For violinists who like playing with accompaniment for sight reading or pleasure, I recommend the KZbin channel "Flute Orchestral Backings & Piano Accompaniments." Some of the French pieces, in particular, are fun to play on the violin. kzbin.infovideos

[@Gareth_Muse]

Love it! So much better than the other recordings on KZbin. A little faster than I like playing it but really nice 🙂

[@Timzart7]

Glad you like it. I did a slower version here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3umhnmdqrGUe6s

[@toomos9844]

Thank you!!! Finally a piano accompaniment that doesn’t play like a robot ;)

[@yulianalagunas4565]

Ahhhhh agreed

[@arthursparks-topic860]

God

[@hjkim6718]

Thank you. My children can play the Meditation for their grandma's birthday with this great piano accompaniment.

[@miguelm.7984]

Hello, I loved the accompaniment! Thanks a lot. could I use it to play with my violin and upload it in social media? Its for a concert in my school. I would write your name in the description if its needed. All the best and thanks again for your time :)

[@Timzart7]

Sure, play it anywhere you want. No need to mention me. Glad you like it.

[@miguelm.7984]

@@Timzart7 thank you again! :)

[@Mns_87]

I wish there was a timestamp that would let me anticipate the rall. a tempo at 2:26 :(

[@Timzart7]

Good idea. I should have done some kind of visual countdown on it or something. Next time, but there may not be a next time, since I had a little fracas with the copyright police over some of these. I have acquired a decent digital keyboard finally, and want to eventually post some accompaniments, but right now I'm just playing the pieces I like to play, learning some new stuff, and don't particularly want to labor over learning Mozart Sonata accompaniments.

[@edifyguy]

Copyright? This stuff has been in the public domain since 1907. How do they figure?

[@Timzart7]

A couple people have said they would like a slower version of this, so I did one here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3umhnmdqrGUe6s It is now six years and some 230,000 views later since I first posted this, and I'd like to tell you the story of it. I posted it because I found this MIDI accompaniment myself and thought it was better than the renditions on Piano Escort channel and a few others I enjoyed playing with, so I wanted to share it with other violin players like myself. I gave up my intention to record the Mozart Piano & Violin Sonatas, piano part only, because, frankly, I lost interest in playing the piano, which was something I last did with any frequency back in the early 1990s. It would be my dream to play the piano like Tiffany Poon, Julia Fischer or Jorge Nava kzbin.info/door/rl8vZ--DPc0N9Q5cM-l4twvideos the latter whose site I'm linking because if you missed it somehow, he's done many wonderful piano accompaniments for violin, the likes of which were not found on KZbin years ago, at least not for free. Anyway, where was I...well, my piano playing is horrible! I wanted to do pieces like the La Plus que Lente transcription so badly, but alas, never did it. And nearly all my other videos with accompaniment for violin range from terrible to sounds like someone sight-reading through the piece. But, something exciting, in just the last two weeks, I feel a convergence of my interest in artificial intelligence, and the availability of the free MuseNet webpage interface to GPT-2 artificial intelligence, and it is awakening my interest in composition. Regarding music composition, I see the computer AI in MuseNet as an extension of human ability to create, because the user has unlimited choices in what measure or music they want to choose. The AI can generate as many alternatives for the "next measure" in a piece as the user wants. I've always been full of creative ideas for composition, dating back to my years in music school, but didn't like the tedious process of writing it down. These MuseNet pieces can be saved in Wave, Mp3 or MIDI formats, and of course, I save them in MIDI because I like working with MIDI and improving the composition. I can change any notes I want, rearrange things, and make cuts. But even if you don't have MIDI software, the interface is a very special experience to use, so simple, but it does so much. And you can save your composition in Mp3, and play it on anything. Unlike other music software, this takes only minutes to learn. I made a video about it entitled How to Use MuseNet AI to Compose Music. So, if you have any interest in AI composition, or know someone who does, please refer them to my channel here, Timzart7, and check out all my recent compositions, and just see the amazing things AI can do, with a little human help. To me, they are much better than what AI produces on its own, although that could change in the near future, because AI is advancing. GPT-4 will be coming out soon, and will be a lot more powerful than GPT-3, which does amazing things in predictive language models. Of my pieces so far, I like Thinking and Dreaming, The Code, and Horsey March and Grand Fantasy. Of the 16 style choices MuseNet offers, I work in the Rachmaninoff style the most, but you can see that in the videos I've done. I want to apologize that I can't offer more accompaniments like the Meditation, but with great young pianists like Jorge Nava, I'm happy to see good pianists taking up the cause, of providing really good accompaniments for violin players. Thank you for all your kind comments over the last 6 years. It makes me feel very good that this one little Mediation accompaniment has brought so many people pleasure.

[@accompanymeplz]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@chanduputnam]

Thank you for this. I've been practicing with this (on cello) and the tempo changes and timings are perfect. Thanks so much for posting this!

[@mandykao1226]

This was a little fast for me to fully express while I played, but I could slow it down on the settings. Overall, it was a great accompaniment that didn't sound robotic. :)

[@Timzart7]

Yeah, a few people have said they would like a slower version, so I did one this morning: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3umhnmdqrGUe6s

[@JulietteSasek]

I’m playing this tomorrow night for a church talent night, and I don’t really have a good way to record play the accompaniment for myself, or have someone else accompany me. This is perfect! I’m so happy to have found your accompaniment!

[@Timzart7]

When I play this at home, I pretend it's like the time I got to play for a famous violinist, only this time I say in a very heavy French accent, "I am going to murder the Massenet Meditation." Try to let go and enjoy it all while playing, down to the last harmonic.

[@iliasilias5262]

Change the speed yourselfs guys, for gods sake

[@HoangNguyen-qe2kc]

Wow, amazing. Thank you so much!😋

[@catrunion8729]

A little faster than I like it but it was a great practice tool 😊 thank you!

[@Timzart7]

I did a slower version of the Massenet Meditation accompaniment, and thought you might like it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3umhnmdqrGUe6s

[@someguy2620]

Thank you for this you clearly can play, I am pretty sure every other accompaniment is played with a metronome, LOL they definitely don’t know music, my playing sounds magic with this

[@Timzart7]

Glad you like it. If it were me playing, I'd have recorded a few hundred accompaniments by now. It's just a MIDI I found years ago.

[@jesusfernandez5707]

Excelente acomp. de piano,

[@pandagep]

Thanks, it's perfect!!!

[@acvideos47]

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[@hanahana001]

hello. For those who are struggling with covid19, we do concerts online. Can I use your sound source?

[@Timzart7]

Yes, you can use this if you want.

[@izuminfl]

@@Timzart7 thank you for your kindness to allow us to use such nice performance.

[@QalinaCom]

LOL you think it's fast? It's good for a wind instrument, otherwise I'd die on sax LOL

[@adamflisnik5323]

Hi, can I get your email because I would like to record the violin parts to this accompaniment, if you give me an email I will send you the whole recording, it means a lot to me

[@pharemusic1546]

Hi! You play it very wonderful! I am going to make a video for youtube, filming me when I play this melody on cello. Can I use this music as backing track for the video? I will of course mention your name in the description if you want me to. Thanks for your post! :)

[@Timzart7]

Sure, have at it. No need to mention my name. Enjoy!

[@geniepolower9784]

In a few weeks, I will have to play the piano accompaniment to this exquisite piece for violin and piano. Listening to the accompaniment here has helped me tremendously. Thank you for sharing this.

[@hesterwiltshire4875]

do you have an mp3 download of this? its great and would love to have it

[@the_gyplomat4269]

I love your interpretation and the tempo choices you made, thank you for this gift!

[@santidontri1]

thank for this.i love it It's a piano accompaniment very good

[@harpirishdance]

Bless you bless you!

[@rachelee4320]

This is really helpful! Although if u are planning on using rubato, it is better to use a live person

[@yosnah867]

hello can i use this backing track if ever i wanna do a performance on this piece to be posted in social media (ill put credits ofc)? thanks!

[@Timzart7]

Sure, feel free to use it. If it were just me, I wouldn't care about credits, but just to cover bases with KZbin rules, which are still confusing to me, you may as well throw in a credit.

[@yosnah867]

@@Timzart7 thanks very much!!

[@OrianaDiazL]

Thank you so much for this !

[@pandoraefretum]

good job

[@franciscocabanviolin]

Thanks so much for this!

[@thepaintedside9245]

This is awesome! Could you please put up an accompaniment for Kol Nidre by Max Brunch?

[@Timzart7]

That's a cello piece, I believe? I'm doing violin stuff here and of the ones currently posted, they are just midis I found here and there. I wish I could play the piano well and just whip things out, but I can't. I have a keyboard now and am working on an accompaniment for a Mozart violin sonata, part of a series of them, and plan to do maybe half of the Mozart sonatas, which could take years. The first one should be out by summer, and after that they may come quicker. Put in your request with the PianoEscort site on KZbin. That is the most prolific listing of accompaniments and they do things for cello also.

[@thepaintedside9245]

@@Timzart7 alright, thanks anyways!

[@1948ccm]

Thx. U did a good job. Do you allow me to play along and show the record in my channel?

[@Timzart7]

Sure, do what you like with it. No problem. I don't really understand the complexities of KZbin CR (Urheberrechte) rules, and have gotten shot down by the KZbin CR police when trying to post some MIDI accompaniments to more recent violin works. In a month or two, or maybe in a week or two, I will post a new accompaniment to a hauntingly beautiful old Scottish tune I found buried in a collection of old music. So watch for that.

[@1948ccm]

@@Timzart7 I´ll try making a good recording.

[@antoniominutiello6515]

Which is the tempo (bpm)