Great tutorial! This piece is indeed devilishly difficult! It is also one of my favorites. I just love the way Ravel writes for the piano, just absolutely incredible!
@joshwrightpiano3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kindness. I agree - I have no idea how Ravel could ever come up with this material. It’s so imaginative and complex
@lczq67373 жыл бұрын
"Don't play this when you haven't learnt a lot of other hard stuff" Tiffany poon at 14: Josh at 13:
@Ar1osssa3 жыл бұрын
They have professional at teen age. Most part of students did not have it
@lczq67373 жыл бұрын
@@Ar1osssa yup
@powertube5671 Жыл бұрын
I love the suite, which is based on three poems. My piano teacher played it. I practiced it for awhile, but it is beyond my technique. The pattern of notes opening Ondine, I recognize as sort of a paradiddle, which is played on the drums.
@thegreenpianist76833 жыл бұрын
0:15 that French accent though, Josh...😏😏
@Cypsky3 жыл бұрын
😂
@Lisanna613 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad you published this video!! I was really looking forward to it! Thank you 😍
@joshwrightpiano3 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome Annalisa. Happy holidays!
@tommeyer38713 жыл бұрын
Although Gaspard de la nuit is a wonderful piece, I am well aware that is far beyond my abilities for a long time still. Yet even an early intermediate like me can still profit from this video - the advice of initially practicing without any rubato for instance might make sense for some of my pieces too. I do have that tendency to experiment too early with it as well, developing extreme habits :S I also absolutely love your interpretation of the piece, Ondine especially, almost disappointing not to hear more of that in this video ;)
@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji3 жыл бұрын
All suites from Gaspard de la nuit are wonderful and epic, but of course, I wish I could play them...
@chrisy3673 жыл бұрын
@@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji they're so hard that Ravel himself couldn't play them, and he recommended studying Liszt's transcendental etudes, mostly no.5, in preparation for the suite
@alexfriedman79043 жыл бұрын
Lol same
@ojcksn3 жыл бұрын
Omg!!!! You did another one!!! Thankyou so much man :)))
@piforte38623 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing i’m learning this right now !!
@fogonautasbrasil27877 ай бұрын
Great.......very helpful. thanks!
@lczq67373 жыл бұрын
"Goblin" Josh:"elf demon". Lol
@joshwrightpiano3 жыл бұрын
Haha I knew it was something like that...couldn't recall it in the moment
@darkbr3ak3r293 жыл бұрын
can u talk about “une barque sur l’ocean?”
@philcomanphotography92443 жыл бұрын
Wonderful playing and instruction. There are many pianists with ferocious technique who tackle this piece, but sadly don't have a clue what it's about. It's immensely heartbreaking, and to realize that mysterious ethereal atmosphere (particularly of Ondine and Le Gibet) takes a lot of patience, wisdom and maturity. You 'get it' totally. My question: what fingering or moreover finger gymnastics do you recommend for playing the descending arpeggios of the last page of Ondine 'rapide et brilliant' ? i can't come up with a technique that my thumbs don't collide. I've tried right hand on top of left...under etc. I'm still having trouble. I'm a hobby player...not near at your level. But it's fun trying...I'm a commercial photographer by profession
@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji3 жыл бұрын
Never let your technique make you give up! Probably, you just need a little bit of experience and teaching as an aspirant in piano music...
@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji3 жыл бұрын
The greatest of pianists didn't achieve overnight, they play the piano for hours. You just need practice and experience... Have a great day ;)
@williamedmuntyote183 Жыл бұрын
wow those 15 minutes went by in like 3 minutes
@jenniferl.69818 ай бұрын
May I know how many times I can watch the tutorial upon subscription? Thank you.
@mharbaugh2 жыл бұрын
Rotating to the left (thumb side) on chords - was that from Robert Durso?
@TheJedo3 жыл бұрын
I can't hear Ondine now without hearing "Ondine. my name is Ondine."
@marie-louiseericsson92522 жыл бұрын
Hallo Josh! You played a bit of Chopin nocturne in this video. Which one is it? I would play that and learn my students. You are greate!
@stevowilliams827910 ай бұрын
A year late but it’s op 27 no 2
@lo-sr3vs3 жыл бұрын
how to play Gretchen am Spinnrade right hand part? im struggling :\
@draco45692 жыл бұрын
If it is instinct to tense your hand up in passages like this, like it is with me, how do you get rid of that instinct?!
@heby89363 жыл бұрын
I am new at piano but i need some small tips anybody w to help me a bit?
@mayiask6542 жыл бұрын
@Martin M. And after that: practice more..😁
@Nicolas-io5hj8 ай бұрын
Badura-Skoda n’a pas dû jouer grand chose à Ravel, mort en 37. Perlemuter, non?😅
@kingyerghin70253 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have any examples of the ‘really difficult’ pieces he mentions you should have played before taking on this piece? Just trying to make sure I'm adequately prepared
@rachelpeham35082 жыл бұрын
Choose a Chopin etude of your liking, a Beethoven Sonate, romantic rep generally. Just make sure you don't jump from Claire de lune (love that piece, don't get me wrong) to Gaspard de la nuit.
@kingyerghin70252 жыл бұрын
@@rachelpeham3508 Do you really think I’d be read to attempt this piece after playing a few of the chopin etudes? So far the hardest pieces I’ve played are chopin scherzo 2, Beethoven tempest third movement and Chopin prelude 16
@whwh73392 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. This is my musical life goal, this exact piece. Let's just say I have a long way to go lol...
@Giovanni-fj5cu2 жыл бұрын
Why someone sit low at the piano and other one sit high?
@TheSeekingIsOver3 жыл бұрын
I've seen "Gaspard de la nuit" translated to English as "The Artful Dodger of the night." Can anyone confirm if this is a correct translation?
@BoostDriftTeam3 жыл бұрын
Gaspard is a noun/expression for rat in French. It’s also a name, which is most likely how it was used in “Gaspard de la nuit.” The meaning of the name Gaspard is “keeper of the treasure.”
@JoyAndWhimsy173 жыл бұрын
What do I do if I play it on an upright?
@MathieuPrevot Жыл бұрын
Ravel’s advice to Henriette Faure on aspects of sonority in ‘Ondine’: Work at the silkiness of your sounds, their fluidity, their smoothness, including the deimsemiquaver patterns of the right hand which should evoke a kind of rippling on the surface of a lake that extends into oblivion. Adjust the heaviness of your thumbs. What you do is too real. Refer to the works of Liszt e.g. Feux Follets.