Robot Piano Catches Fire Playing Rush E (World’s Hardest Song)

[@MarkRober]

Thanks to Sheet Music Boss and Grant and Chopstix!! Sorry it’s been a hot minute since I’ve uploaded but I promise I’ve been working harder than ever planting and cultivating some seeds that should bear some very delicious fruit for all of you over the next 5 months or so.

[@comohyper]

YESS

[@yoens.b9929]

Yo

[@TUBERMIKE]

Awesome!

[@glurrb1736]

Cheese

[@kylejlchen]

j

[@SheetMusicBoss]

It was great to collaborate with you, Mark! Thank you for the invitation!

[@daxyzeus]

wow

[@decodoe]

It was incredible

[@jeuno.]

Was a nice video to see the full on version on a physical piano

[@shalevwiden7209]

I was so suprised to see a big and trending creator collaborating with a more niche area of KZbin, piano, which I love . Great to see it tho

[@diegoclayton7561]

Here before Mark Rober

[@DoodleChaos]

What an unexpected crossover! Rush E is the perfect final boss for chopsticks.

[@xyxyl7154]

heyyyy aren’t you the line rider guy

[@themangoninja8]

Love your vids!

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

[@_wetmath_]

E

[@phototantra1422]

wet math you said and

[@MandJTV]

Fun fact: the Green Needle Brainstorm toy is actually a Ben 10 Alien Force toy of the alien Brainstorm from about 12 years ago, so we know for sure Brainstorm is what it's actually saying!

[@magicarp6315]

Yo mandjtv hi

[@megaascension2748]

Hey I was just watching one of your videos last night. I’m also currently playing a Ben 10 watch.

[@Puntehh]

Micheal this isn’t pokemon whatcha doin here

[@Puntehh]

Also wait I think I have that toy except it says swampfire

[@FervidVirus]

Oh hey it's u, how's it going

[@janeoverton3641]

Did I seriously get Rick rolled by a TALKING PIANO

[@meow-dr3qz]

yeah

[@AlexBallooning]

Yes

[@barony3281]

​@Imababyidksococolol

[@Idkwhatamiwritingkowoeo]

Talking Tom❎ Talking piano✅

[@ЕвгенийТрифонов-ш5я]

We all

[@LyricWulf]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="323">5:23</a> I made that piano visualizer with the particles and special effects! It's called Embers. Never would I have thought I can say I kinda made it into a Mark Rober video?? 🤯

[@Sh55Games]

Congrats?

[@mliny]

Congrats furry :D

[@tonystark-gi3dr]

haha

[@phlimy]

It's looks super cool!

[@brezza6892]

@@Sh55Games made it further than you will. Congrats?

[@Mattiaskrantz]

If only someone had a piano were every key also was tuned to EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@aaronhalminen1838]

That would be quite a coincidence.

[@Cornsyrupisgood]

e

[@DevranUenal]

I expected you in the video! :D

[@DeepSpace_Pw]

I've seen the video and looked it up to post the link here only to see that it was made by you...

[@lostincyberspaceIII]

I was just about to try and find a way to message you about this!

[@MoonSmith-j8z]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="365">6:05</a> PPL WE GOT RICKROLLEEDDDDDDD

[@ArazMP-z9r]

💀

[@чееееел-228]

😂😂😂

[@ArazMP-z9r]

Nooooooooo

[@mikeyilyatrax]

No one cares fr that is not still a thing

[@Ilovecars906]

Fr

[@IICubeII]

10/10 It "speaking" and "singing" is absolutely haunting.

[@Yutoryry]

if you dont read the text on the bottom of the screen you have no idea what its saying

[@esteprod5056]

@@Yutoryry for real

[@deddest_guy]

@@Yutoryry but the way it sings Never gonna give you up tho

[@AmidaNyorai48]

@@Yutoryry 🤔🤔

[@doralaexplora8642]

True

[@bigchungu7698]

The part about how when it gets chaotic and some sounds are more or less muted is because the piano can't reset its hammers fast enough before the next note is played. That's why Rush E is strictly electronic. If you did play it fast enough, the piano wouldn't be able to keep up.

[@jirivicar6001]

Wjdj

[@chrismichaelyoung]

this is why he should've done it on a grand piano as the hammers are aided by gravity to reset as opposed to an upright piano which has to turn vertical motion into horizontal and can no longer reap the same benefit

[@Vitrexer]

@borris wensly idk how tf can u not know but its: dr dre - still dre

[@ressecup819]

@borris wensly it’s a song by Dr. Dre. Still D.R.E

[@Vitrexer]

@borris wensly i dont either but its literally one of the most popular songs on the whole planet mostly in memes, like im sure that almost all ppl that arent some 13 year olds will know it or at least heard of it

[@eliaspeter7689]

Never realized how complicated the structure of a piano key is.

[@RyanSoltani]

It really makes you appreciate the work put into it

[@EEEEEEEE]

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎E‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

[@Alex.tg07]

Same

[@jasonzervos]

And he didn't even touched the pedals. Besides the pipe organ, the piano is the most complex common instrument out there

[@nirvana155]

magyarok!

[@WSlothoff]

This is one of my favorite videos! I watched this like 50 times.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

The one and only time I will accept being Rick rolled!

[@jameelakhan2036]

lol yeah

[@meisterstrobel1468]

He rick rolled nearly 6 million people

[@lorenzoelizarraras3850]

He Rick rolled a LOT of people

[@Intremental]

I was like…………..I accept my fate even before the song started

[@austin3396]

Yea

[@JCs_-]

That is insane, i've always wanted to see rush E played irl and to see it done by a robot is just the cherry on top.

[@LITTLE1994]

Yup

[@tonystark-gi3dr]

ikr

[@ItsJCYT]

ikr

[@JRNimmo]

I don't think you can convince me that a human can play that

[@JCs_-]

@@JRNimmo lmao true, but I reckon multiple people could attempt it together.

[@veritasium]

Awesome video Mark! I've often thought about digging into Fourier decompositions of speech to show how different vowel sounds are made but operationalizing it with a piano was amazing - great job!

[@oshxdxw]

Sup

[@flowerballs_008]

oh

[@fyrelorde]

Can't wait to see how you explain it

[@imnotanexpert4245]

This is Fire 🔥🔥

[@Speedrunner.007]

hey

[@JeffreyMullins-l7g]

This is actually my favorite video that you made. Chopsticks will go down in history as the best piano

[@GeorgeCollier]

This transcription will not take long at all.

[@kakyoindonut3213]

*transcript this I dare you*

[@Varstle]

Oof

[@engie1433]

;-;

[@julianrosenfeld7177]

Lmao he gonna finish it in like 8 years and post it and nobody’s gonna remember what it was from lmao

[@vietnamesecat5781]

Transcribe this already

[@SgtVennamo]

This seems like an extremely complicated way to rickroll everyone. Well done.

[@darthzayexeet3653]

“The flow of time itself is convoluted“

[@danny_boi3537]

POV: You get pianorolled

[@LJK69420]

I genuinely almost threw my phone across the room

[@danny_boi3537]

@@LJK69420 Well at least the piano *didn't start dancing*

[@ItsFurious.]

Sounds like rick can’t sing without voice cracking

[@shades3692]

Never thought I would get rick-rolled by a singing piano...

[@gabrieldaniels5002]

:-)

[@B.MAN.99PRUDUCTIONS]

@@gabrieldaniels5002 never gonna give you up

[@Ben_Rex]

@@B.MAN.99PRUDUCTIONS never gonna let you down

[@nikmrn]

It is no rickroll lol

[@Vesperitis]

I'll take "Sentences I did not expect to hear in my entire goddamn life" for 300.

[@Catlingtonnn]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="36">0:36</a> didn't know a piano can roast a person😂😂

[@strawhats19999]

Bro just turns into snoop

[@jamestheredstickman6626]

"If you even make me WARM my lawyers are gonna SUE YOUR A-" Is the best quote from a piano.

[@valentinaembers5713]

Ikr 🤣 🤣

[@UltraDumbass1782]

I mean true, but I don’t feel like that’s a hard achievement.

[@leviathan.minecraft5577]

Lol

[@kamilix25]

@Wren 1:16

[@vicentechaves3474]

It is so funny

[@jackielinde7568]

The dampener on each string also does ONE MORE THING: Prevents harmonic vibrations from vibrating related strings. There are things called overtones when a note is played. You don't just get that note, but you get other, higher notes as well because of how the period of the string's vibration can be split into other notes. And, if you hit the harmonic resonance, things vibrate. So, a lower note could cause strings of higher notes with relative periods to vibrate as well... if they didn't have a big, fat felt pad on them. This is also why some intervals in a scale sound better than others.

[@neileapenninan8706]

Oh nice!

[@theturtlerguy1236]

I play bari sax and overtones are a blessing and a curse

[@kyleolsen3809]

E

[@anonymous.dontask.8343]

To translate to english: Without the sponge looking things that make it quiet, the notes around the key you hit also played.

[@TY-df7fg]

@@anonymous.dontask.8343 not quite. The effect he’s talking about isn’t based on proximity. He’s talking about resonance and harmonics. Where if you play a low C, another string at middle and high C will vibrate slightly despite being entire scales away in terms of distance on the piano, and has a lesser effect for certain intervals in between. Has something to do with the frequency of vibration, which I don’t know in detail since I don’t study music theory or physics. Being based on it just being close would imply it’s just the impact of the hammer bleeding over to other notes, which probably would still happen, but that’s not what is being discussed.

[@puzzLEGO]

that section from 3b1b about waveforms was so helpful! I've been wondering how a sound can be constructed from smaller waves of different frequencies

[@5hirtandtieler]

He also has great, longer form videos on the fourier transform - definitely worth a watch!

[@piogre]

There's a video I found a while back (and sadly can't find again) that show how, because you can use this technique to effectively make midi data of human speech/song, you can change the instrument on the midi to have it say/sing words in varying "voices" of different instruments.

[@ethandeister6567]

It's actually often overlooked in how modern music theory is taught. The average general music theory class will usually cover harmony, melody, and maybe some basic rhythm, completely brushing instrumentation and timbre despite timbre being one of the most complex and interesting aspects of music. It's why Beethoven's 5th sounds weird on a synthesizer and why All Star by Smash Mouth sounds out of place when played by an orchestra. It's hard to come across an artist or band that experiments with harmony, melody, rhythm, and timbre in meaningful ways, but Pink Floyd and Radiohead mess around with all of those very well, even if they aren't the top of the top for each category.

[@MrMonny]

IKR!???

[@smd5020]

@@piogre ……………………………………..

[@panfritovideo]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="548">9:08</a> THIS THE MOMENTS

[@gigabyteguru2452]

Fun fact: Mark Rober is now one of extremely few humans on planet earth if any who have heard the full difficulty version of this song without the use of a speaker.

[@TheOilDrinker]

Dammm now I want to

[@wagyourtails]

yeah

[@Hkirme]

Yeah true

[@ex8800]

Imagine if the octaves were 10x more. tempo 5x more.

[@vincemeyer2280]

@CoolFool with a speaker!

[@giovannib27]

As a classical pianist for ten years, it was interesting to actually learn how the piano works.

[@AvarFPS]

lmao same

[@doodleedoo]

here before the masses find out that mark hearted this comment

[@andrewgardner7986]

I think the explanation was taken from a Jared Owen video. It looks like the same animation.

[@michelin3140]

Yeah

[@maz8546]

But what do the foot pedals do?

[@sasakikook]

Mark: creates a piano that can play Rush E perfectly Fanchen: "I personally wouldnt publish something so unpolished"

[@thatmusicdude9513]

I understood that reference... heh

[@Xedrie]

HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

[@legendarypinkmilk3092]

😂😂😂

[@Flankie]

NOT AGAIN

[@Nojnoj]

Fanchen: *proceeds to play better*

[@Defiance-w4i]

"I SWEAR, IF YOU SO MUCH AS MAKE ME WARM, MY LAWYERS WILL SUE YOUR A-" -Piano 2022

[@captaindelta43]

When you realise how complicated the structure of a piano key is. Hats off to you Mark .

[@draxoronxztgs1212]

And still, they all are taken for granted in such a way that it has become an entertainment to destroy them in uncountable ways. Like the one they dropped from a roof, creating the PS2 startup sound. And in cartoons.😄

[@checkit7528]

@@draxoronxztgs1212 woosh me, they didnt create the ps2 startup sound by dropping a piano down a building

[@draxoronxztgs1212]

@@checkit7528 Maybe they don't, but there's a video where it sounds pretty like it.

[@EverythingTheorist]

I love how you explained a whole bunch of different topics (piano engineering, sound waves, human senses) in one coherent 11-minute video. Just goes to show how science is interconnected, and different branches explore different aspects of the same wider world.

[@lordrasanath9780]

Being a student i hate the fact that your comment stands true and that i gotta study for my exams

[@theentiremeyer]

@@lordrasanath9780 "I hate that i have to study for my exams" same, brother. same.

[@stetsonhendrix9103]

When I was learning Portuguese I could understand everything as long as I could see the person’s mouth. Phone calls sounded as foreign as if I didn’t speak it at all. I eventually got fluent to the point I could talk on the phone, but what Mark said about auditory senses depending on visual input rang very true.

Thanks for learning my language!

[@yourprobablyastalker5546]

i want to learn portuguese so bad but the words wont stick

[@usedevilthing]

Aí sim rapaz! Congrats

[@aleks3322]

I saw this video when I was younger and didn’t understand it but now, as a musician, this makes sense and is genuinely really interesting

[@Crypticat]

never thought i would be rickrolled by a piano that can play itself and talk

[@silly_popcat5228]

Same

[@eliyco2480]

Me too

[@Its_kassie]

I didn't whatch the video yet so ty for telling me I will know Edit: sadly I still got rickrolled 😭

[@valentinaembers5713]

Same ngl 😂

[@leturnip1136]

I GOT RICK ROLLED BY A TALKING PIANO. :(( Honestly Chopsticks can take the win, I'm more impressed than upset.

[@CMP7778]

This vid had everything, a talking piano, engineering, Mark Rober, and a rickroll. Perfection.

[@kindlyhelpmereachto100ksub9]

WOWW YOU DON'T READ MY PROFILE PICTURE

[@Phymacss]

And rush e!!

[@eddie_lol]

its funny how everyone got rickrolled by the talking piano

[@ZvY1x]

Perfection. 👌👌

[@timothysullivan1669]

Don’t forget 3Blue1Brown

[@abhidababy6746]

"See if he can pick out the singer's actual voice in this classical piece of music history" *Proceeds to rickroll us*

[@mantasluk1005]

mark Robert never rickrolled until now he tricked us pretty bad and destroyed us

[@notsocarly]

I didn't know you had it in you, Mark.

[@glenngriffon8032]

Well it's not just a fun cheap shot but it's also a song that most netizens will easily know regardless of age. He could have picked something by Neil Young if he wanted or Mike and The Mechanics or something by... * looks up young people music * Billie Elish and in so doing had a lot of his audience aurally lost. A rickroll however, well it's an older meme but it checks out sir.

[@yakinthebox]

What the f did he try to say? "can pick out the singer's actual voice in this classical piece of music history" what does this even mean?

[@tompelle1061]

@@yakinthebox It is what Mark said

[@OrangeDiver.]

fun fact: when u change the language audio chopstix voice is translated and also still sounds like a piano

[@harl.b]

My dad always says ‘that piano isn’t gonna play its self!’ When I don’t practice. But then I showed him this…

[@tobysceptiman7058]

Big brain move

[@infinitygamer4991]

but than you rickrolled your dad…

[@abuticky311]

lol

[@abuticky311]

@@infinitygamer4991 then i need to teach you grammar lol

[@retard4582]

@@abuticky311 Who cares lol

[@MattTelepenko]

You can really hear that it's a percussion instrument when it's hitting those big green chords in Rush E it actually sounds like a drum

[@Mike__B]

I was thinking that too, a very big "foot stomp" sound that I didn't think could be made with a piano.

[@luctan881]

ok

[@agerven]

Very true. It is only through the pedals, e.g. feet, and the fingers and the emotion of the piano player that the instrument becomes so much more than a percussion instrument.

[@fashnek]

You can hear keys moving on saxophones, flutes, trumpets, etc. don’t mischaracterize the playing action vs. mechanical requirements

[@ravs6003]

Soon may the wellerman come to bring the sugar and tea and rum

[@zegreznidi2922]

I never ever thought I would get rickrolled by a talking piano. Well done Mark

[@honlt4678]

Post this to your freind and see their reaction!

[@TheXjearex]

Me neither

[@elf0n]

Nice we got Rick rolled by a talking piano

[@kailileadbeatter5872]

I was dumbfounded when he rickrolled me.

[@MortaIII]

I was not expecting

[@KseniaDobr]

Bro is looking at his piano buttons and praying for himself to not burn with fire

[@scottdotjazzman]

As a piano technician I appreciate so much that you're explaining why a piano action has to be so complicated! One note though, the "backstop" is actually not for repetition, it's to prevent the hammer from bouncing off the rest and striking the string again. The fact that you gain repetition speed is a happy side effect.

[@locus1222]

Happy little accidents

[@ifer1280]

This explains what's wrong with my girlfriend's piano! I was wondering why I occasionally get a double hit..

[@MrTaiese]

Yup merely impossible to play fast repetitive notes on a worn piano kinda love the repetition lever even some of the uprights have something similar

[@faland0069]

one NOTE though... i saw what you did there

[@scottdotjazzman]

@@faland0069 HA no pun intended

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Loving the "as you can C" puns

[@sombathmolina5243]

Use it to the same box

[@l__-]

l v

[@RayAnimations..]

Stop You are under a Rest

[@gmodiscool14]

t

[@wolfgameplays3291]

Hey i watched your diesel train stunts video a few years ago on your channel i really liked it

[@billlipp1076]

Mark : let’s play rush e on this talking piano! Also mark : explains how the entire piano works.

[@knifekirby918]

What, that doesnt make sense

[@oxhlyy]

@@knifekirby918 it does

[@getbouncin5244]

E

[@markroberssonisretarded765]

Can we appreciate the fact that he always manages to make us smile?

[@ErnaWati-g2f1m]

@@knifekirby918 Helooooooo

[@codybaker4719]

in the first six minutes, you explained pianos, showed off player pianos like our buddy Chopsticks, and RICK ROLLED US!!!

[@TechWithBrett]

Thank you for making this! My kids are learning piano and this was so fun for them to see!

[@whitepumpkinenthusiast27]

Oh hey there verified person

[@Numbergamer2025]

If you want to see and hear Chopsticz playing Rush E, click this time stamp: 8:49

[@kohaku3726]

@@Numbergamer2025 mate, you don't have to use your last braincells to give out the obvious. I can just watch the video without needing the timestamp

[@LITTLE1994]

I bet they were laughing watching this.

[@randomness6956]

11

[@Golddudecrazy]

I never thought a robot piano would rickroll me lol

[@Lexvato]

We got rekt by a robot

[@Dingi-dingus]

Now I can tell my friends I’ve been rick rolled by a robot

[@no-er1fz]

Yeah it even had the voice of rick Ashley if you listen closely

[@anulhovhannisyan7668]

Did i just get rickrolled by a piano. If i told my friend she would never believe.

[@boboften9952]

5:49 ....... !

[@issackaiser]

SMB: No human could perfectly play this song ever ! Chopstick the piano: Fine. I’ll play myself !

[@htocisi]

Chopstix isnt a human

[@sub-zero-0]

@@htocisi you have ruined the joke my freind

[@TeminsTe]

@@htocisi r/woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

[@teh_catto6127]

@@htocisi go. Just leave

[@ityaboidavid2.0]

@@htocisi hahaha!!!

[@monkeym747]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="81">1:21</a> is one of the best Mark Rober moments

[@Perrydot_1]

This isn’t even an option it’s a fact

[@Nothingtoseeheresoyea]

“My lawyers are going to sue your a-“

[@linwaiyancho2567]

Mark: see if he can pick out the singer's actual voice in this classical piece of music history. Me: my rickroll senses are tingling.

[@ghostgoth-1]

i facepalmed when i realized what the song was hahaha

[@vtgamer151]

I already could tell what it was before he played it lol

[@zerrierslizer1]

@@vtgamer151 not to be rude, but to NOT be able to figure it out you'd either have to be deaf or already dead lol.

[@claypot882]

i think you mean "astley tingle"

[@someone_____yes]

@@ghostgoth-1 Same lel

[@TheAdvertisement]

The little bits where the piano responds to Mark, or plays tunes like "The More You Know" are adorable.

[@GrtGuy]

Omg piano waifu???????????

[@ityaboidavid2.0]

@@GrtGuy ​ Huh???

[@GrtGuy]

@@ityaboidavid2.0 yeah

[@Zarro0o0o]

Shut up

[@Zarro0o0o]

@@GrtGuy shut up

[@valentinaembers5713]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="80">1:20</a> I did not expect a robot piano attempting to swear at Mark Rober to make my day. But it did.

[@Th3GamerR4smu5]

ARE GOING TO SUE YOUR A-

[@oriontikkit]

@Player HEY! THATS AN INAPROPRT LAUNGREAGE, LOSETR!!1!1!!1

[@coolingeby3470]

@@ultimatedoppel same

[@fardung]

Bro that ain't a swear, it's a cuss

[@64.000]

@@fardung same thing

[@YeezyOffTheGridYt]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="624">10:24</a> why is he standing at a creek

[@rayondangal8142]

don’t ask me

[@aidentiger4468]

Idk bro

[@trevorphillips1086]

What’s a creek..? It’s a Crick 😂

[@kaisarjibrilartasyah4866]

​@@trevorphillips1086 It's creek bro not crick...

[@salmantheboss5423]

Idk

[@ajohnistaken9507]

Still can't believe how he made this cool piano and how I got rick rolled by a piano.

[@sapandream]

One more beluga fan :D

[@jobMatthias]

He didnt make the piano

[@stuntrushjr64]

Lol

[@mee8274]

noob

[@caidenbonari6253]

I was waiting for someone to own up to it 😂

[@OrangutanGang]

never thought i’d be rickrolled by a talking automatic piano and of course, Mark made it

[@alexpascu8586]

me too

[@firekill240]

Yeah

[@orsonlarter6475]

@Fish and lemons the better you'll be

[@Melikemonkeys]

Same

[@lethanspriggs4820]

Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna turn around and desert you.

[@MrLOLCraftLP1]

Mark: "this Classical piece of music history" Community: I wonder what it is? Mark: "Rickroll everyone" Community: -_-

[@0Clewi0]

He didn't say a piece of classical music

[@bozo460]

Its not classical, it's classic.

[@heathergingrich1819]

Yuuuup

[@binay413963]

Nooooo

[@Gujjji]

-_-

[@RandomCommenter4890]

I never tried this markrober! This is so cool

[@Blitzo.]

I love how Mark implements modern-day technology into things that are just for entertainment! Thanks Mark for the coolest things!

[@甘いお茶漬け]

Thank you mark

[@milliekultra]

thanks Edelweiss for the piano

[@warnerreid8146]

@@milliekultra he did not make the piano

[@Marshful]

I love how he considered the Rick Roll a classic piece of music history, and I agree with that statement.

[@shoam2103]

Most casual rick roll I've seen in a long time!

[@samanthagracia7370]

So true. My friend(s) sometimes rickroll the group chat.

[@kiennnenh]

which absolutely is

[@YellowCyanXY]

I’ve always wondered what Rush E would sound like on a real piano.

[@killuagon6324]

Same

[@hypergroove2663]

You would hear the cinders of fire and sound

[@bengardner8639]

It's been done multiple times before

[@cydaber2072]

5:50

[@Imdan92]

@@cydaber2072 fml

[@XxMCLEXAxX]

Piano was cooked really

[@airjacer_2016]

chopstix: *"catches fire"* mark: *"puts out fire"* chopstix: THAT WAS AWSOME Edit: dam yall thought I thought chopstix really caught fire?

[@jo-mf7wl]

didn't actually caught fire, unfurtunately , see yourself in the end of the description of this video

[@aTree1]

KNAI

[@magica3526]

Did anyone believe it actually caught fire 🙄 mark would have immediately used the extinguisher instead of waiting for it to finish

[@o5-330]

@@magica3526 read decs lol!

[@Itz_Sophia19]

Lol

[@LemmyLada]

“I’m convinced that if someone was able to play this song, the world would explode.” -Cr1tikal

[@MD11105]

Someone not something so I think we're safe for now

[@heresywithana]

@@MD11105 Keyword: *_for now_*

[@nonsensethehuman279]

@@MD11105 Keyword: *for now*

[@FTDFahrzeugtechnikBahnenDessau]

@@MD11105 Keyword: for now

[@tomiix1589]

@@MD11105 Keyword: *for now*

[@atballplayers]

This was an amazing watch Mark.. thanks as always!

[@ProfRolf]

Ratio

[@user-qh5jk1mn5i]

@@ProfRolf Counter Ratio

[@akershawfan2284]

@@user-qh5jk1mn5i counter counter ratio

[@Wolf_peirce]

Counter counter counter ratio

[@lbozo9905]

ur mom

[@angeloceruzzi343]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="45">0:45</a> POV: chopstixs becomes cool💀

[@fullmetalapprentice]

Chopsixs?💀

[@angeloceruzzi343]

@@fullmetalapprentice sorry I messed up

[@Bloxfruitstipman123]

What the song called

[@angeloceruzzi343]

Idk

[@TheSavageProdigy]

Well I can say weirdly this is the first time I’ve been Rick rolled by a talking piano, props to you mark.

[@tonystark-gi3dr]

first

[@Nayaaaaaaaa]

Exactly- also second lol

[@scrambledeggs2256]

Yup- I call third

[@BucsFan76]

I call 4th-

[@FleeFlowNotFleaFloat]

I call fifth :/

[@Data-Expungeded]

remember. Mark is the only living person to hear what rush e actually sounds like in person. Meaning that scientifically, he’s super based

[@The_Prince250]

he might have ear damage too, but its for science and science is better than hearing (obviously)

[@prithvisinghpanwar007]

cameraman:🗿

[@-_deploy_-]

Fr fr

[@PatTheCat1014]

it sounds kinda strange being played on a real piano lol, for some reason i expected it to sound more like it does digitally 🤷

[@c0dejjshizpostarchive624]

​@@PatTheCat1014Well the digital version is enhanced. Different parts of the song are louder. So 65% of the notes are barely audible among the rest of them. So physically you don't have that.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

The "piano noob" in the advertisement <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="304">5:04</a> The "piano expert" in the advertisement <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="595">9:55</a>

[@Thischannelisdicontinued]

Simply piano in a nutshell

[@ken_aqua]

BRUUUHHHHH But true

[@homieslayer7384]

Finally , ive caught up with your speed .

[@jebowar6679]

Okay

[@Tommo3756]

Alr

[@SuperPaperMarioMovieGuy]

"This song is fire" just got a whole new meaning.

[@dobbs5860]

Achievement acquired: Rickrolled by a talking piano.

[@_leooguidera]

Haha yup

[@Potato76577]

@@_leooguidera agree

[@Prettytoenails]

Lol

[@sir_zech13.7]

I am happy that this still is relevent

[@edsheeransleftnut6794]

Next achievement: Rickrolled by a talking guitar

[@alphamarvellous5942]

Props to you for rickrolling all of us in the most unexpected way possible.

[@UltimateGamer34]

there wasnt a rick roll

[@BlueDragonBeastog]

@@UltimateGamer34 ...you absolute NIMROD

[@matiasuribe3590]

@@UltimateGamer34 you just got rickrolled mentally

[@apm69]

@@UltimateGamer34 yeah there was

[@harleynate-flix]

@@apm69 when

[@Clipzyy9401]

“Simple songs like that” Piano: literally plays every other note all at once

[@strangerdanger9923]

I don’t know about you guys, but this is my first time getting rickrolled by a piano.

[@operationtrickshot8201]

Wow being Rick rolled by a talking and self playing piano is never something I thought I’d be able to say I’ve done😂😂 Mark Rober you’ve nailed it again😂

[@ourfastestfox1481]

Same here lol

[@bobcool81]

Same

[@operationtrickshot8201]

Now I can check that off my bucket list lol 😆

[@arandomdiamond2]

I feel like I must've been under a rock at a crucial time and never learned that reference...

[@operationtrickshot8201]

@@arandomdiamond2 what Rick roll?

[@adrianbucholtz3002]

I have to hand it to you, you are impressive that you rick rolled me with a talking piano.🤣👌

[@MysticianLuna_VG]

@WHATSAPP㈩④⑨①⑦⑥⑨③⑤⑦⑧⑥④⑨ no

[@valentinaembers5713]

True that 😂 😂

[@pastek957]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="425">7:05</a> Grant showing us once again he's the best at explaining math... Seriously I had already seen this representation but the animation is so beautiful in explaining the concept of a Fourier transform

[@Jetsonn]

The way it was laid out visually was amazing. I wasn’t even paying attention to what he was saying as much as I was looking at the sine waves lined up and stuff

[@AprillAcosta1987]

I just got rickrolled by a talking robotic piano. That's not on my bucket list.

[@brycechambers6468]

I can't believe Rober technically Rick Rolled us... I'm not even mad, just impressed.

[@imsomethingofascientistmys8430]

Same, I can't believe it either

[@stephenmurphy7918]

Same

[@themelleryeller]

I’m glad I that when talking about an audio to MIDI transcription Mark didn’t call hearing vocals an “illusion.” I have heard that term used many times in other videos, and it’s just not accurate to call it as such. That’s like calling a pixelated and hard to decipher photograph an “illusion” of the original. In reality the sound is just so heckin’ distorted that you really struggle to tell what’s being said, but the original sound is in there, somewhere. As an audio engineer that is a major pet peeve of mine, and I thank Mark and 3B1B for the much better and more accurate simplification.

[@Busterblade20]

Agreed. More than illusion is an aproximation because to actually get the accurate voice you'll need infinite amount of piano keys that reproduce the sound of every frequency not only the peaks of the future transform.

[@tjreynolds685]

@@Busterblade20 Not only an infinite amount of piano keys, but an infinite amount of piano keys including every frequency between the notes

[@Ironypencil]

Nitpicking: Parts of the original sound are in there. As an audio engineer you're probably familiar with nyquist's sampling theorem, and midi discretization is basically just sampling of the frequency spectrum. The big problem is loss of high frequency and phase information, as those are fundamental for replicating the exact sounds. (e.g. plosives like p, k, t are very narrow time impulses and therefore have a very broad frequency spectrum)

[@shanemarkle]

@@tjreynolds685 Not true. This is the same argument that says that digital audio cannot exactly represent analogue sound, but there's some math proof that that is not the case (what it's called, though, I don't recall). Edit: Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem.

[@CloveCoast]

What’s so cool about this is they’re reviving one of the oldest vocalizing-synth methods, and it was never done acoustically before. It was MIDI notes in place of audio samples. (OMG that recreation of Give You Up is insane)

[@Katto.u]

honestly, i’ve just watched this video so many times that i’ve memorized everything that chopstix says.

[@flowerballs_008]

As a pianist, this is one of the weirdest and most interesting creation of an english-speaking piano since when I have first seen it done in computers to speak pineapple pen

[@shedinjask]

ive heard this speaking effect before in midified versions of songs with vocals, and ive seen people claim it was just your brain filling in lyrics you already know. its cool to know theres also a bit of actual sound approximation going on!

[@kevincronk7981]

I've heard those too, but I always just heard that it accidentally picks up some of the singing as well

[@bendu49100]

I absolutely can't hear anything resembling a voice with that " speaking piano ". Not an english native speaker. That's probably people's brain filling the gaps.

[@rhalfik]

@@bendu49100 a piano doesnt have the range to reproduce consonants. But the theory behind it is solid. Computers use it to synthetize speech and instruments. It's called MIDI

[@BlastinRope]

There are subtitles, that is what your brain is using to fill in the gaps.

[@Dysan72]

Look up "Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do". He makes his guitar speak. Live.

[@Bofa_]

i love how mark instantly started spraying the fire extinguser when the E came

[@maxhax1000]

Gotta let him finish his gig bro

[@Whosmia-001x]

“I swear if so much as make me WARM, my lawyers are going to SUE YOUR A-“ - Chopsticks

[@Multisports9090]

Never would I think I would get Rick rolled by a piano

[@lukifight_bruh9404]

Who’s joe

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@theblackbaron4119]

You can cross that off your bucket list :)

[@ItsEv]

timestamp?

[@JonathanKayne]

Wanna get rickrolled by some stepper motors?

[@TheThirdErnest]

““I got the piano that plays itself” - Rick Ross” - Chris Delia

[@A6uh]

"""I got the piano that plays itself" - Rick Ross" - Chris Delia" - TheThirdErnest

[@the_padzer3456]

''''''I got the piano that plays itself''-Rick Ross - Chris Delia - TheThirdErnest - A6uh

[@alexgiesbrecht531]

"""""""""""I got the....

[@ps92809]

'''''I got the piano that plays itself''-Rick Ross - Chris Delia - TheThirdErnest - A6uh

[@sexlocator-joinandfck1595]

2pac is legend

[@PeytonBirbal]

That piano talking = nightmare fuel. I haven't been this afraid of a piano since the one that attacked me in Super Mario 64 lol

[@then00btitan96]

I haven’t been more afraid of a piano since the piano boss in luigi’s mansion 2 XD

[@mewity]

And that LM2 boss lol

[@Tidnro]

It’s pretty cute

[@redstonegod296]

Piano in sm64: CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG

[@emmas.m]

It was the nightmare organ for me.

[@NotEminem491]

We got a piano Rick Rolling us before GTA6?!

[@ilovepotstickers]

As a pianist with all 88 fingers, I understand how difficult this is to play. Hats off to chopstix!

[@SkellyOfJudgment]

Cheers🍷🗿

[@dkhollowayholloway4320]

88!

[@MonkeyMod]

Ye

[@crazy_paws1]

All 88? Oh I only have 78 :(

[@yangxue1694]

Lol

[@lolexguy]

It never occurred to me that I could be rickrolled by a self playing piano.

[@uncreative5766]

I really thought the piano would just play without the Rick Astley clip. That would've been the funnier burn.

[@Sketchitect]

Its the Influence of Mrwhosetheboss

[@godlegend-jz8kv]

@@Sketchitect def

[@likebot.]

was probbly the whole point of inventing it.

[@LonelySandwich]

Mark continues to surprise us with his amazing engineering skills. Hats off to you 🫡

[@vycr0s955]

fool

[@MrCash-lm1xz]

And the guests

[@joemamma7315]

yes

[@slamsandwich19]

@@vycr0s955 what?

[@Name-cb2jw]

Haven’t seen you in some months, and you’re back. Not that you don’t deserve to comment and share your thoughts if THAT’S your intentions.

[@nathanandrealbarracinzebal126]

Technically this is the first piano that Rush E has managed to play.

[@JeffBauReal]

can we just appreciate how mark was able to incorporate so many elements of meme culture into engineering

[@Kirtanpurohit]

yup!

[@MoofAloof]

E

[@TheAdvertisement]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="563">9:23</a> Really like how the light from the notes on screen reflects off of the keys making them looking a bit like they're glowing the color of the note they're playing.

[@sokkerfreak]

.

[@raseon97]

The color was added - they aren’t reflecting the image (at least not that vividly)

[@TheAdvertisement]

@@raseon97 Ah fair enough, even cooler detail then!

[@anastasiosgkiokas9247]

Given that it was hundrents of years back, this guy Bartolomeo is the goat. What a freaking engineering genius! I love it!

[@Slowly_Going_Mad]

Doc fan?

[@LimitlessEntertainment_]

Doc fan.

[@rai1578]

@@LimitlessEntertainment_ I mean.... Doc isn't the only person ever to be referred to as "The GOAT" but...... Yeah, Doc Fan.

[@wildcat3025]

Hundreths of years is a few days

[@vthkchris2329]

Πεστα ρε Τάσο

[@lwanttoreadthebook]

Вы забыли про педали, когда рассказывали конструкцию клавиш.

[@alexw8739]

Mark, this is absolutely fantastic, I've played the piano for 18 years and I never imagined I could learn so much about my own craft in 10 minutes. Truly took me by surprise so thank you!

[@ovvfoids]

The fact that you can actually HEAR the words coming out of the piano amidst the notes is astonishing

[@cyrusds]

JTOH JTOH JTOH JTOH

[@cyrusds]

x

[@ovvfoids]

@@cyrusds LOL

[@cyrusds]

@@ovvfoids yes

[@romuxas]

Try listening to it speaking without reading subtitles and you won't understand anything lol

[@a1ekxza]

I'm impressed that the song actually has a tune and it isn't just banging random notes on the piano.

[@shadowyzephyr]

At 9:53 I'm pretty sure the original recording of Rush E is played over Chopstix to make it sound better than it actually was, kind of misleading. I could be wrong though. Also, the part before the "E" at the end seems to be slightly slower with Chopstix than the original, perhaps it was lagging a little?

[@fredsuper6792]

@@shadowyzephyr Yeah, you have a point. It does sound a bit odd

[@B1SQ1T]

@@shadowyzephyr yea the original video’s audio was played over, the sound’s a bit different and also if u heard that in real life no matter how accurate the solenoids are it’d just sound like an entire piano’s keys being mashed at once and it’d be pretty hard to hear the actual song

[@notmusictheory74]

The song IS banging random notes on piano so it looks cool, but they are mostly silenced

[@a1ekxza]

@@notmusictheory74 cool :O

[@anthonyfondren1949]

Random person: hey bro, what kind of friend you got? Mark: a piano Random person: what?