SELF TAUGHT PIANIST CHOPIN BALLADE STREET PIANO IN DUBLIN,IRELAND

[@anthonyb2745]

Lol... I self taught this piece to myself as well... after 13 years of professional coaching.

[@josealbertoviartmunoz9509]

Same but 75.

[@frankmcnally5993]

Same but I never learned piano

[@im_mr_garbage2498]

@@frankmcnally5993 ?

[@paolo6219]

Same but

[@kahtanalobaidi1550]

Same

[@GerryBolger]

A self taught pianist playing Chopin, and Ballade No1 of all things. Talk about jumping in at the deep end... Well done, if I was told you were classically trained I'd believe it.

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

Cheers Gerry.thanks for the kind words

[@MA-ke7rx]

@ivan y. If I taught myself Nocturne Op.9 No.2 in a month, how long would it take to teach myself ballade in g minor would you say?

[@angianggia4409]

@@MA-ke7rx quite a FEW more months depending on how you are able to play Nocturne Op.9 No.2 in term of dynamics.

[@bogdannowak2320]

GerryBolger first 2 mins are easy ;)

[@cxacmp5583]

Yea iv had two years of learning with a teacher, then I started teaching myself, when I stopped having lessons with my teacher I was just able to play Beethoven sonate op 49 no2

[@SS-ci8jk]

The guy sitting on the bench at 1:29 listens to it till the end. Love him.

[@janm5854]

I do the same

[@owen4082]

Plot Twist : He is wearing earphone

[@viktorzozulia9258]

@@owen4082 Plot twist number 2: he was waiting for somebody

[@jadenasis921]

My favorite thing about chopin is the way he uses the grace notes to make a peice sound so romantic

[@balleroceleste]

8:36 When you never saw "The pianist"

[@papermachevolcano]

Bruh

[@zip3355]

Hahahaha 🤣 lol

[@josephwald1991]

Nice work. Despite the piano being a wreck, a train blazing through at the prettiest moment, and 2 random people stopping to intensely stare at exactly the most stressful part of the piece. A little miracle in a train station.

[@TechlyplusGames]

He even has the same outfit as Chopin

[@wisnog99]

Jesus, man you inspire me, not for the piano, but for the violin, if you can play chopin's fist ballade, and you're self taught! I can surely get somewhat close to your level with pure determination!

[@Synthious]

Damn, Skrillex really let himself go

[@eli1513]

Other way around

[@hihello-sx1sx]

@@eli1513 damn, let him self go really Skrillex

[@fattit7598]

@@hihello-sx1sx HAHAHAHHHAHHA

[@RADIOACTIVEBUNY]

He's actually talented, now.

[@janm5854]

Skrillex fixed himself

[@vincentneale2620]

Now if I heard that being played in a station I would gladly miss my train What a talented young man bravo 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@aryyy2362]

lol the lady that just clap. But this is truly amazing! I too was self taught until I went to a piano school so I can learn more things that I have never been taught by myself.

[@johnnyq9007]

How do you get in piano school?

[@DarkSide6]

There was nobody listening to the piece at the beggining, except the ones who knew the entire piece.

[@herrhyde]

poor girl in 8:36; she though it ended and clapped her hands, and then it continued so she felt awkward and went off.

[@aidanb7814]

She clapped early asf

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

Ah she can clap whenever she wants I dont mind haha.just glad somebody liked it enough to clap.I made a balls of the last section anyway

[@bmwforlife6951]

Tip for every audience: start clapping when the performer puts both hands on their knees, that is how a professional performer lets you know it's finished.

[@bmwforlife6951]

I love your attitude at the end! You're like: well, I just do this because it's no big deal....

[@ralphloriaux4400]

The best version of the ballad I've heard yet!

[@jan_the_man]

Amazing. And then I’m here playing Prelude no. 1.

[@caiza8441]

Jan 2 😂😂😂

[@rishbub]

That's a great piece too...

[@Prod.Protonic]

@Gizio the Jackal I think he means Bach, but idk

[@heromang]

3 years passed, can u tell me your evolution please?

[@nicolasterzani9017]

You have talent, very few have it.. with a good teacher you could become even more amazing..

[@Zeina_esther]

awesome! such amazing technique!! I too am self-taught, and play classical music by ear. I'm trying to teach myself how to read music. I'm glad to see that lack of training opportunities did not stop you from pursuing and mastering what you love.

[@markbaker5080]

Incredible talent. I dream of being able to play this piece.

[@harryxu2111]

that lady at the end was so cute, her reaction was priceless

[@jinglongchu3829]

Bravo! self taught? to this level? and very musical! Amazing! Must be very smart!

[@Souls_p_]

Self taught pianist myself, so badly wanna make it to this piece but it's just a tad too above my level. You did amazingly well! love the atmosphere

[@islaadele1212]

Bravo.

[@Wratheus]

2:54 pigeon bowed ?

[@happypotter23]

XD

[@fattit7598]

The pigeon had mad respects to the man lmao

[@savagegirlmeh1834]

you're my inspiration. I too am now able to read music, but I still go on trying to learn pieces. So far I finished Pirates of The Caribbean by Jarrod Radnich.

[@50tv29]

Nice effort Sean. Self teaching Ballade No 1.. especially Coda.. amazing.

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

Thank you!

[@blabloblub7664]

Wow props to you for learning this pice by youself... espacially the last movement is damn straight Even tho you have a few mistskes Here and there but thats what makes it so beautiful

[@Syzygizing]

Blablo Blub And yet you could barely type this comment without as many mistakes as he made during the entire performance

[@blabloblub7664]

Lik Chalko so what?

[@kratos9740]

@@Syzygizing stupid hater

[@hirofumi3123]

​@@blabloblub7664 do you realize how hard this piece is? the thing that makes Chopin amazing is that you can play his pieces with your own style

[@killer_queen4062]

​@Hirofumi chopin's pieces, especially this ballade, are extremely strict in terms of how they need to be played. you can't get carried away by your own interpretation

[@Sylvaard]

9:01 “just a simple relaxing piece”

[@TomaszJegorow]

Beautiful!

[@rdkleinjan]

Beautiful. Well done man. Truly inspiring

[@josealbertoviartmunoz9509]

Por lo visto hay muchos genios anónimos. Se necesita ser un genio para tocar la balada número 1.

[@Llanos191]

No tanto. Depende del tiempo que le tomó aprenderse esa balada. Además hizo algunos errores notorios durante el koda, cosa que les suele pasar a muchos profesionales en conciertos incluso habiendo aprendido y practicado por años esta pieza y es completamente entendible que no la haya tocado a la perfección en notas y tempo. Eso no quita que sea muy habilidoso. Siempre he pensado que un buen pianista puede llamarse como tal cuando es capaz de tocar este tipo de piezas y vaya que ese tipo lo es!

[@VipiModel-nk3ce]

Se necesita ser un genio para tocarla bien tocada, bajo mi punto de vista ha sido un desastre de principio a fin, es la diferencia entre un amateur o un aficionado al piano y un profesional, llevo tocando 40 años, empecé con 6 años y estudié la carrera de piano 10 años en Conservatorio Superior de Música y para mi oído..esto ha sido un desastre total, no tiene nada que ver con lo que Chopin escribió en las partituras, para mí ha sido horrible!!

[@yourmaw8790]

perfect.

[@ImSrry4BeingWhite]

Ive always really likes this video. Ive prolly watched it 10 times over the years. Have you continued practicing piano for the last 7 years? You are very talented!

[@ragwafouda]

Love your playing and interpretation!!!

[@the7guy]

Your style makes this piece unique. You took a masterpiece and made your own :D

[@theend4512]

I love how every single person is confused by the ending because it goes to I like 4 times in a row lol, never will know why chopin wants to confuse the non-knowers

[@jotace9067]

No words!!! Awesome...

[@collectorofcats294]

Any YLIA fans? This piece is one of my bucket pieces! Excellent performance!!!

[@jongarcon7911]

Such a piece. Bless you Sean, top man 👍

[@sheetmusicsadra5887]

Amazing job..... wow such a chopins piece

[@DaveC_2024]

GOOD!

[@milolouis]

Wow absolute perfection, this really is the dream piece. Next the Chaconne? Just wow

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

I wish

[@rowanwild8445]

Busoni bach chaconne.. well it's about the same level, maybe a bit higher. And an absolutely worthy piece of having in hands I can testify, you should go for it budd

[@rowanwild8445]

Wait I just read down below, you don't know how to READ ? Is this some kind of joke ? Who the hell would so far in piano playing without at least take a few months to learn music theory ?

[@Whizzero1]

Incredible performance. How long did it take you to learn and memorise this piece?

[@bloubear2557]

Im self-taught as well, but can't play this ballade, really challenging. Out of tempo and with mistakes I can handle Berceuse op57

[@glad57]

I am also teaching myself how to play this right now.

[@seongtaek84]

Truly amazing regardless of how he learned it, not just "good for self-taught" but good music without considering it.

[@marcelocasaispiano]

Great 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tonimikael]

Nice!!

[@alexeyshik7970]

Молодец. Чувственно, правильно. Шопен прекрасен.

[@jpp144]

Fucking amazing. I would have stood and applauded until my hands fell off x

[@farah7538]

may I ask how long it took you to learn it?, only managed to reach 2:18 lmao took me a couple of days

[@kamatayon6380]

For a couple of days, that is good progress

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

4 months of 6 hours a day practice

[@Sysusuu]

This guy looks like the polish guy who argued with a British dude on the train

[@yufengivanchung5491]

classic fm brought me here

[@cajunchewie9026]

This video should have more views🙃

[@MrRor9696]

Niceeee

[@nicelooser]

how long did it take to play chopin as a self taught pianist?

[@beastyyap6984]

Wow.. how long hv you been practicing for this piece from zero? I always wanted to learn this piece myself too😭

[@robertimmanuel577]

2 years with zero experience

[@happypotter23]

Good stuff dude

[@tvu86]

Wow only one person hung around to listen... For shame. Okay so a few people did. But still not bad for self taught. Got a little off on some of the chords towards the end (theme 4 g minor) but nicely done overall.

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

I know.Verrry hard to play this outdoors with frozen fingers.

[@mrx_yai1991]

BRO HE LOOKS LIKE CHOPIN TOO WTF 😭😭

[@randomobject493]

I only can play half cant pass beyond this piece

[@elcanallll]

Random Object yet

[@jjmcooljim2082]

dont give up

[@granddaddy_funk]

Random Object only in your mind

[@koreboredom4302]

Try playing it REAL slow and practice the parts where you're not confident in/really fast and virtuoso. Edit: do some stretches and hanon exercises if you don't already(but I assume you do since this piece is really high level).

[@koumusic2600]

Random Object Push past your limits!

[@Andy-mo4uk]

That was great, can't believe you learned it by yourself. I wonder how much time did it take, this piece is fucking hard.

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

4 exhausting months of 6 hours a day working exclusively on this.

[@johnnyq9007]

sean rooney came out really good👍

[@BayAreaLakers]

Did you receive any formal training or are you completely self taught? What age did you start playing?

[@ManicMinorProduction]

Wow, I would have stopped and listened. Mumble rap generation dont know music!

[@uhigldasdtyuiosagjk]

amazing job. also, that coke machine in the back has left me baffled. idek what is up with that man.

[@kaii7147]

Codas difficult aint It lol good job tho man I'm self taught aswell I can't even read music lol I learn from synthesia. I need to stop being lazy and learn to read sheets really. I defo feel your pain when it comes to the coda of ballade no 1 though 😂

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

I'm just lazy af dude. If I actually made a serious effort I'd probably be able to read really quick. I just find the reading so difficult I just cant stick with it. Love playing though

[@kaii7147]

@@SeanRooneyMusic yeah I'm the same I can read music but not very well. Im trying to push my self into switching from synthesia to actual sheet music it's just so much quicker on synthesia. Sheet music is better though as it has alot more information written in the piece than synthesia does

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

Thanks for the comments everyone.follow me on Instagram @Sean_r_pianist for more videos

[@artibrahimi6959]

I would have stayed there for the full 9 minutes

[@mareksmid6906]

he really fcked up that coda

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

Thanks for your input. I'm self taught and I cant read music.. what more do you want?

[@mareksmid6906]

@@SeanRooneyMusic yeah thats cool but being self taught just mean it takes longer to learn im self taught too and i dont see why you couldnt just wait until you really mastered the piece why perform when you are not ready to perform? and its not like you had a deadline where you were supposed to perform on street piano but nice work anyways but like a week or month of practice more wouldnt hurt

[@davidnyc487]

@@mareksmid6906 Wow that was pretty harsh, are you also a self taught asshole or were you professional taught 😂

[@ludwig4029]

8:35 bruh

[@Chic4rely]

Classic music has deep philanthropy and history of the composers. Not like this modern music... all music came from classic.

[@kerkarroyo7005]

Arima

[@PGSH]

This is NOT a “self taught” pianist, but a pianist with obvious considerable training. He has technical ability, understands harmony, knows what is important in Chopin and for interpretation. Not that this is perfect rendition, but it isn’t a rendition of a “self taught” pianist.

[@seanrooney3315]

Thank you, I spent a lot of time away from the piano reading about what it was that made up Chopin's own "style" I read every book and researched every source I could about his playing for years and I still havent found something that satisfies me as to how he sounded.must have been something beyond our understanding. and I appreciate the comment, but I basically locked myself inside for 3 months and did nothing but learn this piece with KZbin tutorials.was extremely difficult and unpleasant and I dont think I'll be learning a piece this big again until i can read it from the score. Learning this by ear was not enjoyable but playing it is.

[@svalentine4667]

He has some training, but not professional. I’ve been self teaching myself for the past two years (only done classical music for the past 4 months though) and you can tell by how he plays some sections (namely the waltz, the first theme, and the reaffirmation of the second theme) with either iffy fits and starts or improper weighting of the left hand. Like the waltz has two melodies going on at once but you can’t even tell. Fantastic performance on his part, and he’s definitely self taught (at least mostly)!!

[@ElTovarish]

Kaori...

[@madz3198]

*cries*

[@kathreeek]

dID iT reAch hEr¿

[@olakolade6656]

severus snape lol

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

Feck off haha

[@olakolade6656]

@@SeanRooneyMusic you played this balade very well! Congrats! You are very talented!

[@ResonantP]

The coda? Is pretty bad ya it's insanely hard but wow

[@Allen-by6lm]

Your lie in April

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

No I lie in bed

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

@@emmanueldavidferreira1645 yes I know. I was just making a joke

[@georgepantzikis7988]

Trully amazing for self taught.

[@jillespina]

The woman paused for a cola…er, coda.

[@ResonantP]

Dublic?

[@MsRedsox18]

ㅇㅅㅇ

[@eyelll4982]

only 8k views??

[@lancetraje2882]

4:45 Imagine the Violin OTAKUS:oh stop sayin nonsense u weeb...

[@JUANMA_PEREZ]

Qué pena que los trenes sean anti claque.

[@driftsyurcus8550]

I can't read sheet music or name a single note, I feel no reason to be teached

[@VipiModel-nk3ce]

Coda Disaster🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SeanRooneyMusic]

@@VipiModel-nk3ce let's see you play it by ear

[@junstant]

the piano is very out of tune

[@Souls_p_]

It's not that far out of tune, especially comparatively to other public pianos