The MOST Beautiful & Relaxing Piano Pieces | Pianist Reacts

[@hawkeye6472]

Matthew is genuinely the most underrated youtuber, all his videos are amazing ideas, helpful, and are edited really well.

[@matticawood]

Thank you, I really appreciate that! 😊

[@rqidzERA-xw9gp]

he's misunderstood most of the time as arrogant because he doesn't praise every pianist and actually gives his thoughts negative or positive

[@hektor6766]

@@rqidzERA-xw9gp But he's spot-on, whether he's giving critique or praise. He knows what the chords do, he knows what effect the rhythms have, he knows how the melodies complement, and he knows all the tricks in the composers' bags, whether it's Chopin or Elton John.

[@ameliaventus5961]

Matthew is such a smooth teacher for an inexperience person trying to learn by ear he can really grab your attention and give you hope of excelling in your individual desire to play

[@Ayiara6999]

As a Frenchman I can assure you that Satie’s gymnopédie does make me feel like I’m sat in a café with an éclair as well! 😆

[@hektor6766]

I think I and my wife ate lunch at that cafe while in Paris. It really looks familiar. I helped another couple at the next table get through the menu.

[@harisriram98]

Your videos are so engaging to watch, especially for a beginner pianist like me. I am literally binge watching your videos for the last few weeks. Amazing content and keep up the good work.

[@hektor6766]

He hooked me with his analysis of Petzold's Minuet in G in his music reading video. Convinced me that it should be the first piece any pianist plays.

[@amarug]

I agree fully with the first one, I hate it as well. But you were able to tell me why, finally it makes sense. The chord change you suggested just made it 1000x better instantly.

[@tlazohtlalia]

3:30 sounds like an emotional part of a movie

[@cibianthellama]

I actually was surprised that there's a video about this. I listen to this video as background music

[@RhodesyYT]

Chopins berceuse is very relaxing as well

[@benjaavfx9179]

D flat major

[@Aditya-jv9mp]

Wow I'm midway through the video and already have tips for my next playthrough. You got a subscriber!

[@jwdes8806]

I started learning piano two years ago, after hearing River Flows on youtube, when looking for new pieces to play, I still come back to wanting to re-learn this piece. I don't know why but it is still my favourite.

[@Excellent_Egg]

Same

[@facbarros2]

I play comptine and moonlight. I really really love to play them both specially Moonlight

[@kaikirr]

Here before this guy gets famous! Been looking at your content at sometime now and a think everyone can agree, your videos are top tier.

[@richardheppleston4718]

Really love the genuine delight when you hear something you like- can’t hide your smile it shows how much passion you have for music. Sure your channel with explode soon if you keep doing what you are doing. Will subscribe and going to buy your book great work so pleased I found your channel

[@ccmarques]

I just love the way you analyse a piece. Fantastic.

[@matticawood]

Thank you! I’m glad you like my analyses 😊

[@ccmarques]

@@matticawood you extract so much meaning from a single bar, it's amazing. I wish I could have you as my piano teacher. Keep up the great work, I can't wait for the next video! And thank you for all the work you put into each and every one of your videos.

[@chloelees4472]

you make it look so easy Matt!

[@mumamaha123alisaari3]

Passacaglia!!!! My favourite

[@ampac]

Which one? There are literally hundreds of Passacaglias. Many were composed during the 16-18th centuries, but there are plenty of later compositions. Note that Passacaglia is not the title or name of a piece but the musical form that the piece is using.

[@s2kyy]

​@@ampac It's quite obvious he means Handel, since this entire video .. handels these kinds of mainstream/popular pieces and songs, context!!

[@CodeineBarbarian]

I absolutely need to learn sheet after being self taught for almost 8 months, this was perfect timing for me because learning it has been on my mind. I would just like to know if it is digital or not?

[@matticawood]

My Beginners Guide to Reading Sheet Music? It’s a digital download you will get a link and an email with a link to be able to download it 😊

[@LadanzaTube]

My way is opposite I started playing the piano as adult (altoough I whished my whole life before) self taught too. Now about 5 years but always started with sheet music. Now I will learn more to play by ear and my own arrangements I always did but now want it to do freely by ear. To know both you really get out the best of both worlds I guess!! But still have the feeling the skill by ear is the most useful and what Im dreaming of! 🎹💖 You can put more emotions in it and doesn't stick to have sheets (even if it's just Leadsheets) for everything!

[@Almighty_1]

Sheet music is too boring

[@hermenegildopotestades8741]

Thank you!

[@justintimetoclashandbrawl3348]

Hi Matthew, can you do a video about Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3 (Rach 3) It is a very beautifully and complex piece and I would love to hear you react to it!

[@darkenaxe]

The Beethoven's look of judgement made me laught at 17:42 xD Very nice video as always !

[@lumpichu]

My left hand is also heavy in Moonlight Sonata. Well, both hands probably, but especially the left. Part of it is that I can't play it well, but I also want the bass notes to really ring. I like to make it sound more "dramatic" than it should be.

[@vickydevaney5897]

I discovered your videos last week and I've watched so many now. You're so good and your videos are so watchable! 😊

[@LadanzaTube]

Yes it's a very interesting piano channel and just right combination of education entertainment covers and fun 🎹💖

[@vickydevaney5897]

agreed! and I watch vidoes on this channel I didn't think I'd be interested in too

[@KonradSchK]

the entire album, Screws by Nils Frahm

[@UKHaiku]

Have you listened to the album Bullets and Lullabies by James Rhodes? It’s a great juxtaposition of one CD of energising music and one CD of relaxing music. Lullabies is my ‘go to’ for a relaxing album…

[@juniordino1559]

for the most difficult music there are some that are really hard like Mephisto or Mazeppa or even Hungarian rapsody no 6 I can't even imagine playing these pieces because it's so hard

[@DoctorNerf]

One of the reasons River Flows in You is so popular is that anyone getting into Piano can learn it relatively quickly and it sounds very good for their skill level. No hate on the piece, that's why I learned it. It is easy and sounds good for someone who doesn't have much experience/skill yet.

[@Chirst_]

Why don't you get so much support your good❤

[@matticawood]

Thank you! I think there are quite a few that support 😊

[@DrdaantjeGaming]

i love ur content :) keep up the good work!

[@Thomas-jm9cg]

I was wondering if u could react to some of Matsuii. He is very under appreciated and I feel like he has some of the most relaxing and calming music that I’ve ever listened to.

[@ynopotegaming5393]

I'm french, and I'm absolutely okay with you 😂 (14:11)

[@em8714]

There's a lot of grace notes in classical music? Ornaments are everywhere in it. Especially baroque music where it's just assumed the performer will add them. Later on they were written in like in Chopin's music, especially nocturnes imitating the italian singing style at the time which had a LOT of them. Later on again Prokofiev uses them loads in a more rhythmic style or Rachmaninoff/Scriabin using them to create wider harmonies

[@matticawood]

Hey, I was particularly referring to the difference between appoggiaturas and acciaccaturas…appoggiaturas were definitely very commonly used, and in earlier music baroque/classical periods acciaccatura were definitely used but they were played slightly longer rather than “crushed” or played together releasing the grace note afterwards and in the baroque period specifically, they were used (like most decoration) at the performers discretion. Later in the romantic period when composers were being more specific in their music writing they were more commonly used in sheet music and kind of standardised so there was a much clearer distinction between how to play appoggiaturas vs acciaccaturas. Chopin, Prokofiev, Rach and Scriabin all loved a good acciaccatura as these were all Romantic and later. So essentially what I was saying is that, although the chord writing and 4-8 bar phrasing is reflective of the chord writing in the classical period, you can tell it isn’t because of the way the acciaccaturas are used 😊

[@manujrajvansh2926]

Whats your pov on nuvole bianche, i think its pretty relaxing and good

[@ampac]

Yes, it is pretty relaxing. And it happens to use a VI-IV-I-V chord progression , which are exactly the same chords as River Flows in You, just in a different order. And, like Yuruma’s piece the chords are repeated over and over. So, they are both nice pieces but uninteresting from a musical perspective.

[@DeyRadiance]

Subbed. Great channel. Great content. ❤

[@RTSmusic5040]

Yeah, this guy is too underrated...

[@paultaylor1814]

I like to listen to the moody stuff. That is usually slow with lots of depth to it. Brahms has a lot of music like that, but most of the time you only hear about his happy, bouncy stuff. It'd be nice to see you cover some of his richer pieces. Also, I've been playing the Moonlight Sonata since the age of 14, and didn't realize there are 3 movements to it. While I am decent at playing the first movement, the one most people know, I find the 2nd movement a bit dull, but the 3rd is insane. Can you play that one? I've even seen someone arrange it for electric guitar.

[@theuzm2959]

You should react to traum piano

[@KNightshade6]

In my opinion the most beautiful song is clair de lune, specifically the one that "channel 3 KZbin" uploaded, in my opinion the playing in that video is so good, calm yet dramatic when need be.

[@mustafajilanipiano]

Can you please react to Nostagia and marching season by Yanni. They have interesting time signatures throughout. Thanks

[@rewind10z]

You can immediately hear an Avicii melody. Rip man

[@Lovro-Music]

U deserve more subscribers!

[@matticawood]

Thanks! 😊

[@wanisz_]

Your explaining and analysing of these pieces makes the music whole more interesting, it's not just a piece that sounds good anymore, you're making it deep. Have you thought about making an analysis series e.g. like @gregniemczuk ? I'd even pay to watch it.

[@abhisekghosh4058]

Nice

[@SethRadu-pm9gc]

Can you react to epilogue from lalaland

[@thepianoplayer416]

Don't like to be too critical of Yiruma "River Flows in You". People listen to this piece for its simplicity than technical virtuosity like some Classical pieces. Many pieces that are composed in a simple way ('minimalist' approach with simple melodies with a few chords) with slight variations. At the end of a busy day at work we don't want to listen to a fancy Beethoven concerto vs a piece like Erik Satie "Gymnopédie 1" for relaxation. Music that are popular tend to be overplayed which is expected. "Marriage d'Amour" is a piece by Paul de Sonneville arranged by Richard Clayderman. Sometime ago a man who lost both arms in an accident played it on piano with his feet on a Chinese TV talent show. Therefore it's very popular in the Chinese community meaning many people would learn it.

[@Phaseish]

did you just make river flows in you (which i also hate / never learned) mixolydian cadence , the cowboy flows in you. What VST did you use, or is that the sounnd of this keyboard? lol your sound compared to that Ressiquo w/e it's night and day , and I have been using addictive keys for a while now. So I am curious. Also I love his chromatic mediant - from C# to A sucks music doesn't modulate at all anymore, or use diminsihed chords, the other day I was analyzing, we are the champions, the Modulation and secondary dominants, in that song is so good, Wtf happened to music man.

[@matticawood]

I made it better 😂 I use Keyscape, I think all of the spectrosonics stuff is really good! I know Rick Beato talks about how music has changed a lot…but you are definitely right, popular music used to be more exploratory and creative with the chords used but they tend to play it safe now. 😊

[@Phaseish]

there is a good video from vice, about the history of songs modulating its really cool! Yeah i Hate these 2, 5, 1, 6 pop songs with no dim chords at all , it pisses me off so much disrecpectful. and you did. the b7, b5 ,minor second best inttervals imo. Yeah keyscape is always the contender for pinnacle seat, thanks! and love to see how your channel has grown so much! @@matticawood

[@KelvinDominick-d3s]

Everyones ears are different its hard to say what makes something special, as we all react to certain dynamics and playing styles differently. One person might love a version of a piece the next person might find it dead. Although i know is i love your style evey piaec u played in this and especially when you elaborate on it and add, something special to my ears. So much better then Russo hands down. But thats just my opinion.

[@kudyastyrae5209]

can you react to hide n seek of ethan bortnick please ? that would be interesting to have your opinion on it

[@Delinatorthe-jm7qg]

Does anyone know what the song waterfall by Jon Schmidt would be rated on difficulty??

[@SiddheshPatil-v3s]

2:46 hahahaha 9:24 *race car noises*

[@holdeenyo8914]

river flows in you is super basic and esy, and overplayed. But I do think it's pretty and relaxing.

[@SlinkilyDinkily]

How does he record his keyboard's audio?

[@Almighty_1]

River flows in you is a beautiful song; it's just ridiculously overplayed, specifically by intermediate players

[@BrigitteBestenbier]

🤩🤩🤩

[@gmfrunzik]

“Russo” is just crazy

[@Chipsomedip]

Rossu

[@axelrider405]

5:40 COD ZOMBIES THEME SONG !?!?!

[@ShakKy33]

how can you hate river flows in you ? btw don't forget about the patrik pietschmann idea i gave you lol

[@katttttt]

Just heard it way to often

[@ShakKy33]

​@Phoenix21555I agree

[@ShakKy33]

​@@kattttttyeah same I mean I don't hear it every day but there are songs that I don't like cuz I heard them many times but that was has a very great melody I'm not getting bored even tho ofc I don't hear it too much

[@johnnycbad]

Same reason as why many pianists hate Einaudi I suppose. It's basic. I don't quite agree with Matt's interpretation that it's half classical and half pop though. Just because it's played on a piano doesn't make it classical. If you discard the idea that it's trying to be classical then it becomes more enjoyable.

[@barjee8965]

I don't know why but a lot of the grace notes in river flows in you always sound like mistakes to me XD like someone accidentally hit the adjacent key

[@Lenny3128]

Would love to See some Omegle Vidoes from you 🙏

[@austinsavage4390]

I don’t think that any classical music is relaxing. Except maybe Chopin’s prelude op 28 No 16

[@matticawood]

A very “chilled out” piece 😂

[@justintimetoclashandbrawl3348]

Why? What about Eric Satie’s piece that one I forgot the name of

[@austinsavage4390]

I can’t listen to music without thinking about its meaning. That’s all.

[@Grandtrunkboi4070]

Again. LoOoOOOOOOOOoooOooOOOOoOOoOoOong time man.

[@matticawood]

Have you not been around these parts for a while? 🥸

[@useless822]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@useless822]

Ok

[@vicdelta31415]

It's hilarious that I always thought of River Flows in You as a pop piece. It's just mid for me...but no offence to anyone who likes it.

[@Indulgence360Ptyltd]

I hate yirumas river flows in you to

[@unk_krazzy]

You are not judging based on how “relaxing” the song is (as the thumbnail says) but just how “easy” or “basic” it is. Just when you started to blame River Flows In You not based on how relaxing it sounds but the chords it has. Really hate your biased analysis.

[@matticawood]

The title is accurate; the original video is the most relaxing pieces…my video however, is a pianist reacting to those pieces. I don’t think biased is the right word, what would I be biased towards? I’m just reacting to the pieces and talking about the music 😊

[@hyperr7553]

Your technique upsets me ಠ╭╮ಠ

[@Phaseish]

you think lol No spider fingers very flat fingersbothers you, watch Freddie Mercury play lol

[@matticawood]

In what sense? The angle of the camera makes my fingers look flat because it’s facing towards the arch of my knuckles when in reality…they aren’t 😊 You can see my hand from different angles here: kzbin.infoBZ6m2YG4JZA?si=hlIKgkaXF1TUcRb7

[@whatsupbiyatch]

You cant undeny ask any non pianist you'll find everybody loves yiruma river flows in you and relaxing too.Thats interesting