Death Waltz vs. U.N. Owen was Her?

[@vesteel]

Also: The real Death Waltz has its own dedicated sheet music video, made by yours truly! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pF6kmmt4iKitptE

[@AubreygirlGaming]

Un Owen was her: flandre's theme. Death waltz: me trying to play Un Owen was her.

[@rem5373]

Omg, I can't 😂😂😂

[@FizzyArtCola]

Death note: me calling the guy dying on the piano real music

[@SymonSighs]

The sheet music looks like the random splotchs of black ink they use in therapy. "So what do you see here?" "...Uh, a butterfly?"

[@sunshinescam2003]

I see Death Waltz

[@maulwurf9414]

**Border of Life starts playing**

[@alk3603]

Rorschach test

[@KokoroKatsura]

a n i m e n i m e

[@octotune4044]

Girls.

[@lemonmania967]

When it's a death WALTZ but it ain't even in 3|4

[@juliab2456]

The real Death Waltz explains my life at the moment.

[@carlsmith3887]

Same

[@thelonewolf9653]

Julia B same

[@alexhndr]

Touhou's "Death Waltz" : crazy yet enjoyable. John Stump's Death Waltz : litterally DEATH music. BTW, where is the penguins??

[@debbie2626]

Alex Hndr emmmm...enjoyable? sounds like my cat jumping on my piano.

[@iamapokerface8992]

are*

[@vesteel]

Sorry, this is only the performance of the piano version not the original orchestral one. So no peanuts and cattles

[@ehx3419]

@@debbie2626 You probably mean the real Death Waltz.

[@lemon7920]

Ok, who spilt ink all over the music sheets?

[@Konpekikaminari]

Zaara Owen john stump?

[@Ethan_Moeller85]

One music sheet is just all blackened by steeping in ink, no visible white. Imagine what notes that would be.

[@All-star_Giga_Gargantuar]

@@Ethan_Moeller85 Just bodyslam the piano lmao.

[@Pawsomefansare]

I confess... It's the video📸

[@arandomryan1406]

Turns out it made the sheet completely impossible. Wow.

[@Mugietsu]

steps to play this song: 1 - get a piano. 2 - start practicing. 3 - have a seizure while playing. 4 - profit.

[@Scorponox93]

step 5: release the penguins. Step 6: pull german hand pedal.

[@TheRealPairjax]

The world needs to know this . . . Sheesh, this is the only video actually showing the death waltz as it truly is.

[@ThatOneAnnoyingPubPlayer]

theres more and then theres the people whove played touhou

[@thatpersonsmusic]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXTKhWxqdpyKnas Here’s a recording of people playing the actual death waltz (at a very slow speed)

[@Zb5141]

I don't know why but, the part that bothers me the most about the death waltz is that it isn't a waltz. Not that it sounds like crap but, that it's in 4/4.

[@1stPCFerret]

I wondered about that - waltzes are usually 3/4.

[@Zb5141]

I know right.

[@jamesbetti9002]

me5141 Yeah. The title still sounds ominous... and impossible. Still very fitting.

[@lilfrostyy8829]

Death Waltz really wasn't meant to be anything... it seemed Stump just enjoyed putting notes on a page. Edit: If you look at the video it says in parentheses "I had to make it 4/4 but it sounds the same)

[@elijahmelton922]

waltzs arent always in 4/4 just usually

[@QuasarManiac]

So, in conclusion: The first song is an impossible version of a remix of a song called "U. N. Owen was Her?" and the second song is "Death Waltz," a song that was made as a joke and wasn't meant to be played. Since both songs are *impossible* to play, a mixup happened to where someone from Japan (or Korea) thought the impossible "U. N. Owen was Her?" remix was INSTEAD the impossible "Death Waltz" and that same person uploaded "U. N. Owen was Her?" To KZbin under the false name of Death Waltz and the rest is history. Why does this songs name have to be so fucking complicated jfc

[@mrscrub]

Epic Maniac “U.N Owen was her?” isn’t impossible to play on one piano just extremely difficult to play and read the sheet music so very possible like some of the world’s hardest music pieces ever written for instruments it’s still playable just difficult

[@Zerviscos]

To clarify, UN Owen Was Her wasn't impossible. This is cause it wasn't a music piece in the first place. People just needed to know how to cover the song themselves as long as it sounded right. Second, it wasn't the same person from Japan that uploaded the video under Death Waltz name. Marasy8's video was appropriately named as "UN Owen Was Her", the problem was a guy who uploaded a nightcore remix on synthesia that's named "Death Waltz" which was a cover name for the remix. People just stupidly assume it's John Stump's. Partially it's the synthesia's uploader's fault for not clarifying it was just a cover title, the other is the mass general audience assuming things without thinking about it first. It was made worse when someone uploaded marasy8's video of him playing UN Owen Was her and changed it to Death Waltz I know this history 'cause I was a former Touhou fan, and this has been a thing for over a decade, and it annoys me to no end.

[@austinzhao1012]

yes! you make more sense than the vid

[@HyperVanilo]

@@austinzhao1012 The video already make sense, you're the one that can't follow the video.

[@austinzhao1012]

Hyper Vanilo I mean, I was trying to appreciate his comment...

[@geoseffr]

thanks for clearing my confusion about those songs

[@TheJpm120]

whats with the response.

[@boraguleryuz2915]

wut

[@dimitriscollier9918]

michael_jpm lol what?

[@sutekinaseigi]

???

[@peekatchu921]

That reply pictures the confusion

[@angelicMonster]

at least touhou sounds like music, the real death waltz sounds like a bunch of fishes having a seizure on a piano. still cool though.

[@kevinyu9645]

true XD

[@deletedchannel3293]

The original death waltz was a joke xd

[@mrscrub]

if they weren’t in 4/4 and going at that tempo then it’d be slow or even faster

[@thatpersonsmusic]

That’s the purpose

[@a_guy_in_orange7230]

Well no, fishes having seizures wasnt added until Stumps 4th piece, it was intended for use in death waltz but the released penguins kept eating the seizing fish so one had to be cut and as such the fish were droped

[@gingeas]

good explanation

[@TheCryotex]

holy shit, its the midi guy

[@temmietidis1494]

this is the worst response I have seen to a comment yet.

[@marcelinebrownell8399]

Student: “How am I supposed to play every note at once?” Teacher: “Hell if I know”

[@ashcizzle]

Lay on the piano 🥲

[@ehx3419]

What astonishes me the most is that even during that final Last Brutal Sister part around 3:20, where there's run-throughs all over, the melody is still recognizable. Meanwhile, the actual Death Waltz sounds like a cat is jumping around on the piano, getting startled by the noises it's causing.

[@TheGecko26]

Now I see why it's called death waltz (john stump) It kills your ears trying to listen to it

[@reptilprinceoflizardpeople5797]

GamerGecko26 put it in ear rape and it is truly the death waltz

[@datrandomasian1604]

GamerGecko26 it even kills the piano that try’s to play it

[@ketaminepoptarts]

and if you tried to play it you would die of exhaustion

[@Whofan06]

Soooo.... John Stump DID right a song as a joke that was meant to be impossible to play and was known as the Death Waltz, but somewhere along the line a significantly more entertaining remix of a remix of a song from a video game that is equally if not vastly more impossible to play became attributed to him instead of the actual piece? Did I get that right?

[@graytiamat]

Essentially. They're all enjoyable though.

[@EmmaKearney0119]

No he actually did write this, I personally own the original sheet music he wrote, as he was my uncle. He wrote it because he knows the notes musical notes so well and can hear the music without even hearing it and has never even heard the song to this day, since he died before these videos ever surfaced

[@thequeertelope7941]

@@EmmaKearney0119 I’m confused now lol

[@alexmaster2439]

And it’s from a game that’s impossible to play

[@thatman8562]

Off note: there’s a larger piece attached to the Death Waltz that’s also for all intents and purposes impossible to play.

[@BrandonMcBadass]

3:02 that cluster fuck right there

[@vesteel]

Note: At 5:26 That's the String Quartet No. 556(b) for Strings In A Minor (Motoring Accident) NOT PART OF DEATH WALTZ

[@ras662]

Not part of death waltz, but still by John Stump.

[@viengsamphet]

wow sounds like diffrent part

[@tunatezer8902]

vesteel That part actually sounds like a Touhou song

[@lissfirefly9517]

So the "real" Dealth Waltz could be called "Children bang on piano".

[@xXLilac_Stars666Xx]

I'm laughing so hard at the real Death Walt's bcuz it sounds like someone's beating the piano with a dead corpse!!! 😂😂😂

[@user-qu2gj9de1b]

yup

[@jsythereeighty-niner2882]

The sheets just gets worse...

[@artrage5872]

Jsythere89 😂😂😂

[@eveningdim7167]

I feel like you should have put somekind of ending on the vid. A little aftercare for the soul after having to listen to that {ó_ò}

[@CommanderSputnik]

Death Waltz = Random notes

[@luxaly9510]

yeah sit a 6 year old on a piano dada death waltz.... how could wood it be ilke on got talent there comes in 20+ pianists doing black midi in a group :D they sperete the notes so that they can play it would be hillarious :D

[@SeaSon7ary]

I also used to think about that...

[@vesteel]

If you think Death waltz is just random notes, listen to the works of Messiaen, Boulez or Penderecki then come back here.

[@LaTortuePGM]

is death waltz composed by nancarrow ?

[@lunarlightNightstalker]

Some parts, you can't even play it because it uses more than 10 notes at the same time.

[@arnoldlane68]

That's not an excuse. You're so weak. Shame on you.

[@lunarlightNightstalker]

Kitty TFM Wow, that's actually impressive. Not to say that I don't believe you, but do you have a video or any other kind of visual or audio proof?

[@lunarlightNightstalker]

Kitty TFM Oh, it's okay. Perfectly fine.

[@Spillerrec]

Death Waltz by John Stump is a joke sheet not meant to be played. Not because it is impossible (certainly not), but because it is silly. Most of the sheet does not even make sense, like what are you supposed to do with the bicycle? And actually using living animals is where I think most people would stop thinking of trying to perform it...

[@AnimaRandom]

Death waltz of John probably my piano skills in a nutshell

[@kedatan25]

[iRO]Serval Death waltz is my probability of getting an A in my exam. It's IMPOSSIBRU

[@KokoroKatsura]

A N I M E N I M E

[@bxyhxyh]

Only 7 thousand people know the fact now. But 7 million people still confuse it.

[@axelord4ever]

Wish I could show those sheets to some now long-dead composers. Like, if I had a time machine this would be my actual hobby. Of course, I'd also bring an playback device to let them listen to it as well. Saving the world? Screw that! I'd rather mess with powdered men and fancy fingerers than do any of that nonsense!

[@andymac4883]

So I guess short protip; if the song has something approaching a melody, it's not Death Waltz.

[@llyycchhee]

mates: yo this is crap its just spamming idk how ur so obsessed with 3:39 bro me: youll never understand :sob:

[@alexxalai]

“I brought a whole piano I’ll use a whole piano”

[@phaneserichthoneus8895]

Well, no matter what any of that was, it was the most entertaining thing I've heard in a while. :D

[@eh4897]

Nobody knowing the backstory of the music 'death waltz'? Okay, here it goes.... An American pianist had so many dept that forced him almost to death. And one day, a real threat message arrived to him. Later, he met his friend and told him to figure the truth, not telling why he was saying such a thing(but the friend knew that he had too many depts.)in the message, there were the time and place he'll be threatened to be dead, so he quickly made this music which has 66/66 beats(devil's number, showing how desperate he was), a glasses shaped and knife shape placed notes(how the guy looks and what the guy will use to threat him), and finally, the time, 1:21, and HELP ME written surrounded by black notes.

[@willipuga]

4:03 guess I’ll just lay down on my piano

[@frogrot]

4:02 so this is what it mustve sounded like in japan on august 6th, 1945.

[@TheDragonCat99]

GreenRanch Low blow

[@axelord4ever]

You're an horrible person and you have a great sense of humor. I hate/love you.

[@bleachedemu9935]

Too soon

[@deensaid7762]

Bruh

[@Dubspez]

Just looking at this, it feels like touhou doesn't get enough of the recognition it deserves because of simple misunderstandings

[@tonystark4629]

Teacher: the test isn't hard at all The test:

[@MusicWithDan]

2 people didn't see the String Quartet coming and were thus involved in a minor (motoring accident)

[@musicalkm7534]

The real death Waltz sounds like someone was mostly banging their head on the piano keys at the beginning

[@ultrio325]

"Release the penguins" "Black midi" He was doing everything before his time

[@VocaloKAT]

Then there's me who found Last Brutal Sister through Taiko no Tatsujin and didn't even know about the whole "Death Waltz" ordeal lol

[@ajoajoajoaj]

Finally a video with the real death Waltz.

[@YiYaEmperor]

Now that was a conclusive answer....

[@blazer8682]

This went from a badass theme to convulsing on a piano keyboard

[@andrevital91169]

1:41 😮you're a lot more fun to be on this day now

[@Amira-tr5wn]

somebody was truly dying while composing the second song

[@LecherousLizard]

4:35 Play it live on my funeral. Unless I would get cremated, then let me sleep.

[@MinecraftStonewideos]

3:02 this part is IMPOSSIBLE for human to play

[@Archimedes.5000]

The real MVP Im saving this video for the future

[@tempy2440]

Thank you for your work

[@cidneysavoie9878]

The real Death Waltz sounds like an adult transcribing the cling-clang of their toddler on a piano and calling it a song.

[@Ajaxisabat]

The death march sounded like when you are 5 and try and play, can’t, mash a ton of keys, and then find a tune for a sec, and mash some more keys

[@dragonofsomething2820]

Real Death Waltz 4:30

[@casperrabbit7254]

Tbh the real one goes from "large cat rolling around on piano keys" to "I can kinda hear a song here?" No wonder UN Owen/Flandres theme/whatever the hell you call it is more popular

[@ppxtend2164]

just now realized this was posted on my birthday

[@AudioTestsNReviews]

Amen to that!

[@vesteel]

no

[@ikanberapi2189]

Death waltz basically combination of Night of night and UN Owen wa her

[@longlivethe9989]

A combination of a song written in 2002 and a song written around 2007... was written in 1970s... WAT?!

[@jiep7705]

If this was my phone call tone, I’d never miss a call ever again

[@flashedarden1060]

1:47 when I accidentaly step on my dogs tail

[@PCCphoenix]

3:58--Playing all the notes on the piano quickly in order...THEN ALL AT ONCE.

[@Keurlock]

John Stump truly stumped us with this song

[@asadfarraj]

I think the reason UN Owen remix gets confused with the Death Waltz is also because of the chord sequence at 2:45. Just listening to it for the first time made my mind go "Oh yeah, that's definitely dealing with something ominous eg death".

[@hcb0123]

The real death waltz is my life. It's sounds crazy at times, but also somewhat put together at others. It also has just enough melody to make you believe that they know what they're doing. It also rests a lot... ba-dum-tiiissss. I'll see myself out.

[@youaremysoulmate304]

Why is this so hilarious to me 😭

[@youaremysoulmate304]

4:02 & 4:37 ¢¥£^+$#?

[@ne_svyatoy_otec]

БЕДНЫЕ ПАЛЬЦЫ, интересно сколько людей играли на Пианино фальс смерти😮😮😮

[@MorganElit]

Thank you !

[@orangesweet100]

2:57 omfg!

[@arekeatspudding]

it seems that there are 3 nutes missed at 4:02

[@karlbjorn1831]

Thank you so much sir

[@hajkie]

The funny thing is that its not just the song there is confusion over, but also flandres personality, i.e canon vs fandom. But then zun released his manga that shows flandre in a new light adding even more confusion to her personality lol. She doesnt get any breaks what so ever. xD

[@Someone2464-]

So beautiful

[@abbit249]

Trying to learn either of these songs: Teacher: Now let's hear what you've been practicing Me: I found a little problem... I only have 2 hands and for this piece you need about three times that.

[@muchenli]

The score almost looks like a perfectly normal, playable score at several moments... Almost.

[@annfang1803]

So this is what happens when you cram all the parts of an orchestral piece onto one instrument

[@Ethan_Moeller85]

Wow, death waltz is just what I played as a 6 year old smashing keys and practically laying on my family piano😂

[@projmasteryt2850]

Gotta admit, Owen was Her is great

[@alexei5231]

Me: music Teacher, what son will we composite now? Music Teacher: I know **stomps the head with the piano**. Done. Me: wow, what a nice song, teacher!

[@syre7608]

Sometimes i play certain parts of this song when i mess up a piano piece and get frustrated.

[@black_marker]

0:52 - Start

[@Lorty_ton]

«But I only have two hands, sir..»

[@sokomun]

In fact it's pretty easy. There's : 1 - U.N. Owen Was Her? 2 - Last Brutal Sister Flandre Scarlet 3 - Final Savage Sister, Flandre S. 4 - Death Waltz 1 is a videogame music made by Zun in 2002, 2 and 3 are the same music except 3 is the official name, and 4 is another piece of music that has nothing to do with the others, but somebody mistaken it for 2/3.

[@ArrowNought]

Thank you

[@IkaraPopsicle]

5:25 ngl that sounds like touhou 7 stage 3 for a bit there

[@2468zeb]

At 4:02, the only way to play that is to just jump straight on to your piano

[@jasonmok8072]

This is what sheet music for those impossible remix midis you see on KZbin looks like

[@LOVE..Sherelle]

there wasn't any sound for the part at 5:22

[@keelyho3694]

They got confused with a Japanese youtuber, not Korean......

[@joshuawhittington5916]

the song is all over the place good thing Bb is in the key signature make it so much better props to who can read this tho

[@armt8543]

So I could DEFINITELY learn that last part of the first one ....

[@samuelrestrepo4737]

Poor piano :(

[@mckenna.f]

2:59 holy shit. Wtf

[@EBM1azert]

How to play death waltz: Step 1:lay on the piano Step 2:do the worms

[@mohilhamraflijahja5024]

Those notes on their own could be a touhou game

[@ivystorm8483]

Brother the real death waltz is me trying to play piano

[@luunivaa]

This was the most beautiful 6 minutes of my life.

[@vioviovioletprime2792]

lol I kind of like it

[@seb3082]

There are like 16th chords or higher chords in this song wtf.

[@barleybun]

3:12 to 3:21 sounds the best to me

[@thanisornauttawetchakul6166]

Where did you get the first song notes and can you give me a link or send it to me.

[@sofijadodig]

You’ll actualy need four hands for this