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Tchaikovsky's signature sound is awful percussion writing

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Could you talk about the pop song that you would most like to see adapted for an orchestra, but that hasn't been yet? And why?

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Gabriel, I loved your video! You speak very well, displaying a lot of calm, confidence, and patience. The video is superbly edited, and, most importantly, what an incredible insight! Really, I had never thought about that before. We usually think of melody in relative terms. Just the other day, I watched a video where someone commented that a single note means nothing, and after watching your video, I definitely rethought this concept! Moreover, each timbre is unique, and every single note, played by a specific timbre, creates a different combination of notes, or at least that’s what I understood. For instance, the C note on a guitar is not made up of the same notes as the C note on a piano. Recently, I was reading about how Rousseau, for example, also contributed to developing music theory and had his own notation systems. It made me think about how interesting it is to develop our own ways of thinking about music, analyzing music, our own theories. Gabriel, there's a genius named "Madi Nurkanov" whom I'm sure will be talked about a lot. If you're interested, he has a composition named "Gabriella" which I find fantastic. Anyway, I've spoken with him a few times, and I've noticed he has his own music theories. As someone who also composes (though not much in classical music), I'm always trying to understand melodic patterns, name specific sequences, and build up my theoretical archive in this sense, besides understanding my own music and that of others. I aim to understand why things sound the way they do, how I can combine certain instruments in ways I've never heard anywhere else but still make sense, etc., and I jot everything down in various Google Keep notes. I wonder if this is common among musicians, as I don't know any personally, but I find it rare to come across people on RUclips with original theories, unique insights, and analyses that deviate from academic content, so I was thrilled to find your channel!

Came from the short, great video!

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Your audio is too much saturated, just an observation. I love your content. Just that little detail.

I like your idea of representing the root, the third and the fifth with colours and instrument groups with objects, that is, engaging imagination with various senses. That’s a transferable skill I can use also in my profession (not liked to music). But after your insights I almost dream of conducting. ;) :)

Having watched the “Swan Lake” several times, I found your commentary eye-opening (or, should I say, ear-expanding): from grounding and exploring to hoping that mark the yellow duckling’s path to becoming a fully fledged white (or black) swan. How interesting! Thank you Gabriel.

it took youtube 2 hours for the video to start getting views. Great video tho

i would add 5) he uses runs a lot. classic example: nutcracker pas de deux. there are those little runs up to the melody in the high register

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I appreciate the analysis, but you must let the listener actually hear the musical examples to understand your points, perhaps repeat the same passage of the music after you've explained your point, so we can listen again and comprehend the lesson. You tell us to "listen" and allow us less than 3 seconds when you start talking over the music. Your viewers do not have your intimate knowledge of this subject matter... give us a several seconds to actively listen.

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Finally, the Manfred getting the respect for it's powerful and intense orchestration! Me being a violist/bassist, Tchaikovsky string writing never disappoints. Another thing I love about Tchaikovsky are his climatic buildups. Just when you think you’ve hit the ceiling, he blows it off the roof. Notably 5th Symphony 2nd movement, 4th Symphony 2nd movement, Romeo and Juliet, Francesca da Rimini, and Souvernir De Florence 1st and 2nd movements.

I think his Romeo & Juliet overture is perhaps the most compact unit that captures the essential characteristics: big melodies (of course) with syncopated WW and brass 'dabs' decorating or punctuating the section carrying the melody; high WW playing repeated tuplets providing 'below-the-radar' forward momentum; lots of diminished and half-diminished chords to build tension etc etc.

What do you make of those crazy fast scales that Tchaikovsky uses that get passed on back and forth between the strings and the woodwinds, like in the fourth movement of Symphony No. 4 and the third movement of the Pathetique? They’ve always confused me.

Would you like to talk about Rachmaninoff, who seems to be the obvious choice to follow your points on Tchaikovsky?

Love this! I'm really into tchaikovsky and this is making me want to read a second book about him. Just some feedback on the audio. Sounds like the voiceover is panned quite unusually, it's not centered (dual mono) rather it's louder in the right ear. I suspect it's because maybe you recorded the voiceover in stereo on that zoom recorder? So when you turn it around that also reflects in the panning. The sound is also very saturated (distorted)

The Pathetique has always been an amazing inspiration for my own compositions! The music is just first class!

I’ve always wondered what qualities make Tchaikovsky’s music so distinct and addictive to listen to. These are some great points and I definitely agree! I think his writing for the brass is always some of the best in the repertoire. He wrote some of the more interesting bass trombone parts that have melodies individual to the rest of the orchestra and even the rest of the trombone section. He very distinctly utilized the bass trombone individually

I like the concept of missa brevis. A small but intricate representation of a mass is a very cool idea! This makes the format very easy for concert programming and taking in the mass form in a quicker duration

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Prachtig Gabriel!

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I wish you has posted the entire symphony. Great job. Great tempo! Love the 2nd Trombone lady! From FL, USA

Absolutely wonderful 🤗👍👏👏👏👏

Génial merci. Quelle belle curiosité pour la vie dans toutes ces couleurs. Ma première partition de Bach fût trouvée au marché aux puces de Bruxelles, la seconde dans une caravane en Israël.

Hi Gabriel. Nice job. See you soon.

Very nice Gabriel !! When do you start with bassoon ??🤪🤩

Wait until you get to Tenor clef haha

Absolutely great!😁👍👏👏👏👏👏

Super interesting Gabriel !

Nice video! I want to start play trombone so I fint your video. I play little trumpet. Can you help me what instrument to buy? Tenor, bass, alto? What? My budget is really low so I’m thinking a second hand trombone. What you think about right thomman startone low price model? Thanks again.

Nice one!! Enjoying your channel. Go and take a look at Promosm! It is the fastest way to grow your RUclips channel, and also works for any other social media profiles you may want to promote!!!

Bravo à toi , gAbriel, C'est tout simplement passionnHant !

Thankyou good video briefing on Christmas carols in German.

This is so compelling - the old, otherworldly harmonies! After listening to just a third of your video I have ordered the book. I am trying to become proficient on the piano and this is the perfect kind of thing I can practice to figure out what fingers and brain are supposed to do. (Also I can re-watch this for clues about fingering, interpretation, technique and style)!

Great video! I just started learning the trombone just 3 days ago!

Absolutely great!👏👍👍👍