World's Greatest Musical Ear Covers World's Greatest Sight Reader
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2022
- Blind pianist and autistic savant #derekparavicini plays Tom Brier's composition Peril in Pantomime after hearing it only once.
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For those who don't know, Tom Brier is an absolutely amazing American ragtime pianist and prolific composer who became well known on RUclips for his impromptu sight-reading covers of various video game pieces. Very sadly, Tom was involved in a serious car accident some years ago and suffered a severe brain injury. We wish him all the very best with his recovery.
We've always felt that Tom and Derek are kindred spirits in many ways, both having a spectacular ability to pick up pieces and improvise. We've been asked several times if Derek could listen to one of Tom's compositions.
We thought the main riff from Peril in Pantomime would be a good one to start with and a good challenge for Derek. As you can see, he absolutely aced it after a single hearing!
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Piece / Song: Peril in Pantomime
Composer: Tom Brier
#tombrier #jazz #piano #genius #ragtime #amazing #talent #unbelievable #awesome #inspiration 
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He doesn't see it as special. It's just normal for him.
Just wow! “Amazing” doesn’t seem to cover just how phenomenal you are Derek.
We'll pass that along.😍
Music is a language Derek speaks fluently. No one else has mastered the language as he has. Just a genius!
Tom Brier also did
Yes, this was a lovely rendition of Tom Brier's music and I too think that both Derek and Tom Brier mastered the language. I hope we get to see them perform together one day...
@@jollylawyer9999 Tom as up there and a talent that deserves plenty of recognition, but he is ~not~ on the same level in the same way as Paravicini.
Derek is the master of the auditory form of music, and Tom Brier is the master of music's written form.
Most of us have had to learn music as a foreign language, and some people like Derek speaks it as their native language. That's how I feel. Us mere mortals have to sort of translate everything we hear and we want to do, and for Derek it just comes out, no translation needed
Aw man, I discovered Tom Brier's videos just a year or so ago, and was deeply saddened to learn of his accident, which he's still recovering from. This is a fantastic tribute to him.
His video game music improvs are national treasures. Especially the Yoshi's Island one.
Tom and Derek playing together would have been beautiful. Two GOATS Two Legends
No way this man just improvised on an improvision, absolute genius.
most musicians call that "playing random notes". so yea thats easy to do lol
@@itisinicktyou have no idea how the music works. Jealousy is a bad thing
@@markthetranslator1162 yea im super jealous of the guy whos called "doctor" who makes drawings of a rat in minecraft lmao
@@itisinickt what are you even talking about?
@@itisinicktyea but playing random notes that sound good is a lot more difficult than just playing random notes
This deserves many millions of views
No matter how many time i hear Derek play he just leaves my jaw on the floor
Derek's smile is so contagious. Love your work, man!
Man, do I miss Tom Brier. Derek, thank you for this tribute while he's recovering! It was fantastic!!
Absolutely phenomenal! Derek is incredible, goosebumps!
Tell him i said thank you for making me smile. Been a fan for years.
how does Derek and his amazing AMAZING skills only have 24k subs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO AMAZING DEREK!!!!!!!!!!!!
On top of his flawless performance with crystal clarity...He played that after hearing rather distorted audio. How he is able to hear and identify such fast notes on top of each other that sound like mush [too fast for me to hear] in the speaker, is beyond comprehension. It's as if his mind is moving so quickly that he perceives music in slow motion, like approaching the speed of light.
I love how he fixes glasses in between notes twice.
Matthew, once you stop looking at him and look at yourself you will perhaps realise something about yourself. The fact you think you can describe what it
Also Matthew, there is no "distorted audio"; it wouldn't matter if there was; why do you think Derek would even have a system that distorts; and most importantly why do you 'think' it was? It seems you are subconsciously 'projecting' this supposed problem when it doesn't even exist. Kind of proving what I pointed out about the mind and how it's possible that we may set ourselves up for failure by allowing baseless, negative thoughts in the way of our true, creative nature.
@@MeteCanKarahasanIn between* 'notes'? Not exactly, no.
@@thekeysman6760 Thanks for your words, although my words were misinterpreted but happy to inspire. I aim for affability, so this is a great revelation on misinterpretation. The recording he listened to was distorted yet he drew such clarity from it. As our minds speed up, everything else slows down relatively. It's why we sometimes gain superhuman strength in life threatening situations, where everything seems to "slow down." Perfect pitch is truly a rare gift. I get where you're coming from though, as we often perceive humanity much worse than it actually is, as Danger requires attention. How we treat others is how we treat ourselves, but the myth of happiness as profit must be overcome before the masses stop hurting themselves. A NDE altered my ability to maintain chord memorization, so I'm always relearning, and it's also a gift, as I'm always relearning. That NDE revealed the pure love and bliss that awaits us all. I find myself cherishing the miracle that surrounds us and gone are the existential anxieties that came before. With those anxieties healed, optimism flourishes.
Was the "Blue Lampshade" excerpt at 1:19 a genuine improv on the spot or maybe Derek is an undercover fan of Tom already?!?! 😁
This is ABSOLUTELY brilliant, Derek! Well done! You should definately do more Tom Brier! He is a genius such as you! By the way, he has more than 250 original compositions. Peril in Pantomime and Blue Lampshade, which I just mentioned, are just two of his fabulous compositions!
Maybe you can create your own version of Tom's classic Redneck Rag?
Great spot. Blue Lampshade is my favourite Tom Brier composition. What's interesting about the name is that it's a mondegreen of "Boodle-Am-Shake", which is the title of a Creole song.
@@Calship66Oh wow! Even greater 'spot'! But is that confirmed as a mondegreen or are you just suggesting it may be? I'll also have to compare the two now to see if there's also a musical correlation! 🤪
I totally understand Matt's reaction. Sometimes when someone is that good at something all you can do is just laugh in disbelief 😆
Well done! Awesome as always Derek! 🎶
Derek often provokes that reaction! Even after filming with him for years, he constantly surprises me with new levels of amazement.😄
@@derekparavicini That must be such a privilege! I missed his last live performance but I'm looking out for the next 🎶
@@derekparavicini Tom was that way as well. My wife asked me once "What's so funny?" when I was watching Tom improvising (as one often hears me doing in videos!).
@@Keeper1st Aah it's really nice that you've seen Derek's little tribute to Tom. He definitely got a kick out of doing this. Thanks for all you've done to document and preserve Tom's playing, and everything else on your channel and please give him all of our and Derek's very best!
@@derekparavicini I did mention this video in a letter I wrote to Tom for his recent birthday. I also suggested for Anthony Sarginson to show this to Tom at his birthday party, as I knew Anthony would be able to attend. I haven't heard if he did though!
Wow, Derek!! Awesome as always!
When you read eg Mozart's and Liszt's bios, you come across their phenomenal ability to do exactly this.
Here we have it enacted in real.
I want to say "fantastic as always", but that was even more impressive.
I like how he added "pa ta da ta ba da bam" at the end.
Brilliant Derek, that was amazing.
HOW AMAZING, this man is unbelievable when he sits at a piano….. I STUNNED
Bravo 👏! Thank you for playing my request! It took me months just to be able to play some of Tom's pieces semi-proficiently.
You're very welcome, and I bet! Tom is incredible.
Derek the ``Everything King`` !
OMG... Derek a actually smiled there too that was incredible.
I think Derek is quite pleased with what he comes up with sometimes. It's great when he flashes a cheeky smile.😜
@@derekparaviciniAnd as a pianist on the spectrum myself I 'think' I hear, once or twice, what made him smile. He dropped in some cheeky, slightly leftfield motifs with non-rag genre techniques. I'd hope he's been listening to some fusion genres like Neo Soul. Has he heard the techniques of Robert Glasper?
Astonishing!
Simply incredible! Thanks for sharing your gift, Derek!
That was amazing, Derek!
👏👏👏👏👏👏how amazing even better than originally 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Amazing Derek! What an incredible gift you have. Thanks for sharing.
Derek, when you play piano it heals my tired soul.
This is just beyond amazing. Derek, you continually amaze me. Thank you so much.
Awesome
First try and hits all notes..well done Derek..God bless
Freaking crazy!!
Great mash-up of two greats !! SUBSCRIBED !! ^_^
This is nothing I can do this in my sleep. Just, when I wake up it won't sound anything like I played in my dream. 🤣 Honestly, Derek has a super normal ability.
What the... How the... I'm lost for words. Sub earned.
Haha! We feel like that every single filming session we do with Derek.😆 Thanks for the sub!💗
INCREDIBLE!!!!
So don't write 'credible' in upper-case, eh? 😉
That was stunning.
Truly brilliant amazing talented human being like never seen before.
I’m really fan of yours. 👌👌👌👍🙏🏻
Wow, that was amazing!
How come this is not vital?
Derek you are amazing ❤🎉
Way to go, Derek! FANTASTIC!!!
You are amazing
This guys like the Raul midon of piano for real. Tremendous!
You are a gift to all man kind 🙏🏻
Music is the gift to all mankind*.
Love the rag style
Just Subbed !!Derek you are a freak of nature meant in the politest manner, unbelievable
Absolutely incredible.
Yeah nice playing dude 🎵🎶👍🏼👌🚀💜🍀💕🌸💙♥️🙏
Amazing
This is absolutely insane!
Wow. Bravo.
You can't best the Derek, his mind is music.
Tom Brier and Derek....two different men, both with musical talents from beyond this world.
Wow!
Wow. I am speechless.
Derek's talents are other worldly
Hi, this is amazing! Would derek be able to check out another one of tom’s compositions or sight reads? Would love to hear legend of Zelda: ending theme or just peachy!
Sheer genius
Hi Derek! I think you are awesome!
Derek hears it for the first time, I hear it for the first time, Derek then plays it and I'm thinking, how do I even know this is correct seeing that I've already forgotten it. Haha!
Wow!!!!!
Derek is the greatest piano player to ever live!
What a light springy version, i'd say a lot more musical than the original. Not that it is a competition.
Why does this make me cry? I think we are witnessing true greatness.
Because you haven't witnessed anything this 'great' until now? Because you wish you made the effort to learn music and an instrument?
I was autodidact and a musician and pianist too by 5, very much lacking in certain other social skills, and even I know you can only speak for yourself and not say "we". are witnessing something you consider great right now. And it IS great. Less of this melodramatic "we" stuff.
@@thekeysman6760Bro calm down stop crying 😂
@@inspiringmedia3716 Psychological projection much? You're not calm and you're crying! 😂 You idiot.
I think you’re right. This is truly great on an unparalleled level!
Sheer greatness
Give to this guy an art cafe with bug scene in the middle piano and that's the business he'll enjoy everyday
Derek is superhuman.
i knew derek befor this video.. i saw a dokumentary about him quite a long time ago.. i still cant even grasp what information he gets from tones to be able to do stuff like this.. exeptionally mindblowing.. keep up the good work :D
Easy! The "information" he gets from "tones" is your neuro-typical mind getting in the way! 😂 He 'hears' and knows. Just as you hear someone talking in your language and apparently don't have to 'think' about what it means. It's exactly the same, and I was autodidact at 5 with music theory and instruments, eventually landing on keyboard based instruments. So I know what we have and what we also may lack compared to neuro-typical people. The thoughts of the mind are always the problem in life!
@@thekeysman6760the more I scroll the more cringe your comments get, every time I see there’s a reply on a comment I prepare myself to witness unprecedented amounts of Reddit mod cringe
Literally brought tears to my eyes, absolutely amazing.
Why do people misuse the word 'literally' all the time now?
@@thekeysman6760why do you scour the entire comment section for people you can criticize?
@@thekeysman6760 the word literally means to emphasize what you are saying is true even though it seems exaggerated or surprising. To say that piano music regularly makes me cry would seem unlikely, but this video of him playing did in this instance. I agree many people use it incorrectly, but my use of it was spot on.
Imagine an improvised musical conversation/collaboration with Guthrie Govan on guitar and Derek. Amazing.
Derek appears to have an auditory “ photographic memory “ , it would be fascinating if some research could be done on what is going on in his brain whilst he is listening, then playing a piece he has just heard . It can be done now I think using some special equipment? Derek is just phenomenal!!
I suspect Derek is able to experience an internalized proprioception of his fingers playing the music as he hears it. It's like a transcriber seeing the words on the page as they listen to a person talk and then they copy what they see.
@@MonologueMusicalsYes, that is how it is for me and probably Derek too. We 'see' it in our 'mind'.
@@MonologueMusicalsAh, but no. The analogy of seeing words on a page that aren't there when you are listening to someone to dictate is not the same at all.
Unbeliveable
No, it's definitely 'livable'! 😂 Unbelievable*
@@thekeysman6760your good at making me mad
SUPER MARIO ENTERS THE CHAT CONGRATULATES YOU, Sir. 💪🏽
Please Please Please get him to do allllll of Tom Briers video game related riffs & also the riffs he dun on Maple Leaf Rag
Search for Yoshi's Island Athletic Theme!! Derek has tackled that one!
Derek's version is much better than the original 😁
His improvisation is exceptional.
WHAT?? I have never ever seen anything like this!! Seriously! WHAT???!😱😱😱
I think Derick is so good he does not know how good he is 🤯
Ok this man is bloody amazing! Does he play in public ever? I bet Derek could smoke most ragtime pianists at the West Coast Rag festival hahaha!
He does! As you saw on the other video he tours with his mentor, Dr. Adam Ockelford who speaks about his life and abilities, but he also does solo concerts and plays with a fantastic jazz quartet. Lots of videos on the channel. Please feel free to leave Derek some requests by the way!
@@derekparavicini Cool! And i have left a request for a rather insane version of Maple Leaf Rag played in 7/8 time, B minor and something else that I can't remember hahaa
@@PiotrBarczBut Maple Leaf Rag is in a major key, Ab, not a minor key, and the time signature is 4/4, not 7/8. So how do you expect this to happen if not having to rewrite it in the moment?
@@thekeysman6760 That's the whole point, to improvise it in said key and time signature.
@@PiotrBarcz It's not, it's just one of the things Derek can do. He can also play verbatim if required.
Hola Derek, amo tu música... por favor toca música mexicana.... gracias
that guy's not bad!
I will single handedly make sure this channel blows up
Still waiting! 😂
@@thekeysman6760 100k subs is great. i wish people understood the brilliance behind those eyes.
@@Radishboy Did I say it wasn't? I'm suggesting you single-handedly did nothing that you said you would, is all. And no, if you're not a musician already, and/or on a certain spectrum of neuro-diversity, then you or anyone never understands what is going on for Derek.
@@thekeysman6760 ur weird dude...
@@thekeysman6760haha you worded that comment wrong in response, and you also assumed he meant you didn’t want people to understand the brilliance behind those eyes, which he didn’t even mean, really you make a lot of mistakes yourself let me laugh with laughing emojis 🫵😂🫵😂🫵😂🫵😂🫵😂🫵😂🫵😂 let me predict your response: “when did I say I didn’t understand he didn’t mean that I meant I couldn’t recognize the brilliance behind his eyes, also I’m a big piano man at 5, and um I’m really smart, and um you can’t understand my brain, and um yeah *tips fedora* “
nice! i would like to hea derek play fantasie imromptu by chopin : D
The dude behind the camera prolly had the same shocked face as all of us, dude had no words.
Do you know who the "dude" is??? 😂🤦♂️
I am learning how to play the piano. After watching this, I feel like a bald baboon when I practice.
Can you please play Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt? Makes me think of my grandmother
where is that recording of peril in pantomime from?
ruclips.net/video/KzC1LIOP1XE/видео.html
How is this possible
Is that a question?
@@thekeysman6760you seem to not understand metaphorical ways of speaking, that’s a theme I’m witnessing
Has Derek ever played "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"?
If not, could I please request a slow version?
1:34
Similar but quite different! 😅
Could you have him do The Great Pumkin Waltz By Vince Guraldi! I would love that!
I bet you Derek cant play Fire Scramble from the Gradius III (SNES) original soundtrack.
I want to know what he's thinking when he hears a song
It was close, but it there were specific phrases of dissonance and patterns of notes that were totally left out. It was more like he already knew the original song and played that rather than the interpretation of the player in the recording.
It's because Derek hears music less in terms of individual notes and more in terms of patterns and underlying structure. He'll hear something, grasp the structure, and then build outwards from there. The exact precise order of notes in the original recording is sometimes incidental to him. As you can hear in this one, he creates a B section himself that makes musical sense in context. If we were to specifically ask him to copy it exactly (rather than improvise on it), he would be able to though.
@@derekparaviciniAh, yes! This makes sense to me, thank you! I relate to that myself, but can also play verbatim if needed.
Tom Briar was a dude who spent his whole life daring god to paralyze him and look how that turned out.
Willing to bet this guy knew the song already. Come on now. 😅
The story of Tom Brier is so sad, he lost his piano skills in a rear-end incident. Get well Tom.
some of the ragtime pianos tom plays on might have the wyoming tuning idk if that helps