Most of this isn't as hard as it looks - the stride piano can be simplified by dropping the lowest note in doubled octaves, and the fingering is pretty reasonable in the right hand. Might need to start playing this a little slower than Hiromi though! Sheet music at georgecolliermusic.com :)
Just to add, Hiromi's handspan is an octave and she even has a hard time doing those according to an interview "Hiromi: The Solo Piano Sorcery of Place To Be."
Ah yes! Hiromi shes such a scary good jazz pianist and super strict. Lmao one time I got to go to a private house master class with a Tony Grey, a bass player who record and toured with her and he told everyone that every morning he and the other bandmates would wake up with a hand written note that detailed every single mistake they got wrong the night before.
I had no idea she was strict like that, but it makes sense given her virtuosic playing. Usually to get that damn good you need to be strict on yourself, so it's understandable to expect the same level of dedication of your band mates. I've only gotten to see her once, when she returned to the Montreal jazz festival and played with Edmar Castaneda. I still can't believe they choose Place To Be as their second encore. I absolutely adore that song and had been hoping they'd play it. I was ready to be disappointed, but instead I got to hear something quite special.
@@Bobbias indeed! He also told me that when they were recording her album Hiromi always went with the first take. Sometimes they would record the song two or three times but she always chose the first take. That just shows how talented her other bandmates were. But yeah Tony was an incredible nice guy and skilled bass player. He was touring with Ian Ian during his galactic duo so after he the master class he let the audience member have a jam session before putting on a mini concert for us. Really nice guy!
Met Hiromi early this year, she is a loving person, very professional, and also a perfectionist. After a show that went incredible, I asked how did it go, and she replied she could do better. Such a talented young woman!
I adore her. The talent, the speed, the sheer ecstasy on her face as she plays and the terrible hair that looks like she hasn’t brushed it for a week. I feel all of it. Thankyou George. I’ve been introduced to so many wonderful musicians because of these posts ❤️
Hiromi walked past me to get to the autograph table once. I was amazed at how tiny a person she is. I do not condone it, but she could very easily fit into a duffel bag.
You wouldn't be a Zorsy (of The Consouls) fan would you? He was the one who put me on to Hiromi some years ago. I've been hooked on The Consouls VGM jazz and Hiromi for years.
I was blessed to have seen her perform live twice, once with Stanley Clarke and again as her Trio Project with Simon Phillips and Anthony Jackson. Those shows i will never forget.
She probably started the gig with her hair straight and neat and like a cartoon, her hair went crazy from the energy! Amazing performance and transcription 💜
That's funny to me because Zorsy (The Consouls) got me into Hiromi. I've been a fan of VGM jazz and Hiromi for many years now and have enjoyed so much good jazz as a result.
I was lucky enough to watch Hiromi live back when I was a child like 10-11 years old if I remember correctly. I even shaked her miracle hands. We were the same height.
One of the most inspiring performances I have ever seen. A true virtuoso. And it’s not just technique. She makes the music live in a way that is rare. There are a lot of fantastic players around but few who can keep you enthralled on the edge of your seat like this. This is one of the all time greats still in a fairly early stage of her development. I wonder what she can bring into the world in her lifetime. So far it’s just stunning and rooted in wonder and joy. Thanks Hiromi for such a wonderful gift.
This is the first video I watched after waking up. I sat in silence for to minutes going over echoes of the song in my head. Very strange experience. Amazingly technical.
@@Dexter26958 not rude, nor I proclaimed myself to be a music expert. In any case whose being dishonest and rude is you. I just think it is blatantly obvious that if you think this is the hardest piano piece then you know next to nothing about piano, it doesn't take a music expert to realize that.
@@siinxx7656 Then you can't read. List of things I said: 1. I was not being rude 2. I didn't proclaim to be a music expert 3. Considering that he did accuse me of that, he is being dishonest and rude 4. If one person thinks this is the hardest piano piece ever, he knows nothing about the piano repertoire. 5. It doesn't take a music expert to realise 5 Furthermore, that is absolutely not "a lot of words" that is a fairly short paragraph and you thinking it is long is further proof of your illiteracy.
Hiromi's album with Chick Corea would have been one of my all time Jazz favourites, wouldn't it be for the sound of a dishwasher in the background. This still annoys me so much to this day.
@@jakeperalta4670 They recorded a live album in a restaurant in Tokyo, I think, it is amazing. But you hear the clinking and rattling of cuttlery in the background, and it is so unbelievably annoying, at least to me. ruclips.net/video/XaNk19CQfto/видео.html
I like finding songs that have weirdly long bits of similar sounding music. Another example I found recently was the Stow-on-Side theme from Pokémon and the YMCA song.
@@celesteelkai got one for ya - the synth break at abt 2:47 in “Oceania” by The Birthday Massacre is identical to the main electric piano melody in “Trees” by Twentyone Pilots
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Most of this isn't as hard as it looks - the stride piano can be simplified by dropping the lowest note in doubled octaves, and the fingering is pretty reasonable in the right hand. Might need to start playing this a little slower than Hiromi though! Sheet music at georgecolliermusic.com :)
*but if you play it exactly like this performance then yeah you're gonna have a very hard time because Hiromi is so talented ;)
"Most of this isn't as hard as it looks"
That still leaves plenty of room for it being literally impossible
Oh yeah, it definitely isn't as hard as it looks, because to someone like me, it looks literally impossible :P
I've played this before. Trust me, it's fucking hard
Just to add, Hiromi's handspan is an octave and she even has a hard time doing those according to an interview "Hiromi: The Solo Piano Sorcery of Place To Be."
I could tell she was possessed by the Jazz Gods before she sounded a single note. They live in her hair.
Thanks for the smile 😊
@@sanfernvalley619 wholesome comment :D
like the rat man from rat the too wee from the disney rat move thing
@@pifre3051 lmao, bone apple tea
@@pifre3051 *ratatouille
Ah yes! Hiromi shes such a scary good jazz pianist and super strict.
Lmao one time I got to go to a private house master class with a Tony Grey, a bass player who record and toured with her and he told everyone that every morning he and the other bandmates would wake up with a hand written note that detailed every single mistake they got wrong the night before.
Loved Hiromi's trio when Tony was playing bass!
@@cooldebt same, I haven’t been able to get into her stuff with Phillips and Jackson as much. It’s less eccentric
I had no idea she was strict like that, but it makes sense given her virtuosic playing. Usually to get that damn good you need to be strict on yourself, so it's understandable to expect the same level of dedication of your band mates.
I've only gotten to see her once, when she returned to the Montreal jazz festival and played with Edmar Castaneda. I still can't believe they choose Place To Be as their second encore. I absolutely adore that song and had been hoping they'd play it. I was ready to be disappointed, but instead I got to hear something quite special.
Absolutely brutal!
@@Bobbias indeed! He also told me that when they were recording her album Hiromi always went with the first take. Sometimes they would record the song two or three times but she always chose the first take.
That just shows how talented her other bandmates were.
But yeah Tony was an incredible nice guy and skilled bass player. He was touring with Ian Ian during his galactic duo so after he the master class he let the audience member have a jam session before putting on a mini concert for us.
Really nice guy!
She looks exactly how you would imagine someone playing this piece would look like and I love it
She looks like you might expect of someone who listened to it. I need a shower and a cigarette
Batshit crazy
That's probably why she does it
@don joe No she is not actually possessed by demons. It's OK
i wish she had done up her hair pretty neatly like a diva
The look of pure joy and happiness in her face as she plays is amazing.
That's the video
Joy? She looks totally deranged, which is even better!
That's the video
being able to get to the 8th grade easy. having fun while playing is hard
It’s surprising because most people as strict as her end up hating the piano.
Piano bjork isn't real and can't put jazz into your soul
Piano bjork:
I lauged way to hard at the concept of "Piano Bjork"
This is perfect! LMAO
Hiromi is such an excellent pianist, the emotions she shows on her face are always unbelievable.
You can tell she absolutely loves what she does.
Don't get me wrong, she looks like she's having an orgasm from the sound of the piano that she played, and at the end she felt relieve ☺️
True. Terrible actor, though.
@@NapalmLlama actor?
Pity they don't extend to her playing...
Amazing, though she looks like she was locked in a basement until she could play this perfectly and was so happy to be out of there.
well not out of there yet because she still has to play it
she probably did that to herself at some point in her life cus holy shit she's THAT good
Probably
them asian parents be wildin
Best.comment.ever.
I love the "Thanks the Jazz gods" and other things you add to the transcriptions
"thank the jazz Gods"
"possessed by jazz demons"
Well, which one is it, Jazzus or Beezlebop?
@@Klabbity_Kloots jod
It isn't just George who adds those things, this was transcribed by Tony Williams, who, afaik, added that all on their own.
‘Played an e’
The “feel time freely” and “turn scales into a slide” made me crack up for some reason I can’t explain. XD
Met Hiromi early this year, she is a loving person, very professional, and also a perfectionist. After a show that went incredible, I asked how did it go, and she replied she could do better. Such a talented young woman!
Not only does she got soul, she's got maybe twelve more spare souls
She is not possessed. In Jazz hell, she runs the show.
@hrt sgwr "fOR ThE lASt TImE, It’S tHE HAPpY HOtE-“
she cant get possessed by the jazz demons because she IS the jazz demon
There is not such thing as a Jazz Hell. Hell, there's no such thing as Hell. Maybe country Hell.
The face, the hair, the hands, it all points to it: she is definitely on at least 3 cups of coffee
"I may have a bird on my head, and my hands haven't stopped shaking since last week; but I can do this"
More like three pots of coffee
nah shes getting coffee through a drip constantly.
Every time I remember Hiromi exists I remember that the world has lots of positive things too
Beautifully said
Nope
Only positive to look forward to is nuclear annihilation
@@MikehMike01 well I'm somewhat prepared for that if I survive it but I'd rather be optimistic
That piano probably filed a restraining order, holy moly she was TICKLIN them keys.
how tf did you manage to transcribe this you absolute laddddddddd❤❤❤
This is a second pianist away from becoming a black MIDI and I love that
Then who's the first? 😳
@@blanked3 Marc-Anderè Hamelin
@@blanked3 I believe he meant that you'd need a second pianist playing at the same time for it to become a black midi
Nah. Not that hard at all.
Check out her duo work with Chick Corea ;)
Hiromi is not a "jazz musician." She is a force of nature, a totally unique voice in the world of groove improvisation.
Perfect description
"a totally unique VOICE (2011) in the world of groove improvisation."
Well she ain’t improvising so probably she’s not jazz musician
ugh
super freak talent sure, but how can anyone enjoy this finger banging on random keys?
I adore her. The talent, the speed, the sheer ecstasy on her face as she plays and the terrible hair that looks like she hasn’t brushed it for a week. I feel all of it.
Thankyou George.
I’ve been introduced to so many wonderful musicians because of these posts ❤️
It looks like she hasn't brushed it for a week because her hands have been busy practicing that piece!!
you mean amazing hair of an eccentric genius!
Her hair is not unbrushed - it's electrified!
Don't you dare talk about her hair like that! 😉
the fact that she's doing it without a grimace of concentration shows that she really loves to play
I watched this video expecting to laugh, and it almost made me cry. This person plays with unimaginable talent and a pure joy of music.
I'm starting to see the correlation between hair strenght and musical intelligence
Hair.... strength?
@@josephbogart6604 yes, when it goes up, it is strong
@@TrisnoadiWikantoro are we still talking about hair?
@@josephbogart6604 I do. But you seem to talk about something boneless
@@TrisnoadiWikantoro is English your second or third language?
I'm really enjoying all the Hiromi transcriptions. She is timeless
Not sure what is more impressive:
The playing or the transcription of it....
well done!
The playing. Definitely the playing.
She is playing by transcription)
@@robinsarchiz how do you think she plays tho
@@hiryu70 Yea she's playing from this transcription on the video of her playing, that's how she learned the piece.
Super fast and doesn't feel mechanical. She is really possesed. Love it!!
Salute to the mortal who wrote the notes the jazz god just played. Man that is a crazy amount of notes spewed out at an incredible pace
Yeah who wrote it? How??
Yeah pure insanity
It's here own piece, she wrote it.
When you realise this is her like almost 20 years ago and she's only gotten better with age. What a Queen!
Hiromi walked past me to get to the autograph table once. I was amazed at how tiny a person she is. I do not condone it, but she could very easily fit into a duffel bag.
XD
Senri Kawaguchi is about that size and drumming sounds like beefy Billy Cobham. The smallest of the small is Reol, who weighs maybe eighty pounds.
Yes officer, this post here.
yes she's a very tiny person! how did she get so small? she reminds me of my smallest relative
@@Joe-oh5ch
She was too busy practicing to drink her milk and vegetables.
This is how I imagined Yoko Kanno made the soundtrack for Cowboy Bebop.
God I love Hiromi so so much. Extremely talented and disciplined. Definitely my favorite modern jazz pianist, if not general jazz artist
I wish I could have as much fun doing something as Hiromi has when playing the piano.
the fastest beautiful music I ever heard. super melodic. I'm not sure how much of it is improvised because she tends to improvise.
I think most of her playing 1:27-2:04 is improvised
This has the essence of Mario Kart and I'm living for it
You wouldn't be a Zorsy (of The Consouls) fan would you? He was the one who put me on to Hiromi some years ago. I've been hooked on The Consouls VGM jazz and Hiromi for years.
i came here expecting to find a comment pointing how much it relates to mario games, thank you for making it 😌
If you want some true Mario Kart vibes, check out groups like Dimension, Casiopea, and T-Square
I was blessed to have seen her perform live twice, once with Stanley Clarke and again as her Trio Project with Simon Phillips and Anthony Jackson. Those shows i will never forget.
Been listening to this composition for years and it's such a treat to see a live performance of it. Just as manic as it sounds.
She probably started the gig with her hair straight and neat and like a cartoon, her hair went crazy from the energy! Amazing performance and transcription 💜
this is what they talk about the instrument becoming an extension of you. this was amazing
This seems like some kind of weird demonic possession of her life to playing like that.
True 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mark M receives the George Collier Title Award for today
@@GeorgeCollier Oh sick
Standing Ovation both to that performance and your incredible ability to transcribe it!
This lady is unbelievable. The best part of her performance was the look of joy on her face. Wonderful smile, and so completely part of her music.
Please do more stuff with her. I’m obsessed
2:31 literally the phattest chord to ever bless my ears
What I love is the manic smile. It fits how crazy the music is.
It is a pleasure seeing Hiromi having fun these insane pieces. Love her!
thank you for adding the music sheet so we all can play along 😩
"Possessed by jazz demons" sure is a weird way of saying "snorted six lines of coke".
2:10 feels like Mario music
That's funny to me because Zorsy (The Consouls) got me into Hiromi. I've been a fan of VGM jazz and Hiromi for many years now and have enjoyed so much good jazz as a result.
@@cooldebt hell yeah
2:44 her hands are like little goblins jumping around at inhumane speeds cheese n rise-
1:32 "Thank the Jazz Gods" 😂 ahahahha
And at 1:58 when you made George question why is he transcribing this 😅
I was lucky enough to watch Hiromi live back when I was a child like 10-11 years old if I remember correctly. I even shaked her miracle hands. We were the same height.
0:47 Uh-oh, Uh-oh,
Uh-oh, Uh-oh,
Here
We
Go!
I love how Hiromi could be the cutest being while playing Pachelbel, but also being a jazzy version of Bellatrix Lestrange here.
She plays faster than the speed of comprehension.
it's beautiful when someone is so passionate about something that when they do it they look like they are communing with that thing's patron god
It's good to know that the spirit of jazz is alive and well. RIP Howling Jimmy Jefferson
A dose of Hiromi is always good for the soul.
This is why you learn your scales, kids.
hiromi's amazing, her duets with chick corea are some of the greatest piano-only recordings of all time (rip chick
I’m literally crying, I can’t catch my breath, and my heart is beating out of my chest
Had to make sure i didn’t have my vid on double speed. This is amazing!
idk what’s more impressive, her playing this or the fact that he transcribed this
1:34 flight of the bumblebee, lmao
One of the most inspiring performances I have ever seen. A true virtuoso. And it’s not just technique. She makes the music live in a way that is rare. There are a lot of fantastic players around but few who can keep you enthralled on the edge of your seat like this. This is one of the all time greats still in a fairly early stage of her development. I wonder what she can bring into the world in her lifetime. So far it’s just stunning and rooted in wonder and joy. Thanks Hiromi for such a wonderful gift.
This is the first video I watched after waking up. I sat in silence for to minutes going over echoes of the song in my head. Very strange experience. Amazingly technical.
Thanks so much for covering up a third of the video. I think I would have had a stroke if I was able to actually see how amazing the finger work was.
When your parents made you go to classical piano lessons when you were 2, but then you grow up to totally do your own thing with it.
She started at the ripe old age of six
@@henriknielsen1662 Without context, this sounds very wrong
Why is nobody talking about 2:25? that was juicy
At this speed I'd say that this is the hardest piano piece I've ever seen.
Then you didn't see anything.
@@marcossidoruk8033 man the unnecessarily rude reply from some random self proclaimed music expert took longer than I thought
@@Dexter26958 not rude, nor I proclaimed myself to be a music expert. In any case whose being dishonest and rude is you.
I just think it is blatantly obvious that if you think this is the hardest piano piece then you know next to nothing about piano, it doesn't take a music expert to realize that.
@@marcossidoruk8033 you managed to say a lot of words without saying a thing
@@siinxx7656 Then you can't read.
List of things I said:
1. I was not being rude
2. I didn't proclaim to be a music expert
3. Considering that he did accuse me of that, he is being dishonest and rude
4. If one person thinks this is the hardest piano piece ever, he knows nothing about the piano repertoire.
5. It doesn't take a music expert to realise 5
Furthermore, that is absolutely not "a lot of words" that is a fairly short paragraph and you thinking it is long is further proof of your illiteracy.
Now THIS woman is a True musician, she has that EMOTION to music that is absolutely necessary.
The black midi was my favorite. Also that 2/4 back to 4/4 signature at the end murdered it. What a genius
YAY!
More Hiromi!
Thank you Mr.Collier!
That nested on 82 though....
Also definitely should have added the " :D " on this one at 1:10, would have been so perfect
The queen of jazz piano
i think im inlove.
Thank you Hiromi.
and thank you George Collier as well.
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I don't know why, but I dig the hair. It just screams "musical genius."
Kudos to this channel by translating that demonic jazz madness.
She's not possed, she trained her ass off and now she's reaping the benefits and joy that not many can ever afford. Bravo 👏 👏 👏 young star.
Hiromi is the most expressive musician I swear
Give a try to Yamandu Costa (maybe start with ritmo colombiano !)
Love watching her play. Sheer joy in her smile.
Am stunned. Didn't know anyone anywhere was THAT good on piano!! Wow!
WOWWWWWWWWWW
2:18 to 2:38
never felt goosebumps that strongly from music. incredible
2:25 :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
laughed at black midi that was chuckleworthy
Hiromi's album with Chick Corea would have been one of my all time Jazz favourites, wouldn't it be for the sound of a dishwasher in the background. This still annoys me so much to this day.
Huh?
@@jakeperalta4670 They recorded a live album in a restaurant in Tokyo, I think, it is amazing. But you hear the clinking and rattling of cuttlery in the background, and it is so unbelievably annoying, at least to me.
ruclips.net/video/XaNk19CQfto/видео.html
The fucking clinking of silverware in that video drives me insane
I know this is infuriating, like a 3 years old doodling on the Mona Lisa
seeing hiromi perform live was amazing. i was lucky to see such energy and passion!
Wow I love the part at 1:15! Reminds me of Billy Joel's Rootbeer Rag
I love how she's having a blast haha
*a wild Gershwin has appeared!*
It's all in the confidence of the performance!!
¡Bravissima!
The amount of talent she has to be able to do this is absolutely tremendous. I love it.
Even Willie “the Lion” Smith would bow to her.
She's just stimming hard as fuck and we all have the privilege of listening.
Honestly hair goals
was it needed to go that hard for tom and jerry ?
She embodies the concept of happiness vs. joy and I love it. The pure bliss on her face gave me a +1 prana power up.
Hiromi is a wonderful talent. I've always adored her energy and soul.
*Played an E 0:36 BRUH
Hiromi: plays piano!
Priest: THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!!
0:15 Snailchan adventures anyone?
YES! I was just going to send this and the Snailchan video off to a friend!
I like finding songs that have weirdly long bits of similar sounding music. Another example I found recently was the Stow-on-Side theme from Pokémon and the YMCA song.
@@celesteelkai got one for ya - the synth break at abt 2:47 in “Oceania” by The Birthday Massacre is identical to the main electric piano melody in “Trees” by Twentyone Pilots
pretty sure her hair functions as an external radiator so her head doesn't overheat.
As an Old School Metalhead, who knew you could thrash to the keyboard.
You do not call upon the Spirits, they Call upon you! OMFG! Simply amazed!