Mereaux is one of the only componists where I feel he really was just taking the piss sometimes, just doing this to see how far he can get someone to go
Méreaux had nothing to say musically, so he had to deflect the listener's attention. It's like Bang Bang making "deeply inspired" apish faces or Miss Wang wearing concert-bikinis.
you should try the one with left hand octave jumps at impossible speed! i forgot which one but i know it starts in a c major chord. its one of those that are basically impossible to play perfectly
@@omyths3990 First, nobody except a small group of pedants cares about spelling mistakes. Second, "practise" is the British spelling and is actually correct.
Quick question here. Why do you have to cross hands in this piece? Can you just play the lower chord with you left hand and the higher with your right, and wouldn't that be easier?
@@zswu31416 I see... I was curious because I always approach these etudes as proper pieces rather than technical etudes, and I don't mind "cheating" in those at all to make it easier.
@@dkoydvkhg00055 There are two types of etudes: Normal Etudes and Concert Etudes. Concert Etudes should be treated as proper pieces and you can play it in whichever way you find fit. But the whole point of Normal Etudes is to develop technique, and so you shouldn't cheat because the point is to jump like crazy.
@@zswu31416 is there a way to tell if an etude is a concert etude or a normal etude? Some are easy to tell like list's concert etude which is self-explanatory and hanon etudes which are obviously not proper pieces, but there are some that are some in the grey area. For example, chopin etudes sound very melodic and non-etudes-ish(also performed in concerts), but most of them has clear purpose on which technique they are meant for. Is it okay to cheat on those for better sound?
@@dkoydvkhg00055 Chopin etudes are mostly concert etudes but some, such as op 10 no 2., lie in the grey area. In this case, when you are performing, you can cheat, but when you are practicing to gain technique, it is best to not cheat. Of course, the Mereaux etude is very obviously a non-concert etude due to the ridiculous way it is written.
I can play 10ths in the left hand but not in a fast setting, I can barely reach 10ths in the right hand but its not playable. (And you say your hands are small)
mereaux is pretty well known, he's often grouped with alkan in discussions. his etudes are a more extreme version of alkan when it comes to technique over musicality
@@Annihilator_5024 It's not that Mereaux has no musicality, although some of his compositions does sound "weird" and sometimes weirdly amateur-like. Rather, it's that it's so hard to play them musically that people just shred through them.
@@zswu31416 the problem imo is that he writes many compositions that are physically impossible to perfectly represent, i.e. any performance will have lots of flaws. there's a balance of musicality and difficulty where they are usually directly proportional, but often these pieces will add to difficulty without adding an equal ammount to musicality. not sure how to express what i mean without writing sentences that are hard to digest lol
How does this stupid thing have 10K views already
Because the title is unique
Mereaux is one of the only componists where I feel he really was just taking the piss sometimes, just doing this to see how far he can get someone to go
Lmfao, exactly. Surprised to see you here, EpreTroll!
He was a teacher, i hope this wasn’t the homework to his students xD
Insane, unsure why Méreaux made this etude as this technique is basically nowhere
hand crossing and jumps are pretty common
@@jjjj-wk9gt Certain composers especially, like Scarlatti, Bach, and Liszt to name an obvious few.
Tbh I'd just redistribute the chords so you don't have to cross 🤣
alkan scherzo focoso
after learning this etude no jumps will be daunting anymore
Méreaux had nothing to say musically, so he had to deflect the listener's attention.
It's like Bang Bang making "deeply inspired" apish faces or Miss Wang wearing concert-bikinis.
Whats even crazier is that you're playing it at that tempo
Accually
You are so brilliant you are the crazy !!!!!
Your preformance is insane!!!
You will be the next lang lang❤❤❤
took me months to play it at this tempo, ur insane
Proud to be your 50th suscriber
Proof that you are very talented
you should try the one with left hand octave jumps at impossible speed! i forgot which one but i know it starts in a c major chord. its one of those that are basically impossible to play perfectly
You mean No. 60? My hands are too small for that. You need monstrously huge hands (11th handspan or more) to play that
@@zswu31416the left hand or the right hand?
ayo nice
interesting to see so many people attempting it nowadays
DAAAAAAAMN!!!!!!!!
Kid, you are crazy
Awesome
Great
우와😊
Good practise kiddo!!
Practice*
@@omyths3990 First, nobody except a small group of pedants cares about spelling mistakes. Second, "practise" is the British spelling and is actually correct.
@@zswu31416 ok mad kid
@@omyths3990racist kid you don’t even care about other people’s way of spelling grow up
NIce accuracy
Your a crazy kid how did you do that?
1 week of practicing and trying not to injure myself. lol
@@zswu31416 ONe week!?! :0000
Quick question here. Why do you have to cross hands in this piece? Can you just play the lower chord with you left hand and the higher with your right, and wouldn't that be easier?
Of course, I could. It is indeed much easier. But the whole point of this etude is to practice jumps, and so we end up with this monstrosity...
@@zswu31416 I see... I was curious because I always approach these etudes as proper pieces rather than technical etudes, and I don't mind "cheating" in those at all to make it easier.
@@dkoydvkhg00055 There are two types of etudes: Normal Etudes and Concert Etudes. Concert Etudes should be treated as proper pieces and you can play it in whichever way you find fit. But the whole point of Normal Etudes is to develop technique, and so you shouldn't cheat because the point is to jump like crazy.
@@zswu31416 is there a way to tell if an etude is a concert etude or a normal etude? Some are easy to tell like list's concert etude which is self-explanatory and hanon etudes which are obviously not proper pieces, but there are some that are some in the grey area. For example, chopin etudes sound very melodic and non-etudes-ish(also performed in concerts), but most of them has clear purpose on which technique they are meant for. Is it okay to cheat on those for better sound?
@@dkoydvkhg00055 Chopin etudes are mostly concert etudes but some, such as op 10 no 2., lie in the grey area. In this case, when you are performing, you can cheat, but when you are practicing to gain technique, it is best to not cheat.
Of course, the Mereaux etude is very obviously a non-concert etude due to the ridiculous way it is written.
No rickroll? first time
lmfao
whats your handspan? i have small hands so i can only reach 10ths
I can play 10ths in the left hand but not in a fast setting, I can barely reach 10ths in the right hand but its not playable.
(And you say your hands are small)
@@zswu31416 well in my family yes because my fathers handspan is huge (he can reach 12ths) and my mother can reach 11ths
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I'm not at all familiar with this composer and I know a number of obscure piano composers. I thought Alkan was the nuttiest french piano composer.
mereaux is pretty well known, he's often grouped with alkan in discussions. his etudes are a more extreme version of alkan when it comes to technique over musicality
@@Annihilator_5024 It's not that Mereaux has no musicality, although some of his compositions does sound "weird" and sometimes weirdly amateur-like. Rather, it's that it's so hard to play them musically that people just shred through them.
@@zswu31416 the problem imo is that he writes many compositions that are physically impossible to perfectly represent, i.e. any performance will have lots of flaws. there's a balance of musicality and difficulty where they are usually directly proportional, but often these pieces will add to difficulty without adding an equal ammount to musicality.
not sure how to express what i mean without writing sentences that are hard to digest lol
I WAS 30K VIEW
not quite ragtime
Doesn't look too insane
Crazy Méreaux, my piece is much easier
I'm practicing your Passacaglia and I can confirm that it is easier than this... Although not much easier
You look 13
I'm 15
13 year olds these days are huge
@@octopuszombie8744 my hand smol 😭can't play the 10ths in Schumann Toccata
Awesome