This just shows the pure genius of Steve Reich. And for all the naysayers about 'Minimalism', just listen to this gem of a piece. From tiny cells of music to epic masterpieces. I would really hope that more people listen and enjoy Steve's music. Bravo Steve and Wolfram.
@@sondraewoodruff7078 do you have any good recommendations of recordings of Ewe African music? i know that the Ghana drumming and Balinese gamelan were huge influences on him and personally i feel like he was a pretty great musician who managed to incorporate them in a way that didnt feel as overtly "stolen" as you say such as in six pianos and drumming but i do think more people should listen to his influences so they dont credit all of what he is known for directly to him as you point out. Though I think he had actually been already been doing things with interlocking rhythms and polyrhythms before he had even become fully aware of African drumming because his trip to Ghana in the early 70s apparently left him feeling "vindicated" because he found other people doing stuff that he had been doing in some way for some time before being aware of the similarites.
my class tried to learn this in highschool for fun (we didnt have any concerts with it or anything) and it is probably the hardest piece I've ever practiced
I understand. But you learned a lot, right? When I think something is too complicated to me I try to slow down or to keep it more simple in the beginning. All the best, 🐺
You all are kidding me! He took this rhythm from the Ewe people in Africa. Come on We don't need sheet music to play polyrhythms. This is something we all start doing at 4 years old.
The piece changes rhythmically many times throughout the piece. There's absolutely no way that every 4 year old in some African tribe can do this. I don't doubt that you can do a polyrhythm, but a constantly changing one takes A LOT of practice.
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This deserves a round of applause
Syncopated?
That's all I heard for 5 minutes...
If the audience claps in the beginning and the end and the two soloists clap their hands in the middle, is this a A,B A¹ form???????
😂
I guess it is in ternary form
😂😂😂 good one !
It's a A, B, B', B'', B''', B''''...... A form.
No, it's a concerto
clapping after this performance would be a humbling experience
This just shows the pure genius of Steve Reich. And for all the naysayers about 'Minimalism', just listen to this gem of a piece. From tiny cells of music to epic masterpieces. I would really hope that more people listen and enjoy Steve's music. Bravo Steve and Wolfram.
No man. He is showing you how his stale ear training and Rhythm dictation works. he stole this from Ewe people in Africa. Like come on already.
@@sondraewoodruff7078 oh dear
@@sondraewoodruff7078 do you have any good recommendations of recordings of Ewe African music? i know that the Ghana drumming and Balinese gamelan were huge influences on him and personally i feel like he was a pretty great musician who managed to incorporate them in a way that didnt feel as overtly "stolen" as you say such as in six pianos and drumming but i do think more people should listen to his influences so they dont credit all of what he is known for directly to him as you point out. Though I think he had actually been already been doing things with interlocking rhythms and polyrhythms before he had even become fully aware of African drumming because his trip to Ghana in the early 70s apparently left him feeling "vindicated" because he found other people doing stuff that he had been doing in some way for some time before being aware of the similarites.
my class tried to learn this in highschool for fun (we didnt have any concerts with it or anything) and it is probably the hardest piece I've ever practiced
I understand. But you learned a lot, right? When I think something is too complicated to me I try to slow down or to keep it more simple in the beginning. All the best, 🐺
yeah we had a lot of fun with the piece, and even clapped the rythm several times months later just because it was a fun thing to play around with
Easily one of the hardest pieces I performed when I was a freshman in college. lol
sarah reyes same. Doing it on a joint recital. Hardest thing I've EVER performed
Awesome! So cool watching it being performed by Steve himself. I'm performing it for an exam soon, it's such a fun piece to practice!
I discovered that doing this so so much harder than it looks at first glance. See the score elsewhere on RUclips.
Wow! How impressive!!!
Thank you! :-)
Do you guys know about flamenco hand clapping? That's interesting too
Good job!
i like the music but im most impressed that both people are completely unphased after finishing, not even relaxing or shaking their hands in relief
Actually, I think you'll find they're phased exactly one time over.
@@iskivolkl11 you won the internet for today 😄
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I have to teach a family member this piece for homework 😢😢😢 but i'm traching my dad (he used to study music, so it's easier 😂😂😂)
Very enjoyable. In this version the number of pattern repetition is not the same throughout.
Dre1965 I think that is more the fault of the man on the left than the fellow on the right.
sunaMi115 that is right. But the number of repetitions between 2 and 12 is free. I only give a cue when I change the beat one bar before. Best, W.
to be fair, it's pretty difficult to keep track of how many times you've repeated a pattern if your mind is focusing on two shifting patterns at once
i have see that from school lol
Great! I don't clap applaud since you anyway can't hear it 🤗😂
4:16
what?
Jícama chile y limón, jícama chile y limón…
This is part of music education programs like: Zoltan Kodaly, Dalcroze methods and others, incorporating idiophones.
Interesting. So there is a shifting of the pulse in certain exercises of Kodaly and Dalcroze? Best, Wolfram
harde shit broer
Servus, an alldiejenigen die Wegen Frau R. hier sind :D
Springseil Äh - hilf mir mal..
Waddup Konsti
Ich check halt nicht was ich tun soll hahahha
@@polyrhythmist Ist unsere Musik Lehrerin haha
Froschobi ..dann viele Grüße an die Kollegin Frau R unbekannterweise von mir - und Euch viel Spaß mit Steve Reich und seiner Musik! WW
yea, poulet.
Is this crazy train?
Yo les fr
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@@Vthedemonx wsss
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UN peux soulant non?
A prime example of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should".
How so?
You mean your comment?
You all are kidding me! He took this rhythm from the Ewe people in Africa. Come on We don't need sheet music to play polyrhythms. This is something we all start doing at 4 years old.
The piece changes rhythmically many times throughout the piece. There's absolutely no way that every 4 year old in some African tribe can do this. I don't doubt that you can do a polyrhythm, but a constantly changing one takes A LOT of practice.
@@juliussw9153 I suspect the dunning-kruger effect.
Can you be more uneducated?
Nah, while interesting to see, it's not music that pleases the ear.