What Joo said completely: *plays* Rachmaninoff's hands are very big.BIG HANDS. *plays* I'm a Korean, so (I have) SMALL HANDS. *plays* But only hands small.
Justme asdf i think the things that make them the same is they’re both classical musician comedic duos, but they have a bit different antics... and instruments
This is so mind bogglingly clever. Joo is a first rate classical musician .... and to be able to have such fun with this signature Rachmaninov is so refreshing and funny. The coordination between these two rascals ... just breathtaking.
@@mendo_aom6675 I'm going to disagree with you in a small way. I think he was referring to brains, but said it knowing full well that a significant portion of the audience would at least temporarily misinterpret it, and that was part of the joke.
Just remembered this today. This video is one of my favorite things ever, I can't believe it's 15 years old now. I remember seeing this at summer music camp when I was in high school and now I'm 30. Half my life ago! It still holds up. Love this piece and love this performance, it makes me laugh and puts a huge smile on my face.
While Joo did change the song a little, he didn't add any extra notes. There actually exists two instances in the song where C# octaves on both hands AND C# minor chords are written to be played simultaneously. Since we're born with only two hands, this is impossible even with Rachmaninov's giant hands; so you play the octaves first (a little ahead of the downbeat) and play the C# minor chord as quickly as one can right on the downbeat.
For everyone who has been asking - the piece is the Rachmaninov Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 The middle section was removed for the show, with the outer slow parts making up the piece Igudesman and Joo used.
As a person with considered quite a big hands i can (barley) reach a 12 and i just try and think how big Rachmaninoff hands were that he could've reached A when i struggle with G. but i am still a teen and i do hope that my hands will grow more or at least enough to reach a 13th
The connection with Rachmaninoff really makes sense because in that Prelude, there's the section with massive chords that can't be played simultaneously with 2 hands.
Our organist at Church recommended this video as we had been talking about Rachmaninoff and his big hands! I was very disappointed with it - because it is far too short! It is BRILLIANT. Thank you so much for brightening my day and for brightening many days and nights to come Gentlemen Blessings and peace to you both
Well, we thought it up together. Borge is a huge inspiration for us. but why not go further, right? Really appreciate the positive feedback! And by the way, those chords are exactly as written on the original score...
Very difficult music but beautifully played and quite a novel (not to mention, hilarious) solution for pianists that don't have quite the reach -- which I personally think Rakhmaninov himself would have loved!!
Wonderful, Clever, creative, both of them are great pianists👍And a lot of people and children thanks to this splendid video will start playing piano 👍👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I have the original 78rpm of Rachmaninoff's own 3rd recording of the piece from 1926. When time came to use the longest of these wood boards, it felt like he was playing 2 chords at once, as even Rachmaninoff himself needed 2 strikes to play that one chord
Joo is gorgeous. Besides being a fantastic pianist. And to have a sense of humor too. I can hardly stand it. And Igudesman is the perfect foil, with absolutely flawless timing. I'm in awe of this team.
I am reading the comments and I am amazed at the total absence of humor in people. Is it really about the size of Rachmaninoff or Joo's hands? People, get a life... We did a lot of such stuff in our conservatoire days, so I know where this comes from. Love you, guys!
Я была на их концерте в Хайфе.. Никогда не ожидала,что классику можно сыграть очень профессионально.....с юмором. Более двух часов зал смеялся и аплодировал.
Doesn't depend by the continent, adjectives can be after nouns in many languages, English is rather an exception and does not represent Europe. For example in Italian that could be translated word by word: solo le mani piccole. English is sooo limitative...
@@honguc9577 English adds a lot of fluff to the grammar at some points that really isn't necessary to the understanding of the meaning. From what I know of Asian languages, they don't generally do this. Direct word-for-word translation without knowing the differences of the grammar, and which fluff words to place where does come out this way. I guess you're just more efficient. :)
+ThigioBadoni I learned this piece over 10 years ago. I consider myself to have big hands and there are some chords in this piece where i have to hit the bottom note and and move my hand up to hit the top note so quickly that it sounds as if I hit them at the same time. I'd have to dig through my music to find the exact measure, but it's about halfway through the song.
+Max Jacobson Okay, that's very interesting... it would be cool, if you could tell me which part. You may mean the fff part, where you play the C# octaves followed by the C#minor chord. There I also do a jump, but it's also indicated like that in the score I use.
I found a copy of the piece online, but it doesn't list the measures and i'm too lazy to count, but it's before the part that you mentioned. The chord is a low C# to the B next to middle C.
How big are your hands? I consider myself to have large hands and still can't reach it. Don't get me wrong, I play the piece well, but those two notes are played fraction of a second apart.
Rachmaninov could span a 12th with one hand. Incredible. I can reach a 10th reliably unless it's a larger 10th (i.e., the biggest stretch from a white key to a black key). This is one of Rachmaninov's most famous pieces. He eventually regretted having written in because people asked him to play it so often. He wished it weren't so famous.
Would it be too obvious or cliché or culturally insensitive to observe that he doesn't look Jooish? No offense intended, just had to get the pun out of my system. Seriously, this is a very seriously talented and demented team! BRILLIANT would be faint praise.
what makes this joke so classic is that joo applies the "bar" at the beginning of 4 clef part of the piece. it's totally doable even with small hands but at a sight, it is pretty intimidating and makes u go wtf. and im pretty sure im not the only one who felt that way lol
I love this Rachmaninoff piece. I tried to learn it once. Never made it past the first page with the huge chords. After that hand-stretcher the rest was anticlimactic. Great job making it hilarious. -J:
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What Joo said completely:
*plays*
Rachmaninoff's hands are very big.BIG HANDS.
*plays*
I'm a Korean, so (I have) SMALL HANDS.
*plays*
But only hands small.
They’re like the twosetviolin of 2006.........
hahah ikr
Lol
Don't compare those 2, Twoset is Twoset, Igudesman and Joo is Igudesman and Joo.
Funnier
Justme asdf i think the things that make them the same is they’re both classical musician comedic duos, but they have a bit different antics... and instruments
This is so mind bogglingly clever. Joo is a first rate classical musician .... and to be able to have such fun with this signature Rachmaninov is so refreshing and funny. The coordination between these two rascals ... just breathtaking.
Hands small, but
Brain BIG
He was referring to something else....
@@mendo_aom6675 no way !! he did ??
@@mendo_aom6675 I'm going to disagree with you in a small way. I think he was referring to brains, but said it knowing full well that a significant portion of the audience would at least temporarily misinterpret it, and that was part of the joke.
Just remembered this today. This video is one of my favorite things ever, I can't believe it's 15 years old now. I remember seeing this at summer music camp when I was in high school and now I'm 30. Half my life ago! It still holds up. Love this piece and love this performance, it makes me laugh and puts a huge smile on my face.
I feel you. Just saw a shorts video about Rachmaninoff and this video immediately popped into my mind.
When I saw the "15 years old" I felt old.
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Same. I was 15 and it just popped up in my memories. I'm a violinist and used to watch this and Crack up
right there with you! saw this literally half a lifetime ago and now I'm 28
I randomly remembered it today! #goodtimes
While Joo did change the song a little, he didn't add any extra notes. There actually exists two instances in the song where C# octaves on both hands AND C# minor chords are written to be played simultaneously. Since we're born with only two hands, this is impossible even with Rachmaninov's giant hands; so you play the octaves first (a little ahead of the downbeat) and play the C# minor chord as quickly as one can right on the downbeat.
My childhood piano teacher saw Rachmaninov play and said that his reach was unimaginably large!
He was 6'6" and a pianist from childhood, his hands must have been massive!
For everyone who has been asking - the piece is the Rachmaninov Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2
The middle section was removed for the show, with the outer slow parts making up the piece Igudesman and Joo used.
Actually, strike that. He does play the middle section; it's the first section that is abbreviated.
Thank you!
The real hero
@@davidsnyder9424 The middle section was also abbreviated
If I remember rightly, I was told Rachmaninoff could reach 13th's, even 14th's on a keyboard! I can reach a 9th comfortably, and that's it.
Me too. 10th is a struggle. 11th is even more challenging. 12 is impossible.
I can barely reach a 9th. The idea of reaching a 13th is crazy
how to make your hand reach 9th,I can only do 8,is there any ways to make your Hands reach more
As a person with considered quite a big hands i can (barley) reach a 12 and i just try and think how big Rachmaninoff hands were that he could've reached A when i struggle with G. but i am still a teen and i do hope that my hands will grow more or at least enough to reach a 13th
Bruh I'm 12 and could hit a 12th
haha love the intro! and genius idea with the wooden props!
Man that delay makes each chord hit so much harder. I love their interpretation
The connection with Rachmaninoff really makes sense because in that Prelude, there's the section with massive chords that can't be played simultaneously with 2 hands.
I love Korean sense of humour, and, incidentally, they are superb musicians too as seen here...
Bravo, bravo, bravo - great fun and great music!
LOL! To have hands big enough to span a 12th is one thing, but to also be able to hold a 5 -finger chord is quite another feat! He was truly gifted...
I actually like how he plays the piece. I'd like to hear him play it through
I hope these guys are still out there, playing the piano and being awesomely funny!
Our organist at Church recommended this video as we had been talking about Rachmaninoff and his big hands! I was very disappointed with it - because it is far too short! It is BRILLIANT. Thank you so much for brightening my day and for brightening many days and nights to come Gentlemen Blessings and peace to you both
I didn't know Rachmaninov had wooden hands.
if you can play it with big hands then you can play it with small hands
ok ling ling.
Are you guys practicing for 40 hours a day?
shouldnt it be around?
Shut up
No you can’t.
I sang a song by Rachmaninoff in a chorus I was in, and it was hauntingly beautiful. As is this piece.
And of course, this is hilarious.
only hands small ahahaha
+Joshy Song brain big
+Abraham Lincoln Something else ;)
+Wolf Edmunds feet?
Forehead big
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Well, we thought it up together. Borge is a huge inspiration for us. but why not go further, right? Really appreciate the positive feedback! And by the way, those chords are exactly as written on the original score...
I just saw them live last week and I was nearly on the ground laughing. Bravo! One of the best acts of the night for sure!
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One of the funniest things I've seen on You Tube
thats one hell of a chub and tuck
He's playing it coy. No accentuation of the chub - BIG MISTAKE.
Hes got to tone it down because hes going to get social 2006.
too many sodie pops
Came to show this to my daughter who just started to learn the Italian Polka. And this was my first reaction 😂😂😂
this is the best thing i've seen. Never could've thought about anything humour related to Rachmaninoff, but they've made it work
Very difficult music but beautifully played and quite a novel (not to mention, hilarious) solution for pianists that don't have quite the reach -- which I personally think Rakhmaninov himself would have loved!!
I watched this no less than 20 times previously, yet it never fails to amuse me.
"But, only HANDS small!"
(a very timely and funny qualification statement)
BRAVO ！
ONLY HAND SMALL !
I can relate to having small hands:)
(But only hands small!:))
LOL!
I can do 10ths, but not just hand BIG
so much talent! so funny
Wonderful, Clever, creative, both of them are great pianists👍And a lot of people and children thanks to this splendid video will start playing piano 👍👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
We watched this OVER a and over and OVERRRRRR!!! We love you! 🎶🎹🎶
Why would anybody NOT like this? It's great.
Мне почему-то не нравится(
What a great personality in a phenomenal piano player!!
evidently, they don't want people watching this wonderful video any longer. I am sad. I love to show it to my music students.
This is awesome. Definitely one of my favorites on RUclips.
This always makes me laugh!! :-D
Only hands small got me and my dad laughing
😂😂😂
15 years already. But this video is still in my memory. Great idea.
This is wonderful! Thanks for sharing this performance.
I have the original 78rpm of Rachmaninoff's own 3rd recording of the piece from 1926. When time came to use the longest of these wood boards, it felt like he was playing 2 chords at once, as even Rachmaninoff himself needed 2 strikes to play that one chord
what's the name of this piece?
+Santiago Hernandez Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op.3 No.2
+Marco Melanson you are my new god
The introduction is hilarious. "But only hands small."
This is one of the best skits I have ever seen! BRAVO!!!!
This is so good!!! Thanks for posting
Joo is gorgeous. Besides being a fantastic pianist. And to have a sense of humor too. I can hardly stand it. And Igudesman is the perfect foil, with absolutely flawless timing. I'm in awe of this team.
405 people have very small hands.
Bravo!
I see what you did there lol
oh my gosh! this guy is brilliant!
in both his hilarious speech & approach to adding a new twist to playing chords!
i loved this!
Clever and talented!!!! Most enjoyable...thanks
369 viewers have BIG hands!
+LuizBHMG But only hands BIG ;).
@@spavatch nailed it :D
Very rare to find something worthy of watching twice on RUclips these days.
How absolutely WONDERFUL!!!!!
That was absolutely wonderful! A clasical musican with a sense of humor!
I am reading the comments and I am amazed at the total absence of humor in people. Is it really about the size of Rachmaninoff or Joo's hands? People, get a life... We did a lot of such stuff in our conservatoire days, so I know where this comes from. Love you, guys!
The sole fact that you ask people to get a life shows how empty yours is.
Я была на их концерте в Хайфе.. Никогда не ожидала,что классику можно сыграть очень профессионально.....с юмором. Более двух часов зал смеялся и аплодировал.
I just love the comedy. And yet, I love how he plays!
I wish I could hear Joo play this whole piece from start to finish
"But only hands small !"
Amazing !
but only small hands...
But only (my) hands (are) small. We Asian often use this grammar.
He's funny.
Doesn't depend by the continent, adjectives can be after nouns in many languages, English is rather an exception and does not represent Europe. For example in Italian that could be translated word by word: solo le mani piccole.
English is sooo limitative...
Such an underrated line 😂
@@honguc9577 English adds a lot of fluff to the grammar at some points that really isn't necessary to the understanding of the meaning. From what I know of Asian languages, they don't generally do this. Direct word-for-word translation without knowing the differences of the grammar, and which fluff words to place where does come out this way. I guess you're just more efficient. :)
this has put me in a better mood for the whole week :)
Thank you so much, I truly appreciate that.
What is the title of this Rachmaninov music?
I can't even reach an Octave
+LlWEl Then you have really small hands.
You can always choose to play other instruments... like the Horn or the Trumpet... or a violin
Scriabin could only reach and octave and he created some of the most difficult (and rather fascinating) pieces I've ever heard :)
Sergei could take out twelfths like it was nothin’ ...
They should make tinier pianos for midget fingers like ours
Absolutely, amazingly inventive!
Excellent, love it
I'm already 17 and my hand can only reach till 8th comfortably ... -__- I'm asian and I ONLY have small hands :c , CRAP!!
Saijin Garcia Same, I can only reach 8th keys.
+Saijin Garcia Don't worry, Scriabin had puny hands as well. To make things worse, he injured one of them.
Damn, Rachmaninoff could reach an 11th
13th to be more precise
Kat in Rain You're right, I probably made a typo
To be fair this piece doesn't require really large hands. I can play it and I have pretty small hands. Hilarious video non the less!
+ThigioBadoni I learned this piece over 10 years ago. I consider myself to have big hands and there are some chords in this piece where i have to hit the bottom note and and move my hand up to hit the top note so quickly that it sounds as if I hit them at the same time. I'd have to dig through my music to find the exact measure, but it's about halfway through the song.
+Max Jacobson Okay, that's very interesting... it would be cool, if you could tell me which part. You may mean the fff part, where you play the C# octaves followed by the C#minor chord. There I also do a jump, but it's also indicated like that in the score I use.
I found a copy of the piece online, but it doesn't list the measures and i'm too lazy to count, but it's before the part that you mentioned. The chord is a low C# to the B next to middle C.
Max Jacobson Ah... found it! I don't have a problem with that part. It's funny that you have issues with that chord.
How big are your hands? I consider myself to have large hands and still can't reach it. Don't get me wrong, I play the piece well, but those two notes are played fraction of a second apart.
I've been waiting many years to see these guys live. come July 19th, that wait shall end.
SOOO EXCITED! XD
Incredible humor! Brilliant talented duo~
Lovit!!!!
Hmmmm....
Donald Trump could never play Rachmaninov.
Here you go
ruclips.net/video/g7RVYejgADw/видео.html
@@truetomhat not orange enough
Donald Trump could never _spell_ Rachmaninov.
laugh, laugh at the small hands joke
Max De Santa and whats that gonna do with him not being able to play Rachmaninov, don’t create the stereotype of Trump supporters being retarded.
Rachmaninov could span a 12th with one hand. Incredible. I can reach a 10th reliably unless it's a larger 10th (i.e., the biggest stretch from a white key to a black key).
This is one of Rachmaninov's most famous pieces. He eventually regretted having written in because people asked him to play it so often. He wished it weren't so famous.
Extraordinaria interpretacion de semejantes grosos. buenísimooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Would it be too obvious or cliché or culturally insensitive to observe that he doesn't look Jooish? No offense intended, just had to get the pun out of my system. Seriously, this is a very seriously talented and demented team! BRILLIANT would be faint praise.
demented? also that isn't a pun. also that is not how you spell jewish.. who the hell are you lmao
Heh, actually, Igudesman **is** "Jooish"
I am 3 and i can play 15th.
Half steps?
Totally awesome. I love it.
thanks dear colleague for this high dosis of fun!
hahaha, so freakin hilarious!
but seriously, some of those rachmaninoff chords are impossible to play, lol.
Just love this! Ingenious. Hilarious. Such skill (and practice of course)
Wow!! Incredible!!! Unbelievable!!!
5/5 and favourites
so brilliant... and I really need some of those!!
Thank you! :)
Wonderful AND creative.
what makes this joke so classic is that joo applies the "bar" at the beginning of 4 clef part of the piece. it's totally doable even with small hands but at a sight, it is pretty intimidating and makes u go wtf. and im pretty sure im not the only one who felt that way lol
Fantastic!
Maravillosos...maestros del piano y el violín...Bendiciones...
I Agree!! It is so wonderful!!
Classical music comedy skits are something i didn't know i needed
I love this Rachmaninoff piece. I tried to learn it once. Never made it past the first page with the huge chords. After that hand-stretcher the rest was anticlimactic. Great job making it hilarious. -J:
기발하고 기발하고 기발하다
사실 손으로 연주하는 것보다 더어렵다 좋은 피아노에다가 적확한 조율 명연주자가 아님 저런 퍼포먼스 연주가 불가능하다 부라보 뷰티풀 해피 오마이갓
This never gets old :)
genius ...i can't even imagine the time they spend in this!!!just genius!!
it's so great!!
Incredible! Very funny! Comic genious! Thanks for posting!
Fantastic really Fantastic :)
oh man this is amazing
I LOVE THIS!