John Cage is usually too "out there" for me, but this has an odd charm to it. I like the bell qualities on some of the notes and the repetition is actually somewhat soothing.
John Cage would be absolutely amazed at the rate digital music has progressed that you can create any sound and synchronise into the music. There's no need to use nails anymore.
Ah, but ain't it more fun to just randomly try stuff and hear what you get? Half of "The Wild Bull" by Subotnick was experiments that he liked and saved. Looks like he got the thread about 2/3rds into it. My own prepared piano was fun times--random and recorded. My quarter tone synth stuff is fun too, random and recorded -- after all, even music we know is different each time because WE are different listeners than we were yesterday.
Cage was not just interested in getting a certain sound, he was about curating objects within his immediate field and showing that everything is music... so in that sense he would still be interested in "using nails"
This really forces you to read and play what is written and not what your brain wants you to hear. This would be a great way to teach you how to read music.
So, after listening to lots of pieces by Schönberg and some others in music lessons, it was a big pleasure to hear anything that isn't completely crazy... And although this is a new sound to hear and Cage definitly not pleases everyone I am a big fan of this piece and his 4'33
*This on a piano* Some people: ThiS iSnT MmuSIc *exactly this but allegedly on bongos and oriental string instruments* Same people: Most interesting indeed, intricate musical textures right here.
I'm actually working on a video on John Cage's sonatas and in the disclaimer I say, "Don't try this at home kids. Have a trained professional assist you in preparing your piano"
@@Edgelordess I ask, where to get the "trained piano preparer"? And I otherwise must disagree! What's an instrument for except to mess with it? I randomly prepared pianos twice in my life and recorded straight away with wild and satisfying results. Experiment! Why bother to play Cage? Do your own stuff! I'm sure that's what all composers would say.
@@lex3729 Totally right, John Cage was listening to a lot of music from different parts of the world. I've also hear that most of the extended techniques in music, very popular in avant-garde jazz for example, came from Asia (or at least they made similar stuff years before in occident they even started to play with it).
for those wondering why the piano called prepared, it's basically preparation for going to trash😑 it's like you can't simply throw it to wasteland, you've got to prepare it for the last trip
The genre is Prepared piano , and if im not mistaken john cage was asked to write a piece for an africsn culture ? And they wanted drums and stuff in the piece but the room they were in didn't have enough space so he stuck erasers , screws little plastic things that you can have on bread onto the piano and made diffrent sounds which wad never dont before. And thats how Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano was made. Yall i just remember from Music Appriciation lol
Excelente interpretacion, alcanza las entrelineas conceptuales y musicales q John Cage queria q se captaran en su musica,mas alla de lo obvio, muy bien, felicidades...
What I'd like to know is if they have a piano separated for specifically this piece or do they put in and take out the nuts and bolts each time someone wants to play
Imagine going into a concert hall to prepare for a piano performance, and the concert hall music techs see you start sticking screws into their Steinway. lol If someone even looks funny at my pipe organ, I throw them over the loft railing.
Nuts and bolts will give a much, much nicer tone than wood screws. You ought to try them sometime. But they'll void the warranty, so be careful. By the way, doesn't Yamaha have a patch on its portable keyboards called "CageScrews"?
These sound really cool for a bit, but really only as a rhythmic, percussive sound. There is no real pitch variation and it begins to sound monotonous. They should perhaps blend prepared and normal pitches for variety. Also, I would never do this to a piano.
I believe sometimes they do prepare only part of the piano, playing the rest as normal. The piano's fine btw, if the technician is competent, this is supposed to be non-destructive.
Why does this low key give me Sesame Street vibes? Like, I half wanna start practicing pronouncing the letters in the alphabet, or some number, or something.......
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I love this piece. It's got a funky groove and you can dance to it.
I agree!
I agree !!! Of course!!!!
Yeah look at those rhythm displacements, funk as hell!!
Om
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Sounds like the music from many cultures put into one. Very cool composition.
Yup! Cage wrote this after he heard gamalan music.
probably why it sucks so fucking bad
She nailed it!
I agree, she didn't screw it up one bit.
pun intended?
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oh my god...
😂😂😂 yes the nail
John Cage is usually too "out there" for me, but this has an odd charm to it. I like the bell qualities on some of the notes and the repetition is actually somewhat soothing.
Cage was probably trying to write a piece on piano and when the inspiration didn't come he just said: "Ah, screw it!".
i don't think you got the joke
I meant, that's like EVERY song. Wrong post.
no, he found beautiful new ways to compose piano music that has a far more meditated and transient emotional experience than what has come before
ahahaha very clever comment
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
John Cage would be absolutely amazed at the rate digital music has progressed that you can create any sound and synchronise into the music. There's no need to use nails anymore.
he'd probably dig Aphex Twin
@@peterhammel3799 I prefer Terminal 11
Ah, but ain't it more fun to just randomly try stuff and hear what you get? Half of "The Wild Bull" by Subotnick was experiments that he liked and saved. Looks like he got the thread about 2/3rds into it. My own prepared piano was fun times--random and recorded. My quarter tone synth stuff is fun too, random and recorded -- after all, even music we know is different each time because WE are different listeners than we were yesterday.
sure but this is more fun
Cage was not just interested in getting a certain sound, he was about curating objects within his immediate field and showing that everything is music... so in that sense he would still be interested in "using nails"
I like how the sound of the piano sounds distorted, yet the piece still sounds great the way it is put together
This really forces you to read and play what is written and not what your brain wants you to hear. This would be a great way to teach you how to read music.
Great way to not be able to get perfect pitch too!
there's a thing called muscle memory lol
Archie mac FUCK IT
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Beautifully performed, a pleasure to listen and watch!
Parece um samba brasileiro. Uma música para capoeira. Maravilha! It's like a Brazilian samba. A song for capoeira. Wonderful!
This, ASLSP & 4’33 are some amazing masterpieces
That paino's screwed.
I see what you did there
Your spelling is more screwed.
lmfao
Reminds me of Indonesian traditional music.
@@kreuner11 Cage was greatly inspired by the music of the Indonesian Gamelan, so yes it is indonesian traditional music in a way.
As an indonesian i can confirm
Gamelan?
@@nathanstutoring its a instrument
gamelan.yes
Bach looks down on us in confusion
NotaVoltorb Bach is looking away from it!
I honestly think he would be intrigued by this.
@@excuseyou7198 looking at this again 3 years later, I bet he would find some enjoyment in it. Its definitely unique at the very least
Nonsense, this is a perfectly clear piece
Bach may look down on you. He'll see Cage as an equal, if he's not being an idiot.
So, after listening to lots of pieces by Schönberg and some others in music lessons, it was a big pleasure to hear anything that isn't completely crazy... And although this is a new sound to hear and Cage definitly not pleases everyone I am a big fan of this piece and his 4'33
0:00 “hmm?”
xD
XD 😂
😂😂
*This on a piano*
Some people: ThiS iSnT MmuSIc
*exactly this but allegedly on bongos and oriental string instruments*
Same people: Most interesting indeed, intricate musical textures right here.
Same people: mOdErN MuSiC sUcKs
This music sounds line shit
This just feels wrong to do to a piano.
Damn you really owned that imaginary person in your head bro
There needs to be a setting on keyboards where you can play like this! This awesome!
Sounds eerie to me. Very jolting, although I guess that's the point of the prepared piano. I love it 👍
#PETP People for the ethical treatment of pianos
People eating tasty pianos
I'm actually working on a video on John Cage's sonatas and in the disclaimer I say, "Don't try this at home kids. Have a trained professional assist you in preparing your piano"
@@GenericGoogleAccount Pianos eating tasty people
@@Edgelordess I ask, where to get the "trained piano preparer"? And I otherwise must disagree! What's an instrument for except to mess with it? I randomly prepared pianos twice in my life and recorded straight away with wild and satisfying results. Experiment! Why bother to play Cage? Do your own stuff! I'm sure that's what all composers would say.
@@micahslobcrud5958 I mean, I would get more creative experimenting like this. Not to mention, it would be more fun.
Super cool and fun to listen to. For about 5 minutes....once you’re ears start to realize the color never changes it gets old really fast
Sort of like an unprepared piano.
Just of like an unprepared piano
Jim P no, an ‘unprepared’ piano can channel the roar of a steam train or the twinkle of a music box. Please think before you type
The piece is less than 2 minutes 😂
Good thing it's only 1:39 then
Sounds pretty nice. Like a xylophone with a more string-y timbre. In some parts it also sounds like a bell.
It sounds like bongos
I know I kinda wanna add some latin strings to it.
Sorta sounds like a steel drum to me for some reason.
Yes I agree
naa...Gamelan. 👹
@@lex3729 Totally right, John Cage was listening to a lot of music from different parts of the world. I've also hear that most of the extended techniques in music, very popular in avant-garde jazz for example, came from Asia (or at least they made similar stuff years before in occident they even started to play with it).
The best rendition I have seen on youtube, good stuff!
I simultaneously don’t like them but like it at the same time
I love it! Can't you see the fun in it? I think Bach himself would have enjoyed it for a change of pace. Thanks for playing it. ~H~
Excellent piece. One cannot tell that no pianos were injured during the performance tho.
There's screws in the piano
No shit
That’s what prepared piano is
You murdered it.
Chill, the piano is going to be fine.
@@excuseyou7198 i meant in a good way
@@excuseyou7198 i love that tune you did well
@@bobobobbybooboo7848 what? What are you talking about?
I like turtles
catch me headbanging to this in tha club
It's like a harp, a kitchen drawer, and an oil drum coming together to make music. Truly something interesting.
Probably the most famous of cage’s prepared piano pieces
for those wondering why the piano called prepared, it's basically preparation for going to trash😑 it's like you can't simply throw it to wasteland, you've got to prepare it for the last trip
The genre is Prepared piano , and if im not mistaken john cage was asked to write a piece for an africsn culture ? And they wanted drums and stuff in the piece but the room they were in didn't have enough space so he stuck erasers , screws little plastic things that you can have on bread onto the piano and made diffrent sounds which wad never dont before. And thats how Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano was made.
Yall i just remember from Music Appriciation lol
African*
the difference between a good performer and a great performer is all about how they prepare. ;)
Bro this is so fire 🔥🔥🔥
SUCH A BOP
Sounds electronic. To get an electronic sound from an acoustic instrument! Amazing!
this is a whole other level of good :)
Outstanding ❤❤❤❤❤
Love this!
Großartig!
I love avant-garde classical.
I actually like this one
Same
I love this one, it’s so funky
Best version!👏👏👏
0:01 man why isnt that a main riff to a avant Garde pop song!!
Makes me want to steal it
Tom Waits get on it
Love this, Inara! This is Seba from Lynn Uni
What an interesting idea!
I love prepared piano music !
I Love it!!
Sounds awesome ngl
It actually sounds nice wow..
When you cant buy a gamelan but you can buy a grand
Pinanood ko to dahil sa music namin🙂
Great performance !
Muito bom! Parabéns!
i love the funkiness to this
Excelente interpretacion, alcanza las entrelineas conceptuales y musicales q John Cage queria q se captaran en su musica,mas alla de lo obvio, muy bien, felicidades...
Wonderful 👌
Beautiful.
Man, this is so cool.
Very nice performance and interpretation of the piece!
What I'd like to know is if they have a piano separated for specifically this piece or do they put in and take out the nuts and bolts each time someone wants to play
I wonder that too
Really pretty good
Wowww you can Play the Gamelan In your piano this is Impressing :O
This sounds like it could be in a horror game and I love it
surely an horror movie for every piano tuner (with the strings disalligned after the pressure of nails and screws)
Super. J’adore.
This sounds really cool
Sounds like a cross between traditional Asian Island percussion and baroque harpsichord, said Mozzy.
The national anthem of RUclips. (Circa. 2019 - TODAY)
Great sound!)
Imagine going into a concert hall to prepare for a piano performance, and the concert hall music techs see you start sticking screws into their Steinway. lol If someone even looks funny at my pipe organ, I throw them over the loft railing.
I like this
an uncaged masterpiece... to be sure! pray an american prayer for this piano.
Thanks for playing that, it was cool
Hermosa pieza
Nailed it.
The best part of this comes @1:39
カッコいい
Are those flatheads or phillips?
Amazing
It's so weird, yet it's also very interesting tho
S/o Malhaire for showing me this 🔥🔥
It’s definitely related to gamelan
This is what a confused piano sounds like.
I kinda like it
Nuts and bolts will give a much, much nicer tone than wood screws. You ought to try them sometime. But they'll void the warranty, so be careful. By the way, doesn't Yamaha have a patch on its portable keyboards called "CageScrews"?
Oh yes it is BOOTYFUL
awesome
probably the john cage piece that goes the hardest
Is it just me or is there also an eraser on the piano -1:28
I think that’s an eraser?
Thank you Reggie
I really like the percussiveness
Semplicemente geniale.
Muito bacana!
crazy! gamelan influence
Why do I have to be weird and love this
It's how a more analogic sound synthesis, i think.
These sound really cool for a bit, but really only as a rhythmic, percussive sound. There is no real pitch variation and it begins to sound monotonous. They should perhaps blend prepared and normal pitches for variety. Also, I would never do this to a piano.
I believe sometimes they do prepare only part of the piano, playing the rest as normal. The piano's fine btw, if the technician is competent, this is supposed to be non-destructive.
Well done, Ms. Ferreira. Brava!
Why does this low key give me Sesame Street vibes? Like, I half wanna start practicing pronouncing the letters in the alphabet, or some number, or something.......
This episode of seasame street is brought to you by the letter J and the number 433.
I want someone to animate something over this