Bloody piano keys: Pianist says 'it doesn't hurt, actually'

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  • Опубликовано: 11 июн 2015
  • Rui Urayama, who left behind a bloody keyboard on the Steinway and Sons at the World Piano Competition, says it happens to her a lot.
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  • @joffles6516
    @joffles6516 Год назад +2086

    she truly put her blood, sweat, and tears into winning the competition

    • @ynnelc
      @ynnelc Год назад +10

      Aw, she’s so passionate.

    • @eddyvideostar
      @eddyvideostar Год назад +2

      Dear Joffles: More tears -- in that this limits her situation in the real world: far from healthy even during the COVID days.
      A heavy piano is not a personal instrument like a guitar or a flute: dangerous.

    • @joffles6516
      @joffles6516 Год назад +7

      @@eddyvideostar i have never read a more confusing comment

    • @eddyvideostar
      @eddyvideostar Год назад +1

      @@joffles6516: Why does my comment confuse you?

    • @stellarisskr
      @stellarisskr Год назад +3

      “I gave my blood, sweat, and tears for this”

  • @marcelooo2930
    @marcelooo2930 Год назад +1426

    Hearing this, as a piano player, I cannot imagine how slippery the keys got 😭 the fact she could still play it’s incredible

    • @liul
      @liul Год назад +9

      First thing I thought, I play piano as well

    • @Zellie1994
      @Zellie1994 Год назад +42

      Not to be morbid but if the blood dries a bit then it may give a better grip. I’d choose playing on Ivory any day, obviously.

    • @NOTZeroBlank
      @NOTZeroBlank Год назад

      Yeah like, as a piano player, I cant play when the keys are too light, I could never if its wet

  • @cheesentman1515
    @cheesentman1515 2 года назад +1328

    She seems like the kind of person who would play toreador March while dying to an animatronic

    • @0lycm_
      @0lycm_ 2 года назад +4

      Not like you, respect her

    • @cheesentman1515
      @cheesentman1515 2 года назад +21

      @@0lycm_ what

    • @dennraeh
      @dennraeh 2 года назад +14

      @@0lycm_ ??

    • @nathalie468
      @nathalie468 2 года назад +37

      hour hor hor hur hur hur hur hurhor hour 🐻🐻🐻

    • @robina5913
      @robina5913 2 года назад +5

      *OMG, WHY FREDDY, WHYYYYYYYYYY*

  • @marcy4191
    @marcy4191 Год назад +1832

    The blood isn’t because the piece is so hard. The pianist who was representing Japan has a condition where if she presses too hard on it, it bleeds. She has been playing since she was four and it’s normal for her. She doesn’t even say that it hurts.

    • @SmashPhoenixX
      @SmashPhoenixX Год назад +190

      Yes we watched the video too

    • @caydenchangkyezhemoe
      @caydenchangkyezhemoe Год назад +17

      @@SmashPhoenixX lmao

    • @silentred8333
      @silentred8333 Год назад +26

      But she needs to clean it up or something cos that's nasty

    • @kudzem
      @kudzem Год назад +5

      What is the name of the condition?

    • @Ace-dv5ce
      @Ace-dv5ce Год назад +51

      @@kudzem Bartokitis

  • @realtfa
    @realtfa Год назад +594

    You could say she poured her heart and soul into that piece

    • @username2872
      @username2872 Год назад +37

      We could also agree that she played the keys bloody well

    • @temyee2
      @temyee2 Год назад +15

      Her blood sweat and tears if you will

    • @realtfa
      @realtfa Год назад

      @@username2872 yes!

  • @darksentinel082
    @darksentinel082 Год назад +161

    It’s important to be concerned for her health, yes, but that’s also a general safety hazard for anyone else who has to use that piano. Blood is a biohazard, plain and simple. That needs to be properly sanitized and let to fully dry before the next person can play, which is probably a pain

  • @tchaffman
    @tchaffman 4 года назад +790

    She just needs some liquid bandage - I used it when doing Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto because I had cuts on my hands from rehearsing it so much. These pieces are brutal fingerbusters. Rui has my respect. :)

    • @zennabella1676
      @zennabella1676 2 года назад

      THIS IS ALL NEWS TO ME. I DONT THINK I PLAY THE PIANO FOR LONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE BLOOD ON MY FINGERS. I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE. I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING UP HOW DO PIANISTS CUT THEIR WEBBINGS LIKE FRANZ LISZT DID. PERHAPS ITS JUST A SAYING, NOT SURE.

    • @morgboat744
      @morgboat744 Год назад

      that makes me wanna learn piano even more for some reason

  • @theBATgoesUPoh
    @theBATgoesUPoh Год назад +74

    This is a really good allegory for the pressure competitive pianists put on themselves

  • @masive1498
    @masive1498 2 года назад +84

    Bloody keys photo taken by a person named Chris Slaughter. Ironic

  • @razzerraw1108
    @razzerraw1108 8 лет назад +562

    Well she would of been screwed if she had to play Chopin's Ocean Etude

    • @mrchopin89
      @mrchopin89 7 лет назад +48

      Or worse, Liszt Mazeppa..

    • @charlesfernandez201
      @charlesfernandez201 5 лет назад +22

      You know what's even a worse? A seven ocatve chromatic scale

    • @bullymaguire6937
      @bullymaguire6937 2 года назад +8

      @@charlesfernandez201 nah you wouldn't need pinky for chromatics

    • @phoenixqueen6170
      @phoenixqueen6170 2 года назад +7

      Ahhh.....ik nothing bout piano but here we are..........continue

    • @bullymaguire6937
      @bullymaguire6937 2 года назад +3

      @@phoenixqueen6170 why do you have to sound so cute lol

  • @kylaluvscats7727
    @kylaluvscats7727 Год назад +50

    Anyone who sheds blood for their passion and fights through it is a true winner

  • @cmw12
    @cmw12 2 года назад +545

    If she knew she had a condition that might cause this, she should have informed the venue.

    • @Johnnyarsecraack
      @Johnnyarsecraack 2 года назад +37

      If u had a condition that would potentially stop you from playing piano in a massive venue

    • @cmw12
      @cmw12 2 года назад +189

      @@Johnnyarsecraack If I had a condition that would likely cause me to bleed on an extremely valuable instrument I do not own - an instrument other players will use, I would let the venue know, yes. Given some of the comments here, other pianists have experienced this, so a piano competition would likely be sympathetic and have a contingency plan. Such a plan could well be to let me bleed on the instrument. The point is be courteous and let the venue know.

    • @Johnnyarsecraack
      @Johnnyarsecraack 2 года назад +18

      @@cmw12 yea I understand that I meant more she wouldn’t want to ruin here chances but I do understand what you mean

    • @20millionpower
      @20millionpower Год назад

      @@cmw12 shut up

    • @chaotus
      @chaotus Год назад +13

      When blood is between the keys I guess it will stay there, maybe irreparable on the wood

  • @nexyz1185
    @nexyz1185 2 года назад +46

    thats a good album cover

  • @umaninstrumentalityprject2989
    @umaninstrumentalityprject2989 Год назад +16

    She must of been Insanely passionate but the poor piano must have blood between the keys

  • @rayshorr5940
    @rayshorr5940 2 года назад +25

    These videos are so entertaining they make my day 💕

  • @GM.Donkey
    @GM.Donkey 2 года назад +17

    I’ve played for long periods of time and have gotten so into the music that I’ve bled before.

  • @ethanw1502
    @ethanw1502 Год назад +7

    Damn. They really sent Chris Slaughter to take the pics too...

  • @meloniejen8400
    @meloniejen8400 5 лет назад +238

    The person after her: -_-
    I hope they cleaned it

    • @johnperez822
      @johnperez822 2 года назад +6

      They mentioned a 20 minute intermission for the piano tech to clean it

  • @SlyHikari03
    @SlyHikari03 4 года назад +205

    Silent hill anyone?
    Also, Rui is legendary.
    That damn pinky.

    • @Inksack__
      @Inksack__ Год назад

      Silent hill?

    • @isle-unto-thyself
      @isle-unto-thyself Год назад

      Silent Hill fan here too, I still have no clue what you mean

    • @brainwashalpha5495
      @brainwashalpha5495 Год назад +3

      @@isle-unto-thyself silent hill 1, the piano puzzle

    • @isle-unto-thyself
      @isle-unto-thyself Год назад

      @@brainwashalpha5495 thank you for explaining. It's been ages since I've played the games lol

  • @frstlst4828
    @frstlst4828 2 года назад +35

    Of course, it's not actually hurting that much.

  • @unicornhannahplay8114
    @unicornhannahplay8114 2 года назад +86

    I searched it up after RUclips shorts

  • @jathawk101
    @jathawk101 11 месяцев назад +2

    BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS comes to mind and through it all her love of playing the instrument she loves doesn’t matter it’s the sound that matters most of all, LOVE!

  • @jiaxuli1013
    @jiaxuli1013 2 года назад +21

    Literally what Schiff said about playing Bartok’s music (Second Concerto in his case): you left with a keyboard covered in blood after practicing it. 🥺

  • @Bigbangrocks100
    @Bigbangrocks100 3 года назад +18

    next thing ima read is death by piano

  • @Dw-rs9ed
    @Dw-rs9ed Год назад +6

    blood on the piano keys sounds like the name of a song

    • @crism8868
      @crism8868 Год назад

      It is! A videogame song

  • @ashrafthegoat
    @ashrafthegoat Год назад +1

    idc that's dedication to the craft... I respect it.

  • @cragetty-ragetty5673
    @cragetty-ragetty5673 Год назад +93

    This is every pianist’s nightmare. I’m sorry for what she had to go through.
    Edit: this was before i read the whole caption and watched the entire video. Please ignore this comment.

    • @jobhighschoolofcrosscity8430
      @jobhighschoolofcrosscity8430 Год назад +7

      I dont think so

    • @ario9907
      @ario9907 Год назад +2

      Ikr forget messing up the piece hands bleeding is way worse and very common while playing piano

    • @TheAwesomeMiner99
      @TheAwesomeMiner99 Год назад +19

      @@ario9907 bleeding is not common, there is something wrong with your hands if that is happening to you.

    • @PinkPanther4958
      @PinkPanther4958 Год назад +5

      I personally think arthritis is one of a pianists worst nightmares.

    • @someone_mature1057
      @someone_mature1057 Год назад +5

      @@ario9907 VERY COMMON??💀

  • @bigandbadgolf5669
    @bigandbadgolf5669 Год назад +5

    you could say that she put her blood sweat and tears into that piece

  • @waterman4633
    @waterman4633 Год назад +2

    that’s badass, actually

  • @galaxychocolatte
    @galaxychocolatte Год назад +8

    As a half Asian, ik how hard kids can get into their practicings on instruments as I’ve been in 2 of them lol but never heard of someone bleeding from a piano but on violins, because I’ve bleed through one

  • @corinamorga9890
    @corinamorga9890 Год назад +3

    why tf did i get this recommended 7 years later...

  • @angelolazatin6612
    @angelolazatin6612 4 месяца назад

    true pianist puts her blood, sweat and tears

  • @SlimeThe1st
    @SlimeThe1st 5 лет назад +70

    I am Here because of TwoSetViolin

    • @bobalover298
      @bobalover298 2 года назад +6

      Which video was that again?

  • @bronwynsteck
    @bronwynsteck Год назад +8

    I find passion for something someone loves great, but that's an incredibly expensive piano....... 😱😱😱😱

  • @chainzgamer3847
    @chainzgamer3847 Год назад +6

    Rush E would turn into a bloodbath

  • @ericajohnson7535
    @ericajohnson7535 Год назад

    the inflection really cracks me up....

  • @EggyPlayz98
    @EggyPlayz98 Год назад +22

    I’m a pianist and I can confirm that it doesn’t hurt.

    • @PinkPanther4958
      @PinkPanther4958 Год назад +5

      But pressing a note that stays down when you let go does.

    • @w94n
      @w94n Год назад +2

      @@PinkPanther4958the school piano experience

    • @BrinaSun
      @BrinaSun Год назад

      @@PinkPanther4958 I don’t think I’ve played a piano like that

    • @PinkPanther4958
      @PinkPanther4958 Год назад

      @@BrinaSun You tend to find them in schools and public spaces. It has even happened to my baldwin piano. I struck A2 during a performance and the key never returned back to playing position. turns out the problem was a misaligned key-pin and was easy fixable.

    • @PinkPanther4958
      @PinkPanther4958 Год назад +1

      @@w94n Lol yeah with missing key tops and the word 'twat' carved into the back with and arrow pointing at the player XD

  • @crism8868
    @crism8868 Год назад +3

    Motoi Sakuraba be like "blood on the keys?... That's a good name for a song"

    • @mrsgamer9218
      @mrsgamer9218 Год назад

      Yea i thoight she was playing that piece. Lol.

  • @ethanpower4613
    @ethanpower4613 Год назад +2

    metal af

  • @murti7
    @murti7 2 года назад +9

    No one:
    Musicians on the Titanic

  • @ymbs6733
    @ymbs6733 Год назад +21

    Bleeding during playing piano thats so beautiful i mean really beautiful

    • @Lulu-mj2fi
      @Lulu-mj2fi Год назад +2

      It's unsanitary and inconsiderate

    • @eddyvideostar
      @eddyvideostar Год назад

      @@Lulu-mj2fi: They fire cops, nurses, and health practitioners because of the *invisible* possibilities of COVID. This bloody pianist should be shown similar sets of syndrome protocols.
      The risks to other pianists would render their celibacy meaningless. The most dynamic sure-fire prophylactic is to abstain.

    • @Lulu-mj2fi
      @Lulu-mj2fi Год назад +1

      @@eddyvideostar especially since blood in a piano is so difficult to clean with all the tight nooks and crannies and the WOOD!

    • @andersongeorgia4229
      @andersongeorgia4229 Год назад

      OK. I hope you ll get Sida or something like this if the blood looks so great on piano😅

  • @arkanon8661
    @arkanon8661 Год назад +2

    that must be a bloody annoying condition to have

  • @SunRaeeeee
    @SunRaeeeee 5 месяцев назад

    Wow I guess people forget how dangerous blood is in piano competitions

  • @feliviatan
    @feliviatan 2 года назад +17

    Im here because AylexTV RUclips short..

  • @_Snix
    @_Snix 3 месяца назад

    It was a piano concerto iirc.
    Bartok’s second piano concerto.

  • @quantumlogix7209
    @quantumlogix7209 9 месяцев назад

    Respect 🤘

  • @ajbloxgaming6992
    @ajbloxgaming6992 3 года назад +10

    yeah if you hit ti with your nail ur naiks starts to bleed

  • @js-1108
    @js-1108 6 месяцев назад

    Honestly, even though it wasn't because of the difficulty of the piece, that made the performance way more dramatic and awe-inspiring

  • @infected1769
    @infected1769 Год назад

    Happened to me with my bass I realized later on my nail shattered somehow and I was bleeding only realized after practice for a live I had

  • @safaa9654
    @safaa9654 Год назад +6

    Lmao that piano is a biohazard now lol

  • @bomberfish77
    @bomberfish77 Год назад +1

    I’m honestly concerned if the stains will wipe off.

  • @Quentiny_
    @Quentiny_ Год назад +4

    Oh poor Steinway piano!

    • @andersongeorgia4229
      @andersongeorgia4229 Год назад

      😂😂😂

    • @Quentiny_
      @Quentiny_ Год назад

      I mean so she say It self it’s no problem for her that her finger are bloodying but, for the piano keys are liquid the dead :)

  • @CornealQuack
    @CornealQuack Год назад

    what is the name of the song?

  • @themuffinguy6517
    @themuffinguy6517 Год назад +1

    .She is truly filled with…. DETERMINATION.

    • @syrusparkinson5416
      @syrusparkinson5416 6 месяцев назад

      Dont worry kiddo i got you your reference. Really hit the funny bone 😉

  • @juliantotriwijaya9208
    @juliantotriwijaya9208 Год назад

    Does no one around her or even she herself thought of wearing a glove if she has a thin/sensitive skin condition like that? The glove doesn't have to be super thick, just a regular glove, would that not have helped prevent the bleeding?

  • @EagleTheGreat
    @EagleTheGreat 11 месяцев назад

    Im just surprised her left pinky can bleed so much

  • @KittyMax97
    @KittyMax97 Год назад

    I wonder if it’s severe anemia. That can cause sudden bleeding and bruising.

  • @sky-boy6038
    @sky-boy6038 Год назад

    Poor girl 😔

  • @clankb2o5
    @clankb2o5 2 месяца назад

    Honestly.... this would've been a great skit for the Onion

  • @teresateresa2686
    @teresateresa2686 Год назад +1

    Yup, that’s the classical music world

  • @maefromnitw4091
    @maefromnitw4091 Год назад

    this video title sounds so much like a the onion headline

  • @panda_cap
    @panda_cap 7 месяцев назад

    Did she write in her blood the number 6, or am I the only seeing that on the piano. I see three of them.

  • @violinist86
    @violinist86 Год назад +5

    40 hours! The true lang lang!

  • @ShadyOk
    @ShadyOk Год назад +1

    I think she might have won.

  • @Blueskies2513
    @Blueskies2513 Год назад

    it's a good thing the viscosity of blood is pretty sticky or her fingers would have slipt right off the piano

  • @riandlexant888
    @riandlexant888 Год назад +1

    This reminds me so much of whiplash

  • @problemsdecionsolution
    @problemsdecionsolution 11 месяцев назад

    She signed a contract in blood with you know who

  • @h.f6364
    @h.f6364 Год назад

    cool party trick

  • @rammsteinrulz16
    @rammsteinrulz16 Год назад +1

    "I have a special condition. It's called Asian parents."

  • @AnaKey2002
    @AnaKey2002 Год назад +1

    What is the name of the song she played?

  • @vorisodan4627
    @vorisodan4627 Год назад +4

    i wouldnt even tell them its a condition I would just say I shredded the fk out of that piano :P

  • @targetstrike4160
    @targetstrike4160 Год назад

    Bro has razors for keys

  • @corinamorga9890
    @corinamorga9890 Год назад

    oh hell no

  • @augusta131
    @augusta131 Год назад

    bro this was seven years ago, why yall viewin this now

  • @neosanity
    @neosanity Год назад

    she's on day 2 of simply piano.

  • @DonoVideoProductions
    @DonoVideoProductions Месяц назад

    So, the keyboard is then a biohazard. Hmm.

  • @pineapple_on_cheeseburger
    @pineapple_on_cheeseburger Год назад +1

    Me playing Megalovania be like:

  • @marvinpetersen5037
    @marvinpetersen5037 2 года назад +44

    POV you’re here from that TikTok video

  • @Derk_Mage
    @Derk_Mage Год назад

    Don’t worry, it’s just the piano devil’s contract

  • @XxSeaTheSpiritXx
    @XxSeaTheSpiritXx 7 месяцев назад

    **IMPORTANT CONTEXT**
    Her bleeding had nothing to do with the piece. She had a condition in her left pinky that occasionally caused her to bleed, and fortunately she said it didn't hurt.

  • @user-ht2os4bl4z
    @user-ht2os4bl4z 5 месяцев назад

    Imagine her playing guitar💀💀

  • @rudolfpianos
    @rudolfpianos 4 месяца назад

    This is symptom of faulty technique

  • @knmksthx
    @knmksthx Год назад

    Bruh I don’t care if it don’t hurt, if I’m bleeding I’m freaking out lol

  • @MoreofMac
    @MoreofMac Год назад +1

    You are actually wrong. Her fingers bleed because she has a special condition. It isn’t too do with the level of difficulty of the piece.

  • @aquaticats7118
    @aquaticats7118 Год назад

    *She has a condition that makes her fingers bleed

  • @BIMS777
    @BIMS777 4 месяца назад

    "that woman said" lol

  • @ryugar2221
    @ryugar2221 Год назад

    I believe that she was just bonding with the piano 👀👀

  • @oscarm7787
    @oscarm7787 Год назад +4

    So she just left it like that?? That’s nasty as hell , I don’t care about your “dedication” wear gloves 🧤 pls

  • @ot7stan207
    @ot7stan207 Год назад +11

    as a germaphobe holy sht that scares me I dont wanna touch pianos anymore lol

    • @eddyvideostar
      @eddyvideostar Год назад

      To OT Stan: Thank you. Other usual perspectives; unsanitary conditions to begin with:
      At the piano store,
      A loose piano for street projects played by the prominent -- *and less so.*
      No privy places.
      People who are not using the privy properly.
      Music schools.
      Even at home during "straying thoughts" that lead to the breeding of baby batter.

  • @Magnet12
    @Magnet12 Год назад +1

    Um… does she have to pay for that?

  • @alfredsaalo1441
    @alfredsaalo1441 Год назад +1

    *Gloves left the chat

  • @raiyahambermediodia8754
    @raiyahambermediodia8754 Год назад +3

    If she played Rachmaninoff then I’d get it

  • @raphido.
    @raphido. 7 месяцев назад

    When you play Rush E:

  • @HelloKittyFanMan
    @HelloKittyFanMan Год назад

    Wow, how weird!

  • @nikkitytom
    @nikkitytom Год назад +1

    I lost the tip of my right hand pinkie when I was a child. A callus formed over it, but it would peel off every few weeks and bleed. I remember carrying tissues in my pocket when I went into competitions so I could swipe at the keys if it bled. But never so much blood as this unfortunate lady. I also learned to "fake" octaves
    with thumb and 3rd and 4th fingers. I remember my Juilliard entrance exam when I worried that the judges would disqualify me if they noticed ... but they didn't or mercifully overlooked it. Now fifty years later, the pinkie doesn't bleed but I still fake those octaves! 🫣

  • @TheJakeman789
    @TheJakeman789 2 года назад +1

    Slam bam thank ya mam

  • @PIXELSURPRISE
    @PIXELSURPRISE Год назад

    What’s the name of her disease?

  • @hanleyhorrell2975
    @hanleyhorrell2975 2 года назад +1

    115

  • @ninhil2
    @ninhil2 Год назад +2

    She should have stopped. I wouldn't want to play on this.

  • @iamanevilgenius792
    @iamanevilgenius792 Год назад

    That’s not blood, she just ate Flamin Hot Cheetos.