???? is this song actually easy?

[swagmaster420x]

the highest rated youtube comment: this piece is a joke for hamelin

my 1 experience with a shostakovich concerto has been that it looked quite easy initally but it turned out to be quite hard....... does anything think shostakovich is deceptively hard?

[dima_76557]

is this song actually easy?

For me, it turned out to be virtually impossible to sing some parts of it.  

[j_menz]

For me, it turned out to be virtually impossible to sing some parts of it.  

Perhaps you need tighter trousers to get to those top notes. 

[dima_76557]

Perhaps you need tighter trousers to get to those top notes. 

My trousers are already as tight as they can get. I have trouble with those lower octaves actually. Any hints to solve that problem? (our basement is locked right now, so that option is out)

[j_menz]

I have trouble with those lower octaves actually. Any hints to solve that problem? (our basement is locked right now, so that option is out)

Scotch and cigars always worked for me. 

[vansh]

For me, it turned out to be virtually impossible to sing some parts of it.  

That's what autotune is for.

[swagmaster420x]

For me, it turned out to be virtually impossible to sing some parts of it.  

record urself and i'll give u some tips

[swagmaster420x]

do you think hamelin actually sight read this tho, im pretty sure this piece is way too hard to be sightread and still played that well

[swagmaster420x]

do you think hamelin actually sight read this the way in the comments where it said he opened the score and went through it for a bit tho, im pretty sure this piece is way too hard to be sightread and still played that well

and theres the high improbability of a concert pianist playing something to be recorded without being adequately prepared, but do u think this piece can actually be sightread?

this is what i mean by shostakovich music being deceptively hard, at least for music plebians like me and apparently the top commenter in the vid

[wwalrus]

Yeah, for top pianists it would probably be a breeze. My mom, a Juilliard grad, can pretty much sight read anything. She sight reads almost every piece I play with 90% accuracy - even etudes by chopin and rach.

[dcstudio]

easy?   the whole idea was not to be flowery and romantic not to be predictable...and to have a unique voice.   also take into account that solo piano music is played by the composer unlike large symphonic works.. .  these are his moves and what was comfortable in his hands... sheet music really doesn't explain that..  students seem to picture composers sitting at a desk like Bob Cratchet in A Christmas Carol--litlle ink well...late a night.   Piano compositions were composed at the piano by piano players...  they were then as we are now--always looking to invent something new.

but what do i know...   just my excuse for why it kicked my butt in college.

[wwalrus]

easy?   the whole idea was not to be flowery and romantic not to be predictable...and to have a unique voice.   also take into account that solo piano music is played by the composer unlike large symphonic works.. .  these are his moves and what was comfortable in his hands... sheet music really doesn't explain that..  students seem to picture composers sitting at a desk like Bob Cratchet in A Christmas Carol--litlle ink well...late a night.   Piano compositions were composed at the piano by piano players...  they were then as we are now--always looking to invent something new.

but what do i know...   just my excuse for why it kicked my butt in college.

you completely missed his point

[dcstudio]

so sorry. mr walrus   touche