Cut My Fingers Off - Ethan Bortnick

Cut My Fingers Off - Ethan Bortnick | Pianist Reacts

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In this video I react to the song Cut My Fingers Off by Ethan Bortnick. A month ago I reacted to his song Engravings and many of the comments were asking me to react to this song, so here we are!
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@SirSquash959 Жыл бұрын

I love the fact that this is one of the craziest piano pieces I've heard and then you just look at and go "oh so it goes like this" and then play it perfectly keep it up man👍

@flextape7323 Жыл бұрын

Eh perfect? XD

@THE-RED-LETTER-PROJECT Жыл бұрын

Every KZfaqr has hours,days,ect. to analyze a song before they record, edit, post. A common misconception when it comes to KZfaqrs that make them look like they just figured out the song off the top.

@xaencain5021 Жыл бұрын

@@THE-RED-LETTER-PROJECT I mean if you have absolute pitch its not that hard to play it right away if you are that capable on instrument there are lots of youtubers out there that have absolute pitch that plays right away after listening it one time.

@KishoreG2396 Жыл бұрын

Most people who don't really play piano see this and think it's a really complicated and crazy song, when in reality it's really not. It's actually really simple. It just looks hard to a non-pianist. All he's doing is playing octaves with both hands, so that they overlap, and he's arpeggiating them. I was able to play the main melody after a minute of listening to it. It's a typical case of something that seems hard when you look at it but really is simple. It does sounds pretty cool though when you add the digital effects, reverb, overlay tracks, and synths to the mix though.

@SrtaElaine Жыл бұрын

How do we have the pfp

@FlyMeUpSoHigh 9 ай бұрын

I feel like people often underestimate the beauty of simple melodies with the right composition.

@Days-ru8jh Жыл бұрын

man wtf bro instantly figured it out that’s some fucking skill

@Envexor 2 ай бұрын

thats what im saying lol. I play piano and dang its hard

@justanobody6344 Жыл бұрын

The bass keeps the tempo and then switches whenever he goes ham on the piano, overall fantastic song

@FunniWolf753 Жыл бұрын

True, but also not slot of piano artists like him bang on the piano like in "engravings" overall, its nice to hear even when he's smashing on the piano.

@FunniWolf753 Жыл бұрын

Alot I ment lol

@samanam1931 Жыл бұрын

Another great one by him is “Arsonists” it starts of calm and quiet then he goes ham on the piano at around 1 minute (and a bit before)

@Missmay777 Жыл бұрын

First few notes he hears “It’s got a real simple melody, I like that.” precedes to play the entire song one handed while giving his review and finishing folding his laundry with the other.

@realitycheck816 25 күн бұрын

Hahahaha i swear

@jaxonscootz Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Ethan's music and its so cool to see you react to it!

@teresabilski6745 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to that last reaction video, I found your awesome channel! 🤍

@netaverse7694 Жыл бұрын

@matthew cawood 🔥🔥🔥 When I first heard the song, I expected a modulation up a step at the end. That “transition” within the key was cool too. I just wish I could play this to add what I hear in my head

@danjajeff1404 Жыл бұрын

Dude is a beast. This is what music needed. He's a great artist and I love how you break them down for us. Keep it up. I'm a new sub and look forward to the next Brother.

@TorbLlorts 2 ай бұрын

his last hide n seek is crazy good

@Protection-5 10 ай бұрын

Its amazing that you can just break it down and play it by ear

@Anza2700 Жыл бұрын

one of my favorite songs to play and listen to

@Rob_DK Жыл бұрын

I love these kind of analyse videos! Could you do some sort of tutorial too? I'd love to play this song...

@medusasound7396 Жыл бұрын

dope video! what i've thought about lately is, in my eyes its incredible to have perfect pitch and detect a note but i wonder how it works that you can listen to like a 20 second piece of all different notes, chords and the coresponding order of the notes and remember all of them. Some say detecting a note is like "seeing a color and just knowing what color it is", but i doubt any person could see like 100 different colors in the same 20 seconds and know the order of the colors. Just a thought, but maybe someone has got an answer to that :)

@RiskyRiskForRiskers Жыл бұрын

Nice comment

@highdodgeball1766 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on 20K subs!!!

@matticawood Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🎉 it’s crazy!

@tapinsapien6179 Жыл бұрын

OMG my comment was included! :D thanks for listening! 0:07

@tapinsapien6179 Жыл бұрын

also i would love to see one of "Arsonist" :D Although defiantly a lot simpler than the last two from this guy

@zaynepz-9197 Жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

@The_Toonimator Жыл бұрын

Nice. Haven't seen this music video yet. Loved his streaming on this song. Part of music video is very 007 James bondish. Ethan is talented AF. His arrangement and production value is on point. He's also like a human arpeggiator too. Such a unique sound in this crowded pop music culture. I think he will be huge soon.

@TheseInfinity_NUTS Жыл бұрын

I gotta learn how to play the piano like him

@toxitaku3159 Жыл бұрын

Thansk for breaking everything down like that greadt video !

@SetaFlameMinistries Жыл бұрын

You’re so talented. I hope one day I could be as good as you. I just need to practice more and get a better piano.

@sarcheman 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic video!

@sharebee6603 Жыл бұрын

He is going to be huge. Massive

@DannyHood-j 2 ай бұрын

So metal!

@FalakVyas Жыл бұрын

I play guitar and the break down of the music theory is awesome.

@robertkennedy5753 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic channel!

@GAMEBANGINGMEDIA Жыл бұрын

This might be the toughest song I've heard in a long time!!

@robyvirtue5092 Жыл бұрын

Now there were 2 pianist known in thr history who has this type of theme..1st one is Maksim and now it's Ethan..love pianist who's doung twist kn theur genre

@harrynostylish Жыл бұрын

how he play without fingers 😂 but i respect him so much that boy is great👍🏼

@frankyzone 3 ай бұрын

one of his newer songs wont let ya down :)

@leticianemoto3526 2 ай бұрын

I´ve played the piano since I was 6, and now im 14, it´s really INCREDIBLE AND INSANE how he can find the notes that are being played in the music, it´s soo sooo dificult! (I´m brasilian, so if I wrote anything incorrect, you can correct me!)

@gamingyoshi2280 22 күн бұрын

its probably perfect pitch ngl, ur a musician so u prob know what it is but its just inate talent, in an interview it was stated that ethan was able to copy a piece of mozard on a kids toy piano at the age of 3 just by listening to it on the show 'little einsteins' and that was what made his parent let him go to piano lessons , so without any pracist he could already do it

@italianguy8277 Жыл бұрын

Now you have to do "deadly ever after"

@LEEYIPANGMoe 4 ай бұрын

Loved ethan

@Horribledeeds Жыл бұрын

Me: How much syncopation do you want to add to this piece? Bortnick: Yes

@lancelotbv2002 Жыл бұрын

They don't make Legends like Matt anymore

@lancelotbv2002 Жыл бұрын

@NAGA_NINE Жыл бұрын

gave me A7X and JT vibes 🤞🏽🔥

@TheBread__ Жыл бұрын

I know that so many people are telling you to react to The Nuker 4. But can you also react to the previous three Nukers as well?

@MB-pw9hf Жыл бұрын

You should check out another one of his songs called "Arsonists"

@crqzyy4u Жыл бұрын

My favourite Ethan Bortnick songs are arsonists, and happy f***ing birthday. Can you please react to either one of them?

@teresabilski6745 Жыл бұрын

Yesss happy f***ing birthday is awesome

@martinlatto7877 Жыл бұрын

Would be amazing if you reacted to Tim Minchin Dark Side, think the awesome version where he just goes insane on the piano for a solid ten minutes

@ZooBee10 Жыл бұрын

The rhythm’s tough ain’t it?!

@alexanderthompson9562 Жыл бұрын

They do NOT make them like Matt anymore 🙌

@mustafajilanipiano Жыл бұрын

Can you please react to Yanni, he does live concerts with orchestras. Im really interested in what you think about him.

@kila9288 Жыл бұрын

U should do his song "Arsonists" next

@williamdragon1023 Жыл бұрын

How did you figure out the song that fast? Do you have perfect pitch like Ethan?

@SabatSch95 Жыл бұрын

Because Ethan's songs are very basic & repetitive from an analytical standpoint. This piece is perhaps a bit more unusual with the split chords, not in the sense that it's complex, but that it's not something you see often, I guess? I thought it was either two fast chords or the computer repeating it for him. But the other song (forgot the name) is extremely basic. Just four regular arpeggios. There's nothing complex or difficult about this. It's stuff your average 5 to 6 year piano student plays & experiments with for fun.

@zaynepz-9197 Жыл бұрын

@@SabatSch95 could of just said he was good but I mean it works

@schewts 9 ай бұрын

perfect pitch is actually really common among classical musicians who start studying music early in life

@Trippyie Жыл бұрын

Bro is the next Mozart

@theresasmiles4107 Жыл бұрын

May I request a reaction to Emily Bear's song "Emotions"? She's also a piano prodigy who composes her own music for not only orchestras, but also in the pop realm. "Emotions" has a jazzy edge I think you'll be intrigued by. (: New subscriber! Thanks

@y40e Жыл бұрын

Should definitely check out "My Chicken's Symphony" by Igorrr

@user-uz8ke5sy7n 11 ай бұрын

Can you do the last laugh by Ethan bortnick pls I have always wanted to learn that song

@pranavakshit Жыл бұрын

What am I doing here at 3 am?

@marysimpson9791 2 ай бұрын

could you react to hide and seek?

@Progamer-kq7mv Жыл бұрын

this video took my 11 years of piano and told it to fuck off, hhmmmmmm sounds like this plays entire piece

@Willie_official Жыл бұрын

You could try his songs prom or arsonists

@thefrankandbeansshow6914 Жыл бұрын

If you have not could you react to Steven universe songs

@Pollutens Жыл бұрын

The first seconds sound like Polyphia

@Beans867 Жыл бұрын

Can you react to deadly ever after

@Crystils 2 ай бұрын

Could you look at hide n seek, its my fav out of all kf ethans songs

@milestailsprower4555 Жыл бұрын

I would do Rush D 2 reaction

@milestailsprower4555 Жыл бұрын

Pianist Reacts to Rush D 2 | by me

@officialgershenyt Жыл бұрын

Try reacting to NHELV by Silentroom :)

@mobibii4210 Жыл бұрын

Yo react to deadly ever after by him too!

@ukii261 Жыл бұрын

please do happy f***ing birthday by ethan bortnick

@djgroovepad8374 Жыл бұрын

You should react to arsonists by Ethan

@valoriadragonborn Жыл бұрын

He made a new song called deadly ever after please react to it

@owenisweirdo Жыл бұрын

Listen to arsonists! It’s very different, it’s got a rock vibe, but it’s my personal favorite.

@iluvanimetts7993 Жыл бұрын

please do happy f***ing birthday :)

@lj6772 Жыл бұрын

Please react to his other song arsonists, I'd say its the best out of the three

@Rage.- 2 ай бұрын

now hide n seek.

@teresabilski6745 Жыл бұрын

Question, do you also react to classical pieces? Maybe if you haven't already, I'll check after I comment if you did, can you do a video on Chopin's Polonaise? One of my favorites besides Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven

@martimclaudino921 Жыл бұрын

react to golden hour pls

@Uhh150 Жыл бұрын

Do arsonist pleaseeee

@Oddesyy Жыл бұрын

can you do arsonist

@professorpopkiss Жыл бұрын

This has Mexican / Spanish tones, Im sure I saw Frank Tedesco do this. here is the link and the time of 11 minutes 15 secs just so you dont have to watch the whole thing, Although I think he is brilliant. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pMmAgbGl1qqYfp8.html But hey Matt I enjoyed your deconstruct construct and ive subscribed, fantastic input with lots of musical information.

@Olvidadomusic Жыл бұрын

React to arsonists by him 👏

@ajdinsalihefendic1444 Жыл бұрын

can you now do arsonist plssssss

@Ravendjdjdjjd Жыл бұрын

Day 6(I missed day 5) of asking for a reaction to the quarantine project 2:the second wave

@YorielOrtiz Жыл бұрын

Can you react to arsonists?❤

@valuiky Ай бұрын

ВСе пояснил,но Итан поет ,ирает и его слушают,а эти объяснения нет

@Kia18 Жыл бұрын

Please react to arsonists u gotta

@EmondMcguire-pf8wv Жыл бұрын

React to arsonist

@TubeScavenger Жыл бұрын

But do you know boooogie woooogie?

@deegrant6426 Жыл бұрын

Satanic? Please explain.

@matticawood Жыл бұрын

Satanic is a bit extreme 😂 I was just using hyperbole to explain that he likes to write music that gives a more dark and twisted vibe

@deegrant6426 Жыл бұрын

@Matthew Cawood i prefer those terms better. And i love how you broke down Ethan's composition of this song. From a non musical person who knows nothing about musical notes, i just love how this song was pieced back together. Gives me more of an appreciation for Ethan's genius talent. So, thank you