so it's not like Pachelbel at all?

You're absolutely right. Playing the same pattern over and over consistently is extremely difficult. I've played guitar almost 60 years and have played many styles from the classics to swing jazz and 60's, 70's and 80's rock.

Or Music for Pieces of Wood

I would imagine so! I've been listening to recordings of this obsessively and admiring how, despite the gradual crescendo, the percussionist is the one who holds the piece together and away from becoming a runaway train.

It is true. It's so hard.

I think that the instruments are actually playing the overtones/harmonics of the melody. The french horn plays the 1st harmonic, and the celesta plays the same melody one and two octaves up with each hand, playing the 2nd and 4th harmonics respectively. One of the piccolos plays the same melody an octave and a fifth above, playing the 3rd harmonic of the melody, and the other piccolo plays the melody two octaves and a major third above, playing the 5th harmonic of the melody. This part is particularly interesting because it's the only part with a celesta. The celesta plays no where else, not even at the end. This is also the only part with two piccolos playing at the same time as well.

But the cellist only has to endure 4 minutes, the drummer has to do 18

Or cellist in both cases

D-A-B-F-G-D-G-A- VS Ta TadadaTa TadadaTa Ta Ta TadadaTa Tadadadadadadadada

There's no vs if they both lose

Shostakovich's development of the 1st movement of the 7th Symphony (Leningrad) can compete as well for the drum part.

I'm glad that it is copyrighted. The Zelda theme now is amazing!

+ContraZombie4 Honestly the first thing I thought when I heard this was that it sounded so like Zelda. This gives me such relief knowing that it actually was going to be included

It's public domain in most countries, but it's still under copyright in the US until 2025.

But they still used in Ocarina of Time in the Bolero of Fire theme!!

It's because of the car crash lol

I wish I could understand this slang

I think it's supposed to reinforce the 7th harmonic.

Music rules are not broken but discovered.

It’s imitating organ stops

+Juan Bonnett I wish I didn't have to memorize which line was which instrument. I prefer regular scores where it has the parts divided by instrument, and it has initials for the instruments at the beginning of each line.

So that wasn't my imagination then!

yes, so much yes.

I noticed it but was not bothered

I'm bothered by it as well

It’s jazz

Piece not a song

the cringe :/

too sharp

I think it’s supposed to...

But I'm bluer than the blue cheese. And I'm also cute.

@@ene4538 But you aren't cheese :/

It kind-of sounds like the Pipe organ stop "Nazard 22/3" and like other mutation stops.

I'll be googling that.

Genericide Did you find out anything?

nope

Genericide Too bad. :( Nothing came up?

only if you are noob

I clicked on this with the volume still on high and died within a fraction of a second of eardrum rupture, thank you

Carmine DeStefano yes this is one of the best channels on KZfaq.

I've always seen "Bolero" as outlining the harmonic overtone series -- but that's just me.

Ravel wasn't romantic.

I think he said it was his "masterpiece, but unfortunately there's no music in it".

@TheBlackbelair yes, and I think there's an account of a woman at the premiere complaining it was rubbish and Ravel saying "yeah, she gets it." Happy new year!

bonjour, pour moi, cette vidéo est plus q'amusante, elle est géniale .. il y a longtemps que je voulais jouer ce morceau , seul avec mon clavier, mais n'ayant jamais appris la musique, ne la lisant pas et ne jouant que d'oreille, il m'était impossible de faire quelque chose de correcte, vu la complexité du morceau... là, je vais arriver à me débrouiller je pense, en pouvant déjà comprendre qui joue quand et appréhender nettement mieux le morceau . :) cordialement

gindou46 Tant mieux ! Bonne chance !

Kanrry Kang I was waiting it. Thanks.

Kanrry Kang do you know the clef for trombone solo?

Tenor clef

thank you, I was actually trying to look for it.

+moseleych The solo for bassoon is also in tenor clef and let me tell you that high d flat ain't easy to play

no

no it's polytonal, utilizing the harmonic series, it's pretty cool

+Daniel Hartnett Some people listen to pop songs only for their whole life, i think that is more impressive

Or worse: Country western.

Daniel Hartnett Because we're getting paid. Very few symphony players would name it among their faves. The sopranino saxophone is a hateful instrument (yes, I've played it). Terribly hard to keep in tune, as several have noted here. I've seen members of the saxophone section draw straws to see who was going to have to play it.

abc zyx how so?

It's not about the repetition necessarily, although it is known among musicians and listeners alike to be a very repetitive piece, it's more about the buildup to the finale, at least in my opinion.

Because it brings the "dark" Side of the circle of 5ths. It's a different sound to all the naturals and sharps, and the occasional B flat. There's E flat and D flat, where that sense of " C minor in a C major piece" really hits.