Mozart. 12 variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman" - the melody we most associate today with 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'. It's amazing to think that the original melody was written only 40 years before these variations were composed (a childrens folk song from France), and today is one of the first and most important melodies we all grow up with - I still remember the feeling of realization that the Alphabet song and Twinkle Twinkle were the same melody! It's quite fitting that one of the most important melodies in human history received variation treatment from one of the most important composers in human history. I hope you have an awesome week ♥

How good are you at piano? What is your hardest piece? "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" That's easy, I thought you were good... "You don't understand."

“See, it’s a happy piano after all!”

Mozart is a genius. He managed to play twinkle twinkle little star, the alphabet song, and baa baa black sheep all at once.

I can't unsee this piece without thinking Your Lie in April, I know it's repetitive on the comments but that Anime just hits so hard every piano piece they played there hit so hard and the fact They both only played together ONCE Hits so hard.

Me : *starts playing the piece in front of my class* The class: *laughing* Me : just wait ...

Rousseau: *plays this* Kids: *C o N f U s E d S i N g I n G*

Unconsciously I got a feeling that it would stop at the moment arima stopped

1:02 this went from "twinkle twinkle little star" to "explode explode the death-star" in a minute

People: Is twinkle twinkle Little Star easy or hard? Mozart: Yes

90%: see? It’s a happy piano 9%: is this Kousei’s variations? 1%: TY Rousseau for playing this 🙏🙏

Why everyone in the Comments talk about “Your lie in April”? You guys make me cry...

Imagine it's a kid talent show and the kid says he'll play Twinkle, twinkle little star and everyone's like, oh, how cute, and then the kid starts playing this perfectly and they're all just staring like whoa 😯

80% Your Lie in April references 20% Others But where's the TWOSET References? Ling Ling can make 120 variations

Alternative titles/captions for the variations: Main tune (0:01): Okay, nice and calm... Let's just let them wait... I (1:01): Alright, let's start showing off now... II (1:55): Well, time to prove I'm ambidextrous III (2:43): Okay, now I'll just change up the melody just a tad IV (3:35): Suspense starts to kick in, still pretty calm though V (4:26): Okay let's make them think it's almost back to normal. False sense of security, right? VI (5:11): Time to speed it up a notch for each hand in turn. Have fun following that you idiots VII (5:56): Kinda like II, but with a nicer feel to it VIII (6:42): Fuck it, it's Halloween IX (7:48): Nice little soothing melody then *L O W*, soothing melody then *L O W*... X (8:36): Haha arms go criss-cross XI (9:21): Okay fiiiine, I suppose it is supposed to be used as a lullaby... boring peasants. As revenge, this part will go on for three minutes for no reason other than to spite you XII (12:21): I've been playing for s o o o o o long, my hands are shaking. Gonna make the most of that though

I was about to lose my hope as a musician,then I started watching your lie in April and couldn't stop. And here I am a starting from the very beginning

That's the genius of Mozart right there. He takes an unremarkable children's song, and makes a 14 minute long masterpiece out of it.

Everyone: *Your lie in April references* Me: Just now realizing this melody been around since the 1700's

He learned to live, from a girl who was going to die.

Let’s be real, all of us are here for one of three reasons 1) your lie in April 2) soothing sleep music/ help a baby sleep 3) to learn how to play this.

It's impressive that Rousseau can play this 14 minutes straight with mo mistakes 😮😮😮

00:01 Theme 01:01 I 01:55 II 02:43 III 03:35 IV 04:26 V 05:11 VI 05:56 VII 06:42 VIII 07:48 IX 08:36 X 09:21 XI 12:21 XII

Me: goes close to a piano People: WOAHH!! Is that a Your Lie in April reference?!

“The reason why scars don’t heal when you try to forget is because trying to forget makes you remember”

It's not only incredible that he had the skill to play it but that he could hear such a simple song so many different ways and play them.

Have you ever played these variations? (Or did you give up after the theme?)

Variation 1: 1:00 Variation 2: 1:56 Variation 3: 2:43 Variation 4: 3:36 Variation 5: 4:27 Variation 6: 5:10 Variation 7: 5:56 Variation 8: 6:43 Variation 9: 7:49 Variation 10: 8:37 Variation 11: 9:21 Variation 12: 12:21

I love how everyone is referencing Your Lie In April but nobody's talking about how good the last variation is.

Every kid in the piano competition is a gangsta until kohei started showing up

Your lie in April fans: *rise*

I taught my children about Roman numerals today (they don't learn that in school) then, out of the blue, my eight year-old asks if there's more to "Twinkle Twinkle, little star" than just plunking a single note on the keyboard so we watched this whole video together and he called off the Roman numeral for each variation! Thank you for furnishing a wonderful teaching opportunity!

Man ... This guy did this masterpiece when he was a child... What a prodigy 🥇💎

I remember someone who couldn't hear that note, but he still played twinkle song in a cafe.

Friend: "Can you play the piano?" Me: "Well I can play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" Friend: "Oh, so you can't play" Me:

I’m here after Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol..✨⭐️💫

Im watching this after seeing " Gu RaRa " play this in the drama " Dodosolsollalasol "

"How bored was Mozart?"- My sister 2020

Just scrolling until I see a your lie in April reference... Well that didn't take long

it’s great to see how many people were inspired to pick up the piano after watching YLIA it’s kinda amazing

As a anime-pianist and a song writer,I really love this song when I listened to Kousei playing.I didn’t know that twinkle has this part of melody too.The one that I played is another version.I appreciate your skill.👏👏👏

There are quite a few big videos in the works coming soon - what are you hoping that they are? ;)

Random person: Mr Wolfgang how many variations can you come up with. Mozart: Yes.

The original music was from a French song "Ahh mom I want to tell to you" (Ah! vous dirai-je, maman). His mother passed away right before these variations were written. It's hard to imagine what he was going through - he must be carrying all the sadness and writing these variations. Was that he wanting to convince himself that his Mother was still watching him from the heaven? Or was he trying to get out of that sadness and find something random to do so started to write this? Or just because of the title of the original song?

Kid : look i can play twinkle twinkle Rousseau: " *me too* "

*imagine how great it is being Rousseau’s neighbour*

I thought Arima was improvising when he played the first one :O

Mozart was truly a genius. A prodigy that will live forever through his music.

People commenting a lot about how beginners would be crushed trying to learn this but it's honestly such a great piece for learning. It will let you progress while learning more and more valuable skills. Of course it will take time and hard work before you can play the whole thing but it's the journey to that goal and what you get out of it.

I can never hear twinkle twinkle little star ever again without seeing kaori and kousei's faces..

Friend: You know any cool songs? Me: I know Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Friend: That song's for babies *_Plays Twinkle Twinkle 12 ways (over easy and sunny side up included)_*

6:42-7:45 Variation Eight is my favorite.😊 Something about those minor notes makes this even more beautiful. 🥰

Who here came to see Your Lie In April and twoset references and was so surprised on how many ppl know it xD

After seeing this: Are you left or right handed? me: no

I rewatched Your Lie in April this month since its April, didn't realise this comment section was filled with references lol

"Another spring without her is coming" 😭😭

I am 9years old from South Korea. Your play is very nice . And I love it.Thanks a lot!

Me: *Plays Twinkle Twinkle Star* _“Wow. I’m an expert!!”_ Also me: *Sees Rosseau playing twinkle star 12 variations* _”I don’t belong in this world”_

50% people in the comments be like: *that’s a happy piano*

Imagine being a peasant, you have 30 year life expectancy and you get to go the capital to see someone playing piano for the first and last time because too expansive, it had to be so amazing and impressive

Mozart is an absolute music genius . He has written incredibly beautiful compositions , out of which such a simple composition "twinkle twinkle little star" is absolutely so profoundly made that only someone who is absolutely in grace of this creation can make this so unbearably sweet . He truly knew ecstasy of music . There will never be so sweet music ever atleast in this generation. I apologise for saying this but this music can itself dissolve you into liberation. This is divine . Not even a single person can today make this in the planet , I'm saying hardly at all. Twinkle twinkle little star is the peak of music . Only a absolute genius always soaked in the grace of creation can make this , otherwise it's not even possible, it's impossible. Because music is created by the creation itself and the blissful music is the peak of creation . Only with absolutely phenomenal attention towards life and creation , you can listen and experience this . Only with grace , you can implicate music like this . Otherwise it's just impossible and truly out of the world. I bow down to Mozart for his absolutely brilliant genius . Very unfortunate, i can't see Mozart's today in this world. I wish we can cultivate genius . This will only happen through grace and being in absolute sync with life , by becoming conscious. 🙏

"I can play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"

When you hear you mommy’s humming song as a piano masterpiece.

Me singing : Twinkle twinkle little star, yes sir, yes sir, L-M-N-O-P Baabaa black sheep little star, how i wonder L-M-N-O-P (Confusing)

I'm listening to this every night. I can't even sleep without listening to it. Thank you 😊

and here i thought this was the only song i could play, i underestimated twinkle twinkle little stars.

Hey, at least I can play the theme.

Rousseau's superpower: make all easy piano piece as hard as you can't imagine

Had to listen to this song for my ELE 101 class, but this just may be the most amazing display of talent I’ve ever seen. Congratulations you have stumped me.

i didnt know twinkle twinkle little stars was *THIS* hard

Play something easier... Like... *POLONAISE OP. 53 (HEROIC)*

FINALLY I FOUND KOSEI PLAYED PIECE AFTER MONTHS

I swear, ever since i watched that anime, I can never listen to this song the same way... Ever.

*Piano levels:* 1. Easy 2. Medium 3. Hard 4. Very hard 5. Impossible 6. Wth 7. Twinkle Twinkle

"À vous dirais-je Maman, Ce qui cause mon tourment. Papa veut que je raisonne, Comme une grande personne. Moi je dis que les bonbons, Valent mieux que la raison."

can’t listen to this without imagining kousei playing it

i hate myself for alwats thinking in Your Lie In April when seeing this

No one : Not even a soul : YT recommendation : *Want to see 12 ways to make you feel bad?*

Ah... reminds me of the old days... *MORE CLASSIC PLEASE.* Pls play one of the following:- *HEROIC POLONAISE* *GRANDE VALSE BRILLIANTE* (Op.18) *WRONG NOTE* Etude (Op.25 No.5) *CHROMATIQUE* Etude (Op.10 No.2) *ARPEGGIO* Etude (Op.10 No.11) *Waltz in A Minor* (Op.posth) *Waltz in B Minor* (Op.69 No.2) *Waltz in Ab Major* (Op.69 No.1) *RAGE OVER A LOST PENNY* *PATHETIQUE* *WALDSTEIN* *HAMMERKLAVIER* *HUMORESQUE* (Dvorak) *BARCAROLLE* (Tchaikovsky) *MAZEPPA* *FEUX FOLLETS* *WILDE JAGD* *CHASSE-NEIGE* *TARANTELLA* *THE ENTERTAINER* *MAPLE LEAF RAG* *HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHOPIN VERSION* And also, if you could, please play some MJ songs! Or some songs from the movie The Sound Of Music. Leave a like so that Rousseau can see and deliver!

after a week I finally learnt the first variation, thank you rousseau

I listened to this a lot back then when I was 11 and 12, and now, as a 14 year old, listening to this makes me cry. It makes me think about those wonderful days.

Me: Mom can I play easy songs? Mom: no we have easy songs at home The easy songs at home:

Kid: I can play twinkle twinkle little star Rousseau: Me too

Awesome!!! Thank you for taking me back to childhood. 💜

I know nothing about piano, but your version sounds like, as if every single note has its own story to be told, its own role in this beautiful composition. Plus, crescendo sounds silky smooth and natural. Touching. All the way back to Rousseau again.

Me as a beginner: hey pianist friends what music would you advise for a beginner? Pianist friends: why not try to play *twinkle twinkle little star* Me: finds video * profusely sweats*

Kousei crying in april : hold my juice

“Its a happy piano after all”

Awesome. Every variation of those 12 variations wow me. What precise fingers 💪🙌🙌

Me: I can play twinkle twinkle Rousseau: Imma end this man's whole career

When someone laughs at you when you say you're going to play "twinkle twinkle little star"

Here because of dodosolsollalasol❤❤

Twinkle twinkle star was a beginner piece they said, you should definitely learn it first they said

-meanwhile in every other piano video comment section No one: Everyone: dang this is so hard i can only play twinkle twinkle little star Me: *say sike right now*

Nobody: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Leck mich im Arsch

The second variation is definitely my favourite. Nice job!

Theme: 00:01 Variation 1: 01:01 Variation 2: 01:55 Variation 3: 02:43 Variation 4: 03:35 Variation 5: 04:26 Variation 6: 05:11 Variation 7: 05:56 Variation 8: 06:42 Variation 9: 07:48 Variation 10: 08:36 Variation 12: 12:21

Channel: Starts with Rachmaninoff. *Ends with Twinkle little star.*

Kousei this is a happy piano :)

1st variation still hits me in the feels to this day

I can so vividly see kousei playing the piano in the cafe when the first variation starts.