Three Music Videos Make A Post

[andrewducker]

Here is David Attenborough singing "What a Wonderful World"

although "singing" is not quite the right word. When marrog showed me this she described it as "Shatnering", which seems more apt.

Not having hearding ot it, I initially thought it was something hacked together from samples, like the awesome Masterchef Synethesia:

rather than the rather touching and absolutely beautiful creation it is.

I bumped into this piano solo a couple of days ago (linked from the Star Wars cello video) and have had it stuck in my head ever since. I can't even type this fast:

Oh, and a bonus video: Japanese woman in a pirate hat showing how to Rock Out with fantastic guitar skillz:

Unusual for the fact that the video consists of (a)guitarist shredding wildly, (b) guitarist showing you how it's done, (c) guitarist performing on stage with the rest of the band. Extra points for clearly having a good time. (She's from "Gacharic Spin" if you want to find more.)

Comments

[pseudomonas]

Is Sprechgesang the term you're after?

[andrewducker]

Ooooh, good word!

[pseudomonas]

I think of it as being "what Rex Harrison does".

[makyo.livejournal.com]

I can't even type this fast
I believe the solution involves doing thousands of hours of scales practice. This is pretty cool - thanks for posting it.

I've always been quite impressed by a segment of a record of Bach harpsichord music my dad had, in which George Malcolm played Bach's Italian Concerto - specifically, the third movement ("presto") which just seemed unfeasibly intricate and fast to me. The action of a harpsichord is lighter than that of a piano, but then I noticed that the dynamics kept switching between louder and quieter at fairly rapid intervals. The way a harpsichord works (instead of being hit by felt-covered wooden hammers, the strings are plucked by quills) doesn't allow for this kind of change in volume. Unless you're playing on a two-manual (keyboard) harpsichord where one of the manuals has been configured to be slightly damped and the other one hasn't. So not only was Malcolm playing at what seemed to me to be an astonishingly fast tempo, he was also switching between two keyboards at the same time.

[andrewducker]

I know I shouldn't enjoy music just for the virtuosity, but sometimes I'm just blown away by how talented some people are!

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

There's an interesting piece on the history of It's a Wonderful World on the BBC website this morning.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16118157

[andrewducker]

Thanks for that, it was facinating.

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

Japanese pop is scary.

[tysolna]

I've had a soft spot for swedemason ever since he did the Jeremy Clarkson beatbox. :D

[andrewducker]

I hadn't seen that, but now I have. Thanks!

[tysolna]

Powerslide powerslide powerslide powerslide.... ;)

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

That reminds me that I've been meaning to buy the soundtrack of the 1st PotC film for ages. Some peoples' manual dexterity astounds me.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

He's neither singing nor Shatnering, but reciting.

Quite simply wonderful, indeed.