the only way to surpass Rudess performances

[MyoJo]

Les Freres SAMURAI Fankey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krYEOgC6Zdg

[mmichaelc]

Wow, I like it when one of them hold's the strings and the other plays.
And then they play over the top of each other!

I wish I could speak Japanese.

[Yuperdo]

That is a very cool way of playing quatremains.

[St0rMl0rD]

The only thing to do if you wanna surpass a Jordan Rudess is to stack two of them together.

-J

[MyoJo]

Wow, I like it when one of them hold's the strings and the other plays.
And then they play over the top of each other!

I wish I could speak Japanese.


I gave it a try. translated from 3:58 to 6:50.



female MC:
Let me introduce today's special guests.
The two Les Freres Moriya Saito and Keito Saito!!

Moriya:
Hi!! Please kindly look after us.

Keito:
And!

female MC:
And here's Hitomi Yaida!

Hitomi:
Nice to meet you all.

male MC:
Well, well... you looked so cool when you were playing together.
And that sound like Koto.
At first, I guessed that was a kind of harassment when one of you held the strings while the other one was playing.
But actually, that was the expression of Koto.

Moriya:
That's right.

male MC:
That was awesome.
And... You two are called 'Les Freres', what the name means?

Moriya:
This means 'brothers' in French... because we're brothers.

male MC:
So you two are real siblings?

Moriya and Keito:
Yes.

female MC:
The elder Moriya is good at ballad and Keito prefers Boogie Woogie.
Those two you played at once in one piano made that overflowing sound like a treasure chest.

male MC:
But come to think of,
How come you two began to play together regardless of difference of the genres?
Economic problems?

Keito:
Right...

Moriya:
Yeah, that's really right.
We are 7 siblings and we had one piano at home.
That was really an economic problem. There was no second piano.

Hitomi:
When I was a kid, I've learned piano as well.
But the teacher was very strict, scary.
While I was fingering, she hit my fingers and said "This way! This way!".
So I gave up the lessons and said "Scary! I never go there again".

male MC:
So you gave up soon.

Hitomi:
Hahaha, yes.

female MC:
BTW, you two Les Freres are real siblings,
So maybe if your fingers jams sometimes though your music keeps a musical harmony.
Then, what if one person were added you two, how would it gonna be....

male MC:
Impossible. Their music is polished up by the two.
BUT... Since it's a rare opportunity, we gotta try threesome.
So, Hitomi?

Hitomi:
Somehow... I knew you'd say like this.

the both MC:
You SAID you have learned piano, didn't you!?

male MC to the brothers:
So.. would you please play together?

Moriya and Keito:
Yes, please.

male MC:
And you can play along whatever piece?

Moriya and Keito:
Yes, I guess.

male MC:
OK, so would you make a choise of the piece, Hitomi?

Hitomi:
Let's see... 'Floh Walzer'!

male MC:
Threesome! So please set it up.

female MC:
Hitomi sits center. Two guys are standing?
Crouching? Wow, kinda nice. She's between two princes.

male MC:
OKay, please go for 'Floh Walzer'!

[Premetheus37]

See, I thought the only way to surpass him was to cut his head off and consume his power.

There can be only one!

~Premetheus

[Tiko]

Yeah it wasn't that amazing, you shouldn't even speak about Jordan in the same sentence as those guys!

[SerFox]

The bit of muting was clever. Proves that no matter what you do, nothing can beat a real piano. I'm surprised by the number of people who don't touch the inside of their piano, the amount of amazing tibres you can get from just the piano. Hold the string near one of the hammers and you mute the note and you can hear the resonating frequencies bounce around the soundholes. Immense stuff.

[MyoJo]

Proves that no matter what you do, nothing can beat a real piano.

This time JR proved the theory:biggrin:

But our country is too small to put grand piano on, you know.:biggrin: