Derek is streaming on KZread on the first Sunday of every month and taking live requests! Music is very much Derek's way of reaching other people and so it really means a lot for him to have this kind of interaction with his fans. He is having an absolute ton of fun taking your suggestions and trying new things.❤Here is the full video of Derek improvising on Peril in Pantomime after hearing it once - kzread.info/dash/bejne/aH6ErsSrddm1ZpM.htmlsi=qkmC42qkZIbbDucG

@DanielKolbin

19 күн бұрын

epic

@keek4831

19 күн бұрын

@derekparavicini Do you know if Derek has ever tried playing the songs and phrase birds sing?

@danielstokker

14 күн бұрын

Does derek have somekind of condition? im asking with all the respect in world is he like a savant

@Alkatross

14 күн бұрын

Oh crap, I've missed this month... got to put it on the calendar

@Ruben-li4dt

14 күн бұрын

are you able to move your ears Derek? :-D

Aside from having perfect pitch, he also has incredible memory, rhythm and feel.

@ungratefulmango

8 ай бұрын

He literally can't count to two though. Fascinating.

@Diseaseisreversible

8 ай бұрын

@@ungratefulmango😂

@Bahzley

8 ай бұрын

Not only does he have perfect pitch, incredible memory, rhythm and feel, he’s also super hot

@michman2

8 ай бұрын

Not at all uncommon.

@themav3ricm3thodd91

8 ай бұрын

Yeah. I was gonna say it's much more than just having perfect pitch. It's multiple gifts all in one.

About 20 years ago I was doing a degree piece on autistic savants. I had the huge pleasure of meeting Derek. I visited him at his house. He played piano for me, we went for a walk in the countryside around his house, then back home for more music. I got the feeling he would’ve happily played all day for me if had wanted him to. Watching and listening to him play was incredible. He was charming and lovely guy.

@tomybogadjian1487

8 ай бұрын

woww

@treyhigginbotham7061

8 ай бұрын

Whats his full name? id like to look him up.

@tomybogadjian1487

8 ай бұрын

i just realised its his channel @@treyhigginbotham7061

@mumbles215

8 ай бұрын

Derek is no homosexual

@troliskimosko

7 ай бұрын

@@treyhigginbotham7061Look at the channel name

Perfect pitch with audio-graphic memory and physically gifted at the piano creates this musical genius.

@octaviancatana2570

10 күн бұрын

Rather a good reproducer. A genius creates and goes where no one went before.

@user-jh7pn9bo3z

2 күн бұрын

@@octaviancatana2570 When a person has such a talent then he could try to create his own pieces of art.

@octaviancatana2570

2 күн бұрын

@@user-jh7pn9bo3z you seriously mistake the talent of memory for that of creation

@user-jh7pn9bo3z

Күн бұрын

@@octaviancatana2570 They are of course two different talents and this man seems to have both of them. As we see and read, he not only copies the music he hears, he adds new notes not found in the original, so he enriches the pieces he hears. That means he has the potential to create his own pieces.

My mom used to sit for a blind autistic girl that was around ten. She was non verbal but she would sit with her different instruments and here a tune on TV then immediately play it. It blew my mind.

@EEEEEEEE

17 күн бұрын

E‎ ‎ ‎

@Connection-Lost

13 күн бұрын

You think I don't know but I know

I watched a hour or so long documentary on him and it’s not just that he can quickly memorize and perfectly play anything he hears. It’s more that he makes the music his own, in hearing and memorizing it, when he plays he ads slight subtle variations that are intentional and are present in any of the greatest pianists of all time. They had multiple expert pianists in the documentary all praising him for his ability to include subtle improvisations into his pieces, even upon hearing a piece for the first time ever. He is a savant for sure, but more than just able to quickly learn or memorize, he is on another level not seen before.

@Silver1080P

8 ай бұрын

Jimi Hendrix had this talent.

@selfless727

8 ай бұрын

​@@Silver1080PHendrix wasn't even close to this guy are you serious? Hendrix was popular but technically he was not a great guitarist.

@StretchMedia

8 ай бұрын

Ya, as amazing as Jimi was, and a pioneer and legend in his own right. That doesn't compare to this. This is pretty incredible!

@anshuuu9708

8 ай бұрын

Could you link pls

@christian11111

8 ай бұрын

@@anshuuu9708 sorry I think it was on the history channel years ago, I’ll see if it exists in KZread and post a link here if I find it

Got the chance to see him in a live performance. He’s even more incredible than what this video shows, trust me.

@LuisCasstle

8 ай бұрын

Really? A paid performance was better than casual playing at home? Who would've thunk it.😂

@b0wl.

7 ай бұрын

@@LuisCasstle it was a school visit

@doomstarks182

7 ай бұрын

Why should I trust you? What if you’re lying? Hmmmm then what?

@zakromero7795

7 ай бұрын

Cap

@Beedso

7 ай бұрын

@@doomstarks182seems like u have trust issues, which seems like a you problem

I seriously consider this a superpower

@roronoadzoro9429

11 күн бұрын

Yeah autism can be a buff sometimes so god equalized it by having less social skills sometimes

@blablableep6811

8 күн бұрын

True, but it's not like he didn't spend thousands of hours practicing the piano. You can't utilize that talent without working to master the fundamentals

@MakoBallistic

8 күн бұрын

​@@roronoadzoro9429lol, yeah, 'God'.

@bentleyepic1731

4 күн бұрын

@@MakoBallistic why do you people hate religion so much? i dont understand. you feel a need to "attack" them or something. as a christian myself, we experience prosecution and mockery all the time. im tired of it. just stop. you arent doing any good. why dont you go bother actual cults? i genuinely dont understand. i wont push any belief on you, but disrespecting god is dangerous.

@marqqqddr

3 күн бұрын

​@@bentleyepic1731 People hate religion because it's bullshit. The extraoridinary claims found throughout ancient texts requires extraordinary evidence. And the evidence just isn't there. Being convinced of false things has serious and complex consequences. Books like the bible are full of terrible advice. Murder, hate, slavory, etc. If you want to improve the lives of humans.

In addition to perfect pitch, and incredible memory, Derek seems like a chill guy

@jwoz8517

8 ай бұрын

I would totally trade social skills to being an autistic genius badass

@ScreamingManiac

8 ай бұрын

Well perfect pitch when hearing multiple notes and being able to distinguish the individual notes is somewhat rare among people with perfect pitch aswell

@badgermead8228

8 ай бұрын

​@jwoz8517 I've seen the documentary he doesn't just lack social skills, he can't function without another human, as amazing and incredible as his gifts are Derek can't even feed himself.

@ClarkPotter

8 ай бұрын

So does Stephen Hawking.

@derekparavicini

8 ай бұрын

Derek is one of the most chill, happy people I've ever met! I've never seen him angry or upset. He absolutely loves meeting new people and making music. He loves playing live for audiences the most (including his online audience, who we connect him with via requests and reading comments) and the more people who hear his playing the more excited he is. Sometimes when we film with him, we have to remind him that it's time for food as he will just keep playing for hours and hours asking for new suggestions.

I'd say he's even better at distinguishing tones than we are with colors. Extraordinary.

@jerseylife8701

8 ай бұрын

Fuckers got the hex codes in his head. That would be a more accurate comparison lol, he’s as good at music as a computer is at recognizing color 😂

@Balthazar2242

8 ай бұрын

I'd say much better, actually

@bulo-.

8 ай бұрын

@@bobcprimus How can you compare this to perfect pitch its a lot more than that i doubt you could get close

@noahjoyner8232

8 ай бұрын

​@@bobcprimuswow dude you are so cool wow ur cock must be huge wow

@bulo-.

8 ай бұрын

@@bobcprimus ok listen to any complicated song for the first time and play it perfectly

Savants like this shows that our brains have put restraints on our own brains so we will have better survival chances.

@soupisfornoobs4081

27 күн бұрын

No? Maybe I'm misunderstanding but, you definitely don't have "restraints" put in by your brain to keep you from doing that. You're utilising your brain exactly as it is, and so is he, but his brain is built different

@Dungshlawg

24 күн бұрын

@@soupisfornoobs4081precisely, I don’t know where the hell OP got that idea from but it’s wrong as hell😭

@Heroball299

22 күн бұрын

I don't believe that

@Bhatt_Hole

22 күн бұрын

Thems is be sum fanciful, wishful, child-like observations.

@maximusd26

21 күн бұрын

@@soupisfornoobs4081 the brain is built in with restraints tho ... such as for your strenght so you don't hurt yourself

savants are a glimpse inside of a window of the awesomeness of human potential

Derek doesn’t have perfect pitch, perfect pitch has Derek.

@Disktoaster

8 ай бұрын

Forreal. He's a gift to the phenomenon

@Spacemaaan

8 ай бұрын

Facts

@YourFriendNate

8 ай бұрын

Join us, we are one..... --Pitch, probably.

@shawnpitman876

8 ай бұрын

Derek sounds like a terrible disease to have, I hope I don't catch it.

@Spacemaaan

8 ай бұрын

@@shawnpitman876 Derek-19 😭

It's far more than absolute perfect pitch. Memory, piano fingering technique and styles and tempo.

@BenKossenberg

3 ай бұрын

Bro just has a hardwired link in to the computer that's generating the matrix.

@ArchangelAdaine

2 ай бұрын

This isn't exactly true. I have absolute pitch and I'm a violinist. It's much less manual than that for me. For instance, when I listen to a song, my brain doesn't focus on style, technique or tempo. For me the way I hear music, translates to numbers scrolling in the background. It is almost like singing karaoke, except the words are the numbers. Everything else is just feeling, almost like a heartbeat. I don't ever think about my bow strokes, but I get an uncomfortable feeling I'm my arm if my bow stroke is backwards from what it should be (the bow moving up on a specific note rather than down.) As much as it is astounding to be able to do this, it's also a curse. Every note that is wrong, I can hear. I can tell when an ambulance siren is old because the pitch of one of the tones is flat. I can't go to concerts because I can tell who is playing off (if it's amateur musicians).

@michaelmcgovern7139

2 ай бұрын

@@ArchangelAdaine Uh? You may not be "thinking" technique but you are USING technique? Technique does not come from perfect pitch. It comes from thousands of hours of disciplined practice. But you know that already. Perfect pitch alone is not going to allow you to memorise a piece and position your hands correctly. Rhythm and fingering have nothing to do with perfect pitch. But you know that too. I can't understand how somebody who knows better than me (unless you're a troll) is arguing against something so basic (basic even for a bog-standard musician like myself).

@medotaku9360

Ай бұрын

Yeah, perfect pitch is common compared to what this guy is doing.

@MonologueMusicals

28 күн бұрын

The technique comes to Derrick the d same way it does for anyone. Hundreds and thousands of hours of practice.

The human brain is so mesmerizing! Imagine the processing going on!

My name is also Derek. Glad to see Dereks getting recognition. 😊

@kjaerdian7864

16 күн бұрын

up the dereks

@kjaerdian7864

16 күн бұрын

sorry, *Dereks

I remember going to a music camp as a kid. At the time I thought I was hot shit. The kid I roomed with was like 1/500th of this guy. It was incredible, anything he heard he could play on the guitar instantly nearly flawlessly, could adjust to alternate tunings, knew whole books of scales etc. I looked him up years ago and discovered he worked at a bank which makes me wonder how insane you have to be as a player to be a studio musician.

@reeceh78

8 ай бұрын

Most studio musicians aren't able to do that at all, totally different skillset.

@kjpianorock162

8 ай бұрын

Lol that kid totally could have done music or been a studio musician. Sounds like he gave up on his dreams. And yeah most studio musicians can't do that unless they happen to have abaolute pitch. Which is so unlikely. I happen to have it and I've only met 2 people in my life besides me with it. I can't imagine settling for working at a bank and having perfect pitch that's honestly kinda sad. That kid shoulda stuck with music.

@calebbc5434

8 ай бұрын

It's not about skill, it's about having the confidence to actually go up and do it. How many times have you heard a song and been like "wow. That person was utter shit"? That's because they had the look, the confidence, and just enough skill that the company could turn that person into a star. That's why you see so many influencers that are way better than any commercial musician out there

@diomehiro2

8 ай бұрын

Talent and success don't need to correlate, and don't usually do

@Constitution1789

8 ай бұрын

Not many have the grit to endure everything that comes along with a particular profession.

i remember him from a special on tv, many many years ago, he's not only able to replay entire pieces right after hearing them, he'll even remember it years later, the man has 1000's of songs archived in his mind.

@derekparavicini

8 ай бұрын

Yes. We never know what he may know or not know! Very often we will ask him if he knows something none of us have ever heard him play, and that he has probably not played in years if ever, and he'll play it perfectly. We almost never record more than single take for anything on the channel either. He never has to warm up - It's always right there at his fingertips.

@memehierarchy6226

8 ай бұрын

Stan Lee's superhumans!

@j0hnn13K

8 ай бұрын

@@memehierarchy6226 yeah i've seen him on there as well now you mention it, but the show i was thinking of is a Dutch talk show hosted by a man called "Ivo Niehe", who travels the globe in search of people with a story (more or less)

@j0hnn13K

8 ай бұрын

@@derekparavicini he is absolutely amazing, and that is putting it lightly i feel. I have mad respect for his abilities and his personality seems to be that of one of the most gentle people you'd ever meet. His love for music is almost jealous making.. almost ;)

@CourtWatchAu

8 ай бұрын

i think hes a fake

SOMEONE GET THIS MAN ON FREEBIRD ASAP

Perfect memory too, that is important

I've been keeping up with this guy for about 19 years. His ear has gotten better that I thought any ear could get. He picks it up in like 3 seconds. He can literally map sound to frequencies (like people walking). Insane to think like that.

@Evandodge17

8 ай бұрын

What's his last name so I can look him up?

@HerculesRockefellerESQ

8 ай бұрын

​@@Evandodge17Derek Paravicini

@Nex41354

8 ай бұрын

Not really insane. Just different reality than what we are used to. We can see, it has thousands of benefits, he can not, so he gets his unique spin on his reality. Things happening and movements and sounds are just that. No matter how, when, or where you place them. Is the guy extraordinary, or is he just different? It's more amazing in my mind to have a person not comprehend these things and get enthralled with a thing a human is doing vs the prior. God bless that man and his differences in the world. May he continue to fill minds with wonderment.

@Marty131080

8 ай бұрын

Can he compose original music, or is his gift just for mimicry?

@jerryhill8281

8 ай бұрын

​@@Nex41354you don't have to try to make it something deep lol. He's pretty amazing, in that its pretty amazing how his brain works. A human can learn relative, but not perfect. He's different in an amazing way. Don't take it away

He not only remembered the rag, he played it considerably better than on the recording.

@HQBergeron

5 ай бұрын

Yes he did. He incorporated a bit of sustain pedal, which is more the style of the day, though his piano is tuned considerably better than a typical rag piano. I am sure he tunes it himself as people like him are able to do it better than even expert piano tuners.

@marioques

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I didn't know why but his version was much more agreeable to listen to.

@nunyabusin

3 ай бұрын

​@@marioqueseither the force used hitting the keys is different or it has more to do with the recording itself. Seems to have some clutter on top of the notes

@douggieharrison6913

3 ай бұрын

​@marioques rag is supposed to be wild like a drunken man slapping the keys, his version was much tighter and professional sounding and def not rag style

@Joplers

3 ай бұрын

@@douggieharrison6913that's not what all rag is. Saying stuff like that is like saying all classical music is sad. Only honky tonks and Tin Pan Alley rags could maybe be described that way. Even then, that stuff was considered junk in its day and is a bad representation of the genre. The most famous rags, by Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, Bolcom etc, are serious pieces of classical music. If I remember right, the piece played here was composed by Tom Brier. Brier was more loose with ragtime than the prior, but still chose to write more serious music. This is still definitely ragtime.

I'd say this dude has about 10-15 rare gifts. Dear Lord that's impressive.

I watched a documentary about an hour long on him, and it's not merely that he can swiftly memorize and flawlessly play anything he hears. It's rather that he personalizes the music; in hearing and memorizing it, he introduces slight, intentional variations when he plays, akin to those found in the performances of the greatest pianists ever. The documentary featured several expert pianists, all extolling his talent for weaving subtle improvisations into his pieces, even when encountering a piece for the first time. He is undoubtedly a savant, but his abilities extend beyond quick learning or memorization; he operates on a level previously unseen.

*How my teachers expect me to perform after listening to the instructions with no questions asked*

@matriximaster

4 ай бұрын

There is no greater evil in the universe than an impatient piano teacher.

@DirtyyySanchezzz

3 ай бұрын

Don’t show them this video 😂

@EnvelopeWizard

2 ай бұрын

Yes.

I'm glad Adam explained the way Derek hears notes then remembers them and then plays them.

@Throwawayjim119

8 ай бұрын

Hahahahhaha couldn’t have said it better myself 😂

@Acefrank787

8 ай бұрын

That was my favorite part

@blimolhm2790

8 ай бұрын

omg that's how i do it too

@gonnfishy2987

7 ай бұрын

This needs to be the top rated comment

that's actually so impressive

Derek and his sidekick seem to get along really well! 😁👍🏻

@derekparavicini

19 күн бұрын

Yes, they have a very deep bond - Adam has mentored Derek and been his close friend for 40 years, since Derek was only 4 years old.🎵

Perfect pitch isn't that rare. Having the memory to remember a whole song at once, is. If I say a whole poem to you, you'll understand my words, but can you then recite the poem back to me immediately?

@thebenevolentsun6575

9 ай бұрын

About 1 in 10000

@robloxtop5009

9 ай бұрын

Remembering a piece is the basic foundation for musicians???

@thebenevolentsun6575

9 ай бұрын

@@robloxtop5009 He means hearing it once and remembering it in it's entirety. Like he said reciting a poem after a single reading would be equally impressive

@invertedcrayon

9 ай бұрын

@@robloxtop5009youre a moron lmao

@Almighty_1

9 ай бұрын

You realise he's also blind right?

He possesses swag and the confidence of a man wearing shutter shades.

@rockboi91

6 ай бұрын

"I like some of the Gaga songs... But wtf does she know about cameras?!"

@Blaaaaaaah224

5 ай бұрын

​@@rockboi91HIV most probably

I like the smile he gives while listening to the piece before playing it This is true confidence from a pianist genius!

This is beautiful, a completely beautiful depiction of natural human talent gracefully given in the form of music. Much love to you Derek you’re a gift to the world!!

Mozart could do this too. He went to a orchestral and choir recital at the Vatican where the sheet music had never been released. He went back to his hotel, wrote the whole thing down for all the instruments and vocals and sold it to an eager buyer.

@DrDeuteron

9 ай бұрын

The ultimate bootleg!

@bernardodiaz9428

9 ай бұрын

Despite the fact he did that, it wasn't perfect at first, he had to listen to it again to correct some mistakes

@bernardodiaz9428

9 ай бұрын

He was 14 yrs, really impressive

@Philrc

9 ай бұрын

It was a special mass actually that the Pope kept for himself and the mass in the Vatican. it wasn't allowed to be published so no one else could use it. Mozart attended that mass and the story is that he went away and wrote out the mass. Mozart certainly had perfect pitch

@tonyflow6244

8 ай бұрын

I believe it was Miserere by Gregorio Allegri

For those wondering about the song at the end: "Peril in Pantomime" by Tom Brier

@azup8235

7 ай бұрын

thank you so much, underrated comment right here. tried shazam like 30 times and it wouldn't give me a result. how did you find out? or were you simply just previously familiar with the song?

@kosherre6243

7 ай бұрын

@@azup8235 i searched him up and found the video wherein he was wearing the same shirt.

@ColombianBirder97

7 ай бұрын

​@@azup8235Tom Brier was very much like Derek until he had an mayor accident and bad health care and family care afterwards. So probably someone the algorithm brought here that has shown interest in these kinds of Savants.

@PianoHypnoshroom

7 ай бұрын

​@@ColombianBirder97Tom Brier was great at sight reading and improvisation, but he is nowhere near the level of Derek in terms of hearing notes

@kowalskymnm

7 ай бұрын

I immediately recognized it. It's super cool that it was used in the video!!!

There is so much untapped potential in the human brain, it's incredible the nuanced and intricate tones this man can hear and repeat. I play by ear but I'm a dullard next to this man's insane gift.

@soupisfornoobs4081

27 күн бұрын

There is no such as thing as THE human brain. Everyone's brain differs in some way. Yours almost certainly couldn't do what Derek's does. You do not have the same "untapped potential". This is an important distinction to make, as a lot of people seem to think we are all secretly savants and supercomputers until something happens to bring that out, which is not right

@natecarte6807

26 күн бұрын

@@soupisfornoobs4081 Tell that to the people that had no exceptional talent, had a traumatic brain injury then were suddenly mathematicians or dramatically increased their memory capability. There's so much that we don't understand about the brain's potential.

@soupisfornoobs4081

26 күн бұрын

@@natecarte6807 I was expecting that answer. Tell me how your brain is in any way the same after a *traumatic brain injury*. Though this might just be a matter of definition and we agree otherwise

Him just being here is such a pleasure. What a joy to be able to peek into what we can do musically through him. Hes a master.

Absolute pitch is different from perfect pitch. Absolute pitch is an even rarer gift. This is just insane. He can just hear anything and play it back note for note. That is absolutely remarkable. Derek is truly a special gem.

@Tombsar

8 ай бұрын

What's the difference between "perfect" and "absolute" pitch to you? I always thought they were the same thing, and Wikipedia seems to agree.

@jambertin54

8 ай бұрын

@Tombsar knowing the pitch of a tone without a reference point. That is absolute pitch. Perfect pitch, you would have to hear the note to name it. That is my understanding of the difference between them

@josephlavecchia8069

8 ай бұрын

@@jambertin54 Perfect and absolute pitch are the same thing.

@jambertin54

8 ай бұрын

@@josephlavecchia8069 I don't think they are. They are commonly referred to as the same, but there is a difference described in some articles. So I believe they are different. I could be wrong as I have neither perfect or absolute pitch. I don't even have relative pitch. I am just going but what I have read.

@Joey_Keys

8 ай бұрын

@@jambertin54”you would have to hear the note to name it” doesn’t really make sense. If there’s no pitch to be heard, there’s no pitch to be named. Perfect pitch is the more casual (or laymen’s) term for absolute pitch; they’re the same thing. The people who study this have two fancier terms for different varieties of it: latent absolute pitch memory, and overt absolute pitch memory.

Being able to just play like that is beyond a gift

@videogamecoverss

8 ай бұрын

Naw. Just learn music from a very young age. Perfect pitch can be learned if they're taught music at a certain age. 3-4 years old

@termonic2542

8 ай бұрын

@@videogamecoverssperfect pitch cannot be learned, but relative pitch can. It’s the only way to get close to perfect pitch but you never will

@beam5655

8 ай бұрын

​@@videogamecoverssYou can't learn pitch that perfectly, that's innate. He's also blind and mentally handicapped, so he is like the piano rainman.

@Cruz_ignatius

8 ай бұрын

It’s normal lmao just learn pitch reliability and by ear hone ur ear for music aka jazz or classical

@Cruz_ignatius

8 ай бұрын

@@beam5655he is never 100% accurate lol idiots

Autistic savants seem like such brilliant people. It just brings me so much joy to see anyone be so talented and wise about any subject, just for having that passion and drive. It only makes me sad to think about how many are exploited for their brilliance. But im so happy for Derek. He rocks.

@WaughDaddy666

2 ай бұрын

They usually are genius but lack basic social skills

Every interview and video I’ve seen of Derek shows how genuinely nice and polite he is to everyone he meets

@derekparavicini

19 күн бұрын

It's nice of you to say that and it's very true. Working with Derek just brightens all of our days, including his. Apart from his musical abilities, Derek is a wonderfully warm, kind and special person who really loves meeting and interacting with people. In fact music is really his way to reach other people.❤

He surely has struggles unknown to most, but he also highlights a part of the human condition that is so impressive and beautiful, a monument to what our minds are capable of. I hope he's happy.

@nellanellaperched6767

8 ай бұрын

Well said

@JennyKaleidoscope

8 ай бұрын

Something similar has happened to me, and I gotta say, there's trade-offs that come with these types of gifts, but there's also coping mechanisms for those trade-offs and I feel so blessed now that I have a better hold on them 😊

@Dalton_w

8 ай бұрын

He can't dress or wash himself properly, but he has such an incredible musical gift in part due to his lack of sight, but also a childhood brain injury. It's amazing how his brain has rewired itself to work like this. But also very sad as he needs constant care.

@dwayne3189

8 ай бұрын

He's a savant

@JustAnotherBuckyLover

8 ай бұрын

@@Dalton_w Why? Just because someone needs extra assistance with certain tasks doesn't mean it's something to be endlessly miserable to grieve over. I say that not only as another autistic person, but as a physically disabled person who is bedbound and requires 24-hour care, because I can't even sit upright without support, and even then, only for a minute or so at most. Despite that, I enjoy my life, I am happy (for the most part - but who is ever happy 100% of the time), and I have a rewarding, fulfilling life for the majority of the time. Sure, it's frustrating sometimes that there are things that I can't do, things that I struggle with, pain, anxiety, etc... but the absolute LAST thing that I want is for people to pity me, feel sorry for me, or like my life is somehow worth less and I am pretty sure that Derek wouldn't want that, either. Being disabled (for whatever reason) comes with huge challenges, absolutely... but it doesn't have to be the end of the world.

Regardless of recognizing notes infallibly, he’s got some great playing skills too.

@derekparavicini

19 күн бұрын

He does. It's also important to mention that although Derek's perception of sound and harmony is an innate ability, his playing skills had to be learnt the hard way just like the rest of us. Derek has definitely put in his 10 or 20,000 hours practice and then some to get that good at expressing his ideas!

What a truly remarkable individual

A musician like no other. On a level.all his own. A glimpse of what the human mind is capable of.

@ghost9-9ghost

4 ай бұрын

Maybe also a "hint" that we barely know what consciousness and brains ARE in the first place..... Not to get all "burning man" about it....but who knows man......we live in a Fog.....

@JanDanRandall

Ай бұрын

i have it too

@AnnoyingNewsletters

20 күн бұрын

Far out 🍃🍃🍃

I think what blows me away about this is the fact that not only he remembers exactly what pitches go where, but he has the technique to execute an efficient enough way to physically play what he heard without too much trouble. That's not an easy thing to consolidate in your head even if you're really talented. Especially for songs that require a high level of technical proficiency to play things like fast parallel 6ths or the back and forth left hand low octave to higher chord jumps.

@vanhalenps4

8 ай бұрын

I think what you said about his technique being efficient enough without trouble is interesting because it's like his brain also knows exactly what is possible and eliminates everything else. So essentially once the notes are heard and recorded it is cross compared to the physical and narrowed down to only one possible pattern and this is with 100% confidence

@littlefishbigmountain

8 ай бұрын

@@vanhalenps4 It’s not only ONE possible pattern. Pianists often use slightly different fingerings when they aren’t fixating on it. But within the range of possibilities, yeah. That in no way makes this less impressive by any means.

@ADudeAndHisBox

8 ай бұрын

I get asked about this all the time when I'm playing with other musicians. The way this works is that when you hear music this way (both with relative and absolute pitch), you are mentally analyzing and practicing every single second you are listening to music, despite not having an instrument present. You're constantly visualizing how you would recreate it/arrange it (and I for one can't ever turn this off). Having also developed an efficient technique for playing in general allows you to then call it up and essentially play along in real time to any song in your head, or comfortably jam along to a totally new tune. It explains how I can retrieve untold thousands of tunes from memory and play an improvised version of them live in any key you'd like, despite never having "played" it before.

@littlefishbigmountain

8 ай бұрын

@@ADudeAndHisBox That’s amazing, Dude! Haha, but seriously that’s properly amazing, as in the original definition of the word

@jasonruff1270

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I have a really good music ear but I always struggled with technique, of course I'm a multi-instrumentalist, but still

I hope he sees how amazing he is...

Such an incredible savant. The piano is just an extension of his brain.

Saw him live, remarkable.

@derekparavicini

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for supporting Derek's music! Where did you see him?

@Imachickenlol

8 ай бұрын

@@derekparavicini Wrexham

@CedrickTudge

8 ай бұрын

What song is that at the end? I love it

@derekparavicini

8 ай бұрын

It is Peril in Pantomime by the amazing Tom Brier! @@CedrickTudge

@CedrickTudge

8 ай бұрын

@@derekparavicini thanks so much

Being blind, and autistic, and having perfect pitch and memory is such a crazy combo. There weren’t many possible outcomes for this guy and he completely excelled, hell yeah dude

@daanverburg9662

18 күн бұрын

Actually, in this case being autistic might've helped him a lot, as people with autism generally have a better feeling for rhythm and music in general

@matthewsteele2070

18 күн бұрын

@@daanverburg9662 does it mean that every composer in history had autism?

@daanverburg9662

18 күн бұрын

@@matthewsteele2070 who knows, might've been a lot of them that did, but the diagnosis and knowledge of autism isn't around for long enough to really know that

That's beautiful, I applaud your prowess.

Maybe the most amazing musical thing I’ve ever seen.

He can visualize every single note and pattern for the song. Absolutely incredible.

@goullet86

8 ай бұрын

He even seems to literally see them over the shades there. The conscious mind really is incredible.

@CourtWatchAu

8 ай бұрын

@@goullet86 i think hes fake when he pretends to learn that peiece at the end

@stickiedmin6508

8 ай бұрын

​@@CourtWatchAu He's been confronted and tested, over and over and over by ranks of real experts, both in cognition _and_ professional musicians. He's doing it for real.

@stickiedmin6508

8 ай бұрын

He's like a kind of human sampler - he doesn't just record and play back however, he can actually reconstruct what's played to him. Pretty astounding.

@CourtWatchAu

8 ай бұрын

@@stickiedmin6508 i believe his pitch could be perfect, but the "play this piece you never heard till this 10second clip" test seems open to cheating

I would recommend anyone to watch the documentaries available on KZread about this man. He truly is incredible

@barneyboyle6933

8 ай бұрын

..which is called..

@garypotter1985

8 ай бұрын

@@barneyboyle6933 just search Derek Paravicini documentary.

@garypotter1985

8 ай бұрын

@martinklnp3432 kzread.info/dash/bejne/q66NxpqcmcK-ZaQ.htmlsi=0ZSrUePWmFhxx00L

@RaymondThePainter

8 ай бұрын

@@barneyboyle6933One of them is called “Mind Field: Divergent Minds” by the channel Vsauce. It’s not entirely about him but it includes decent segments.

@tonymorgan2038

8 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/q66NxpqcmcK-ZaQ.htmlsi=_WyoSDmCDD3Yixrr

One has to think about what Derek can’t do, that we do so easily every day, in exchange for this incredible skill. It’s fascinating. 🧐

Derek you are Awesome🎶🎵 Music is The Universal Language

Oh it’s the “I can play that Derrick, yeah!” guy! I remember seeing a piece on him on… maybe 60 minutes? Probably a decade or two ago. Fantastic to see he’s still doing well and of course still has his remarkable gift!

@FaustinaFalcon8

5 ай бұрын

Saw that same 60 minutes! I was only a kid at the time but it has stuck with me ever since. At one point I believe they asked him to play Fur Elise in the style as if it had been composed by Mozart and he did it without hesitation. It was insane

I can understand the perfect pitch but not how he can just memorize the melody, tempo, of an entire song. That's incredible❤❤❤❤

@markstewart8171

8 ай бұрын

He knows many styles and i'm sure hes played something close to that many times. Not negating his abilities at all just from my musical experience i can understand how he does the rythm so quickly. Some things he's never played may be more of a challenge but i'm sure he could still get it since he's so advanced at it. The more you play the better your ears get at picking up music, but with him he has an emmense leg up being blind, all he has to work with all days is his ears and touch. I hope this helps.

@jflamen

8 ай бұрын

​@markstewart8171 it doesn't help, you just sound envious of or disgruntled about how well this guy can play

@markstewart8171

8 ай бұрын

@@jflamen txt can seem that way, but no i love this guys playing, just saying what he d9es, i can partially do but not to that degree. Sorry if it seems that way.

@jflamen

8 ай бұрын

@markstewart8171 no, I apologize

@markstewart8171

8 ай бұрын

@@jflamen all good.

So he basically took playing by ear to a whole new level.

I learned about Derek like 8 years ago and hes never left my mind since. What an incredible man, blessings to him.

He hears the musical language as words being played while we just hear the combined sounds of the musical notes. What's really wild is the amount of actual memory he has to have to be able to play back the whole riff or song by just listening to it once.... But then again.... He's hearing a language being (spoken musically) and can spell the musical words he hears as individual notes just as we can spell words we hear. He then can play it back like we can recite sentences and passages we listen to in the languages we understand and can spell those words. Just incredible to wrap your mind around that one... Indeed... Such a gift!..

@highviewbarbell

7 ай бұрын

I think this is actually something normal people can pick up on and do. You've got it dead right that he is interpreting it like a language and words that he hears, and it probably is the same for him as if I were played a line of audio dialogue in a film and asked to repeat it in the same tone.

@jpol3808

7 ай бұрын

​@@highviewbarbellRight on. Love your example of repeating a line in a certain tone. John Wayne comes to mind, when as kids we used to try to say his famous lines with his tone. And believe it or not, my mind just blanked on his most famous movie lines. Lol. Looks like I'm not playing the piano any time soon! Take care! J Pol.

Amazing gift.

I want this man to go far in his career. He deserves it more than most

Perfect pitch is something every musician wants but can only get close to. Truly amazing

@SassySlayer69

8 ай бұрын

Im a musician and perfect pitch would be pointless to me.

@CheezMonsterCrazy

8 ай бұрын

Perfect pitch is just being able to correctly identify notes to their names and positions relative to each other. The only reason its all that rare is that the majority of people simply don't know the names of notes. Most people are perfectly capable of distinguishing notes from each other, even if they don't know their names. Its why we can reproduce any music at all. You do it when you hum a song in your head, and likely with fairly good accuracy. Honestly, perfect pitch is one of those things that is used to hype up artists because it sounds like it has some mystique. Its not enough that this guy is incredibly talented, has an incredible memory (of which perfect pitch is a simple function), or has overcome adversity; he also has this cool mystical superpower I have to explain so that audience *knows* they should be impressed.

@owenbush2991

8 ай бұрын

@@CheezMonsterCrazyyou’re thinking of relative pitch. perfect pitch means you can hear a single pitch and instantly know the exact frequency of it. people with perfect pitch don’t even need to think about it it’s like how if you look at a banana you don’t have to compare it to something that you know is yellow to figure out that the banana is yellow, you just know.

@fromulus

8 ай бұрын

​@@owenbush2991it's a feeling, like they feel the frequency of a particular note.

@richsackett3423

8 ай бұрын

How do you have your ridiculous, ignorant nonsense opinion and why did you type it where people would read it?

I’m so glad they didn’t use the misnomer of “perfect pitch” but rather used the more accurate term of “absolute pitch.”

I mean knowing pitch is great, but not unheard of in talent. Being able to recall and remember perfect placements seamlessly the way he did, now that’s talent. Documentary goes far more in depth with it too.

The real insane thing is that he can execute it😮

He plays it better than the recording first time ? Insane.

@umakemerandy3669

8 ай бұрын

They played a recording of what he played lol

I think the colour analogy is really helpful here. Like how most people can instantly identify if something is blue, he can instantly identify a G, or any other note. Simple for him, and others with perfect pitch. The really impressive part is that it’s like looking at a painting and remembering every single colour and where it was used and painting it again yourself.

@michman2

8 ай бұрын

So can you. Whistle or hum the first note to any tune you know. There. You did it.

@jaredf6205

8 ай бұрын

@@michman2you only think you can whistle the first note, you can only remember and sense the differences between the notes, not the notes themselves. You would not be able to tell if you are in the right key or not.

@complexity5545

8 ай бұрын

Yep 3d photographic memory. I wonder does he use those same brain cells for other disciplines and subjects.

Well, I mean, that’s max stats for music and memory that you cannot defeat DEREK IS THE BEST

Wow, the way he says ' yeah I can do that Adam ' with a slight sigh, and then smashes every complicated note. So amazing.

He has way more than perfect pitch. He has an amazing gift.

Probably the only human that can play rush E

@eduardoarancibia169

8 ай бұрын

And do it backwards.

Outstanding Memory!

Perfect pitch is rare, but not that rare, what this man has is beyond that.

@amaturearcadia

8 ай бұрын

Absolute pitch? I've never herd of it, but it's very amazing

@dextersbeard3472

8 ай бұрын

1 in 10,000 is very rare. How many tens of thousands of musicians have you met?

@JustAnotherBuckyLover

8 ай бұрын

@@dextersbeard3472 Except it's not 1 in 10,000. At LEAST 4% of music students have perfect aka absolute pitch and it's also not binary - it's not something you either have or you don't. It's something you can train and improve at. It's also far more common among autistic people, those with certain forms of blindness/visual impairment, as well as those from East Asia (possibly related to tonal languages) and around 20% of those with absolute pitch also have synaesthesia. It's ALSO worth pointing out that perfect/absolute pitch isn't the ability to just name a note they hear, but the ability to produce that same note without hearing a reference first. So, assuming that the person can actually sing, then you ask them to sing a note, and they correctly do so. Being able to hear a note and figure out what it is, that's actually easier to do (especially after the first note, at which point it becomes relative pitch). And even IF the 1 in 10,000 (0.01%) figure was accurate (which is absolutely isn't), do you know how many people there are in the world? That makes around 800,000 people with perfect pitch. Also, human beings make up around 0.01% of life on earth. Don't get me wrong. The ability to hear a piece of music once, repeat it and then still remember it years later is impressive. But it's not as insanely rare as people are making out. But it's just not as impressive when the person doing it is a professional (or even amateur/hobbyist) abled and/or neurotypical musician instead of an autistic guy who needs profound support day-to-day because you know... it seems like abled people have gotta have their daily dose of inspiration porn. And as an autistic person who is also dependent on 24-hour support and care, it's weird to me that the only time disabled people aren't seen as a burden to society is when they're "gifted" in some way.

That last piece he was listening to was "Peril in Pantomine". I love that Tom Brier's work has spread to the ears of this wonderful man.

@radfordmcawesome7947

8 ай бұрын

i only know Tom from his sight-reading videos; i had no idea he also composed! i am going to check out his work immediately

@bradleybedson7790

8 ай бұрын

@@radfordmcawesome7947 A few of my favorites of his are "Over the Top", "Skunk Hollow Rag", and "Redneck Rag"

@chubbcharles

8 ай бұрын

Thankyou I was looking for this comment

@gromburt

8 ай бұрын

Was looking for this comment, thanks!

@Pkmn20

7 ай бұрын

i was so surprised when i heard that HAHAH i love Tom Brier and his work, with this piece being my favourite of his.

If my memory was better, i think i could do this. I feel like a lot of musicians can do this too. Remembering is what amazes me.

That is insane... 😵 it's been a looong time since I've been so impressed by something...

Holy heck. He really is built different. That’s incredible

I've seen this guy play pieces by liszt, then he was asked to play them in B-flat minor. Immediately he did it. Absolutely incredible piano player. Most likely the greatest that has ever lived

@Sean17lol

8 ай бұрын

where have u seen him do that? would love to see this. Liszt did the exact same thing as a 10yr old child in front of Beethoven. Beethoven told liszt to sight read and play a Bach piece for him. After he finished, Beethoven told him to play it again in the key one interval up. Liszt did it perfectly and Beethoven clearly recognizing his talents, told Liszts father that his kid was very special Read this fact in Liszts biography (definitely recommend)

I wish I was this good. This is amazing. Something out of this world

Cant even fathom how his brain is working here Truly a genius, incredible man

The human being is amazing. Who knows what we are truly capable of.

That is how I play. I've played classical piano for 45 years and have never read any sheet music. I love it.

@ossiandelfin124

9 ай бұрын

Do you remember the pieces in few takes because if you do i need classes from you

@angrytedtalks

8 ай бұрын

Music is an audio art, sheet music is an incumbency.

The way he smiles as he records the piece in his head. So cool

fabulous to have on a gig plus he remembers what you ate on the last gig.... and the one before that!! a privilege and honour to play with!!

I would give anything to be this good at anything

That is too awesome. His brain has dedicated 100% of his faculties to recognizing and replicating music.

Simply unbelievable. I hope he's happy, he's put smiles on so many faces

I wish I had one tenth of that musical ability.

Incredible technique as well.

One of the few people on the internet with extreme levels of talent

@a.b.creator

7 ай бұрын

Ricky Rosen also.

@brandonakers9827

7 ай бұрын

Few?

@staffykclips

7 ай бұрын

@@brandonakers9827 it means not many or a small number

@brandonakers9827

7 ай бұрын

​@@staffykclipsyea ik. Im saying there's a lot more than a few extremely talented people on the internet

@brandonakers9827

7 ай бұрын

​@@staffykclipsyea ik. Im saying there's a lot more than a few extremely talented people on the internet

Autastic!

@user-fz3sx9lb3o

9 ай бұрын

bro 💀💀

@AndrewBarsky

8 ай бұрын

@@BG_MARINOAs someone who couldn’t care less. This man is Autastic.

@clarence_claymore.

8 ай бұрын

Rain man

@qiamdof

8 ай бұрын

he is autistic and i am too but somehow im not as talented as he is so it make me a retard therefore i am an autistic retard (my iq test results was 60 not a joke)

@zerg9523

8 ай бұрын

Savant, he’s a savant

He has good memory & is familiar with the location of keys.

The Man Really Speaks The Language!!!!

I've been a Musician for 55 years, and I only wish I could pick music up that quickly.

@user-vf1rj9dd4k

8 ай бұрын

Yeah thats why us not-handicaped people are just called "normal"

Man's got some incredible skill, talent and Innate ability!

Profoundly stunning!

This man is amazing

Distinguishing them is one thing-remembering them perfectly with the proper timing and rhythm-and playing them back, now that’s the genius part.❤

I have educated myself on all there is to learn about this man. I am learning piano and haven’t felt inspiration like this in forever. This is why music exists.

@richsackett3423

8 ай бұрын

What is?