You can't play WRONG notes this fast!

Transcription of Liberace's Boogie Woogie performance and his 16th note boogie (03:27).

Usage comes under fair use for the purpose of education.

00:00 Fast
3:23 Blink and you'll miss it

[GeorgeCollier]

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[circuitsmith]

All the great jazz pianists talk about the importance of the left hand, and Liberace shows why.

[TheYeetiest]

This guy plays the riff in his left hand,
A) Without mistakes (Easy with practice)
B) Without looking (Feasible)
C) *While talking* (What.)

[jeffery_pickles]

The fact that he’s able to engage to audience so much during the entire thing really separates it from other performances.

[leokimvideo]

What's great about Liberace is when he found something that the audience loved he stuck with it. As years rolled on he just added layers and layers of extravagance to his shows.

[shawno]

Not only a world class musician, but a world class performer.

[gxtmfa]

This dude just entertains. He can hold a crowd like no other

[EloLeChan]

"You wanna do it again don't 'cha 😏"
He has earned both my respect _and_ my affection

[hahhahspeedruns]

"I can't think of anyone in a band who would get screams like that except Liberace."
-Arlene Francis

[juanferrequetglas]

Is nobody gonna talk about how virtuoso this guy is? He can fluently talk while he plays, that is INSANE.

[EricBlackmonGuitar]

AND he has a conversation while he is doing that.

[morganahoff]

2:18 That little wink! Apparently Liberace was the first to engage with the camera, as if he were looking at a person, and captivated viewers by making them feel he was doing the show just for them.

[JeremyEllwood]

I'm a blues piano player and this is actually pretty damned accurate. One thing I noticed playing blues is that if you hit a wrong note, hit it again... then resolve.

[catnash]

I'll say this as someone who has played piano for about 40 years, one of the most difficult things I've ever had to do is play a triplet against a different rhythm or accompanying music, especially at an allegro or faster speed. Liberace makes it look effortless and is very consistent at getting it perfect each time he does this.

[jellycatislife]

“You can’t play wrong notes this fast!”
Me who sucks at accidentals: How about, no.

[johnnytheyoungmaestro]

"You wanna do it again, don't you?" I feel like only Liberace can say a line like that with such a tone. He was certainly an amazing musician.

[themandownstairs]

Fun fact: playing piano while talking is a quick way to reduce most fluent English speakers to completely basic, scarcely functional English

[raspberryjuiceentertainmen]

Plot Twist: the first guy that yelled “hey!” was getting someone’s attention and Liberace just went with it

[SheenylHassan]

Liberace at the end: "If you can play it slow, you can play it fast."

[TheRealSnowCat]

I was lucky enough to see Liberace in concert here in Las Vegas back around 1977. He called me up to the stage, showed me his rings, and said, "See what you get if you practice?" I started piano lessons about a week after that. I only took lessons for a few years, so I'm nowhere near a virtuoso; but it's given me a lifetime of playing enjoyment.