80-Yr-Old With Dementia Improvises Using 4 Random Notes [His Masterpiece Left Netizens Emotional]

An 80-year-old musician with dementia shows his extraordinary talent - improvising beautiful melodies using only four notes as his starting point.

Paul Harvey, a musician from East Sussex, England, has dementia. His condition is getting worse, his son, Nick, said. Yet, he hasn't lost his incredible ability to "improvise and compose beautiful melodies on the fly."

Nick, who is also a musician himself, said that there are days when his dad struggles to play. But on September 18, he shared on Twitter a video of his dad creating a musical masterpiece using just four notes as his starting point.

Dad’s ability to improvise and compose beautiful melodies on the fly has always amazed me. Tonight, I gave him four random notes as a starting point. Although his dementia is getting worse, moments like this bring him back to me. pic.twitter.com/dBInVCTmfF — Nick Harvey (@mrnickharvey) September 17, 2020

Nick said he has always been amazed by his dad's ability to improvise and compose beautiful melodies on the fly. He adds, "...moments like this bring him back to me." The post that immediately went viral and left many feeling emotional and moved by the video.

This has been a hell of a day. If your heart can take it, end the day with this. It's beautiful and inspiring and heartbreaking all at once. - Gene Weingarten@geneweingarten 

Whatever happens in our lives, music will always feed the heart, mind, and the soul and never leave us. This is just beautiful Please read and watch this everyone and sleep well everyone. Jb - John Barrowman MBE @JohnBarrowman

I can't stop crying. - Curtis Stigers @curtisstigers

A welcome break from the hellscape of 2020. So beautiful. David Schneider @davidschneider
This is utterly beautiful and life-affirming. What an exceptional talent. Thank you for sharing it with us. - Rebecca Front @RebeccaFront

I know most of us are having a pretty tricky time of it right now. We're worried about the present and the future. But I urge you to take a deep breathe and float for just a few minutes in something truly beautiful that will bring tears for the right reasons for once ️ - Joanna Le Grys@Jsedai

"I'm overwhelmed by the response to dad's video, Nick wrote. "I know he'll be deeply moved. Thank you."

"I just rang him to tell him that he's gone viral," he continued, "He replied, saying that as long as the virus isn't Covid, he's happy."

When asked by Good Morning Britain about his video going viral, Paul quipped that he is too old to get excited about it. As for Nick, he said that it had been a crazy couple of days. He said that he felt genuinely privileged being in the same room when his dad created that beautiful composition.

He recalled that his dad did that same thing before when Nick was still a child, and Paul was teaching summer school. According to the Metro UK report, Paul asked the audience to throw four random notes at him. And then the magic happened, Paul improvised a beautiful piece of music, and the whole room erupted.

Paul again duplicated that moment when he guested on Good Morning Britain and host Susanna Reid gave him the notes C, D, G, and B to compose a music. A few seconds later, everyone was spellbound by Paul's music while his son proudly watches beside him. The song ended with Paul patting his dad's back before leaning on his shoulder with a smile.

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