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Thank you … this helped me very much … your voice is pleasant ..

Hey Stanley It's not boring at all, especially watching a pianist as handsome as you practising and narrating.Your voice is so magnetic😉 Couldn't wait to see you do the remaining movements and the final performance of the entire Sonata !

As an old age Pensioner I cannot afford to have a Teacher, so I have no alternative but to teach myself. However, in a sense it has been a blessing in disguise since I am forced to work things out for myself and that is satisfying. I learn from young pianists like yourself by watching Tutorials on TH-cam. Thanks and thanks and forever thanks, for sharing your own experience.

I am so proud of you. I am a 79 year old Australian and just started learning to play this piece which my dear mother used to sing. Thank you for your helpful comments and hope to see more teaching videos from you in the future. Best Wishes.

Thanks so much for your advice. I got very small hands n can’t play an octave properly definitely fail to play consecutive octaves could you please recommend some composers whose work are using fewer Octaves for grade 8 or above Thanks

We can use also the pedal

Where you?

thanks, I will try the 1:2 and 2:3 later...

I felt so submerged listening to you playing with my eyes closed, that I somehow forgot my surroundings 😂 When you asked “wanna go for a walk?” I confusedly replied “what? ” Took me a while to realize. It was that good. ❤ Would be nice to see more from you if you feel up to it. Hope you are doing well!

How about thinking of breaking it down to two blocks of 6 vs 11? :)

You don’t solve this. You play it. If I have any suggestion it is to work much harder on the left hand. Let the left hand conduct and sing along.

That was inspiring, thank you!!!! Regards from Chile

Love your playing, and love to see more of your videos ! I have been keeping an average of 2 hour's practice per day, at least 5 - 6 days per week. I absolutely agree on 'decades' that you mentioned. Chopin's Etude in Thirds and Liszt's Feux Follets took me some NINETEEN YEARS of polishing (albeit on and off) since I had acquired them way back in 2005 ! Currently still polishing on them (together with Chopin's B minor Sonata Op.58 which I had recently acquired), and acquiring the F major Etude Op.10 no.8.

i would never stretch....if you want to be better i would recommend taking technical exercises like Czerny op 740...i got small hands and can't stretch to 9th keys....my biggest problem is playing four finger chords....like rag music....practice swapping fast

Thanks very useful

Peaceful scenery . I play this too… I love it … just emotional … lyrical … I’m a big Chopin player

Personally, getting into piano as an adult was mainly for stress relief. I wasn't too concerned with getting everything from the start like staccato, legato, dynamics, etc. After hours of playing my techniques gradually improved. The end result is that I have the confidence to play many intermediate pieces at friends' gatherings or on a public piano. People playing only the teacher's assigned repertoire is common when we're younger. Growing up without the Internet, finding pieces we wanted took extra effort to go to a music store or a public library. Today sheet music is accessible online but many who are at a beginner or lower intermediate level wouldn't find their own pieces due to their lack of playing techniques unless they're self-learners. When people feel their reading skill is inadequate, they'd stick to assigned pieces and would only try a piece after the teacher did a class demo.

This is so helpful! Thank you 🙏🏻

This subject is always approached with the same excuses but the truth is that size matters. You can use as many trick/maneuver as you want, keeping other variables under control, if you had a greater reach, in addition to being less prone to injuries, you would have a greater performance. This is physics! Usain Bolt took advantage of the height and greater leg-to-body ratio and Michael Phelps also took advantage of the length of his arms and torso. Likewise, all pianists with long, thin fingers also have an advantage. This doesn't mean you can't play the piano, and if you're really good, you might even be able to play better than most, but that's until you find someone who is equally good but has a physical advantage. Just accept this fact, stop crying and if you really love to play piano, study/train as much as possible with wich you literally have at hand.

Appreciate how you played it slow, I don’t know why this piece is always played so fast tempo.

First off. Lose the gay voice.... it gratuitous (yes I'm gay myself). I've been following for a while... leavinme feeling bereft of any real connection you have to the work/ peices/ etc. I would advise pianists disregard what you preach.... You are clearly quite talented.... nevertheless, Chopin is not your muse.

Omg that was good She played itt Gratéley 👍👍💃

We have the same mind. I used the same method as you. I still struggle with the variation at the end.

Thanks for making this video, high quality and good down to earth advice

Very beautifully done. You play it a little slower than the usual, but it works! I think it makes that 12:22 rhythm much more beautiful; dreamy. I'm struggling with this one right now, also. Thanks for the tips!

Extremely helpful video, thank you. I also just start learning piano again as a senior adult. Pls produce more videos!

You made an amazing channel with precious information for musicians ❤

Amazing channel and great information. Thanks

I am an UTTER NOVICE trying to understand learning it as it so captivating and it scrambles my mind 🤯

What is really needed is for manufacturers to make smaller keyboards. It turns out that the standard octave span of 6.5 inches is to large for the majority of people. There are a few but the prices are excessive.

Rescue video 😄

Thank you so much for your video, it is very clear and helped me a lot to understand how to play this 11 notes.

Excellent solution, ultimately, not really a complex polyrhythm

Very helpful. And you play beautifully.

I LOVE your channel man. Such a gem ❤

Is this your parents house? How do you afford such a life?

Thank you fot this video, this is sooo helpful ❤️ I wanna tell you some of my experience. When I first performed in college, I hadn't any anxiety before the performance, but as soon as I sat down at the piano I was so scared, honestly, I've never played so badly. So i understood that i should do smth with it. I watched a lot of videos, and tried to do as they said. And i played very great! So, here's what affected it: 1) i had much more support from teachers, classmates, family etc 2) i tried to ignore bad thoughts, i tried to think only about good things 3) during the performance, I didn't think about the audience, but about the music I was playing, and when I made some mistakes, I didn't focus on it, I just continued playing 4) I made my mind to think not selfishly, I mean the music which I play is much important than me, I'm just a person sharing this wonderful piece I think it's all, hope it will help someone. And I really hope that it will work for the next performances too😅

I've never learned a piece that had polyrhythm before but I just started practising these sections over and over until I got more muscle memory and fluidity and I've found that one of the biggest contributors to progress is.. SLEEP. Something happens in the brain during sleep that makes you already play it better the following day and it's pretty funny to notice how obvious it is.

I don't understand how you have such few subs. Your content is such good quality

Me when I’ve been trying to learn the piece for a 4 months and he shows me up with one day of practice 💀

Great video it's very helpful, I am French, keep doing this you deserve more success for sure. It would be nice to add the sheets on a link in the description because I realised that mine is slightly different. good luck :)

Great video ❤. Is it too early to learn this piece if I am 15 years old?

Sorry for my second comment in a day, but i'm very sad to see you not had posted other videos from several month, I discover your channel only today and I am literally kidnapped... Your way to talk about the music, the journey of an adult want start to play...is really motivational... so I hope to see you soon with new content... for now I continue to watch your journey, connected to mine... best wishes!!

You have a beautyfull soul...Thank you

Thank you - the commentary is insightful and also helps with my own practice. Don’t stress that it’s boring, you have mixed it up well and it’s interesting to see how to get so accomplished. The final result is superb, I enjoyed listening. Please post the full version!

Best lesson 👏🏽

You should post more

No it’s not boring love watching and learning and listening how you interpret chopins music and explaining your techniques.

Wow, you're amazing 🥺🥺🥺

Great video!