Thanks! I like it myself too. In my opinion, it's one of the best of my TH-cam etudes so far. One important improvement is that I’ve perhaps learned to set my mics properly-specifically, close enough to the piano, with the microphone levels adjusted as close to the red zone as possible. This makes the sound more nuanced and detailed. Most of my earlier etudes are less optimal in that regard, but I’m experimenting to improve in this aspect. The comparison to Bach is also well-founded: Chopin could play all of Bach's preludes and fugues from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier by heart, during a time when Bach was almost forgotten. As a composer, Chopin was a descendant of both Bach and Mozart. Even with this etude, the connection is clear-it’s thoroughly polyphonic, and the main challenge lies in taking good enough care of all the different levels in the music simultaneously.
Yes. Both hands are individually easy to play, but the polyrhythm adds a lot of difficulty. The right hand, of course, should be played in triplets. An interesting aspect of this piece is that, regardless of whether the right hand is played in triplets or duplets, it can also be perceived as either. When played in triplets, it doesn't sound good if perceived as duplets, and vice versa. Another point is that, since the piece is built from three sections, it’s not a good idea to play all of them the same way unless you want to be boring.
drive.google.com/file/d/1dXO10v35xI3l3ZiBou8O76bphApGIQbd/view?usp=drivesdk My project of playing all the etudes on TH-cam is taking far more time than I expected. The main reason is that I have too much other work to do. At the moment, I find it difficult to play them through even once a week, which is the absolute minimum to avoid forgetting them. Still, that's far from enough to maintain decent playing shape. Hours and hours of practicing and a lot of flawed takes for the sake of 90 seconds... I struggled with this one - which, by the way, is not one of the more difficult ones - more than is reasonable. However, I am content with the end result. I will continue my project and play them all as well as I can (even if that isn’t good enough), no matter how long it takes. Since it doesn’t pay any bills or hold any larger significance, I have to work on it in my spare time. I do it for the sake of the music and all it means to me.
actually one of my favorite renditions I like ur playing its almost like Bach because its so clean
Thanks!
I like it myself too. In my opinion, it's one of the best of my TH-cam etudes so far. One important improvement is that I’ve perhaps learned to set my mics properly-specifically, close enough to the piano, with the microphone levels adjusted as close to the red zone as possible. This makes the sound more nuanced and detailed.
Most of my earlier etudes are less optimal in that regard, but I’m experimenting to improve in this aspect.
The comparison to Bach is also well-founded: Chopin could play all of Bach's preludes and fugues from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier by heart, during a time when Bach was almost forgotten. As a composer, Chopin was a descendant of both Bach and Mozart. Even with this etude, the connection is clear-it’s thoroughly polyphonic, and the main challenge lies in taking good enough care of all the different levels in the music simultaneously.
@ yes and the polyrhythm is also so hard to handle although no one really plays it properly
Yes. Both hands are individually easy to play, but the polyrhythm adds a lot of difficulty.
The right hand, of course, should be played in triplets.
An interesting aspect of this piece is that, regardless of whether the right hand is played in triplets or duplets, it can also be perceived as either.
When played in triplets, it doesn't sound good if perceived as duplets, and vice versa.
Another point is that, since the piece is built from three sections, it’s not a good idea to play all of them the same way unless you want to be boring.
drive.google.com/file/d/1dXO10v35xI3l3ZiBou8O76bphApGIQbd/view?usp=drivesdk
My project of playing all the etudes on TH-cam is taking far more time than I expected.
The main reason is that I have too much other work to do. At the moment, I find it difficult to play them through even once a week, which is the absolute minimum to avoid forgetting them. Still, that's far from enough to maintain decent playing shape.
Hours and hours of practicing and a lot of flawed takes for the sake of 90 seconds...
I struggled with this one - which, by the way, is not one of the more difficult ones - more than is reasonable.
However, I am content with the end result.
I will continue my project and play them all as well as I can (even if that isn’t good enough), no matter how long it takes.
Since it doesn’t pay any bills or hold any larger significance, I have to work on it in my spare time.
I do it for the sake of the music and all it means to me.