Thank You for yet another Ear education . Now I can see yet another reason, Horowitz and other conservatory trained pianist excel. Thank you once more.
A point unfortunately not made clear by many piano teachers. One eventually figures it out like you, Robert, by careful listening of the great performers.
You go back to the Baroque... the music of Bach especially the music can be dense but at the same time polyphonic with several similar melodies overlapping each other. The base line is played with as much emphasis as the top and lines in the middle. There are music where the bottom line acts like a drum for counting beats like when you are playing a waltz with the L going boom-tic-tic, boom-tic-tic (3 beats) all the way down. The trick is to get a good balance so you that you can still hear the rhythmic pattern on the L while not loud enough to drown out the melody on top.
Another technique is playing some notes longer than others. For example, if you have 2 melodies in one hand and want to call attention to the top line, play the lower notes short and detached and play the higher notes all connected to bring them out.
Haha during the video wherein which Robert played the Chopin piece the first time it reminded me of that hilarious scene from Amadeus where the Emperor says, ''There are simply too many notes, I'm right in saying that aren't I court composer?''. In any case, while it's true minimalism has it's place, music is subjective, so writing too many notes isn't really a thing since one could argue the other has written too few, or that ''I used just as many notes as I required, no more no less''. I dare say I'm glad what you refer to as, 'some composers', wrote too many notes because Mozart was supposedly told the very same thing and yet his music is regarded among the highest. Not too mention that modern music and often a lot of film scoring is over-saturated with that cliche approach of the minimalist use of notes to invoke emotion with the rests.
Robert's advice to his viewers comes from his heart, truly a passionate player and teacher.
I love your videos Robert! Thank you!!
You’re such an amazing teacher! Thank you!
Thank you for the information, I always learn something new your a great teacher.
Lovely!
What for a beautiful piano!
Wonderful advice, thank you very much!
Will be sure to keep this in mind the next time I play, thank you :)
Learning the Schubert impromptus at the moment, and this is really helping! Brendel is a good one to listen to.
Excellent video. Now for the practice!
Thank You for yet another Ear education . Now I can see yet another reason, Horowitz and other conservatory trained pianist excel. Thank you once more.
Thanks for the tip! The more I know, the more I can take into account while playing. Even though I'm not at any professional kind of level 😅
Great lesson. Thank you.
How can we practice this? I'm working on Rachmanioff's Prelude in C# minor where section B, requires this extreme voicing.
As ever; thank you robert...
Thanks
Great tip!
No wonder I thought they didn't even play the accompaniment
A point unfortunately not made clear by many piano teachers. One eventually figures it out like you, Robert, by careful listening of the great performers.
You go back to the Baroque... the music of Bach especially the music can be dense but at the same time polyphonic with several similar melodies overlapping each other. The base line is played with as much emphasis as the top and lines in the middle.
There are music where the bottom line acts like a drum for counting beats like when you are playing a waltz with the L going boom-tic-tic, boom-tic-tic (3 beats) all the way down. The trick is to get a good balance so you that you can still hear the rhythmic pattern on the L while not loud enough to drown out the melody on top.
I'm an organist. We have another way of dealing with the problem--solo out the melody on another manual.
Another technique is playing some notes longer than others. For example, if you have 2 melodies in one hand and want to call attention to the top line, play the lower notes short and detached and play the higher notes all connected to bring them out.
What is the model of the piano?
1:32 song?
Beethoven Piano Sonata op 13 “Pathetique” 2nd. Movement
whats the name of the Beethoven piece?
Daniel Ribas Tandeitnik Pathetique Sonata
The Beethoven was the second movement of his Pathetique Sonata. The Chopin I played is from the end of his C-minor Nocturne.
Some composers just wrote too many notes. A piano can really sing if the score is not too cluttered.
Haha during the video wherein which Robert played the Chopin piece the first time it reminded me of that hilarious scene from Amadeus where the Emperor says, ''There are simply too many notes, I'm right in saying that aren't I court composer?''.
In any case, while it's true minimalism has it's place, music is subjective, so writing too many notes isn't really a thing since one could argue the other has written too few, or that ''I used just as many notes as I required, no more no less''.
I dare say I'm glad what you refer to as, 'some composers', wrote too many notes because Mozart was supposedly told the very same thing and yet his music is regarded among the highest. Not too mention that modern music and often a lot of film scoring is over-saturated with that cliche approach of the minimalist use of notes to invoke emotion with the rests.