It’s not quite as easy as it seems, though. As a pianist who is learning this, it’s hard to learn at first, but I guess it gets easier. To play it well, however, is much more than playing the notes, which, as you said, is why this rendition is so good.
@MK32491 something I find really interesting about this piece is how the voices entwine to themselves, you gotta work a bit harder to understand and play it well! though it's "easy" to play, the piece itself isn't simple technically, you can tell Rach wasn't lazy when composing this
looking to get started learning some rachmaninoff. i just started learning elegie op3 no1 and this may be my reprise, it is just so moody and dark and everything i love about rach
Where does this piece fall on the ABRSM scale? I haven't seen it graded anywhere. I'm mostly doing early advanced stuff (Working on Sibelius Romance Op 24. No.9 right now - that's kinda how I ran into this) with my goalpost set to many of the Rachmaninoff works. This seems like it might be worth giving a shot. Any experiences on how this compares to something like prelude in C sharp minor or Fragments ? (I've played the latter, not the former)
Sami Anttila Sami Anttila when you take a look at the notes it seems easy at first but it’s VERY challenging, if you haven’t played rachmaninoff before i wouldn’t recommend starting with this piece. I would say elegie in e flat minor would be much more suitable and easier
@@undercovercomputer I have played Fragments, but that's the only one I've managed to convince my teacher to suffer through. I was looking at Prelude in C sharp minor as "possibly the most likely" next piece; until I ran into this one, which looking at the notes seems atypically friendly for a Rach piece. Looking at the notes, I'm guessing the challenge comes more-so from shaping and expression in this one? Or are there some deceptive technical things that I'm not seeing. I just absolutely love Rachmaninoff and that was essentially what I told my teacher when I took my first lesson, which... probably made me sound delusional. Having being able to properly play Fragments was one of the most motivating things for me last year.
I also suggested Elegie to my teacher very recently, but he suggested that the B section there might still be a tad challenging for my current level. I don't want to jump in too much above my head with these :)
Sami Anttila this sounds easier but the prelude in c# minor is considerably easier. Also look at prelude no 1 in f# minor. It’s very beautiful. It’s a level up from the c# minor but probably easier than this one.
Come on Mr. Zengin, it's simply an added D flat for more harmonic colour. It's not anywhere near "wrong". Probably another edition than the one you use has a D flat in there. In other words: Excellent work, dear Paul
« Salon » literally means living room or lounge in French, but during the Romantic era, the term acquired the meaning of an intimate musical event. « Morceaux de salon » would literally be translated as « Pieces of living room », but any French speaker would understand it as « Pieces to be played in/at a salon ». :) So nothing related to hairdressers ;)
What about the idea of "salon" as a gathering of people for artistic purposes? Music, literature, painting... Wealthy, educated people (especially women) had salons in the 19th century.
So beautiful!!! wonderful piano piece
I love this piece so much, I wish I could play it one day.
Are you playing it now?
What a wonderful piece!
I've been listening to Rachmaninoff the most, recently.
Will you be uploading more pieces by him?
It is rather interesting how this easy piece can make someone feel such parte range of emoticons
Qnd i must say- well played
It’s not quite as easy as it seems, though. As a pianist who is learning this, it’s hard to learn at first, but I guess it gets easier. To play it well, however, is much more than playing the notes, which, as you said, is why this rendition is so good.
@MK32491 something I find really interesting about this piece is how the voices entwine to themselves, you gotta work a bit harder to understand and play it well! though it's "easy" to play, the piece itself isn't simple technically, you can tell Rach wasn't lazy when composing this
Best version ever
I like this
looking to get started learning some rachmaninoff. i just started learning elegie op3 no1 and this may be my reprise, it is just so moody and dark and everything i love about rach
Where does this piece fall on the ABRSM scale? I haven't seen it graded anywhere. I'm mostly doing early advanced stuff (Working on Sibelius Romance Op 24. No.9 right now - that's kinda how I ran into this) with my goalpost set to many of the Rachmaninoff works. This seems like it might be worth giving a shot.
Any experiences on how this compares to something like prelude in C sharp minor or Fragments ? (I've played the latter, not the former)
Sami Anttila Sami Anttila when you take a look at the notes it seems easy at first but it’s VERY challenging, if you haven’t played rachmaninoff before i wouldn’t recommend starting with this piece. I would say elegie in e flat minor would be much more suitable and easier
@@undercovercomputer I have played Fragments, but that's the only one I've managed to convince my teacher to suffer through. I was looking at Prelude in C sharp minor as "possibly the most likely" next piece; until I ran into this one, which looking at the notes seems atypically friendly for a Rach piece.
Looking at the notes, I'm guessing the challenge comes more-so from shaping and expression in this one? Or are there some deceptive technical things that I'm not seeing.
I just absolutely love Rachmaninoff and that was essentially what I told my teacher when I took my first lesson, which... probably made me sound delusional. Having being able to properly play Fragments was one of the most motivating things for me last year.
I also suggested Elegie to my teacher very recently, but he suggested that the B section there might still be a tad challenging for my current level. I don't want to jump in too much above my head with these :)
Grade 7
Sami Anttila this sounds easier but the prelude in c# minor is considerably easier. Also look at prelude no 1 in f# minor. It’s very beautiful. It’s a level up from the c# minor but probably easier than this one.
Please tune the E above middle C. :'(
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the last chord is wrong but apart from that it’s an excellent interpretation
Come on Mr. Zengin, it's simply an added D flat for more harmonic colour. It's not anywhere near "wrong". Probably another edition than the one you use has a D flat in there.
In other words: Excellent work, dear Paul
does the title mean hair dressers salon?
pieces of a salon. Not much better haha
« Salon » literally means living room or lounge in French, but during the Romantic era, the term acquired the meaning of an intimate musical event. « Morceaux de salon » would literally be translated as « Pieces of living room », but any French speaker would understand it as « Pieces to be played in/at a salon ». :)
So nothing related to hairdressers ;)
We have the word “morsels” in English, which means pieces, but morsels is derived from this
What about the idea of "salon" as a gathering of people for artistic purposes? Music, literature, painting... Wealthy, educated people (especially women) had salons in the 19th century.