Nice vid! Hard to believe that Beethoven was 12 years older. Field is so much more classical than romantic. It's just very melodic, easy listening. And speaking of Liszt, his Romance in Em is one of my faves and definitely Field-ish.
Another reason that I think Chopin stands out from Field is that, similar to Field's lack of sophisticated harmony, he seems to have a very limited range. Like, you didn't ever play a deep base note when playing field, which Chopin often uses to texture his nocturnes and make them that much more atmospheric
A cautionary message. In my latest recording of Chopin's opus 10/1, in an effort to emulate Pollini's style (and with a few dozen takes) I went and gave myself tennis elbow. Now I can't play the piano with, or even use my right arm for at least 2 weeks. (Tendonitis is no joke, and must be allowed to completely heal, or it will never get better.)
love john field also i still want you to learn about the double beat theory since i brought it up in your chat that one time and you said you didn't know what it was
for those of you who know what it is, yes it is not true at all, i'm just saying this because i brought it up in ryan's chat once because he was playing waldstein and i wanted to make a joke about "no you have to play it at half the speed!" which he unfortunately did not get
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Nice vid! Hard to believe that Beethoven was 12 years older. Field is so much more classical than romantic. It's just very melodic, easy listening. And speaking of Liszt, his Romance in Em is one of my faves and definitely Field-ish.
Another reason that I think Chopin stands out from Field is that, similar to Field's lack of sophisticated harmony, he seems to have a very limited range. Like, you didn't ever play a deep base note when playing field, which Chopin often uses to texture his nocturnes and make them that much more atmospheric
A cautionary message. In my latest recording of Chopin's opus 10/1, in an effort to emulate Pollini's style (and with a few dozen takes) I went and gave myself tennis elbow. Now I can't play the piano with, or even use my right arm for at least 2 weeks. (Tendonitis is no joke, and must be allowed to completely heal, or it will never get better.)
love john field
also i still want you to learn about the double beat theory since i brought it up in your chat that one time and you said you didn't know what it was
@@DeeCeeHaich, it’s only a different interpretation.
for those of you who know what it is, yes it is not true at all, i'm just saying this because i brought it up in ryan's chat once because he was playing waldstein and i wanted to make a joke about "no you have to play it at half the speed!" which he unfortunately did not get
In fact, Field's Nocturnes are not that much hard to learn and perform for upper intermediate pianists, unlike Chopin.