There he met the French Romantic writer Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, better known by her pseudonym as George Sand. The purpose for this study is to teach your right hand great fluidity, having freedom down the whole keyboard.In 1836, Chopin attended a party hosted by Countess Marie d'Agoult, the mistress of fellow composer Franz Liszt. Once again, do not worry about the speed. This piece feels pretty good in your hands once you learn your notes. The speed will come in time with proper, consistent practice. You will literally feel your technique developing the more you practice this piece. This piece is going to offer us a great study for the left hand. It is simply a pattern that repeats itself starting on a different note. No 3ĭo not be intimidated by the “required” speed of this piece. If the two notes are not played together it will sound sloppy. Really focus on the second beat of each measure. However, we are prepared! The left hand must pivot on the second and third fingers, while the right hand sings the first and last note of the measure. The first in this list that requires a little bit more advanced technique. It will help tremendously to study the scales Db Major and E Major prior. There are only a few spots that will require a little bit of extra focused practice. It is not very hard to play, it's just a bit long compared to the rest. No 15Īlso known as “Raindrop,” this piece is extremely romantic, with a dark twist in the middle. The focus of this study is to pivot with the left hand on the second and third finger, keeping the chords legato without the use of the pedal! Then this very simple, but powerful, melody must sustain throughout. In fact, Chopin left Paris for a period of time during these compositions to escape the damp winter weather of Paris. To me this piece feels like damp weather.
If not, then the piece just sounds like a bunch of basic chord changes. Chopin was in love during the time of these compositions with a woman named George Sand, and this must have been a good day for him! The pinky must keep the melody projected and expressive over the underlining harmony. No 9Ī very romantic piece and should be expressed as so. Be very careful not to accent the thumb! Op 28. This will result in a little bit of reverb helping the overall flow and legato of both the right and left hand. Although this piece does not have pedal markings, the pedal must still be applied very lightly. 4, but more melodic, and the hands switch roles. The challenge of this piece is to keep interest with so much repetition. This study offers us great control of our left hand, while projecting a repetitive monophonic melody. No 4Ī piece of depression, with a grand cry for help only to be defeated. This study offers us an introduction to fundamental harmonic knowledge in minor and a great way to vent agony, distress, frustration, annoyance, etc. No 20Įxtremely dramatic, with very simple harmonic movement in C minor. The key to this study is learning and playing with simplicity. This piece is as simple as it gets, and in result it is easy to express in an over dramatic way. Technically the easiest prelude, but quite emotionally challenging. He would often tell his students,Īnd would require his students to go and see many operas and other vocal recitals. Everything is based around singing, which in his opinion is the most important aspect for a musician. Liszt, and many other contemporaries, believed that exercises should be repeated until one is completely exhausted and incapable of going on, and that technique and composing are based around a symphonic sound.Ĭhopin, on the other hand, believed that technical exercises where a waste, and that all technique can be learned through scales, arpeggios, and repertoire. However, Chopin loathed Liszt's playing, and was overall disgusted by his philosophy on piano pedagogy.
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He admired Chopin tremendously, so much so he wrote the 300 page biography, “Life of Chopin” which you can download for free! One of them being the greatįranz Liszt, who many argue was the greatest pianist of all time. There were other pedagogical methods during his time.
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