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I don't know the nocturnes well enough to judge their relative difficulty, but I don't think this one is hard, as Chopin goes. Most of his big pieces are more challenging

WOW!!

Great, video! Just a thing, did you use the approach of learning all the piece in each hand separately or divide it in small chunks and then start integrating both hands? I usually practice bar to bar but I do not know if my approach is efficient at the end of the day since the entire piece is "new" until I reach the other bars

I prefer op62 no1 :)

You haven't been transposing it? Heed Art Tatum: ”Play the tune in every key, and it will come to you." Work on the ending first. How do you count? To the beat or from the beat? Counting “to the beat" (ta-ta-ta-3], ta-ta-ta-4], ta-ta-ta-1]) will help. Muscle memory is a terrible, unproductive process; transpostion works. Period. Simple. Helps with mobile do, functional harmony, memorization, learning speed, and the fact that music is an aural art. Cheers,

The most technically difficult aspect of this nocturne, for myself, is the left hand of the agitated return of the main melody. Those oscillating, wide intervals are murder.

I have to agree that this is the hardest nocturne, it toook me sooo long to get down when I first learned it about a year and a half ago. And even now I’m still working parts of it

We are so lucky to see this vid on youtube ! Bravo!!!

excellent Thx :) je devrais apprendre ce morceau ! :) @+

Guau, I'm currently planning on buying the K500, sounds really good!

Mimicking another player??? That's not a good idea. Anyway Seong hasn't quite got the Chopin touch needed to play. Rubinstein yes

Your will power is quite astonishing ; same with me as a youngster of 18 , when I started playing the piano. But I spent way too many hours with practicing difficult pieces , that were above my real abilities to actually perform them ( Chopin Etudes etc. ) . 2 years later I got 20 lessons for free from an old professional piano player , who could still play remarkably well . I learned a lot , playing the Mozart Sonatas in C major and in F major . But then he would tell me , those pieces being still too difficult for me - and he was totally right ( which I didn't want to accept for quite a while ) . I really wanted to study piano seriously , prepared a program all by myself and went to audition at the Munich Musikhochschule . I remember yet the Pathetic Sonata c - minor ( Beethoven ) , the Chopin Etude op.25 f - minor and Jardins sous la pluie ( Debussy ) . My choice for a " modern " piano piece was Maple Leaf Rag ( Scott Joplin )😊 Of course they refused me... Actually I wanted to learn to play the piano , when I heard first time - aged 12 - Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin , but we couldn't either afford a piano nor a teacher... Without a really good teacher it took me many years to become a piano player , earning my money on the stage ( in the meantime I studied Jazz Trumpet - I had played this instrument since my 9th year , even on stage with a youth orchestra ) . I played some bar piano to earn money , then theatrical music and everything I could get . That's the way I found out , how to " practice on stage " . But of course I had developed a lot of routine out of many different situations and challenges . My advice to my pupils and students : Play many pieces , which you could play in front of an audience after ONE day practice. After one year's work you will play at least dozens of pieces , that you can really play ! Maybe you have at this point some pieces in your program , which took you 2 or 3 days ( and of course you would try again to play a " 2 - weeker ", that's human ) . If you're experienced enough ( maybe after 5 years ) , you can try to play a piece , that takes you about 2 weeks to a month to play fluently ( maybe one mistake per half a minute , 80 - 90 % of the usual performing tempo ) . Then you will find out the rest yourself. But you shouldn't wait (now ) for too long to take at least one lesson per month . Good luck !

The hardest one but also the most beautifull one. I've been struggling to learn the last part maybe this video will help me!

this is super inspiring! I want to give this piece a go next year

Thank you, just found your channel, very helpful ❤

I enjoyed this piece. Thank you for your presentation.

How many hours a day

Nice channel

Im so dead I was supposed to play this piece as the one I had choosen for the entrance exam at my conservatory to finally begin studying music, focusing on what I love, and here I am, 9 days left until the competition and just arriving to the C part finding out how much works it needs, I don't even know if 10 hours a day can save me at this point and I doubt I can clear this until the exam even tho it may still be possible that I can present it being just good enough ... I already put big efforts into it and I really want to play it I don't really know if I should leave it here and just play a nocturne I know

2:55 should be Ti natural to do octave, it's a lovely interpretation.

I was wondering who played this because it was so beautifully played and of course it's Maria.

Is it weird that it took me a week to learn it fully I haven’t reached a 4 year mark in m6 piano journey

I already finished this piece recently. I thought i reached my life goal and has a hard time to choose another piece that i liked as much as this one. Niw I am currently learning an Etude, op10 no6 i think.

No way this is the most difficult one.

Bravo, love your playing. You have inspired me to play this piece. I have loved it for years.

Incredible. Can I ask. How many hours a day do you practice? And do you only practice one piece till perfection or many pieces at the same time? Thanks

Благодарю, люблю это произведение Баха, сама часто играю его под соответствующее настроение. Подписка.

Just started working on this nocturne today. I'll definitely be coming back to this video as I work through each section. Hopefully, I can get the whole piece down roughly in the same time frame as you did.

great video, i'm about tos tart learning this piece and your video is very realistic and gives me hope i can achieve something nice!!

I liked this video a lot! Thanks for sharing, someday I will be able to play as good as you :)

Trifonov is one of the best pianists alive currently.

I also guess the 4/3 polyrhythm was not really practised because it sounded off to me. But overall really well done!

I like using pedal in the octaves section. I know its not in the sheet music - but consider that pianos and accoustics are always different. You can repedal a lot but no pedal sounds odd to me

I am also a restarter in playing piano.....after 30 years 🎉😂

I'm sure you've improved since this video but I'll leave you with this advice. When playing the octaves, try not to move your hands in and out of the keyboard too much. You want to minimize movement as much as possible. Playing thumb barely on black and then barely below black on white as you move chromatically.

Thank you for putting this together. I just did a read-thru of this piece and came searching for tips on section C. (I like the tips for A and B sections as well 😉). Videos like these are great for restarters (or 10x restarter like me - kids/work, right?) to coach us thru the tricky bits.

Such a detailed guide and reflection :D Thank you for this video!

Please, please don't suggest that anyone puts a coin on their hand and tries to stop it from falling off! This leads to awful tension in the hand. Check out Cedarville Music's 10 things to never do when practising! (I think it's 10, but maybe more!)

Incredible video, thank you algorithm for sending it to me. I'm working through the thrird section currently, so I appreciate all of the resources to help me with me practice!

This is pretty much exactly what I’m going through right now! I’m almost done with learning to play the notes, only thing missing is fluency in the last 12 or so bars, but musically the doppio section is going to take forever to learn… I have an embarrassing recording on my channel where I just improvise the doppio instead of playing the notes because I couldn’t bring myself to stop at where I’ve learned hahah I share your passion for this piece, and your journey is really inspiring , great job!!!

I liked the video before even watching because of that A++ description box. But seriously, great video and progress. Words cannot express how helpful those "sources" were for self taught players who can get a sense of techniques that need to be used, things that can't necessarily be shown simply from the sheet music. Once again, great video, I appreciate it!

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So inspiring- part B is so difficult!

Great job. Hows it going now?

What a nice job. You need to pedal the octaves here, BTW. <3

At 2:55 you play G - C with the left hand, but the score shows B natural - C. However, in the edition that I have, it's G instead of B natural. I suppose it's a mistake in the edition you show in the video.

The pattern of the left hand in c section is similar to Schubert's Standchen/Serenade but it's fast 😮

I tried very hard at this piece until I pooped in my pants during the first section. RUclips probably blocked my gallant effort.

Thanks for this video,, I am trying to master the C section but I only started playing in 2020 so it’s a struggle. Your video has really helped me especially with the polynomial section which I have yet to get close to. I am using the ghosting technique you have used and hope to get results that way. I love this section so don’t plan to give up on it but I have set myself a goal of getting it right (albeit slow) within 6 months. This video will really help. Thanks again.

Very, very beautiful. I like the strong voicing and the relative fast tempo which in my opinoin brings the music alive. And also the bass in the last part gives all a nice "chaotic" feeling which fits in nicely. It reminds me of Pollinis interpretation. Althought, especially at the start at the fast sections you are rushing the notes. Let them sing out a little more. Still its one of my favorite recording of it. Good job!