I agree 100%. You immediately caught me for your attention to detail and your ability to articulate it. Really good stuff - and I love your repertoire ! I feel like I picked it myself. Perhaps why you speak so clearly to me!
I have just discovered your tutorials on Schubert Opus 90 and two Beethoven sonatas, pieces that I have been working on. Your explanations are wonderfully helpful, thank you so much. You are an inspiring teacher!
I hope the quarantine hasn't been too rough for you. It has been so helpful to watch your videos and really understand the music I'm trying to play on a deeper level. And of course, by this I do not only mean understand analytically, but emotionally. Your descriptions are very vivid and truly convey your intentions as a musician, and how you carry them through each individual chord and note. Your Schubert interpretation is beautiful!
I started looking at this for a casual glance and couldn't turn away until I'd seen it all. I played this piece - even in public - as a boy, but self-indulgently and not well in any respect. This video has given me such pleasure and certainly insight. It's a model of practicality combined with imagination, understanding and reverence for this great music. So communicative, too. Thank you so much, Mr Swansbourne.
WOW! You are a super underrated RUclipsr lol! The best explanation/analysis I have ever seen. I love your clear voice and teaching. Keep it up! Supporting you! Wish me luck in playing this piece :)
I was wondering, would you consider doing some Chopin? Some are quite difficult like his etudes, and I was wondering whether you’d do Chopin. He is definitely a legend and going over his pieces will certainly help a lot and also boost your channel a lot as I think lots of people need an analysis/tutorial for those pieces. Thanks man! Have a nice day
Hi @Piano Insights Clive Swansbourne, thank you for this lesson... But I am afraid my level is not high enough. I would really like to be able to play this piece but I only had rather informal piano lessons from 8yo to 13yo and I was never taught scales, arpeggios or harmony at all... Then I didn't always had a piano and never had lessons again... So I am 36yo now and I started again by myself about 3 years ago. I can play it but not well, with mistakes, and I seem to have reached a plateau in my progression, I don't know how to improve anymore. I need to find a good piano teacher but in the meantime, what would you recommend me to do? I bought a scales book etc but I am not sure how to practice..
YOu mention that technically the most difficult is playing the cascade of notes. I learned this piece over 60 years ago and it was my party piece I have recent been going through my complete repertoire with no problems until I started to play this impromptu and I have problems with the repeat note in the cascade mainly due to a bit of arthritus in my right hand thumbcaused when I had a fall and dislocated my thumb joint, It makes me very frustrated I am not however going to give up I`ll get it even if I have to play it at half the speed.
Schubert begins in the parallel key of A flat minor. All the C’s are flatted. Later in the piece he moves to A flat major. Why? Because That’s what he wanted, and because it lies under his hand well. I suppose he could have notated the piece in G sharp minor to start with five sharps, and then added a sixth when moving to the parallel major key.
@@man0sticks many thanks! Being a 6th generation student of Beethoven (and a 7th generation student of Salieri who taught Schubert), maybe I should have known that.
@@man0sticks however you have still not satisfied me with your answer. Why call the piece 'A flat major' and not 'A flat minor'? Many thanks if you can answer!
@@swansbourne Hey Clive, thanks for taking the time to produce these videos! My guess would be that in those days, you could find a piano in almost in every house. Schubert was probably invited to all of them and was given food and drink besides. 🙂
You should lay-off playing such sports as tennis: your hand is not loose/flexible enough to flick from each inversion of the chord as it cascades down the keys.
such a shame that you can't get more attention, you're honestly one of the most clear teachers out there
Thank you. I appreciate your comment very much.
I agree 100%. You immediately caught me for your attention to detail and your ability to articulate it. Really good stuff - and I love your repertoire ! I feel like I picked it myself. Perhaps why you speak so clearly to me!
Thanks for your lesson! I'm working on this piece right now and your suggestions are wonderful!
I have just discovered your tutorials on Schubert Opus 90 and two Beethoven sonatas, pieces that I have been working on. Your explanations are wonderfully helpful, thank you so much. You are an inspiring teacher!
I hope the quarantine hasn't been too rough for you. It has been so helpful to watch your videos and really understand the music I'm trying to play on a deeper level. And of course, by this I do not only mean understand analytically, but emotionally. Your descriptions are very vivid and truly convey your intentions as a musician, and how you carry them through each individual chord and note. Your Schubert interpretation is beautiful!
Thank you. Your comments are very much appreciated. And no, the quarantine has been no problem for me, as it has for so many others.
Love how you play. You deserve to get more attention. :)
Thank you for the advices.
I started looking at this for a casual glance and couldn't turn away until I'd seen it all. I played this piece - even in public - as a boy, but self-indulgently and not well in any respect. This video has given me such pleasure and certainly insight. It's a model of practicality combined with imagination, understanding and reverence for this great music. So communicative, too.
Thank you so much, Mr Swansbourne.
Thanks for your wonderful words, Robin. I greatly appreciate them.
WOW! You are a super underrated RUclipsr lol! The best explanation/analysis I have ever seen. I love your clear voice and teaching. Keep it up! Supporting you! Wish me luck in playing this piece :)
Thanks, Aden, I appreciate that, and best of luck with the piece!.
I was wondering, would you consider doing some Chopin? Some are quite difficult like his etudes, and I was wondering whether you’d do Chopin. He is definitely a legend and going over his pieces will certainly help a lot and also boost your channel a lot as I think lots of people need an analysis/tutorial for those pieces. Thanks man! Have a nice day
I am hoping to tackle this shortly and getting some insights at this stage is very helpful. Thank you
Glad it was helpful Mark! All the best with your project.
very helpful thank you. I also hear birdsong in the descending RH 16th notes
you are a great teacher
Thank you very much. Great teacher!
Glad you liked it!
Geniaal
Hi @Piano Insights Clive Swansbourne, thank you for this lesson... But I am afraid my level is not high enough. I would really like to be able to play this piece but I only had rather informal piano lessons from 8yo to 13yo and I was never taught scales, arpeggios or harmony at all... Then I didn't always had a piano and never had lessons again... So I am 36yo now and I started again by myself about 3 years ago. I can play it but not well, with mistakes, and I seem to have reached a plateau in my progression, I don't know how to improve anymore. I need to find a good piano teacher but in the meantime, what would you recommend me to do? I bought a scales book etc but I am not sure how to practice..
YOu mention that technically the most difficult is playing the cascade of notes. I learned this piece over 60 years ago and it was my party piece I have recent been going through my complete repertoire with no problems until I started to play this impromptu and I have problems with the repeat note in the cascade mainly due to a bit of arthritus in my right hand thumbcaused when I had a fall and dislocated my thumb joint, It makes me very frustrated I am not however going to give up I`ll get it even if I have to play it at half the speed.
It will still sound good at half speed, Vincent. Good luck with it.
Are you by any chance going to post more videos in the future? Just found this channel and saw that your last upload was 8 months ago
Yes.. It's a distinct New Year's resolution!
why does the sound of the opening notes of this piece sound minor - a yet the piece is called 'a maj'? thnx
Schubert begins in the parallel key of A flat minor. All the C’s are flatted. Later in the piece he moves to A flat major. Why? Because That’s what he wanted, and because it lies under his hand well. I suppose he could have notated the piece in G sharp minor to start with five sharps, and then added a sixth when moving to the parallel major key.
@@man0sticks many thanks! Being a 6th generation student of Beethoven (and a 7th generation student of Salieri who taught Schubert), maybe I should have known that.
@@man0sticks however you have still not satisfied me with your answer. Why call the piece 'A flat major' and not 'A flat minor'? Many thanks if you can answer!
Franz probably had a hair trigger action on his piano 🎹😊
Amazingly, Schubert never owned a piano!
@@swansbourne Hey Clive, thanks for taking the time to produce these videos!
My guess would be that in those days, you could find a piano in almost in every house. Schubert was probably invited to all of them and was given food and drink besides. 🙂
You should lay-off playing such sports as tennis: your hand is not loose/flexible enough to flick from each inversion of the chord as it cascades down the keys.
Otherwise I suppose it will end up being (piano)forte- love ?😊
Ha-Ha!! Good return serve!@@peterbrenton410