It's the 2nd one i watch and i'd say this is more in depth while the first provided some good elements but was insufficient not covering important psychological aspect in practicing and ignored how to overcome difficult bars which is covered here.
Who are you to discriminate? There are plenty of excellent tutorials by very experienced pianists and teachers on this etude. To dismiss the work and efforts of others as"nothing" shows only your mediocre and biased mindset. Also the fact that the owner of this channel gave a "heart" to your asinine comment speaks volumes about HIS mindset.
@@thepianocornertpc Why my opinion bothers you so much! If I think it is the best and I think the other tutorials nothing, it is my right to say. Again, this is the best and the others are nothing compare to this. In addition, I did buy many of his paid tutorials. I do not just talk, I did spend my money on his products. The channel owner has more credibility about piano matters than you, you just a piano video uploaders on RUclips, you have no products yourself!
@@rothschildianum My products are on a website. Not accessible to complete assholes like yourself. And there is nothing you can do about it. I am sorry to see your less than mediocre mindset taking high flights again. Have a nice day.
I never saw a pianist of this caliber so humble so positive soo down to earth with approachable practice techniques. You are lightyears ahead of other smug condescending types in RUclips. And you immediately had me by saying "don't play while looking to score". Expressing the importance muscle of memory. AND you are Polish!!! What better way to learn Chopin! I am practicing easier pieces like 34-2 waltz and 37-1 nocturne but enjoyed your video so much. Subscribed!
I've learned a few bars of this to practice as a warm up exercise, and when I started I almost instantly gave up because I couldn't imagine how anyone could stretch those arpeggios, especially at tempo. But then after a couple weeks of 5-10 min a day practicing the arpeggios as chords I'm nearly up to tempo. It's almost like magic how you can "trick" your hand into playing things that seem impossible.
Dear Mr. Niemczuk, your tutorial with a lot of hints in practicing this extremely difficult piece will help me a lot. As a piano learner, I am grateful for the prominent professional pianist, like you, generously giving us the valuable advices for free. Looking forward watching the other videos by you. Dziękuję bardzo.
I love your idea to support learning of piano music also for non professionals. As a senior who gave up piano for singing many years ago I am trying to get back on track now and so happy about professional advice.
As well as a great pianist, dear Greg, you are a very generous person in sharing with us the secrets of piano technique and Chopin' s interpretation that would take an entire lifetime to acquire without your precious help. Thank you with all my heart Greg!
This is the best tutorial for this etude I have watched and I really appreciate your thoughtful and thorough explanation on every issue in order to play this! 👏 👏 I will definitely apply the practice methods you suggested to improve my playing! Thank you so much for taking time to make this tutorial 🙏
Totally agree and I find him cute in his teaching and kind. This is the type of teacher that I like and am able to learn from. Unfortunately we are so far apart, I am in Asia and you in Poland.!😢
Like you, I also have a bust of Chopin on my piano. The difference is mine weeps when I play his music! I started playing piano around about forty years ago. I had a couple of years of lessons before being dismissed by the teacher for playing too fast. Since then I have played most days always with sheet music. When you said to ignore the score I was a bit stunned. I can assure you, I am no genius but I have always been able to play most pieces by sight. Not knowing any other pianists I thought this was the norm. Of course the downside to being able to read this way is that I do not analyse the music. I was genuinely dumbfounded when you pointed out that practically the whole piece is built on triads. It is so obvious. I heard this piece played on BBC Radio 3 yesterday and it sounded so complicated that I wanted to see it performed and that led me to this wonderful lesson. Some years ago I heard an interview with a concert pianist where he said that seemingly simple pieces like Mozart's sonatas were harder to play than all of the flashy pieces like this. At the time I thought this very unlikely. Your tutorial has made me see what he meant. I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to making my Chopin bust a little bit happier! Thank you.
I have watched tons of videos on playing piano pieces. You offer something unique. I have never seen a video be so precise on the technique. Great job. I will look for other videos of yours.
Thank you Greg, all of this love for music just makes me happy, seeing how happy you are talking about it, thank you for making these videos keep them up!
Thank you so much. I watched hundreds of videos and your analysis videos are the most enjoyable as your passion and personal stories shine through. I have a goal to be able to play all the etudes so this series will be especially helpful.
You are totally correct when you say there are a lot of videos and books about practicing this Etude, but yours is without any doubt the very best one! You have shown us some genuinely brilliant advice for practicing, I almost feel like a magician has just shown me the secrets of their craft. But you make it so clear that the “secret” is really hard work, focus and patience. You are inspiring.
This is such an awesome tutorial video!!! 🤩 You are not only a great pianist but you have an incredible talent to teach and to explain. I am sure that this etude is very difficult to play/learn but you made it so easy to understand and showed how we can approach it with small steps. I am definitly going to try to learn this etude in the future. Therefore I will watch this video many many times for sure ^^. I already watched your introduction video about practicing and I think I already made some progress after using it a few days only. Especially I used your method of repeating small sections and not to rush while practicing. Also your advice with the coffee for a better sound quality was great. My punisment for playing wrong notes was not as big as you said in this video 😅 (repeating 100 times) so I will increase the amount in the future even more and try it. Your explanation about practicing without the piano was very interesting in this video. I have to try that aswell. Do you only think about your fingers and how they move while playing or do you also imagine how the score looks like? It feels very difficult to even imagine my hands only. Thank you very very much for all of your videos! 🙏💖
mil gracias! Me has ayudado muchísimo!! tendré paciencia porque tengo una mano pequeña aunque ágil...es mi estudio favorito y nunca me atreví a tocarlo. Creo que ha llegado el momento...gracias a ti🤩
Seriously, the most useful tutorial I've ever seen! The punishment trick is gold! Thank you for helping me on my journey, I'm almost a year into learning it. Probably another 6 months but after using this video maybe sooner.
@@lukedec5714 , Thanks for asking. I'm not focusing as much on speed but more about accuracy, phrasing, accents and dynamics. I'm at about 92bpm per 16th note so I still have probably at least another year to go if not 2 years. Ravel's Pavane has slow me down as I started working on it because I got tired on working so much on this etude.
Thank you a lot, Greg. We can easily see that you are are deeply concerned in what you are doing. Your tips are really helpful and you express them with a such passion and authority! God bless you for your beautiful work. Hugs from Paris. When you will play here ? I would love to see one of your concerts.
Greg, I've watched this video for 2 months now, the etude is done, I want to thank you for helping so much, you're describing of the technique and how the etude is played is so good, you helped me realize not everyone plays the exact same way, there's certain techniques to every hand, thank you so much, I wish I could take in person lesson with you❤
Haha it’s hard to be amateur pianist, it’s like fumbling in the dark. Did not know how to achieve clarity, especially in this etude, your simple tip applies to everything - it makes such a difference ! Playing without wrong note is like a dream come true. Actually that’s how I started this etude, years ago, although it was way above my level, I dreamt I played it flawlessly without effort, the dream was so vivid I thought I should learn this etude. Thank you so much for pushing us to the next level:) 🙏😊
Panie Grzegorzu, po raz kolejny zaskakuje mnie Pan swoimi niesamowitymi materiałami! Zamierzam obejrzeć cały ten materiał, z uwagi na to, że ta etiuda jest również jedną z moich ulubionych, a dodatkowo interesuje mnie sposób jej wykonywania. Bardzo dziękuję za ten materiał!
Forget the etude, this is one of the most useful piano playing tutorials anyone can ever watch. Never playing a wrong note is absolute gold. Achieving this by not chaining yourself to the score and looking at the keyboard to drill in phrases, is also absolutely golden advice.
Thankyou Sir for your wonderful video. I'm taking my notes on the video here as it will help more people here than on a piece of paper on the piano...: -No wrong notes, preparing finger above the centre of note before playing the key. -Using the wrist. -Impulse of finger, plucking staccato action on each note, no wrist. -2 note chords. -1 note followed by 3 note chord. -3 note chord followed by 1 note. -1 note, followed by 1 note followed by 2 note chord. -Any other variations of chords you can think of. -Stop on each thumb ascending and stop on each 5th finger descending and prepare fingers above keys depending on hand size. -Never practice without thinking, you have to know why you are doing something -2 note rhythms. -4 note rhythms. (thinking about wrist, make sure you practiced playing clean as prepatory) Pinching or scratching action while also using the wrist. -.Think about every 2nd note. Accent them. Tell yourself G E G E and connect this with the keys it helps so much. -Stop before the strange D# and prepare the finger and don't play it, repeat this 100-300+ times. -Practice away from the piano, close eyes, imagine the keyboard, imagine every single finger onthe key that you play, without speaking you must touch every single note. Spend a lot of time like this, it helps with speed.I notice he also thinks rapidly in solfege verbally when doing this in 4 note groups. He practices all the etudes like this. -8 note speed groups using wrist. -9 note groups. Say the notes in solfege mentally and visualising the keyboard away from piano too. -For that very difficult descending arpeggio starting with Eb, he starts close to the lid of the piano and moves out, and uses scratching/pinching, the thimb has to go out and the wrist is helping, every hand is different so experimentation is needed. -In all the wide passages where you think your hand's too small, you use the wrist and have a very subtle hand, you don't have to play legato, you can let go to avoid too much stretching, practice these arpeggios staccato with the fast impulse of the finger. You can experiment with different fingerings. -A major, stop on 4th finger prepare 5 on C# and stop before playing. Practice in chords. -Elbow pain, relax elbow let it flop down like a bird with arms hanging, then try relaxing elbows with hands on lap, then try with a chord cluster relaxing elbow.Elbows hanging from shoulders and dropping. Practice relaxing arm at the top and bottom of each arpeggio by stopping and dropping arm to the side or to the lap. -Master making phrases and singing with left hand, playing legato changing finger with left hand, always join legato with left hand. Thankyou so much, now time for practice.
@@gregniemczuk You're welcome, it's just note taking, your teaching is excellent and it helped me to memorise some of your ideas so I can apply it when working on this and other etudes/pieces.
Thank you very much for your insights in this video.After watching the previous analysis video of this etude, learning and memorizing based in the phrases and tips to play cleanly are so much easier 👍
The main thing I got from this video was about the wrong notes. It feels like it should be so obvious, but just not playing wrong notes in the first place makes so much sense, and making sure I fix any mistakes as soon as they come up is something I've been putting off when I play but now I try to do, and it's helping a lot.
Great video thanks. I agree its so easy to memorize that's why I learned it far sooner than I should have based on my skill level. Even many years later I do struggle with the A Major run up the keyboard but an even bigger struggle is the C E flat G E flat run not far before it.
I love to read from others since i am also an advanced level with that study but struggle to complete it. Yeah the A major is tough for me too. I think practicing it with dotted rhythm slowly helps to find a way to 'cheat' the difficulty at faster tempo. There's no Cminor arpeggio, but i think i know exactly the bar you refer, it's C Eb A Eb or there's also an C G Ab E earlier. For the Ab arppegio make the A the goal not the top Eb pinky then add the Eb without accentuating it and relax hand already on the first C thumb note. I used to have problem with it but no more.
Absolutely wonderful Maestro Greg thank u so much for your wonderful experiences as a performer makes this video and video series so valuable. I was so excited to know u were doing this so much information and insight you are so inspiring
Thank you for this excellent insightful tutorial ! It's been almost two weeks since i started practicing this etude and after watching your video about it, it opened my mind on so many things i didn't really pay attention to while practicing different pieces in the past.
Every video you have made are equally amazing. Thank you so much. I have always wondered if it is possible to learn all of Chopins music and you have gone way beyond that. All the best Greg and I hope to see you in a concert one day
@@gregniemczuk Haha we are already used to being isolated. Whilst we are here, I would really like to hear you play the C minor Sonata Op. 3 of Chopin. Its very rare to get any insight into this piece and I know very few have even heard it. Thank you for everything again!
I feel like i've learnt a lot despite the fact that i am aware of almost everything he said. But i found him reliable and this video gives me hope that my work is going to be worth it. Thank you!!
Very great tutorial and thanks for the slow practice suggestions. What do you think about these alternative fingerings? They helped me quite a lot: - 25:08 (bar 21) I use 5431 instead of 5321. - 27:31 I always found this extremely uncomfortable until I discovered the fingering 5213 5213 5213 5213. The grouping essentially becomes 521 3521 3521... - 27:53 Instead of 1235 (or 1245) I use 2313, making the grouping become: 23 1323 1323...
Tego filmu bardzo potrzebowałem. Oczywiście również z powodu wskazówek i technik ćwiczenia, ale do tej etiudy robiłem kilka przymiarek. Pana film pomógł mi podjąć decyzję - robimy, nawet jeśli będzie to pól roku. Ukłony!
It is now August 2024-in my 90th year! thanks for opus 10,will use your advice.INFACT Brahms op 117 no 2 that I have come back to,will have the same approach as placing hand/fingers ready.Yes memorize is the key too.And use it in scherzo no 1!!!
Warm regards from Germany! The last week I used all the basic data you give in the last two videos and today I had my weekly piano lesson and it was much better. First part of Scherzo Nr. 1 without mistake, the second part not, but much better. You set the level very high and you give me a professional viewpoint, although I am not a profi. It helps a lot to get lessons from you. Thank you very very much and all the best to you .🙋♀️
Thanks, I am very happy. I studied piano 1987-1990 and then I skipped the whole thing, because of memory troubles and stage fright like hell. And after all this years I found back to my love playing piano . Last year I followed the Chopin Competition and after that I am now following you. And after your last videos I recognized that the biggest mistake during my study period was not to practise enough and that is all - very easy and no mystery at all. So thanks a lot for this cognition. If I ever can help you, let me know. 🙋♀️
@@kerstinl.1860 I also had these problems but instead of giving up I tried to find the solutions. I was reading books about memory and experimenting with many different ways of practicing. My love towards the music was too strong to give up!! Thanks, I'd love to perform more concerts in Germany. I hope it will be possible soon. Best wishes again!
I am so impressed by this instruction. Not just for this one piece mind you. I read in a book like 30+ yrs (Pianists Problems or something like that) ago the same thing Grzegorz is saying here about playing cleanly and not missing notes and it compounds over time and becomes ingrained. I heard piano players in college in practice rooms missing tons of notes all over the play, repeating this over and over and I'm like, I can never do this. Go as slow as you need to get the finger on the correct key, then press. This is quite a thing in real practice.
Great advice about practice techniques. Totally agree that true practice is about Problem Solving at the core. Also, my theory for why some people excel in piano or other instruments so naturally is because they automatically use "mental practice." It's actually hard to hold a conversation for these people sometimes, because they're practicing movements all the time with part of their brain...
Hi! Thanks a lot for this very great explanation. I practise this etude for two months, i have it at 110 clean, but at 130 it is dirty, so i will take it with your precious advice, i have to present it at an exam in two months (so short time) at 130 clean… thanks for this, it is precious to me! You are great!
Grazie per la passione, la competenza e l'amore che ci metti per far arrivare a noi il frutto dei tuoi sacrifici! Ma la sensibilità che hai tu è rara, è qualcosa che solo quando arriva al tuo livello può dialogare con Chopin entrando ne profondo dei suoi segni e delle sue note e tradurre l’intensità di quel momento. Non è da tutti e tu sei uno dei pochi !!! BRAVO 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I second that, that was a brilliant insight into a professional pianist practice away from keyboard. I know it's important, i almost never do that, i guess it has to become your profession to start doing that.
Love your channel. It took me 3 months to clean up my runs on Chopin's Berceuse. Now thanks to your tutorial, I am working on Opus 10. No. 1. Am finding out that slow, soft but accurate practice is helping. Plus deliberate staccato. Thankyou for all your teaching pearls ❤
After watching this tutorial, I am eager to try it on my own. I have never played any Chopin etude. Always regard them to be too difficult, above my level. Thanks a lot for the video. It is so clear and simple. Just a lot of practice. Right ? Hope it works.
I too was once defeated by the long stretches that this piece demands. First, I spent hours thinking about this piece, i.e., what I expected from my performance, the demands Chopin expected from the performer, the physiology of my hand/fingers/arm, what was possible for me as opposed to what concert artists could do, etc. One bit of advice is something that Rachmaninov did when approaching the etudes was to practice ever sooo slowly to make sure you have all the correct notes, tempo, articulations, etc. when that was mastered/memorized, only then bring up the tempo.... good luck!
Can I play the written single bass notes as an octave or should I honor the written notes. I'm assuming they weren't written because the keyboards at that time were shorter.
Muchísimas gracias por este tutorial. Tu canal es un regalo. Soy afortunada de haberlo encontrado. Es sin duda el mejor tutorial de este estudio. Lo estoy practicando y ya empecé a ver progresos. Después quisiera practicar el estudio del Océano de Chopin. ¿Crees que este estudio es más fácil o más difícil que el número 1? Ojalá llegues a tener millones de followers porque te los mereces. Con tu tutorial nos das esperanza a todos aquellos que soñamos con llegar a tocar estos estudios a un buen nivel.
Merci beaucoup Greg , je trouve ta façon d'expliquer et ta technique vraiment intéressante et en la suivant je vois le changement, mille mercis de France Nantes
This is the best lesson I've ever had!!! I know that I will not speed up in this piece, but at least I will try to play it clean and in different ways. Thank you so much!!!
Great videos. To have for a piano would be a true blessing from God' I am starting to play the piano again after giving it up as a child. Thanks so much I can't believe how much I am learning.
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This is the best Op. 10 No. 1 Tutorial ever been made! Other tutorials on this etude is nothing compare to this one.
It's the 2nd one i watch and i'd say this is more in depth while the first provided some good elements but was insufficient not covering important psychological aspect in practicing and ignored how to overcome difficult bars which is covered here.
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Who are you to discriminate? There are plenty of excellent tutorials by very experienced pianists and teachers on this etude. To dismiss the work and efforts of others as"nothing" shows only your mediocre and biased mindset. Also the fact that the owner of this channel gave a "heart" to your asinine comment speaks volumes about HIS mindset.
@@thepianocornertpc Why my opinion bothers you so much! If I think it is the best and I think the other tutorials nothing, it is my right to say. Again, this is the best and the others are nothing compare to this. In addition, I did buy many of his paid tutorials. I do not just talk, I did spend my money on his products. The channel owner has more credibility about piano matters than you, you just a piano video uploaders on RUclips, you have no products yourself!
@@rothschildianum My products are on a website. Not accessible to complete assholes like yourself. And there is nothing you can do about it. I am sorry to see your less than mediocre mindset taking high flights again. Have a nice day.
I never saw a pianist of this caliber so humble so positive soo down to earth with approachable practice techniques. You are lightyears ahead of other smug condescending types in RUclips. And you immediately had me by saying "don't play while looking to score". Expressing the importance muscle of memory. AND you are Polish!!! What better way to learn Chopin! I am practicing easier pieces like 34-2 waltz and 37-1 nocturne but enjoyed your video so much. Subscribed!
I've learned a few bars of this to practice as a warm up exercise, and when I started I almost instantly gave up because I couldn't imagine how anyone could stretch those arpeggios, especially at tempo. But then after a couple weeks of 5-10 min a day practicing the arpeggios as chords I'm nearly up to tempo. It's almost like magic how you can "trick" your hand into playing things that seem impossible.
can you share an example of this?
Dear Mr. Niemczuk, your tutorial with a lot of hints in practicing this extremely difficult piece will help me a lot. As a piano learner, I am grateful for the prominent professional pianist, like you, generously giving us the valuable advices for free. Looking forward watching the other videos by you. Dziękuję bardzo.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear that!
I love your idea to support learning of piano music also for non professionals. As a senior who gave up piano for singing many years ago I am trying to get back on track now and so happy about professional advice.
As well as a great pianist, dear Greg, you are a very generous person in sharing with us the secrets of piano technique and Chopin' s interpretation that would take an entire lifetime to acquire without your precious help. Thank you with all my heart Greg!
I really hope it is and will be fruitful and helpful for you!
This is the best tutorial for this etude I have watched and I really appreciate your thoughtful and thorough explanation on every issue in order to play this! 👏 👏 I will definitely apply the practice methods you suggested to improve my playing! Thank you so much for taking time to make this tutorial 🙏
Greg, you teach so well. I feel fortunate to be able to watch a real professional teach the Chopin etudes. Everyone here is grateful for you.
Thank you so much!!!!
Totally agree and I find him cute in his teaching and kind. This is the type of teacher that I like and am able to learn from. Unfortunately we are so far apart, I am in Asia and you in Poland.!😢
Like you, I also have a bust of Chopin on my piano. The difference is mine weeps when I play his music!
I started playing piano around about forty years ago. I had a couple of years of lessons before being dismissed by the teacher for playing too fast. Since then I have played most days always with sheet music. When you said to ignore the score I was a bit stunned.
I can assure you, I am no genius but I have always been able to play most pieces by sight. Not knowing any other pianists I thought this was the norm.
Of course the downside to being able to read this way is that I do not analyse the music. I was genuinely dumbfounded when you pointed out that practically the whole piece is built on triads. It is so obvious.
I heard this piece played on BBC Radio 3 yesterday and it sounded so complicated that I wanted to see it performed and that led me to this wonderful lesson.
Some years ago I heard an interview with a concert pianist where he said that seemingly simple pieces like Mozart's sonatas were harder to play than all of the flashy pieces like this. At the time I thought this very unlikely. Your tutorial has made me see what he meant.
I have subscribed to your channel and look forward to making my Chopin bust a little bit happier!
Thank you.
Большое вам спасибо ! Шикарный канал ! Нигде не встречал такого подробного урока над этюдами Шопена !
I have watched tons of videos on playing piano pieces. You offer something unique. I have never seen a video be so precise on the technique. Great job. I will look for other videos of yours.
Thank you so much!!!
Thank you Greg, all of this love for music just makes me happy, seeing how happy you are talking about it, thank you for making these videos keep them up!
Thanks!!
Thank you so much. I watched hundreds of videos and your analysis videos are the most enjoyable as your passion and personal stories shine through. I have a goal to be able to play all the etudes so this series will be especially helpful.
Wonderful!!! Good luck to you!!
@@gregniemczuk Thank you, I cant wait for the next one!
You are totally correct when you say there are a lot of videos and books about practicing this Etude, but yours is without any doubt the very best one! You have shown us some genuinely brilliant advice for practicing, I almost feel like a magician has just shown me the secrets of their craft. But you make it so clear that the “secret” is really hard work, focus and patience. You are inspiring.
Your comment is almost overwhelming. Thank you so much!!!!!
This is such an awesome tutorial video!!! 🤩 You are not only a great pianist but you have an incredible talent to teach and to explain. I am sure that this etude is very difficult to play/learn but you made it so easy to understand and showed how we can approach it with small steps. I am definitly going to try to learn this etude in the future. Therefore I will watch this video many many times for sure ^^.
I already watched your introduction video about practicing and I think I already made some progress after using it a few days only. Especially I used your method of repeating small sections and not to rush while practicing. Also your advice with the coffee for a better sound quality was great. My punisment for playing wrong notes was not as big as you said in this video 😅 (repeating 100 times) so I will increase the amount in the future even more and try it.
Your explanation about practicing without the piano was very interesting in this video. I have to try that aswell. Do you only think about your fingers and how they move while playing or do you also imagine how the score looks like? It feels very difficult to even imagine my hands only.
Thank you very very much for all of your videos! 🙏💖
Thanks!!!
I mostly think about the fingers and their movements, but sometimes thinking about the score can help
@@gregniemczukyou are handsome!😅
As someone who doesn't play piano I LOVED to watch how you begin to work in such a piece like this. Thank you for your generosity!
You are such a wonderful and kind teacher! I feel so lucky to have found you online.
Thank you!!!
mil gracias! Me has ayudado muchísimo!! tendré paciencia porque tengo una mano pequeña aunque ágil...es mi estudio favorito y nunca me atreví a tocarlo. Creo que ha llegado el momento...gracias a ti🤩
Seriously, the most useful tutorial I've ever seen! The punishment trick is gold! Thank you for helping me on my journey, I'm almost a year into learning it. Probably another 6 months but after using this video maybe sooner.
I hope so!! Good luck!
And thank you for your words!
How is the progress?
@@lukedec5714 , Thanks for asking. I'm not focusing as much on speed but more about accuracy, phrasing, accents and dynamics. I'm at about 92bpm per 16th note so I still have probably at least another year to go if not 2 years. Ravel's Pavane has slow me down as I started working on it because I got tired on working so much on this etude.
Thank you a lot, Greg. We can easily see that you are are deeply concerned in what you are doing. Your tips are really helpful and you express them with a such passion and authority! God bless you for your beautiful work. Hugs from Paris. When you will play here ? I would love to see one of your concerts.
Not sure! But I'll try!
you’re a great great and great teacher
You are a brilliant teacher!! End of story!!!
Thank youuu
This is the best tutorial I’ve ever seen on this Etude! Makes so much sense and I relate to what you say! Well done! Gives my confidence!
Thank you Michael! Good luck 🤞
@@gregniemczuk thanks Greg! I’ll be working on it tomorrow!
Greg, I've watched this video for 2 months now, the etude is done, I want to thank you for helping so much, you're describing of the technique and how the etude is played is so good, you helped me realize not everyone plays the exact same way, there's certain techniques to every hand, thank you so much, I wish I could take in person lesson with you❤
I'm so happy to hear that! Congratulations!
@@gregniemczuk Do you give lessons in Poland or wherever you are?
@@fionauys4958 yes, in person only in Poland.
Haha it’s hard to be amateur pianist, it’s like fumbling in the dark. Did not know how to achieve clarity, especially in this etude, your simple tip applies to everything - it makes such a difference ! Playing without wrong note is like a dream come true. Actually that’s how I started this etude, years ago, although it was way above my level, I dreamt I played it flawlessly without effort, the dream was so vivid I thought I should learn this etude.
Thank you so much for pushing us to the next level:) 🙏😊
My pleasure! Good luck with this!
Very helpful tips on practices this piece! Great teaching! Thank you very much.
Thank you so much for the great tutorial!
Thank you!
Panie Grzegorzu, po raz kolejny zaskakuje mnie Pan swoimi niesamowitymi materiałami! Zamierzam obejrzeć cały ten materiał, z uwagi na to, że ta etiuda jest również jedną z moich ulubionych, a dodatkowo interesuje mnie sposób jej wykonywania. Bardzo dziękuję za ten materiał!
Thanks for this training....I have hope to learn this Chopin Etude
Forget the etude, this is one of the most useful piano playing tutorials anyone can ever watch. Never playing a wrong note is absolute gold. Achieving this by not chaining yourself to the score and looking at the keyboard to drill in phrases, is also absolutely golden advice.
Thank you Jack!
Legend. Best tutorial out there. I should be paying for this.
Sir, thank you for this informative, engaging, and entertaining video!this is an excellent lesson in patience endurance ;)
You are not only helpful but also interesting and comical with personal comments. Thanks!
Thankyou Sir for your wonderful video. I'm taking my notes on the video here as it will help more people here than on a piece of paper on the piano...:
-No wrong notes, preparing finger above the centre of note before playing the key.
-Using the wrist.
-Impulse of finger, plucking staccato action on each note, no wrist.
-2 note chords.
-1 note followed by 3 note chord.
-3 note chord followed by 1 note.
-1 note, followed by 1 note followed by 2 note chord.
-Any other variations of chords you can think of.
-Stop on each thumb ascending and stop on each 5th finger descending and prepare fingers above keys depending on hand size.
-Never practice without thinking, you have to know why you are doing something
-2 note rhythms.
-4 note rhythms. (thinking about wrist, make sure you practiced playing clean as prepatory) Pinching or scratching action while also using the wrist.
-.Think about every 2nd note. Accent them. Tell yourself G E G E and connect this with the keys it helps so much.
-Stop before the strange D# and prepare the finger and don't play it, repeat this 100-300+ times.
-Practice away from the piano, close eyes, imagine the keyboard, imagine every single finger onthe key that you play, without speaking you must touch every single note. Spend a lot of time like this, it helps with speed.I notice he also thinks rapidly in solfege verbally when doing this in 4 note groups. He practices all the etudes like this.
-8 note speed groups using wrist.
-9 note groups. Say the notes in solfege mentally and visualising the keyboard away from piano too.
-For that very difficult descending arpeggio starting with Eb, he starts close to the lid of the piano and moves out, and uses scratching/pinching, the thimb has to go out and the wrist is helping, every hand is different so experimentation is needed.
-In all the wide passages where you think your hand's too small, you use the wrist and have a very subtle hand, you don't have to play legato, you can let go to avoid too much stretching, practice these arpeggios staccato with the fast impulse of the finger. You can experiment with different fingerings.
-A major, stop on 4th finger prepare 5 on C# and stop before playing. Practice in chords.
-Elbow pain, relax elbow let it flop down like a bird with arms hanging, then try relaxing elbows with hands on lap, then try with a chord cluster relaxing elbow.Elbows hanging from shoulders and dropping. Practice relaxing arm at the top and bottom of each arpeggio by stopping and dropping arm to the side or to the lap.
-Master making phrases and singing with left hand, playing legato changing finger with left hand, always join legato with left hand.
Thankyou so much, now time for practice.
Wow. Thank you!!!! Impressive work. Thank you!!!!
@@gregniemczuk You're welcome, it's just note taking, your teaching is excellent and it helped me to memorise some of your ideas so I can apply it when working on this and other etudes/pieces.
Really appreciate your tutorials. I ardently study your lessons which has helped me improve my playing. Thank you very much
I'm really happy to hear that!
Thank you very much for your insights in this video.After watching the previous analysis video of this etude, learning and memorizing based in the phrases and tips to play cleanly are so much easier 👍
The main thing I got from this video was about the wrong notes. It feels like it should be so obvious, but just not playing wrong notes in the first place makes so much sense, and making sure I fix any mistakes as soon as they come up is something I've been putting off when I play but now I try to do, and it's helping a lot.
❤ thank you the stop at thumb method solved my problem 100 % now I can finally master this fabulous etude. Thank you so much
Wow!!! So glad to hear that!!!! Congratulations!
Thank you Greg. As always great information. Exactly what I was looking for.
Great video thanks. I agree its so easy to memorize that's why I learned it far sooner than I should have based on my skill level. Even many years later I do struggle with the A Major run up the keyboard but an even bigger struggle is the C E flat G E flat run not far before it.
I love to read from others since i am also an advanced level with that study but struggle to complete it. Yeah the A major is tough for me too. I think practicing it with dotted rhythm slowly helps to find a way to 'cheat' the difficulty at faster tempo. There's no Cminor arpeggio, but i think i know exactly the bar you refer, it's C Eb A Eb or there's also an C G Ab E earlier. For the Ab arppegio make the A the goal not the top Eb pinky then add the Eb without accentuating it and relax hand already on the first C thumb note. I used to have problem with it but no more.
Absolutely wonderful Maestro Greg thank u so much for your wonderful experiences as a performer makes this video and video series so valuable. I was so excited to know u were doing this so much information and insight you are so inspiring
Thank you dear Dan!!
Thank you for this excellent insightful tutorial ! It's been almost two weeks since i started practicing this etude and after watching your video about it, it opened my mind on so many things i didn't really pay attention to while practicing different pieces in the past.
Wonderful! Good luck!
what an excellent video. Djenkuje, Greg!
Every video you have made are equally amazing. Thank you so much. I have always wondered if it is possible to learn all of Chopins music and you have gone way beyond that. All the best Greg and I hope to see you in a concert one day
Thank you so much!!!! COVID definitely helped me with achieving that
@@gregniemczuk Haha we are already used to being isolated. Whilst we are here, I would really like to hear you play the C minor Sonata Op. 3 of Chopin. Its very rare to get any insight into this piece and I know very few have even heard it. Thank you for everything again!
@@haidengmusic847 yes I know. When I get the time to prepare it I'll make the videos!
@@gregniemczuk Thank you. I look forward to it
I feel like i've learnt a lot despite the fact that i am aware of almost everything he said. But i found him reliable and this video gives me hope that my work is going to be worth it. Thank you!!
Very great tutorial and thanks for the slow practice suggestions.
What do you think about these alternative fingerings? They helped me quite a lot:
- 25:08 (bar 21) I use 5431 instead of 5321.
- 27:31 I always found this extremely uncomfortable until I discovered the fingering 5213 5213 5213 5213. The grouping essentially becomes 521 3521 3521...
- 27:53 Instead of 1235 (or 1245) I use 2313, making the grouping become: 23 1323 1323...
One can see your love for music in your eyes! Thx so much for the golden advises.
Aww..thanks!!
Tego filmu bardzo potrzebowałem. Oczywiście również z powodu wskazówek i technik ćwiczenia, ale do tej etiudy robiłem kilka przymiarek. Pana film pomógł mi podjąć decyzję - robimy, nawet jeśli będzie to pól roku. Ukłony!
Świetnie!!!! Powodzenia i cierpliwości!
The best site for learning piano playing!Thank you!
Thank you so much
I love it that you show the repeats in the same octave, made me think it is possible to play, having no piano lesson at all.
Yes!!!!!
Thanks for your important worlds.
Thank you you are so accomplished, I appreciate you!!!!
It is now August 2024-in my 90th year! thanks for opus 10,will use your advice.INFACT Brahms op 117 no 2 that I have come back to,will have the same approach as placing hand/fingers ready.Yes memorize is the key too.And use it in scherzo no 1!!!
Very good piano lesson. Thank you so much !
Warm regards from Germany! The last week I used all the basic data you give in the last two videos and today I had my weekly piano lesson and it was much better. First part of Scherzo Nr. 1 without mistake, the second part not, but much better. You set the level very high and you give me a professional viewpoint, although I am not a profi. It helps a lot to get lessons from you. Thank you very very much and all the best to you .🙋♀️
Wonderful!!! I'm so happy to hear that!
Thanks, I am very happy. I studied piano 1987-1990 and then I skipped the whole thing, because of memory troubles and stage fright like hell. And after all this years I found back to my love playing piano . Last year I followed the Chopin Competition and after that I am now following you. And after your last videos I recognized that the biggest mistake during my study period was not to practise enough and that is all - very easy and no mystery at all. So thanks a lot for this cognition. If I ever can help you, let me know. 🙋♀️
@@kerstinl.1860 I also had these problems but instead of giving up I tried to find the solutions. I was reading books about memory and experimenting with many different ways of practicing. My love towards the music was too strong to give up!!
Thanks, I'd love to perform more concerts in Germany. I hope it will be possible soon. Best wishes again!
I am so impressed by this instruction. Not just for this one piece mind you. I read in a book like 30+ yrs (Pianists Problems or something like that) ago the same thing Grzegorz is saying here about playing cleanly and not missing notes and it compounds over time and becomes ingrained. I heard piano players in college in practice rooms missing tons of notes all over the play, repeating this over and over and I'm like, I can never do this. Go as slow as you need to get the finger on the correct key, then press. This is quite a thing in real practice.
Bravo
bardzo wartościowy i pomocny materiał! dziękujemy!!
Great advice about practice techniques. Totally agree that true practice is about Problem Solving at the core. Also, my theory for why some people excel in piano or other instruments so naturally is because they automatically use "mental practice." It's actually hard to hold a conversation for these people sometimes, because they're practicing movements all the time with part of their brain...
I joined. Thank you. I’m getting so much out of your videos.
Dziękuję Panu bardzo, bezcenna wiedza.
Cieszę się!
Congratulations, Greg, very useful, nice Hard job, go a head, bravo!!!
Hi! Thanks a lot for this very great explanation. I practise this etude for two months, i have it at 110 clean, but at 130 it is dirty, so i will take it with your precious advice, i have to present it at an exam in two months (so short time) at 130 clean… thanks for this, it is precious to me! You are great!
I hope you can do it! Especially thinking every second note should help you a lot! Good luck!
Grazie per la passione, la competenza e l'amore che ci metti per far arrivare a noi il frutto dei tuoi sacrifici!
Ma la sensibilità che hai tu è rara, è qualcosa che solo quando arriva al tuo livello può dialogare con Chopin entrando ne profondo dei suoi segni e delle sue note e tradurre l’intensità di quel momento.
Non è da tutti e tu sei uno dei pochi !!! BRAVO 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wonderful! Thank you! Especially, about practicing on airplane -absolutely true!
Thanks for watching!!
I second that, that was a brilliant insight into a professional pianist practice away from keyboard. I know it's important, i almost never do that, i guess it has to become your profession to start doing that.
Thanks for sharing. Very useful tips.
Love your channel. It took me 3 months to clean up my runs on Chopin's Berceuse. Now thanks to your tutorial, I am working on Opus 10. No. 1. Am finding out that slow, soft but accurate practice is helping. Plus deliberate staccato. Thankyou for all your teaching pearls ❤
Your comment gave me a lot of joy and satisfaction. Thank you!
❤
Fantastic!
Me gustaría un video sobre Mefisto Vals
Gracias
After watching this tutorial, I am eager to try it on my own. I have never played any Chopin etude. Always regard them to be too difficult, above my level. Thanks a lot for the video. It is so clear and simple. Just a lot of practice. Right ? Hope it works.
Hahahahah, yes!
amazing tips! great videos, very detailed and pinpoint all the parts that we need to pay attention to
Thank you!
I too was once defeated by the long stretches that this piece demands. First, I spent hours thinking about this piece, i.e., what I expected from my performance, the demands Chopin expected from the performer, the physiology of my hand/fingers/arm, what was possible for me as opposed to what concert artists could do, etc. One bit of advice is something that Rachmaninov did when approaching the etudes was to practice ever sooo slowly to make sure you have all the correct notes, tempo, articulations, etc. when that was mastered/memorized, only then bring up the tempo.... good luck!
Great advice!!!
Such a helpful video. None of the teachers at my conservatory would give such a high quality lesson.
Wow! Thanks for these words!
Thanks a bunch for that. Very useful.
Thanks for your philosophy❤
Very good tutorial, helps me lot. I fighting with (Bar 11) C F C F, C F C F part... my 5th finger always reach the E mostly, I have usual hand size.
Try to practice staccato between the last to notes and use fingers 1,2,4,5
Thank you Greg. So good to see how you do this!! Will be helpful to work at this etude in a somewhat different way.
Very interesting ❤ advices. Will try
Can I play the written single bass notes as an octave or should I honor the written notes. I'm assuming they weren't written because the keyboards at that time were shorter.
Muchísimas gracias por este tutorial. Tu canal es un regalo. Soy afortunada de haberlo encontrado. Es sin duda el mejor tutorial de este estudio. Lo estoy practicando y ya empecé a ver progresos. Después quisiera practicar el estudio del Océano de Chopin. ¿Crees que este estudio es más fácil o más difícil que el número 1? Ojalá llegues a tener millones de followers porque te los mereces. Con tu tutorial nos das esperanza a todos aquellos que soñamos con llegar a tocar estos estudios a un buen nivel.
Hola Maite! Muchas gracias! Me alegro mucho! Suerte con este estudio! Saludos desde POLONIA
Nice tutorial. Very thoughtful. Thanks Greg. Greetings from Israel
Thanks for watching and for the comment dear Amir 🇮🇱❤️ greetings from Poland
The best tutorial ever❤ so well explained thank you so much professor❤
My pleasure!
It was an excellent explanation. Thank you very much.
Great video!! More tutorials:)
Great tutorial. Thank you very much.
Thanks! Good luck with that!
Wspaniałe wskazówki! A zebrane w jednym miejscu - bezcenne!
Dziękuję!
Merci beaucoup Greg , je trouve ta façon d'expliquer et ta technique vraiment intéressante et en la suivant je vois le changement, mille mercis de France Nantes
Thank YOU 🍀💖💎
I am really enjoying your videos, thank you. I am starting to re-study piano after 20 years of inactivity! ...
Good luck!!! Thank you!
You are a top class teacher fantastic tutorial
Thank you so much!
It was very helpful! Thank you!
From Aguascalientes, México!!
Thank you for that Greg! From India 🙂You got me in restarting on this Etude again! God bless.
I'm so happy to hear that!! Thanks! Best from Poland!
I love you so much Greg
Wow thank u sooo much, this tutorial can apply to so many other pieces! And yes how important is to practice clean, I may even try this etude
Thank you for watching!!!
you’re so charismatic
This is the best lesson I've ever had!!! I know that I will not speed up in this piece, but at least I will try to play it clean and in different ways. Thank you so much!!!
Wonderful!!! I'm so happy to hear that!
Great videos. To have for a piano would be a true blessing from God' I am starting to play the piano again after giving it up as a child.
Thanks so much I can't believe how much I am learning.
This comment made me so happy!
Thank you!
Thank you sir.
As always great to listen to your advices, it improves my ballet teaching, believe me.or not!
It means so much to me!!
Querido professor adoro o seu trabalho bjs
Obrigado!