Hi Josh i know it is an old video. I'm watching your video about this piece because one of my student is playing this piece for a concert diploma. I have also played that piece very young and came back to it years later. One thing I realised about the doppio movimento is that a lot of pianist think that it has to be faster in order to get the passion out of it. I did that as well younger. I used to think this puece as a technical challenge and it is actually an expression challenge. Until I heard Rubinstein playing it. I think that what chopin means by Doppio Movimento is the unsettled and fiery feeling of that section. The polyrythm helps a lot to give that chaotic feeling, but in order to play this the right way, you need to have a very strong control over your tempo management. The rythm pattern is really pushing you to rush it, so you have to control it in order to be able to control the dynamics and the expression. Very good video thank you for the tips. 😊
Dear Josh, I am a retired piano student who has decided to sand off the years of rust that have etched my fingers. I found your videos by happenstance. I studied ten years at the Royal Conservatory of music in Toronto and I have to say that your videos have revealed more valuable information to me in these last two weeks than the entire ten years spent at the Royal Conservatory. Your videos are mindblowing to me! I cannot thank you enough!!! Richard E.
As an avid lister to all the greats playing Chopin you definitely need no explanation on any rustiness your perceiving in your playing....you absolutely capture the mood and even when you perceive it bad , I feel the power and beauty of the passage.
no problem. I already have hand/finger independence on my list of videos to do, and I will add the mozart. Please realize it may be a couple of months until I post it as the list is quite long :)
Love all your tutorial s Josh ; and as im soon wanting to try learn this brilliant masterwork - very appreciative that you have made this for us 🙏once again
Thank you, Mr. Wright! Very helpful tutorial, as we've all come to expect from you. I find, however, that what I'm curious about the most regarding this Nocturne is the arpeggiated chords of the middle section. Some of these wrist-cracking chords are in fact notated as un-arpeggiated eighth or even sixteenth notes, and I've always been curious about these. I see no other way for me to play them aside from breaking or rolling them. You'd have to have mitts the size of Rachmaninoff, perhaps mutated due to Chernobyl radiation, in order to take these chords without breaking them. My hands aren't small, but are not huge either. I'm probably an intermediate amateur in his first decade of pianism, and I can easily span a ninth. A tenth with difficulty. Most piano gurus on YT seem to avoid giving any guidance on these rolled chords, and I'm hoping that you might address this in the future at some point. In any case, thank you for all that you do, and God bless.
Just roll them. Even if they say not too. Listen to many recordings and listen to them carefully because they usually roll the big chords. Don't be scared to roll the chords because it will blend in with the sound of the rest of the piece.
Hi I was wondering if possibly you could do a lesson on hand independence and possibly Mozarts Phantasie in D minor (anything to do with piece really) Thanks in advance. keep on with the awesome videos!!!!
I was told it was the easiest Nocturne for beginners.... I was listening to the first part and thinking, 'Hey, I can do this!'... then the middle part came, and I started having strong doubts... then the return came, and I lost all hope of ever playing this...
KnightMD this in my opinion is the hardest nocturne. certain pieces come different to each performer as far as difficulty, but I would consider this piece as difficult as an Etude.
try nocturne in c sharp minor, then try nocturne in e minor...no Chopin nocturne is easy, most are at least RCM grade 8 or grade 9 level. I am at that level and learning those two nocturnes and have had some frustrations and I am a talented pianist, having played by ear since about age 7. It is the technique of Chopin that is so difficult to master beautifully, that je ne sais quoi that is truly magical.....that said, a good pianist, once he/she learned the notes, expression, etc. can make a piece his or her own. But trust me.. with these CHopins u need LOTS of good practice, bit by bit by bit....learn the very essence of the piece as well as the technical. Have fun.....
Hehehe ; stay strong and positive ; dont think theres too much about playing this nocturne thats easy ; but lets face it - its such a brilliant piano work that almost any amount of sweat and pain would still be totally worth it 😀😀👌🏃♂️🏃♂️
Really enjoyed the part where you demonstrated the escapement key depressions! I am not far enough along in my lessons to do something as complex as this Chopin piece, but the knowledge of how to do that was really cool to learn. Thanks! For some reason i am thinking that only grand style pianos can do some expressions because of the escapment action. Something about the speed of recovery i am thinking...then again i could be completely wrong lol
Hi Josh i know it is an old video.
I'm watching your video about this piece because one of my student is playing this piece for a concert diploma.
I have also played that piece very young and came back to it years later.
One thing I realised about the doppio movimento is that a lot of pianist think that it has to be faster in order to get the passion out of it. I did that as well younger. I used to think this puece as a technical challenge and it is actually an expression challenge.
Until I heard Rubinstein playing it. I think that what chopin means by Doppio Movimento is the unsettled and fiery feeling of that section.
The polyrythm helps a lot to give that chaotic feeling, but in order to play this the right way, you need to have a very strong control over your tempo management.
The rythm pattern is really pushing you to rush it, so you have to control it in order to be able to control the dynamics and the expression.
Very good video thank you for the tips. 😊
Dear Josh,
I am a retired piano student who has decided to sand off the years of rust that have etched my fingers. I found your videos by happenstance. I studied ten years at the Royal Conservatory of music in Toronto and I have to say that your videos have revealed more valuable information to me in these last two weeks than the entire ten years spent at the Royal Conservatory. Your videos are mindblowing to me! I cannot thank you enough!!! Richard E.
I like your honest non-pretentious tutorial approach!
That is so kind of you Richard. Thank you so much for your kind comments. I'll keep posting more videos -if you have any requests just let me know :)
I have a request: The next one! Op. 48 No . 2. Maybe I'll reach out to you for a lesson. Do you teach online??
Thank you! You're still my favorite teacher because you are so real! I love your style. Keep it coming! ❤
As an avid lister to all the greats playing Chopin you definitely need no explanation on any rustiness your perceiving in your playing....you absolutely capture the mood and even when you perceive it bad , I feel the power and beauty of the passage.
Helped with the technical issues I was having with this piece. Thanks for making this video.
Lynne Li Thanks Lynne! I'm so glad!
Your explanation of hovering over the keys is excellent! I love their piece. This is going to be my next piece
no problem. I already have hand/finger independence on my list of videos to do, and I will add the mozart. Please realize it may be a couple of months until I post it as the list is quite long :)
The b flat grace note before the chord in the 4th measure of the return of the main theme is the hardest part. Those 4 16th notes.....
Great lesson on one of my favourite Nocturnes by Chopin! I took out my score so I could follow whatever you were saying. :)
Love all your tutorial s Josh ; and as im soon wanting to try learn this brilliant masterwork - very appreciative that you have made this for us 🙏once again
Great "lesson"! I can play it now perfectly, thank you so much!!
slight delayed temp, i got it ! marvelous piano lesson, Thanks a lot. i love this video, from JP.
josh I do like your videos that are very interesting ! I like that way you explain the techniques
Thanks a lot for all videos! Looking forward for more :)
Thanks, hugely helpful!
Thank you, Josh! I just started this piece and it helped a lot!
Thank you, Mr. Wright! Very helpful tutorial, as we've all come to expect from you. I find, however, that what I'm curious about the most regarding this Nocturne is the arpeggiated chords of the middle section. Some of these wrist-cracking chords are in fact notated as un-arpeggiated eighth or even sixteenth notes, and I've always been curious about these. I see no other way for me to play them aside from breaking or rolling them. You'd have to have mitts the size of Rachmaninoff, perhaps mutated due to Chernobyl radiation, in order to take these chords without breaking them. My hands aren't small, but are not huge either. I'm probably an intermediate amateur in his first decade of pianism, and I can easily span a ninth. A tenth with difficulty. Most piano gurus on YT seem to avoid giving any guidance on these rolled chords, and I'm hoping that you might address this in the future at some point. In any case, thank you for all that you do, and God bless.
Just roll them. Even if they say not too. Listen to many recordings and listen to them carefully because they usually roll the big chords. Don't be scared to roll the chords because it will blend in with the sound of the rest of the piece.
Wonderful, thank you!
Hi I was wondering if possibly you could do a lesson on hand independence and possibly Mozarts Phantasie in D minor (anything to do with piece really) Thanks in advance. keep on with the awesome videos!!!!
I was told it was the easiest Nocturne for beginners.... I was listening to the first part and thinking, 'Hey, I can do this!'... then the middle part came, and I started having strong doubts... then the return came, and I lost all hope of ever playing this...
KnightMD this in my opinion is the hardest nocturne. certain pieces come different to each performer as far as difficulty, but I would consider this piece as difficult as an Etude.
try nocturne in c sharp minor, then try nocturne in e minor...no Chopin nocturne is easy, most are at least RCM grade 8 or grade 9 level. I am at that level and learning those two nocturnes and have had some frustrations and I am a talented pianist, having played by ear since about age 7. It is the technique of Chopin that is so difficult to master beautifully, that je ne sais quoi that is truly magical.....that said, a good pianist, once he/she learned the notes, expression, etc. can make a piece his or her own. But trust me.. with these CHopins u need LOTS of good practice, bit by bit by bit....learn the very essence of the piece as well as the technical. Have fun.....
@@Kp-go6yy this is not the easiest LOL.....IMHO, there is not a single "easy" Chopin piece, lol
Well, every piece is difficult until it isn’t.
Hehehe ; stay strong and positive ; dont think theres too much about playing this nocturne thats easy ; but lets face it - its such a brilliant piano work that almost any amount of sweat and pain would still be totally worth it 😀😀👌🏃♂️🏃♂️
Really enjoyed the part where you demonstrated the escapement key depressions! I am not far enough along in my lessons to do something as complex as this Chopin piece, but the knowledge of how to do that was really cool to learn. Thanks! For some reason i am thinking that only grand style pianos can do some expressions because of the escapment action. Something about the speed of recovery i am thinking...then again i could be completely wrong lol
Thank you very much Josh!!
Thank you, Josh! This was very helpful.
I have been playing on the piano one year and I am learning this. I have to say that it is really the hardest I tried so far -.-
I can play it now, after 6 months of learning. It was a challenge a lot but suprisingly my teacher told me that there is nothing to improve ^^
11Gl4d0s There's always something to improve. However, congrats on learning the piece!
It's RCM Grade 11.
@@11Gl4d0s I would imagine you have been playing piano for years to learn this so quick
Great lesson, love your videos!!!
Very interesting video... A lot in here I hadn't thought about before. Thanks.
Thanks for the help. Do you think an upright piano has a double escapement?
+Jeremy Pfeifer only the really expensive ones
That's great, thanks for replying and the consideration... I look forward to the videos :)
Really good teaching !
I really need this, this hard piece makes me exhausted
Obrigado Josh!
Tbh this piece sounds just as good (if not even better at times) when it's played under tempo
Josh, I totally enjoyed this .. thanks to Tiffany Poon
Excellent
some real valuable tips here
Oh my Gosh, you did a video on the Nocturne! I just love you Josh, seriously :D
I love you man.. Oh, I'm not a gay! I just don't know how to appreciate to your lesson! Thanks a lot!