Learn Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor QUICKLY! Piano Tutorial 

This is the only Rachmaninoff piece I've ever been able to learn. It's one of his earliest pieces, and was so frequently requested at his performances that he got tired of it, often commenting that he had written much better works, which is true. It's actually a pretty simple piece, for Rachmaninoff, that is. It sounds harder than it is. In all my years of taking lessons, the MOST important thing I was taught was this: Practice slowly enough that you don't make mistakes! I cannot overemphasize how important this is. You're developing muscle memory when you practice, and if you're making mistakes, you're memorizing mistakes. Practice this way, and you'll be amazed how quickly the speed comes. Another important thing, which this instructor mentions, is keeping your shoulders, arms, and hands relaxed. Muscle tension messes everything up. Now, if only there was a magic way to make Rachmaninoff's G minor prelude easy to play...

Very good tutorial, you've covered a lot of parts with short tips, and well, the rest is just practice 🙂 Thanks!

I played it many, many years ago. I forgot EVERY piece I used to play. Now, at the venerable age of 82, I'm trying to start all over again. Your tutoriai will be an awesome way to do it. THANK YOU !!!!❤❤❤

I am way below this level but I feel like I gained something to help me practice better where I'm at (roughly Bach Magdalena notebook or below level). Thanks for the video!

So awesome! Thank you for all of these tips and specific areas by bar and measure to work on. Best tutorial yet!!!

Thanks! I've just started learning this piece and this has been really helpful. Another tip from my teacher for the Agitato section is to practice the double stemmed notes v loud and the others v quiet (much more so than you would do in performance). Also finding you really need to be clear in your mind about which hand goes on top for each chord bars 3 to 12 - v easy to trip yourself up.

I think reading this would be the hardest part for me. Hopefully the more you read music the easier it gets. Thanks for inspiring me to raise my own bar!

I never really took enough piano lessons to learn music theory and reading music properly but I've muscled my way through something is difficult as Chopin's opus 10 number one so maybe this will not be impossible for me I need to add a Rachmaninoff to my repertoire

The only criticism I have of this piece is that it's WAAAY too short! It stirs the soul, it promises absolute fireworks and then is over too quickly, climaxing too soon and then winding down. Still, absolutely fascinating seeing what goes into playing this. Thanks!

Thank you!

I like your style- very gentle and constantly looking forward.

Thank you so much, Great teacher!!!

Brilliant! Just what I was looking for. I am presently learning this piece and your tutorial ha helped me immensely. i am very grateful. Thanks, 🎹🎹Tom

Brilliant tutorial! You covered all the main bits very well. Indeed all those aspects are the way to learn this wonderful work! Congratulations on your excellence!

Thank you!!

Thank you for the valuable tips. I suppose that the hands-overlap is variable and best worked out by each student. A commentary on the Brahms B-flat concerto said, "It helps to have fingers like carrots." The same applies here.

I restarted piano lessons after 42 years at the age of 67. This is the piece I wanted to master. I ended up with a repetitive motion injury after overreaching. (Pun intended.) I grieved when I had to stop.

I learnt this when I was in my 20s, Sadly wouldn't be able to play it now because I have psoriatic arthritis and my hands are too painful, but it's great fun to play and feels like a real achievement when you've learnt it. You do need big hands tho. I can only just reach some of the chords and mine are on the large side for a female.

Muito obrigada por esses ensinamentos. Valeu muito.

wow....very helpful! :) Just now i succeeded to do it perfectly...

Check out a recording called Rockin on and off by B bumble & the stingers dating from about 1960. This wasn’t really a music group but was actually a studio project done by a number of studio musicians who are now known as the wrecking crew. The drummer is the legendary Earl Palmer. All this work was based on various classics. They hit gold probably unexpectedly with a piece called Bumble Boogie. U tube fed me your video because I was looking up Rockin on and off recently. This is one of the greatest pieces of music ever. Maybe when I retire I’ll have the time to sit down and try to learn it.

Not my style but I respect what you do 👍

It helps to have GIANTRESS HANDS and FINGERS like she does.... with a 2 foot reach!

Aren’t you supposed to hold the top line of each of the triplet instead of play it legat for every note? Thank you

Please move laterally from one chord to the next, not up and down with the wrist

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This is just a "no" for me. I do not play pian to impress other people. Even more so, I think it is way more tough to say "I cannot play that" than playing it was tips and tricks and leave the finesses out. It is a straight "no go".

Scarey