Thank you for showcasing this. This is *exactly* one of the video categories I wanna do for my channel, so I'm glad to see people respond to it well. :) There are so few classical musicians on youtube nvm ones that dare to share the process of classical music; it takes courage, so thank you!
I love how you come to self-analyze what you do well & less well & can still manage to give yourself feedback in your ability to perform pieces at the piano!❤️
I've been practicing piano for several years as a self taughted person and after watching this video, I had no idea how bad my posture was!!! Thank you Anni, this video is helping me a lot! Please keep sharing us your experience... And don't you ever think about quitting that headbanging mood!!!😛
Seeing you play this right before your autumn 2022 exam, it's amazing how far you came and perfected not only this, but all of Op. 10 and 25! Congratulations!
I can’t believe this! I’ve just smashed my left shoulder skiing and have gone back to this to iron out the right hand flaws and your video was one of my original training aids. Now this!
Thank you for your comments and playing. I've listened to this piece by many different pianists dozens of times. I've heard that practicing it slow is a good thing, so you can hear each key and make sure the arpeggios are even.
So I have 11 years, and I always wanted to learn this etude and bethovenn moonlight sontata Op.27 no.2, so you're helping me how to learn and i love your videos and I'm giving you subscribe, that's small thing for me but big thing for you❤
It's refreshing to see someone pick faults with theirself honestly. You are such an elegant and classy young lady Annique, a great role model for young pianists. Your new piano sounds beautiful btw ;)
I played the accordion when I was a kid we went to state competitions I played a Sonata by Beethoven (don't remember which one) When I got to the last page it slows down and gets softer this is when I realized I played this piece PERFECTLY!! OMG! I got so nervous that it sounded like I was doing a 'bellow shake' and that made me more nervous until finally I hit a wrong note at the end. Still ended up winning 1st place. (age 16) When you said you tensed up trying not to hit anymore wrong notes it reminded me of this. Great video BTW!
Agree with your observations on the second review,.....playing a bit more slowly without the previous rush ,made a lot of improvements, posture and serenity contributed to the Music to sound more intelligible and more precise.....you even looked prettier......well done.
Sad that the video was finished so quick!! Really wanted to know what and how you are going to practice and if you have any tips to see mistakes and whether you consider to change fingerings to allow better posture! Anyway! Your outro was fast but funny! Thanks for the great video
Two things: 1. When I was @Hartt College (70-74) the music critic from the Boston Globe did a talk on what he bases his critiques on. Long & Short? Pieces that are "ETUDES" of some sort he's listening for technical mastery. Things that are "emo-etc." (Brahms Sonatas, etc.) he wants to be moved. 2. You're doing a marvelous series. I'm Subscribed
If I may add my own two cents to your amazing review of your own playing, I don't necessarily think that moving your head is a bad thing per se. Lots of great pianists do that, where they allow their head and their body to react to the impact of some moments in the music they're playing. In fact, I think it's necessary to allow the body to freely unleash the energy of the music being executed. I think the problem might be that when you do the head movement, it's a bit tense and jerky which could perhaps potentially lead to neck problems. It think if it were a bit looser and relaxed, it would be perfectly fine. As long as it feels natural and flows with the energy of the music, these collateral movements are fine and even necessary, otherwise we'd be holding back natural movements, which requires tension in the body. But of course, one must find their own body language. Different pianists move differently, of course. Horowitz and Rachmaninov would sit very still, while other pianists like Glenn Gould and Tiffany Poon have a more flowing motion that their entire body does spontaneously.
There is a self validation trap here. Some movement are part of the technique but as pianists we know that sometimes movement has a psychologic origin, and not helping the playing. Many pianists do movement to motivate themselves over a difficult passage which is absolutely wrong. The pianist watching himself will immediately know if his movements are artifacts that distract his attention (actually at voluntary attempt to evade) or if it brings a real support to the technique. It is more often than not the former, moving for the wrong reasons.
Hi Annique, so expertly done ! You are giving yourself a self masterclass. I am ramping up this etude but I still have a lot of ground to cover to be anywhere near your rendition. As a token of gratitude to you, i want to mention, and that may or may not be useful to you, but I found that the A major arpeggio which is one of several difficult bars can be made easier with major finger 3 on the C# instead of pinky. So fingering would be 1 - 2 - 4 - 3 for the first three occurrences then 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 on the last one. You have to turn your hand to the right a bit, it feels quite comfortable, Try it. For me, it eliminated the difficulty of that bar and is also more musical, not slowing down as much, better sound and flow also. It's a lot like the second etude with third finger crossing over fourth finger going up. I think you're doing something similar on bar 31 with the C Eb A Eb maybe you're doing a 4 -4 (?) same finger succession which i have tried before also too.
I agree about fixing the chronization of the two hands. In my opinion it would also nice to hear a bit cleaner and louder the left hand, which has the role of playing the melody. At parts you are playing it too softly against the right hand (e.g. at 11:54) to the point that it gets lost inside the high notes.
I noticed that your left elbow is very high angled. I am reading a book about Chopin the teacher in which he actually says to keep the arms close to the body at all times to avoid tension. I am trying this at the moment in my own playing and it does help in avoiding tired muscles and arm pain.
Sie spielt diese Etüde phänomenal, wie ich schon häufiger festgestellt habe. Annique hat ein besonderes musikalisches Gespür für Chopin. Brillant , gefühlvoll, kein Getöse! Immer ein Hochgenuss Leider ist der Flügel etwas verstimmt. 14:40
Danke, klasse Video. Das ist super lehrreich und interessant, wenn man versucht das Stück auf Amateurlevel auch zu spielen. Bitte mehr davon. Vielleicht mal eine Nocturne vom Meister? Und ausserdem welche falsche Noten?
For me it helps to get the movements' energy from my arms. So trying to relax the hands/fingers and creating the "waves" with the right arm. As a result the fingers kind of automatically get to the right key.
There are different points where you can relax your hand - every figure starts with a rest for your right hand so give yourself time to relax at this point. While playing the arpeggios the hand should change from closed to opened - the time when it is closed your hand can relax, so it is possible to relax while playing the Arpeggio. Practicing this Etude slowly and with different rhythms most of the time helped me to find the points to relax;)
@@heartofthekeys This is exactly what happened to me when i was learning this etude :) it's always important to listen and watch yourself when you play a piece to correct the details! i really enjoyed your complete op 10 studies strean btw! Great motivation :)
I used to be able to play it well, until I think my fingers "got used" to the stretches. And now I end up playing either the subsequent black/white key or the note before on my pinky. Not sure if I'm the only one who faces this issue. :/
I'm almost for the first time on your channel, so I'm sorry if my advice is useless or something. You're playing great, and not only tris etude, but as a small advice, try to do mor dynamic, phrasing in right hand's passages. Like, it's up-down, but this kind of facture has a specific phrasing, like a liiiittle bit cresc. up and a liitle dim. down. It's very slightly, but changes everything. Dont know how to explain this correctly, but hope you understand my stupid iNgLeSh)) Of course, left hand is leading, so has melogy, but right hand has facture. Chopin's etudes are like technically difficult romantic pieces. Thank you, because you're so cool :)
Wrong notes? Too many wrong notes? Seemed just fine, in my humble opinion. So interesting and, if I could be blunt, exhausting absorbing your challenges. Bodily control, breathing, and energy pacing. Almost demands of a dancer? Guess yoga or the like is part of your routine. Bravo! Skàl!
What a wonderfull and extremely difficult exercice ! your technic seems brillant, probably the tuning of your piano, in the hight notes, was not perfect, or the sound recording had some distortion in the hight part ? I have noticed more this instrument default than the small imperfections you are looking at, even the wrong notes you noticed are not chocking for me because your interpreting is so beautifull, like a daydream !
Oyeee!!! Necesito que hagas el "1 minute, 10 minutes, 1 hour challenge" con la canción de "una mattina" de Ludovico Einaudi. No sé si haya partitura de esa canción pero estaría genial que lo intentaras.
Is not about Tempo Change Toto Riri.....is called RUBBATO,....at this Speed the Player has to judge when to "ease" the Tempo, otherwise certain "intricate Arpeggios and Dissonant Chords" can be missed " to normal ears.......this Lady posses a good Judgement of when to let it go a bit.......thanks God for that.
First of all your start of an etude in both of recordings was too long.There is no waiting on the beginning.Tehnical mistakes are minimum which is okay.There's nothing wrong with your posture and moving head around.The problem really is that you are not hearing those basses!In the middle of an etude you are starting to listen to them.One more thing about bass is that you play upper note but not the lower note!And in the right hand your melody doesn't have a peak where music is going if you understand! Basically you didn't even analyse most important things about yourself playing this!Or no one thaught you that I don't know.And this on 5:28 don't do that ever again!
Have you heard of Musiah method? Popular in Austrailia. Their method is to learn left hand technique forst as the right hand is usually dominant. I basically was taught through thompson method but I've tried it a few times and I seem to coordinate faster.
but then you're not a robot to sit straight all the time, it's nice some female movements, and finally what matters is the melody, melody of the music and your body
@@thumbsup5524 lol, you can be a lawyer, scientist, nurse, whatever, but you are a girl above all those things, I wouldn't be watching this video if it was a hairy man doing it. Your eyes are very beautiful and expressive and I enjoy the way you talk and how you practice your lessons. Just forget it never mind.
