Chopin Prelude No.8 - Tutorial - Paul Barton, piano

[polottus]

houuuu ... bravo!

[karlakor]

I haven't read all the comments for this video, but there is one important point I think is worth mentioning. You'll notice that Paul Barton does not hold down the melody notes for their full value, allowing his hands and fingers more time to get where they need to go. Holding these notes as a way of obeying the score can really slow you down. Quick movement of the hands helps a great deal.

[camomile988]

Acurate and beautiful analysis and performance. You are good, Barton. Thank you.

[audioash]

wow that's amazing, how did you first learn how to make your hands flow together? I can play the notes fine but the rhythm is driving me crazy

[salvatoredilamatza]

@PaulBartonPiano hi¡¡ how bad is for a pianist to play the piano without the correct fingers as shown in the partiture even though the song sounds very good? does it matter??

[PaulBartonPiano]

@salvatoredilamatza -- there aren't any absolutely correct fingers to use in music (except Chopin's Etude Op.10/2 where fingering is the main part of the study) Editions are just an one editor's suggestions to help pianists - that look for help - find the most logical fingering for average sized hands. They are almost always helpful. If a study is written for a specific fingering, it's best to try and follow it to get the most out of it. If it's not a study, feel free to follow your instincts.

[MartinUrbanify]

@salvatoredilamatza Something is only good or bad in the eyes of the beholder.

[Mrboogles]

Hey I just wanted to say - thank you with ENDLESS gratitude for posting videos that aren't short or simple - but actually teaching something useful and sharing actual knowledge. I feel so many people don't want to share theory like that. You have my subscription and my deepest gratitude. I've been looking for some one like you so I can feel like getting back into piano.

[polottus]

Yeah! that's great! I even clap (hit one hand in the other) in the end of the video... sorry I'm brazilian! Great stuff!

[katiush65]

i was going to log out but cant leave the last comment negative, 'cause my intention if nothing else, is to be able to sight read music and really understand it on the page. so that is the direction i am going ;-) i read about rachmaninov that he submitted a fugue to his composition teacher, who glanced at it and did not frown, which rach. took as a good sign. How do you tell if music is good by just looking at it! that is not a rhetorical question, i want to find out...

[PaulBartonPiano]

@katiush65 -- "How do you tell if music is good by just looking at it!" -- I think, with experience, scores can be read and 'heard' in the imagination. Perhaps similar to decoding 26 letters and be transported to Middle-earth :)

[katiush65]

@PaulBartonPiano okay, thanks! it dawned on me after 10 minutes that the 26 letters were not some formula that only Tolkien fans knew about. but im taking cold medicine today ;-) I finally started to try to write music just a simple phrase today, that also helps me feel more connected to written music. then find out little questions, how many tails does a 16th note have? how to write dotted 8th rest? how to choose the time? when I compose at keyboard, music is limited by sound, more free in mind

[katiush65]

aha!! i finally found the upload with the individual printed measures cut out. 1:00 that image has been my single most vivid mental download from these tutorials. throughout my adolescence i had 7 or 8 piano and organ teachers scattered a few months here, few months there but my most vivid memory from THAT time is sitting, staring at sheet music without the slightest idea where to start! to this day the sight of printed music makes me uneasy & my eyes want to turn away... so this helps beaucoup

[BrPhChCh]

Thank you so much for the tutorial!! it's my favorite prelude! you make it look less scary haha I absolutely love your interpretation of the prelude you play so well!!!

[STEVO3922]

Wow thanks so much! This has been extremely helpful.

[marijanaze]

thank you!!



[afertyus1000]

this is a fantastic tutorial i had similar ideas but not on such a large scale as yours and i am a little lazy and flip from book to book,your approach of breaking things down makes complete sense and i have renewed vigour at the piano many many thanks

[gonzalomunozg]

I love this piece. Thanks so much Paul for posting this tutorial.

[OriginalBasaliskos]

Wonderful tutorial. This is my favorite prelude, but I've been ignoring it out of fear. 

[Runnerduck16]

thanks for this too!!

[kankudai1956]

another fantastic tutorial. Thanks so much for this. You have a great way of simplifying difficult pieces and making them understandable and providing structure for practice. Hope you are keeping safe amidst the trouble which is affecting Thailand.

[Martel211996]

you know, this is so creative, you could have more fun learning the piece than playing it when already learned. Thanks Paul!

[pianogirl98]

Wonderful tricks to make starting the piece easier! Great tutorial!!! Thank you for posting!

I also like the Elephant and Giraffes artwork in the background.

[bossel100]

thank you very much for making the effort to make this tutorial!

ive currently given up to learn this and play the c major etude of chopin instead, but if i come back to this piece again, i will take this as an inspiration!

[RoelekesPlace]

This is really fantastic, Paul, although I will never make it to a Chopin Prelude myself, but it is so good to see these so complicated pieces make them more clear and look different to them. Great tutorial, I enjoyed it! And you play it so great in the end of the video!

Roeleke

[wotfingaz]

wow this is the most in depth tutorial I have ever seen! thank you so much!

[pligana]

this is a super lesson!!!! you are wonderful Paul! Great performance!

hugs

marzia

[SHINYamAHA21]

Can I find PreludeNo.8 from your music score gallery?

Deviding sections is such a great invention :) the cardboard and clip..cute~

cheers!

[gerardbedecarter]

An excellent tutorial, Paul, followed by a beautiful and expressive performance of the prelude.

[SHINYamAHA21]

Brilliant!

The best piano A+tutorial channel on YT,

Paul gives us clear and efficient instructions(for moi it helps English skill too :P),

creative ideas, combination of video visual beauty too...

most of all, we feel so close and not scare to play~

Cheers!

[JHighland1]

Thank you for another great tutorial Paul! You certainly make this piece seem a lot less "daunting" .

[liszt80]

Thank you very much, great Maestro!

[douglassmcann]

perhaps chopin composed this before notating the music...

simply a wonderment...

bravo

douglas

[leozingy]

This is superb! A professional tutorial indeed - thank you!

[airpianist]

Paul............Oh my God

[thomandy]

Great :) ThU