Chopin "Ocean" Etude Op. 25 No. 12

[rcschumann]

Terrible performance. You are missing the last arpeggio on the way down (or sometimes just faking it), almost every time. The first note of that sequence is hardly played, which ruins the whole rhythm and momentum of this piece. You are playing fast just for the sake of it. Learn it properly without missing any notes, before you play it at that speed. Again, horrible performance of the C Minor Etude. I can't believe so many liked it - most of them must be new to this music (yeah, that's it).

[lewars1912]

@rcschumann Your comment is a "terrible performance." Cheer up and don't be so bloody miserable.

[ZombieGamesFTW]

@rcschumann Upload a video of you playing this better than him and i'll consider unsubbing to him.

[Stupidracoon]

@rcschumann You're a douche. "most of them must be new to this music" Or I just tested Level 8.

[mystryaabbie]

can you please please please send this sheet music to me??? (:

[cameron2]

Seriously, you practiced this etude in 2 months???

[ZznanaozZ]

lol this piece makes people look like pendulums

(jk)

u r awesome

[robertslistening]

Sounded excellent. A few little glitches, but it's a hard piece. Arpeggios in both hands is tough. For a little input on dynamics, check out Valentina Lisitsa (one of my favorite pianists). You obviously are highly skilled. I would guess a piano major in University? If I could play it that well, I'd be very satisfied. I'm just starting to work on it now. Any good tips for keeping track of the double arpeggios?

I've heard all the etudes. This is one of my favorites.. like the raging sea. (ocean)

[lovesGenet]

Wonderful! Very musical and impressive after only 2 months. Over time you will shape the line& crescendi better just find the dynamic you can control. Why don't you hold last chord .There is a diff when pedal is held but keys are not held.

[Mondesleuchten]

Played in "Richter Style".Very good,you've got a place in my favo list!

[ROFLDOCTOR111]

This is absolutely amazing. So beautiful. You did an amazing job and I hope I can be as good as you some day. :D

[nicoejz]

Good job.

[ruprakt]

Excellent playing!

[waterrrr]

Really awesome. I was hoping I'd be one of those special cases who'd be able to learn this with only 2 years experience.

I've never failed harder... :P

[chanxbong]

wow you're amazing

how long did it take u to master the piece?

[endoscopiono]

that was great why don´t you try to stay still during your interpretation I think that will allow you to feel free and will make your interpretation even better. Try it

[jaychow0916]

i want to play this so bad.. so far i can only play

chopin's etude no.4

[CorelliChopin08]

im tackling this peice iwhen im done with mozarts piano concerto no.9(rondo) Chopin 2nd scherzo, and then i will finally be free 2 work on this.

[ch4d0kun]

only... lol. i reckon no.4 is much harder than this one

[jaychow0916]

maybe its because my hand is not big enough to play this piece.. you know, you dont need a very big hand to play no.4

[2009Coldmirrorfan]

only no. 4? if you mean op. 10 no. 4 you are a bit strange because no 4 is the hardest etude chopin ever create...

[winkandrun]

Nice job!! I love the bass lines! Only one thing, it isn't a problem, but maybe slow it down and try to feel the inherint meaning. Chopin wrote this during a war where many Polish died, and heard the church bells ( a funeral ). just a thought, but excellent!

[seeknkill]

it s AMAZING !!! YOU ARE an artist!

[ARCtheElite]

I'm hardly one to comment on this, since I'm nowhere near as clear as you are...I'm still fumbling over notes.

However, I would suggest more attention to phrasing: Chopin actually hides a really wonderful melody within the arpeggios, which I found by reducing the arpeggios to block chords. I would also suggest that you accentuate the first note more and let the overtones ring.

But, you posted this well over a year ago, so I'm sure you've done some brilliant work on this since then!

[ikkikevin]

Wow! Thanks to all you guys who helpt me to get this nice music sheet! I got 5 responds mail about imslp from you guys. I really pursiate that!

[ikkikevin]

Man, i want this music sheet...Someone can send me one? Please...i got the niveau to play it, but don't have the music sheet. If you got? Let me know...

[eeeefece]

check the "International Music Score Library Project" (IMSLP)

I'll send you the link.

[Vesivian]

@ikkikevin You want the music sheets but you probably won't be able to play it.

[ikkikevin]

@Vesivian Why that?:o

[petrekay]

this is one of the most beautiful pieces in the world, personally. You really bring out the songs full meaning, I applaud you.

[rietta]

ok this one is perfect. the best on youtube. i want to learn this piece

[Ellinidara]

Congratulations!!!

[sapnared]

Bravo! How long did it take for you to play at full speed? I am tackling this piece currently.

[eeeefece]

Take your time, the speed comes naturally. Practicing slowly and with concentration is the key.

[dangeorge13]

can you send me the sheet music please

[whateverbitter]

its in IMSLP. :)) Petrucci Mysuic Library :))

[darkangelkalas]

Watching your hands reminds me of the ocean. Hope that doesn't sound creepy. D:

[dmcII]

Excellent job !  I see another piano in the background - Where was this ?

[Alejandro270193]

I like the sound quality

[7aihung]

he's not playing in time...i've played this song a LOTA times =)

[anonymousQ45]

bullshit. anybody who gets to this level doesnt call chopin pieces "songs" this is an etude. def a study for the fingers and demonstration of technique

[debussy84]

@anonymousQ45 Wow, a piano etude is a study for the fingers, thanks for that

[anonymousQ45]

@debussy84 i recall having conflict with you before. is this your lousy attempt at sarcasm? the knowledge of pianistic forms are not common knowledge. no thanks for your remarks

[nicoejz]

He's really, playing this well in time, you can clap the tempo with you're hands, but of course, some time he slows down, i think that we should forgive him because of the skills it request!

[checkcheckcraaash]

he's playing in time. you ARE allowed to take rubato-it's chopin. excessively, no but what he does is just fine, idk what 7aihung is talking about.

and you guys fighting over metrenomes.. seriously. chill. it's a great tool when/if you need it--it's neither completely necessary, nor should it be completely shunned. chill out, crazies.

and eeeefece, i like it, but perhaps you can experiment more with making each reiteration of the theme have a different "voice" to make it more interesting.

[dhakhair]

It's interesting how Chopin lends himself to rubato and yet Liszt famously commented that Chopin restricted rubato to the right hand/melody parts and kept the time strictly in the midst of a section.

[junglejim66]

Excellent performance. A great study and a beautiful piece of music combined. The 24 Etudes is one of the monuments of piano music, unique when compared with all the other etudes ever written.

[schumannetudes]

practise with a metranome

[bulbulxp]

it's called metronome.

And you don't practise Chopin's pieces with a metronome.

You can practise Mozart's or Bach's pieces with a metronome, but not Chopin's.

[schumannetudes]

ok sorry my teachers at the chopin academy in warsaw must be wrong then , you have no ider what you are talking about

[bulbulxp]

You don't seem to have any idea what you're talking about.

When you are playing Chopin's pieces (and have even a teacher from a chopin academy), then you should be able to learn piece without a metronome.

And you want someone to play this etude with a perfectly constant tempo?? If you really think that, you have no idea of Chopin's music or even music in general.

[schumannetudes]

the point of useing a metronome isnt to play it at a perfectly constant tempo,speed variations and interpretation are irrelevant useing a metronome at a slower speed would really pull the etude together for the player in the video all concert pianists practise with a metronome,if your teacher is telling you not to use a metronome with practiseing chopin you really need a new teacher, and its not A chopin academy in warsaw its "the" chopin academy in warsaw

[bulbulxp]

You don't know what you're talking about:

"the point of useing a metronome isnt to play it at a perfectly constant tempo,speed variations and interpretation are irrelevant useing a metronome."

So what's the point of using a metronome? See?

"all concert pianists practise with a metronome"

Only when they play Mozart, Schumann or Bach, NOT when playing Chopin, Rachmaninoff ...

If you played with a metronome in the academy, you were surely a beginner and started to play your first Chopin's piece.

[schumannetudes]

you are getting confused again ,the point of useing a metronome isnt to PLAY it at a perfectly constant tempo it is to practise it at a constant tempo, you should read about "chopin method" chopin was a teacher aswell as a composer/pianist. the metronome played a big part in his mothod of lerning and practiseing his music ,there are publications from him and some of his students regarding this, or is chopin wrong aswell as one of the best conservatoires in the world

[bulbulxp]

"you are getting confused again"

nope, you talked bullshit.

If it helps you to practise with metronome, fine. But not everyone need to stick on a metronome forever. You always say the teachers say so. Ask the teacher whether he still needs to practise with a metronome.

[schumannetudes]

you have this ider in your head that metronome is to help people with bad timeing,confused again yes all my teachers would still use metrronomes in practise ,it is just one of the meny mothods that professional pianists use, come back and talk to me after 4 years at a conservatoire with real teachers, in the mean time GET A NEW TEACHER

[bulbulxp]

"that metronome is to help people with bad timeing"

That's right. If you have good timing, you don't need a metronome. It would just hinder you.

[MikeTheBigBadWolf]

If a metronome hinders you.. You have bad timing.. It shouldn't hinder you because you're perfectly on time and thus would stay with it.

[bulbulxp]

I didn't mean it that way. If you have good timing, a metronome is just needless and it would negative interfere your interpretation of this piece.

It's not "hinder" in the sense of not being able to play with the metronome, but "hinder" in the sense of not being able to play this piece as good as possible with passion, because of the metronome.

[MikeTheBigBadWolf]

Ah. Sorry for the confusion. I understand what you mean because when you make your own interpretation, You change the tempo a lot.

I play the drums and piano, a metronome is absolutely essential for the drums more than any instrument. Basically, I'm used to using a metronome a lot.

The piano is an interesting instrument. I have a quick question, when playing in a big band/orchestra, would you still add your own interpretation on a composition/song?

[bulbulxp]

You're not allowed to add your own interpretation in an orchestra, the concertmaster (first violin) or the conductor are responsible for the interpretation part, you only have to play what they want you to play. Otherwise it would sound very messy.

[MikeTheBigBadWolf]

Ah. Thanks, I was curious

[JakWho92]

the fact is you learn timing in your first years then you have your inner clock which is much more exact than the metronom.

[Yoyoioio92]

You're just stupid ^^

[nicoejz]

Yes you can play chopin with a metronome but when you master the piece, you have to do rubato and make your own interpretation.

[yiudiumui]

bulbulxp doesn't know wht he's talking about...he should shut up

[Kalen1457]

Wow! I'm impressed at your ability to play this thing so smoothly.

Great!

[venusasaboy]

Go brag somewhere else - No one cares

[mvs13I2]

so?

[jonprak]

I like it! It's different from other artists. You made every note sound the same. It's actually nice to see something different.

[nanioushka]

very good dear:)! just one thing, I'm not an expert but don't put too much of pedals. You played it very well:) bravo 5*

[XPJamieXD]

One of the best interpretations on Youtube. Brilliant.

[percphs]

Absolutely wonderful. Except for the quality.

[RandomCoked]

lol

[susannamodesti]

beautiful!

is it very hard to learn?

[COCOONFABULA]

I haven't tried yet but (obviously it's hard) I think it's harder than the Revolutionnary

[WENCHINGTON]

It is not harder than the revolutionary etude. This etude is not as difficult as it might seem, it is just a repetition of arpeggios.

[bulbulxp]

You're right. You just have to press some keys and then it sounds like this. Nothing special. You don't need any persistence or technical skills. But the revolutionary is even easier because it has no "apreggios".

Let's call this etude "illusionary etude" because it just seems hard to play.

[mvs13I2]

what? revolutionary is pretty hard, but this one you are right about its the

"illusionary etude" XD

[COCOONFABULA]

Well then I can try it ^^

[COCOONFABULA]

The 'Ocean' scared me a lot after having my left hand so tired/injured because of the 'Revolutionbary'

[COCOONFABULA]

But i think I'll be learning the Fantaisie Impromptu first ;)

[mvs13I2]

this is easier than fantasy impromptu though.

[Pianist54d]

Well played in terms of accuracy, I would turn my attention to the more poetic and expressive side of Chopin now. Chopin was the poet of the piano and expressed his incredibly intense emotions through his music. This piece in particular lends itself well to passionate displays of emotion. Try working towards your placement of each and every note in its correct place in time and use more dynamic contrast to increase the tension of the piece. well done!

[WENCHINGTON]

Pianist54d, noone ever takes that kind of advice that is given on youtube.

[singerguy93]

you're amazing.

[budzillab]

do you have the sheet music to this one? i really want to learn it! or do you even know where i can get it online? you would better than the best if you could for me! thank!!!

budzillab@gmail(dot)com

[uprooy]

I´ve made a mistake and abusively added my version of this piece. I didn´t want to do so. You play it a lot better. Wonderful job!

[fxcknaruto]

Nice work! Just try to bring out the accented notes in the first part in c major. I am also having trouble doing that. Very well done.

[interesting04]

wonderful performance - i can see you practice a lot.

[swertyuiop310]

You play this very beautifully and accurately. Thanks for the upload.

[xTiberx]

Wow, you're amazing!

This kind of shames my grade 3...

xx

[vulcan1948]

I see that Valentina was your inpiration for this piece.She is an inspiration for any pianist...and it shows in your playing. BRILLIANT!!!!

[Zael1986]

VERY GOOD! You're very good pianist... Respect

[fierydog]

wow! stunning. how long did it take you to learn it?

[eeeefece]

thanks, I recorded this 2 months after I started to learn it but I am still learning (and improving!). xd

[fierydog]

awesome thats really impressive.

major props dude

[Tom64]

Best version here if you ask me. Marvellous. Added to my favorites as well.

[slettis89]

you play this very well

[ejlong711]

Bravo! Im really impressed man. I'm working on this one and Chopin's Revolutionary Etude. I can't seem to make any progress though. You are really good man.

[vulcan1948]

Don`t tell me.....you`re a concert pianist and if you aren`t then you darn well should be.Fantastic playing well done.

[eeeefece]

thanks!