Chopin Prelude in E Minor Op. 28 No. 4 Piano Tutorial

[Jkljkl2009]

Hi, I have talked to you recently but, please answer this for me. I want to play a chopin piece which one do you think I should I choose?

[bbdhrggl]

@Jkljkl2009 this is a good one for you :)

[Jkljkl2009]

@bbdhrggl One more thing. My piano lessons starts this saturday at 11:00 :D

[bbdhrggl]

@Jkljkl2009 good luck :)

[DinosaurPenguin2598]

Your hands look angry.

[bbdhrggl]

@DinosaurPenguin2598 why do you feel that way?

[xkeyboarderx]

I disagree; the hands are lovely and very relaxed. I think this is a lovely piece and it is played well here.

[bbdhrggl]

why was this cited for "matched third party content"? this is in public domain, imslp has it, naturally. do publishers not want me to teach it?

[pennywise7777]

thx honey

[sonnet2ix]

You're so kind to put this up here. It sounds great and even if a few notes are off, this is a great way for people to get started on the piano.  Thank you for taking the time. For the people who complain: do your own. Nothing wrong with pointing out an error, but be polite.

[bbdhrggl]

@sonnet2ix So you think that comment deserve a serious answer such as "please read the video description"?

[sonnet2ix]

@sonnet2ix I don't understand. I was thanking you for your video and responding to some of the rude comments toward you. Go be rude to some of the people who've insulted you.

[bbdhrggl]

@sonnet2ix thank you for your polite answer

[roxianealexander]

@sonnet2ix I agree. this is a wonderful tutorial. not sure y ur comment was received so poorly. Very helpful tutorial. I am learning this piece & fingering is my weakness. The pianist is so relaxed, can't imagine saying anything negative about this.

[bbdhrggl]

@roxianealexander @sonnet2ix I apologize for misreading his comment. Thought the last sentence was intended for me.

[roxianealexander]

@bbdhrggl i am a novice piano player, gr. 7 but i've heard this piece umpteen times & as a listener I never noticed any error. If the audience cannot detect any errors in the piece ... Thank u for posting. It is helping me with the fingers, tempo & much more since sight reading is not my strong point either. I don't know how u get your fingers to stretch like that and it looks relaxed & painless when u do it. My hand is in near spasms on the bass.

[bbdhrggl]

@roxianealexander there was one error that was pointed out by a kind viewer early on, so I posted a correction as an annotation and a notice in the video description.

Please be careful. You must adjust the fingering to suit your hands. Jump or skip notes if necesary. Otherwise lingering injuries can occur.

[pejpo]

im sorry but u cant even play it right urself

[bbdhrggl]

@pejpo made one mistake? sorry for being human ;) 

[rrrulian]

Hi, still greats tutorials !!! Best we can find on youtube i think... Thank you really much for your help.

Just a question :in the first part, at sec40, there is a note, with is different in the second part, at 3.37min.

I am learning this song, and i don't know with note is the good one ;)

Anyway, thx again !

[bbdhrggl]

@rrrulian i didn't check, but most likely the slow version is correct. please go by your score (free on imslp), for perhaps I was wrong in both cases. yikes! lol

[100of1000]

@rrrulian , yes You're right. At about ~03:37 there is wrong note(played with middle finger). Not F, but F# should be. I did not notice it before, because I used another tutorial. But that was a long time ago...

[bbdhrggl]

@100of1000 ah, I just saw the video description where it says to turn on the "annotations" for error correction. wish everyone would read my video descriptions and click the provided links.

[applejuceTV]

1:19 the hardest part

[tribunomex]

Hye anyone can explain me why in the part of A# A# G in the sheet, you play A# A# B A# A,

Pleasei'm a novice

[bbdhrggl]

@tribunomex are you using the same edition? editions vary.

[Schneeble42]

Wow you are so great! Thanks for the tutorial, it was really helpful!

[missflowergirl151]

Gorgeous, love it!

[ericmsandoval]

You have some great piano covers. It makes it easier to learn these great songs. I love playing these tunes on the piano...video game music is fun to play too!

Anyway, thanks for the vids.

[jameslhenry100]

Thank you for the tutorial. I am going to play that in a retirement home soon.

[bbdhrggl]

@jameslhenry100 I'm sure they'll enjoy it. good luck :)

[ericmsandoval]

@jameslhenry100 how did that go?

[cwrees]

Respond to this video... also, very nice video. love this song

[bbdhrggl]

@cheezwhizsucks clean up your language

[cakedecoratinggirl]

One thing you can do is vary it up a bit and use the rubato every few measures.

[cakedecoratinggirl]

Great version, great emotion.

One thing to watch (like many other versions) is the rubato. Make sure you don't do the same thing over and over (rubato between every measure in the beginning). It starts to sound a bit predictable, like a roller coaster that goes up and down and up and down over and over again. It'll make the piece sound much more interesting!

Great video, though! Keep playing!

[EmilyUrbzz]

absolutely beautiful. Thank you for the tutorial!

[valdemeuse]

bonjour merci 

[valdemeuse]

bonjour j'apprends seul sans cours merci pour cette vidéo ...merci de donner de votre temps

[TonyWRO]

which level has toccata and fugue d-minor BWV 565?

[bbdhrggl]

@TonyWRO Bach wrote that for organ. So all piano versions are arrangements. The two most well-known are by Tausig and Busoni. Level 7? I did the Tausig tutorial and everybody hates it. ha ha.

[TonyWRO]

@bbdhrggl because Tausig version sounds weird

the best version is Bach's version, even on piano

[bbdhrggl]

@TonyWRO Bach's version? He did not compose a version for piano. Do you have a score for the version you mean?

[TonyWRO]

@bbdhrggl i mean version for organ on piano :) you just play bass parts with your hand

[bbdhrggl]

@TonyWRO Bach's organ composition has three staffs. did you look at it? there is a reason why so many composers wrote arrangements for it. Even you can alter it to your taste. The beginning mordent is easy to play. Don't need a tutorial for that.

weird our discussion is under a Chopin tutorial. continue under the relevant tutorial? except, some of those viewers are pretty mean, and st---id (teachers are never supposed to call their students that) . at least you appear reasonable.

[ethsansorig69]

superbe !

[bnlearle]

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this! Really, really appreciate it :)

[donaldprego]

Pretty good job. . .unfortunately some of the parts you played slowly do not match what you played in real tempo. . like the very ending for instance when you play B-E-B B E G# B E G (slow version) it's supposed to be B - E A B E G# B EG

There are a few others as well. . . .might wanna check that out thanks

[bbdhrggl]

@donaldprego wow, thanks for trouble shooting. are the mistakes all in the slow version? I had eye surgery around then and had trouble seeing.

[bbdhrggl]

@donaldprego (because if there are many other errors i'm better off redoing the entire slow tutorial)

[hanicka182]

thanks for the tutorial. heard this song on the weekend and decided to blow the dust off the piano. had a falling out with the piano in about 1994. lost interest, but inspired again!

[vibe2jae]

awesome fingering bro!! I have been trying to find classical tutorials like this so that I can get my shed sessions on and incorporate into my style. I want to be as diverse & knowledgeable as possible and with your tutorials I'm DEFINITELY on my way. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!! It's gonna take me a minute but with your videos I can get a much better perspective to the technique...

[bbdhrggl]

@ThehausofMarissa thanks, am happy you can't use my tutorials :)

vulgar comment deleted. blocked too.

[MoogDnB]

listening to chopin is like chopping onions :'(

;p

[bryceguy72]

Great playing and tutorial but you should get a better microphone.

[bbdhrggl]

@bryceguy72 ok. donate to my paypal account?

[osh0011]

@bryceguy72 one shouldn't always blame equipment and the technology. one should just "trust" it and work off what they have.

[osh0011]

@bryceguy72 that way one spends more time improving than wasting time and money on what they think will help them when that time could have been used to get better and not worrying about the equipment.

[opmike343]

@makobify

Or, maybe he is just talented and has worked hard to develop it.

[bizfrizofroz]

@opmike343 or maybe its not a he, unless HE is wearing a skirt...

[gregthecow]

my hands are too small to play this as well as you can :(

but i try anyway!

[pooledeutube]

Very helpfui. Thanks much!

[grzankomuzykant]

Thank You so much for Your Video! Thanks to You I have learned this piece and it's actually my first ever piece on piano so thanK You again

[dartek14]

Oh My .. what a treasure .. where were you hiding this ... absolute perfection .. and it seems you have the Sokolov temp as opposed to everybody else .. I have heard many and this tempo is I am certain most correct.

gracios

[DevinKell]

This was great .. I was totally missing the double sharp at the stretto part at 5:06

[staweb]

Could you release Prelude, Op. 28 No. 6 and "Von fremden Ländern und Menschen" by Schumman? Thx anyway.

[bbdhrggl]

@staweb Did the Schumann already. See monkey site for link. Will add the Chopin to my long list.

[staweb]

@bbdhrggl ok thx, and this request is from Poland...

[staweb]

Could you release Prelude, Op. 28 No. 6? Thx anyway.

[FallopianY0UTUBE]

wow, sexy hands...now those are piano hands.

[billspintobean]

@ 3:39 - left hand: should be an F#, not F, I believe, 4 times, before moving to F#?

Thanks for this, needed help with the middle part! :)

[bbdhrggl]

@billspintobean In my edition (Schirmer's), the editor put parentheses around the F "natural" symbol. Would be interesting to see which note concert artists play.

[MrTsikara]

in 5:12 i think you forgot that it is tutorial :D:D

[eclipse125630]

your amazing

[Lolie182]

amazing :) thank you so much

[mountndew1]

My one BIG request is a tutorial of Chopin's Marche Funebre Op 35 on YouTube =O

[bbdhrggl]

@mountndew1 This was requested from Poland. Your request will help move it up the wait list.

[mountndew1]

@bbdhrggl I'll wait as long as it takes. Thank you for everything.

[bbdhrggl]

@mountndew1 done

[PudgyPooch]

It's beautiful! :') Thank you!

[SnaevarIvarsson]

I love this Prelude by Chopin

[laurosa30]

I've found the sheet music for it...it's only one page, is that right?

Thanks, btw, great video, it helped so much! :)

[bbdhrggl]

@laurosa30 yes, one page. did you know the sheetmusic info is on my website? most classical music is in public domain (free)

[nikosyv]

I'm a guitar player, but i'm definitely picking up a keyboard just to learn this! Thx

[purepleasureseekeeer]

LOVE THOSE HANDS! WISH THE RING WAS ON ANY OTHER FINGER! THEN MAYBE I COULD'VE HAD A THEORITICAL CHANCE :) BEAUTIFUL FINGERS! AND THANKS FOR THE VID! CHOPINS PLACE, AS HE SAID, IS IN PEOPLES HEART, DEFINITELY IN MINE!

[dannysound1]

great videos. can you please make tutorials on how to play you've got a friend, far away, home again carole king version. that will be so wonderful. thanx again for your time and the good will to share

[bbdhrggl]

@dannysound1 wow, so many? one request per person until your turn comes around again. please see my profile re submitting requests. :)

[Faletui1]

was this on a movie ??????

[bbdhrggl]

@Faletui1 dunno. it should be. :)

[giorga2004]

@Faletui1 its in Pianist

[TheLastOffender]

@Faletui1

It was (played) by Jack Nicholson in 5 easy pieces

@bbdhrggl

Thanks, teach!

[drugmouse]

@Faletui1 yeah it was in the pianist.

[Koutchinou]

@Faletui1 in the Notebook by nicolas sparks. My fav

[737loz]

@Faletui1 The Notebook

[DeathhCabForEmily]

@Faletui1 Yes, it was on the Notebook (:

Allie played it on the piano in a few scenes.

[purepleasureseekeeer]

@Faletui1 Yes! Five Easy Pieces directed by Bob Rafelson. Jack Nicholson plays this in one of the scenes... search on you tube "chopin five easy pieces"... great scene....

[myoozikel]

@Faletui1 It was in a number of films, but the most people remember it in The Notebook. :)

[xjackass420x]

@Faletui1 it was in The Pianist i believe (fittingly)

[yannie0311]

@Faletui1 the piece elli played in <the notebook>

[torskefyr]

@Faletui1 yup. the notebook.

[rainboow567]

You are a great teacher ..

[bbdhrggl]

@rainboow567 thank you, pleasure to have you as a student. :)

[magicroller]

thank you :) been playing for 1 year now maybe, and only sometimes, and I learned this on an hour yesterday, accents are being perfected now but that will take a while i suppose ^^

Thanks again

[thebestcindiella]

ugh. i want to learn how to play this so bad.

[Noyore]

excellent video! Thank You!!! so goooood

[teakbridge101]

Hey, great tutorial. Just for everyone's benefit, the grace notes that occur in the piece can be played on!or prior to the beat. It is up to personal opinion.

[teakbridge101]

Very good!..one thing - the appoggiaturas are played wrong. They start on the beat, not off the beat.

[bbdhrggl]

@teakbridge101 Is that what you were taught? my edition has an acciaccatura, the performer may opt to play it b4 or after.

[MsIfuckinghateyou]

perfect..........thanks so much!

[amythemusicianxD]

This is stunning, thank you for making the video, your a great help.

[1likestoplaymusic]

U R awesome!!! THANK YOU!!!!

[cullen646]

thank you so much! this helped me a ton!

[actionjackson9000]

this is excellent!! thanks so much. i began learning this piece a while back, but I gave up. Now i think ill finally learn the rest!

[casagou]

Thank you so much

[Parkerhdeb]

start of tutorial: 2:33

[localpm]

Fab great piece.

[TPBass1224]

Another great video!! Thanks again.