I learned this piece when I was in high school. I went to see Arthur Rubenstien in San Diego and he played it a little faster. This recording is how I learned to play it.
i have a friend who is 15 years old and she is doing this for her music exam at the end of the year, and she fully understands this genre of music. she is studying it and shes doing just fine. dont bother saying "kids will never understand this", because some DO. kk thanks byee :)
this may be a late comment since your post was written a year ago - lol - im not a music major nor do i know much about it theoretically, but you have a point there. A# would be more fitting since its in a sharp scale, but i remember my music professor mentioning something like this when i took my second course in music theory, guess i should have payed more attention - that, or it really is written wrong; go figure. :/
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Love this piece! Learning how to play it in piano class (hope I can do it justice!) Love how the video is the music progressing - very cool effect! Thanks for creating and sharing this!
Can anyone tell me how to play the constant left hand chords? I feel like I'm playing them too softly and too emotional (?) because in every interpretation of this piece, it sounds distant from the right hand.. I've never taken lessons, so I don't know much about theory
I think that this is not the kind of Music which children are supposed to fully understand; I don't mean to belittle the emotions of the young, since it certainly doesn't apply in every case, but this music entails a kind of grief which I think most people tend to avoid until they're no longer invincible teenagers. Not so much a "generational thing" as just how growing older and experiencing deeper pain, as life begins to take things from you, rather than give them
@MIKE I think that's largely processed nonsense. There young people who hear and understand this music, and I'd also wager that even when this music was written the majority of young people couldn't "really" feel the music, not to say the couldn't appreciate it's beauty, but such an understand linearly as you move from an invincible teenager, and began to really lose things. Lose deep, meaningful relationships, your sense of certainty and purpose, and eventually lose people to death.
@ cjacob84 as much as you are right I hope you will take comfort in the fact that I myself greatly enjoy all types of Classical Music, even though as you can see in my name I am an electronic DJ
I feel such sadness for our country's children. They are quite quickly being robbed of the appreciation for such beauty. It seems now that if it isn't dressed like a thug or a stripper and is mono-syllabic it just ain't hip enough. Culture is dying a slow painful death
Strong changes in dyanamics make this version more dramatic than others I've heard. I'm trying to learn it. Unexpectedly made me a little teary. I get it now. Thank you!!!
The profound beauty and utter sadness of this magnificent masterpiece seems to be exceedingly undervalued, for the depth of the sorrow conveyed perfectly reflect the heart of so many afflicted souls who must unfortunately endure their dismal existence without light and hope...
i think this peice is overused, especially in movies, etc, but i still like it coz its a beautiful peice. its interesting to hear how composers conveyed emotion in a piano. its a shame its become so much less popular since the introduction of pop, etc. got to be quite a skill
@cjacob84 maybe you're right but i think there always will be exceptions. I'm 16 and i just heard this piece and love it! Though I also feel not many people of my age would understand me in this. I am a romantic person, maybe that's why I rather turn to old times and music like this than to this modern mass-society. Music is about the only human-made product that earns my total respect nowadays. Everything else saddens me just as much.
to cjacob84 , thats true.. however their will always be that kid who appreciates this music for its beauty, and i do believe that even though things are changing rather fast , something marvelous will come out along the way, in other words i have hope for this day
I agree, it really is a shame. I'm 14, and love the beauty and complexity of emotion within the works of Chopin. I also love the soaring melodies that seem to sing like a diva or the angels themselves. It takes a certain amount of sensitivity to be able to play and/or appreciate Chopin and classical music in general.
This is so beautiful. And you're right about young people not enjoying this kind of music. I went to college and studied early childhood education. One of my subjects was music appreciation. I loved evey second of it. I am a classical music addict. But the young people in the class, including one young lady told me she hated it. I guess they have to aquire a love for it.
i wanna cry everytime i hear it, and this is exactly why i play it on the piano. Chopin is my favourite composer and pianist, this is really beautiful, 2.28 minutes of happyness...
@kittykittymeow260 don't play the piece based on the way you hear someone else play it. the tempo marking is largo, so play it slowly. but play whatever slowly means to you. its all your interpretation
@kittykittymeow260 well it is largo, but i also agree! i tended to add my own stuff ( extra bass chords, so instead of 8 eigth notes in a measure, i added like 16 haha )
Hate to nitpick, but that C7 in the third-last bar should really be spelled enharmonically as A#-C-G-E; also known as a German augmented sixth chord. It's function is clearly to precede the I6/4 - V - I cadence, as the Gr+6 is designed to do. Not sure why it has been spelled as a C7 chord perhaps someone can share some reasons why?
@GavMasterD I think you may be right. Though I prefer the way it is spelled, because I hear it as a C 7 chord. If it were spelled A#-C-G-E then that would mean A# is the root, though it sounds like a C-root chord to my ears.
@GavMasterD probably to avoid the use of a natural sign again? Also the last bar should probably have been split up into two hands rather than this notation.
@GavMasterD perhaps to be...easier on the eyes and the sheet music? to stay on the same note and simple add a flat, rather than to go to the A and add a sharp? just guessing.. hmm...
@GavMasterD While agreeing with you that A# is the way to go about it, the explanation could be found in the fifth last bar which in a way anticipates the aug. sixth chord. It's the same chord in sounding. My score reads A#-C-G-E, too! :-)
I don't have the definitive answer on that, but isn't this the way it is printed in any version and not really the YouTube user's choice? I would say, if you look three bars prior to the chord in question, the C7 already appears within a different atmosphere. Perhaps Chopin just wanted to keep things simple and in relation to that. Otherwise, very astute question!
@GavMasterD You're right. But it is a G 4/2, so possibly he wrote it to emphasize that the "A#" 's voice was descending to the low octave B and thus the C resolves to the higher octave B. Otherwise, they would both theoretically resolve to that same first-line B. This also effectively serves as a nice excuse to expand the cadential I 6/4 by an octave in range and increase the power of the extended dominant cadence...But I'm just poking in the dark and haven't taken theory in about 9 years...
@GavMasterD This sheet music pictured only shows C-G-E in the third to last bar. It's not a C7 at all, but you are right that it should be A#-C-E-G. I searched for the sheet music and a found a copy from 8notes.com that shows exactly that, so either the one pictured has a misprint or there is a version that leaves out the A# and it is to be assumed to be a Gr6. Who knows?
@GavMasterD He set the E on top as a neighbor tone and the A# on the bottom as a passing tone so the chord would seem more natural to the listener. The B goes to the C which collapses up to E and the G holds a suspension collapsing to F creating a 9/11 escape tone in the next chord which anticipates the V - i cadence. That's how I see it anyways.
@GavMasterD You're right. An A# makes more sense in terms of voice leading, but I think whoever wrote a Bb was thinking harmony: C7 B7 Em. It sounds the same.... :)
@GavMasterD Hmm good point, maybe its because he intended it to sound like a modal shift between the third to last bar. I.e. the prior chord could be seen as a C major sus 7, and the next of course as c7, so the logical next chord would be an F, but he puts a rest instead. If you play the last cadence without the rest, it sounds odd, but an F with no rest sounds ok (albeit a little to cheery). Though E minor isn't quite the relative minor of F.
@GavMasterD in the second half of the fifth bar from the end, he has an implied C7, in which the Bb resolves to an A in the left hand. This is spelled with a Bb because of voice leading. so my guess is, he spelled the Gr+6 chord the way he did for consistency purposes, since he used a Bb in the C7 just two measures before.
@GavMasterD As you study Chopin more, you'll see a trend of odd spellings like the case you presented. I can't give you an answer that would be agreed upon by all music scholars out there, but what I can tell you is that Chopin likes to show chromaticism in odd ways. In this case, he uses an enharmonic spelling of the Ger+6 chord possibly to make the performer think the progression would go elsewhere, since an A# would most certainly lead to the B natural of the cadential I 6/4. But, who knows?
@GavMasterD My best guess is that it is because Chopin really wanted the pause to be very strong, so the resolution should be as surprising as possible. Therefore he actually writes it in the wrong way. Maybe...
Em/Bb seems more apropriate in the the root to me. The Em in the related key is using the suspended 4th...then the major..then the minor then dropping just the semitone in the root. Seems right. Do we really need to look at the wheel of fiths for sharp accents or reverse fourth for flatterned accent.. No. The moving of the the soul and the human experience in the sound is enough...
@pianomanmaestro That's actually how I found it because I didnt know the composer so I put piano instrumental played in the notebook. It's such a beautiful prelude.
François-René Duchâble in Chopin??? Oh my God, I can't believe my ears that he could play this piece so well with such a magic touch without any fake or affected rubato. In which album is it? Thanks. It's a 5*
@MIKEDURSTEWITZ I too have come to the realization that kids are never going to feel music in such a beautiful way. Modern culture is changing what the common person feels and as a result music is losing its uniquness, style and taste because all it is anymore, is a product dumbed down for the masses to digest easily. It saddens me
I disagree. As a teen, I feel that the internet can open a mind or close it. With the ease of many music site, and youtube, modern kids have better access to the beauty of these composers. While mainstream music is dumbed down, classical music is never going to die.
@cjacob84 this is an incredible comment, i also dislike this mass-produced money-making music which is churned out mainstream nowadays. But to be honest, anyone who truly appreciates music will definitely still appreciate this kind of music
@cjacob84 there will always be a peasant mass, and there will always be an educated elite. there are children who were brought up on classical music, and there were children raised by a fucking TV.
@cjacob84 Actually, I'm just an average 16 year old. I love alternative music and Indie Rock and folk acoustic stuff, but I adore and am inspired by classical music too.
Beauty endures through ages. Don't lose faith in us :)
@cjacob84 im learning to play it and you could call me a kid. but man, some stretches i cannot do and i have to come up with these weird ways to reach them :)
@cjacob84 Fine art is often not "for the masses," because it is often more challenging, just as rigorous science is not often understood by people who don't take the time to study it. You can't summarize all music today based solely on what is popular. That being said, their is something to say for the popularity of music, perhaps it is popular because it captures more of the common essence of human experience. Who are you to say your feelings listening to "style" are any more important?
@cjacob84 Thats not the right realization to have. one, its only in this country. in european cultures ecspecially this stuff is important. and even in america, though certaintly not as much as pop culture, but this music is still being adored by cultured american kids.
@cjacob84 Sorry to disagree with you, but I myself being 13 only listen to music such as this. I am not a degenerate kid, some product of our generation, and there are acceptions every generation.
@cjacob84 , thats true.. however their will always be that kid who appreciates this music for its beauty, and i do believe that even though things are changing rather fast , something marvelous will come out along the way, in other words i have hope for this day
@cjacob84 I am 15 years old right now and the only music I am interested in playing on my piano is classical and a little bit of Coldplay I must admit but I love classical I will all my life =D
@cjacob84 And you have come to the wrong conclusion. Just because you dont see kids enjoying music just as you do does not give you the right to write us off. Pull your head from out of the sand.
@cjacob84 You got a point there, but I know a lot of kids that don't listen to mainstream music only. They say they like classical music as well and listen to it from time to time. Of course this presumably depends on social environment and stuff, but you can't say "All the kids detest this bautiful music and love dumb modern mainstream", because it simply ain't that easy.
@cjacob84 please don't take this offensively, but i disagree with at least part of your statement. I'm 14, and i love some of the classics, mozart, listz, even a little debussey once in a while, but i love even more modern music. some of the pop out there is trash mass manufactured for ratings and sales, but some of it is truly great. and just because something is dumbed down, doesnt mean it isn't good. for example, Breaker, by low, is one of the simplest songs i know, but it makes the most beau
@cjacob84 tiful statement. And rap has its fair share of trash, but there are peices out there that play rhythms and stylize words that i had no idea were possible. an example of that is whered you go remix featuring eminem, 2pac, and jay-z, even if it does contain foul language. Lyrics add a whole new dimension that wasnt present with the greats. Again, i agree that some off the stuff out there is just disgusting, -cough kanye -cough- but don't judge everything out there because of some garbage
@cjacob84 i am a kid, i play and listen to hardcore metal every day, but at the same time i can appreciate a masterpiece that was written hundreds of years ago. it fills the depths of my soul with happiness and wonder of life. i have friends who do the same, including one who plays the piano in ways that make me feel the same chopin, mozart and beethoven do. there is still hope for us kids ;)
@cjacob84 jacob don't lose hope! there are youths all over the world adoring this type of music! i learnt to play this at 12yrs (which is no mean feat considering extensive private lessons) and have grown up my whole life with it, and am now 21. there is always folk music, in chopin's time most academics and elite-trained trained musicians ignored his stuff because it didnt follow the viennese symphonic tradition. the world will never lose the chopin e minor prelude
@cjacob84 even though im 20, i still feel the presence of a child in myself, and even as a younger child, i was always inspired and mesmerized by the beautiful nature of classical masterpieces. Hope of this music is not lost, because this music goes deeper than todays alternative music, which barely scratches our surfaces. Keep faith in these masterpieces!
favorite chopin piece <3
TinaVukovChannel 3 months ago
I learned this piece when I was in high school. I went to see Arthur Rubenstien in San Diego and he played it a little faster. This recording is how I learned to play it.
MilanElija 3 months ago
Soo beautiful and yet soo sad
mscallie20 3 months ago
How come when I play this it doesn't give me that feeling of wanting to cry...
yodiggidog 4 months ago
nice video.. very entertaining =)) thanks for posting keep it up ..
elinorkonen 4 months ago
Amazing piece! Oh so very peaceful! Wish I was at the level to where I could already play this! :(
thatgurlbrenn 4 months ago
beatiful!!!!
1954moose 4 months ago
Chopin plays music to the most secret parts of the soul.
Chefodeath 4 months ago
It brings tears to my eyes..
floorah05 4 months ago
I love it! good performance!
Im learning it right now. It's amazing how chopin created such beauty with such simplicity in this piece.
KSGsimon 4 months ago
learning this song as well, adore it so much!
dmc19911 5 months ago
This is my favorite piece by Chopin and my favorite to play on the piano. Absolutely beautiful.
lunaticjames 5 months ago
ÉCRIT être des imbéciles et non Frédéric Chopin
johny19900 5 months ago
I am also learing how to play this piece. now i know how fast to go, thanks :)
love this song
liu408 5 months ago
i have a friend who is 15 years old and she is doing this for her music exam at the end of the year, and she fully understands this genre of music. she is studying it and shes doing just fine. dont bother saying "kids will never understand this", because some DO. kk thanks byee :)
syrenneWho 5 months ago
good i like
twgirl1 6 months ago
This adaption is my favorite. More like how I play it.
kizzy75 6 months ago
Thanks! Now I know what prelude this song is :D (the title)
Esteelauders 6 months ago
I really like this piece, it sounds like it's from a horror movie yet it has a sad feeling to it. Though it probably depends on everyones opinion.
musicluvaa4833 6 months ago
@GavMasterD
this may be a late comment since your post was written a year ago - lol - im not a music major nor do i know much about it theoretically, but you have a point there. A# would be more fitting since its in a sharp scale, but i remember my music professor mentioning something like this when i took my second course in music theory, guess i should have payed more attention - that, or it really is written wrong; go figure. :/
stealthtank91 6 months ago
100% Polak-Polish man
VOYTASNY 7 months ago
You know this piece brings tears to my eyes.
famguy2 7 months ago
I recently played this for a recital...This pirce is so beautiful =3
13kalahari13 7 months ago
I'm learning this prelude. So beautiful ♥
DaintySmilee 7 months ago
Supreme NTM - Thats My People
NecKClippA 7 months ago
i love how simple things sound so beautiful! this piece isn't that hard, as you can see from the score it's just chords.
Awaysheh 7 months ago
beautiful <33
MagicBoom8 8 months ago
This piece is famous!
30inventionman 8 months ago
My favorite.... I love it
Naomi21100 8 months ago
i am 13 years old and i adore this music as if it were my lfe
belugerine 8 months ago
cool
artursm4 8 months ago
I played this in 4th class ;)
this prelude is really emotional and beautiful
artursm4 8 months ago
lol this piece makes me sad
91general 8 months ago
Music that you can get lost in.
XDXDXDXDXDXDXD 8 months ago
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TchaikovskyFDR 9 months ago
I'm going to ask my piano teacher if I can play this
SebmendezMusic 9 months ago
Love this piece! Learning how to play it in piano class (hope I can do it justice!) Love how the video is the music progressing - very cool effect! Thanks for creating and sharing this!
EraseAllMemory 9 months ago
Listened to this on the notebook and thought it was beautiful x
VerityAnnaliese 9 months ago
I like playing the intense part at the end wayy faster. I think it adds another element to the piece. Either way it's a beautiful song though.
christbr21 9 months ago
Can anyone tell me how to play the constant left hand chords? I feel like I'm playing them too softly and too emotional (?) because in every interpretation of this piece, it sounds distant from the right hand.. I've never taken lessons, so I don't know much about theory
DiaryOfAWallflower 9 months ago
I think that this is not the kind of Music which children are supposed to fully understand; I don't mean to belittle the emotions of the young, since it certainly doesn't apply in every case, but this music entails a kind of grief which I think most people tend to avoid until they're no longer invincible teenagers. Not so much a "generational thing" as just how growing older and experiencing deeper pain, as life begins to take things from you, rather than give them
Quantumpencil 9 months ago
@MIKE I think that's largely processed nonsense. There young people who hear and understand this music, and I'd also wager that even when this music was written the majority of young people couldn't "really" feel the music, not to say the couldn't appreciate it's beauty, but such an understand linearly as you move from an invincible teenager, and began to really lose things. Lose deep, meaningful relationships, your sense of certainty and purpose, and eventually lose people to death.
Quantumpencil 9 months ago
beautiful
MuzikMs57 9 months ago
this is the soundtrack of my life....
aria2plus2equals5 9 months ago
very nice so simple yet beautiful
jabrightlefthook 10 months ago
@ cjacob84 as much as you are right I hope you will take comfort in the fact that I myself greatly enjoy all types of Classical Music, even though as you can see in my name I am an electronic DJ
TheDJRUN 10 months ago
A perfect example that music doesn't have to be complicated to be beautiful. One of my favorite Chopin pieces of all time.
EvilLizard1192 10 months ago
Chopin has to be my favorite pianist by far, followed by Bach.
Hellogoodbye90gm 10 months ago
I love to play it. Gettin' sad everytime. :)
KathyyCandyy 11 months ago
thus tunes was inspired gainsbourg , and the french rappers of ntm "laisse pas trainer ton fils" nice song !!!!
ZOULOU76 11 months ago
I feel such sadness for our country's children. They are quite quickly being robbed of the appreciation for such beauty. It seems now that if it isn't dressed like a thug or a stripper and is mono-syllabic it just ain't hip enough. Culture is dying a slow painful death
makpjazz57 11 months ago
Strong changes in dyanamics make this version more dramatic than others I've heard. I'm trying to learn it. Unexpectedly made me a little teary. I get it now. Thank you!!!
celisinc 1 year ago
very nice version!
mabitaortega 1 year ago
such a beautiful piece...i now know why they call it CLASSICAL MUSIC!.....ITS TIMELESS!
SexyJessi09 1 year ago
It amazes me how a song can paint such a vivid picture in a person's mind without any lyrics, pictures, or videos accompanying it.
TheRealJJDubz 1 year ago
I played once and than I forgot :( I want to practice a little and play again :)
OrangeAni 1 year ago
Best performance of this song on youtube.
Bravo Fracois-Rene Duchable
jalilli 1 year ago
i'm playing this semi-well at the moment. i agree that it's all in the delivery despite appearing simple.
playing those last three chords is wonderfully bleak.
marshofsleep 1 year ago
The profound beauty and utter sadness of this magnificent masterpiece seems to be exceedingly undervalued, for the depth of the sorrow conveyed perfectly reflect the heart of so many afflicted souls who must unfortunately endure their dismal existence without light and hope...
AugustusAurelianus1 1 year ago
It's very slow, it almost makes you want to turn away in tears when you try to play it, the heart of Chopin truly spills out when played correctly.
Bruceforge 1 year ago
such a beautiful piece...can't express how deeply it affects me..
kbelloeselamor 1 year ago
absolutely beautiful.
The112think 1 year ago
It was called suffocation and it was played at his funeral
TheMuffiinMan254 1 year ago
there is a piece which starts very similar to this, does anyone know what i am talking about? I would like to know the name of it?
01finegirl 1 year ago
thanks for sheet
googlekopfkind 1 year ago
I love this song and I love playing it. It's so easy to learn.
candykiss620 1 year ago
brilliant played =D
clp320 1 year ago
I'm 18 and I love very very much classical music annd i'm french =D and this music is wonderful especially in the film: the notebook
sarouche25 1 year ago
My daughter played this... she could feel it... it was always touching...
rhivideo 1 year ago
i think this peice is overused, especially in movies, etc, but i still like it coz its a beautiful peice. its interesting to hear how composers conveyed emotion in a piano. its a shame its become so much less popular since the introduction of pop, etc. got to be quite a skill
moviemaestro001 1 year ago
thanks for showing notes with music, much easier to learn now
cekol 1 year ago
Thanks for the sheet music. I am more a listener than a player, but it was a terrific insight.
PeterACasanave 1 year ago
@cjacob84 maybe you're right but i think there always will be exceptions. I'm 16 and i just heard this piece and love it! Though I also feel not many people of my age would understand me in this. I am a romantic person, maybe that's why I rather turn to old times and music like this than to this modern mass-society. Music is about the only human-made product that earns my total respect nowadays. Everything else saddens me just as much.
smiechtey 1 year ago
I'm proud to be Polish!
bizarre64 1 year ago
Chopin is so relaxing; I can learn much better on Chopin's music. Thanks for uploading this.
divineplusplus 1 year ago
to cjacob84 , thats true.. however their will always be that kid who appreciates this music for its beauty, and i do believe that even though things are changing rather fast , something marvelous will come out along the way, in other words i have hope for this day
purearielness 1 year ago
I agree, it really is a shame. I'm 14, and love the beauty and complexity of emotion within the works of Chopin. I also love the soaring melodies that seem to sing like a diva or the angels themselves. It takes a certain amount of sensitivity to be able to play and/or appreciate Chopin and classical music in general.
xcisinsane 1 year ago
Reallyl,really good! Thanks for the post.
DerWahreErloeser 1 year ago
This piece is so beautiful and fairly simple to play! Bravo! Love the video too! Make more!
phantomfn8 1 year ago
This is so beautiful. And you're right about young people not enjoying this kind of music. I went to college and studied early childhood education. One of my subjects was music appreciation. I loved evey second of it. I am a classical music addict. But the young people in the class, including one young lady told me she hated it. I guess they have to aquire a love for it.
Sheri451 1 year ago
where is the musicality? the keys are only hammered thats bad.
Kunsterfreut 1 year ago
omg... i love this song! took me forever to find someone who knew the song
alchemistprincess 1 year ago
i wanna cry everytime i hear it, and this is exactly why i play it on the piano. Chopin is my favourite composer and pianist, this is really beautiful, 2.28 minutes of happyness...
theaguerin 1 year ago
Does anyone know if the pedal markings are Chopin's or are they edited??
mom10990 1 year ago
love it
mdiaz071 1 year ago
I have to cry every single time I hear this master piece. Thank you for uploading!
PrincessAmelica 1 year ago
He was one of the best composers of the world
MrTigran19 1 year ago
wonderful.....
pligana 1 year ago
cjacob84: Couldn't agree with you more, Bud.
Every time I hear country-western 'music', for example, I think: "just one or two more generations and the Masters will be all but forgotten".
jerofl 1 year ago
I Will learn To PLay Such Wonderful Piece, Such as Clarie De Lune, Moonlight Sonata. (:
MELLY091109 1 year ago
I love this prelude,
annicksalomon 1 year ago
what a gorgeous piece...so emotional
squeezie88 1 year ago
easy to play
goopro45 1 year ago
mamma mia...la fine del mondo *-*
Pagiazzetta 1 year ago
It leaves me breathless every time ; )
ImDrunkOnBaileys 1 year ago
This is such a melancholy piece. It captures so succinctly the feeling of loss, the longing, the missing of a person that was once dear.
cdbarnes4387 1 year ago
the key of Em does that start on Eb????????????????? or just on the Em Chord itself?
pianomanmaestro 1 year ago
I am learing to play this piece. now i know how fast to go, thanks :)
love this song
kittykittymeow260 1 year ago
@kittykittymeow260 don't play the piece based on the way you hear someone else play it. the tempo marking is largo, so play it slowly. but play whatever slowly means to you. its all your interpretation
chaveznieves 9 months ago
@kittykittymeow260 well it is largo, but i also agree! i tended to add my own stuff ( extra bass chords, so instead of 8 eigth notes in a measure, i added like 16 haha )
OurDearFriends 8 months ago
@kittykittymeow260 I think that is too slow. It has much more effect played a bit faster.
lupash 8 months ago
@kittykittymeow260
largo?
justinvdavid 7 months ago
love this so much wish i cud play it
BabyGirl5211 1 year ago
@BabyGirl5211 not difficult at all, just try it:)
FlorianKordon 1 year ago
@BabyGirl5211 just try really hard (do you have piano experience?) wish you luck with your dream!
PrincessAmelica 1 year ago
@BabyGirl5211 you can learn it. just take measure for measure. it's easy. i learned it
uncatila 1 year ago
@BabyGirl5211 it's easy to play
lusia8a 1 year ago
@BabyGirl5211 I have never played a single song on piano, and I learnt it really fast. It's pretty simple. : ) I love playing it.
erinismybabe 1 year ago
@BabyGirl5211 It's really not that hard! :) His second most simple piece, I think... After the Polish Dance.
1Lisztener1 1 year ago
@BabyGirl5211 ha The sheet music is easy :p its the emotion that's hard
doc105 1 year ago
@BabyGirl5211
IMHO It is the easiest score to play composed by Chopin
yet it's so beautiful
ozon3k 1 year ago
@BabyGirl5211 Practice practice practice :), this is a fairly easy piece technically
OverFjell 1 year ago
@BabyGirl5211 y cant u? i wana play piano sooooo bad!
xotalia745 11 months ago
@BabyGirl5211 learn it! i did and i dont play piano haha
gamnub405 8 months ago
@BabyGirl5211 If you ask me it's a song on intermediate (first) level....so you don't have far to go to learn it is all I'm saying :)
Esteelauders 6 months ago
@BabyGirl5211 Then I hope you spent the year it's been since you posted this learning how!
Dethblight 5 months ago
What a beautiful piece. Very calming in its nature! Throughout!
jingu1109 1 year ago
I had to listen to this for Music Survey, and let me tell you, it was the most beautifulest thing I have ever heard in my life.
LittleValo 1 year ago
Hate to nitpick, but that C7 in the third-last bar should really be spelled enharmonically as A#-C-G-E; also known as a German augmented sixth chord. It's function is clearly to precede the I6/4 - V - I cadence, as the Gr+6 is designed to do. Not sure why it has been spelled as a C7 chord perhaps someone can share some reasons why?
GavMasterD 1 year ago
@GavMasterD I think you may be right. Though I prefer the way it is spelled, because I hear it as a C 7 chord. If it were spelled A#-C-G-E then that would mean A# is the root, though it sounds like a C-root chord to my ears.
JackRyan327 1 year ago
@GavMasterD probably to avoid the use of a natural sign again? Also the last bar should probably have been split up into two hands rather than this notation.
MuseMatt 1 year ago
@GavMasterD because people believe it was a mistake and they changed it :) - i think :P thats what i read, but i will double check it some time
Oblacone 1 year ago
@GavMasterD does it really matter? I mean...it's the way Chopin wrote it...
phantomfn8 1 year ago
@GavMasterD perhaps to be...easier on the eyes and the sheet music? to stay on the same note and simple add a flat, rather than to go to the A and add a sharp? just guessing.. hmm...
lilpinaypinaychic 1 year ago
@GavMasterD While agreeing with you that A# is the way to go about it, the explanation could be found in the fifth last bar which in a way anticipates the aug. sixth chord. It's the same chord in sounding. My score reads A#-C-G-E, too! :-)
Chiromanic 1 year ago
@GavMasterD well done 10/10 in music theory buddy
SingHouse 1 year ago
I don't have the definitive answer on that, but isn't this the way it is printed in any version and not really the YouTube user's choice? I would say, if you look three bars prior to the chord in question, the C7 already appears within a different atmosphere. Perhaps Chopin just wanted to keep things simple and in relation to that. Otherwise, very astute question!
grahamophone 1 year ago
@GavMasterD You're right. But it is a G 4/2, so possibly he wrote it to emphasize that the "A#" 's voice was descending to the low octave B and thus the C resolves to the higher octave B. Otherwise, they would both theoretically resolve to that same first-line B. This also effectively serves as a nice excuse to expand the cadential I 6/4 by an octave in range and increase the power of the extended dominant cadence...But I'm just poking in the dark and haven't taken theory in about 9 years...
telemainiac 1 year ago
@GavMasterD This sheet music pictured only shows C-G-E in the third to last bar. It's not a C7 at all, but you are right that it should be A#-C-E-G. I searched for the sheet music and a found a copy from 8notes.com that shows exactly that, so either the one pictured has a misprint or there is a version that leaves out the A# and it is to be assumed to be a Gr6. Who knows?
satinejaune 11 months ago
@GavMasterD He set the E on top as a neighbor tone and the A# on the bottom as a passing tone so the chord would seem more natural to the listener. The B goes to the C which collapses up to E and the G holds a suspension collapsing to F creating a 9/11 escape tone in the next chord which anticipates the V - i cadence. That's how I see it anyways.
ElectroPulseExtreme 11 months ago
@GavMasterD cause that's how they do
elcapitan009 11 months ago
@GavMasterD Baroque music = "RULES"
Classical music = "Follow the rules."
Romantic = "Eh, let's bend and twist these rules.."
20th century = "SCREW THE RULES"
OMGImaViolinist 11 months ago
@GavMasterD You're right. An A# makes more sense in terms of voice leading, but I think whoever wrote a Bb was thinking harmony: C7 B7 Em. It sounds the same.... :)
cristuspz 10 months ago
@GavMasterD Hmm good point, maybe its because he intended it to sound like a modal shift between the third to last bar. I.e. the prior chord could be seen as a C major sus 7, and the next of course as c7, so the logical next chord would be an F, but he puts a rest instead. If you play the last cadence without the rest, it sounds odd, but an F with no rest sounds ok (albeit a little to cheery). Though E minor isn't quite the relative minor of F.
Or maybe its just for ease of reading?
rablanken 8 months ago
@GavMasterD Because it goes from B to Bb, which is easier to read than B then A#. If scores were noted to fit enharmonics they would be a mess.
Cleroth 8 months ago
@GavMasterD in the second half of the fifth bar from the end, he has an implied C7, in which the Bb resolves to an A in the left hand. This is spelled with a Bb because of voice leading. so my guess is, he spelled the Gr+6 chord the way he did for consistency purposes, since he used a Bb in the C7 just two measures before.
PhrygianBlack 8 months ago
@GavMasterD As you study Chopin more, you'll see a trend of odd spellings like the case you presented. I can't give you an answer that would be agreed upon by all music scholars out there, but what I can tell you is that Chopin likes to show chromaticism in odd ways. In this case, he uses an enharmonic spelling of the Ger+6 chord possibly to make the performer think the progression would go elsewhere, since an A# would most certainly lead to the B natural of the cadential I 6/4. But, who knows?
MrMetallicanstallion 4 months ago
@GavMasterD My best guess is that it is because Chopin really wanted the pause to be very strong, so the resolution should be as surprising as possible. Therefore he actually writes it in the wrong way. Maybe...
JJKjaer 4 months ago
Em/Bb seems more apropriate in the the root to me. The Em in the related key is using the suspended 4th...then the major..then the minor then dropping just the semitone in the root. Seems right. Do we really need to look at the wheel of fiths for sharp accents or reverse fourth for flatterned accent.. No. The moving of the the soul and the human experience in the sound is enough...
Leonmitch 2 months ago
Magnifique putain..
alislow 1 year ago
@alislow c'est un commentaire du coeur ; )
TeamShadowNY 1 year ago
One reason I like this song is that one scene in the moie The Notebook where she is playing it on the piano!
pianomanmaestro 1 year ago
@pianomanmaestro That's actually how I found it because I didnt know the composer so I put piano instrumental played in the notebook. It's such a beautiful prelude.
epiphanyz529 5 months ago
beautiful!
anafilipa1980 1 year ago
PIĘKNE !
iwonak1996 1 year ago
it makes me cry
redarmysux 1 year ago
sencillamente hermoso
kraken313 1 year ago
François-René Duchâble in Chopin??? Oh my God, I can't believe my ears that he could play this piece so well with such a magic touch without any fake or affected rubato. In which album is it? Thanks. It's a 5*
TheRunner75 1 year ago
Im 14 and i feel so bad for the kids who will never get to hear the utter beauty of Chopin
MIKEDURSTEWITZ 2 years ago
@MIKEDURSTEWITZ I too have come to the realization that kids are never going to feel music in such a beautiful way. Modern culture is changing what the common person feels and as a result music is losing its uniquness, style and taste because all it is anymore, is a product dumbed down for the masses to digest easily. It saddens me
cjacob84 1 year ago
@cjacob84
I disagree. As a teen, I feel that the internet can open a mind or close it. With the ease of many music site, and youtube, modern kids have better access to the beauty of these composers. While mainstream music is dumbed down, classical music is never going to die.
beatle96 1 year ago
@cjacob84 I agree with you..unfortunately you are right :/
Fotima 1 year ago
@cjacob84 this is an incredible comment, i also dislike this mass-produced money-making music which is churned out mainstream nowadays. But to be honest, anyone who truly appreciates music will definitely still appreciate this kind of music
spartanA01 1 year ago
@cjacob84 there will always be a peasant mass, and there will always be an educated elite. there are children who were brought up on classical music, and there were children raised by a fucking TV.
KrisdashPaul 1 year ago
@cjacob84 it depends on education, there are a lot off kids who appreciates and understands this music
vonlubcke 1 year ago
@cjacob84 i still have hope for a few
pinkfloydn1fan 1 year ago
@cjacob84 Actually, I'm just an average 16 year old. I love alternative music and Indie Rock and folk acoustic stuff, but I adore and am inspired by classical music too.
Beauty endures through ages. Don't lose faith in us :)
SruthyJuanes 1 year ago
@cjacob84 u r so right. saddens me too.
miniecow1 1 year ago
@cjacob84 Well, I'm a kid and I love this music! It has so much more musicality than music played on the radio!
leafindawind 1 year ago
@cjacob84 i know i totaly agree....im 17 and i just find this sooo beautiful and calming but so many just dont appreceate it!
chubbstar123 1 year ago
@cjacob84 im learning to play it and you could call me a kid. but man, some stretches i cannot do and i have to come up with these weird ways to reach them :)
TheTorresTime 1 year ago
@cjacob84 But there are a few who are not following that sad downfall, fortunately!
MrMusicalLion 1 year ago
@cjacob84 especially top 40. its just awful.
DJMoonX3 1 year ago
@cjacob84 Fine art is often not "for the masses," because it is often more challenging, just as rigorous science is not often understood by people who don't take the time to study it. You can't summarize all music today based solely on what is popular. That being said, their is something to say for the popularity of music, perhaps it is popular because it captures more of the common essence of human experience. Who are you to say your feelings listening to "style" are any more important?
CosChrono 1 year ago
@cjacob84 Thats not the right realization to have. one, its only in this country. in european cultures ecspecially this stuff is important. and even in america, though certaintly not as much as pop culture, but this music is still being adored by cultured american kids.
15MusicLove 1 year ago
@cjacob84 Sorry to disagree with you, but I myself being 13 only listen to music such as this. I am not a degenerate kid, some product of our generation, and there are acceptions every generation.
BruceLeeKills1 1 year ago
@cjacob84 , thats true.. however their will always be that kid who appreciates this music for its beauty, and i do believe that even though things are changing rather fast , something marvelous will come out along the way, in other words i have hope for this day
purearielness 1 year ago
@cjacob84 That is only true for pop music. If it's pop music you're talking about, I agree.
Biermacht529 1 year ago
@cjacob84 im 14 and i love classical music such as this...
TNT12345678910 1 year ago
@cjacob84 totally agree with u
knives0736 1 year ago
@cjacob84 I am 15 years old right now and the only music I am interested in playing on my piano is classical and a little bit of Coldplay I must admit but I love classical I will all my life =D
monkeytots4u 1 year ago
@cjacob84 And you have come to the wrong conclusion. Just because you dont see kids enjoying music just as you do does not give you the right to write us off. Pull your head from out of the sand.
AfroPK 1 year ago
@cjacob84 OK i am a kid and i play piano. i have different opinions than you. there are still kids that appreciate this music
xtonicsoul 1 year ago
@cjacob84 You got a point there, but I know a lot of kids that don't listen to mainstream music only. They say they like classical music as well and listen to it from time to time. Of course this presumably depends on social environment and stuff, but you can't say "All the kids detest this bautiful music and love dumb modern mainstream", because it simply ain't that easy.
Fero631 1 year ago
@cjacob84 please don't take this offensively, but i disagree with at least part of your statement. I'm 14, and i love some of the classics, mozart, listz, even a little debussey once in a while, but i love even more modern music. some of the pop out there is trash mass manufactured for ratings and sales, but some of it is truly great. and just because something is dumbed down, doesnt mean it isn't good. for example, Breaker, by low, is one of the simplest songs i know, but it makes the most beau
hemophile44 1 year ago
@cjacob84 tiful statement. And rap has its fair share of trash, but there are peices out there that play rhythms and stylize words that i had no idea were possible. an example of that is whered you go remix featuring eminem, 2pac, and jay-z, even if it does contain foul language. Lyrics add a whole new dimension that wasnt present with the greats. Again, i agree that some off the stuff out there is just disgusting, -cough kanye -cough- but don't judge everything out there because of some garbage
hemophile44 1 year ago
@cjacob84 i am a kid, i play and listen to hardcore metal every day, but at the same time i can appreciate a masterpiece that was written hundreds of years ago. it fills the depths of my soul with happiness and wonder of life. i have friends who do the same, including one who plays the piano in ways that make me feel the same chopin, mozart and beethoven do. there is still hope for us kids ;)
ok333 1 year ago
@cjacob84 jacob don't lose hope! there are youths all over the world adoring this type of music! i learnt to play this at 12yrs (which is no mean feat considering extensive private lessons) and have grown up my whole life with it, and am now 21. there is always folk music, in chopin's time most academics and elite-trained trained musicians ignored his stuff because it didnt follow the viennese symphonic tradition. the world will never lose the chopin e minor prelude
ext409 1 year ago
@cjacob84 even though im 20, i still feel the presence of a child in myself, and even as a younger child, i was always inspired and mesmerized by the beautiful nature of classical masterpieces. Hope of this music is not lost, because this music goes deeper than todays alternative music, which barely scratches our surfaces. Keep faith in these masterpieces!
highfi17 1 year ago
@cjacob84 Not all kids are like what you thin