@hellboyreloaded One of the easiest? Are you serious? LOL... Now, if you had said compared to Liszt's Transcendental etudes, sure... but saying it is one of the easiest is just plain misleading. This etude is extremely fast, and very hard on the right hand. It would be ranked around the middle of Chopin's etudes.
@YSFmemories Hmmm no... This one with op.25 no.1, no.2, op.10 no.3, no.6 are the easiest etudes, it fits the hand. I studied it, But, like i said there is no "easy etude" ...It's just less hard.
And some of Liszt T. Etudes are easier than some Chopin Etudes.
@hellboyreloaded That's your own personal opinion, but from what I've read in at least 3 different sources, they all put op. 10 no.5 at around the same level as the op. 10 no.12, right in the middle of the 24 etudes (or 27, if you count the three new etudes).
There certainly are easy etudes, go try to Burgmuller's 25 etudes, or some cernzy etudes.
@YSFmemories Lol i forgot to put on my list also op.10 no.12 that is also very easy.
And obviously i'm refering to Chopin Etudes, not Burgmuller, Czerny, Berens, Moszkowski, etc.
I'm studing Music as a Career, to be a profesional Pianist, and some of the first etudes they gave me to study, were Chopin op.25 no.1, no.2, Op,10 no.12 and no.5. , later they gave me op.25 no.11 and op.25 no.8, and there is no comparison, Op.10 no.12 is, indeed, very easy, is just about hand position. Try it.
@hellboyreloaded Yes, and my math professor thinks that multivariable calculus is very easy.
But for the rest of the world, it isn't.
And I have tried it, and while it isn't impossible, it certainly isn't "easy" by any means. My friend found winter wind to be about the same difficulty as Op. 10 No.12, so it really depends on the person.
@hellboyreloaded And my point was that even when compared to the Chopin Etudes, Op 10 no.5 is IN THE MIDDLE. I never said it was one of the harder etudes, I said it was in the middle. Obviously there are harder ones like op. 10 no.2, and op. 25 no.6, but there are also easier ones like op. 10 no.9, op. 10 no.6.
@YSFmemories When you say it's in the middle you are saying this etude is harder than at least 11 etudes, and i think is only harder than op.10 no.3 no.6, op.9 and op.25 and no.2 and 7, but difficulty depends on each person, so what is easier for me, it could be harder for you, because of different dynamics.
Love YouTube and some of the comments are funny especially when comparing the performers with someone else. Andre Previn looks like Mr Bean and also Willy Wonka and Jorge Bolet looks like Hitler not to forget Michalangeli aka Dracula. Freddy Kempf looks like Stephen Bonner and so it go'es on. Ah well.......
@vegatrev Barenboim looks like Jigsaw, Katzaris looks like pennywise(the clown from the movie "It"), and Rafael Orozco(spanish pianist) looks like Tom Selleck....Tell me what u think..
On those long double octave runs with both hands is it better to use the fourth finger on the black notes? Or is it a matter of taste? Or technique? I'd be interested in any input.
I know what you want do ask, selfly i use the fifth finger but I Have big hands and beetween my first and last finger i can do "Do-Mi' so i think if you are more better with the fourth take the fourth :)
PsychoticCat723, it's always better to use the 5th finger on octaves if at all possible; othterwise, you could injur yourself by playing with extreme range of motion. Playing octaves with the 4th finger is ergonomically incorrect and dangerous. One pianist crippled himself doing that and could no longer play anything, except left-hand pieces. HIs name was Gary something, sorry, his name escapes me. I think his first name was Gary. An older guy.
Not always true...Chopin etude op.25 no. 10 for example, you must use fourth fingers on octaves ifyou want it to go fast. and have a sense of the line.
@TheLovelyPiano Bullshit. And Graffman injured himself by using the third, not the fourth. You'd be lucky to find more than a handful of pianists who play rapid octaves without routinely alternating between four and five.
@TheLovelyPiano You are an idiot. Graffman injured his 3rd finger. Also, measure the distance from your thumb to the tip of the 4th and to the tip of the 5th. The distance to the 4th is the same if not longer on most people. It's only dangerous if you pronate your wrist to extremes as is moving any body part to it's extreme ranges of motion.
Yes I realised that long ago, thats y the fun thing is, if anyone does not know how to play tha piano, just bang on the black keys! HAHA! And it will sound eastern!
Honestly, you can't hear the melody in the left hand, i mean the main medoly, a few measures did chopin chose left hand to be the melody in the middle, but, of course, you can only get the best effect by playing with both hands.
excellent performance, by the way. I also like the way the set/lighting changes with every different piece... reminds me of what Gould used to do in some of the taped TV performances.
I would choose the Revolutionary. It's a bit harder and should get your left hand in shape. :) Black Keys sounds very difficult but it really falls right into place with your fingers.
of course to a beginner chopin would be a monstrous idea to even think to play. I remember at one time I was afraid to play the greig concerto, now ... eh... not so much.
I love chopin. UNDERSTAND THE COMMENT AND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. For you it might be difficult. and don't even TRY to say i said there's no challenge in CHOPIN becuase I DIDN'T you douche bag. I said in those two pieces he named there is no technical challenge,
"There's absolutely no technical challenge in either. "
Well, there's your quote... I'll still stand by my my comment and say there are TECHNICAL, but especially MUSICAL challenges in every etude... they also blur the boundary between what the difference is between these two areas. If you ever try to say you mastered an etude, from op10 no3. to the Winterwind, I'll say you're full of huge amounts of shit. There are lifelong lessons in all of them. Who called who a Douch?
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It's obvious who plays the piano and who hasn't. I wonder if they ever took a class. Did their teacher hold their hands and cuddle with them? Mine screamed at me for not practicing 4 hours daily or more. They did everything but curse. Lot's of yelling. There was none of this cum ba ya crap these guys are giving.
One of my teachers gave me a D in jury, because he felt I didn't practice enough, everyone else gave me an A because I played the piece masterfully. that's what i'm used to
you know what dude, if arpeggios and chords present a challenge to you then ....
really? a friggin tempo piece is hard? arpeggio arpeggio chord arpeggio arpeggio chord chord... wow dude, that's hard.
Go look up the pieces i suggested he played, they aren't arpeggios and they aren't chords, and they aren't fingering obvious to any idiot that sits down to the keyboard.
Since your final message to me ended with "Get the fuck out", I assumed this conversation had left any rational territory it might have came from, and I'm actually surprised you've returned this late to continue your judgmental ramblings. I'd love to hear you back up your opinions with a sample of your piano playing, but your profile only provides evidence that you know the best way to keep hydrated, and that you sing tolerably well. I'd let this one go man, I already did, a long time ago.
dnt read ths(cuz it really wrks).u wll gt kissd on the nearest pssible friday by the love of ur life.2mara wll b the bst day of ur life hwevr if u dnt post ths cmmnt 2 at least 3 vids u wll die withn 2 days nw uv startd readn ths dnt stp ths is so scary snd ths ovr 2 5 vids n 143 mins whn ur done press f6 nd ur crush's name wll appear on the screen n big lettrs ths is so scary cuz it actually wrks ths really wrks
don't listen to these guys. they're idiots. i bet you a dollar none of them have even played a piano, nor even played a fake computer piano in a video game. even less would they understand someone critiquing a Chopin piece.
You prove your immaturity by saying to someone you don't know that "this and that" piece is too easy for them... which is a dangerous thing for any musician to suggest to an aspiring one. I've performed about half the etudes in my life, and I plan on performing/studying them for the rest of it. You claim to have started when you were 7, and yet you still act like and adolescent... go back to practicing, and not to hurling insults/bad advice. Chopin would think you're a jerk, and it would be true
do you know Chopin's personality? He was actually quite the jerk himself. So miss, let's all hold hands and be as one, you need to grow up yourself. Not everyone is a beginner. and YOUR ADVICE isn't the only advice on this planet. so get your panties out of your butt and shut up. this section here is for comments by real people.
your advice you should stick to, my advice i stick to it. capice? gtfo
Got a chance to meet Freddy at a concert, and hear about these recordings. The story of the recordings of these is fascinating. That blue light down the hall is probably frost! He was freezing.
@etude12 Actually, Wilhelm Kempf was a grand-uncle or something close to that but there is the distant family relationship. Freddy Kempf has mentioned this.
on my account page it may say i'm 33 but that's my mom's age and i'm 9 i'm starting this piece... my music has 6 pages and I can play up to 3 pages its not that hard
This work is characteristic for the arpeggios played with the right hand, almost exclusively on black keys except in measure 66, where Chopin wrote an F-natural, the only white key for the right hand throughout the entire piece.
In my book, measure 66's right hand consists of three notes: Ab, Bb, and Ab again. Your book probably indicates the the Eb, Gb, Db, and F are part of the right hand.
stxer, the problem with you is your MOUTH! You don't know jack about classical music. This is NOT the butterfly etude. I always notice that those who always whine about the renown, impeccable, accomplished performers who make LOADS OF MONEY at prestigious concert halls, are always the idiots who know NOTHING! And have no videos of themselves playing their perfect interpretation.
I think Freddy Kempf is the offspring of Wilhelm Kempff. Besides both having the musical gene, there's also a physical resemblance if you study their faces. I've not been able to document the connection; perhaps Freddy was not acknowledged. His bio says "German father and Japanese mother", with no reference to Kempff. Likewise Wilhelm's obit mentions five children not named. No reference to having ever been married to a Japanese woman. Perhaps Freddy took his name but changed the spelling?
actually, this piece is a lot easier to learn than it sounds. not saying it's "easy" but compare Op10 No4 to Op10 No5, the former is a bazillion times harder, technically.
You fool!! Hes Freddy Kempf. U have no idea how tallented he is. I dont think you studied in London - Royal Academy of Music even one year. Doubt you even heard of it giuliacap :-))))))))
"A great review on Grant Foster's music in the March edition of GramophoneMagazine. They are raving about him! I have been a fan of his music for sometimenow. You can hear a small sample on Youtube. Just type in his name. Greatstuff."
he plays a improvised version of it (jay chou). it starts of normal, transposes to white, and then sort of changes it to a more modern sounding one. check it out here. just type in 'secret piano battle'.
Calm down, everyone. You should have been able to garner that 13243546abcdef was referring to the Chinese pianist Jay Chou, and not Freddy Kempff. This user was responding to my comment where I ask if this is the same piece Jay Chou plays in the movie "Secret".
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mynamekate 2 months ago
It seems like Severus Snape cut his hair and took up the piano instead of wizardy?
ButteredCheez 5 months ago 5
Beautifully played Chopin!
T2Step 6 months ago in playlist Freddy Kempf
BRAVO!
MissYinKS 9 months ago
at 1.34 OMFG
angrybirdeatpiggies 9 months ago
thats not chopin. just not delicious and to much agogic
chipncharge94 1 year ago
Watched this vid 17 times now d:
FPSfreak96 1 year ago
Virtuosismo e passione... bello!
STURM1958 1 year ago
This etude is lovely ! very hard to play though
A8opi 1 year ago 3
@A8opi there are more difficult, believe me ;)
MaslAlek 1 year ago
@A8opi This is one of the easiest( there is not easy etude, but its less hard).
hellboyreloaded 11 months ago
@hellboyreloaded One of the easiest? Are you serious? LOL... Now, if you had said compared to Liszt's Transcendental etudes, sure... but saying it is one of the easiest is just plain misleading. This etude is extremely fast, and very hard on the right hand. It would be ranked around the middle of Chopin's etudes.
YSFmemories 10 months ago
@YSFmemories Hmmm no... This one with op.25 no.1, no.2, op.10 no.3, no.6 are the easiest etudes, it fits the hand. I studied it, But, like i said there is no "easy etude" ...It's just less hard.
And some of Liszt T. Etudes are easier than some Chopin Etudes.
hellboyreloaded 9 months ago
@hellboyreloaded That's your own personal opinion, but from what I've read in at least 3 different sources, they all put op. 10 no.5 at around the same level as the op. 10 no.12, right in the middle of the 24 etudes (or 27, if you count the three new etudes).
There certainly are easy etudes, go try to Burgmuller's 25 etudes, or some cernzy etudes.
YSFmemories 9 months ago
@YSFmemories Lol i forgot to put on my list also op.10 no.12 that is also very easy.
And obviously i'm refering to Chopin Etudes, not Burgmuller, Czerny, Berens, Moszkowski, etc.
I'm studing Music as a Career, to be a profesional Pianist, and some of the first etudes they gave me to study, were Chopin op.25 no.1, no.2, Op,10 no.12 and no.5. , later they gave me op.25 no.11 and op.25 no.8, and there is no comparison, Op.10 no.12 is, indeed, very easy, is just about hand position. Try it.
hellboyreloaded 9 months ago
@hellboyreloaded Yes, and my math professor thinks that multivariable calculus is very easy.
But for the rest of the world, it isn't.
And I have tried it, and while it isn't impossible, it certainly isn't "easy" by any means. My friend found winter wind to be about the same difficulty as Op. 10 No.12, so it really depends on the person.
YSFmemories 9 months ago
@hellboyreloaded And my point was that even when compared to the Chopin Etudes, Op 10 no.5 is IN THE MIDDLE. I never said it was one of the harder etudes, I said it was in the middle. Obviously there are harder ones like op. 10 no.2, and op. 25 no.6, but there are also easier ones like op. 10 no.9, op. 10 no.6.
YSFmemories 9 months ago
@YSFmemories When you say it's in the middle you are saying this etude is harder than at least 11 etudes, and i think is only harder than op.10 no.3 no.6, op.9 and op.25 and no.2 and 7, but difficulty depends on each person, so what is easier for me, it could be harder for you, because of different dynamics.
hellboyreloaded 9 months ago
@hellboyreloaded like no 6 is easier than Chopin's 10-1
F14Lolcat 6 months ago
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Seniarth 1 year ago
Love YouTube and some of the comments are funny especially when comparing the performers with someone else. Andre Previn looks like Mr Bean and also Willy Wonka and Jorge Bolet looks like Hitler not to forget Michalangeli aka Dracula. Freddy Kempf looks like Stephen Bonner and so it go'es on. Ah well.......
vegatrev 1 year ago 4
@vegatrev Barenboim looks like Jigsaw, Katzaris looks like pennywise(the clown from the movie "It"), and Rafael Orozco(spanish pianist) looks like Tom Selleck....Tell me what u think..
belialah 1 year ago
@belialah omg barenboim DOES look like Jigsaw! omgosh
cowlikesbeef 1 year ago
@cowlikesbeef lol....did u see??lol
belialah 1 year ago
Amazing
iraklikorkia 1 year ago 2
bad
timurgran 1 year ago
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drbic246 1 year ago
@drbic246 Lol... funny comparing mma fighter to world renowned pianist...
chuey1988 1 year ago
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drbic246 1 year ago
I don't know y, but I always feel this song sounds eastern feeling to me. lol
RichardGold8 1 year ago
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armonici 1 year ago
uuuugh that was so hot
kinkajoes 1 year ago
where did he play this at? looks nice
JayIvory87 1 year ago
imo the best interpretation on youtube.
steve0ms 1 year ago
@steve0ms
rubinstein, a - chopin - etude in ges-dur, op. 10 n 5
peep that
baseket2ball12 1 year ago
nice room. love the tile.
ziziva 1 year ago 3
your good i try to play that song but doesn't work for me... ㅠ_ㅠ
damonmaster999 1 year ago
Muito bom!!!
raphalokko 2 years ago
@stevenkonasr
yeah thats what I was thinking! :D
AGamerX13 2 years ago
is that a steinway D?
AGamerX13 2 years ago
yes, it is!
Jamespianista 2 years ago
nice room.
TheNut3lla 2 years ago 2
Question from an amateur pianist:
On those long double octave runs with both hands is it better to use the fourth finger on the black notes? Or is it a matter of taste? Or technique? I'd be interested in any input.
Thanks
PsychoticCat723 2 years ago
I know what you want do ask, selfly i use the fifth finger but I Have big hands and beetween my first and last finger i can do "Do-Mi' so i think if you are more better with the fourth take the fourth :)
Bye
(sorry for my english i'm french xD)
RaineGenie 2 years ago
PsychoticCat723, it's always better to use the 5th finger on octaves if at all possible; othterwise, you could injur yourself by playing with extreme range of motion. Playing octaves with the 4th finger is ergonomically incorrect and dangerous. One pianist crippled himself doing that and could no longer play anything, except left-hand pieces. HIs name was Gary something, sorry, his name escapes me. I think his first name was Gary. An older guy.
If you have huge hands, it might be okay.
TheLovelyPiano 2 years ago 2
Haha thanks for letting me know, I've never heard that before. That's pretty intense.
PsychoticCat723 2 years ago
Not always true...Chopin etude op.25 no. 10 for example, you must use fourth fingers on octaves ifyou want it to go fast. and have a sense of the line.
kreeezle 2 years ago
@TheLovelyPiano Bullshit. And Graffman injured himself by using the third, not the fourth. You'd be lucky to find more than a handful of pianists who play rapid octaves without routinely alternating between four and five.
wayneredhart 2 years ago
@TheLovelyPiano You are an idiot. Graffman injured his 3rd finger. Also, measure the distance from your thumb to the tip of the 4th and to the tip of the 5th. The distance to the 4th is the same if not longer on most people. It's only dangerous if you pronate your wrist to extremes as is moving any body part to it's extreme ranges of motion.
jinfiesto 1 year ago
@jinfiesto
Yes I realised that long ago, thats y the fun thing is, if anyone does not know how to play tha piano, just bang on the black keys! HAHA! And it will sound eastern!
RichardGold8 1 year ago
I play this etude, it is not very easy piece at all, as someone said here
musicpiano14 2 years ago
thats very true, this piece is actually just as hard as it sounds but i think the easiest, but still not very easy is chopin etude no 1 op 10.
funnybooboo8 2 years ago 2
Amazing pianist - a musician's musician and a genuine nice guy as well.
Mittelbaum 2 years ago 10
OK, so now look at Valentina Igoshina play this. She is incomparable.
FILIGREE1 2 years ago
yeah, she's rubbish.
headchew 2 years ago
she plays it in 1 minute he plays it like 1 min and a half :)
dennis11364 2 years ago
Because Valentina skipped some parts...
josephting 2 years ago
yumm! fantastic music and wonderfully played! I love how he plays - positive and musically, the phrasing is lovely.
iloveaccompanying 2 years ago
I love how Chopin's etudes were beautiful pieces of music, and how Kempf plays them as such.
IrenkaKaspar 2 years ago 3
haunted mansion...
pokypoky93 2 years ago 42
wow! that man is amazing!! his fingers seem to fly!!
aznsecretluv 2 years ago 3
is the melody in the left hand or right hand or both?
llethaface 2 years ago
mostly in the right hand, but is in the left hand for a few measures in the middle.
AvocadoMandog 2 years ago 2
I'm sorry to say but the melody is mostly in the left hand.
UMSHFMOD 2 years ago
Honestly, you can't hear the melody in the left hand, i mean the main medoly, a few measures did chopin chose left hand to be the melody in the middle, but, of course, you can only get the best effect by playing with both hands.
tonyngjichun 2 years ago
Both!
plentycool 2 years ago
the room is like a 1850s house
llethaface 2 years ago 3
kempf is my role model for chopins etudes. the man is amazing
hammer29106 2 years ago 3
Is this guy the son of Wilhelm Kempff??
wwyk1993 2 years ago
nah~ they have similat surnames eh?? i thought that too hehe^^
ekdus9720 2 years ago
@wwyk1993, Wilhelm Kempff was something like his grand-uncle.
anieb 1 year ago
freddy is amazing.
xd4ve 2 years ago
excellent performance, by the way. I also like the way the set/lighting changes with every different piece... reminds me of what Gould used to do in some of the taped TV performances.
pianodan10 2 years ago 3
should i play this song for my pian for my panel test or this song: chopin, etude op. 10 no. 12? help me out here ^^
thanks ahead of time ^^
chineseguardianangel 2 years ago
this one would be preferred as the revolutionary is played too much and etc...
pian000 2 years ago
allright, i c ^^
thank u
chineseguardianangel 2 years ago
actually choose the one in which you are more confident in playing
pian000 2 years ago 2
haha ya xD
that makes sense lolz
chineseguardianangel 2 years ago
I would choose the Revolutionary. It's a bit harder and should get your left hand in shape. :) Black Keys sounds very difficult but it really falls right into place with your fingers.
NickThePianist 2 years ago
haha thats the one im going to play ^^
thank u ~~
chineseguardianangel 2 years ago
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neither, play either the 4th opus 10 or the 11 opus 25. this and 12th are too easy. There's absolutely no technical challenge in either.
So either the 4th opus 10 or the winterwind.
shakaama 2 years ago
wow
u must be really good at the piano to say that this and no 12 is easy.... ^^
well, thank u ^-^
chineseguardianangel 2 years ago
nah it comes with practicing from 7 years old.
shakaama 2 years ago
oh wow *o* haha xD
chineseguardianangel 2 years ago
If you think there aren't technical challenges in every Chopin etude you aren't looking hard enough, and should stop saying such ridiculous nonsense.
pianodan10 2 years ago
woah woah woah everything is relative.
of course to a beginner chopin would be a monstrous idea to even think to play. I remember at one time I was afraid to play the greig concerto, now ... eh... not so much.
I love chopin. UNDERSTAND THE COMMENT AND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. For you it might be difficult. and don't even TRY to say i said there's no challenge in CHOPIN becuase I DIDN'T you douche bag. I said in those two pieces he named there is no technical challenge,
shakaama 2 years ago
"There's absolutely no technical challenge in either. "
Well, there's your quote... I'll still stand by my my comment and say there are TECHNICAL, but especially MUSICAL challenges in every etude... they also blur the boundary between what the difference is between these two areas. If you ever try to say you mastered an etude, from op10 no3. to the Winterwind, I'll say you're full of huge amounts of shit. There are lifelong lessons in all of them. Who called who a Douch?
pianodan10 2 years ago
you're right shakaama. and why are you guys giving him a hard time? :)
tuufysucka 2 years ago
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It's obvious who plays the piano and who hasn't. I wonder if they ever took a class. Did their teacher hold their hands and cuddle with them? Mine screamed at me for not practicing 4 hours daily or more. They did everything but curse. Lot's of yelling. There was none of this cum ba ya crap these guys are giving.
One of my teachers gave me a D in jury, because he felt I didn't practice enough, everyone else gave me an A because I played the piece masterfully. that's what i'm used to
shakaama 2 years ago
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you know what dude, if arpeggios and chords present a challenge to you then ....
really? a friggin tempo piece is hard? arpeggio arpeggio chord arpeggio arpeggio chord chord... wow dude, that's hard.
Go look up the pieces i suggested he played, they aren't arpeggios and they aren't chords, and they aren't fingering obvious to any idiot that sits down to the keyboard.
shakaama 2 years ago
Since your final message to me ended with "Get the fuck out", I assumed this conversation had left any rational territory it might have came from, and I'm actually surprised you've returned this late to continue your judgmental ramblings. I'd love to hear you back up your opinions with a sample of your piano playing, but your profile only provides evidence that you know the best way to keep hydrated, and that you sing tolerably well. I'd let this one go man, I already did, a long time ago.
pianodan10 2 years ago 2
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get a life
apetit12345 2 years ago
the no.5 is very easy compared to any other chopin etudes.
tuufysucka 2 years ago
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dnt read ths(cuz it really wrks).u wll gt kissd on the nearest pssible friday by the love of ur life.2mara wll b the bst day of ur life hwevr if u dnt post ths cmmnt 2 at least 3 vids u wll die withn 2 days nw uv startd readn ths dnt stp ths is so scary snd ths ovr 2 5 vids n 143 mins whn ur done press f6 nd ur crush's name wll appear on the screen n big lettrs ths is so scary cuz it actually wrks ths really wrks
MELOVESTHETRUMPET 2 years ago
fuck
MusicIsNotForAnyone 2 years ago
a bit slow tempo, way weak intensness and fuzziness in his right hand. :P
tuufysucka 2 years ago
Slow?
NickThePianist 2 years ago
Compared to how he feels how fast this piece should be played.
brain1012 2 years ago
have you ever even tried to play this piece?
themystery09 2 years ago
if i hadnt played the piece and would be critiscing it, id be a total idiot! :S
tuufysucka 2 years ago
Yes, because a movie critic has to have made an oscar-winning masterpiece before he can comment on a movie, right?
NoGee06 2 years ago
don't listen to these guys. they're idiots. i bet you a dollar none of them have even played a piano, nor even played a fake computer piano in a video game. even less would they understand someone critiquing a Chopin piece.
shakaama 2 years ago
You prove your immaturity by saying to someone you don't know that "this and that" piece is too easy for them... which is a dangerous thing for any musician to suggest to an aspiring one. I've performed about half the etudes in my life, and I plan on performing/studying them for the rest of it. You claim to have started when you were 7, and yet you still act like and adolescent... go back to practicing, and not to hurling insults/bad advice. Chopin would think you're a jerk, and it would be true
pianodan10 2 years ago
do you know Chopin's personality? He was actually quite the jerk himself. So miss, let's all hold hands and be as one, you need to grow up yourself. Not everyone is a beginner. and YOUR ADVICE isn't the only advice on this planet. so get your panties out of your butt and shut up. this section here is for comments by real people.
your advice you should stick to, my advice i stick to it. capice? gtfo
shakaama 2 years ago
nah, troppo lento
rachm06 2 years ago
Got a chance to meet Freddy at a concert, and hear about these recordings. The story of the recordings of these is fascinating. That blue light down the hall is probably frost! He was freezing.
gwizvideo 2 years ago
Do tell us more... haha (no seriously I am curious)
skryabyn 2 years ago
wtf, has he played all of chopins etudes???
PianoGirl555 3 years ago
wilhelm's last name is spelled with 2 f's
pianist221 3 years ago
Too bad this isnt Wilhelm Kempff smart ass.
TC10OEM 3 years ago
Oh, my god! Is he related to Kempff? He plays so well!
sunny19216 3 years ago 2
Everyone says that! No, he isn't.
He is amazing, isn't he! I love his op.10 no.2!
etude12 3 years ago 3
@etude12 Actually, Wilhelm Kempf was a grand-uncle or something close to that but there is the distant family relationship. Freddy Kempf has mentioned this.
anieb 1 year ago
@sunny19216 no it cannot be because thats freddy kempF and not freddy kempFF
WirSindWasWirTun 3 years ago
That must have required almost infinitestimal amount of practice time. :O
SweetMusic223 3 years ago 2
This is Freddy's best performance of any of the opus 10 etudes in the video set. It's very pleasing to the ear!
GrandPatzer 3 years ago 2
is he half asian, he looks it...
fortissimo25 3 years ago
Yup, half Japanese.
GrandPatzer 3 years ago
Amazing hacks! [jk]
I don't get how people can play so fast yet with perfection... godly... no beyond
EternalChaos000 3 years ago 3
Yeah, I can play piano like a little good, but I can't play this song like even fast. ㅠㅜ
mikej941126 3 years ago
LOL, I CAN'T even play it :P
EternalChaos000 3 years ago
When was this video recorded?
Alnyyl 3 years ago
beyond perfection!!!
HannahShen12 3 years ago 2
sorry, but i HAVE to say he's a hottie :)
pangaea611 3 years ago 4
bravissimo !!!!
spirokito86 3 years ago
sorry I didn't put the fact that we share an account
baroquemusik123 3 years ago
on my account page it may say i'm 33 but that's my mom's age and i'm 9 i'm starting this piece... my music has 6 pages and I can play up to 3 pages its not that hard
baroquemusik123 3 years ago
5 stars! Awesome!
I'm learning this piece right now!
Gosh it's really hard to get right :(
This professional makes it look so easy!
karlng888 3 years ago 3
"Black key" great job
Josephfrodo 3 years ago
This work is characteristic for the arpeggios played with the right hand, almost exclusively on black keys except in measure 66, where Chopin wrote an F-natural, the only white key for the right hand throughout the entire piece.
MI6MI5 3 years ago
In my book, measure 66's right hand consists of three notes: Ab, Bb, and Ab again. Your book probably indicates the the Eb, Gb, Db, and F are part of the right hand.
GameMaster12300 3 years ago
BRAVO!
PianoCriticsKiller 3 years ago
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The problem with his playing in this piece is that he is too heavy-handed. This is called the butterfly etude for a reason!
stxer 3 years ago
This isn't called the butterfly etude.. this is the Black-key etude. The butterfly etude is op. 25-9
PuresMusic 3 years ago 4
AHHH! You're right!! I got mixed up with my Etudes!
stxer 3 years ago
stxer, you just made my case.
I rest my case....
PianoCriticsKiller 3 years ago
stxer, the problem with you is your MOUTH! You don't know jack about classical music. This is NOT the butterfly etude. I always notice that those who always whine about the renown, impeccable, accomplished performers who make LOADS OF MONEY at prestigious concert halls, are always the idiots who know NOTHING! And have no videos of themselves playing their perfect interpretation.
PianoCriticsKiller 3 years ago 2
Chopin didn't name it Butterfly Etude dimwit.
MI6MI5 3 years ago 3
i love this guy but here he is going too fast for what he can perform here
here right hand is ahead of the left and is not clear enough
byakuganmaster32 3 years ago
byakugan32, then let's hear YOUR video with hands together.
PianoCriticsKiller 3 years ago
is his dad wilhem kempf
cheeselover911 3 years ago
I think Freddy Kempf is the offspring of Wilhelm Kempff. Besides both having the musical gene, there's also a physical resemblance if you study their faces. I've not been able to document the connection; perhaps Freddy was not acknowledged. His bio says "German father and Japanese mother", with no reference to Kempff. Likewise Wilhelm's obit mentions five children not named. No reference to having ever been married to a Japanese woman. Perhaps Freddy took his name but changed the spelling?
NicoleKatri 3 years ago
Freddy and Wilhelm kempff are only assiciated on proffision and last name, they are'nt family.
PuresMusic 3 years ago
In fact, their last names differ:
Freddy Kempf
and Wilhelm Kempff
...
gc65531941 3 years ago 3
Freddy Kempf has said, in an interview, that he's a distant relative. Kempff died in 1991 after concertizing for over 60 years.
anieb 3 years ago
I don't think so.
The one who died was Wilhelm Kempff.
This is Freddy Kempf, who is still alive, and hes only 30-31 years old now.
freneticbottle 3 years ago
Chopin must have had crazy fun writing this one.
Kempf's father is in fact German, his mother Japanese, and Kempf himself now lives in Berlin.
Chickenbaru 3 years ago
he plays it almost perfectly technically but his interpretations arent good.
penguinshin 3 years ago
I agree.
thatiswrong 3 years ago
that is not easy to master!! good job!!
CAN YOU TEACH ME HOW TO DO THAT CRAZYNESS!!!!!!!!
CJL204 3 years ago 2
This piece demands great virtuoso from the player and is definitely NOT easy to learn. Great Job Freddy! :D
rayquaza5000 3 years ago
actually, this piece is a lot easier to learn than it sounds. not saying it's "easy" but compare Op10 No4 to Op10 No5, the former is a bazillion times harder, technically.
superpotential 3 years ago
it is easy to play.but it is diffucult to master like that.
piano0989 3 years ago 2
No!! He lives in Gemany.
konzolmester 3 years ago
is not british, is germany
ironteam 3 years ago
Thats becouse hes mother is Japanese and father British :-)
konzolmester 3 years ago
He is British,but he is playng like chinnese...
pincheruso 3 years ago
What do you mean?
HaparukuU 3 years ago
hahaha
bookguy12000 3 years ago
i felt the tempo of this piece can be decreased to maximize the impact of melody and chords..
apart from fantastic fingering n control, this piece would be magnificent if the soul can be brought out
tianshu84 4 years ago
THIS SUCKS huh? Then my appology. I dont know who you are but your the arrogant one here.
I think he plays miraculous. If you ever played this level of etudes than you should know.
konzolmester 4 years ago
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How can you be so arrogant to know who I am or what I did? Freddy Kempf scores zero in musicality. This is my opinion and also many other's opinion.
giuliacap 4 years ago
Hey giuliacap, why do you think he sucks? He's really good at playing! Also, he was a child virtuoso!
PJmusicFan 4 years ago 2
hah.. did you even hear him play? he has great dynamics, and a lot of musicality.
Silkemaage 4 years ago 2
You fool!! Hes Freddy Kempf. U have no idea how tallented he is. I dont think you studied in London - Royal Academy of Music even one year. Doubt you even heard of it giuliacap :-))))))))
konzolmester 4 years ago
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This sucks. What a meaningless perfomance. The poeple at the television who produced this recording must totally crazy.
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Sonata23uu 4 years ago
what nationality is he?
pigolet2178 4 years ago
British.
fairiesinparis 4 years ago
any one can find the biographic of this pianist??
kstar8673 4 years ago
he plays a improvised version of it (jay chou). it starts of normal, transposes to white, and then sort of changes it to a more modern sounding one. check it out here. just type in 'secret piano battle'.
13243546abcdef 4 years ago
Man...you knows completely NOTHING !!
macbookhl 4 years ago
Calm down, everyone. You should have been able to garner that 13243546abcdef was referring to the Chinese pianist Jay Chou, and not Freddy Kempff. This user was responding to my comment where I ask if this is the same piece Jay Chou plays in the movie "Secret".
GrandPatzer 4 years ago 3
Such a happy piece; I love this!
GrandPatzer 4 years ago
i think this piece Yundi LI is better than him
foxcat612 4 years ago
I think this was played in the movie "Secret" with Jay Chou.
GrandPatzer 4 years ago
Jay Chou played the simplified version of it, he played using white keys instead of black keys
macbookhl 4 years ago
Oh seriously? It was still a very convincing performance. Harder with the "Black Keys", hey?
GrandPatzer 4 years ago
yeah. using the black keys is so much more difficult.
macbookhl 4 years ago