Chopin Nocturne Op 9, No. 2 , (Eternal Sonata)

[Roxann308]

Oh I like this!! ...wonderful dynamics and your trills are so effortless. Nice job, Alex dear. I know classical is not your favorite genre, but at least we can all see you're quite capable of its intricacies, regardless. Very relaxing - puts one into a peaceful twilight. You have many loyal and appreciative followers - not at all surprising. ;)

[acuity1980]

@Roxann308 Hey :) thank you so much for the compliments! when i look at this 3 year old video i think i could do much better now ^^

But i really appreciate that you find it relaxing and like m performance :)

[Noxalus]

Perfect, great job ! :)

[acuity1980]

@Noxalus thank you!

even though personally i think this is miles away from perfect.

[ISACKENDER]

h.. how did you learn it? i guess you take piano lessons, don`t you?

i'm trying to play this one and it's really hard... u_u

do you have any tip for it? >.<

[acuity1980]

@ISACKENDER hmm i stopped taking lessons years ago already, but i dont really have any good tips for learning a piece like this. i suck as a teacher xD

[semicroma]

@ISACKENDER Depend on what you think is hard. If you feel that you are ready to play it. Practice slow. Practice left and right hand separate and together. Train extra on the places you find difficoult. If you are not ready for the piece yet, play something else to prepare yourself. Be careful about the fingering. Also don´t play the left hand to loud.

[iamnoone81]

Was hast du mit dem alten?

[acuity1980]

@iamnoone81 huh? was? what do you mean? ^^

[iamnoone81]

@acuity1980 Oops, my bad German. I mean what did you do with the your old piano, the upright.

[acuity1980]

@iamnoone81 oh dont worry. that piano still stands in my parents living room ^.^ i always play it when i visit them. in fact, today again :D

[Frutalina]

This is beautiful!!

I have technical question: also bought this instrument and tried recording and playing the MIDI file on my computer. Sounds terrible!! How did you record? Directly onto your computer (see you are wearing headphones...)

[acuity1980]

@Frutalina

hey i saw you are from switzerland, so maybe i answer in german xD

also ich nehme direkt vom kopfhoererausgang auf. also nen kabel vom kopfhoererausgang in den line in eingang vom pc. dann mit garage band oder music maker aufnehmen. midi hab ich auch mal versucht, aber da kommt ja wie do schon sagst nur mist bei rum xD

die kopfhoerer die ich auf hab, haben aber nichts mit der aufnahme zu tun. die hab ich da nur auf, weil ich nachts gespielt hab und keinen nerven wollte xDDD

[Frutalina]

@acuity1980

Bin aber keine Schweizerin... aber verstehe Deutsch schon ja.

Danke!! Werde morgen solch einen Kabel holen :)

[Mirfaelltnixein2]

Hey wie spielt sich das CLP 370 so? Wie is der sound? (Kauf mir vieleicht auch eins)

PS: Excellent! XD

[acuity1980]

also, wie schon in dem anderen video gesagt: ich kann das clp 370 nur empfehlen, (natürlich immer am besten selber ausprobieren und mit anderen instrumenten vergleichen. is ja geschmackssache) aber ich fin den sound auch super, selbst mit kopfhörern, einfach genial.

P.S.: autogrammpreis ist soeben um 2 euro gestiegen.. macht jetzt 7 euro xDDD

[Mirfaelltnixein2]

@acuity1980 Oh sry (hab gedacht dass das andere Kommentar nich gesendet wurde XD)

Ps: Wie wäre es mit 20% Osterrabatt :D

[Artemko12]

Awesome, very excellent play!

[acuity1980]

Thank you for your comment ! =)

[moechtegernPianist]

that was realy great!

[acuity1980]

danke schön :)

[moechtegernPianist]

hab gewusst ich könnt deutsch schreiben naja dann kann ich ja mehr schreiben als nur großartig ^^ also ich lerne dieses stück gerade also naja ich habs angefangen und ich hoff ich kanns dann auch so wie du! und dann wollt ich noch sagen dass dein e piano echt gut is! also der klang^^

[rotsteineva]

Bellíssimo!!!!

[acuity1980]

muchas grácias :)

[carmengal]

Awesome! <3

[acuity1980]

thank youuuuu =)

[couchcrust]

Nice.... but why is he wearing headphones

[acuity1980]

thanks.

and i am wearing them because it was late when i recorded this. that is the reason why i bought a digital piano. that i can play at any day / night time :D

[couchcrust]

How do you like the 370? I was thinking about getting it over the 340 but they said the only difference is that the 370 has the wooden keys and a few more voices, and only the 380 has the string resonance.

[acuity1980]

Hey !

i like the 370 very much

trust me, the wooden keyboard is so much better, especially because of the synthetic ivory tops,

i played the 340 and the keys feel like plastic and your fingers can slip on the keys, the keys of the 370 avoid this. and the 370 has string resonance either, adjustable in 20 steps so i would say take the 370 instead of the 340 no doubt

[ekklesiast]

340 has synthetic ivory and 370 has no string resonance.

[eric69bv]

Hy, it's really super! I would like to play it the same as you play it.

Would it be possible to receive the midi file to play on my yamaha 295 GP ?

Eric

[acuity1980]

Hey Eric !

i don´t have a midi file from it.

but thanks for the compliment :)

[truthinmedia]

did you copy Giomar Novaes for this piece?

[acuity1980]

no, i dont even know her interpretation of this song

[touchOFsorrow]

lol i can play thisss!!!!! :D:D

[cyberflo999]

oh and you play well!

[acuity1980]

danke schön =)

und ja, du kannst sogar gleich 2 kopfhörer anschließen. das klavier hat 2 kopfhörer buchsen.

[cyberflo999]

Danke!

[cyberflo999]

thank you! I was looking for a test of the clp 370! it has a great sound!! I understand you can plug headphones on it?

[Acoustix77]

Nice!!!

Bought the same piano today! *happy*

[acuity1980]

congratulations =))

[annzmanz]

Awesome, was looking for a vr, just like in eternal sonata!

[acuity1980]

heya, thanks.

but what is a "vr"? i never played the game =)

^^

[annzmanz]

vr = version, what ppl that dont understand classical music call a piece, movement or some way to identify the actual version i like. I looked up heaps of Chopin's Nocturne and they all sound different and i dont like them. I like yours cause it sounds the same as in the game Eternal Sonata, japanese RPG i play on xbox.

I think to identify the vr i like its Op. 9 no.2 whatever that means, and i found some others that are good too, they all say E sharp :?

[DongerZ1]

Hey do you reckon you could do a piano cover, I don't know the name of the song name but it plays while you look for the sewers in Ritardano

[acuity1980]

unfortunately i don´t even know the song itself. i never played eternal sonata. only watched my wife playing it. but if you had sheet music, i would take a look at it.

[dryad1512]

huh? wierd, u did have a wife huh? wierd, i must be blind haha, i didn't see ur ring so ... :)

Now Yiruma would be beware of you :D cuz u has a wife like him and such a talent ^^

[acuity1980]

Yes, i do have a wife. But i´m about to get divorced, that´s why i don´t wear the ring anymore :S

[dryad1512]

sorry to know about it...

It's ok...

[SIlentPianist47]

wah... I'm stunned... A piano like that produced good sound! Great! I like the grace notes that had been emphasized really well! Well played~ Recorded with a phone... Clean Playing and not over pedaled! Very great~ Why not afford an acoustic piano? Btw... balance the sound, I heard some bass part blurred some of the melody, ^ ^...

[acuity1980]

thanks for commenting !

first: i do have an acoustic piano, but that´s at my mom´s house. and under my apartment live old people. and since i enjoy playing piano at every day and night-times, it´s the best solution. and i´m also stunned by the sound quality and the playability of the keyboard.

thanks for the advice with the bass and the compliment

Alex

[tranhoanghuan]

wow , it has been a long time since I visited your channel , now my piano friend has got his new digital piano and upload some more videos ;) nice playing . I won't forget you as a subscriber , Alexander ;) , the songs you play is very relaxing , especially the Build 6 The Sims ;)

Huan

[acuity1980]

hey Huan !!

long time no see. how is your progress with the build 6 theme?

thanks for commenting :)

btw, there will come more videos. i feel like i have the obligation to re-do all my videos i did with the horrible tuned old piano :D

[tranhoanghuan]

well , it's not working so well , but when I get my new digital piano Yamaha YDP-S30 , I will re-do it ;) and a lot of songs too ! :) haha , same to me , that old piano in the lecture hall has awful sounds :( cos it's all out of tune ...

[acuity1980]

then have fun with your new piano :)

looking forward to new songs

[waveboarder221]

It's great. I just have a few suggestions.

First of all, your technical stuff is right. However, musically, try adding more dynamics. Two questions, What's up with the headphones? And is that a real piano or is that like a keyboard thing? Keep up the hard practicing!

[acuity1980]

first: thanks for commenting :)

and yeah, the dynamics... it´s really hard for me, adding them while being recorded.. i still have a problem with that. oh well..

and it´s a digital piano, which is close to a real piano, but far from a keyboard. at least that´s what i think

and somehow i prefer to play with headphones, but that´s not the reason why i use them while i record, somehow i can´t record the audio without using the headphones at the same time.

thanks again for commenting !

[Saihei]

You've played it beautifully. Nice job!

Isn't this one of the chapters' themes in ES? I don't remember, I'm still skimming through ES really quickly for the Encore version.

[acuity1980]

thanks !

i don´t really know. as most of the game music i play on piano, i never played the game, like the sims, final fantasy and eternal sonata. strange, but true. i just like the music :D

i´m not into rpg´s. i watched my wife playing eternal sonata though and the ending is reaaaally long i can tell.. ;)