Chopin 'Fantasie-Impromptu' - History & Tutorial - Paul Barton, piano

[BernieDegnan]

Without your video, i wouldnt even be close to being able to play fantasie. Thanks!

Youre great!

[crookstubes]

Thanks for your help, ive been trying to master this piece for years.

Geoff

[losinggrip1993]

In my Edition Peters copy of Fantasie Impromptu, it states that another belief for Chopin not publishing the piece is that it was composed solely for personal use to its dedicatee, Baroness d'Este. The history of this piece is very fascinating. Thanks again for sharing the information and your own opinion! :)

[losinggrip1993]

Thank you for sharing some of this information which is so often ignored. The general belief is that Chopin wanted all his unpublished works burnt, because he believed they weren't up to his normal standard, but I never knew he sold this Impromptu to a private party and couldn't publish it. Very interesting. I always felt the piece was far too passionate and genius, and couldn't understand why Chopin wanted it destroyed. He also made careful revisions to it, and there's more than one manuscript!

[Adenoz5]

thank You.

[jmccolley07]

Thank you for this video, it is excellent! I have been playing this piece for years, but I never knew the history behind it. I have not been able to get it up to it's proper speed without it falling apart. You have inspired me to work on that. Great job!

[foreverdream1]

Thank you very much!

[Medicalcure]

I can´t believe why people do not to see how greatfull (particularly enjoyable) are this tutorial, it details exactly the perfromance, debelopment in the most great and fast way to learn fantasie impromptu, even if im a novice in this world, your tutorials make my introduce chopin and learned etude 25no01, and i cant believe the fast progress in this piece (one of the best), so very thank you Paul Barton, i will wait for new tutorials. Have a nice day

[SilverPhoenix13]

This is a beautiful piece of music that I've wanted to be able to do for years. My problem is that I lack confidence in my own abilities. Another problem when I want to learn new melodies is that I can't read sheet music. I've played piano for many years, but I just can't make the connection between the sheets and the piano, even if I know how the sheet music work. I've tried many times, but the notes are just black dots on a paper to me. Very frustrating. Thanks for posting this tutorial though

[epadif]

Excellent tutorial, and thank you so much. I have been playing piano for two years, i and i can play the start slowly, but when i try to play it faster, i can´t. What can i do to improve my technique and play it better?

thanks and btw, sorry for my english but i´m mexican

[crm4F240]

Thanks very much for 3:08. My ever existing wondering about unexplicable recognition has been solved.

[xdanierox]

Thank you so much for the insight on such an amazing piece.

This makes me wish I could learn to play the piano!! :(

[scottspianist]

Not only are your videos helpfull, they are also both interesting and enjoyable. Really fantastic work and good on you for making these wonderful peices feel slightly more understandable.

[Praptolium]

Whenever I play anything by chopin it just leaves me feeling self conscious :(

[PaulBartonPiano]

@Praptolium -- When I play anything by Chopin it just leaves me feeling I should practice more :)

[Praptolium]

@PaulBartonPiano yeah that too :P

I never feel like I can play it right... there is always things i can improve even if i practice the same thing for like weeks!

[link7188]

So awesome thanks so much! A few months back when I tackled Op 10 no 4, I stumbled on to your tutorial and it was awesome. So when I saw the 4 over 3 and all that stuff, I immediately was like "Maybe there's a Paul Barton tutorial!". Love your videos man! I'm a composer too so the history of why Chopin didnt want to publish this piece was super interesting too. Thanks!

[trZack]

Thank you for such a beautiful lesson and piano tutorial. As a child, I took lessons, but all I can do is read sheet music and spend days practicing one bar at a time. Do you have any advice on how I can practice sight reading in order to learn pieces much faster?

[xXdavidroeck1996Xx]

Excellent tutorial ! it´s also nice to know the history of this song! i learned it without tutorial =)

[williamtj21]

Hey Paul, I really love your tutorial so much.. I never knew moscheles before watching this video and I fell in love with his impromptu so much. However, I cannot find a video in youtube about Moscheles impromptu... no one plays it.... I would really love to see u playing the full piece.... thanks!!

[dnlestrella]

I must say, despite you most likely having heard this before, your video gave me the encouragement and aid that I needed to tackle this piece. Not only that, I loved your video as you are superbly insightful and cheery! The history behind the piece/author is fantastic, and I couldn't help but smile when you mentioned how you could picture Chopin trying ideas for the slow section -- I think about that so often with pieces! In short, thank you, you have a new subscriber (:

[BassicStorm]

i did it :)

[anonymousQ45]

i think the most difficult part is playing legato throughout. im long past the polyrhythm phase.

[PeaceMaker503]

Thanks A LOT ! For me, this piece has always been very hard because of the polyrythm, but how you cut the rythm made me realize that this piece is not so hard, from the point of view of the rythm. Once again, thank you so much ! I'm going to practice right now ! =D

[anonymousQ45]

@PeaceMaker503 how about your skill level has increased because you overcame an obstacle? the piece is no easier than it was the day it was published.

[PeaceMaker503]

@anonymousQ45 True, it's not easier, but before, I couldn't play this piece mostly because of those rythms that I had never understood. But now, plus the fact that I increased my skill indeed, this piece is much more playable particulary because now I understand how the rythms work.

[polishedmarbles]

Thank you so much for posting this! This tutorial helps a lot. Now being able to play this piece seems more attainable. Off to practicing! :)

[ITlex]

Wow Paul, you are such a nice person, it really shows. Thanks for sharing your passion, I can't stop watching your videos !

Alex

[gusbakker]

thank you very much, learned so much with this

[mateus7deus]

@mateus7deus, please tell me what the song name, or how to find this song from Ignaz Moscheles, because I looked around the places of the internet, I found a result, I really liked when he played it, so I tried, but I do not think please tell me.

[PaulBartonPiano]

@mateus7deus -- Ola! I messaged you with all the 2 links you'll need to get the Ignaz Moscheles Impromptu, Op.89 score free. The best site I know of for copyright-free classical sheet music is imslp.org Good luck.

[agnelovesya]

this is great!

[Djsora555]

This song is one of the hardest i ever heard. and tried

[suchaBigKiddo]

I love how you broke this down and explained in great detail with awsome tips! Thanks! 

[benjosephcuyacot]

thanks...

[beekyosuke]

I do this all the time. Is it legal to take rhythms from songs(patterns) and use your own notes and melody? And publish it?

[chocolategalaxy]

Thankyou so much. You are an incredible teacher!

One question...How do u get your fingers to move so swiftly and evenly? I have been playing piano for years, and yet my technique does not match up. Any finger exercises or scales u recommend that i practise to improve fluidity and evenness when it comes to fast sections?

[averof247]

You sir are a genius and i thank you for this amazing tutorial! it surely helped me and you should keep on doing more ! The whole history analysis and the guidance on the piece was awesome ! Keep on the the work!

[Winelighter]

I like this a lot. Hope all your videos are as good.

[BassicStorm]

your tutorial inspired me to start with this piece! :) ty very much Paul! your tutorials are really great

[juvennino]

Best Tutorial Ever!

[lolmachinez]

You are a very wonderful person, your tutorial has given me the strength to take on this piece. Like many amateurs, this has been one of my lifelong goals, i have been wanting to learn this for decades, but could not because of my lack in ability. You have shed light into the technicalities of this piece, something that i have struggled to understand. With this tutorial, i have full confidence that i can achieve this goal.  Thank you and god bless you.

[PaulBartonPiano]

@lolmachinez -- Thank you very much. I'm so pleased you feel you can achieve your goal and sense, not only will you play it, but it will be your very best piece. Good luck with it.

[ImmortalSpecies]

@PaulBartonPiano

How creepy, that's exactly what my teacher told me.

[pianogirl4ever]

I always love your tutorials! I especially enjoyed your insights on the history of this piece! I am learning this piece right now, so I am very glad that I found your tutorial! And as usual, your clarity and musicality in your playing is wonderful as well! I look forward to watching more tutorials from you! (*^^*)

[PaulBartonPiano]

@pianogirl4ever -- Thanks! -- I'm sure you'll play it superbly. Look forward to hearing you play it very much.

[DelinArt]

Best Youtube lesson ever!

And you play like you're on the fastfoward mode. You don't stir much but your fingers move like they have their own mind.

This song is like one of my life time goals. I'd be so happy if I can just play it fluently half speed *_*

[illxtekmatik]

Excellent, excellent video. Very high quality in instruction and content. Please do keep it up!

[cefinow]

wow, i had an epic fail trying to figure out this rhythm years ago, yesterday revisited it and finally worked it out... for some reason cannot just let the notes fall into place naturally, had to get the rhythm of it at a very slow tempo first by counting to 12 and feeling where the different beats hit. Then slamming the beats where the 2 fingers hit together! But at a faster pace, would have to loosen up the controls and hope it flowed the right way ;-) Thanks for the lesson!!

[TheDrakaan]

Love hearing information over the music. Same reason I Loved Eternal Sonata game for Xbox 360. I despise my lack of determination though, I listen to these and just think "Right I'm learning this now"... Give up a day later. Then again learning Chopin as a complete newbie is ambitious bordering idiotic =S

[aslkfja]

It was in your tutorial section 2.. I didn't look further appearantly.

[aslkfja]

Interesting tutorial (as usual:), I didn't find it on your youtube page however, but on your website. As for the reference to the Moscheles fantasy, I read in a book about Chopin by Arthur Hedley refering to that piece for not being published for the strong resemblance.

One question, could you tell me what video editing software you use?

As for what the music resembles, if you consider the names of Debussy's preludes.... they are completely nonsensical to me. Music is a great abstract art!

[pianistlover2008]

muy interesante, especialmente quede sorprendido con las notas exactamente iguales de fantasia Impromptu y del tercer mov. de la sonata moonlight.

How did you dicovered the fact that both pieces have the same notes....did you read it or you just found it out.......great video.

[expectio]

Hey thanks a lot for this awesome Video, great that People like you use Youtube like this.

[omguanyin]

his hand is so so soo firm on the keys

[princessbobo910]

Wow! What a BIG musician library! :)

You're really a hard-working pianist!

Thank you for this interesting video!

I learnt so much from your wonderful videos.

You played this piece so amazing and fantastic!

Bo Bo ^ v ^

[martinadler73]

What a brilliant lecture! I really enjoyed it.

[alinnman]

Very good tutorial!

[pianogirl98]

Very interesting video! Love it! You can read Chopin's mind...Haha...

I agree with you for the possible motives of Chopin for refusing to publish the piece.

I remember when I first heard Vivian played her Summer Reverie, I was like, 'Doesn't it sound kind of like Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky?' Well, Vivian was too young to care about how people would think about her composition...

Linda

[Mynoufou]

Hi Mister Paul !... Hope you are fine. Thanks lot for this interesting video...

A great performance, as usual... Best regards.

Cyrille.

[MASAIMANIC]

excellent!  thankyou

[douglassmcann]

mere distillations of improvisations... begs the question whether the known works are lesser works than what a few people were allowed to hear live...,

also, whether great work has been lost forever....

paul this is such an enormous offering which you share with the world, as you are an artist, virtuoso, and perhaps a musicologist as well....

best

douglas

[DanJames15]

I knew about that similarity with the Fantasie and the Moonlight sonata lol

[JaneFlemingPiano]

Another gem, Paul! You're an inspiration.

[Oberon1981]

Grazieeeee!!!

[henrique1944]

I like the Impromtu you played. I would like to study it. You played in a so beautiful manner that i am intented to play it . I would like very much to attend a recital of yours here in Brasilia.

[abhikmazumder]

Paul, another outstanding video. Really enjoyed this one. Are you going to post the standalone piece soon?

[MellowCypriot]

Thank you for posting this excellent video, it was really a pleasure to watch. A great combination of history and context, practice ideas, and a little theory thrown in too. It was very interesting to hear the corresponding pieces that influenced Chopin. And above all, great communication and passion for your subject. You would put most university professors to shame!

[juanpst77]

Excellent tutorial, thank you so much Dear Paul Barton

[ilwmb]

hi paul,

this is my good morning movie :-) i really didnt know the facts about this piece, always wondered why chopin didnt publish it. so thank you! those historical facts are often forgotten when interpreting a piece. besides you once again proved your fascination for piano playing. its nice to see how much fun you have.

[MDkid1]

OMG...Thank you so much!

[gradius55]

In the Db section there is a measure with 7 notes in RH vs 6 in LH. Where do the notes match up?

[712Stephen]

@gradius55 They don't, it's polyrhythmic.

[PaulBartonPiano]

@gradius55 -- when notes don't match up, slow practicing from scratch is a difficult, I know just what you mean. Perhaps think of your hands as 2 people walking casually side by side, their footsteps won't be equal or in sync. they just start and arrive together without being conscious of each footstep in between. Those starting and arriving notes are key to playing this and similar bars, don't worry if it's a bit messy at first, these things just sort themselves out naturally.

[Runnerduck16]

thanks a lot for this,

would love to play this one day

[o0December0o]

OMG!! you really did it!! Thank you so much!!

[Bramborail]

AMAZING videoooo!!!! :))))

Lovable video :)

Great :)

[FedericoCPP]

Paul thank you so much! This is like a sign of god! I started learning this piece a few days ago and I was having trouble with the first section, getting the notes right, but thanks to your tutorial I am able to play it now! Thanks a lot!

Great tutorial!

Federico

[cinzia997]

muy buen video y musica

siento no entender tu idioma

5**********

besosss

Mayca

[NoGee06]

I was under the impression that Chopin didn't care very much for his contemporaries, rather that he idolised Bach and Mozart. Great video!

[gerardbedecarter]

@NoGee06 ....... and Scarlatti and Handel.

[thomandy]

Impressive video!!! :) If you are heading in this direction, Its more than welcomed! This video is both inspiring and educational, And fun to watch at the same time! :) ThU

Thomas

[destinybone]

Are these scores? You have alot of books, probably 100 times more than mine! Great video!

[PaulBartonPiano]

@destinybone -- thanks for watching! (- : there's few scores in that corner, but I keep most of them in a different place in the house.

[gerardbedecarter]

Thanks for this, Paul!