Chopin Revolutionary Etude - Tutorial - Paul Barton, piano

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• Chopin
• tutorial
• piano
• Etude
• study
• Op.10
• No.12
• Revolutionary
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• Paul
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[hannahchanxox]

PLEASE HELP ME!!

I have extremely small hands, so it's hard for me to even do an octave, never mind playing the notes between it as well, extremely fast, with control and accuracy!!

And please do not just say to give on the piece, because it's obviously not JUST THIS ONE, most pieces I am learning contains LOTS of octave-y things, and it's really hard for me to play. Are there any tips to help me? Exercises to make my fingers grow longer?

Thank you sooo so much :)

[PaulBartonPiano]

@hannahchanxox -- small hands are common, especially in countries like Japan. Often children that play piano do stretching exercises as they grow up. It's sometimes a question of increasing the the spaces between the fingers called webbing, as making them longer is just not possible. Vladimir Ashkenazy has very small hands, yet he is one of the world's favorite pianists. Chopin used to sleep with wine corks between his fingers as a child as his hands were smallish too.

[PaulBartonPiano]

I can't post a link here but Goggle this below and you will see a perfect solution for you.

Perfect-Fit Piano

Ergonomists Measure Benefits of Keyboard for Smaller Hands

[mazzolaf]

Paul, I have just discovered your tutorials and they are awesome! Thank you for offering this to those of us who want to make beautiful music but need to work through technical challenges. Any thoughts on the Rachmaninov Prelude Op. 23 No 2?

[PaulBartonPiano]

@mazzolaf -- Thanks! - yes, LOVE 23/2 (+ all the Rach. P's) Have you been practicing it?

[PhrygianBlack]

Your technique is absolutely superb! You are a professional, right?

[PaulBartonPiano]

@PhrygianBlack -- thanks! (semi-p. my "job" is artist)

[AppolloHunter]

This helps :) I'm not into fast classical music but i was challenged to get into it. Watching your hand movements turned the light bulb on. Thanks!

[colourfulwithaU]

Very nice tutorial! This piece seems a lot less daunting now.

[twgirl1]

Hello !! very good nice channel ! Thanks for sharing

[willemvdr12]

at 06.46, where is his bass line?

[willemvdr12]

@darkwolfevanish

No, I thought it sounded better than a normal acoustic piano of this size,

and it sounds too much like he´s playing in a concert hall, which he´s obviously not.

I would say it´s an electric piano, built in an acoustic case or something.

I almost can´t beleve that this is the sound of that piano.