Chopin prelude+mazurka

[the_duck]

Chopin Prelude, op.28 no.10 in C# minor

Chopin Mazurka, op.17 no.2 in E minor

i'm not terribly thrilled with either one but i felt like posting something so here they are. any comments/suggestions will be gratefully recieved

edd

[pianistimo]

i see you're progressing at lightening speed.  my advice would be to relax your shoulders.  i can tell they are slightly tense in the mazurka because your elbows are a bit farther out than they naturally would fall.  try getting up - walking around and swinging your arms- then come back and sit down and play the mazurka as your would with normal arm movements walking.  you'll immediately sound that much better. 

anyways - i like what you are doing.  you approach the keyboard with respect as though you are a true martial artist - and pianist combined.  careful.   

[the_duck]

i wouldn't say these pieces represent much of a "progression" in my playing - i've actually been playing the piano for years (albeit with a couple of humungous breaks), and i'm also learning a lot of considerably more difficult rep, but these are pieces that i can knock out relatively quickly and post decent performances of without tearing my hair out. i should hopefully be posting some liszt-schubert, rachmaninov and brahms in the next couple of weeks if i can drill them into my disobedient fingers!