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Title: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: pianiststrongbad on March 02, 2016, 01:49:10 PM

My left hand adventures continue. I've wanted to learn/attempt one of these Etudes for the past decade. I decided to finally learn one this year.

Listening to the recording I hear so many things to fix. It will probably take me the rest of the year to get those 32nds even and with balanced voicing. Regardless, I figured I would share, for those who enjoy this music.

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: pencilart3 on March 07, 2016, 08:32:29 PM

Very, very well done :)

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: pianiststrongbad on March 08, 2016, 05:32:53 AM

Thanks for the nice feedback!

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: mjames on March 08, 2016, 06:42:55 AM

Wow, this is an incredible accomplishment! Of course it still needs some work but as I can see you are already aware of that.

Please do post more, especially if you're working on any other of these studies. Thanks for posting man.

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: pianiststrongbad on March 14, 2016, 04:22:01 AM

Thanks!

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: kalospiano on March 16, 2016, 11:44:54 AM

why do I keep watching videos that make me feel bad about myself? :-)) good stuff man!

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: emill on April 05, 2016, 02:10:16 AM

Quote from: kalospiano on March 16, 2016, 11:44:54 AM

why do I keep watching videos that make me feel bad about myself? :-)) good stuff man! 

Me too!!  This pleases my ear a lot! :)

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: ronde_des_sylphes on April 05, 2016, 11:26:48 AM

Very good. I hear a little occasional murkiness within the passagework but these things are very hard to get absolutely precise, and your control is generally excellent.

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: pianiststrongbad on April 05, 2016, 04:15:08 PM

Thanks for the nice feedback!

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: recnepspencer on April 06, 2016, 03:26:18 AM

Very well done! Not only is is a great accomplishment, but it's also quite beautiful. Please do post once you finish perfecting it!! Next you should learn the revolutionary etude for left hand 😉

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: pianiststrongbad on April 06, 2016, 09:28:49 PM

Quote from: recnepspencer on April 06, 2016, 03:26:18 AM

Very well done! Not only is is a great accomplishment, but it's also quite beautiful. Please do post once you finish perfecting it!! Next you should learn the revolutionary etude for left hand 😉

Thanks! Godowsky's arrangement of Op 10 No 12 has never been one of my favorites. If I learn more of them I'll likely do one of the following:
Op 25 No 1 (3rd version)
Op 10 No 5 (6th version)
Op 10 No 3

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: ronde_des_sylphes on April 07, 2016, 07:48:09 PM

I've looked at the lh only 10/3. Very challenging. I quite like the lh Butterfly as well.

I don't know why I didn't make this observation before - is your piano stool moved up somewhat to the right? I ask because when I've worked on lh only pieces I have been advised that it can be helpful to actually rotate the piano stool (and body position) a little, so that the left hand side is slightly further in than usual, but the right hand side slightly further out.

Title: Re: Chopin/Godowsky - Op. 10, No. 6
Post by: pianiststrongbad on April 07, 2016, 10:05:40 PM

Quote from: ronde_des_sylphes on April 07, 2016, 07:48:09 PM

I don't know why I didn't make this observation before - is your piano stool moved up somewhat to the right? I ask because when I've worked on lh only pieces I have been advised that it can be helpful to actually rotate the piano stool (and body position) a little, so that the left hand side is slightly further in than usual, but the right hand side slightly further out.

For this piece I think I only shifted the bench to the right a few inches, I didn't feel the need to shift it further since a lot of the notes are in the lower half of the piano. When I played Blumenfeld's LH Etude I shifted the bench a full octave to the right since the work covered the entire keyboard. I haven't tried actually rotating the bench before, perhaps I'll try that next time I play it. Thanks for the suggestion! In a LH book I own, Lewenthal mentions in the preface to experiment with different positions for the bench when playing LH pieces.