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Topic: Chopin prelude+mazurka (Read 3541 times)

the_duck

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Chopin prelude+mazurka

on: September 12, 2007, 09:52:06 AM

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

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pianistimo

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Re: Chopin prelude+mazurka

Reply #1 on: September 12, 2007, 07:24:00 PM

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.

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the_duck

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Re: Chopin prelude+mazurka

Reply #2 on: September 12, 2007, 09:17:01 PM

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!

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