chopin revolutionary etude

[johnnourya]

Hello everyone
Im playing the piano for 2 years. I had started revolutionary etude and I finished 1 and half pages already in 160bpm speed. I've got some problem with legato in LH!! What should I do??? Should I practice it slower?? Any suggusted etudes before this etude?
By the way, is playing chopin etudes good after 2 years?
Here's some of pieces and books that I leaned:
Czerny op.299
Some of moszkowsky etudes
Chopin nocturnes op.9 no.1, nocturne in C-sharp minor, nocturn in C minor

[stevensk]

" problem with legato in LH!! What should I do???"

I suggest that you play another piece. The Chopin etydes are all very virituosic pieces and I´m afraid it will just sound bombastic, dull and untight when you dont have the technique for the piece. Wait till you can play piano better

"By the way, is playing chopin etudes good after 2 years?"

-No, not if you cant play it well.

[chopinlover01]

160 BPM, one and a half pages. Are you insane? You practice the entire piece extremely slow until you get the entire piece under your fingers, and only then do you speed it up maybe ever so slightly. Also, playing Chopin etudes after 2 years... generally speaking, no. It is not a good idea, especially with that repertoire being so small... But, if you MUST study a Chopin etude (they're scary), start 10/3 or 10/5, or maybe 10/1 (it's not nearly as hard as it sounds, repetitive movements, start slow etc). But do some Bach inventions, preludes and fugues, do Mozart K545, and if you haven't done any Chopin before, do nocturnes Op 9/1 and 9/2, Preludes (Op 28) No 4,6,7, 20, and 15 for an extra challenge (raindrop prelude). Then look at some mazurkas.

[coda_colossale]

By the way, is playing chopin etudes good after 2 years?

You never know till you try. Even if you actually manage to play Mazeppa after 2 years, there will be holes in your technique.

10/1 (it's not nearly as hard as it sounds, repetitive movements, start slow etc).

Revolutionary is a joke compared to 10/1. But I agree, Bach inventions will be good for you.

[chopinlover01]

Actually 10/1 is all repetitive hand arpeggios in the RH, and the LH is just octaves. I've played it myself, it's not NEARLY as hard as it sounds.

[coda_colossale]

I've encountered many naive amateurs who think that You should have Rachmaninoff's hands, since you play it with ease To play it at the indicated tempo without mistakes requires incredible endurance, flexibility and confidence, apart from technique, and reading through it once doesn't count as playing... Revolutionary etude requires merely straightforward repetition to learn.