Chopin Op.62 No.1

[kevonthegreatpianist]

I pretty much can sightread the whole thing, but I'm stuck at the part with the descending thrills, like the part in the 55/2 and Beethoven's Op.106. How do you master that part?

[schumaniac]

Wow; one of my favorite nocturnes!

I'm not 100% familiar with the score, but I assume you're talking about the 5 minute mark in this recording:

As Chopin himself said, "Suppleness above all," so make sure your wrist is reasonably flexible, so you can transition from one note of the melody to the next. It helps a lot as well to not lift the fingers to high when trilling- it's also unnecessary for the "musical effect" in this section. The arm shouldn't play much of a role either, but it should still be relaxed to help carry the hand to the next note/trill.
I agree with the edition in that video as well; use 1 to highlight the melody, then switch to 2-3 for the trill (or 2-4 if that's more comfortable for you/if 2-3 gets frustrating).

[kevonthegreatpianist]

Wow; one of my favorite nocturnes!

I'm not 100% familiar with the score, but I assume you're talking about the 5 minute mark in this recording:

As Chopin himself said, "Suppleness above all," so make sure your wrist is reasonably flexible, so you can transition from one note of the melody to the next. It helps a lot as well to not lift the fingers to high when trilling- it's also unnecessary for the "musical effect" in this section. The arm shouldn't play much of a role either, but it should still be relaxed to help carry the hand to the next note/trill.
I agree with the edition in that video as well; use 1 to highlight the melody, then switch to 2-3 for the trill (or 2-4 if that's more comfortable for you/if 2-3 gets frustrating).

48/2 and 62/2 are my fav