Chopin Prelude Op 28 No 4

[adodd81802]

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[pianotv]

You have a really nice hand balance - the right hand always comes through clearly! On a purely technical note - the big part of the song, near the end where the RH and LH have more movement, you have a couple missed sharps in the RH. I'm pretty sure it's a couple D#s in a row.

This is entirely personal preference, but I like this prelude with just a tad of rubato. I'm not a fan of wild rubato in Chopin, but just a little dash of it can be really nice.

[adodd81802]

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[adodd81802]

You have a really nice hand balance - the right hand always comes through clearly! On a purely technical note - the big part of the song, near the end where the RH and LH have more movement, you have a couple missed sharps in the RH. I'm pretty sure it's a couple D#s in a row.

Jesus. Just went back. What a rookie error. I know the D's you're on about now. I played 2x D neutral's instead. weirdly it didn't sound wrong to me when I performed it.

Thanks for letting me know.

[adodd81802]

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[pianotv]

Jesus. Just went back. What a rookie error. I know the D's you're on about now. I played 2x D neutral's instead. weirdly it didn't sound wrong to me when I performed it.

Thanks for letting me know.

Ha ha, no worries! That definitely happens to me too. And then you get so used to hearing it a certain way that it starts sounding right. That happens to me sometimes when I'm listening to a recording of a piece I'm working on, and suddenly realize a note has been wrong for weeks.

[themeandvariation]

@adodd,
I feel that there can be quite a bite more of dynamic shading,  maybe a tad fluctuation of the tempo could be effective.
The 'stretto' part indicates a quicker tempo… And it is forte… Also, in measure 17 (not counting the upbeat measure at the beginning)  the lh chord in the middle of the measure has a F# as the top note.. This is a special note.. as it creates a special tension… (you are playing G ).

[birba]

Nice touch.  But it's difficult to judge someones touch on a digital piano.  You've grasped the sense of the prelude, however.  I feel it in two.  I know it's largo, but as it is, it's sort of static and plodding.  And one reason is the way you play the chords in the left hand.  Think in harmonies.  The transitions and modulations. Not the individual chords.  Try playing it once, faster and with just one chord to,each harmony.  I think this will give you an idea of movement and direction.  Think of the repetition of the chords as reverberations of the harmony.  I know, i'm not making any sense.  If you played on a grand piano, you would see there's a double action of the key where you can repeat the chord without completely letting the key return up.  It's a sustaining effect.  Not something you can do on a digital piano.  But you can obtain the same effect with the pedal, i imagine.  I feel this prelude almost halfnote=40  But if you do play it slower, the movement should be the same.

[adodd81802]

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