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Topic: why is Chopin's op 9 no 3 nocturne considered advanced  (Read 5722 times)

Offline marms

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why is Chopin's op 9 no 3 nocturne considered advanced
on: April 07, 2016, 02:20:18 PM
i want to play this nocturne, and after having done some searches on piano street have discovered that this is one of chopin's harder nocturnes. i realize that this nocturne is not a walk in the park, but the music looks relatively straight forward, and not too hard. to the people who have played this piece, were there hidden challenges in it, and how does this piece compare to other chopin nocturnes?
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Offline piulento

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Re: why is Chopin's op 9 no 3 nocturne considered advanced
Reply #1 on: April 07, 2016, 04:28:23 PM
The B part is very technically demanding, and the nocturne itself is very tricky in terms of balance between the hands, sound quality, precision, use of rubato, etc.
I can go on and on - but it would be easiest to understand if you just try playing the sheet music.
It's a wonderful piece though.
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Offline iansinclair

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Re: why is Chopin's op 9 no 3 nocturne considered advanced
Reply #2 on: April 08, 2016, 12:49:17 AM
Chopin's Nocturnes -- and 9/3 is as good an example as any -- usually have some technically demanding parts, but usually not really extreme.  However -- and again, 9/3 is as good an example as any -- the interpretation -- the subtleties of the performance -- as piulento said, the balance, sound quality, rubato use, exact legato (or lack of it), pedaling... etc. etc. can be very very difficult indeed.

I can't tell you how often I have heard a technically superb performance of one of the Nocturnes -- for some reason both the first (9/1) and the very last (72/1) are particular victims in this regard -- which just had nothing to say, which is sad.
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