Chopin Prelude No. 4 in E minor

[madliszt]

My Interpretation of Chopin Prelude No. 4 in E minor

Hope you like it!

[lelle]

Nice job. I think you forgot a chord change in the left hand at 0:49. Also, is this two different takes edited together? The video goes out of sync in the other half.

[perfect_pitch]

Yes, it is - you can see a distinct cutting at about 0:20 & 0:57 (& I suspect at 1:09 as well), and then the rest of the audio is off by almost an entire crotchet beat.

Also, the last 3 chords (if memory serves me) are pianissimo - you play them fortissimo. The B in bar 17 should NOT be an octave lower - it ruins the harmony and it's too low for this piece since the RH melody is so many octaves higher.

As Lelle said - you are forgetting a change in chord at 0:49 (bar 11), and also an extra E in the RH at 21.

Try and do it in one take, not many spliced together.

[madliszt]

Yes, it is - you can see a distinct cutting at about 0:20 & 0:57 (& I suspect at 1:09 as well), and then the rest of the audio is off by almost an entire crotchet beat.

Also, the last 3 chords (if memory serves me) are pianissimo - you play them fortissimo. The B in bar 17 should NOT be an octave lower - it ruins the harmony and it's too low for this piece since the RH melody is so many octaves higher.

As Lelle said - you are forgetting a change in chord at 0:49 (bar 11), and also an extra E in the RH at 21.

Try and do it in one take, not many spliced together.

playing an octave lower is personal preference also changing dynamics I like more when it is fortissimo at end. I can modify the piece as i want while i playing ( playing piano for 21 years ) you can't restrict anybody on this subject. I didn't forget chord change it was in the sheet music. I can splice and edit the video that's the whole point of youtube video creation as you see this is not a performance for abrsm examination don't take everything too seriously.

[perfect_pitch]

playing an octave lower is personal preference also changing dynamics I like more when it is fortissimo at end. I can modify the piece as i want while i playing ( playing piano for 21 years ) you can't restrict anybody on this subject. I didn't forget chord change it was in the sheet music. I can splice and edit the video that's the whole point of youtube video creation as you see this is not a performance for abrsm examination don't take everything too seriously.

Okay - you want to play the piece your way, fine. If the chord change wasn't on the sheet music then you probably have a dodgy copy (I presume from Scribd or Musescore?) because it's been written like that since Chopin was alive:

https://chopin.lib.uchicago.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0chopin--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4---Document---0-1l--1-en-Zz-1---50-home---001-001-1-0utfZz-8-0&a=d&cl=CL2.66&d=CHOP372.12
https://chopin.lib.uchicago.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0chopin--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4---Document---0-1l--1-en-Zz-1---50-home---001-001-1-0utfZz-8-0&a=d&cl=CL2.66&d=CHOP114.8
https://chopin.lib.uchicago.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0chopin--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4---Document---0-1l--1-en-Zz-1---50-home---001-001-1-0utfZz-8-0&a=d&cl=CL2.66&d=CHOP113.8
https://chopin.lib.uchicago.edu/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=d-000-00---0chopin--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4---Document---0-1l--1-en-Zz-1---50-home---001-001-1-0utfZz-8-0&a=d&cl=CL2.66&d=CHOP117.5

If you're splicing a piece as easy as this, it begs to ask why someone would have to do that if they've been playing for 21 years? And if you seem to not care about other piano players opinions when posting in the Audition room, then it seems like you're merely here to farm YouTube views... and in that case I won't be participating.

With an attitude like that as well, chances are you're not going to get other members here listening to you either, or taking you seriously.

[dogperson]

Perfect pitch
Did I misunderstand the Ops reply re the chord change?  His statement ‘I didn’t forget about the chord change it was in the sheet music’.  I took this to mean ‘yes, I saw it but chose not to play it.  Am I wrong ?

It’s clear he wants to play the music the way he wants, with no concern of the composer’s intent, and no interest in comments.  I see no reason to reply to anything else posted.

[perfect_pitch]

Perfect pitch
Did I misunderstand the Ops reply re the chord change?  His statement ‘I didn’t forget about the chord change it was in the sheet music’.  I took this to mean ‘yes, I saw it but chose not to play it.  Am I wrong ?

I'm not sure - I took it as 'I didn't forget the chord change; it (meaning chords he played in the video) was in the sheet music'.

However, if I am wrong, and he chose not to change the chord despite it actually being written into the music - then I think you summed up the perfect retort:

It’s clear he wants to play the music the way he wants, with no concern of the composer’s intent, and no interest in comments.  I see no reason to reply to anything else posted.

Sounds like he's farming for YouTube views then...