Chopin Nocturne in Eb Op. 9, No. 2: Ornaments and Trills Explained (Video 3)

Have you ever wondered how to play all of the different trills and ornaments in this beautiful nocturne by Chopin? As a piano teacher, I often get asked about the difference between all of the different symbols.
In this short video, I review every measure that has an ornament--grace notes, turns, trills, mordents and more. Feel free to skip ahead if you have a specific question.
00:00 intro
00:27 Measure 2
02:11 Measure 5
03:00 Measure 7
04:30 Measure 8
05:01 Measure 13
05:37 Measure 15
05:48 Measure 21
06:11 Measure 22
06:25 Measure 23
06:38 Measure 26
08:23 Measure 27
08:42 Measure 30
09:29 Measure 32 (cadenza)
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[@JD-72191]

I’ve been learning this piece for a little over a month now. It’s by far the hardest piece I’ve tried. I am finally at measure 30. I am an early-mid intermediate player but very motivated by beautiful pieces like this one. This tutorial was very helpful and I’m so glad that it all made sense to me which means I am definitely on the right track! I love how you explain things so someone at my level can understand. Thank you so much!

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for watching. I am glad you are taking the time to study this beautiful piece and very happy to hear the tutorial helped you. Feel free to reach out with questions or to update me on your progress! Best wishes

[@ronaldrodriguez4710]

Same here!

[@johnburns604]

This is the most helpful video I've found on ornaments. As a self-taught ragtime and jazz standards piano player without any classical training, this video has given me what I need to attempt some classical pieces. Thank you so much.

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it. And so glad you have found this helpful. I hope you will check back again as I am in the process of recording some more videos like this! Best wishes with your classical training and please keep me posted!

[@redline1lessons892]

I've been trying to learn this piece for a few days with very slow progress. Thank you for explaining this in such detail!

[@OlympiaPiano]

I am so glad you found it helpful and best wishes with this gorgeous piece! Keep me posted!

[@SANTIAGOHBANUELOS]

Thank you very much for explaining/teaching us how to play this beautiful song/piece.

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for taking the time to write to me! It is my hope that with this video and the many other excellent video tutorials on this piece you are able to learn this on your own. Please keep me posted on your progress!

[@billnewton7859]

Incredibly helpful- I’ve spent a lot of time attempting to decipher how these ornaments should be played. This You Tube piece explains them perfectly.

[@OlympiaPiano]

I am glad this helped you and thank you for taking the time to let me know. Ornaments can be deceptively tricky so keep at it! Best wishes to you

[@jjpge1]

Thank you very much!..showing the original notes and then how to play them was just what I needed, very nice class!!

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for taking the time to comment and let me know that this helped you--best wishes with this piece and please keep me posted on your piano playing! Best wishes

[@ckafam]

Just what I needed. Wonderful sharing. Thank you

[@OlympiaPiano]

So glad it was helpful for you! Thank you for taking the time to comment and please feel free to reach out any time with your piano questions!

[@stupidgirl01234]

Thank you thank you thank you!! This is very easy to understand and implement. You did a great job explaining.

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you very much for watching! I am really glad you can use it and it can help you. Please keep me posted on your piano endeavors and best wishes

[@roadguide123]

Thank you for sharing your talent

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for watching--glad you are exploring the music of Chopin!

[@abhijitc1526]

Absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for coming up with this video. This is the best tutorial on F Chopin Op.9 No.2 thus far.

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@abhijitc1526]

As a self taught pianist, there's a lot i have learnt from your videos :)

[@eros5045]

Awesome! I couldn't get my head around first ornament. This really helped and now it sounds amazing.

[@OlympiaPiano]

I am very glad you found the video and it helped you. This is an awesome piece isn't it?

[@user-ig7gz9qm4g]

Super, super nicely explained. This piece is beautiful and the ornaments make all the difference. Thank you so much!!!!

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for taking the time to watch and I'm glad this helped you!

[@Ju-co5kp]

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I learned a lot from it.

[@OlympiaPiano]

I am very glad that you were able to watch the video and find it helpful! Keep me posted on your progress

[@charleschristov]

Very helpful video, can’t appreciate more!

[@OlympiaPiano]

You are most welcome. Enjoy this beautiful piece and keep me posted on how it goes!

[@angelAlphaDelta]

Thank you SO much! So glad to find this video! I spent last few days trying to find clear explanation about this. ❤❤❤

[@OlympiaPiano]

You are most welcome--it is such a beautiful Nocturne I am glad this helped you! Best wishes

[@chunnyj]

Thank you so much. The video is very helpful.

[@OlympiaPiano]

I am so glad you found it helpful. Thank you for watching and I hope you subscribe--I am working on some other Chopin tutorials which will be posted in the near future. Best wishes on your piano playing!

[@sherylyap6543]

Thanks for the tips

[@OlympiaPiano]

I am glad it helped you and very much appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Enjoy playing this piece!

[@alexandreattilioandrade8174]

Obrigado pela bela aula!

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you!

[@melissagrennan7427]

Thank you this was very helpful!!

[@OlympiaPiano]

I am so happy that you found it helpful and that you took the time to comment. Have fun with this wonderful piece and please keep me posted on your piano playing!

[@Harry69123]

Very helpful. Thank you so much.

[@OlympiaPiano]

Glad you find this helpful and thank you for taking the time to comment. Best wishes with your piano playing!

[@ozlemozturk5721]

That helped me greatly to play this piece, thanks a lot! It would be great if you had a series on ornaments in Chopin nocturnes

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for letting me know. Currently C# minor opus posthumous is in the works as well as OP. 32 #1 in B major--don't know exactly when they will post but pretty soon. I appreciate you watching! Best wishes

[@rhoneildejarme4119]

Very helpful. Amazing explanation and demo. Thank you so much. :-)

[@OlympiaPiano]

I am very happy it helped you. Thanks for taking the time to watch my channel. Best wishes

[@veronasharkey2657]

Very helpful

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@teardrop720]

Super thank you!!!

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for watching, glad it helped

[@reader6690]

Very cool and helpful instruction! Thank you. I find it hard to determine what notes line up where (left vs right), etc. I hope you eventually cover all the nocturnes, preludes, waltzes, etudes, and Beethoven sonatas... : )

[@OlympiaPiano]

I am glad you find it helpful! All of this notation can be very tricky. Yes I hope to make Quick Tips for many of the standard literature. Please let me know if you have any particular questions or pieces in mind!

[@carandkarts9558]

Thanks for this video. Some of the mordents are difficult to play also, with the 3-4-3 fingering. With all the mordents and trills, and together with how to play the LH soft while moving across octaves, this nocturne may as well have been an etude. (Per Greg Niemchuk.) FWIW, the version that I obtained had a mordent in measure 30 rather than a trill (not that it is that much easier).

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for your comment. Yes I think this is a very tricky Nocturne to be sure. Thank you for the info re. measure 30. As I have progressed on my channel I started comparing more versions, in this one I just used the Henle edition which is the one I learned on, so am glad to know there are other options with some of the ornaments

[@alexandreattilioandrade8174]

Lindo demais! Parabéns!!!!

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you!

[@santisav2]

thank you!

[@OlympiaPiano]

So glad you found it helpful. Thank you for watching and keep me posted! Best wishes

[@GrandNoteGallery]

Awesome!! Thankyou so much

[@OlympiaPiano]

So glad you found this helpful and best wishes for your piano playing!

[@GrandNoteGallery]

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[@viennamusicacademy4648]

thank you so much

[@OlympiaPiano]

I am very glad you found it helpful. More Chopin coming soon!

[@acebone2]

Great - it was very helpful!

[@OlympiaPiano]

So happy you were able to watch and thank you for taking the time to comment. Any questions please let me know!

[@acebone2]

@@OlympiaPiano - no questions, it was that clear :)

[@amir_mohammadpour_]

Thanks so much 🙏🏼

[@OlympiaPiano]

You are most welcome. Thank you for taking the time to comment--it really helps my channel! Keep me posted on how things are going for you!

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[@lisaamusic]

Thanksss

[@OlympiaPiano]

You are very welcome and thank you for watching my channel!

[@Qbm2109]

Perfect explanation, but the measure 16? Thanks

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thanks, M. 16 is in a different video kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGaXoJSXmKt-aJY

[@anonymoschuanonymoschu4434]

Thank u mam it actualy help me read grade 5 piece even im grade 1 hehe

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment--more videos coming soon!

[@rewae]

Thanks for the video! Do you have tipps for the cadenza trill at 9:47? I can't play it even and only very slowly or I'll play C B Bb A instead of B Bb C A.

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for watching! That trill is extremely difficult. I can never get it as fast as I would like! Some suggestions would be make sure to use fingers 3-2-5-1 and keep your wrist high, make sure your kunckles are really firm (first knuckle), make sure to have a good connection on finger 3 (feel it anchor to the bottom of the key) and pedal is on. It is successful if you start slow, get fast and then slow again. Also I have seen people split up the notes in the trill before, can't say I would recommend that but thought I would tell you anyway. For that method the LH would play B and Bb with fingers 1 and 3, and RH plays C and A with 3 and 1. For me that doesn't work very well but people do it.

[@juli_gotshal]

Do you have any videos on LH trills of Chopin op.28, prelude 9 as how they sync with the RH ?

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for watching. I have not done any videos on that particular piece yet but am happy to add that idea to my list (it may be awhile but I will eventually do it). Best wishes!

[@patrickomalley1513]

Excellent explanation. Bit confused with the first turn on the C. I was taught that for the turn the first note is the one above the written note. You seem to play the C first. It sounds great and better than playing the D flat first but is this strictly a turn. Thanks

[@OlympiaPiano]

Yes--As I have evolved with my channel I am including more options and this turn is done both the way I showed and the way you learned. Pick the one that works best for you and go with it. And keep me posted on your progress!

[@gracelee79]

Hello can you do a tutorial for chopin nocturne in d flat major

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thanks for watching I will see what I can put together

[@eltonwild5648]

Awesome. Can you do this for Bach menuet BWV 114?

[@OlympiaPiano]

Glad you enjoyed this and thank you for taking the time to comment. I will put the Bach on my list of tutorials and will let you know when it is up. FYI there are lots of ways to do ornaments in the Bach so you have some flexibility there if you are already working on it.

[@eltonwild5648]

@@OlympiaPiano thank you! Meanwhile I will watch your videos about some arpeggios that I need to work. Your channel seems underated, deserve more followers.

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thanks for your support--it is a fairly new channel so hopefully with time it will grow. Feel free to share with anyone who you think may benefit. Always a great idea to practice arpeggios for sure!!!! I will let you know when I have the Bach done, probably in mid-July .

[@OlympiaPiano]

Minuet in G ornaments have been uploaded! Also working on a short one regarding articulation. I hope you like it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKLHmK13nNSbm7s

[@eltonwild5648]

@@OlympiaPiano Thanks for the notification and acepting the request! Very kind of you! I Will watch as soon as I can!

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[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for watching

[@narayanshankarsanachitr7896]

🙏🍃🍂🍃👄💋Thanks to Master for your tutoriel. But I would like you to °^^° Articulate your pronunciation in English. You seemed to speak to yourself. Beware of good Englisf accent 🙏🙏🙏

[@OlympiaPiano]

Thank you for the kind suggestion--I will try to speak more clearly in my upcoming videos!