Chopin "Revolutionary" Etude. Piano Tips

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00:00 Introduction
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[@pennyjane9906]

„The sudden deafening silence is our real destination here“… very nice:D

[@kamak24]

This deafening silence at the end represents Poland losing its independence for a long time .

[@Aupheromones]

I love the way you describe music and its emotional impact. Looking forward to hearing more of what you have to say :) You have a beautiful and insightful grasp of music itself, thank you for sharing it!

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Aupheromones thanks for your feedback!😇🥰🥰

[@mbaker9861]

Watching your videos for a few weeks. Very nice tips! Love your tutorials, especially learn to play in much more comfortable positions. Thanks. 🤓👍❤️

[@p4j5n]

This is such a good video. Your advice is very relevant to this piece but useful elsewhere and I like the mix of technical and musical. Thanks Denis!

[@jennywr]

I watched all your tutorials, really enjoyed and really helpful, thanks so much! I'm looking foward for more videos! Thanks again!

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Jenny R really happy to hear that! Thanks for following! More are coming soon, the footage for the next four videos is actually done, just have to survive this crazy week with concerts, endless rehearsals and a big recording project in between, and then will finally edit some more tutorials!😅

[@jennywr]

Denis Zhdanov Wow! That’s great! All the best to you! Take care!☺️

[@ancutanitepianist2343]

Wonderful!!!! Really enjoyed this!

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Thanks:)

[@daves5562]

Well that was an easy subscribe. You have a really good way to convey your thoughts. I'm picking this piece back up again and your lesson was beneficial. Thank you!

[@charlesknudsen4466]

Thank you so much! This video has revived my interest in this etude, which I hadn’t played or listened to in years.

[@drewrichardson9944]

This is excellent. I will take some of this into my practice. Thank you

[@jamessingleton4856]

Brilliant insights, brilliant humour too :-) I like your musical ideas very, very much and of course your constant quest of relaxation has already had a huge impact on my playing!!

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Happy to hear that! Thanks and have a great progress!🙏☺️

[@christopheryoung1878]

Very interesting!

[@luisgraca]

Thanks man, learning this one. Will try your tips 🤝🏽

[@Irakli008]

Thank you so much for this video. Not only does it have wonderful insights into the possible interpretation of the piece, but it also helped me so much technically. I was struggling with the right hand chord jumps from day one. No amount of drilling helped me hit the chords accurately. I followed your advice and simply released all tension from the wrist and I haven’t hit a wrong note since! The difference is incredible.

[@KaDrD]

im studying this piece, thanks for the tips

[@deej20007]

Cool thanx

[@kamak24]

What a genius !!❤

[@jordidewaard2937]

Hey what's up! I'm the guy from Reddit with that post asking about anything I should know before attempting this piece. Funnily enough, the more I watch videos about it, and after trying to play through some parts yesterday, the less daunting it seems to me. Especially the part where you explain the "bounce technique" or whatever you want to call it where you basically use a chord to bounce onto the next was something I wouldn't have thought about using immediately until my lesson with my piano teacher in a few weeks, so very thankful for that. I will keep on experimenting with the parts in this piece, and at the end of today I hope to be able to conclude how realistic this piece is for me :P. +1 for that train sound reference btw haha

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Glad to hear that! Thanks for the feedback and have fun! This is definitely one of those pieces that seem much harder than they actually are.

[@jordidewaard2937]

@@DenZhdanovPianist Very true! Just practiced it again for 30-45 minutes, and the opening really is no big deal (the notes are at least, velocity and musicality comes later). It gets a little bit confusing at the end of the first runs (those that start at A♭ I believe? You know those ones right after the big chords) with the 2 hands, but it is still the same notes. But I think similarly with Chopin's Nocturne op 72 no.1 and even Clair de Lune I will struggle a bit with the left hand runs and making them actually sound good. I also have a 170 CM grand piano so if I am not careful, my lower notes sound like a nuke exploding if you get what I mean haha. I have to say though, I am glad I learned Clair de Lune before this. Definitely gave me a wake up call on how poor I am at reading flats if I am not completely focused :P. I might make a video on my progress on the piece in a few weeks and put it on the subreddit, I hope to be able to incorporate the advice you gave in this video in my playing as well by then haha

[@rcmusicpro]

Great my man! I am using this piece for my LTCL exam

[@RolandHuettmann]

"You make it difficult for yourself" -- that is the key sentence. Maybe someone has to always sit next to me when practicing to correct my wrong hand movements and make me stay relaxed... I enjoyed your joyful lesson and I subscribed of course. One time watching is not enough. I will hope to not sound like the train that rushed into this video. Working on it...)

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

You are doing fine, Roland! Don't be too self-critical, it provokes additional tension😅 but when we enjoy and try to reach a "flying" feeling, we often find the most natural way of playing intuitively (my subjective experience)

[@RolandHuettmann]

@@DenZhdanovPianist Oh, thank you for a reply. I agree. I also understand that music really starts when technique is transcended and the play appears to have become effortless... still a long way for me, I guess. So, we are working to not be working so much. That is was your lessons are suggesting. 😎

[@Chris-zi1we]

I find the stable 5th finger super helpful for a lot of chopin. when I was learning the etude in Ab major, a stable pinky and proper wrist movement made the sound so much cleaner

[@Octavio12341000]

Glad to found you. Your explaining is easy to get and fluid. What's the hardest piece you've learn? Love to know how you struggle

[@Amadi1]

Cool! Reminds me of my piano lessons from years ago!! I recently recorded this piece "officially" on my YT channel... And it's funny you mentioned that arpeggio with the separated D at the top! I've been playing this piece for years and I don't usually have trouble with that D, but if you listen in my video, precisely what you warn against happened to me in the recording! lol but the rest was so good that I just kept it... Hope you take a moment to listen to it, would love your feedback... I'm gonna check out more of your videos... thanks!

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Thanks for the feedback! Really appreciated! I like a lot about your rendition indeed, great job! I would just check that F sharp in the bar 24: Henle, Ekier and Paderewski say F natural there, unless you have some "unorthodox" edition of the piece.

[@elishaba]

Hello ! Why don’t you live in Bordeaux !!!!😢 I will take lessons .Thank you for All tutoriels.

[@toiletblaster3125]

The hardest parts for me are accurately playing the two hand scales in octaves I guess u would call it without overusing the pedal

[@ciararespect4296]

7:35 my edition doesn't have the held top note G? in left hand I think there's different editions

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Yes there are plenty editions and versions. I would recommend Ekier or at least Henle for Chopin, they are more trustworthy than the most of others

[@ciararespect4296]

@@DenZhdanovPianist thanks Denis. I've taken on board your practice techniques which are very useful. Also browsed a few other video tutorials. I think dotted rhythm has helped me with evenness. I have to work on speed now so gradually using a metronome to incrementally speed it up but obviously not to lose clarity I found slowing some videos of actual performances down on yt helpful like the Kissin one just to see his hand movements and possible fingering in certain passages helps. He doesn't always do a true legato but at speed the breaks aren't noticeable and having the hand twisting in awkward shapes wouldn't allow such speed?

[@caiopagano284]

I am so sorry, but are you using a different edition than mine? I hear you play sounds that are not supposed to be heard: measure 12, the third beat is composed of only two G, the other notes ( c and e flat) are mute, held by ties. Same in measure 15, where the first beat is only made of two d, while the a flat is held by the tie, from the preceding beat. Same in bar 37...you are not supposed to t=repeat the f...it is held by the tie. Isn't any of this important? please explain to me how it is NOT important!.

[@luislm1000]

Im studying this studio.... terrible to read

[@homamellersh8446]

Thank you very much Denis , enjoyed this very much .