Chopin's difficult & beautiful Prelude in F sharp minor

[@janvandyck9375]

What an extraordinary performance! I remember hitting a brick wall with this piece -- i's just so difficult to play beautifully. How on earth do you get the right-hand so completely right, with the melodic notes speaking so clearly and the arpeggios forming a sonic halo around them? Seriously impressive -- and very beautiful.

[@PhilBestMusic]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. The key is to get flowing, natural flexible rhythm and a clear sense of the physical shapes under the fingers but I do agree, it's a rather difficult study.

[@thatsmerightnow4910]

Beautifully inspiring !! Thanks.

[@PhilBestMusic]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@lshwadchuck5643]

Breathtaking. Really.

[@PhilBestMusic]

Thank you!

[@dogeyanimates2130]

you make that digital piano sound like a Steinway with your playing, absolutely stunning.

[@dogeyanimates2130]

second time I closed my eyes and just listened, and it sounded as if it was being performed in a concert hall. You sir have some remarkable skills!

[@PhilBestMusic]

Thanks very much! 😃

[@CarbonPhysics]

Wonderful, thank you for sharing

[@PhilBestMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sallywebber6579]

How exquisitely beautiful Phil. Thank you so much, Warmest regards, Chris

[@PhilBestMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Chris!

[@andy-simmons]

Beautiful performance!

[@PhilBestMusic]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@maximuswilliam318]

Clean and expressive Playing ❤

[@PhilBestMusic]

Thank you!

[@FrancescodePazzi94]

woow, very very nice!

[@PhilBestMusic]

Thank you!

[@SilviF..]

I just had to check if I turned on double speed😂. That was a great performance👏👏👏

[@PhilBestMusic]

Thanks!

[@michaelschnell5633]

Amazing :)

[@PhilBestMusic]

Thank you!

[@maximuswilliam318]

Can I ask a question How does exactly feel for a fluent musician to be able to see a unfamiliar score and imagine the sounds of it? Is the ability of a fluent musician to imagine the sounds of the unfamiliar score is the same as sight singing or solfeggio classes in music institutions?

[@PhilBestMusic]

I think you know the answer... Surely it's clear from my previous answers and all the explanations on my website and in videos you've seen... I believe that conventional ear-training does not lead to fluency: it leads to very slow (and pretty useless) musical decoding at best; at worst it generates paranoia. I just see complete rhythmic and tonal shapes in the score and imagine them playing on the keyboard - no thinking about notes or intervals or scales or solfège or anything like that!

[@JoseVGavila]

Wonderful playing, Phil!. Are you using internal FANTOM sounds or an VST?

[@PhilBestMusic]

Thanks! That was Pianoteq's NY Steinway.

[@maximuswilliam318]

What age do you start playing piano? do you start playing from sheet music or by ear?

[@PhilBestMusic]

When was four, I began to pick things out by ear a little. I started lessons at five but didn't read. I relied on my teacher showing me. It sounded very nice (I was told) but I was no child prodigy. Then when I was nine, I started to figure out the stuff I now teach. I advanced very rapidly after that.

[@maximuswilliam318]

@@PhilBestMusic I am amazed that you invented a new piano approach (model) at a young age. You're a Genius! :)

[@PhilBestMusic]

Well thanks! I don't feel like it was genius as much as determination and a bit of luck.