F. Chopin - Etude Op. 25 no. 12 in C minor - analysis - Greg Niemczuk's Lecture, tutorial.

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[@hsw5878]

Greg, congratulations on completing the cycle! 24 lectures in 24 days...and in 2 languages. Chopin must be beaming with joy! Your passion for Chopin's music is inspirational and boundless.

[@gregniemczuk]

Oh yes, it was insane! But I was prepared for that and I knew that it was the only possible option for me. Thanks for watching and for your comment!

[@Lukasz94]

Because of you I learned that music is visualisation of soul. I never thought in that direction, it changed the way I am looking at classical Chopin music now, so far I only considered that music as nice pieces, nothing more. Thank you Greg, your videos are great

[@craggyisland8770]

Congratulations Greg! An absolutely astonishing accomplishment! You should be so proud. My fiancé and I watched many of your videos in the evening before bed - a special memory we will cherish forever. Our love for music (and Chopin) has only deepened because of your work. Thanks you very much....and keep going with other works and artists!

[@gregniemczuk]

Wow, that's awesome! Good luck to both of you and may Chopin take a good care of your love from up there! ☺️☺️ So glad to see you here and thank you for your comment!

[@mickizurcher]

Two years later, I watch again, because I'm starting this Etude and this has been most inspiring. I love your crumpled up schedule! You should frame it! What a feat you have performed. Historic and epic! Congratulations and thank you so much! 💚💚💚

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you SO MUCH!

[@Froudless]

You are truly gifted, and what you have given us is truly unique: encouraging us to look beyond the technicalities and into the soul of this great composer and legend. His music has new meaning to me, especially those pieces whose interpretation was lost to many pianists who ruthlessly play over tempo and with no expression; the hidden voices and nuances that failed to surface in many of their renditions. I am seeking the soul and emotional rollercoaster of each piece now thanks to you. We'll stay in touch and continue on this great journey with you - Thank you Greg!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you Daniel!

[@misterteatime1840]

What a piece to end on! Bravo. Am so sad this project has finished and hope you keep making videos. This is the single best thing on KZbin in my opinion and hopefully will be here now for pianists and music lovers long after we are all gone. I hope you are really proud of this wonderful achievement. Thank you again.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you Matthew!!

[@gulyuzkamolova2647]

Mr.Greg thank you for the wonderful explanation of the Chopin etudes.

[@thelamamamma9438]

Congratulations on completing the project!! Your passion is contagious and I'm extremely grateful to have found your channel! Thank you :)

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you!! And thanks for attending my live last evening!

[@hopbear]

Thank you so much for giving your dedication, enthusiasm and talent to Chopin's music! This is a crazy project that certainly elevated my understanding for his music and will certainly help countless people in the future! This project is priceless... NIFC should make it a tradition! Thank you again! I look forward to post hum works, your tutorials and recordings!

[@carolynk2]

Congratulations and many thanks! Today's is a spectacular finish to your year of work. I look forward to seeing your videos in this coming year. I have learned so much & I look forward to continuing the journey with you.

[@joannawronska4100]

SO WONDERFUL AS ALWAYS, MAESTRO!!!!! Thank you for my favourite Chopin's "Ocean" Etude in an excellent rendition and for your great analysis/tutorial, again my best regards, have a nice evening. Joanna

[@ll1773]

Hi Greg, I’ve also watched your other analysis for Chopin works. I found they were all really helpful for me to start learning new pieces. Thanks for the wonderful work!!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much!

[@Opticalresolution]

Came to this channel because of mazurka op33 no4 and I'm glad that I found you Mr Greg. It made me understand and your passion has motivated me to play more. I can't thank you enough for these amazing analysis and huge lecture project you're on.

[@gregniemczuk]

Awww, thank you so much! Stay here and discover all the Chopin's music with me! Welcome to my musical world!

[@wendywong3871]

Congratulations on completing your project i was totally amazed how you could fix your mind to do 24 Etudes in 24 days and of course the rest of your project. Its phenomenal. Your references and teachings will stay on in my mind for many years to come. I convey my deepest gratitude.

[@gregniemczuk]

I'm so happy read that!

[@lucas.8861]

Un enorme GRAZIE per ogni singolo video che hai fatto! Ogni analisi aiuta a scoprire in profondità questo genio e la sua inimitabile e fantastica musica… un lavoro incredibile e stupendo !

[@gregniemczuk]

Grazie mille!!!

[@hirokokoike4138]

Congratulations on accomplishing your great project. I can imagine it was a tough challenge for you to keep analyzing Chopin's piano pieces in such detail and depth and making all the educational videos for us. I was lucky to participate in the live chat on KZbin from the etudes series and enjoyed it very much. I have come to love Chopin even more, thanks to you. Now I feel sad to miss my morning routine at 4:00 AM, but I will catch you up by watching all the remaining videos and practicing pieces before you start a new project. Thank you very much indeed, and please take care of yourself.

[@gregniemczuk]

Dear Hiroko, thank you very much! It was so impressive for me to see you that early every day watching the premieres! I really admire that and I'm so happy that it was so inspiring to you! I'm sure I'll continue this kind of activity here but probably not every day 😃

[@hirokokoike4138]

😸😸😸

[@mickizurcher]

That’s right, it is the end of your commission, your mission! I am happy to play this piece with this in mind, I finally think I have memorized hands together, with a little bit of hesitancy, but I don’t need to look at the music, it’s in my head. It’s not up to tempo and there are wrinkles as the structure was confusing me a bit (parts are similar, but different )but I think I have that straightened out. It’s a great little piece, full of hope. I have been learning your way, memorizing hands separately and then together and it’s a lot of work but well worth it. I’d be curious to see how that works on a piece that isn’t so uniform. Thanks for all your great tips. I put them to good use Greg. 💚💚💚🎹🎹🎹 I think it took me two months to memorize this. I’m so slow.

[@noclipped000]

Helpful thx master ❤❤

[@chowkammoonckm82]

Wow! You can play this etude in complete darkness!! Looking forward to watching your tutorials for Chopin's 3 extra etudes. Anyway, thank you so much for your great teachings and sharings!!!!!!

[@dinnerpelonca]

Thank you, Greg for all your wonderful videos on Chopin, I’ve been viewing one per day for a the last couple of months and have been learning so much! one of my favorite parts as my day lately other than practicing.

[@gregniemczuk]

So good to hear that!

[@jennifergoldin8179]

Thank you so much!! You are very inspiring. Your love for the music and enthusiasm is infectious

[@jfpary7336]

You can't figure how helpful your fantastic job is to better understand all the masterpieces Chopin composed ( because they are all masterpieces!), Chopin, the best piano composer of all time. It must definitely be a great reference for all pianists.Thanks again for that, for your energy , your enthusiasm, and your humility.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you!

[@taorent3022]

Congratulations, maestro grieg for completing your project that I am sure it inspires many musicians and music lovers around the world. You are such a friendly and humble human being. This project really changed my life and the attitude towards music. I am sure it will make a great positive impact on the world of art when these videos reach more and more people in the world. Wish you all the best for your future analysis and a healthy life. By the way, your new profile picture is awesome and refreshing 😁😁.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you!

[@maitredd1507]

Thank you so much and congratulations for your fantastic work ! A great moment of emotion and sharing and a considerable contribution to my amateur musical culture.I have a special affection for these "3 nouvelles études". Personally, I perceive them through "in their deceptive simplicity" a short parade of Chopin's life and a note of hope in these last moments,greatly diminished by his illness... It ll be a pleasure to see you again via your videos.

[@gregniemczuk]

Dear Maître, thank you so much! Ok, I'll prepare videos about those etudes thoroughly!

[@christophejavon3509]

Bravissimo! I applaud your wonderful project. How fun and exiting it must have been, and I’m sure very rewarding too. Congratulation on bringing this giant undertaking to a close, how perfect with this etude! I watched your little Chopin bust moving around, changing position between takes, Chopin definitely very happy with your contribution and honor to his work. I have learned enormously and will come back time and again!🙏😊🎶 Ps considering in a year I manage to learn about 3 or 4 difficult works for me (maybe 10 if I count easier works), I cannot even begin to conceive of such project, truly inspiring, thanks again:)

[@gregniemczuk]

Thanks Christophe. Indeed it was a hard work practically every day, many hours a day, for two years! But such a satisfaction!!!

[@NormanicusDiabolicus]

Greg, Thanks so much for your wonderful videos. So much appreciated

[@SuperTicklemonsters]

Congrats on finishing this enormous project! KZbin is much richer for having all these in depth analysis. I came across your channel looking for analysis of the 2nd and 3rd sonatas and what was available on youtube before for chopin analysis was pretty thin. This will be a great resource for those coming along in the years to come who are interested in his entire catalog. You should be very proud! I look forward to your continued videos on his posthumous and other non-opus pieces. Quick question, would you ever consider an analysis of the Hexamaron? I think an analysis of what each composer did with the theme would be interesting!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much!! That's a very interesting idea! I was thinking about analyzing Chopin's Hexameron Variation....but maybe it's a good idea to analyze all of them!

[@mickizurcher]

Never heard of this! Sounds interesting!

[@brandonbailey8649]

It was a real pleasure watching this project as it was created. What you have produced here will be considered a classic. Bravo!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you Brandon!!

[@JohnFred1964]

Thank you so much for this huge work. This is a blessing for my practice and my understanding of the piece. It's wonderful that a pianist of your level give so much to "ordinary people". Keep going and thanks again.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you for watching and for your words!!

[@KlausDave]

Very helpful analysis to get a feeling how to listen and play the piece in a right way. Thank you, Greg

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you for your comment!

[@pohlpiano]

A very valuable project! Dziekuje bardzo!

[@kerstinl.1860]

Thank you very much. You are really a great personality and your enthusiasm inspires me to practise a lot. Chopin is one of my famous composers and to bring this wonderful music to other people is an important creation for this world. My best wishes for you. 💫

[@timothyalan34]

What a fantastic end to an incredible series! It was such a pleasure watching your in-depth analyses of my favorite music. This etude in particular has recently become my favorite of the set (beating Op. 10 No. 6, which is hauntingly beautiful), and I'm very glad I could find someone to explain the inner mechanics of such a torrential piece of music. I can hum the melody to myself all day and not get tired of it. I look forward now to tackling your collection of the nocturnes. You've done a great job and you should be proud.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much Timothy!!! I am proud and can't believe that I had managed to accomplish that!

[@per174]

Congratulations! Wow, thats an amazing schedule you've had! Just came over you recently while practising the dramatic (left hand "nightmare") 10/9. 😀 You're such an big inspiration. Thank you so much!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you Per! You're welcome to watch all my.videos. good luck with 10/9!

[@elaineclemenceannabell1295]

I always like how you play! You play it with your soul :)

[@gregniemczuk]

Thanks!

[@encinagarcia4967]

Mil gracias por tu maravilloso análisis.Me encanta👌!..mis felicitaciones.👏👏👏👏👏Explicas fenomenal y motivas a practicar.La resurrección de Chopin⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@gregniemczuk]

Gracias por tu comentário

[@shengpeng2486]

Dear Mr. Niemczuk, thank you so much for those priceless lectures, you are a true internet legend now. Any performance planned in Vienna this year?

[@gregniemczuk]

Hi Sheng. Yes!!! 29th of September, Wiener Konzerthaus! Tickets here: bkb.pl/118849-e6b9f

[@vanewfies]

I'm so glad to hear that you are going to continue the project with the posthumous works too! You and your immense work are going to become legend. You improved my musicality and comprension of Chopin and I bet I'm not the only one who had such experience. Thank you so much. I hope that a sponsor will donate you a top concert grand (I think Bechstein better suites your poetry, elegance and your rich imagination). You really deserve it.

[@gregniemczuk]

Ohhh what touching words! Thank you so much!

[@keegansimyh]

Thank you so much for creating this entire series! It started off when I wanted to find out more about Ballade 4, which I had played but not understood, but then couldn't stop watching video after video of your analysis! It was also excellent timing as you did these videos in 2021 when I was getting excited again about the Chopin Competition, and wanted to listen to more Chopin. Looking forward to seeing your future videos and the recordings that I know you will make. I wonder how you will handle non-solo pieces? Maybe you could use a piano transcription although a lot of the effect will be lost? Perhaps you could invite a friend to play together? :3c

[@gregniemczuk]

I was actually thinking of analyzing only the solo piano parts. As actually in Chopin's concertos there's not so much going on in the orchestra part. They're only a background, accompanying. So this is my strategy for now...

[@eduardgiro402]

You have all my respects for doing this

[@gregniemczuk]

I appreciate it!!!

[@bhushanmalik]

Some portions of the chorale part of this etude is similar in effect as the prelude op. 28 no. 20 which is also is C minor.

[@gregniemczuk]

Yes!

[@user-pc8hs7zy8c]

An entire musical cycle seems to be coming to an end. But this is an illusion. Music never ends !!! Not even your own participation in it. These studies, like the preludes, can be interpreted in any order. The value of each piece is unique and unrepeatable. The logical continuities and affinities between the musical scales are certainly the infrastructure of a whole and complete work, but this issue is of interest only to the experts. A creative listener should always be able to be inspired by this sound and "travel" in space and time, free from the weight and restraint of everyday life. I chose to follow the freedom of choice of your lectures, because it fits better with the concept of self-determination that is so strongly violated even today. But I do neither politics nor ethics. I just wish the nickname "Ocean" of this insurmountable study, to be able to take away from the minds of people the smallness and immorality that tend to dominate our small planet. Our wonderful communication continues, something for which I feel grateful to you and the Polish culture!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much! I think your decision is very wise! Indeed, the "Ocean" title is totally misleading, and do a lot of harm to this music 😐

[@user-pc8hs7zy8c]

@@gregniemczuk You are right! The notes are a message of freedom. The whole world, today, tends to eliminate it. I hope you can continue this good fight forever !!!

[@mickizurcher]

This has always happened with genius from the beginning of time,- people tear it down because they feel small next to it and they want to destroy it.

[@user-pc8hs7zy8c]

@@mickizurcher Good evening! It is true that the world of art has always been competitive and unfair. A wise person will never allow himself to "stain" his mind and soul in this field of poisonous thorns.

[@danhutson2069]

Absolutely wonderful Maestro Greg thank you so much for your incredible awesome work, I thought you were going to take more time to do the etudes and u whizzed though them like a master what an incredible feat. Please make more detailed videos as u can I 💯 Absolutely enjoyed everything you did learned so much what a master u are you are such a gift from God Almighty thank u so much

[@gregniemczuk]

Dear Dan, your comment touched me deeply... I will continue !

[@PhilHarrison762]

Congratulations! Finishing with those last three massive works must have been a real challenge - and to play and talk at the same time is impossible for us lesser mortals. For me, having started with you at Op 28 #1, I have still 50+ videos still to watch. You did a video on Christmas Eve.... did you do one on Christmas Day?? Thank you very much.... and I start on the Mazurkas tomorrow!! Oh - and the Ministry of Culture owes you the best Steinway money can buy!

[@chopinfanclub6672]

I am here once again

[@danieljunior7821]

Grear video, congrats!!! I would never manage to play all etudes, not even in one year ! But I just found it funny the clumsy execution of this one, even I think I do it better. ..Lol, but of course it is done for lecturing purposes...Sure for a concert you would do it beautifully !!! Thanks !!!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you for this. Yes, I myself can't listen to my performance of this etude on this video. So thanks so much for the understanding! Next year I'll record all of the etudes on the CD. It will be totally different!!!

[@danieljunior7821]

I'm sure it will be inspiring! Thank you!@@gregniemczuk

[@ronaldcohen5229]

Congratulations on a great project for benefit of the world! I was looking for the 3 new etudes written for Methode de Methodes. They are really gems--it would be great if you could include them.

[@gregniemczuk]

I will do it in February

[@mickizurcher]

Fryderyk and Grzegorz, the best of Poland! 🇵🇱

[@mickizurcher]

Greg, when memorizing so far on the first two pages of this, I’ll work on the right hand memorization then I’ll work on the left-hand memorization, but I don’t go through the whole piece. I feel like I’m bringing both hands along together and then when I reach the end of the piece then I’ll go back and put the hands together. Is that the way I should do this or should I learn the whole right hand start to finish and then the whole left-hand start to finish and then put it together? Ty!!

[@gregniemczuk]

Hi Micky! Yes, it's a very good strategy!

[@mickizurcher]

@@gregniemczuk so GREG it’s been three weeks, I still have not memorized the whole piece. I have four pages memorized as chords & arpeggios, Hands Separately. I have two pages left, so I’m going to finish them HS, then back to the beginning and play everything as chords Hands Together from memory, then back to beginning and do everything as arpeggios. By then, I should really know it. Of course, I’ve tried playing hands together, both as chords and arpeggios, but I don’t get very far! I did all this with just having eye surgery as well, and not being able to see very well for the last month. I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to ever play again, so I’m happy with this kind of progress. 🏇👁️

[@ioiomichalicki2911]

Piękne wykonanie! 9:30 może dla niektórych ale dla mnie możliwością jest nawet 12 dźwięków, jaki jest pana zasięg?

[@gregniemczuk]

Myślę że 10, maksymalnie 11

[@massud-8612]

Hello Greg! May I ask which Kawai Model this is?

[@gregniemczuk]

Yes, it's GM-10

[@massud-8612]

@@gregniemczuk thank you!

[@Chopin-Etudes-Cosplay]

I’d love to see analysis on the 3 nouvelles etudes! They actually are not posthumous - they were published in Moscheles’ etudes book in Chopin’s lifetime. So maybe your project is not quite done 😂

[@gregniemczuk]

I know!!! I will still continue with some pieces I haven't done. You're right!

[@willibold]

Thank you so much Greg, I have learned so much from you, congratulations!!! And please do some Schubert next :)

[@immortily1673]

good video, don't listen to these LOSERS saying it's bad because its PLAYED WELL

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you! I don't listen to them because I know I can do even better and that was not the main point

[@ioiomichalicki2911]

Czy ukaże się kiedyś analiza, że tak je nazwę trzech etiud pośmiertnych?

[@gregniemczuk]

Tak, ukaże się w tym roku!

[@heleneriviere-girardet2899]

Uhhh ...! Horrible played

[@gregniemczuk]

I know!!!! But if you wrote that here I will explain : if you'd watched the video till the end you would know the reason. It's not because I CAN'T play it. It's simply because I was running out of time and finished this big project just on the last moment before the deadline. I explained it in this video and asked for forgiveness that this playing was so bad. In this video not the playing was the most important. Only people who witnessed my project which I was doing during lockdown fully understood this. I'm going to record professionally all the etudes probably next year and than it will be definitely better.

[@noclipped000]

@@gregniemczukyou are the best teacher ignore that idiot❤❤

[@gregniemczuk]

@@noclipped000 Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tomkassai]

full of mistakes

[@gregniemczuk]

Yes, of course. I was under the time pressure and didn't have enough time to prepare it for the performance. It was just analysis and I had a deadline. I'm talking about that at the end of this video.But this year I'm preparing the studio recording for all of the etudes.

[@gregniemczuk]

I had to make video analyses of all Chopin pieces in 1,5 year.....

[@christopherbieniarz1454]

Very sloppy.

[@gregniemczuk]

Yes, I know. I agree with you 100%. But to understand why it's like that you'd need to know about the whole project. Have you watched this analysis to the end? I didn't have enough time to polish this etude as well as I wanted. I had to finish the project, I had a deadline. I made 330 videos in 20 months about all Chopin's music. The most important was to describe the music with easy words so that even not musicians would understand it better. It was impossible to master all the pieces to the perfection. But I'll record all Chopin's works soon and this will not be as sloppy. I hope you understand.

[@manchildx277]

You gotta understand the project Greg is doing. He can’t play the piece in each video like it is a concert, the analysis is priority. Of course i come to Greg’s channel to hear his interpretation (my favorite is how passionately he plays prelude 24), but i first come for the analysis . So yeah some wrong notes but imagine he has to re-record each analysis because he made some mistakes!

[@musiclover4311]

All the pontificators miss the crucial point: ultimately, you need PREVIOUS COUNTLESS HOURS of training to play it RIGHT. No amount of "chorale" , chords, nonsensical "It's just THIS" makes ANY SENSE. You need to put COUNTLESS hours of previous work. Just the truth. As far as THIS tutorial is concerned. it's very sloppy...

[@gregniemczuk]

I agree. Sorry. I had to finish the whole project and had a deadline. Not enough time to do it right. But next year I will record all the etudes the way it should be played. This is only analysis of what's inside the music. I don't like it myself but I had no choice really.....