Chopin - Prelude no. 4 op. 28 in E-minor - Greg Niemczuk's Professional Piano Tutorial

[@noobyoshi]

Prof Niemczuk I love the comparison to the conductor. I was taught (before the KZbin era) to play it slow and it was so difficult trying to keep 2 beats, now I know that I didn't have to torture myself. Thank you for all your tutorials and backstage practice videos!

[@karolpawlowski5368]

Tak! Kolejny materiał! Jeszcze o preludiach! Bardzo Panu dziękuję, bo te materiały są naprawdę pomocne i je uwielbiam! 😊😊😊

[@Siegfriedclassical]

I cant wait for your tutorial on Chopin's Prelude Op.28 No.7. Not because I dont know how to play it, but because i love it when you go into depth on fairly unknow Chopin peices, and on your explanation video of that Prelude you did such a good job, i wished it lasted for 50 minutes! Hope this new year treats you well!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much! It's so nice of you! Happy New Year!

[@angledog00]

Would love a tutorial on any of the Bach Inventions ❤❤❤

[@SurayaAkter-bu8gh]

Greg, I like your content because you admire and play Chopin.

[@catherinee.8902]

Merci pour ce cours formidable ... en plus sous titré en français.... j'ai appris beaucoup grâce à vous ! 💖 Merci 🙏

[@ajanssen4905]

Greg, this is (a somewat longer version) of everything what you tried to explain to me last year november in Amsterdam. I do not know what to say, but I feel very much honoured for the time you spend to record this video, in which you elaborate in much more detail about your enormous insight in and true knowledge of Chopin's music. From now on I will obey your instructions in full and will play all pieces of Chopin singing! I sincerely hope that my pianoteacher Alexandra will agree (and I expect she will for some part, as she seems not to like the metronome very much ;-) Tonny

[@gregniemczuk]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you , brother!!! I'm sure it will improve your playing!

[@kristinamusik7414]

I can´t say Thank you enough for this. I plan to relearn this, because it is so beautiful and I really want to express itś beauty as much as it is possible to me.

[@gregniemczuk]

Good luck!

[@jc9552]

This was so helpful! I really appreciate it that you put the same kind of attention to details and passion into some of the easier pieces of Chopin as well. I learn a lot of you. You are an incredible teacher! ❤❤❤

[@gregniemczuk]

Amazing!! Wonderful! I'm so happy that my video helps you with other pieces too!!!

[@sergiovetrone466]

Grazie Maestro! Straordinaria lezione di tecnica. Personalmente hai risposto alle domande che spesso mi pongo quando affronto lo studio degli accordi. Grazie infinite!

[@davcaslop]

I loved the fact that you dedicated proper and quality time doing this video and advising beginners and not just skipping the prelude or talking about it too briefly because of its apparent simplicity to play

[@gregniemczuk]

It was very important for me. The only point to make such a tutorial.

[@fabriziomonticone4855]

Thank

[@lauredussauze3016]

Merci pour vos conseils pour moi très précieux et le sous titrage en français. Je viens de découvrir votre vidéo un peu tard, car je prépare ce morceau pour le 8 juin avec mon école de musique. J’ai repris le piano à 70 ans malheureusement très tard mais c’est pour le plaisir.

[@MatMorRaw]

It's great to have a new practice session about preludes. I'm looking forward to learning about next ones. Thank you for very useful hints.

Fantastic. Thank you for sharing your insights on learning this piece.

[@gregniemczuk]

You're welcome! I'm happy you liked it!

[@lianazarian9002]

Well explained, you are a great pianist!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you!!! ❤️

[@fernandolunad]

I have just discovered your channel and I amazed of how useful your videos are. Thank you so much!

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you so much!!! Enjoy!

[@giovannipepe5945]

Hello Greg. Thank you Sooo much for this video. After a long time of playing this piece extremely badly I thought that I would never make it sound pleasing even to my ear. Over the last 12 months I having intensified the amount I practice generally and it is only now that I can say that I'm "beginning" to enjoy the sound I'm producing. With your advice I hope to take this to the next level. My hope and objective for 2024 is to feel confident enough to play this to friends or family. In my view this is a deceptively difficult piece. Again, thank you for your incredibly valuable advice.🙂

[@normanwee678]

Tend to think of "Jane B" by Jane Birkin whenever I play this piece. 😅 Thanks for sharing your insight

[@markwoods679]

I am currently learning this Chopin Prelude Greg , very insightful and informative advice greatly appreciated especially about not playing it too loudly with the left hand . Can I please ask in bar 17 this is where I am getting slightly confused joining the two melodies together! Any advice would be appreciated thank you Wonderful video has helped me a lot not to massacre this beautiful piece by Chopin

[@demon9166]

The technical information you gave us with this tutorial is incredible. And I totally agree with 2 beat tempo, should be played a little bit faster. The tricks to play chords simultaneously seems useful. I was expecting you to explain the theorical part of the music like what did chopin try to express with that pale melody or what is the purpose of all this slow and painfull progress? My guess is that he was so sick and he can hardly breath, you know when you get so weak you breath like long exhale followed by a tiny inhale. It also explains its a breathing event since when we inhale the sound of air is slightly higher than exhale. And getting to the end he is suffocating he outcries with his last fragment of power. Still knowing what is coming, in the end, it is death. He slowly fades away like his actual death. He foreseed his future. I don't know if anybody ever thinked like the way I think but I feel like 6th prelude is also like this prelude. It is not the breath but heart this time. I believe we are hearing his heart beats in that prelude. And after learning his testament, he wants his heart taken to his country. And at the end of his 6 th prelude we hear his heart beats. This is how think it is. Please let me now if you agree!

[@gregniemczuk]

I do agree but please check my analysis about this Prelude! There you can find what you were looking for

[@mvanbaarsen]

Very nice again, Greg, thank you. Would you recommend to play the left-hand thumb a tiny little bit louder than the other notes so as to get a very slight tonic accent?

[@gregniemczuk]

Yes!

[@rotsteineva]

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[@feasley5348]

amazing video, thank you so much for all the helpful information - the sensitivity exercise in the fingertips is really useful, I’ll be doing that every day now 💯 Playing the left hand with only one or two voices is also giving me a ton of insight on how the harmonies function - such brilliant movement inside the accompaniment alone.. I have a question about the voices in the piece, because there are four voices throughout (three in the LH and one in the RH) do you ever think about the piece as a SATB choir? Sometimes I practice the LH as sustained notes, only playing them when the harmonies change - I’m curious if you’ve practiced the piece this way, or if you see any value in including this in practice sessions ( also no wonder you’re such a Chopin genius, your singing at 14:30 is gorgeous! 😊) thanks again for the tutorial, im so excited to add these tools to my practice

[@gregniemczuk]

Yes! I did practice like that (didn't I show it briefly here?) And I imagined a choir working on this piece! Great point!!!!

[@feasley5348]

@@gregniemczukoh gosh, I think you did 😅 This was my first time asking a question and I got super nervous - thank you for the response, my progress on this prelude has been so amazing over these few weeks thanks to your advice

[@angledog00]

❤

[@BernardBernard-s1w]

J’ai vu des partitions avec le gruppetto inférieur et avec le gruppetto supérieur. Lequel est juste, et quelle note faut-il jouer dans les deux cas ? Merci

[@iwiwiwimusic]

I like it a little bit faster too. I imagine circles with every bar in some way, but maybe I should imagine a flowing stream instead :)

[@PhilHarrison762]

400 views per day!!!! Tells its own story - how much these videos are appreciated by us humble amateurs. Question - which may explain why so many of us play it too slowly - does the National Edition say 'alla breve", because my edition (Augener's) doesn't, and maybe many others don't either??

[@gregniemczuk]

National Edition says allá breve

[@gregniemczuk]

German First Edition and French Firsts Edition also have all breve. Your edition must overlook it.

[@PhilHarrison762]

@@gregniemczuk Thanks Greg. I think Augener may be based on the London first edition (???) So, indeed, that could be a reason why there are a number of 'slow' players? Technical question: does the fact that the quavers are written in groups of 4 of itself imply 'alla breve'?

[@gregniemczuk]

@@PhilHarrison762 yes, I think it does

[@rainermarien5869]

🙏👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊

[@cellopianopoetryhappinesst4326]

3:42 why didn’t you perform it at your tempo before talking about it?

[@gregniemczuk]

Because I made also an analysis about this piece in which I'm playing it all and I did not want this video to be too long

[@rotsteineva]

For the repeated chords on the left hand: the keys should never be completely released. We must play those chords as if we were touching soft dough, using the double scape mechanism which is an advantage present in piano grands (if we are playing on an upright piano, we should try to emulate that anyway!). That produces a beautiful, soft and well rounded sound. Finally, those chords sing too somehow, so, they mustn't sound monotonous nor repetitive: They need some shaping and voicing.

[@gregniemczuk]

Thank you for enriching this video with your great comment ❤️🌹

[@semibrevehongkong9151]

I have just thought of this prelude a few days ago! This pieces looks like the easiest one among Chopin's music, i was thinking how to make it special in details...

[@gregniemczuk]

Yes! It's actually not that easy

[@yararaq]

Instalike

[@adelaolivero9966]

Two things: you should end your tutorials playing the whole piece. It would be very nice... The second is that I always wondered how Chopin was pronounced in Polish. Thank you.

[@gregniemczuk]

Hi dear Adela! In the years 2020-2021 I made videos-analyses of all Chopin music for piano. There I play pieces in their entirety at the end of the video. Here is the analysis of this Prelude: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKXSd4qZmpeGaK8si=Xrx-92c3ZfjiN0gz With pronounce it with the accent on the first syllab

[@cellopianopoetryhappinesst4326]

Gosh you didn’t perform it! Why not?