From Foreign Lands and People, Scenes from Childhood, Op 15, No. 1 by Robert Schumann (Tutorial)

[@rstiver1]

Wonderful. I'm trying, in my amateurish way, to "master" this intricate and melodic Schumann marvel. I'm suffering from the six-months-plus-ago loss of my beloved wife of 49 years, and this "scene" is providing me a measure of solace.

[@TracyXian]

Robert H Stiver I am so sorry for your loss. May this piece bring you comfort.

[@ppff5461]

Good camera position, good sound quality, professional teaching +analyse process. Effective demonstration without "noisy story telling blabla".High respect! Thank U for this valuable lession💐👍🙏👏

[@felicitycmc]

Thank you Dr. Xian for uploading this tutorial. It has been very helpful . Best wishes.

[@TracyXian]

Happy Retirement thank you! And best wishes to you as well!

[@mothersky6063]

Thanks, tracy, for your tutoriel. Very pedagogical. Now, i can play this marvellous piece with delicatessness.

[@TracyXian]

mothersky thank you very much! I am glad that the tutorial is helpful. Best wishes!

[@f-xdemers2825]

delicatessness,,,,,, I like the word .

[@metteholm4833]

Thank you very much. My hands are slightly smaller than yours, it seems, but you gave some good solutions.

[@Lilly1042]

I just found your channel and I think its a good method. I'll test it suddenly!

[@TracyXian]

Lilly1042 thank you very much!

[@MYR-mi1vi]

Thank you so much, the slow play really helped me with fingering on this piece.

[@TracyXian]

MYR 2014 thank you! I am very glad to know the tutorial is helpful to you.

[@trinsiali7227]

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[@pianistjustforfun]

nice tutorial, thank you!

[@TracyXian]

pianistjustforfun thank you very much!

[@northeything8568]

Sounds very modern for a XIX century piece !

[@MetaView7]

Nice Piano

[@TracyXian]

MetaView7 thank you!

[@alexpianoplayer15]

Do you use the right pedal ? It seems that C sharp in first mesure cannot be lifted before the half of the next E note (the middle notebof the triplet) has sounded

[@TracyXian]

Leshka Pianist Yes, I use pedal to sustain the melody. I also use finger substitution in the right-hand melody to connect between notes.

[@alexpianoplayer15]

Tracy Xian the use of the pedal makes the notes in the left hand sound longer than they should, doesn't it? P. S. I'm not critical, I just try to understand how to play this polyphonic piece correctly. Should we keep the eighth notes in the bottom with fingers or with the pedal ?

[@TracyXian]

Leshka Pianist Not really. If it sounds too much pedal, try partial (half) pedal. Balance and voicing control are the key issues. I change pedal with my left hand base-line.

[@alexpianoplayer15]

Tracy Xian this piece is not so easy as one could think looking at it's name - pieces for children : -) thank you for your responses . I will try it.

[@TracyXian]

Leshka Pianist you are right! This piece is much harder than it sounds. But it’s a beautiful piece that teaches voicing technique, which is one of the most important skills in piano playing.

[@twinblades-thewilltokeeplo6084]

Hi Tracy. How do we go about the counting for this piece? Do we count like 1,2,3 1,2,3 1,2,3 n 123?

[@TracyXian]

Twinblades-TheWillToKeepLosing you must feel the music in 2 beats per measure; therefore, the best way to count in subdivided beats is 1 a la, 2 a la...hope this makes sense.

[@simonlong4718]

Tracy Xian thanks for this tutorial

[@giovannipisciottu16]

excellent method compliments

[@TracyXian]

Thank you very much!

[@giovannipisciottu16]

this method and adaptable on all the tracks?

[@TracyXian]

+Giovanni Pisciottu I call this method voicing study. It works especially well for a piece that has multiple voices (melody and accompaniment) within one hand.

[@giovannipisciottu16]

I realized thanks for the reply

[@eternalclassicsbrothers9636]

Well done! I just uploaded this too :)!

[@alexpianoplayer15]

Should we keep the difference in duration between simple eighths and triplet eighths ?

[@TracyXian]

Alexey O I am not sure I understand your question completely. Could you be a little more specific? Such as measure numbers and alike? Thank you!