Working on Chopin's Fioritura

[@sevrjukov]

Watched this video 7 years ago, when I was a beginner and could't attempt Nocturne Op. 9 no1. I remembered this lecture for all these years, and now I'm learning this piece and the advice comes very handy. Thank you, Mr. Fitch!

[@franzlisztish]

EXCELLENT! Thanks Graham, this was EXACTLY what I needed!

[@twoscoopz4944]

All of Graham Fitch's videos have been both helpful and interesting. I hope he does many more with Pianist!

[@ScruffyTubbles]

Brilliant aren't they. He deserves his honours.

[@popqueen77]

I always play these parts sloppily without counting mathematically to match right hand with left hand!! Thank you so much! Your lessons are surely amazingly educational and meaningful to us!

[@Daniel_Zalman]

This is golden advice.

[@charlespeterson4438]

As always a brilliant presentation. Graham's lessons are clear, coherent and instructive. I only wish I could play fraction as well as he. I love the magazine and the KZbin videos enhance its enormous appeal.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

Nocturne 9 number 1 is simply gorgeous. 👌

[@queAlejovaEP]

Actually, I don't know how to play the piano. I came here just to see what is a Fioritura, but man the video involves you! And I feel I've learned interesting things

[@Green_Revolution]

Great! I learned the 11 over 6 in chopin's nocturne op9 no1 by drawing 66 lines and marking when each hand has to play. After practicing this very exact version veeery slow i was able to play it more and more freely and faster. However, in hindsight your method probably is less complex and leads to the same result with less effort. Thanks for the advice!

[@realsuperia]

Excellent class.

[@germangirlheidi]

Thank you so much, Graham. I have been doing something along these lines, but never was able to explain it as concisely and clearly as you. I also felt assured that doing the math first a legitimate part of eventually playing the fioritura improvisationally.

[@Ellatigojusticiero]

Thanks Prof Fitch, could please give me a help on how to study Chopin Etude Op 10 #8 mostly from bar 37 to 60... I found extremely difficult to coordinate my fingers , both hands play different melody...PLEASE?

[@hippophile]

Great methods. I learned op9#1 by a less organized approach and got there in the end, but the last fioratura was a pig, I wish I had seen this first!

[@hk4672]

These fiorituras and random polyrhythms give me so much anxiety when I see them in the score, lol. But I love and feel freed by what you said: if the composer had wanted that to sound mathematically precisely, he wouldn't have written it imprecisely.

[@harryquebert2979]

Wonderful tips as always Graham :)

[@onemanhomediy]

Thank you so much for this, exactly what I was searching for!

[@paolashiadani1046]

Excellent explanation!!!!

[@rabbitpunch1422]

Thankyou Sir!!

[@orenkrimchansky]

wow.great lesson.really!

[@landrytee1256]

Thank u sir, it's an excellent lesson

[@SewTexas]

So very good to know this.

[@Mike-uz9hs]

thank you

[@Michael_Arnold]

Very helpful thanks

[@efucosiche]

Ahah in italian correct pronunciation for “fioritura” must to be FIORETURA. Like use the E not the I. Italian pronunciation for “I” is the “E” in English (like the first I after F)

[@Widiar0]

I absolutely love this tutorials, they're always well explained and insightful. However in this particular video it felt a bit rushed, could have used a few more slowed down takes for the fioraturas, especially the "training method"s were gone through with really fast pace. But it did clear up the meaning of those and how to approach them. I (too) hope to see plenty of more of this type of tutorials in the future.

[@Green_Revolution]

Yeah, i see what you mean. Did you see the Piano lesson on Polyrythms already? Especially for the examples on the Op. 9 no 1 that might be useful :-)

[@julyanvanderwesthuizen3081]

can you please do a video on pronation. I can not seem to find any other video on this technique.

[@appasonata2]

Many thanks love you

[@joestephens7105]

Thanks so much!

[@orenkrimchansky]

it is fioratura : ) thanks for the video!

[@fingaz000]

Both spellings are correct actually!

[@orenkrimchansky]

+graham fitch wow ,you actually replied :-) .thanks.love your video

[@fingaz000]

Thank you, Oren - I really appreciate your kind words and I am very happy if these videos help people.

[@rabbitpunch1422]

Thankyou!

[@feldnuss]

Whats the song in the beginning?

[@Kimmobiino]

The piece is Mendelssohn's Variations serieuses. Great piece but I've heard some variations are quite difficult, Henle has assigned it 8/9 in difficulty. (I like your Jazz playlist as a 'classic jazz' fan)

[@feldnuss]

Thank you very much! Best wishes from Germany.

[@feldnuss]

Kimmobiino Actually your comment really made me happy :) I am in young age and barely meet people who love jazz like I do. It's just nice to know people with the same interest.

[@Kimmobiino]

Thanks, I'm almost 40, but I have loved jazz since about age 14 after my teacher recommended me some jazz pianists from around 1940 - 1970 and after that it was no turning back..

[@musictrainingonline]

Human feel over mathematics. Basically you are saying we should first divide the figure into a mathematically correct rhythm, practice several variations of it, then forget it all and allow ourselves to perform it mathematically incorrect. For example, to perform 35 notes over 4 notes without sticking to mathematics seems to be fairly impossible. It really comes down to developing a mathematical formula like 9+9+9+8 and then play with the tempo loosely while performing each sub-group. That’s what the brain is really doing behind the scene, I believe.

[@biffii5568]

u just unlocked my roadblock on the first 3 against 4 in the posthumous noc. Wow..😅

[@Qwerty-hj1ml]

*Fioritura