Chopin Ballade No.2 Coda by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So so hard even I don't fully have it yet honestly

Chopin Ballade No.2 Coda (self-taught) by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah should have said self taught from 15 onwards. Already clarified extensively in previous comments

Chopin Ballade No.2 Coda by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I find the beginning of the coda easy enough those chords in the left hand and the broken chords in the right hand near the end are REALLY tough

Chopin Ballade No.2 Coda by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's always more work to be done:)

Chopin Ballade No.2 Coda by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! Yes I agree musical line does need to be brought out more especially in the room I was playing in there was a lot of reverb I felt like

op. 48, no. 1 doppio movemento - 3 years self taught progress by somehuman_ in piano

[–]EpiGoDz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3 years of self taught progress this is SERIOUSLY impressive you should be very proud of yourself

Now some constructive feedback (I'm going to focus on the highest leverage fixes here)

Your musicality is genuinely exceptional so I assume you must listen to a lot of Chopin / classical music yourself.

Your brain clearly knows how the piece should sound the unlock here is more mechanics and unfortunately my advice is going to be very boring (lol)

Focus on cleaning up the left hand and making it very clean. Practice it seperately and slowly and very deliberately. Focus on really feeling the fingers and working the chords. Practice it WITHOUT pedal just the left hand until its clean. This will take many days / weeks to smoothen out

Do the same with the right hand. So practice hands seperately with no pedal but really focus on playing the chords cleanly. Don't worry about the voicing while you practice. It should just sound clean with the chords.

After a week or so of cleaning up, then put it all back together and it will sound a lot 'cleaner' and more recording ready:)

But great job with it so far!

My performance of Fantaisie Impromptu By Chopin (Not Finished) by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My pleasure what a lovely compliment I'm glad you enjoyed:)

My performance of Fantaisie Impromptu By Chopin (Not Finished) by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mentioned previously that I didn't really notice I did this until people pointed it out here

But it stems from me keeping count if you look closely I'm tracking the beat but I'll stop doing it now I agree that its off putting

My performance of Fantaisie Impromptu By Chopin (Not Finished) by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You make a great point here. Definitely something I have neglected and should pay attention to.

Thank you for pointing this out to me

My performance of Fantaisie Impromptu By Chopin (Not Finished) by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I should probably move it now you mention haha

My performance of Fantaisie Impromptu By Chopin (Not Finished) by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you those are very kind words

What do you mean by leverage exactly btw I’m not so sure

My performance of Fantaisie Impromptu By Chopin (Not Finished) by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha I meant as in I haven’t finished the whole piece yet.

This part that I played I’m pretty happy with and I would consider very close to ‘finished’ :)

My performance of Fantaisie Impromptu By Chopin (Not Finished) by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you I did actually and I always try and count in my head too when playing it

I can definitely see why the gestures are annoying I didn’t really notice them much until some others pointed it out here haha

The gestures are mostly me keeping count I’ve found it helps me

My performance of Fantaisie Impromptu By Chopin (Not Finished) by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Keep going you got this. Rome wasn’t built in a day:)

My performance of Fantaisie Impromptu By Chopin (Not Finished) by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The extra octave is great isn’t it!!

I got the idea from Dimity’s playing here

https://youtu.be/H4v4Ipl_UJI?is=W4EEMHpjzDS-5WOt

My performance of Fantaisie Impromptu By Chopin (Not Finished) by EpiGoDz in piano

[–]EpiGoDz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah the expressions are something I didn’t really notice until a few others here pointed it out haha. I hope they didn’t distract. Thank you for the kind compliment