Piano Tutorial: Chopin Ballade No. 1

This tutorial features my hand noted practice scores which can be downloaded free. The ballade is a very difficult work to play, and it seems that the better you get at piano, the harder it gets. That said, you might find it helpful to put all of that out of mind so you won’t feel intimated and be discouraged.

Notes:

Timecode: (thanks to “Sensy”)

  • Intro - 0:00
  • Practice Section 1: Bar 1 - 35 - 1:05
  • Practice Section 2: Bar 36 - 67 - 9:51
  • Practice Section 3: Bar 67 - 94 - 14:41
  • Practice Section 4: Bar 94 - 105 - 16:40
  • Practice Section 5: Bar 106 - 137 - 17:30
  • Practice Section 6: Bar 138 - 165 - 22:43
  • Slow Practice Section 6 - 23:41
  • Practice Section 7: Bar 166 - 193 - 25:19
  • Slow Practice Section 7 - 26:50
  • Practice Section 8: Bar 194 - 207 - 30:44
  • Practice Section 9: Bar 208 - 248 - 31:47
  • Practice Sections for 9 - 34:05
  • Practice Section 10: Bar 249 - 262 (End) - 35:06
  • Conclusion - 36:57

Related Chopin Ballade 1 videos:

  1. TUTORIAL SCORE + Overhead keyboard view:
  1. PERFORMANCE:
  1. FOLLOW SCORE: