Piano Tutorial: Le Couppey “L'agilité Etude”, Op. 20, No. 12
Notes Download Le Couppey 25 Etudes Op. 20 from IMSLP Music Library (free) Download Le Couppey 25 Etudes Op. 17 from IMSLP Music Library (free) »
Piano Tutorial: Chopin Etude, “Wrong Note”, Op. 25, No. 5
Viewer request tutorial. Part 1 - middle “B” section. Part 2 - outer “A” sections. Performances Notes FREE highlighted practice score featured in this video from Google Drive Free sheet music in the public domain: Friedman edition Cortot edition Mikuli edition »
Piano Tutorial: Chopin Etude, “Butterfly”, Op. 25, No. 9
Tutorial: Performances: Top-view Side-view A 2009 recording on upright piano Notes Free sheet music PDF in Public Domain from Google Drive. »
Piano Tutorial: Chopin Etude, Op. 10, No. 9
Tutorial Performance Historical performances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioyWOZ2lsY8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrWwDza5gPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWTyzc-cM1I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wwq0w-nfmw Notes Much of Mikuli’s left hand fingering is impractical for the average sized hand, Cortot’s fingering suits the average hand size better. »
Piano Tutorial: Chopin Etude, “Black Keys”, Op. 10, No. 5
Tutorial Performance Tutorial Tempo ♩ = 116 (no metronome beat) Tutorial Tempo ♩ = 116 »
Piano Tutorial: Chopin Etude, “Chromatique”, Op. 10, No. 2
An 2018 version: Chopin Etude Op.10 No.2 tutorial in 5 Stages of Difficulty The follow-up tutorial of the original 2010 tutorial with extra practice suggestions and tips. 2015 update: Chopin Etude Op. 10 No. 2 “I Hour Daily Practice Routine” Notes Download NEW practice sheet music PDF (free) made in collaboration with Mercuzio. File in Google Drive »
Piano Tutorial: Chopin Etude, “Waterfalls”, Op. 10, No. 1
This 45 mins tutorial is for most part ‘advanced’ but also contains practice tips for intermediary pianists studying online. To skip my spoken introduction, the practical starts 14:20. Apologies for the sweaty look towards the end of the video - it’s one of those pieces and I live in Thailand, which is extremely hot and humid. It’s assumed the short exercise examples in this video are to be repeated as micro-studies. »
Piano Tutorial: Chopin Etude, “Ocean”, Op. 25, No. 12
A viewer’s request piano tutorial. “Ocean” is the name we associate today with this piece but the source of Chopin’s inspiration appears to have been quite different. As a descriptive title it fits the work well for modern tastes so I’ve kept this as a theme in the video. Ocean is a very playable study. Opinions differs as to it’s relative difficulty compared to his other studies. My own view is the underlying patters in this piece are beautifully simple and hope the video encourages those wishing to play this piece for the first time to do so. »
Piano Tutorial: Chopin Etude, “Paganini”, Op. 10, No. 4
Tutorial Advanced Practice Tutorial Performance »
Piano Tutorial: Chopin Etude, Sixths, Op. 25, No. 8
A tutorial with practice tips and suggestions. For my friend Henrique in Brazil. »