If You're Studying Chopin, TRY THIS.

My formula for mastering a passage with focus and ease.

00:00 The struggle is real
00:43 My 3-Step Formula
01:11 Example 1
04:10 Example 2
05:51 Example 3

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[mzs]

"That part" is a real part in every Chopin piece.

[davidpiper]

I think I’m starting to realise that “getting better” isn’t about learning more difficult pieces, it’s about building and improving specific skills that will make those difficult pieces easier to learn. Thank you for another great video! 💧

[jr_kulik]

Very interesting video ! My professor always told me to transpose difficult passages in all 12 keys, as this is such a difficult exercise that you'll find the passage in the original key to be trivial. Thank you for showing this to the world :)

[tylerstoner]

Nahre, you are creating something no other piano teacher is able to articulate here on your YouTube channel. A learning technique that really bridges the gap between performer and composer

[MusicalBasics]

💧 as a fellow Youtuber I almost feel guilty watching your videos for free

[MaximilianMKGill]

I just turned 15 and got a book of all of Chopins Etudes so this video was really well timed.

[paulrhodesquinn]

I wish I'd had you as a teacher when I was learning this Nocturne at college! Such a great way to learn tricky sections.

[NimeuMusic]

Many Chopin runs have this perfect "falling down the stairs" vibe.

[sandrobrine]

I've literally just started back up with re-learning piano, and I come across this - just wanted to say thank you, really needed this right now.

[stephenrose]

I literally brute-force learning pieces playing mostly start to finish, and I KNOW it’s awful. This was the sign (and structured process with amazing examples) I needed. Thank you 🙏

[obockxg]

This is what I did every single time. Not only in Chopin's music. But almost all composers. Analyzing the scores will help you a lot. I'm not read all the notes on the scores. I never do that. Instead, I read the pattern and analyzing. They are very simple. None of them are complicated. Even Winter Wind. It looks like a monster. But it just a simple pattern repeated, transposed. And then, I make my own exercises for a several passages. Remember what Chopin said "Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties."
And yes, all the Chopin's music has a very simple pattern. The issue is not about the notes, but the technique.

[truecuckoo]

Thank you so much for this. I always get so inspired when watching your videos.💧

[gordonkennygordon]

Hello! I'm a jazz musician, kinda, and I'd like to say: First, your voicing on the CM7 is totally legit and no one is laughing at you :) Second, Chopin has always been way beyond me, but I'm very excited to try this technique on bebop heads like Ornithology and Donna Lee that have also always been mostly beyond me. Thank you!
💧
BTW, the grace note technique is really similar to a blues piano technique I use all the time. So, maybe Chopin isn't out of reach?

...Pretty sure it's still out of reach :D

[RobertJamalAK]

The timing of this video is absolutely insane... I just picked up a Chopin piece and got to "that part." Thanks for an amazing and informative video as always! =)

[paulkramer]

After sixteen years away from the piano, I started practicing again six months ago. In addition to relearning selected pieces I used to play, I decided to learn six Mozart sonatas simultaneously for "exercise". In doing so, without any premeditation, but just "automatically, " I recognized many similar patterns in different sonatas, making them easier to learn faster all together than to learn them one by one. After playing only Mozart for a few days, I return to the Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, snd Mendelssohn pieces I was practicing, and I find myself playing them much better than before after the Mozart "exercise".

[Andate]

This way of practicing piano will not only benefit piano playing skill but will also benefit composition skill!
I can borrow many composition materials from many masterpieces in this way.
Thank you again for providing me a brand new perspective to practice piano!!

[musicsdarkangel]

Nahre, you’re beautiful looking, in your teaching, in your personality, and in how you play. These are a great help.

[jcortese]

I think these exercises would be repetitive enough to be able to do them while focusing on keeping my hands relaxed as well. I have a massive tension problem at the piano.

I'm also interested in what you said about getting into Chopin's brain. One of the things I noticed is that I have so much more trouble doing flashy things in other people's music, but when I write or arrange something myself, suddenly I can do things that I'd never dream of doing if I were reading other people's dots. (I still have tension problems, but I can DO them at least, and it takes longer for my hands to start aching.) I think understanding what you're doing -- why the composer chose those notes -- allows your head to "chunk" what's going on and increases your comfort with the material.

[michaelbutta]

@Nahre Sol, You’re so damn impressive. I deeply, deeply appreciate the way you break down your process. Following you the past few years has been a massive inspiration. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[fryderyckchopin]

I also told my students to take some AIR when practising my pieces.