The Fragile Beauty of the Chopin’s Nocturne op.9 no.2

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[juliannadoyle]

Beautifully presented. Thank you. What grade is this beautiful piece please thank you

[zvexevz]

Another helpful video, about a piece I've always struggled to play with the kind of subtle expressivity that can make it such a beautiful work. Sometimes the "easier" pieces are the most frustrating, cause I can play all the notes just fine, but nothing I do seems to change the fact that it just doesn't have that magic. Your advice is very useful, especially about the phrasing in the opening melody. I've never really known how to interpret the phrase and slur markings in the first three bars, so your demonstration helped me understand how to shape and close those phrases. Still, I really wish I could play it with the kind of subtlety and gracefulness that you do at 4:18 with the F to Eb, or especially the jump from Bb up to D at 5:50. I never thought I'd find playing two notes at a slow tempo so difficult!

As a former English teacher who used to teach many Slavic speaking students in Prague and Belgrade, I must make one comment about the title of this video, hopefully you don't mind. In this case you should use the definite article "the" rather than the indefinite "a", so it would be more correct to say "The Fragile Beauty...." rather than "A Fragile Beauty." This is because beauty is a singular quality, so we only use "the" to say things like "the beauty of the sea" or "the beauty of her singing." Although there are of course different types of beauty, so you could say "the haunting beauty of Chopin's nocturne" or "the remarkable beauty" or any other descriptor you wanted, but always with "the." All my students hated articles because the rules for them are so confusing or contradictory, and there are many examples where most native English speakers couldn't even tell you why one article should be used rather than the other.

Anyway enough grammar, thanks for another great video, looking forward to practicing this piece with your tips in mind.

[GrumpyOldEd]

Thanks Denis, niece video - another catalyst. Started me thinking differently about other Chopin pieces too. Always a pleasure. 👍

[munkiechatchat]

Where do your eyes go while playing this? Especially going from right to left. I often mishit keys before or after a jump. Like there is no spacial consistency. Btw, for me opus 10 no 9 is far easier.

[Alexander_Tibenko]

А вообще проще в школу записаться и с учителем бесплатно

[ArminBub]

Trying to buy your 70-minute course: „Sorry, this course is closed for enrollment.“