Always clear, thoughtful and pithy. Thanks Jeewon!

WOW! this is really helpful. I've wanted to do this for a long time but I can only reach a 9th tops, and I was too stiff in my forearm and wrist. The relaxation and loose wrist should really help. Its kind of nice to hear that this is somewhat difficult for you too! It gives me hope and I'll be more patient with myself. Thanks a million Jeewon! Best.

You are a real teacher with gift for teaching

Loved the super specific instructions especially the pedal. Never thought about depressing it only a quarter or a half. Always thought of it as either on or off. Great lesson as always!

This kind of happened with me I got the music for nocturne op 9 no 1 without even telling my teacher and now I need to figure out how to do 11 over 3

This is very good Jiwon!

I have never had a chance to listen to this piece. Now I am a great fan. Lightness is being without ego, I believe. Thank you for introducing the beautiful music. I am so proud of you.

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Great stuff Jeewon! Most informative. I used to listen to Jorge Bolet play these. Godowsky used to throw these at Jorge when he was 15 years old and say "lets see what the kid can do"? :) Your practice ideas are so helpful. Thank You! Best Regards.

even concert pianists need to pin this favorite quote of yours in their forehead.. the idea/goal/difficulty is *much more specific* than playing really loud and really fast"

"can you pls Create a video on how to become good at reading music, focusing on the skills and techniques necessary for understanding musical notation, rather than sight-reading. ??

can you pls Create a video on how to become good at reading music, focusing on the skills and techniques necessary for understanding musical notation, rather than sight-reading?!

Always been able to play the notes, but with the same sort of phrasing in both hands. Already doing everything you said up to the halfway mark in the video Still unable to play semiquavers over 12/8 convincingly 😢 it's literally just the polyrhythm thing that is my wall 🧱 Oh I also struggled with the tumultuous part of the coda section for some reason and that's not even a polyrhythm. It might have been the jumps in the LH and RH. I can't remember fully since it's been a while since I actually tried. I did do a video on my channel but it was me just looking at the sheet music for 30 minutes at work and then trying to play it from memory so nowhere near a serious attempt 😅 I probably can't even play the RH as good as that now Awesome video btw

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Throughout this lesson, you mention pulse and rhythm quite a bit, as someone who struggles with pulse in specific pieces, what would be your advice, to fix any pulse/rhythm issues NAMELY if you realise very late that you have a pulse/rhythm issue in specific parts! And how would you align this with the rest of your piece, which seems to not have such an issue. Does not have to be specifically to op.66, my personal issue with this has been worst with Haydn for example, especially between 'sections' A-B-A-B. Great video however!

Very Great and helpful teaching!!!

Thanks for your valuable tips❤

Your playing of this sonata is fabulous, with incredible sensibility and deepness. It’s marvelous, thank you so much !

You remind me my piano teacher ❤

Do you have e mail?

Chopin actually didnt like this impromptu very much. He didn't think it sufficiently captured the free improvisational quality that an impromptu entailed.

I thought I was butchering it

I played this perfectly when I was 18 but am really having difficulty learning it again 40 years later.😮

I was doing this perfectly up until this point 2:34

Amazing

Maybe some teachers teach caging in someone's hands into cupping tennis balls, but the correct way to teach is to use that cupping the ball as a guide to help student not use flat and tension filled touching of the keys. It's not a rule, but a tool to assist to eliminate a bad habit and then later tone down the tool. It's like you over exaggerate shooting a basketball with proper follow through as a guide and then later, you tone down that exaggeration as you move and shoot in variety ways. You dont forget what good teachers tell you. You are not the definitive teacher. Keep all learned knowledge (whether good or bad teacher knowledge) and use that for wisdom.

To play it well is difficult. Any piece is easy to play mediocre. I see it all the time in my class.

😂 used to love it as beginner... Now I had enough of this piece........

Very nice teaching maam

My favorites for learning a piece you want to make your own: 1. Memorize right away, don't waste time reading through the piece repeatedly. Write the name of each note next to it along with all the fingerings. This may seem simplistic and redundant but memorization is not sight reading, that is a different skill. 2. Memorize back to front. That way when you play you are always going towards the part you know best. 3. Memorize silently. Don't press the keys all the way down. Imagine the sound as you feel your fingertips touch the keys. This forms the neural networks connection ming, nerves,and muscles. 4. Go very slowly and say each note to yourself while your finger is on that key. 5. Practice mentally away from the piano. Visualize your fingers at the keyboard with correct fingerings and correct notes. 6. Don't try to memorize through muscle memory. Your mind goes to sleep when you repeat passages many times over. 7. A piece ( or a section) is memorized only after you can visualize, imagine, and play every note in your mind away from the piano.

This Chopin piece is my all time favorite. I can play it really well ONLY in my dream. Watching your video and listening to your instructions, I have hope and the desire to make my dream into reality! Thank you very, very much. I will watch this video again & again. Thank you. Thank you.

yes it's my big big wish to play this piece !!! wish me luck Pray !!! i get through this with your very valuable tutorial !!! thanks for the inspiration !!!

I have arranged Bach's Prelude in c minor for 6 instruments in 2016, if you interested kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hcmPetR8s9arlmQ.html

I am so glad I have found your website! The fantasy impromptu is one of my all-time favorites but I’ve had mental blocks against it for years and what you said has made perfect sense! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I look forward to more instructional videos from you.

Piano is a string instrument

Thank you, you are an excellent communicator, and it is a pleasure listening to your explanations

Ohh, are you working on Godowsky Etudes now? Planning on posting some videos on them?

Thank you so much for this valuable introduction to playing this piece. I've sight read through this piece many times and put it down as too difficult. Now with your guidance I understand how to work on this piece. Your left hand advice is particularly helpful. It prevents fatigue and allows smoother arpeggios. I've subscribed and look forward to more lessons.

You will never play it, as a beginner, that way, because all what she is explaining makes sens only if you understand something else, that is a basically move, involved in playing scales : the rotating of the wrist over the scales, 3 + 5 : when the thumb is played the wrist goes down, anyway it's a natural move, with 2, 3, 4 the wrist goes up, an down on 5. Obviously before playing this you want to play scales, ie, Bach. Mozart only a little because his best compositions are not the sonatas, and then you skip Beethoven entirely : the passionata is recycling Mozart's nozze di Figaro.

Yeah that’s not a xylophone, it’s a glockenspiel

Excellent, thankyou so much this is extremely helpful.🤗

for percussion we call it a piston stroke, start up-go down-straight-back up, like you’re touching a hot stove!

great video! would like to know how you approach Chopin's Ballad no. 1 :)

may i ask what piano you played on?

That's a great lesson! It looks like it's not impossible for me anymore. I play piano for 4 years now and i'm planning to learn this piece next year. Definitely going to watch this video several times. Thank you. Greetings from Brazil!

😳 that intro 😳 this is why I never play other people's music. I compose my own. When people tell me my music sounds terrible, I answer with a smile saying, "It's an avant-garde piece; it's supposed to sound that way." 😂

Learning this piece now. So beautiful. Love your video! Very helpful

Excellent 😊😊😊subscribed...thank you😊😊

More than excellent... I subscribed... thank you.😊😊😊

Thank you for this "series" on Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu. I've enjoyed all of your videos, but especially this more in-depth look at one piece. Question: How do you balance the slow-tempo practice (and the dotted-rhythm practice) with practice at more challenging tempos? In other words, at what point is it appropriate to move on from "painfully slow" practice to increased speed. And, would you recommend continuing with the slow practices even as you're able to play the piece at an intermediate tempo? Hope that makes sense. Again, sincere thanks for your thoughtful instruction (and lovely playing!).