Chopin: Nocturne in G Major, Op. 37 No. 2
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Nolan Miller plays Chopin: Nocturne in G Major, Op. 37 No. 2.
This is one of my favorite Chopin Nocturnes. The piece alternates between two main sections: the first consisting of a melody in thirds and sixths; and the second marked by a simpler texture with a single-voice melody.
A few things I found challenging in this piece included:
1. Navigating the double-note melodies without making them sound too laborious
2. Trying to avoid making the timing sound too predictable, especially as there is a lot of repetition in the piece's structure and use of textures
I hope you'll enjoy my recording!
Magnificent!
Love the performance! Check out Seymour Bernsteins version when he was 15 years old !
Hi this was an amazing performance! Do you have any tips for practicing and learning the song?
Thanks! Are there specific spots you’re struggling with?
Here are a few general things off the top of my head: In the A section, I remember practicing just the top voice alone, or top voice + left hand. For parts with a lot of accidentals, especially flats, I’d recommend figuring out the scale. Sometimes there are a ton of accidentals but they all belong to one key, so if you can figure out the key it makes reading those parts easier. It won’t be possible to play everything with perfect finger legato, so for parts where it would be really uncomfortable to, I would recommend using a touch of pedal rather than contorting/straining your hand. For the left hand, I would recommend trying to find ways to avoid stretching your hand too much. The figuration often covers a really wide interval but if you keep your hand stretched out it’s likely to get tired.
Hope this helps! Lemme know if you’ve got more specific questions, or if anything I said here doesn’t make sense.
@@NolanMillerPiano Thanks a lot for the response. I'm struggling particularly with the A section top voice runs. I started this song about 2 days ago and have been focusing on getting the fingerings down and trying to get up to tempo and so far I've been able to play the runs semi-consistently. I just can't get it to sound very clean but I guess that comes with time. About how long did it take you to get the basic structure of the song down? I know everyone learns at different paces but I'm trying to learn more difficult repertoire and having to study the music and practice this much is new to me.
@@thegoldninja3213 yeah, that should definitely get easier with time! If you’re finding that it sounds choppy I would recommend trying to make your hand movements as fluid as possible. Often bumps in the sound are caused by bumpy/jerky movements, so trying to iron some of those out might help with the smoothness.
I can’t remember for sure how long I spent on this. I think it was around four or five days.