this tutorial inspired me to overcome my hopelessness to practice this piece. thanks!

For almost a year now, I have hid myself from this piece, not even daring to try it. Now seeing how much easier it can be with progressing speeds I can't resist giving it a try! Thank you BachScholar

@katarina3355

5 жыл бұрын

John Paul Caprara literally same!!

the trick to playing 4:3/3:4 polyrhythms is to circle or highlight the notes that are played together. then work on playing them slowly until u get the rhythm itself. in the case of fantasie impromptu, you would want to highlight the 8th rest on the 5th measure on the treble clef and highlight the Lower C on the bass clef. with it, you would know which notes are played together.

@evelyntao8877

7 жыл бұрын

this helped me a lot thanks

@LivingGuy484

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!

@yuridanylko

5 жыл бұрын

But that doesn't work here since you have 12 notes in the bass and 16 in the treble. Therefore the notes never meet logically like in a normal 4:3 polyrhythm every 12 beats

@stevenlin6106

5 жыл бұрын

@@yuridanylko , it seems to me that should work as well as you divide both 12 and 16 by 4 then you got 3 to 4, meaning, just break them into 4 sub-groups then you still get 3:4. Is that right?

@yuridanylko

5 жыл бұрын

@@stevenlin6106 Since posting I've realised the error I made. I got the 4 part the wrong way round. I thought it was confusing that 12 devided by 3 is 4 beats each and 12 devided by 4 is 3 beats each.

I stopped playing the piano 11 years ago and always wanted to play this masterpiece. And now, watching your videos has inspired me to get back into music. Hopefully, someday I am able to play this beautiful piece.

@lucariemersma2494

10 ай бұрын

And?

It's amazing how a tempo change can almost create a new piece, and it's also amazing how the most beautiful compositions such as this remain beautiful despite tempo change. Thank you for this tutorial. :)

never liked the metronome but dam those things keep you on check

@emlmm88

9 жыл бұрын

I think that might be the reason that nobody likes them. They destroy your self esteem.

@StackerHero12

9 жыл бұрын

They destroy your life

@emlmm88

9 жыл бұрын

"What you thought after sixteen years you might be good at this instrument? Think again _f***er_!"

@MetaView7

7 жыл бұрын

I remember my parents paid big bucks to buy a mechanical metronome for me years ago... then i was so happy to buy a pocket electronic one for half the price, with a flashing LED light. Wow that was hightech... now i can get a free app for my smartphone. How life changed

@ronb6182

5 жыл бұрын

I need one that touches me because hearing a click does not jive with my brain. When I was in high school I had to play Jesu joy of man's desiring. And the intern teacher tapped my back and I could keep in time. My timing was horrible until I got to my senior in high school. That teacher knew how to get me in time with the chorus. It was an experience , I never did music after 3 years in college. My junior year at UCF ended my musical career. With the internet now I probably could learn this piece. My keyboard has a way to slow down the demo then I could play along with the slowed down demo.

Thank you so much for this tutorial, I was about to give up hope that I could ever play this piece! I wish you were my teacher, I went to four different teachers who refused to teach this piece. You are awesome.

@MEIYOSI

9 жыл бұрын

Thats strange, I had also the same experience, my teacher said that too, but I am now busy with learning this piece. :D

@paulzarvisMusicProducer

9 жыл бұрын

The reason your teachers refused to teach you this piece is most likely because they cannot play it themselves. The polyrhythms involved in playing this piece are very complex and are an example of irreducible complexity. Meaning if you take any part of it out the rhythm falls apart. That's the tough part of learning this piece. You can't simply take it left hand then right, or work on parts, but rather for it to work you must practice it all together. Just like one cannot drive a car using only the pedals. You get the idea. The progressive metronome and 4:3 :3:4 polyrhythm video by BachScholar here are very instructive and work. Keep at it. The wonderful thing about these kinds of rhythms are that all of a sudden it is like BAM! and the whole thing comes together under your fingers but it takes a while for the brain to sort out and split time and translate this to the fingers. I believe I'll have this piece in another few weeks. Thanks for the wonderful video!!

@franciscoocianbastosmota

9 жыл бұрын

MEIYOSI

@MEIYOSI

9 жыл бұрын

francisco ocian bastos mota Ni Re escribió: Muchas gracias por este tutorial, que estaba a punto de perder la esperanza de que yo pudiera tocar esta pieza! ¡Ojalá fueras mi maestro, me fui a cuatro maestros diferentes que se negaron a enseñar esta pieza. Usted es maravilloso. (Usé Google translate :)

@ichigoblackTWD

9 жыл бұрын

Yo ni si quiera le digo a mi profesor porque me dirá "Anda estudia" :( la estoy aprendiendo por mi cuenta

This is definitively my favourite piano piece!

So grateful for these videos. I've been looking for a long time for tutorials that explain and model difficult pieces like this on different levels, including very slow and simple, just like you do. Thank you so much for taking the time to do these!

I haven't clicked on your channel in a while! Back in 2014/2015 when I was 18/19 I learned how to play Fantaisie Impromptu by memorising each key for the left and right hand from one of your visual tutorials. In the end I memorised in such a weird way that it was my hands remembering where to play rather than knowing the keys visually, if that makes sense. I'm so rusty now as well haha. Might have to learn to replay it on my 88 key Yamaha Mox F Synthesizer. I also used to be able to play at 174bpm (Drum and bass xD) with a metronome with minimal mistakes.

This is a Brilliant tutorial. It is exactly what I was looking for. Great detail, and the progression in tempo was inciteful and very helpful. Thank you.

Thank you for this video. I've been practicing this for 2 weeks. Your video helps a lot.

Thanks so much for your insights. I had been practicing hands separately and trying to put them together for years. Your tips of practicing slowly together and practicing scales as well were groundbreaking for me. I'll never put the time in to play at the lightning speed of the pros, but I can play and enjoy it now. Thanks so much!

Excellent tutorial as ever! It's great to see such relaxed playing ad so precise! Thanks!

I can play this song I'm 4 I've been playing since I was -19 years old

@maxime9006

4 жыл бұрын

Ashley Wang What the hell are you even saying?

@maxime9006

4 жыл бұрын

Ashley Wang He’s right.

@noahlither9877

4 жыл бұрын

Gina there’s no such thing as -19 years old stupid (joking)

@FreeSkillsStyle

4 жыл бұрын

-19 what a noob i started at -21

@ronenrozenberg8742

4 жыл бұрын

You lost me by saying "song"

Thanks so much for this video, it's been so helpful to me learning the piece!

Thank you so much for making this piece more possible!

I love it. Thank you so much for this.

Thank you for this tutorial. You really inspired me and gave me the motivation I needed.

thank you for your time on those great videos!

sounds so different when played slowly, makes it difficult to tell whether im playing right or not. very helpful, thank you! :)

I stumbled upon your tutorial after doing a search for the Fantasie to post on Facebook. This is a wonderful service you have done for pianists like myself, especially with this piece which deals with those tied triplets in the left hand. On my own I could never find the way to make the right hand's 16th notes blend into the left hand's playing - I just couldn't. The way you broke this down made it so easy for me visualize and feel. Thank you so much for sharing this. I genuinely appreciate it.

This really helps, especially looking and the fingering and listening to the different tempos in which it's played:)

Superb Cory.Some talent you`ve got!! Many thanks.

Thank you for your support sir. Now I know how to play properly.

you are wonderful! thank you so much for all your videos! i love watching them

Thank you! For the amazing content.

Wow... what a fantastic tutorial. Thank you.

Awesome video! It helped me a lot. Thank you.

This is brilliant! Thank you. When played at virtuoso speed, it sounds fantastic but the timing on this is so hard that it's hard to learn even with the sheet music because the notes become a blur and no longer seem related to what's on the page! Hearing it at this speed brings my ear into the equation when I'm reading the music and makes it so much easier to learn! Thank you thank you thank you!

So satisfying for the brain, even just listening to it!

I love this slowed down, especially the last part.

Thank you. Amazing tutorial.

Lovely video tutorials !

Thanks so much Corey, I tried to learn this piece about a year ago, but quit after a few weeks cause I couldnt do it. This video made me try it again and I wont give it this time until I can play it

Thank you. Liked and subscribed.

I am not going to play this piece, but this is just amazing. I am so happy that there are still kind people who post useful stuff. I just enjoyed this tutorial and this amazing transition through all tempos. Thank you.

Wow this is so hard but there's no joy without pain

@franciscoocianbastosmota

9 жыл бұрын

I don t understand english. Habla otra lengua. 0

@CleverDjembe

9 жыл бұрын

francisco ocian bastos mota No. You better learn English, francisco.

@computerfreak52

9 жыл бұрын

Está muy dificil, pero está no feliz sin trabajo.

Excellent!

U have helped me so much

Great ! Thank you very much Cory.

Very helpful! Thx a lot!

Really really helpful!! Appreciated =)

This is very helping me sir.. thankyou so much... u have a great piano and great player..

You are awesome!!!

thank you so much sir!

I'm 59 yo, just starting with piano, had my very first lesson. I really appreciate you doing this because it's so interesting to see the notes that are being played instead of just eating the trail dust of the right hand. The left hand makes sense but the right is like Jimi Hendrix on a major high! I adore the run at 8:23 I'd love to see this song performed by Stevie Vai!

awesome!

LOVELY!!!! practice. practice. practice. practice. practice. perfection.

excellent work thanks a lot

Interesting to expose the individual notes and inner working of this piece like that!

Some notes sounds like fairy fountain from zelda

@charlieseverson3534

8 жыл бұрын

I've always thought the same thing!

@masonyoung696

7 жыл бұрын

agreed!

@theatreman292

7 жыл бұрын

MythsQueue me 2...

@cristhian4545

6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Gomez I think Koji Kondo composed it from this song.

@spicysquire

6 жыл бұрын

I'm having trouble learning this song because a section sounds just like it lol

At the fastest speed if sped up x 1.5 it sounds normal. Gotta love youtube speed settings.

@felixiris3615

6 жыл бұрын

Actually I'd say somewhere directly between 1.25 and 1.5. say like 1.32

@Logan-no7qi

5 жыл бұрын

I’d say more than 2.0

Good tutorial

Oh, thank you so much! After this video I suddenly have a progress, in spite of I was close to give up with polyrhythm's thigs already! :)

Thank you very much very very nice . Farhang from , Sweden

You have made me much better at piano

It helps !!

A really great tutorial. I'm now on the Largo movement (moderato cantabile) and wondered if you have a similar "progressive" tutorial beginning at the 41st bar? Thanks very much

this is the very video that fixed my inability to play the polyrhythm of the piece. guys, if you’re struggling to get the polyrhythm, just play along with this guy. :)

I love that kind of metronome. I always got irritated when my piano teacher sometimes used the beeping one when I was a kid. I wish I knew what brand to get that sounds just like that one in the video...

It should be 84 beats per halfnote, Chopin said so, but can’t do it and don’t know anyone who can

Parabens por seus videos Saudacoes do Brasil

17 days and ive memorized the song and im currently at 63 bpm

Thanks for the video! I can't get those dang 4:3 rhythms down lol.

@OliviaZalevsky

9 жыл бұрын

Gilbertmon100 I know right? They make my brain hurt.

@Solbashio

3 жыл бұрын

the worst part is that 4:3 is one of the easier polyrhythems

Wow! The 108 bpm sounds great even without the pedal :O

Yes he does, it should be in the side-bar about 11 videos down or so, I think it depends on your youtube settings. If not just go to his channel and search it, he's not quite as good as some of the masters, but plays it very eloquently and thoughtfully.

Very well done, Cory! I have a request for you, would be willing to post the entire piece of Franz Liszt Un Sospiro? I would like to know what is your opnion, please. Thank you!

I'm more than 6 :) i'm soo happy🎵🎵🎵

Just want to know: what is your piano brand, Mr. Cory? I think that sound good

Great tutorial . I am probably up to 84 bpm so far . But my edition is marked as 84 per Half Note . I am a bit confused -does that mean I am supposed to play at 168 per quarter note ? Did Chopin really want it to be that fast ? Could you tell me what the time signature is on your edition ? I despair of ever getting to the speed I have heard on some recordings -but it is fun trying .

Do you have a video where you actually perform it with pedal and without the metronome and with dynamics and rubato too? Cause this is really helpful for learning but I also wanna hear it done with charisma!

Can anyone tell that the 96 beats per minute portion - the audio is ahead of the video?

I agree, but Paul Barton's tutorial and history is very insightful

at what age did you first attempt this piece

if you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly!!! - ben lee

How long have you played piano for?

Thanks so much for your very insightful tutorial. My problem is the speeding-up process: i'm able to play the scale and the impromptu at quarternote 54, but when i speed up the tempo, i'm unable to maintain the together-rightleft-right left-right-routine. It is really amazing how accurate you're able to play this at different speeds! Appreciate your advice...

30 dislikes why? I think you helped a lot of people to play this piece. Thanks.

@hoshikunai

6 жыл бұрын

Fairwin Askara his rhythm wasn’t correct.

@joellewilliams5262

4 жыл бұрын

Kamiii98K when

you are precise like a swiss clok!! is more hard to play slow this piece!

I find the slow part more difficult because of the various ornaments together with the polyrhythm, but most of the videos teach the fast part.

why is everybody like “wow this piece is so hard”..? I learned it in 6 weeks lol

@Queue528

3 жыл бұрын

긇랧너잙낡닿

I'm at 110bpm right now. struggling hard to hit that 120bpm allegro tempo lol

Why is it that you recommend practicing with no pedal? I tend to be a bit pedal heavy, so knowing why might help me resist that pedal more. Thanks in advance.

@adankalipa6206

Жыл бұрын

i think it helps with your rythem and it’s easier to spot mistakes

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in your 54 beats per min version (four quarter note clicks per bar), you only hold the opening G#'s for 4 clicks (i.e. ONE bar). But should it not be 8 clicks, 2 bars??

@glenndrodge6726

8 жыл бұрын

+Glenn Drodge Actually, #2-4 are incorrect. You only correct the error on Version 5 - 84 beats per min.

@BachScholar

8 жыл бұрын

+Glenn Drodge I don't really know, since I haven't listened to it since I made the video. The tempo doesn't matter on the opening G-sharps since it is just the intro.

@PianoMan10

8 жыл бұрын

+BachScholar You think playing the G#'s in one system and then switching to a new system once the piece starts is okay?

@BachScholar

8 жыл бұрын

PianoMan10 What is a "system"?

@PianoMan10

8 жыл бұрын

+BachScholar time signature. Cut time vs 4/4

Usted habla español? Podría hacer clases en español?

This is really helpful but do yoi have a separate video for the middle section

How can I avoid tension with my left hand?

@JacobWK

3 жыл бұрын

calm down.

When should you start playing this song, for how many piano years?

@lhddnjub8818

4 жыл бұрын

After 40 hours

@chowbow573

3 жыл бұрын

It depends, some people just pick up easily

So if I play this song slowly but keep working on it I can get faster?

@yenht_

3 жыл бұрын

Sure, everyone starts slow

@noahlither9877

3 жыл бұрын

@@yenht_ Thats funny - I worked on it a ton and now I can play it just about normal speed, thanks a ton!

@yenht_

3 жыл бұрын

@@noahlither9877 haha I'm stuck at half the speed but don't really practice it anymore. I think I'll get back to it in the future.

@noahlither9877

3 жыл бұрын

@@yenht_ one day you'll get up to speed- it's difficult but a lot of fun (;

This song was always a pain i the butt, dawn, in the future i'd like to play it without problem.

Emily Mahbobi I think this would be what you asked for - Chopin: Fantaisie Impromptu, op. 66 ショパンの幻想即興曲 | Cory Hall, pianist-composer

This is cool but the fastest tempo des not sound right can you tell me why?

@hoshikunai

6 жыл бұрын

His rhythm

I started even slower that his slowest to get the 4 against three even slower. First I worked it out with tick marks on paper with two sets of marks one set marking the 4 beats and the other with three beats. I practiced drumming them with my hands until it became every easy, then it was easier to approach the actual piece. The lowest common denominator is twelve minibeats that match up both hands. It's funny but two accomplished pianists advised me to just play the two hands fast, "mashing" together the 4 with the three. Bad advice.

12:41

Even the 108bpm is way too slow, it is meant to be played faster

Not bad but good

Still never got to full speed, why not? It's like, when I want to eat a carrot to I just shave it down to the bare minimum so it doesn't burn my tongue??? Of course not man

If you can play it slow..

I can play this. one of my favorite pieces. I'm 13 years old. been playing piano since 9

@veryslyfox

8 жыл бұрын

Good for you. Do you want a bowl of pho?

@lululewiss2063

7 жыл бұрын

Jane Nguyen awesome I'm 15 and I'm STRUGGLING TO LEARN IT

@christang1194

7 жыл бұрын

It's actually not that difficult. I'm also thirteen and I've been playing since 5. You just need practice and patience if you want to master this song.

@SM-gh8sn

7 жыл бұрын

Well obviously, you're asian.

@christang1194

7 жыл бұрын

What does being asian got to do with that?