Piano Tutorials

A viewer’s request piano tutorial. “Ocean” is the name we associate today with this piece but the source of Chopin’s inspiration appears to have been quite different. As a descriptive title it fits the work well for modern tastes so I’ve kept this as a theme in the video. Ocean is a very playable study. Opinions differs as to it’s relative difficulty compared to his other studies. My own view is the underlying patters in this piece are beautifully simple and hope the video encourages those wishing to play this piece for the first time to do so. »

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A tutorial with practice tips and suggestions. For my friend Henrique in Brazil. Donation If you’ve benefited from this tutorial and would like to show your support, consider visiting my Patreon page. Your support helps me continue creating online content. Thank you! »

A viewer request tutorial made to answer questions about rhythm and melody. This video is a reply to viewers asking for tips to find and connect the melody to the rhythm in Chopin’s Prelude No.1. In this short tutorial I show both a 2 note and 3 note melody, which is open to interpretation. Donation If you’ve benefited from this tutorial and would like to show your support, consider visiting my Patreon page. »

Hello, I’m Paul Barton. This video is a viewer’s request tutorial for Franz Liszt’s famous Romance in an overhead keyboard view for left hand fingering suggestions, mainly for the quicker second half of the piece. Liszt’s Romance is, like all his music, so perfectly written for the piano that it fits comfortably and naturally under the hands, even in his most difficult pieces. So, if you want to play Romance but have so far been put off by what sounds to be a very difficult left hand second section, I hope this video will demonstrate and reassure you that you can play the left hand arpeggios, purely technically speaking, quite effortlessly, that is, if you think of the arpeggios, not so much in individual notes but instead as chords that happen to be broken. »

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A few personal thoughts on possible motives Chopin might have had for refusing publication of this well known piece during his lifetime, with practice and performance tips. Made for and at the suggestion of a viewer “o0december0o”. Performance A number of free scores of Fantasie-Impromptu Op.66 in the public domain, including the Mikuli & Godowsky editions: Fantaisie-impromptu, Op.66 (Chopin, Frédéric) Donation If you’ve benefited from this tutorial and would like to show your support, consider visiting my Patreon page. »

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At first sight Prelude 8 looks confusing. If you’ve wanted to play it but been put off by all those tiny notes and accidentals, this tutorial suggests few simple ways to make it easier to learn. Donation If you’ve benefited from this tutorial and would like to show your support, consider visiting my Patreon page. Your support helps me continue creating online content. Thank you! »

Notes Download free hand-notated practice score with fingering featured in this video. Donation If you’ve benefited from this tutorial and would like to show your support, consider visiting my Patreon page. Your support helps me continue creating online content. Thank you! »