Study Group #1: Chopin's Prelude in E minor

Aleksandra Bogomaz Thank you for sharing that Aleksandra -- it seems to me you are well on your way to playing this really well. Since you wrote that you are open to feedback, perhaps one practice method/way of building the piece would be to focus just on sections instead of the whole piece (like, split the first 12 measures into the 3 groups of 4 measures each (e.g, "b" is the sustained RH note for first 4, then "A" is sustained RH note for next 4, etc)) and work on playing with a flowing pulse (maybe a bit faster, to feel the large 2 counts per measure) just through those 4, measures, then the next 4, then connect to 8 measures, etc. Perhaps!

Aleksandra Bogomaz  beautifully played. Your melody sings over the soulful accompaniment. The hardest part for me is getting the LH chords even. Maybe then I can control it enough for some voicing. Maybe I'll never get there. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Andrew Smith thank you, being used to Russian school, I’m actually craving for feedback - my professors usually chop me to pieces bar by bar, but for me that’s just fine as then I know what to do. Thank you very much, I’ll do it - it will help that the melody doesn’t stuck here and there, will automatize LH and harmonic changes which I want to bring out better and liberate my RH for lamenting and crying all over. 

Randi hey dear! Thanks a lot. Perhaps try what Dominic suggested - using fingers 1, 2 and 3 in LH whenever possible. It’s much easier to control the chord and the tone yu want to sound a bit louder. To me it helped. Obviously I can’t do it everywhere, but where I can, makes my life easier.

Aleksandra Bogomaz Did he say that? I thought he said 1-3-5. I'll have to rewatch the video. I tried 1-3-5 at the beginning and my teacher is insisting 1-2-4 makes a smoother transition to the F# in the base. Everyone's got an opinion 😂