Criserl answer a few questions on Chopin Etudes

Hello!!

It has been about a week since my last post and today I want to answer a few questions about Chopin Etudes. (View Criserl's playing of the Revolutionary Etude op.10 no.12 here)

Yep,  although I will not be working on any Chopin pieces this year, but my love and desire for Chopin music is still as strong as ever! I'm recently in love with his etude op.10 no.9 and I think it is really nice!!

Qsn: Must my hands be really huge to play Chopin's Etude?
Ans: I would say not really but having a larger hand span would definitely make things easier.

Qsn: I just can't play the Chopin's etude it is too fast and complicated. How?
Ans: Do not be upset if you can't play it right, everything takes time, so be patient :) You can start off with a easier etude or at a slower tempo.

Qsn: How do I know which etudes are the easy ones?
Ans: You can either google or I would recommend this site that gives full analysis to all Chopin Etudes:) Check it out!

Lastly, I've decided to play Debussy's The Little Shepherd which is the shortest of all other pieces in the Children's corner:) Do you like it?

Love,
Criserl

Freestyle by Emily Bear

Here is Freestyle! It does have mistakes...sorry... I was getting distracted by my siblings who were being a little loud... LOL

Anyway, I hope it doesn't sound too bad... I still need to get it tuned, and will have to wait until I earn more money. :)

Like Criserl had said, we were requested to play something from Debussy's Children's Corner. I have the sheet music for Golliwog's Cake Walk from a book, and I may learn that one. We have until December, so there will be plenty of time. :)

Here's a video I made:

It's not the best, but it's not so bad. :)  I found some of the pictures on Pinterest, and added the words on Google+. Some of the pictures are ones that I took on my own.

What kind of post do you all think I should do next time? Give your ideas here. :D I want to write about something different.


♥Viviana♥

Update : Criserl

Hello!

Today is the end of the first week in 2013.How has everyone been? Good?

If I'm not wrong, I'll be performing at a students' recital on 30th march 2013, nothing has been confirm yet, but most probably, I will be involve.

If confirmed, I plan to play French Suite No.6 in E - Courante by Bach and To a wild rose by Edward MacDowell :) Then, I'll record it for all of you! Also, I'm happy to say that I'm done with the Allemande in A by Handel.

It has been quite sometime since I last played Emily's music...

Anyway, both Viviana and I had receive a request to play a piece each from Debussy's children corner and we are working on it right now. I guess Viviana will talk about it in her next blog post or something:)

I must apologize for the lack of uploads recently.. more will come soon:)

Here is accomplished pianist George Li playing the entire Bach French Suite no.6




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Emily Bear - Ellen's Song - played by Viviana

Hi everyone! I hope you're all doing great in this new year. :)

I finally uploaded Ellen's Song. At the end there's some noise...
I filmed this at a new angle. What do you all think? Should I keep it on the left or on the right? :)

We have reached 3,000 views!!!!! And we're now at 92 posts; only 8 more till we reach 100!!

Should I start uploading improvisations?? 

~Viviana

New Year Resolutions ~ Viviana

Hey everyone! I hope you had a great New Years! I made a video of snippets of my piano compositions that were composed in 2012, and you can view it here.

Here are my new year resolutions, as requested (These are all related to music. I will do 13, as it is now 2013):

1) I want to compose at least 20 compositions this year
2) Reach 3,000 views on the blog
3) Learn 10 classical pieces
4) Become better at sight reading
5) Finish any pieces I had previously been working on
6) Upload at least 2 videos a week
7) Gain 20 more subscribers
8) Play music by other modern composers
9) Learn a few of Emily Bear's pieces by ear
10) Pretend I'm a movie composer, and compose music for books that I love
11) Re-record my older compositions on the piano (since the others were on the keyboard)
12) Inspire other young pianists/composers to upload their videos
13) Upload some of my sister's original compositions


I have almost finished Freestyle by Emily Bear. It's a very fun piece to play! There's some corrections I need to make in it, so maybe I can upload it in a few weeks.

The waltz...I know...I haven't worked on it much. I kinda lost interest at this moment. I have to listen to it some more to finish a part that I was learning. I was asked by Kate what caused me to want to learn it. I would have to say that I really liked the key it's in (c# minor) and the part of it that I like the most would have to be the piu mosso part. The first time I had heard it, Emily Bear was playing it, and I loved how it sounded. I hope I will continue with the piece.... :)

I'm close to finishing a piece I had been composing. It reminds me of either snowflakes or flowers blooming...not sure which. Hahaha.

Until the next post,
Viviana