Chopin's Nocturne in c# minor, Op. 27 No.1

Chopin's Nocturne in C# Minor, Op. 27 No. 1 | Masterclass

The definitive 2.5-hour course on how to practice, interpret, and master Chopin's Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne, in C# minor.

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Full Curriculum

1. Introduction and Scores
1. A Little History...
1. Definitions of Italian Terms Plus PDF Download
1. Fingering Choices M 1-7 and Score Download
2. Hand Divisions Beyond the "Typical"
3. Fingering in the Piu Mosso
4. Fingering in the "Mazurka" Turns
1. The MAJOR Significance of the Legato Marking in M1
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1. "Chopin" Dynamics
2. "sotto voce"
1. The Forearm and Alignment
2. The Left Hand Finger "Sweep"
3. Right Hand "Finger Joining"
4. Piu Mosso LH "Trill" and "Anchor"
5. 3 Practice Strategies for Piu Mosso Bars Beginning with LH Octave
6. Better Understanding M 45
7. Possibilities in M 49
8. Rotation in the "Agitato" Measures
9. Technique in the "con anima" Measures
10. One Octave Tip for Measure 83
1. Tempo and How It Affects Everything
2. Understanding "Vocal Inflection"
3. History of Dotted Figures Against Tuplets
4. Expression Marks vs Accent Marks in Chopin
5. The Significance of Written Out Turn in Measure 22
6. Piu Mosso Timing and Hairpins
7. Agitato Measures
8. The "con anima" Measures and Octave Cadenza
9. The "con duolo" and Final Measures
10. Closing Ideas
1. Recordings of Interest
1. Congratulations and Closing Remarks

About this course

$37.00
32 lessons
2.5 hours of video content
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Meet Your Instructor

Charles Szczepanek

Charles is an international prize-winning pianist, has collaborated with GRAMMY Award winners, and has taught music for over 20 years to everyone from his next-door neighbor to finalists on NBC's America's Got Talent. Through Pianist Academy, he now brings that wealth of knowledge to you: the beginner, the intermediate, the professional, or the fellow music teacher. Music for his own projects and those collaborating with other musicians has been streamed tens of millions of times via YouTube, Spotify, and other major platforms. He was a precollege student of Dr. Daniel Paul Horn, and an undergraduate and graduate student of Professor Robert Hamilton,and he also studied with such notables as Vladimir Feltsman, Alexander Korsantia, Susan Starr, Phillip Kawin, and Paul Ostrovski.

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