Hey
I have just learnt Chopins Nocturne in C# minor and i love it so much! i was wondering what sort of grade it is?
Thanks
rachel xxx xxx

Depends what one you mean. The Op.27 is at absolute minimum DipABRSM along with it's D flat counterpart. The Posthumous one is about Grade 7/8

Ya, if its the posthumous one, ie. the one from the film 'the pianist', that ones grade 8. I remember doing it for my grade 8 a few years ago....

Really? Damn.....

Didn't think it was that kind of standard....

Doesn't look it does it?

Hey at least you have 2/3s of it done!!!

It's just getting those scales in sync with the left hand....

I'll run away, I'm hijacking...

Don't forget you can have plenty of rubato in Chopin Nocturnes!!!

How long have I got to do that 35ths scale? In minutes, we're talking

My teacher's got the book with the music from the film 'The Pianist' & she's going to lend it to me. I love Nocturne in C# minor - what's it like to play? Is it difficult?

Lisa xxx

The first page isn't bad, nor's the second, but as usual the third and final one is the killer. IMHO.

Wow, I didnt realize it was such a high standard!!!!!!!! its great to play, and i didnt find it too difficult!!

Nor me

I third it

Though...all nocturnes by Chopin should be regarded as hard, due to the expressive qualities needed

If anyones interested, I just found this video of Wladyslaw Szpilman (the pianist who the film 'the pianist' was about)playing this piece on youtube .
Here it is.....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oBE-snJlNYg

can i just ask what grade the 2nd movement of the moonlight sonata is (approx)? if anyone knows? thanks

About grade 7 apparently, there was a thread on this a whil;e back..

oh sorry.. i'll check it out now... sorry

That's alright!

What about Nocturne in Eb?

I think that one's really hard....

Is the Eb one the one that's really well known? If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's really beautiful, but to my uneducated ear sounds like it'd be HARD!

I think the E flat (op 9 no 2) it's a good grade 8 at least! Jeane (is that how it's spelled) played it realy nicely at Egham.

My teacher recons the C# minor is the easiest nocturne and thinks it's grade 6 / 7.

The other relatively easy one is the Lento in G minor, which is also one of my favorites. Fingering is a bit tricky, but you can take it really slowly and give youself time to get it right. It's been used as a grade 7 piece I think.

Yes it is op.9 no.2 that I was talking about I had learnt the first page for a concert before we found out someone else was playing it so I stopped and learnt this Tchaikovsky piece instead...The last page looks tricky..,.

Does anyone know which edition he is plaing by the way? Seems to be slightly different to my one.

I noticed that too, on the F# to G# trill, he puts an E in beforehand, and a few other different notes here and there...

I think he might have added himself. Chopin was dead when this was published anyway so he couldn't have changed anything.

how about the nocturne op.9 no.2 (e flat) I did it quite a while ago, never knew what grade it was.

Tiger Vio look earlier in the thread!



I love that piece too!

Just a quick question for players of the piece: What fingering do you use for The Eb / E natrual trills? I use 1 & 2, but others I know play it 2 & 3..... what do you do?

I use 2 + 3.

Why did I say 1 + 2? I meant 1 + 3...

I use 2+3 my piano teacher uses 1 and 3 for his trills too!

Speaking as a total non-expert, I think I sometimes use one, sometimes the other, but I think 1-3 is actually easier even though it seems weird. But not in Chopin: I can't even play Chopin, let alone use trills in it

I think I've always used 2 and 3