Seven Strategies for Practicing Chopin Études
Chopin’s 24 Études feature a seemingly endless variety of technical challenges, yet – as Marina Lomazov demonstrates in this lesson – the same handful of practice techniques can be applied effectively to all of them. Lomazov breaks down seven strategies that are guaranteed to increase your facility and command of demanding, virtuosic passagework. Pairing exercises from Czerny’s Op. 299 and Op. 740 with Chopin Études that feature similar figurations, Lomazov walks you through each strategy in detail and provides you with a practice regimen that promises to accelerate your technical and musical growth.
From Czerny to Chopin: Physical Principles of Virtuoso Technique
In this lesson, Eastman Professor Marina Lomazov sets you on a course to begin learning Chopin Études with speed and confidence. Drawing from Czerny exercises and classical masterpieces, Lomazov shows you how to develop physical freedom at the instrument: correcting your posture, building a supportive bridge, and learning how to manage tension to achieve a more flowing, efficient technique.