Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro maestoso

L.14 Enter after the tutti

Prepare the complete first movement of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor from the NIFC solo part. Its printed tutti cues are score landmarks, not notes sounded by the app. Count the rests in a steady pulse and prepare the solo entries at bars 139, 385 and 510; learn the solo exposition (bars 139–332) as one block; then play the whole movement, keeping the solo singing above its written piano accompaniment. This is solo-part preparation, not listening or responding to an app-provided orchestra.

Ideas

• Playing with others
• Sonata form

Theory cards

• Playing with the orchestra
• Where the recapitulation diverges

Technique

• E harmonic minor scale, hands together, 4 octaves: the runs of Chopin's E minor Concerto
• Chromatic scale from C, hands together, 4 octaves: even fingering at concert-study speed