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Chopin was very particular about the formation of the touch,
giving dementi's Preludes at first. "Is that a dog barking?" was
his sudden exclamation at a rough attack. He taught the scales
staccato and legato beginning with E major. Ductility, ease,
gracefulness were his aim; stiffness, harshness annoyed him. He
gave Clementi, Moscheles and Bach. Before playing in concert he
shut himself up and played, not Chopin but Bach, always Bach.
Absolute finger independence and touch discrimination and color
are to be gained by playing the preludes and fugues of Bach.
Chopin started a method but it was never finished and his sister
gave it to the Princess Czartoryska after his death. It is a mere
fragment. Janotha has translated it. One point is worth quoting.
He wrote:
No one notices inequality in the power of the notes of a scale
when it is played very fast and equally, as regards time. In a
good mechanism the aim is not to play everything with an equal
sound, but to acquire a beautiful quality of touch and a
perfect shading.


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