Dear Tommy your lessons are brilliant and best especially I am 63.5 years old and I have stopped studying playing piano 50 years ago and I am extremely sorry about it. Your practices, technical tips and tutorial are perfect for me as a rebeginner. I have found you videos screeching a tutorial of Chopin A minor waltz. Thank you very much for all videos given back my dream to improve playing piano.
Thank you so much. As a returner myself I wanted to share what I have discovered in the process. The A minor waltz is particularly lovely and I very much enjoyed learning it myself. All the best with your continuing practice. What other pieces are you working on?
@@TommysPianoCorner Thank you for your response and question. Chopin Prelude in B minor and Sati 1st Gymnopedie but I cannot have a practice to select the right pieces for me just I am guided by my ear.
Pleased it helped. You might like to think about learning the Marcello Bach Adagio. Lots of ornaments. I find that if we practice different pieces with the same thing we find tricky it can really help. ua-cam.com/video/6DT7ukxDDfc/v-deo.html
Hi Tommy, afaik about the ornaments: romantic composers (like chopin) tend to play the main note ON the beat , while before composers was used to start the ornamanet ON the beat.... that s how I have been told by my piano teacher...
Yes, I have heard that. I think my first teacher taught me to play before the beat - but of course I can't remember what style of music that would have been all these years later. I opted to play the grace note ornaments before the beat simply to differentiate between that notation and the 'mordent' Chopin uses elsewhere (which generates the same note pattern).
this is actually really cool , it just gave me a new way to practice my pieces and understand better what is happening on the piece , good job and thnks
Thank you Tommy! I enjoy your calm, friendly presence and encouragement in your teaching. Your advice to proceed slowly helped. I internalized the notes and fingerings first, then I returned here for the dynamics snd embellishments parts of your lesson. Thank you!!
After almost 3 years of practicing piano I am sooo emotional to start with my first chopin piece! The first part works after 3 months of practice. Just the trills are for me really difficult 😌
I'm so happy for you. That's good progress in 3 years I think. One thing that might help you is the idea of practising other pieces (and sometimes just parts of other pieces) that have a similar 'problem'. So, if you're finding the trills tricky, you can work on other (often easier) pieces with trills so that you get more confident with them. This video explains the idea in a little more detail: ua-cam.com/video/yafGCN4o9HA/v-deo.html
Very good. The tips on how to practise are especially helpful. I look forward to learning this. It will probably take me a year. I wouldn't normally attempt Chopin but this one seems doable. I don't know if I should attempt an easy arrangement of it first, I have only been playing 18 mths.
There’s nothing stopping you giving it a try. Perhaps just work on the very first section of it for a while and see how you go. If, for example, you find the jumps a challenge, take a look at Gymnopédie No. 1 by Satie. This has jumps but they are much slower and could serve as a stepping stone for you. Piano Tutorial | Gymnopédies No. 1 | Eric Satie | Ideal for practising jumps ua-cam.com/video/XWIdFEdSJkA/v-deo.html
Hello Tom...I have a technical question on measure 21(right hand): On the score we have 3 triplets : E,G sharp,B on 3 octaves...What I don't understand is why the 3rd triplet which has the same notes position on the stave as the second,jumps an octave higher...?...What on the stave indicates it?.....I can't figure it out....Thanks for your explanation....
Hi. It is that little ‘8 .........’ notation. Sometimes you’ll also see ‘8va .........’. This basically means to play the notes one octave higher than they are written until the row of dots stops. It is written like that as it is easier to read than having lots and lots of ledger lines above. Enjoy learning this lovely piece.
Thanks a lot Tom for your helpful explanation...I'll remember it...Yes,I love this piece...I'm just an early lntermediate,but I find this piece at my reach...Just the numerous mordants need extra practice...Cheers, Denys
I too had trouble keeping those mordents crisp. Did you see my video on finding other pieces with the same type of difficulty? The idea is you practice just small segments of these other pieces where mordents occur whilst working on the specific ones in your current piece. It is a strategy that has helped me. Piano Practice | How to progress faster | Look for the same problem in other pieces ua-cam.com/video/yafGCN4o9HA/v-deo.html
@@TommysPianoCorner ...I will browse through your videos...Anything learnable at my level is welcome...By learnable,I mean a tutorial along with the score...On the internet,most of the tutorials are mostly demos...Very few have sheets...It's the "by heart" tutorial,for people who can't sight read...But who can really learn an instrument by swallowing hundreds and hundreds of measures,without knowing what they're playing...?...It's useless and senseless...A very good site is " Classical Piano"...Lots of pieces with the scores,a virtual keyboard underneath,and the slider moving along with the measures...
I usually put the relevant parts of the score in my videos but opt not to do a version where I play along to the score. Perhaps this is something I can do in the future. I usually try to focus on how to practice the tricker parts as opposed to how to ‘play’ them if that makes sense?
Did I see it wrong or you played the three notes before the grace notes just as fast. I thought we only played the ornaments notes fast not the ones before it. Specially the F before E. It sounded like it was part of the grace notes.
If I understand where you mean, I suspect it is because I play the grace notes before the beat rather than on it. I mentioned this choice in the video as Chopin uses both grace notes and mordents to indicate a similar pattern. So, I opted to play grace notes before the beat and mordents on it. You might prefer to play them on the beat which is perfectly fine. If this is not what you mean, can you tell me the point in the video and I’ll try to give a better answer
Generally (although not 100% reliable), the last chord tells you. Here is it an A minor Chord and given no flats or sharps we know that the key is A minor. Also, the first chord is A minor and we often have a g sharp accidental throughout. E major 7 (with the g sharp) resolved to A minor so another strong pointer to the key of a minor. These type of things added together make it pretty certain! I hope that helps.
I can never decide when something should be a mordent or a trill. I have seen both used when describing music from different periods. Always leaves me confused I have to admit :-)
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Dear Tommy your lessons are brilliant and best especially I am 63.5 years old and I have stopped studying playing piano 50 years ago and I am extremely sorry about it. Your practices, technical tips and tutorial are perfect for me as a rebeginner. I have found you videos screeching a tutorial of Chopin A minor waltz. Thank you very much for all videos given back my dream to improve playing piano.
Thank you so much. As a returner myself I wanted to share what I have discovered in the process. The A minor waltz is particularly lovely and I very much enjoyed learning it myself. All the best with your continuing practice. What other pieces are you working on?
@@TommysPianoCorner Thank you for your response and question. Chopin Prelude in B minor and Sati 1st Gymnopedie but I cannot have a practice to select the right pieces for me just I am guided by my ear.
Very inspiring to see other fellow re-beginners here ! Best wishes in your pursuits and great enjoyment!
Fantastic breakdown. Thank you so much for all your work.
Delighted it helped :-)
Thank you. The best tutorial on UA-cam.👍
I’m delighted that you found it helpful. Your feedback is much appreciated !!
thank you. i was having much trouble with the ornaments and the trills
Pleased it helped. You might like to think about learning the Marcello Bach Adagio. Lots of ornaments. I find that if we practice different pieces with the same thing we find tricky it can really help. ua-cam.com/video/6DT7ukxDDfc/v-deo.html
Appreciation for your calme style of teaching..Thank you.🥰
Many thanks. I’m pleased you found it of interest. Best of luck learning it
Hi Tommy, afaik about the ornaments: romantic composers (like chopin) tend to play the main note ON the beat , while before composers was used to start the ornamanet ON the beat.... that s how I have been told by my piano teacher...
Yes, I have heard that. I think my first teacher taught me to play before the beat - but of course I can't remember what style of music that would have been all these years later. I opted to play the grace note ornaments before the beat simply to differentiate between that notation and the 'mordent' Chopin uses elsewhere (which generates the same note pattern).
this is truly the joy of creation
I agree it is an absolute gem !
@@TommysPianoCorner anyone gonna tell him
this is actually really cool , it just gave me a new way to practice my pieces and understand better what is happening on the piece , good job and thnks
Thanks for letting me know! Much appreciated.
Thanks
You’re most welcome! It is a lovely piece to learn.
Thank you very much for this clear explanation!
Thanks. Very happy to hear it was helpful :-)
This was extremely helpful. Thanks!
Thanks for letting me know. Enjoy learning it :-)
Thank so much!,
This is the best tutorial to learn to play this beautiful song.
Very well explained.
I'm so happy with it.
Thank you. It is a wonderful piece of music so I’m pleased the tutorial helps you learn it.
Thank you Tommy! I enjoy your calm, friendly presence and encouragement in your teaching. Your advice to proceed slowly helped. I internalized the notes and fingerings first, then I returned here for the dynamics snd embellishments parts of your lesson. Thank you!!
I’m so pleased to hear that you find the tutorial useful. It is a lovely piece to learn isn’t it!
Thank you 🙏
My pleasure :-)
Felicidades y muchas gracias por este genial tutorial
De nada :-)
Very helpful. Thanks!! 👍🏼
Very pleased to hear it :-)
Thanks Tommy!
My pleasure
After almost 3 years of practicing piano I am sooo emotional to start with my first chopin piece!
The first part works after 3 months of practice. Just the trills are for me really difficult 😌
I'm so happy for you. That's good progress in 3 years I think. One thing that might help you is the idea of practising other pieces (and sometimes just parts of other pieces) that have a similar 'problem'. So, if you're finding the trills tricky, you can work on other (often easier) pieces with trills so that you get more confident with them. This video explains the idea in a little more detail: ua-cam.com/video/yafGCN4o9HA/v-deo.html
Amazing!🤩
It is an amazing little piece and a joy to learn.
Very good. The tips on how to practise are especially helpful. I look forward to learning this. It will probably take me a year. I wouldn't normally attempt Chopin but this one seems doable. I don't know if I should attempt an easy arrangement of it first, I have only been playing 18 mths.
There’s nothing stopping you giving it a try. Perhaps just work on the very first section of it for a while and see how you go. If, for example, you find the jumps a challenge, take a look at Gymnopédie No. 1 by Satie. This has jumps but they are much slower and could serve as a stepping stone for you. Piano Tutorial | Gymnopédies No. 1 | Eric Satie | Ideal for practising jumps
ua-cam.com/video/XWIdFEdSJkA/v-deo.html
Thank you so much. Gymnopedie is on my list of "pieces I must learn"👍😁
@@crystalmontalbano9798 it is beautiful. It was used in a chocolate advert when I was a boy :-)
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Thank you for your great tutorial - inspires me to want to learn this beautiful piece! This will be very helpful for me.
Very best of luck learning it. I’m sure you’ll really enjoy it. If there are other pieces you’re considering do let me know :-)
Tommy's Piano Corner Thank you for your response, I will keep,that in mind.
Excellent
Thanks
Thank you 😊
You’re welcome!
Terimakasih tutorialnya❤❤
Sama sama
appreciate with your great tutorial 👍👍👍🎵🎵🤗
Thanks for the feedback
What you have on bar five is called “appoggiatura”.
I thought so. My doubt was that on all the examples I had seen of one, it was a single note not two notes together. Thanks :-)
@@TommysPianoCorner For two notes together it’s called double appoggiatura.
Adorei ❤
Thanks
Thrill
Thanks
I've seen the ornament described as an appoggiotura
Yes. Me too. Although appoggiatura usually seems to refer mostly to a single note rather than a pair as we have here. This is what makes me wonder.
Hello Tom...I have a technical question on measure 21(right hand): On the score we have 3 triplets : E,G sharp,B on 3 octaves...What I don't understand is why the 3rd triplet which has the same notes position on the stave as the second,jumps an octave higher...?...What on the stave indicates it?.....I can't figure it out....Thanks for your explanation....
Hi. It is that little ‘8 .........’ notation. Sometimes you’ll also see ‘8va .........’. This basically means to play the notes one octave higher than they are written until the row of dots stops. It is written like that as it is easier to read than having lots and lots of ledger lines above. Enjoy learning this lovely piece.
Thanks a lot Tom for your helpful explanation...I'll remember it...Yes,I love this piece...I'm just an early lntermediate,but I find this piece at my reach...Just the numerous mordants need extra practice...Cheers, Denys
I too had trouble keeping those mordents crisp. Did you see my video on finding other pieces with the same type of difficulty? The idea is you practice just small segments of these other pieces where mordents occur whilst working on the specific ones in your current piece. It is a strategy that has helped me. Piano Practice | How to progress faster | Look for the same problem in other pieces ua-cam.com/video/yafGCN4o9HA/v-deo.html
@@TommysPianoCorner ...I will browse through your videos...Anything learnable at my level is welcome...By learnable,I mean a tutorial along with the score...On the internet,most of the tutorials are mostly demos...Very few have sheets...It's the "by heart" tutorial,for people who can't sight read...But who can really learn an instrument by swallowing hundreds and hundreds of measures,without knowing what they're playing...?...It's useless and senseless...A very good site is " Classical Piano"...Lots of pieces with the scores,a virtual keyboard underneath,and the slider moving along with the measures...
I usually put the relevant parts of the score in my videos but opt not to do a version where I play along to the score. Perhaps this is something I can do in the future. I usually try to focus on how to practice the tricker parts as opposed to how to ‘play’ them if that makes sense?
Did I see it wrong or you played the three notes before the grace notes just as fast. I thought we only played the ornaments notes fast not the ones before it. Specially the F before E. It sounded like it was part of the grace notes.
If I understand where you mean, I suspect it is because I play the grace notes before the beat rather than on it. I mentioned this choice in the video as Chopin uses both grace notes and mordents to indicate a similar pattern. So, I opted to play grace notes before the beat and mordents on it. You might prefer to play them on the beat which is perfectly fine. If this is not what you mean, can you tell me the point in the video and I’ll try to give a better answer
Hej. Czy klawiatura 76 klawszy wystarczy, aby zagrac ten utwor??
I’m not sure. I suspect it might not. However, you could perhaps modify it easily. What notes does your keyboard go from and to?
@@TommysPianoCorner I have no idea. I want to buy my first piano 😃
@@kmn6079 if you can, try to get a full sized keyboard. There are many inexpensive options available as a first instrument.
Thank you ! I have a question, if both A minor and C major have no flats or sharps, how do we know what key it is?
Generally (although not 100% reliable), the last chord tells you. Here is it an A minor Chord and given no flats or sharps we know that the key is A minor. Also, the first chord is A minor and we often have a g sharp accidental throughout. E major 7 (with the g sharp) resolved to A minor so another strong pointer to the key of a minor. These type of things added together make it pretty certain! I hope that helps.
@@TommysPianoCorner I see! Thanks!
@@lianyang4481 my pleasure :-)
They're called trills
I can never decide when something should be a mordent or a trill. I have seen both used when describing music from different periods. Always leaves me confused I have to admit :-)
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Thanks!