Chopin Ballade No.1 - Analysis & Interpretation
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Hi everyone! I am sorry for the piano being out of tune again... I was practicing a lot :P As I am saying in the video, this is just a very small part of the whole analysis and also there are much more different ways to interpret the results of the analysis - unfortunately I couldn't put everything in this video. I would love to know your opinions and interpretations on these first bars! Tell me in the comments how you would interpret the analysis! Did you like any of the presented interpretations? And why? Looking forward to a discussion with you about this topic! Have a great start into the week!
If your piano is out of tune because you play it a lot, and not because you don't play it at all, it means you're doing the right thing!
I have been trying to teach myself piano from UA-cam videos for 18 months now and my prior knowledge was novice. Learning songs felt like buying a fish when learning the theory seemed like learning how to fish. To this day I can’t play a song, but I started with ttsttts and now I find myself trying to move the tonic around while using the same key signature like g minor/ Bb major/ c Dorian. Just useless things like that and a video like this actually makes a lot of sense to me. I learned most of what I know from Andrew Furmanczyk to keep something consistent, and then I started branching off to try to find out where all the learning leads too. I understood immediately what you meant about order vs chaos in between and a lot of what I learned sort of clicked. Andrew said not to listen to the same recordings by the same people and mentioned things about emotion, two step violin says how a single song can be played so many different ways. I love this piece and I listened to a lot of different recordings when I got that advice and understood what they meant. Along with playing I learned that just by knowing what you are doing and building up a heavy saturation can be changed completely by a single note is why I wanted to keep learning more theory. The heavier the Saturation the stronger the swing if that makes sense. Everyone’s different is something that I love is emphasized in music. I cycle through between recordings of Kassia ,Rousseau, & K. Zimerman. After listening to rousseaus’ recording religiously I branched off and accepted interpretations. I thought that music was written one way and it had to be played “verbatim” I can’t translate sheet music and i am learning the value of rests atm. Something about patience you value more the more you learn with the piano. This video helped me a lot personally where I’m at. Helping me understand that yes there are chunks of music where personality is added. Thank you. You asked for feedback on something very intangible and I know exactly how it feels. These are neat videos. You’re capturing your ignorance 😂 if that makes sense cause once you learn it yk. Andrew said to always enjoy where you’re at so. I have goals but it’s all a process.
As an amateur pianist, I rarely do in-depth analysis or I shd say I don't know how to!! Thanks to you now I have some basic ideas of how to start. Before that, I just go to youtube to listen to how other people play and note down the way I like the most. For Chopin Ballade No.1, I personally like Rousseau's version the most, and his way of executing the first 7 bars is just... idk.. strangely satisfying.
Maybe you can invest in the pianolifesaver.com. Apparently, it helps very well with the tuning.
If you play a lot then you are making your piano feeling happy !! That's great !😊
analysis and interpretation should definitely become a series. so much knowledge 😍
That "confusion of the highest order" meme was too good😂
For me, this is the best music ever made. I've heard a lot of pieces during my life, but no one overcame Ballade n1
Exactly
Ballade 4
@@mediumsizedgrape nope.
@@mediumsizedgrapefar from it
his barcarolle
Perfect timing! I am watching this 20 minutes before playing it for the first time in front of my teacher haha
how did it go?
@@libEluLLah it went great! We spent a lot of time identifying when 2 note phrases occur especially the Eb going to D which appears all over the piece, and working on rhythm (not toooo much freedom) and gestures trying to make my wrist more flexible!
@@yahyamhirsi nice
Genius spotted.
@@yahyamhirsi the freedom comes when you know the pulse and correct rhythm because you understand what will still sound nice when you interpret it yourself ie giving you freedom to play it how you think it sounds nice with the correct pulse so the song still flows without knowing it you keep the same pulse but youll play with your own dynamics
Next Level - Play second cadenz, maybe u'll do 1h Challenge to learn this? Would be really awesome
Annique explaining music theory is NOT boring😃😃😃😃😃
I first heard this piece in the anime "Your Lie in April", and I just LOVE Chopin Ballade No.1
Lol me too! I blame that anime for getting me so deep into classical music, not to say that that’s a bad thing
@@azureNotsure it distanced me from normal pop and popular rock tunes haha
Try listening to the other ballades
@@nerrdinho amazing. Welcome into the best regime of the musical world.
the pianist movie 2022
Gave me a deeper insight into this piece. Been playing this one on and off, searching for new dimensions to playing this, but took a few years to understand what’s going on. This video alone set me forward about 2 years of self work 😅 thank you
Loved this (and I love this piece)!!!!!!! It would be amazing a second part analyzing the coda or another parts from the ballade! But you should keep doing this kind of videos even if it's for another pieces, it's a very interesting way to aprecciate music.
And what about the fourth ballade for the next one?
YES! I really hope you are able to make more of these analysis & interpretation videos :D !!!
7:25 caught me so off guard I almost spat out my drink
She's even more beautiful
One of the best format till now I find. It enabled me to interest to analysis. Hope to have new ones soon 😆😆
This is the video i’ve been waiting for! So much food for thought. Love how you broke it down. Thanks for sharing. The opening bars quickly draw in the listener with a Neopolitan arpeggio. a very improvisational feel to me. Also I love crescendos on held notes. Physically impossible but fun to create the illusion.
This was a wonderful presentation, packed with ideas and information. You’re great at this kind of analysis. Please do more!
I have nothing but the utmost respect for all of you who understand and incorporate this in depth approach to piano music. I only wish I had the opportunity to learn piano and music theory at an early age. Never the less , I love listening to you analysis these classic pieces.
This allows people to develop a sense of appreciation for the music, the composer, the piece, the interpreter -- who is not just mechanically playing, but recreating the piece -- which truly is an art. Big thanks !!!
A must lesson for anyone who wants to understand Chopin.
More lessons like this are seriously needed, to understand the Genius of Chopin.
Very comprehensive, you are amazing.
I loved this kind of video, Annique. Would definitely enjoy learning more analysis techniques from you!
Am studying piano now. Just wanted to let you know I'm in your audience. Thank you for your efforts. Dan
This is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written. Well done!
My favourite piece. Ever.
Not even close.
Loved this sooo much! Always feel a little bit overwhelmed by those topics, but your explanaitions helped a lot as they were systematically analyzing and then interpreting different aspects and bringing them together :)
Really delicate playing of the introduction. Also one could feel the depth and wideness of the sound.
Danke Annique! This is the theory and analysis I crave and believe this could help me become a better pianist. I’d Iove to see more of these types of videos in the future. ☺️
Great format, very interesting !
loved this! super cool to hear your approach and thoughts when looking at a piece
I’m the beginner among the beginners. Although I do not have solid music theory/knowledge, but from what you’ve explained, I kind of able to understand how this entire thing works after your analysis on the piece. Your method of analysing every measure helps me when I look at the notes now, the pauses, the dynamics,etc... I learned something treasure today! I might not be able to apply on my hands on now, but this is something that would help me go further, at least I believed so. Thanks 😊
These types of videos are very valuable. Educational. I wish there was more of these
N6 -> V -> i. This tells us that the first harmony, a neopolitan in first inversion, is a substitution for a more normal predominant harmony like ii°. It should be emphasized to bring out its interesting color. The V is kept ambiguous with a little modal borrowing initially (to ease over from the N6), and the rest is just a lovely little melody almost acting like a distant response to the call of the bold initial N6, all dancing around V and i until Chopin is ready for the introduction to end. The harmonic progression is functional, and its function helps to determine how it's played.
me doesnt speak harmony yet what is dis? 😳
@@randomguy6934 In any given major or minor piece, there are a set of seven basic harmonies, each made up of three individual pitches separated by thirds, and each of them tend to have their own jobs. We number these using Roman numerals because of tradition, and the numerals are uppercase if Major and lowercase if minor. Because "Ballade No. 1" is in a minor key, meaning it has the harmonies i ii° III iv v VI and VII, though minor likes to borrow a raised seventh scale degree from Major, so the 5th harmony is V. That explains V (called the dominant) and i (called the tonic). V likes to go to i because it has excellent voice-leading, meaning each of the three pitches either stay in place or only move a little in order to resolve. Prior to V, you have a few different options of harmonies with good voice leading, but perhaps the most popular is ii or ii° (called the supertonic). The thing is.... ii V i is really, really common, too common especially by the time Chopin showed up on the scene with his fancy Polish dances and brilliant pianistic compositions. So he substituted something spicier. The N6 is the Neapolitan harmony (yes, like the ice cream), which lowers ii so that it's flat. ♭II has a more interesting sound, but still really good voice leading to V, so Chopin was like, "Będzie perfekcyjnie!!" and used it instead.
That's N6 -> V -> i. I hope it made a little sense.
@@willschneider4616 thanks a lot that was really helpful I really appreciate it. 😊
@@willschneider4616 it doesn't have to be separated by thirds lol jazz shows this all the time blues too the normal progressions also include minors and diminished
Thanks for this comment. Analyzing it as a Neapolitan 6th (as it should), makes it easier to understand right away and announces the tonality from the beginning without a doubt. PLUS : as soon as the very first G of this intro is played, the rest is only a descending g minor scale with chromatic "embellissements", which confirms the implicit harmony.
Appart from all this analysis, I have "discovered" a new passion in Chopin when I spent time analyzing which genres are used and mixed in every work. Op 23 is the first to illustrate his "counterpoint of genres" in such a manner ; meaning he integrated counciously - but yet so seamlessly - different genres such as waltz (theme 1 in g minor) and barcarolle (theme 2 in Eb Major), for example. So much that I wrote my entire Musicology Masters thesis on that topic ;)
Have fun analyzing Chopin :) Keep up the good work !
There is so such value in this video, it's unbelievable. Thank you
Mille mercis pour cette vidéo. En tant que débutante (4 ans de piano) je me focalise encore trop dans la seule lecture des notes sans rien analyser autour. Cela m'encourage à me plonger plus sérieusement dans la théorie.
Congratulatios, the BEST video
Absolutely loving this!
Two years late to the party - I have only just found this video, and I found it fascinating. I would happily have listened to the whole analysis - thank you so much
Love it. It shows there’s so much to think about even for a short snippet of a piece which then leads to many possible interpretations. I definitely am looking forward to more of it, and also to you playing this piece in full 🙂
you are exciting even when being pedantic regarding your assessment of this piece, you are fascinating and my most inspirational piano teacher. thank you
Wow! I didn’t know so much can be said and explored in just the first 7 bars! Thank you so much for this Annique! Looking forward to your analysis and interpretation for the rest of this piece (which I’m self-learning now)!
I love this development in your series. I hope you continue doing analysis videos
Woooooow amazing video!! Thank you so much
This format is amazing! Please do more of this, analyzing more bars and more pieces!
That piece sounded so good, also liked the video and would love to see more of these
Yesss, my favorite piece. Thank you 💙😊
This is a terrific style of video. Thank you.
Analysis and interpretation are the coolest music videos, not boring at all
I absolutely love ur interpretation!!
Thank you! This is very helpful.
Sehr gut, danke schön!! Alles perfekt und easy erklärt.
I was waiting for this. Thank you for your effort
Hi Annique,
liked your analysis a lot. Really helps - thank you!
This was really great, thank you very much! I hope there will be more analysis and thoughts on other pieces in the future.
Thank you so much for this Heart of Keys, This piece means so much to me, keep doing what you do best. God bless you.
I REALLY LOVE THIS VIDEO ❤️ Please do more of it 😇
i love the way your arms and your hands move when youre playing the piano
i struggle a lot when using my whole arm playing pieces so watching you do this stuff is like wow tyr doing this next time
stuff like that
it makes me happy and motivated
in my mind i go "wow i wish i could move my arms like she can"
So amazing! Thank you for your superb and nuanced insight and instruction - This has always been my favorite Ballade and what a gift to get to be a student in your wonderful master class here! :) 👍
It took me 9 months to learn this piece and you made me feel like I should've spent 9 months for every 7 bars. Very discouraging.
Also..
I want more of this!
Soooooo interesting because I've never learnt it
I would love to hear how you fully interpret this wonderful ballade! Thanks for your video, you've been inspiring me lately! Have a nice day!
I'm already trying to play this piece, this helps me to know more about what I'm playing. Very good video! Thanks!
THIS IS GOLD
This is amazing❤️❤️❤️
Well done ✅✅✅
Lovely video, divine piece, thorough interpretation (and lovely lady). Keep up the good work teutonic beauty!
I love your vids!!!💗💯
thx to the ppl who puts the lyrics i'm a frenchie it's hard to understand without subtitles, i really enjoyed the video and I learned a lot
Great lecture, sensei
Great video! Lovin' it!
Thank you very much! I love this kind of videos and I can learn how to analyse a piece, even though I'm not a music major students. Please keep this up
wow I am learning this right now, this is amazing timing!
I have no idea what are you talking about in the video because I can’t even read the notes or even play the piano but I am here anyway because I love watching and listening to you ❤️
I look forward to see more of this kind of videos
Yes please do make more videos like this!
you won my subscription, i love this video. make it longer
Nice! This is my favorite Chopin piece :D
That A-flat major + Bb color is also used near the end of Valse op 34 no 1 which is really graceful and made a nice sparkling effect ✨✨
Please, more analysis and interpretation videos! I could watch these for hours.
You are amazing, I love the video, pls, do more 😊
This is my favorite piece of music. I'm learning it right now and it's really wonderful.
How is it going? Are you still practicing it?
@@bardvoit5284 Pretty well. I've been busy job hunting, but I've made some good progress. I have over half of it memorized and can usually play the coda accurately at full speed. I still need to memorize a fair portion of it (though most of what I need to memorize are the easier parts) and I have a lot of work to do to make it great musically, but it's coming along.
I would looove to see more videos like this one!
Can’t wait for No. 4!!! My favorite.
Please, go on with this videos. They are phantastic!
Love this video 😍
Keep it up
Nice video!!! Definetively I would like to have more of this analisis content 😙
I love analysis & interpretation videos. BTW, your hair looks great.
The openness of the quasi-Ab intro gives way to the chromatic harmony which functions to create more angst. It is then calmly resolved in the tonicization of g minor and the beauty and confidence of the melody.
Love this video and piece
I would love a serie of this videos analysing all chopin etudes
Hi, Annique.. Learning so much from you... Appreciate your going into analysis and interpretation... How you do it as consumate Classical pianist... I can cope... And learning... At the same time, you inspire me going deeper ...take care! I love your hair!
I like this type of video, very unique content on youtube like this is hard to find
Thanks, yes I get the notes, oh dear now comes the interpretation, the deeper listening - with melody harmony dynamics rhythm articulation form frame colour weight timing. Interesting I don't feel overwhelmed, just inspired!! Thanks.
thank you so much! ❤️ pls share more videos about timing with us
Oh jolly! One of my favorite all time pieces and a priority #1 wishlist item to play if I ever gain enough skill for it. Started piano at an older age and not sure if feasible, but enjoy the content nevertheless! Thank you for posting!
More more more of this!! :)
Perfect video, liked it very much! Please make this a series, analyzing the whole Ballade No.1 . Would like to hear you playing it as well :)
Bravo !
I just thought about sending you a dm on this topic yesterday!😂 Get out of my head, Annique!
Jokes aside, I really liked the video and would certainly enjoy more videos in this style
Wow, I'm literally just about to finish learning this piece. Perfect timing :>
Ooh the timing 😮😮
Same I’m in the middle of learning it!
@@Swann524 what?! 😂💯 Perfect!
I love this kind of videos very much. It is extremely useful and interesting, as well as very well done. When do you upload the subsequent parts? This Ballade is wonderful, one of the best music piece ever written. Thank youuuuuuuuuu!!!! Tommaso
I alway knew I had to study my sheets but never did because I never knew what to focus on and didn’t want to practice bad habits.
I appreciate this video as it helps a lot!
Would love to watch a full video of you playing Ballade no. 1!
Thanks for this~! Your analysis got me really excited about relearning this piece. My favorite thing about this opening is that we don't feel home (tonic) until bar 9. Horowitz!