Dear Sally, You are just wonderful ! As you mentioned your 92 year old mother playing I can understand where you are coming from ! I will be 93 in a month !!!! and started at 70 ! Yes pleasure does come from playing pieces that may not necessarily impress those who never took lessons but to you they are your great pieces because you worked hard at them and were successful. Your instructions are terrific, thank you.
Dear Roland, thank you for your meaningful and inspiring words! I’m so happy you are enjoying the videos; you are welcome, it is my pleasure. I very much resonate with what you have said. For me, the pieces we have worked so hard to learn are not only great, they become our friends. Congratulations to you for starting piano at the age of 70, and going strong into your nineties! 🌟
Well thank you so much for this information. I have tried many times to play this piece but found it too challenging. however i have never given up because Chopin is my favourite composer and this is my favourite waltz. So after having some tuition to improve my technique , i have yet again pursued my quest to learn this piece. This time i am getting on really well and the last section seems impossible at this stage. However it will be immensely helpful with the excellent detail and analysis you have provided. Really appreciate the work you have put in to make this possible.
Hello Tony, thank you so much for your wonderful comment about this tutorial and analysis! You are welcome, it is my pleasure. The charts, analysis, and the tutorial are labors of love to make. Your words of appreciation and acknowledgement mean a great deal to me. 🙏 After I had completed the digital engraving of this chart, I began my practice session with pages 8 & 9 side by side on the music rack starting at measure 245 with the difficult Coda section. I worked on two systems at a time with hands alone and then hands together, applying all of the details I showed in the lesson. This really helped me to get the rote memory quickly and reliably! I hope this works for you too. I wish you all the best as you learn and master this fabulous piece! 🎉 P.S. It's one of my favorites too!
@@SallyChristianMusic Indeed, i am so excited about learning this however long it takes. To me the last section at first seemed random notes but i can see and understand the structure and the pattern. Will follow your advice. Thanks again.
It excites me to see your enthusiasm...I absolutely love you devotion and your dedication is evident in your playing there are many good teachers but you are my personal favorite...One other characteristic I notice and feel is the hard work you put into these presentations...obviously it is a labor of love...plus your piano sounds majestic...I am a big Horowitz fan and his piano too has a bell like sound...even though each pianos are different brands ..I am a beginner at 53 yo but I am glued to the screen watching and listening to you.even though I am not at this level of piano playing.
Hello Steve, it is so nice to hear from you again, and thank you for another very beautiful comment! I so appreciate your acknowledgements about the dedication and devotion that goes into these charts and lessons. You are right, they are labors of love. 🙏 It is my privilege and pleasure to do this work. Thank you also for your warm words about the Bösendorfer piano. I agree, it is a majestic instrument, and I am very grateful to have it! I wish you the very best with your music and the joy that it will bring you! 💕
Wow! I really loved this tutorial - it's so detailed about the tiny but important nuances, and I found it so helpful to hear your tips for understanding the structure of the piece. More than anything, I love how passionately you speak about the piece, and your insights into Chopin's life at the time he wrote this. It's one of my favourite Chopin pieces too - it's a bit beyond my current technical ability but I'm still loving giving it a go - even if I probably will end up putting it aside coming back to it in 5 or 10 years! Nothing wrong with that of course. (The chord near the end of Section C where he sneaks in a dissonance with RH and LH thumbs playing just a semitone apart on G natural and G flat is I think my favourite chord of the whole piece!) Thank you so much again for this inspirational video!
Hello Kim, thank you for your beautiful and acknowledging words! You are very welcome, ... it is my pleasure. I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed the lesson, analysis, and also the presentation. I loved working on this piece, reading about Chopin's life, and what an exquisitely happy time it was for him just before he wrote this piece. Yes, I agree with you about the point in the piece (measure 141) where the thumbs of the hands play just a semitone apart. I also adore measure 241 with the LH rising a semitone from a Db octave to a D natural octave! I congratulate you on starting this piece now. I will often attempt to learn a piece 2 or 3 times with big intervals inbetween before I finally do finish it. It takes much patience, but it is worth it in the long run! Stay with it, ... I am pulling for you! I wish you much joy with your playing. 🎵
Thank you so much for your lovely and encouraging reply! It's just a wonderful piece, isn't it? I will look out for that chord change next time I'm playing it! Thank you again 🎶
I love this waltz and enjoyed your insights. One of the few I do want to learn, and you brought it to life beautifully. I appreciate the integrity of the musical line preserved at the beginning. I chuckled at the mild disdain for splitting the hands up :)
Hello Lauren, thank you for your generous and much appreciated words about this lesson! I'm happy you will be learning this wonderful waltz. It's a great one, and really fun to play! I hope the practice tips help. 😊With all best wishes to you and with your playing. 💫
Hi Sally! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and the joy of discovery when learning new pieces. Your approach to teaching is so logical and you always keep it interesting. It is evident that you do this out of love and I am so grateful for your generosity. I was so impressed that I immediately purchased the teaching charts you created for this piece and am eagerly waiting for it to arrive in the mail so I can start using them!
Hello Rhodora, thank you for your wonderful and enthusiastic words about this lesson, my approach to teaching, and the charts. I have just sent you a private email message to the email address that was on your chart purchase. I also included in this email the pdfs for this piece so you can have your music printed asap. Please watch this lesson beginning at 20 minutes and 26 seconds where I explain that the charts are available for purchase from my website as digital downloads, as well as how to have your music printed. It is a pleasure to make these charts, and I am happy you will be using them as you learn this great piece! With very best wishes to you. 🎵
Dear Ms. Christian, your videos are more than instructive, they're a small piece of didactic art. The clarity on which you express your thoughts and teachings contributes to drastically improving piano learning. Also, your sheet music, wow, well you know, I wish all of them were like yours. My best wishes are with you and your family. Have a wonderful Christmas time.
Dear Santiago, I am so moved to read your exquisite words! Thank you so much for your thoughtful and generous acknowledgements about the lessons and charts. I deeply appreciate this and am encouraged to continue making these labors of love! ♥ I wish you and your family many blessings this holiday season and throughout the New Year 2022. 🌟
So far beyond my current level, but when I do get here, I will be sure to look up your wonderful tutorial here. Thank you so much (you play beautifully btw!)
Hello Jeremy, thank you for your wonderful words about this tutorial and the playing! Yes, this is a difficult piece. I hope you will play it one day, and that the lesson will help your practicing and learning of this great waltz! All best wishes to you and with your playing. 🌼
Dear Sally, SO WONDERFUL AS ALWAYS!!!!! Thank you for one of my favourite Chopin's Waltzes in an excellent rendition and for your tutorial/lesson, this great video will be helpful for many pianists, as always my best wishes from Poland to San Francisco, have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022. Joanna
Hello Joanna, thank you for your lovely words! I also hope this tutorial will help many pianists! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2022 as well. 🌼
Thank you once again, Sally. I'm actually learning Chopin's Nocturne in E flat, Op.9 No.2, but your suggestions and ideas are nonetheless very useful for me.
Hello Martin, thank you so much for your wonderful words about this lesson! I really appreciate hearing that you are applying some of the ideas and suggestions in this video as you work on Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2. I am happy to say that this nocturne is in the group of several Chopin Nocturnes I am now working on in preparation for performance & teaching videos for next year! 😊 Best wishes to you and with your playing. 🎵
Hello Lady Sally. Thank you very much once again. I hope to come back to this guide in the future and use any advice. Best regards and have a nice day 🌻 :)
Hello Robert, thank you for your nice words! Yes, this is a more advanced piece, and will be waiting for you when you are ready. Very best wishes to you as well. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year 2022. 🌸
Hello Luciano, thank you so much for your kind and enthusiastic words! 🎉I really appreciate your generosity. You are welcome, it is my pleasure! Best wishes to you for a Happy Holiday Season and a great New Year 2022.
Hello James, thank you for your kind and much appreciated words about the fingerings and the legato. My grandteacher, Claudio Arrau, would always stress the importance of good fingerings to produce true legato playing without the help of the pedal. 🌟
Hi Gina, thank you! This is so fantastic to see! I'm really thrilled you now have your chart & CSA to work from and will be starting this piece tomorrow! 🎉💃🏻 I know you are going to love playing this "Grande Valse Brillante!" 💖
@@SallyChristianMusic I’m on a mission with serious study of this piece. I find if I keep the csa right next to the practice page I can learn it faster. Would you ever consider doing the Fandango? I still have my huge pages 😊
@@ginafazio318 Dear Gina, this is so exciting to hear! 🎉 I did a similar thing. I used the 9-page main file (regular size music) to learn the notes. This layout, however, does not show as clearly where the bigger sections of the piece begin and end. By placing the CSA right next to the main file practice music as you are doing, you are working so intelligently and efficiently! BTW: After I had the music mostly memorized, I practiced ONLY from the CSA (with the small notes.) By putting pages 1 & 2 side by side and pages 3 & 4 behind these, I had only one page turn! It worked beautifully. I'm thrilled to hear your feedback on how helpful the CSA is for learning & tracking this piece with all of the many repetitions! ... Regarding the Granados Fandango from the Goyescas, I would love to engrave this piece. It would be tons of work, but what a difference it would make to have it on the 11 X17 size sheets. Thank you for the nudge. 🙏
@@bryanpersaud9947 Thank you Bryan for your amazing and gratifying words that working with the chart is like "talking to Chopin." After I've made the chart and CSA, I also have a deeper understanding and reverence for Chopin's mind and heart. 💖 I'm so happy that you are working on these pieces!
Hello getitoncamera, thank you for your warm and enthusiastic words about this video! While I do not orchestrate in the traditional sense, I do hear orchestral qualities within these pieces. When I bring out the voices of soprano, alto, tenor, and bass, I think about which instruments would correspond to these different voices, and try to reproduce with my touch that particular sound and articulation.
Dear Sally, You are just wonderful ! As you mentioned your 92 year old mother playing I can understand where you are coming from ! I will be 93 in a month !!!! and started at 70 ! Yes pleasure does come from playing pieces that may not necessarily impress those who never took lessons but to you they are your great pieces because you worked hard at them and were successful. Your instructions are terrific, thank you.
Dear Roland, thank you for your meaningful and inspiring words! I’m so happy you are enjoying the videos; you are welcome, it is my pleasure. I very much resonate with what you have said. For me, the pieces we have worked so hard to learn are not only great, they become our friends. Congratulations to you for starting piano at the age of 70, and going strong into your nineties! 🌟
Thank you very much Sally and have a wonderful Christmas and New Year !
@@rolandthomasset1713 Thank you Roland, and you as well!
Well thank you so much for this information. I have tried many times to play this piece but found it too challenging. however i have never given up because Chopin is my favourite composer and this is my favourite waltz.
So after having some tuition to improve my technique , i have yet again pursued my quest to learn this piece. This time i am getting on really well and the last section seems impossible at this stage. However it will be immensely helpful with the excellent detail and analysis you have provided. Really appreciate the work you have put in to make this possible.
Hello Tony, thank you so much for your wonderful comment about this tutorial and analysis! You are welcome, it is my pleasure. The charts, analysis, and the tutorial are labors of love to make. Your words of appreciation and acknowledgement mean a great deal to me. 🙏 After I had completed the digital engraving of this chart, I began my practice session with pages 8 & 9 side by side on the music rack starting at measure 245 with the difficult Coda section. I worked on two systems at a time with hands alone and then hands together, applying all of the details I showed in the lesson. This really helped me to get the rote memory quickly and reliably! I hope this works for you too. I wish you all the best as you learn and master this fabulous piece! 🎉 P.S. It's one of my favorites too!
@@SallyChristianMusic Indeed, i am so excited about learning this however long it takes. To me the last section at first seemed random notes but i can see and understand the structure and the pattern. Will follow your advice. Thanks again.
It excites me to see your enthusiasm...I absolutely love you devotion and your dedication is evident in your playing there are many good teachers but you are my personal favorite...One other characteristic I notice and feel is the hard work you put into these presentations...obviously it is a labor of love...plus your piano sounds majestic...I am a big Horowitz fan and his piano too has a bell like sound...even though each pianos are different brands ..I am a beginner at 53 yo but I am glued to the screen watching and listening to you.even though I am not at this level of piano playing.
Hello Steve, it is so nice to hear from you again, and thank you for another very beautiful comment! I so appreciate your acknowledgements about the dedication and devotion that goes into these charts and lessons. You are right, they are labors of love. 🙏 It is my privilege and pleasure to do this work. Thank you also for your warm words about the Bösendorfer piano. I agree, it is a majestic instrument, and I am very grateful to have it! I wish you the very best with your music and the joy that it will bring you! 💕
Wow! I really loved this tutorial - it's so detailed about the tiny but important nuances, and I found it so helpful to hear your tips for understanding the structure of the piece. More than anything, I love how passionately you speak about the piece, and your insights into Chopin's life at the time he wrote this. It's one of my favourite Chopin pieces too - it's a bit beyond my current technical ability but I'm still loving giving it a go - even if I probably will end up putting it aside coming back to it in 5 or 10 years! Nothing wrong with that of course. (The chord near the end of Section C where he sneaks in a dissonance with RH and LH thumbs playing just a semitone apart on G natural and G flat is I think my favourite chord of the whole piece!) Thank you so much again for this inspirational video!
Hello Kim, thank you for your beautiful and acknowledging words! You are very welcome, ... it is my pleasure. I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed the lesson, analysis, and also the presentation. I loved working on this piece, reading about Chopin's life, and what an exquisitely happy time it was for him just before he wrote this piece. Yes, I agree with you about the point in the piece (measure 141) where the thumbs of the hands play just a semitone apart. I also adore measure 241 with the LH rising a semitone from a Db octave to a D natural octave! I congratulate you on starting this piece now. I will often attempt to learn a piece 2 or 3 times with big intervals inbetween before I finally do finish it. It takes much patience, but it is worth it in the long run! Stay with it, ... I am pulling for you! I wish you much joy with your playing. 🎵
Thank you so much for your lovely and encouraging reply! It's just a wonderful piece, isn't it? I will look out for that chord change next time I'm playing it! Thank you again 🎶
@@kimw491 You are welcome, it is my pleasure! What a gift Chopin gave the world with this piece! 💖
I love this waltz and enjoyed your insights. One of the few I do want to learn, and you brought it to life beautifully. I appreciate the integrity of the musical line preserved at the beginning. I chuckled at the mild disdain for splitting the hands up :)
Hello Lauren, thank you for your generous and much appreciated words about this lesson! I'm happy you will be learning this wonderful waltz. It's a great one, and really fun to play! I hope the practice tips help. 😊With all best wishes to you and with your playing. 💫
Hi Sally!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and the joy of discovery when learning new pieces. Your approach to teaching is so logical and you always keep it interesting. It is evident that you do this out of love and I am so grateful for your generosity.
I was so impressed that I immediately purchased the teaching charts you created for this piece and am eagerly waiting for it to arrive in the mail so I can start using them!
Hello Rhodora, thank you for your wonderful and enthusiastic words about this lesson, my approach to teaching, and the charts. I have just sent you a private email message to the email address that was on your chart purchase. I also included in this email the pdfs for this piece so you can have your music printed asap. Please watch this lesson beginning at 20 minutes and 26 seconds where I explain that the charts are available for purchase from my website as digital downloads, as well as how to have your music printed. It is a pleasure to make these charts, and I am happy you will be using them as you learn this great piece! With very best wishes to you. 🎵
Dear Ms. Christian, your videos are more than instructive, they're a small piece of didactic art. The clarity on which you express your thoughts and teachings contributes to drastically improving piano learning. Also, your sheet music, wow, well you know, I wish all of them were like yours. My best wishes are with you and your family. Have a wonderful Christmas time.
Dear Santiago, I am so moved to read your exquisite words! Thank you so much for your thoughtful and generous acknowledgements about the lessons and charts. I deeply appreciate this and am encouraged to continue making these labors of love! ♥ I wish you and your family many blessings this holiday season and throughout the New Year 2022. 🌟
So far beyond my current level, but when I do get here, I will be sure to look up your wonderful tutorial here. Thank you so much (you play beautifully btw!)
Hello Jeremy, thank you for your wonderful words about this tutorial and the playing! Yes, this is a difficult piece. I hope you will play it one day, and that the lesson will help your practicing and learning of this great waltz! All best wishes to you and with your playing. 🌼
Dear Sally, SO WONDERFUL AS ALWAYS!!!!! Thank you for one of my favourite Chopin's Waltzes in an excellent rendition and for your tutorial/lesson, this great video will be helpful for many pianists, as always my best wishes from Poland to San Francisco, have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022. Joanna
Hello Joanna, thank you for your lovely words! I also hope this tutorial will help many pianists! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2022 as well. 🌼
This is so fun! 🤍
Thank you Joshua! I really had fun making this video, so your words are especially nice to hear! 🎯
Thank you once again, Sally. I'm actually learning Chopin's Nocturne in E flat, Op.9 No.2, but your suggestions and ideas are nonetheless very useful for me.
Hello Martin, thank you so much for your wonderful words about this lesson! I really appreciate hearing that you are applying some of the ideas and suggestions in this video as you work on Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2. I am happy to say that this nocturne is in the group of several Chopin Nocturnes I am now working on in preparation for performance & teaching videos for next year! 😊 Best wishes to you and with your playing. 🎵
Hello Lady Sally. Thank you very much once again. I hope to come back to this guide in the future and use any advice. Best regards and have a nice day 🌻 :)
Hello Robert, thank you for your nice words! Yes, this is a more advanced piece, and will be waiting for you when you are ready. Very best wishes to you as well.
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year 2022. 🌸
@@SallyChristianMusic Thank you very much 🌻 :)
Wonderful Musician!!! Thank You so much
Hello Luciano, thank you so much for your kind and enthusiastic words! 🎉I really appreciate your generosity. You are welcome, it is my pleasure!
Best wishes to you for a Happy Holiday Season and a great New Year 2022.
Such great points about legato and fingering.
Hello James, thank you for your kind and much appreciated words about the fingerings and the legato. My grandteacher, Claudio Arrau, would always stress the importance of good fingerings to produce true legato playing without the help of the pedal. 🌟
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Happy New Year, also!
Thank you, Joshua! ... Happy New Year 2022! 🎉
Thank you sally! I’ll be starting on this tomorrow. 😊.
Hi Gina, thank you! This is so fantastic to see! I'm really thrilled you now have your chart & CSA to work from and will be starting this piece tomorrow! 🎉💃🏻
I know you are going to love playing this "Grande Valse Brillante!" 💖
@@SallyChristianMusic I’m just watching the tutorial joyous IS the word for this piece 😊.
@@SallyChristianMusic I’m on a mission with serious study of this piece. I find if I keep the csa right next to the practice page I can learn it faster. Would you ever consider doing the Fandango? I still have my huge pages 😊
@@ginafazio318 Dear Gina, this is so exciting to hear! 🎉 I did a similar thing. I used the 9-page main file (regular size music) to learn the notes. This layout, however, does not show as clearly where the bigger sections of the piece begin and end. By placing the CSA right next to the main file practice music as you are doing, you are working so intelligently and efficiently! BTW: After I had the music mostly memorized, I practiced ONLY from the CSA (with the small notes.) By putting pages 1 & 2 side by side and pages 3 & 4 behind these, I had only one page turn! It worked beautifully. I'm thrilled to hear your feedback on how helpful the CSA is for learning & tracking this piece with all of the many repetitions! ... Regarding the Granados Fandango from the Goyescas, I would love to engrave this piece. It would be tons of work, but what a difference it would make to have it on the 11 X17 size sheets. Thank you for the nudge. 🙏
I hope i can play as well as you one day :)
Hello Piano Visualization, thank you for your lovely and very appreciated words. I wish you all the best with your playing! 🎵
Just what the doctor ordered, Sally!
Hello Bryan, thank you for your wonderful and very appreciated words! You've just made my day! 🎉
@@SallyChristianMusic It's my pleasure as always. You made mine too! lol
I'm working on your Chopin Waltz in Am chart which like all of them is like talking to Chopin about the piece! This is next on my list.
@@bryanpersaud9947 Thank you Bryan for your amazing and gratifying words that working with the chart is like "talking to Chopin." After I've made the chart and CSA, I also have a deeper understanding and reverence for Chopin's mind and heart. 💖 I'm so happy that you are working on these pieces!
Wonderful!
Thank you so very much! 🌺 Best wishes to you.
太爱您了，非常喜欢您的教学
非常感谢您精彩而慷慨的话语！你让我今天一整天都感觉很好！
Thank you so much for your wonderful and generous words! You made my day! 💕
22:30 this is amazing
Hello mylatesonatas, thank you so much! I appreciate your enthusiastic words about this Color Structural Analysis! Best wishes to you.
Love this one! Do you orchestrate too
Hello getitoncamera, thank you for your warm and enthusiastic words about this video! While I do not orchestrate in the traditional sense, I do hear orchestral qualities within these pieces. When I bring out the voices of soprano, alto, tenor, and bass, I think about which instruments would correspond to these different voices, and try to reproduce with my touch that particular sound and articulation.
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Thank you Sebastien! 💐
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Thank you Jeffery! 🌟🌼
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Hello Culturehorse, thank you! 🎉🌲🌟