Piano Tutorial | Chopin B Minor Waltz | Op. 69 No. 2

This is my second tutorial on Chopin's Op. 69 Waltzes (having already covered the 'Farewell Waltz - Op. 69 No. 1 - • Piano Tutorial | Chopi... ). This beautiful little Waltz is in B Minor and is one of Chopin's more accessible waltzes at Henle Level 4 - which is the low end of 'Medium Difficulty' (for more information on the Henle system of classification, you may wish to watch this video - • How to know how diffic... ).
As usual, we'll take a look at the structure and some practice techniques that worked well for me. I also recommend memorising this waltz and provide a number of handy aids to memory that I'm sure you'll find helpful.
If you're not familiar with my 4/4 Waltz idea, you can learn all about it in this video. • Piano Practice: A Walt...
As mentioned in the video, I can't recommend enough the Art of Piano Fingering by Rami Bar Niv. www.amazon.com/Art-Piano-Fing...
Let me know in the comments how you get on with this fabulous piece.
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Filmed on an iPhone XR - using the Filmic Pro app
Piano Audio captured on a Zoom F6 using a matched pair of Rode NT5 microphones
Voiceover captured on a Rode SmartLav microphone plugged into an iPhone 6S
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[@sipatean]

Thank you so much

[@TommysPianoCorner]

You're most welcome

[@etudeando]

Nice Tommy!! If you take a look at the whole Chopin Waltez Pieces you will see that fingering of Right Hand 5-3--4-2 is always present. Despite jumps on left hand are not a big issue switching fingers in a brief amount of time might be worth to practice.

[@TommysPianoCorner]

Finger substitution is indeed a valuable skill to develop. It helps not only for legato but also for finding our way around the keyboard without needing to look.

[@nuscyg]

Hi Tommy.
I'm getting some great playing tips from you.
How would you suggest pedalling this waltz?

[@TommysPianoCorner]

I think a good starting point is perhaps one change per measure. However, you might want to experiment with the point at which you lift the pedal. Where you have a longer melody note, you might want to hold the pedal somewhat longer (say lifting it just on or after the third beat) whereas on those measures where the RH is entirely 8th notes, you might lift it slightly earlier. Also, given as in all Chopin’s waltzes there is a good degree of repeated material, an effective way of adding interest is to pedal slightly differently where similar material recurs. I think that personally I always had a tendency to over pedal this and often here I feel ‘less is more’ so to speak. I hope that helps :-)