The best instructional video I have seen on RUclips, the way you have analyzed and simplified the song is amazing. You are a great teacher and by your generosity we all piano learner are benefiting all. God bless you and a Happy New year to you.
Absolutely fantastic tutorial! Makes learning process so much easier with deeper understanding on what is actually going on there. I tried to learn how to play this song using a sheet music awhile ago, and I failed miserably. The score was out of my league and too complicated, at least I thought that was. The way you teach this makes it impossible to forget and sounds great! Thank you Christian, you are a great teacher.
thank you so much!! great video with understandable music theory integrations!!! aside from the song, I was able to follow main concepts with chords, arpegggios and so on (this kind of tutorial is hard to find) what you explain is really helpful!!
Great breakdown. When you learn a tune this way, even if you don't remember the exact score years later, you can still restore it in your head step by step.
The story goes that many ABBA songs were "born" in a simple cottage on a tiny Baltic Sea island. I don't know if "The Winner" belongs to those. You worked out the very basic ideas so well that I can very easily imagine the situation, jamming over some simple diatonic chord progression. And later finalized at Polar studio in Stockholm. Thank you for your journey into the core of that song👍.
Hey !! I downloaded this video and now I have a HUGE QR code in the middle of the video so I can NOT see how you play !!!! is it on purpose ?? where does this cursed QR Code comes from ??
@@stangreen3007 Hi Stan, I’m not sure why this is there, I didn’t create it on my end. I download RUclips videos sometimes and have never seen a QR code.
@@christianklikovits Well deserved Christian and if you can one day use the software for this beginner that shows the keys being played then even better.
Unbalanced tutorial...The first half of the tutorial is clear,comprehensible,easy to play for an intermediate,but the second part and moreover the last third is more like a speed run to the end of the piece, with all this complicated plated chords even more out of reach than a Bach sheet!!!!! It's too bad that your sheet is not downloadable....Thanks for your work anyway....
Hi Denys, sorry to hear you found this partly confusing. I think some of it is due to the fact that Benny Andersson's piano playing is just very complex; I already simplified it quite a bit. Here's a link to a PDF, hopefully that helps a little: drive.google.com/file/d/1Vlv_oaSolRl3_6YD7VplyjazFHBAy4Pd/view?usp=drive_link
Hi Chris,thanks a lot for the Pdf download....It will probably help me till bar 50....After,till bar 68,it's out of reach for me....And you say you've simplified it!!!....I wonder what would it look like if you hadn't!!!.... This is my 5th year of piano,and I've learned relatively easyly the Moonlight sonata,the Turkish march,and a few Chopin's Préludes,and I get stuck with this Abba piece....Weird!!!!....Have a pleasant day,and a wave from Paris,France@@christianklikovits
@@denyshenriquez-ohme7373 Who would have thought that ABBA could be more challenging than Mozart 😀 Interestingly, the bars you mentioned are something you might totally find in a classical piece...
You're right.....Like the 2nd movement of Beethoven's "Sonate Pathétique" probably...For the time being above my level,except the first part(my instructor rates the sonata grade 8/9)...I've browsed through various tutorials of the Abba song,and the playability really depends on the arrangements...Even basic melodies(Mozart's Twinkle twinkle little for example) are arranged to be only played by advanced performers,when it's so easy to play with the Alberti bases....But I always try to match the tutorial with my level.... Anyway,I'll try to make the best of your tutorial along with the score.... @@christianklikovits
@@christianklikovits Hi Cristian can you give us the downloadable music score / too challenging to re-write not by note and the pdf is not accessible / thanks, greetings from Singapore.
Thanks a lot for this tutorial! With your explanations it is the first time I managed to play the intro. Would you please make a video playing the whole melody as provided by your sheets - this would be really helpful for me learning the rest. :)
Thank you Christian for the explanation. I have a question: The chords provided in the link are not the exactöy the same as shown in the video, is it possible to get them? Many greetings. Sandra
Hi Sandra, I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Almost everything I play in the video is shown in notation on the screen so you could just screen shot that. The only exception is one little verse part, where I was demonstrating how to improvise the accompaniment using the chord shapes that the notation is showing; the whole idea there is to improvise it, and not play it the same way every time...
Wow simply amazing. Your explanation, while listening to it, I feel like I understand it but yet I know I don't fully understand it. It is the perfect blend of not giving the audience only the finished product, like a piano cover, but instead, giving food for thought on how to approach all music and its components; much like special ingredients in a well-made dish can explain how they might translate into other great dishes. Thank you.
❤ I write to you from Chile 🇨🇱I You are a formidable master. You have an excellent methodology, and you explain with incredible clarity. You gained a subscriber. Thank you so very much.
Well now you've left me wanting more! That was beautiful. If you take requests, I would say please play it from start to finish so we can listen to it whole 🤍
The best instructional video I have seen on RUclips, the way you have analyzed and simplified the song is amazing. You are a great teacher and by your generosity we all piano learner are benefiting all. God bless you and a Happy New year to you.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that 🙏
'They're tonicising the ... minor chords with secondary dominants' I need to slip this quote into casual conversations a lot more.
It's guaranteed to elicit baffled looks from unsuspecting guests at your dinner party 🙂
Fantastic tutorial !!! Thanks a lot !!!
YOU are a Great teacher of music !!! Thanks a lot !!!
thant you VERY*100 much!
This is amazing very good keep posting more videos like this
Thank you, Fabian!
Excellent tutorial. The best I've seen yet. Thank you so much Christian. Happy New Year!
Thank you, Jo, i really appreciate that! Happy New Year to you, as well 🎉
How come benny anderson could make such beautiful music lines without knowing to read music ?? Incredible !!!!
Good question! I guess some people just have incredible ears...
@@christianklikovits yes !!!! Exactly
Absolutely fantastic tutorial! Makes learning process so much easier with deeper understanding on what is actually going on there. I tried to learn how to play this song using a sheet music awhile ago, and I failed miserably. The score was out of my league and too complicated, at least I thought that was. The way you teach this makes it impossible to forget and sounds great! Thank you Christian, you are a great teacher.
Thank you so much, Alex! I really appreciate the encouragement 🙏🙏
This is the perfect lesson for understanding everything behind the musical idea… Thanks a lot…❤
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@@christianklikovits please make a tutorial of "your song" from elton john
@@stangreen3007 that's a great suggestion!
@@christianklikovits yes yes
A fantastic lesson for an ingenious song. Corny? Yeah, well, only if you understand and can feel very little.
Wow I love ABBA, I must learn this song on piano😊
Thank you, Great tutorial! ABBA brings back so many memories for me. Great band.
Thank you, Nizam, I appreciate that 🙏
Thanks Christian for the excellent explanation. Any chance of sharing the piano sheet?
Hi Maya, here it is drive.google.com/file/d/1Vlv_oaSolRl3_6YD7VplyjazFHBAy4Pd/view?usp=drive_link
Thank you Christian!
You're welcome!
thank you so much!! great video with understandable music theory integrations!!! aside from the song, I was able to follow main concepts with chords, arpegggios and so on (this kind of tutorial is hard to find) what you explain is really helpful!!
Thank you, Melis, I appreciate that 🙏
Thank you for the sheet music, this is next on my list to learn!
Godspeed 🙂🤘
Best piano tutorial video I have ever seen.. love it.. ❤👍
Thank you so much, Jusi, I appreciate that 🙏
@@christianklikovits no, I thank you 🙏
Great breakdown. When you learn a tune this way, even if you don't remember the exact score years later, you can still restore it in your head step by step.
Exactly! 🙏
Thank you, as a non-musician this was really interesting to gain an appreciation of how the song is built up. I will now try and play!
The story goes that many ABBA songs were "born" in a simple cottage on a tiny Baltic Sea island. I don't know if "The Winner" belongs to those. You worked out the very basic ideas so well that I can very easily imagine the situation, jamming over some simple diatonic chord progression. And later finalized at Polar studio in Stockholm. Thank you for your journey into the core of that song👍.
Yes, I've seen some footage of Benny and Bjorn jamming in their little cottage 🤘
How many hands does one need to play this?? so comp;icated
love the left hand changes
Hey !! I downloaded this video and now I have a HUGE QR code in the middle of the video so I can NOT see how you play !!!!
is it on purpose ?? where does this cursed QR Code comes from ??
@@stangreen3007 Hi Stan, I’m not sure why this is there, I didn’t create it on my end. I download RUclips videos sometimes and have never seen a QR code.
Man enough :D Klikovitz for President!
I appreciate the sentiment, but I'm still learning how to govern my own self properly 😀🤘
Thanks for this
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I'm w/CK. It takes a real man to admit he likes Abba. This is a great song. :)
😀🙏
Hi, amazing tutorial with chords explanation. But I need permission to the document. Thanks
Here it is: drive.google.com/file/d/1Vlv_oaSolRl3_6YD7VplyjazFHBAy4Pd/view?usp=sharing
Thank you for explaining the dynamics of piano playing. More power.
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Excellent tutorial. Thank you very much...😅
🙏🙂
So glad I found you Christian. Immediate sub.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that 🙏
@@christianklikovits Well deserved Christian and if you can one day use the software for this beginner that shows the keys being played then even better.
Do you have a synthesia version og this? Or can you make one?
Sorry, I'm not familiar with that....
Unbalanced tutorial...The first half of the tutorial is clear,comprehensible,easy to play for an intermediate,but the second part and moreover the last third is more like a speed run to the end of the piece, with all this complicated plated chords even more out of reach than a Bach sheet!!!!!
It's too bad that your sheet is not downloadable....Thanks for your work anyway....
Hi Denys, sorry to hear you found this partly confusing. I think some of it is due to the fact that Benny Andersson's piano playing is just very complex; I already simplified it quite a bit. Here's a link to a PDF, hopefully that helps a little: drive.google.com/file/d/1Vlv_oaSolRl3_6YD7VplyjazFHBAy4Pd/view?usp=drive_link
Hi Chris,thanks a lot for the Pdf download....It will probably help me till bar 50....After,till bar 68,it's out of reach for me....And you say you've simplified it!!!....I wonder what would it look like if you hadn't!!!....
This is my 5th year of piano,and I've learned relatively easyly the Moonlight sonata,the Turkish march,and a few Chopin's Préludes,and I get stuck with this Abba piece....Weird!!!!....Have a pleasant day,and a wave from Paris,France@@christianklikovits
@@denyshenriquez-ohme7373 Who would have thought that ABBA could be more challenging than Mozart 😀 Interestingly, the bars you mentioned are something you might totally find in a classical piece...
You're right.....Like the 2nd movement of Beethoven's "Sonate Pathétique" probably...For the time being above my level,except the first part(my instructor rates the sonata grade 8/9)...I've browsed through various tutorials of the Abba song,and the playability really depends on the arrangements...Even basic melodies(Mozart's Twinkle twinkle little for example) are arranged to be only played by advanced performers,when it's so easy to play with the Alberti bases....But I always try to match the tutorial with my level....
Anyway,I'll try to make the best of your tutorial along with the score....
@@christianklikovits
@@christianklikovits Hi Cristian can you give us the downloadable music score / too challenging to re-write not by note and the pdf is not accessible / thanks, greetings from Singapore.
Thanks a lot for this tutorial! With your explanations it is the first time I managed to play the intro. Would you please make a video playing the whole melody as provided by your sheets - this would be really helpful for me learning the rest. :)
I love that group ABBA.
So do I 🤘
Thank you so much I have been looking for a tutorial for this song but all of them are just people playing the song instead of an assual tutorial
Thank you Christian for the explanation. I have a question: The chords provided in the link are not the exactöy the same as shown in the video, is it possible to get them? Many greetings. Sandra
Hi Sandra, I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Almost everything I play in the video is shown in notation on the screen so you could just screen shot that. The only exception is one little verse part, where I was demonstrating how to improvise the accompaniment using the chord shapes that the notation is showing; the whole idea there is to improvise it, and not play it the same way every time...
@@christianklikovits Hi Christian, thank you so much for your response. Your videos are amazing. Many greetings from Germany. Sandra
@@sandralaperna9471 Vielen Dank, Sandra!
Wow simply amazing. Your explanation, while listening to it, I feel like I understand it but yet I know I don't fully understand it. It is the perfect blend of not giving the audience only the finished product, like a piano cover, but instead, giving food for thought on how to approach all music and its components; much like special ingredients in a well-made dish can explain how they might translate into other great dishes. Thank you.
Thank you so much! 🙏That's exactly my intention - inspire musicians with new ideas as to how to think about music and understand it on a deeper level!
❤ I write to you from Chile 🇨🇱I You are a formidable master. You have an excellent methodology, and you explain with incredible clarity. You gained a subscriber. Thank you so very much.
Muchas gracias, Alberto! I really appreciate it 🙏
great tutorial! thank you so much
Thank you, Frida! You definitely have the right name for it 🙂
@@christianklikovits haha true!!
Excelente, muy clarito.Iam happy and suscribe. Right now...
Muchas gracias, Pirata 🙏
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Vc é um grande mestre e estou encantado com sua técnica e didática muito obrigado eu amo está música um abraço desde o Brasil 🇧🇷
Muito obrigado, Jorge, eu realmente aprecio isso 🙏
Thanks for the explain!!!
shame that it is not in the original key
Hi Marc, here's the chart in F#, maybe that helps: drive.google.com/file/d/1lrnmm4-DfzHagf0j5KNACtLR9MoYdjpj/view?usp=drive_link
@@christianklikovits Hi Christian, it is very kind of you. I do like your tuto.
It's only one semitone off ffs.
외국어라 다 이해는 못했지만 굉장히 심플하고 기억하기 쉽게 설명 해주신 거 같아요. 고맙습니다.😊구독!!ㅎ
매우 감사합니다 🙏
Thank you very much! Very smartly!
Thank you, Yulita 🙏
Thanks you for share sheet
No problem, Juan, my pleasure!
Well now you've left me wanting more! That was beautiful. If you take requests, I would say please play it from start to finish so we can listen to it whole 🤍
my thoughts exactly. please please another video for the entire song. It is so beautiful.
I tried clicking the link but it needs permission
Should be working now…
@@christianklikovits THANK YOU!!
Great video! Thanks
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Fantastic 👍👍👍
Thank you, Kevin, much appreciated 🙏
Fantástico !!!!! Desde España
Muchas gracias! 😀🙏
Awesome
Thank you 🙏
Fantastic
Thank you 🙏
☀🤗
Klausi!! 🤟