Chet Atkins "Chopin Waltz No 10 in B Minor"

Is there anything Mr guitar couldn't play? It sure doesn't seem that way.
For you classical fans, here Chet demonstrates his ability with a little Chopin...

[@LFD254]

OMG-I have not heard this in YEARS. I have the actual LP! My late father was an NYPD Motorcycle cop who was crippled in the line of duty in 1963. As part of his therapy for his crushed hands and fingers,he taught himslef to play guitar and he did that by listening to and playing along with Chet Atkins records. Now, whenever I hear Cht Atkins, I think of my dad.Thanks so for this posting !

[@FririkurEllefsen]

I agree with him and you. Chet used the classical fingerpicking style in his right hand unlike his competitiors who only used the two fingers style. Chet used all his fingers except the pinky. And he didn´t allways mute the bass or let his pinky rest on the pickguard, only when it was needed. In my opinion Chet some how seemed to improve the classical right hand technique and took it to another level. That is just my opinion.

[@emph66]

The incomparable Chet Atkins, thankfully he left a legacy of great performances for us to enjoy.

[@ronshalita]

Thank You KZbin for being here,.. and allowing us to be able hear things like this... signed, truly Grateful ..

[@JohnMurrayMusic]

I was lucky enough to see him in concert in 1978 .

[@georgecorey5951]

At 79 years of age I can say --Chet is the best and can play any type of music. His choices always were exceptional and varied tasteful and clean. Chets music will live on.

[@LFD254]

@Wooter-I actually still have all my dad's old Chet Atkins LPs. The covers are worn and the vinyl is heavily grooved because we played them over and over. Our house had a big old stereo in the center room and you could hear the music resonate from cellar to attic. And in summer, we took those LPs away with us along with a portable phonograph. Many a summer's evening was orchestrated by this music, and people would come and sit and chat and listen quietly. Things were so different then.

[@honkpimpie]

While shopping around on the tube, I came across a very good Chet Atkins perfomance with Chet playing a banjo. It was epic. Chet will be with me always. I'll always measure guitar players by how they stacked up to Chet. One thing I learned about this master was that even in his flyaway years, he was still learning and taking lessons from other players. IMHO, that says everything about Chet, he was dying to learn more.

[@chet1952]

Give a classical guitar to Jimmy Hendrix or a fender stratocaster to Andrés Segovia and then you'll have an idea of what was the greatness of Chet Atkins

[@Frustratedartist2]

Actually, I would LOVE to hear Hendrix on a classical guitar, and Segovia on an electric. Give those great artists some credit. Not to say I'm not a huge fan of the master, Chet.

[@isabelw1235]

This really makes other versions of the piece pale in comparison. Chet never fails to amaze.

[@Ghost_4c1]

"Jim Beam" and a "Cosechero" (cigar) kind of music. Love it !

[@MrJbaker7]

What an incredible Master Chet was...This is beautiful...Jack Baker NYC

[@OKJazzBro]

This is so beautiful.

[@heartofmaui5331]

How could anyone NOT like this? Suberbly soothing and satisfying! Enjoy!!

[@donaldreed9126]

The best guitarist in the world!

[@chet1952]

@daffydoug I'm glad that you putted songs of his legacy, we need people like you to remember who he was and why he's still Mister Guitar!

[@Jay.P.Phillips]

This is why in my opp that he was the best guitar player ever lived on this planet!. He could - as someone mentioned - play everything. He mastered to FULLNESS to play the most advanced pieces in a way that no one ever will come close to. He was the GUITAR MASTER!

[@l87kmps]

Thanks for posting this wonderful piece done superbly, I once lived in Nashville inthe60s and met "mr RCA" aka Chet Atkins, who was also a master sound engineer and produced many top records for many artists

[@BTBHSOHBOY]

This is absolutely beautiful.

[@JFAcoustic]

This is what I have to learn to play in Gifted Music. Now I have something to listen too!

[@hollyvivier5594]

working on this sweet piece right now. Made subtle changes to it but love it to death. long live Chopin!

[@irodify1]

I found this achingly beautiful. His pacing is fine and his tone is clear (in my opinion.) I can only do some beginner's picking but when I listen to this I really wish I could do more. I have been playing guitar for four years & greatly admire Chet Atkin's playing. His tunes are the stuff of my dreams...

[@brucew44guns]

Isabel, I find your words to mirror some I might express. What a joy it must have been to set with Chet and play some tunes, and perhaps be his good friend. These kinds of things are dreams, and yours just might come true if you keep after them.

[@bobhedstrom]

Isabel, you should be able to get some tablature of his songs off Amazon maybe

[@philmcraken6484]

Isabel Rodriguez this tab is on songsterr.com

[@RitaColacoNuminous]

Friend, please, if those wishes are part of your dreams, go ahead and enter the adventure, practice and enjoy! I've also been playing for almost 4 years (it must be more now for you, the comment is old) and since I wanted to play more than eletric stuff I got myself a new world to work on

[@user-to7xv8gv5b]

Here too 🙋

[@victoriaradut6386]

Formidable.Bravo.

[@4Topwood]

@daffydoug Thanks for replying. I know Chet Atkins was very versatile. But what struck me was just how good his interpretation was. Chopin is extremely difficult to interpret well. Chet nailed it, using the rubato that Chopin requires with incredible delicacy. Chet's interpretation is better than most of the concert pianists' I've heard.

[@waterhead001]

I heard that everyday Chet Atkins would play his guitar until he fell asleep.

[@bryanturner1773]

I know everybody has their own tastes and music is subjective but, you tell me how there are 18 people on Earth that think this is not good music.

[@pi-rma.4751]

Bryan Turner Actually, they liked... Then they flipped their screens around just to like one more time !

[@bryanturner1773]

hahahaha

[@ElwoodBlues68]

I can only assume that they were unfortunate enough to be born without ears.

[@bobcarey7235]

A true master of his craft.

[@TabathaaDam]

Beautiful!

[@scara_escape_artist]

Just lovely.

[@Wooter91]

@LFD254 And that's only your story and memories, imagine what Chet has brought to all other listeners. Beautiful, thank you very much. Greetings from Holland

[@cidcampeador1952]

BRAVO ! ! ! ! !

[@westland3402]

What a champ

[@Bluze1King]

Wow what a great guitarist! Love him.

[@wtailhunter1]

Quite a man, I cried when he died, did with John Wayne too. Hell..OK I admit it, when Jerry Reed died as well. No-one to take their place. daffydoug, thanks so much for posting all these great tunes by the masters.

[@IMRezpected]

WOW just WOW..... inspires me to be this great someday.

[@LFD254]

@Wooter-likewise greetings and Happy New Year from Long Island, New York, USA! Chet's music transends language, cultures and other barriers that often keep us from being civilized. Maybe the world should do as we did those summer nights so long ago; sit, and listen.

[@zororosario]

Sends a message to my Soul

[@BTBHSOHBOY]

Amazing

[@rutroe73737]

becoming one of most re-played vids

[@themsoccerclub8199]

the 17 haters... obviously could not cope with the fact that it wasnt an ACTUAL video.. cause the playing is perfect....

[@richardmumolo]

Part of the same no-lifers that go around clicking dislike on everything on KZbin because they don't have anything better to do.

[@Tocsin-Bang]

They're probably confused because they have to choose between two options.

[@JustClaude13]

A week and easily influenced person would immediately rush out and buy a guitar after hearing this. I plan to wait a few days before succumbing. Even if no one can match Chet Atkins, he had a smooth clarity that makes you want to try.

[@akarla27j]

Thank you!

[@StraightIntoTheHead]

i find it very hard to get into Chopin, tried a few times but it didn't work for me but now thanks to Chet Atkins and his guitar play i've got a much better idea of it's beauty. ( sorry for any english mistakes )

[@HoyleMarten]

Dreaming, only dreaming of a concert of Chet Atkins and Robin Trower.

[@VLombardi01]

Great stuff! Thanks for posting!

[@clovisbastien7868]

well done Chet

[@mindbodylightsound10]

Nice story. Thanks for sharing.

[@buddyzroadie]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this! Just wonderful.... sigh.... :-)

[@pasha355]

my god! oh its so so amazing!

[@moichido100]

this is nice....ty for posting

[@Wooter91]

@LFD254 The way you tell that story reminds me again what a beautiful medium KZbin is. First of all, so much music to play and secondly; all the beautiful stories and memories of people. peace

[@l87kmps]

Hi : Thnks for sharing this , I haveit on an RCA LP also . I lived in Nashville in the 60s and met Chet socially, he was the production engineer in charge for RCA studios in Nashville , Also I had an opportunity to hear Segovia in 1969 at Phoenix College . It was wndrful until so many rude (mostly minorities with no idea who he was) students kept walking in and out , tht he stopped in the middle of a piece pronounced us uncivilized and walked off the stage

[@footaftazani0]

a very good playing of my first favourite waltz by one of my favourite guitarists. this is actually a waltz Op 69 No 2 in Bm. I play it also on classical guitar.

[@denisbertrand3577]

Even classicals are no probem to him .......

[@4Topwood]

Marvelous. He interprets Chopin better than most, whatever their instrument.

[@paulostroff99]

Superbly played.TY daffydoug for posting

[@MadsBoldingMusic]

What a musician can play matters little to me - It's much better to take into account what they did rather than what they could. And Chet did truly play everything that he knew and loved, and I am sure that Segovia did the same - he just loved classical more than any other genre

[@evhsrvfe]

OMG !! Is he playing it in A minor? This is absolutely amazing.

[@Ash-fm6ym]

Nope standard tuning

[@gigimc]

curious, Chet was a guitar genius, what about him that makes anybody think he "couldn't" play classical?? Nothing he did will ever surprise me... *maybe* if his & Les Paul's guitar interlocked & became transformer robot/space ships & brought them back to their home planet, then I'd be like "ohhh, ok, now I get it..." lol

[@DoctorWho1983]

The first time I heard this was on an old porno vhs......loved it.

[@devilsslave1970]

I gotta know the title

[@Wooter91]

Amen :-)

[@hhelpmaboab]

A really nice surprise... beautifully done. I wonder if he transcribed it himself

[@BlueMoonGuitar]

NICE! Ya know.... A BIG part of me would rather have heard him playing this on one of his Gretsch Guitars... with some amp gain.... turned up to 11... All the same this is Still amazing. Thanks for posting this Extreme example of Chet Mojo!

[@FririkurEllefsen]

@TheZach43 Yes I think you are right Zach, thank you :)

[@micktulk]

Yes it`s Chet all right.

[@thejoysoftrout]

@darthjz Chopin's Op. 69 no. 2 is the same thing as Chopin's Waltz no. 10. That just means it was the 69th work he wrote, but it was his 10th Waltz. An "op" is the publication number. "Waltz" is the publication type. And yes, this is Chet Atkins. It can be found on the album "My Favorite Guitars." It actually very much sounds like him.

[@utzuckz]

"Op 69" does not mean "it was the 69th piece he wrote". Nor was it "his 10th Waltz". Chopin wrote this waltz in 1929 when he was 19. It was one of his earliest pieces.

[@kleetus92]

This is really interesting because Thom Bresh did this almost note for note on Austin City Limits on his second appearance after Chet (1989 I think).

[@arsenalca]

@GegantaCatalana usually anterior to the vertebral column and posterior to the sternum adjacent to the lungs.

[@isabelw1235]

It would be really nice if more recordings of Chet playing classical pieces were uploaded. They actually trump the originals sometimes.

[@dallaskelley8021]

Sometimes I find that I enjoy his versions the most. You should listen to Class Guitar. It's probably on KZbin somewhere. Another excellent classical one is Lovers' Guitar.

[@kbjazzgtr001]

For anyone interested, there is a complete is transcription of Chet's 'Chopin Waltz No 10 in B Minor' performance available at Craig Dobbins website --- craigdobbins(.)com. -- see the downloads link - Craig's arrangements and transcriptions. Correct, the transcription won't 'make you play like Chet', but there is much to learn from it and add to your own playing technique. That man was so good, great musician (not just a guitarist). @daffydoug -- Thanks for posting.

[@chet1952]

@daffydoug Yep!!! ;)

[@SPARKY4944]

My god , had no idea he was that good

[@almostfm]

Check out some of the actual video of him playing. He could play like this and make it look absolutely effortless.

[@SPARKY4944]

Enlightening i have. Incredible

[@corriedebeer799]

This is opus 69 no 2

[@l87kmps]

@l87kmps, ammend to add Chet was also widely known then as "Mr RCA" and was also a talent scout for RCA besides being yrs ahead of everyone else in recording engineering at the time, also Segovia was right to have walked off the stage in my opinion

[@abbraxx]

Thanks for posting the video, but please note that this is Waltz in B Minor, Op.69, No. 2

[@Ash-fm6ym]

There is a complete tab on Guitar Pro for this if anyones looking

[@doktorszoszi8]

I like it as much as playing by piano.

[@Drweavil]

Heh heh so true, they're everywhere... if KZbin has taught me anything, it's that you can't educate pork.

[@juancho661]

@Oismeister123 For guitar Im sure its intermediate.. For Piano, I think it's beginner depending on the fingerings written tho...

[@ChopinIsMyBestFriend]

ok chet i see you

[@dlaz64]

it is Chet... I have the album ;)

[@kwastormayt]

@awesomewelles90 or maybe Op.69 No.2

[@MrJbaker7]

Many people cried when Chet died, including me....Jack Baker NYC

[@rk8116]

The 16 above get lost..The 6 string was this Man's thing The talent was from GOD HIMSELF..You 16 may not have heard of GOD..rk

[@12tonemusic]

Chet is a hero of mine... however, the title and photo is incorrect, on this track he is playing Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2 on a Classical Guitar ~

[@Rodl696]

Shyett Hatkeens isst guut, issst guut kitarr.

[@FririkurEllefsen]

You should listen to the fist classical nashville guitar quartet with Chet and John Knowles and a famous classical lady that I forget the name of Emily something, I know her but I just went blank, but any how their recording of Mostly Mozart and the brandeburg concert and others are phenomenal. Chet did record many classical piecec which were quite difficult like Recuerdos de la alhambra, but he is shown here in youtube saying that he prefered to move outside the box and not be restricted.

[@globalonemusic2381]

Liona Boyd. :)

[@guitarboy543]

@evhsrvfe It says B Minor on the top of the video.

[@TheZach43]

@fridrikur Was that lady Leona Boyd?

[@PaulKJHarris]

Segovia could play anything too folks, he just chose not too. When Chet showed up one day with an electric guitar Segovia showed that he was a "snob" when it came to the classical guitar. Segovia is the guy that led the way for guys like Chet - he made the classical guitar respectable again after it fallen out of favor for a while.

[@chrisdrappier]

Anyone know of a free tab for this version?

[@thegreatpumpkin1313]

Cool, I had no idea he could play classical like that. What album?

[@squirrelnutcased]

in the picture its a gretsch its some acoustic guitar in the actual song.. im not sure

[@guitars470dxqmcn]

@guitarboy543 But it's A minor indeed.

[@sugarlife485]

hmnnnn did he use his thumb pick on this ditty??

[@coreolanus2.02]

Goddelijk groots

[@sarahmol1681]

arrangement by?

[@theHumanBryno]

+Sarah Mol I don't know for sure if he did this, but Chet did an awful lot of arranging himself.

[@glenrkat]

Probably by Atkins, while he was playing. He did things like that.

[@Rickzenbackzer]

The headstock on that guitar looks tiny!

[@MrJbaker7]

No! There was nothing Chet couldn't play....Jack Baker NYC

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

I hate Country music but there are obviously many incredible guitar players that decide to play the style. No surprise this legend can play at this level. bravo.

[@RoadsideDinerLover]

@daffydoug Oh come on...where do you think Atkins got this style and who influenced him? Segovia! Why do you think Segovia is "starched"? Flamenco guitar is very passionate and so was Segovia. You could hear in his playing....just maybe not always in person. I saw Segovia before he died...the audience was in tears! Thanks for posting the video!