Chopin Waltz in A minor, Op.34 No.2 Tutorial

[@josantonioalcantara]

I think this is one of the most heartbreaking pieces Chopin ever wrote and my favorite waltz. Thanks for the tutorial

[@più_lento_28_13]

Chopin’s own favourite waltz :) Beautiful tutorial, Josh.

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thank you so much

[@mabdub]

This waltz is the epitome of graceful heart wrenching if such a combination is possible. People often mention that Chopin is purported to have said that this waltz was his favourite and that's easy to believe. I've heard the waltz played fairly fast and I felt that the inherent grace of the rests in measure 18 and 20 were lost. I'm so glad that you have chosen to feature is beautiful waltz. Thank you.

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thank you so much

[@beverleymellor]

Chopins heart will be bursting to hear you play this - beautiful ❤ one of my favourites too ✨

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thank you for your kindness

[@goji5887]

Very very high quality tutorial

[@tyrosursel8688]

Thank you dear Josh. Your music is always so beautiful 😊. Love it. Have a good time 😊, Ursel

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thank you!

[@AnandaVallabh]

Thank you very much! Beautiful.

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thank you!

[@ellynwalker763]

Wonderful tutorial! I played this piece in my earlier years of piano. Watching this video brought up a struggle I've been dealing with; do you have any suggestions on how to do crescendo in arpeggios and scales without having tension? I usually try to increase volume by allowing my hands to fall onto the piano with greater speed, but this isn't possible with a scale.

[@azure5697]

To me this is really one of the most cryptic pieces Chopin left. It's a real enigma, especially because he rarely writes a metronome mark, so you can't understand what he really had in his mind. This piece is techically very easy, and it's a waltz. Not only that, it is a "grande valse brillante"... but what's grand here? what's brillante? how fit this idea into a "slow" tempo? and what a is slow tempo in a waltz, because that is, a waltz, not a nocturne or a ballade; and we also know that slow must be related to the bar not to the indication mark (quarter note generally). Without to mention that in 1800 they had another conception of tempo, so their "slow" it's not our slow, like their fast it's not our fast. Too many variables, I can't find the solution of this riddle. I don't know guys, to me we'll never know what should be the right tempo, unless Chopin wrote something specifying it.

[@crehenge2386]

Great choice!!

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thank you!

[@monsieur171]

Isn't lento slower than adagio?

[@LuluBodhi]

oooo some of those left hand reaches- makes me think my little hand can't handle this. :(

[@marikhutsishvili2243]

Dear Josh I would appreciate Chopin Mazurka op 63 no 3

[@joshwrightpiano]

I haven’t played that one, but I love it, so perhaps I’ll learn it and cover it in a future tutorial

[@marikhutsishvili2243]

@@joshwrightpiano I will be waiting with pleasure, I have studied it right now and I am absolutely in love with it 💛 I am in live with your tutorials as well, always wanted to study music and it is never late :)

[@marikhutsishvili2243]

Thans Josh ❤🎉

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thank you for your support!

[@karolinalindemann6766]

❤