Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 (piano)

[@TooleyPeter]

I really can't find words for how great this is.

[@heavypiano]

Thanks, TooleyPeter

[@kmm2442]

Yeah, ditto. Love the eccentricity of your own spin.

[@sebastianschultz3107]

That's because there aren't any

[@Madgwicksculpture]

The run you do around 2:33 is pure liquid gold. I can’t tell you home many times I’ve watched/listened.

[@heavypiano]

Ha! Thanks!

[@isabelle843]

Oh my gosh. Thank you. This is the first Elliott Smith song I ever fell in love with, so it's an important one to me. I'm so glad you covered it. ❤️

[@heavypiano]

Thank you, Isabelle.

[@-what]

Not for the first time, these Elliott Covers have uncovered some of the musicality of his composition in a unique way. The simplicity and complexity of his chord choice and changes is so idiosyncratic and...genius I guess. You do an amazing job.

[@yaeli_i_guess]

This is true genius. You couldn't have done more justice to the song.

[@Utubularer]

That was fabulously done. I love Elliott and I'm sure Elliott would've loved this version.

[@heavypiano]

Thanks Peter, really kind of you to say so.

[@nunyab8972]

@@heavypiano This is a fact! You are an extremely talented musician, dont ever stop doing what you do. I could only dream of creating these arrangements of Elliott's songs.

[@SmittyBot]

This is just beyond words.

[@ithemeparkOFFICIAL]

Been listening to all of your Elliott Smith uploads. Fantastic!

[@dwandcoproductions]

I'll never stop coming back to this. Must be my favourite piano arrangement ever. Really brings tears to my eyes. Thank you :)

[@heavypiano]

Thank you!

[@CalebPaulHumphries]

Gorgeous. I love that I can hear the live actions in the recording. I love it.

[@heavypiano]

Thanks Caleb.

[@amypetersen3666]

Beautiful piano covers- so happy i found this channel!

[@Dave-gw6wh]

i would give my soul to be able to play this one day..... awesome job man

[@chamberpunk9787]

Melancholy, yet still joyful and lively. Splendid preformance and arrangement.

[@HandsomeDevil456]

Elliott Smith has feeling in his music, and your piano covers do a great job amplifying and breathing new life into that feeling in some ways.

[@gino7018]

Thank you for doing such a wonderful interpretation of this song. Wow.

[@HiddenExistence]

Nailed it! Beautifully done... thanks for sharing !

[@Bassndrumboy20]

Thank you! My favorite Elliott Smith song!

[@heavypiano]

Glad you liked it!

[@brooke9297]

Listening for the 7th time this week... love the pensive frenchitude of the intro

[@heavypiano]

What a lovely thing to read! Thank you. :)

[@furkanaksu6390]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@SmittyBot]

This is absolutely stunning.

[@heavypiano]

Thanks SmittyBot

[@josephedwards4325]

Genius interpretation. You're incredibly talented.

[@FenderJazzStudent]

Glorious man, just wonderful!

[@heavypiano]

Thanks MDC.

[@darz_k.]

WoW! Brilliant! I love this.. got a bit teary

[@balloons2388]

This is a beautiful arrangement!

[@picanpiece0782]

I never thought instruments other than guitar would suit this song at all but I was so WRONG..It is beautiful.

[@aoldatabase]

this is so good!!! rip elliott, 15 years ago today...

[@joshuabrandt6333]

Really appreciate what you are doing here. My favorite piano cover channel.

[@heavypiano]

That's sweet of you to say-thank you, Joshua.

[@SmittyBot]

This is beyond words. So beautiful

[@heavypiano]

Thanks, SmittyBot

[@davidmurray9159]

Just amazing as always! Your playing skills are off the charts

[@heavypiano]

Thanks David!

[@James-nx3nf]

What a beautiful rendition - well done and thank you for posting.

[@heavypiano]

Thanks James.

[@Anesthesia90]

Amazing cover, Elliott would be proud!!! keep them coming! I'm always eager for more of your covers!! cheers from Argentina!

[@heavypiano]

Thank you!

[@zachwilliams8348]

I appreciated what you added to the "Say Yes" podcast with your arrangements, excellent work!

[@heavypiano]

Thanks Zach! I thought those podcasts were really well-done.

[@Tom-kn3mg]

Another great cover. This is fast becoming my favourite channel.

[@heavypiano]

Thanks, Tom!

[@earthboundireland]

That was just perfection. Honestly... totally amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@heavypiano]

Thanks, Daniel!

[@isaengqvist8326]

looking back at your covers, would love to hear waltz #1, one of my all time favorites from elliott smith just a beautiful song

[@achingthingshedoessowell2007]

Thank you for uploading this! beautiful and kind of sad...

[@capdstudent14]

Beautiful work as always!

[@heavypiano]

Thank you, Matt.

[@liam3359]

Once again, this guy smashes it. Thank you!

[@heavypiano]

Thanks for listening, Liam!

[@peterjewitt9633]

I love your playing so much, thankyou!

[@heavypiano]

Thanks Peter!

[@jqerty]

Thank you very much! I really, really like your music!

[@heavypiano]

That's so nice to hear, thanks!

[@lepetti]

Beautiful playing!! 👏👏👏

[@heavypiano]

Thanks!

[@CrenshawMoreno]

That was straight up 🔥🔥🔥

[@DaraSheahan]

That's absolutely gorgeous

[@bivekdebnath]

Breathtaking

[@9040rapper]

Your Amazing beautiful arrangement

[@heavypiano]

:)

[@iframst]

Totally awesome as always!

[@heavypiano]

Thanks much!

[@brooke9297]

Oh wow ... the second you started dancing all jazz-like up the keys around the 2:40 mark, I knew I wanted to put together a solo arrangement of this song too. I'm sold :)

[@heavypiano]

Thanks Brooke!

[@theaverage7550]

Oh my gosh....that was beautiful

[@heavypiano]

Thanks Travis!

[@sparshjain1066]

Beautiful

[@heavypiano]

Thanks Sparsh.

[@CosylandWhispers]

This is the only Elliot Smith song I know, and I've been waiting for you to upload it :) really beautiful job as always my friend

[@heavypiano]

Thanks straight quavers :)

[@TThoMusic]

Incredible work, Elliott would have been very proud. 💯🙏😍💎

[@malbinsonful]

Nailed it. Thanks.

[@heavypiano]

Thanks Matt!

[@d.v.crystal5589]

Gorgeous

[@antonellaaguilera4203]

Beautiful!

[@heavypiano]

Thanks Antonella!

[@MattLeamon]

Best video on KZbin

[@byeonseonbae]

You deserve more subscribers. Seriously.

[@heavypiano]

That's nice of you to say but I'm just one of many pianists out there trying to make music-I'm always flattered by more subscribers but it's not my end goal. :) I hope I brought a little bit of happiness to your day. Cheers!

[@nuwheanbright7815]

Love ya intro! Awesome!

[@Pamplemousse68]

Mais c'est TROP BEAU !! :O

[@heavypiano]

merci beaucoup

[@Bassndrumboy20]

Also I would like to request Elliott Smith, Pretty (Ugly Before)

[@heavypiano]

I'll add it to my list.

[@isabelle843]

Bassndrumboy20 seconding this

[@lordofthenether7171]

I have to say this is absolutely amazing to me. Everything is perfect. I can say that was the nicest piano playing I've ever heard. I know it is a bit much to ask but could you play between the bars with this angle. I like your improvisations more than the original and would like to learn your version I can't really see your hands in your current version

[@heavypiano]

That's really nice of you to say. I can put together another "how to" video for Between the Bars if that might help.

[@justinsvideo]

Do you post/sell uncompressed audio files of any of your covers anywhere? I would buy them :)

[@heavypiano]

I don't generally unless someone asks. If you send me an email [e-mail] I can get you a higher-quality file of the music.

[@peacelovingmusicwarrior5823]

@@heavypiano I seriously love your work.As Much Elliot Smith would have loved this.Would it be to much to ask for you to cover one of my two songs I have on You Tube.Shaun Francis - Tearsoaked , the other is Shaun Francis - The Many Flaavours Of Memory.Let me know what you think of them.Thanks.Peace from the UK.

[@heavypiano]

@@peacelovingmusicwarrior5823 Hi friend, thanks for your kind words. I've added your two songs to my request list!

[@peacelovingmusicwarrior5823]

@@heavypiano Thank you so much, will look out for it!

[@peacelovingmusicwarrior5823]

@@heavypiano What did you think of my Tunes? Did you give them a listen? Is this something you would really do? id love to hear them in piano.Thanks for getting back to me.

[@ellamary245]

this is heavenly

[@heavypiano]

I'm glad you enjoyed my version.

[@tauriel5142]

Can you please make a 'how to play' video for this song? :)

[@heavypiano]

It's on my to-do list. Cheers.

[@cristianrubi6924]

@@heavypiano Looking forward to it as well. Beautifully interpreted, cheers.

[@Tommy_Harris]

heavypiano are you still planning to do a tutorial on this I really want to learn this or do you have any sheet music for it

[@elrancho8700]

this is glorious

[@sekazzi]

This is an incredible rendition of this song. Been trying to transcribe it for two days and my head hurts.

[@felixaustead3807]

love your style. keep this up. and please hook us up with some sheet music or lead sheets!

[@spencerbrady6791]

He got the xoom. He got the baldwin. Panels removed. Jazz meets E-smith.

[@TheMonolake]

Timeless..

[@ArienetteWolfe]

beautiful

[@williamtylerast]

really damn good. thank you for creating+sharing. sincerely.

[@heavypiano]

Appreciate your kind words. Cheers.

[@knockknocklandshark9022]

I can easily see you playing all Elliott covers for a season of Westworld!!!!

[@heavypiano]

Oh, I'd love that.

[@RundeKatze]

Oh by the way. I don't know how this piano will sound but some uprights sounds even better on recordings when you put your device behind your piano and record the "backside" because you do not have this "attacking clicking sound" of the hits and a more soft tone. But you need to insulate the area around the microphone that no hall will be recorded. I tried it sometimes. I pull my piano around 30cm away from the wall, and put a pillow between the microphones and the wall of the room to avoid reflections. But i did not uploaded any videos with this technique so I can't show you the result.

[@heavypiano]

I've done that-I prefer the clarity of the sound of micing up front. I usually angle the recorder up a bit so it doesn't get so much hammer attack noise.

[@clae.n2923]

A reminder that we are all truely blessed senders and recievers

[@gclarkart]

brilliant :)

[@variancleald]

wonderful！！

[@jberdart]

You're amazing! Very very talented, hope you cover all of Elliotts music 😂

[@raufe8461]

Great arrangement! Thanks for sharing. I'd like to make a request for Far Leys by Nick Drake

[@heavypiano]

Thanks ralph e! I'll add it to my list.

[@dominicparish1506]

Beautiful cover as always man

[@heavypiano]

Thanks Dominic. I would love to see what I could do with The Eraser. Cheers!

[@breno081]

Wow!

[@buckyysplum5817]

can play do mr goodmorning instrumental version too? i loved it

[@dennisbernard11]

Woooow

[@heavypiano]

Thanks dennis

[@SumanthLazarus]

Too good

[@ohoto3896]

god bless you

[@henriquemachado4912]

I started learning piano because of these covers! So far I've learned Everything Means Nothing from your lesson video. It was hard! I had to pause the video every other second... I hope it will get easier since I already know a bit of theory from guitar. Do you have any tips for wrist pain?

[@heavypiano]

I'm so glad I helped inspire you! If you're having wrist pain, check the angle of your hands and wrists-they should be in a very neutral position. Avoid all tension. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppCZqmqDhbySe80

[@SilentAttackTV]

If you keep at it, one day you'll look back and be amazed at how far you've come

[@amargado445]

feels even better than heaven

[@TheTripBoone]

I wish i could sit you in my imaginary restaurant and have you play Celine Deon and Rod Stewart songs all day for brunch @HeavyPiano

[@heavypiano]

🎹🎹🎹

[@aaronjones6818]

any chance you could put out the sheet music?

[@ajwagner06]

Beautiful job, I'd love to see the score if there is one

[@joubink5716]

How long have you been playing? I want to learn. Thank you for all your videos.

[@heavypiano]

Hmmm... I've been playing 23 years, ha. Thanks for listening!

[@hnc098]

Nicely done. Btw, with all the elliott covers you have done, I’m surprised no waltz #1...

[@heavypiano]

Thank you. And yes, Waltz #1 is on my list!

[@ColtonRoberts95]

I definitely second thisssssss, I'd love to hear Waltz #1 from youuuu

[@0004332]

Is there sheet music for this?

[@heavypiano]

Sorry, it's improvised and I don't have sheet music. Made sure you could see my hands though!

[@antoinebihr1792]

Somehow your piano is slightly out of tune in this song in just a wonderful way. Just listening at how wonderful the E minor chords / thirds sound like around 1:20, almost if it had been tuned to give it this particular melancholic tone ! I wonder what it'd be like to tune a piano in a temperament meant for a particular key :)

[@heavypiano]

The temperament would be cool to try. And yes, the piano is slightly out of tune. I should record a new version.

[@arielyaari2508]

Sounds nothing less than those Bach's Mozart's etc... masterpieces

[@lucysimon2830]

do you have a sheet of this? and if so, could you share it? i'd love to learn it

[@TheTripBoone]

tears.

[@heavypiano]

🎹🎹🎹

[@viciouscircle7802]

Didnt he first write on piano then on to guitar? It always strikes me when i hear something like this that it sounds so natural this way. Was he a pianist at heart?

[@bionicleboy3068]

What key is this in? Great performance by the way! You've done Elliott proud :)

[@aneey3012]

First the mic, then a half cigarette Singing, "Cathy's Clown" That's the man she's married to now That's the girl that he takes around town She appears composed, so she is, I suppose Who can really tell? She shows no emotion at all Stares into space like a dead china doll I'm never gonna know you now But I'm gonna love you anyhow Now she's done and they're calling someone Such a familiar name I'm so glad that my memory's remote 'Cause I'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note Here it is, the revenge to the tune "You're no good You're no good, you're no good, you're no good" Can't you tell that it's well understood? I'm never gonna know you now But I'm gonna love you anyhow I'm here today and expected to stay On and on and on I'm tired I'm tired Looking out on the substitute scene Still going strong XO, mom It's okay, it's alright, nothing's wrong Tell Mr. Man with impossible plans to just leave me alone In the place where I make no mistakes In the place where I have what it takes I'm never gonna know you now But I'm gonna love you anyhow I'm never gonna know you now But I'm gonna love you anyhow I'm never gonna know you now But I'm gonna love you anyhow

[@alessandrogubitosi2744]

Where can I find the music sheet?

[@heavypiano]

Hi Alessandro. Best I can do is a tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH2Whp6khc1_p9E

[@alessandrogubitosi2744]

@@heavypiano thanks!

[@FantasysMine]

I almost cried....