Harmony explained: Chopin's Waltz in A minor Op. Posth.

[@wongkp8602]

Thanks for the clear explanation of Harmonic analysis helps deepen my understanding of Chopin's Waltz in A minor. 😊❤

[@TheRussianGenius]

I love this. I've studied the theory, looked at entire tonic, supertonic, mediant, (pre) subdominant, dominant, submediant, leading tone/ subtonic, and focused on voice leadings with 4 voices, harmony, inversions, variations of chords etc. and I analyzed this piece as well when learning to play, and it's beautiful music, but also like a puzzle. Theory makes this piece very exciting to study. Please do more content! :D I love the 7 chords, how Chopin in this song (also Waltz 69) he uses 'em. It's such a unique chord from like diminished/major minor etc.. but really love your video on this, subscribed brother

[@dennisvanmierlo]

Thank you very much for this excellent video! This really help understanding this beautiful composition.

[@CharlesEBusa]

Great analysis of such a masterpiece! Thanks for sharing!

[@johnhuang8905]

Thank you so much. Don’t understand music theory very much myself but I enjoyed your explanation and I want to know more. Amen! God bless you.

[@crihai]

Excellent explanation and video, very useful, thank you!

[@juliu45]

Great explanation! Thank you so much

[@asiam8615]

AMAZING video ! I picked up this piece after a long pause from playing, and I'm trying to get into understanding some harmony. This one seems a good start ^^

[@theodoreperkoski1951]

This waltz sounds so Polish, the first part reminds me of a Kujawiak a slow dance done in Poland, the second quicker part is like a mazurka. and it alternates back and forth between the first and the second

[@michelletaylor3433]

Thank you! I've just started learning this and I was trying to understand why the dominant and tonic wasn't E and A minor in the first section but this makes so much sense. I've got so much to learn! Thanks again!

[@EricS1818]

Brilliant tutorial. Thank you for your very clear analysis.

[@x-force7961]

This is by FAR!!!! the best explanation I have seen so Much knowledge thank you 🙏🏽 and definitely subscribed

[@tteerabeats9116]

This helps a lot man

[@mateoarce6354]

Amazing explanation, thank you so much. You deserve more subs.

[@PianoLIT]

Thank you so much!

[@abletune]

Great method! Please more like this!

[@PianoLIT]

Thank you for the feedback! We will be posting more for sure.

[@trinsiali7227]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@PianoLIT]

Thank you so much and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well🎄🍾

[@tsukuyomi3683]

Omg Thanks a lot, it help a lot. I have to present this piece for an exam

[@PianoLIT]

That’s so nice to know, hope the exam went well!

[@leonardotorrellas3883]

This was exactly what I needed, more of this please! GREAT VIDEO!

[@PianoLIT]

Thanks for the feedback! We will be posting more videos like this👍

[@dr.george]

Well explained 👍

[@xiaomitv9674]

Hello, I have a question; why we take the c major as a tonic sometimes and sometimes not? Are we switching between the relative keys?

[@PianoLIT]

Hello! Great question. What we see on the first section of this piece is every phrase making a cadence in a different key: C major. All the elements of a modulation are present: a pivot chord (the d minor on the second measure); a dominant chord (the G7 on the third measure); and the new tonic (the C chord) on the forth measure. Even if we immediately move back to the previous key (A minor), as it happens here, the modulation still occurred. For a very brief period of time (one single measure long) we are no longer in A minor, but effectively in C major. Chopin then returns to A minor on the following measure, and starts the phrase again.

[@christinebrodda4923]

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