Learning Bach's Chaconne in 7 Days | Vlog

[@darkshadowrain2118]

Just subscribed to you from a video from 2 years ago, "You won't get paid, but you'll get exposure." And I respect you for speaking up like that.

[@darkshadowrain2118]

@@Animesh_Chaturvedi You're amazing by the way! I'm amazed you learned Chocanne in less than a week!

[@darkshadowrain2118]

@@Animesh_Chaturvedi I just woke up! 🤦‍♂️🤣 My mistake lol, I didn't even read your name to see you weren't here. Yeah, she's really good. 😅

[@manueljuarez6587]

practicing and playing are two different things and you showed in this video how they both compliment each other this video was a tutorial on how to approach a piece like this with patience, practice and playing, thank you for sharing this video a very inspirational one 👍🏽

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you, Manuel. Glad it was inspirational and educational.

[@breewest8478]

Yay!!! I love this. For some reason, seeing people practice is always a motivation :) Keep up the good work!!🥰

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thanks so much, Bree

[@breewest8478]

@@MmmAnastasy 🥰👑🌺

[@elquismachado1235]

I don't know how this is in my recommendation, but I will wait for see...

[@MmmAnastasy]

Hope you enjoy!

[@ricardoalexandres.filipe8272]

Hi Anastasiia first of all congratz on your progress on the piece in just seven days.The knowledge for sure is there and you are very talented indeed. The way you played those chords without crushing anything was amazing! As a beginner in the world of stringed instruments I really liked that you did the front camera caption because it allows to see your bowing from another angle which also helps to perceive how you attack the string it was very instructive. The way you resonate and make music is indeed very beautiful to listen too. Thank you for (as other started doing) expose your practice and I know it's not easy to expose our weaknesses or show the intimate moments that go behind the scenes of soloists where we can see their doubts and fears. Videos like these makes us beginners see that if even soloists struggle imagine us. It makes me want to practice harder. Thank you for a beautiful performance and I'm positive that once you finish working on all you have to work on the piece it will be an amazing piece in your repertoire and you'll shine for sure! :D

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you, Ricardo. I agree that exposing my raw practice process is not easy - there are lots of people out there that are like vultures, waiting for an easy target. I am honored and humbled to have the majority of supportive, kind, and encouraging comments across my social media, but sometimes I get the trolls and sad people who don't know better than to trash somebody. I am happy this video gave you some helpful insights. Thank you for your kindness - I do not take that for granted.

[@artem7ss379]

I love watching you practice! Your work is so inspirational! It makes me want to practice when I hear you play. Keep up the great work!!

[@karthikj8969]

Wow that sound of violin is pure gold .

[@clawedsimian]

So glad this celestial music helped you overcome your bad day. Thanks for sharing your journey in learning it

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you, James! It was my pleasure.

[@parism555]

So many wonderful things to say about this..... Personally, I appreciate the manner you broke the opening chords. I have always argued with colleagues on this. Personally, I have a similar sostenuto, push-pull feel. It really allows the chords to ring out and the resonance of the open strings to show. I noticed that you don’t do reverse bows in the first variation. This is something I personally do and possibly have done since the early 2000s. It was in taste then. Now, not so much. You executed that well and flawlessly. I remember Miriam Fried mentioning playing it as you do. (Referring to around measure 9) Now with the arpeggiation, (m. 90 and forward) in the urtext, Bach only provides us the chordal progression. Personally, I do something others find odd because there is a changing tempo and wild effect here, for me. I believe that your version of it works though. And I enjoy it immensely. I was hoping though to see your take on “the prayer” portion at measures 217-240. I am without doubt that it will be splendid. Very well done.

[@benmartin8321]

The chaconne is truely epic, I love it!. You did a damn good job, beautiful rendition.

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you, Ben!

[@benmartin8321]

@@MmmAnastasy do you consider requests? I'd love to hear you do Wieniaski's legende.

[@ab20_]

Awesome. This is my most favourite piece ever. Every time I listen to it, it's both uplifting and heart wrenching at the same time. Thanks for sharing.

[@MmmAnastasy]

I know! Same here. Its influence depends on my mood at the time of listening/playing. Thank you!

[@Lireoec]

Very impressive for 7 days of work! Thanks for showing us the process of how you learn and explain the methodology behind it. You'll get the hang of the pathos and emotives of this piece down in no time!

[@katieflute]

Go Anastasiia!!! 💪🏻✨

[@MmmAnastasy]

thanks hon!! trying out this whole KZbin thing haha

[@SimonStreuffViolinEducation]

Honestly I like your approach to Bach more than many of the well known violinist's. Sure the Ciaccona is an long and ongoing process, but some people mistake it for a rhapsody or something. You did great with maintaining your tempo and rhythmical clarity. There are some notes in the main theme, that you could think about intonation wise: in the third full bar the b flat and the c sharp should somehow correlate even though in different voices. Both notes are rather high in intonation when you play. Also when I played the Ciaccona someone pointed out the importance of not changing the rhythm in the theme too much. That is mainly a violinists bow division problem, so that the 8th note always is too long in relation. It sounds kind of like a triplet rhythm otherwise. When we think about that from the perspective of a different instrument, it does make more sense to connect the 8th note to the next bar as a rather fast and light upbeat. Just a thought. Keep up the great videos!

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you, Simon! It’s always a struggle in Bach - saying all you gotta say while staying within tempo. As far as intonation, the sky is the limit there :) as I said, my main goal was to put it together musically. If I were to record it in the studio I’d be sure to keep it immaculate in that regard. But thanks for pointing it out anyhow.

[@grantmoffatt8501]

Great work! 4:10 & 6:37 gave me flashbacks to the Super Mario Galaxy comet theme. Hehehe good times.

[@Enrique.GarciaFranco]

Hello there! Bach composed this piece when struggling. We tend to relate somehow with moods. I hope you find your place within all of this competitive world. Keep on with the hard work, be smart with social media and you shall thrive. It is healthy to have this faith. Good musical vibes from Spain 🙂🎶

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you, Enrique. Vibes back!

[@davidurbina5835]

Wow, this showed up as a recommendation and now I thank to KZbin haha...., you play so amazing and with so much enhusiasm..., now you have another subscriber 😃

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thanks so much, David! Welcome

[@baharehpayami628]

Please continue your work!we are happy to hear your playing!

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thanks, Bahareh

[@Tennisfan4Eva]

Such an amazing performance after just 7 days... So wonderful to see this and hear you play thanks for sharing...

[@annewick3287]

At first I was like 7 days no that's not enough time but you certainly proved me wrong. You go girl!! That is great!!

[@rh3996]

I really liked this video. Oddly enough, on the clip of day 6, I was struck by the motion inherent in the violin; I never noticed how the bow can move at a different rhythm than the fingers, it's almost like tap-dancing on a treadmill -- one string of consistent motion upon which supervenes nimble, precise movements. It was actually a very profound experience for me. Thank you.

[@MmmAnastasy]

That’s a wonderful and unique observation. Thank you for that.

[@OrlandoAponte]

One of the things I always wonder about some of these more technically challenging Baroque pieces is how they sounded in Bach's day. Obviously, violinists are much better now than they were 300 years ago, so did they just kind of hack through it and think "good enough?" Probably not, but I just can't imagine them nailing things the way violinists do now lol. Let's be real, it's unlikely that anyone from the early 1700s was as good of a violinist as you are. Bach is my all-time favorite composer and this is clearly one of the greatest pieces ever composed in general. I think you're very privileged to have started learning this piece at a point in your career where technique is not as much of a barrier for you as it is for most people or even your past self. I was a violist, but I remember looking at the first few bars and thinking " lol nope." I mean, I got through them, but I clearly didn't have the technical capacity to get through the piece competently. Anyway, you sound fantastic and I think the way you've proliferated yourself through social media is the right way to go as far as advancing your career. Edit: 13:17 God dammit, that ending always gets me

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you for this insightful comment. I think they improvised here and there, played more freely overall, and also having to play the chords on a flatter layout (look up period instruments of that time) definitely made it more manageable. I am sure they still made it sound beautiful, though :) I agree also that my past self would not have learnt this in 7 days. I have started on this piece a bunch of times in my teens and gave up after a few measures, it IS hard. At this point, I find it more challenging musically, because it's such a legacy - every violin giant has performed it and there is so many stunning interpretations out there. How do you even begin working on a masterpiece like this... It's daunting. I have only scratched the surface in a week. I have managed to put it together technically and definitely threw some ideas here in there, as I like to think. I still need to spend enough time with the piece to let it become a part of me. SO much to explore, and I know from my long-standing relationship with Bach that my vision of every piece of his changes each time I play it. Even more so - it changes after I don't play it for a while and then come back. His music is the biggest challenge, yet the biggest joy and blessing for me, the way I see it. Thank you so much for your thoughts and your support

[@OrlandoAponte]

@@MmmAnastasy I completely agree with your sentiments about playing Bach. I once had the pleasure of exchanging messages with Michael Isador, one of Henryk Szeryng's pianists, and asked him the loaded question of "What was it like to play with Henryk Szeryng, musically speaking?" His answer initially surprised me, but it started to make a lot of sense once I digested it. I am paraphrasing HEAVILY: "Musically, it wasn't that interesting. He rarely ever practiced the concertos or sonatas, and he would play them the exact same way every time. The only works he ever really took seriously were the Bach partitas/sonatas. He would practice these every single day for hours, always re-inventing and reimagining them." He also told me that when he first met Szeryng, Szeryng was wearing a tank-top and drinking vodka straight from the bottle, but that's a different conversation topic lol. Bach's music is infinitely profound, and some even manage to build their career/reputation around performing his works (Glenn Gould comes to mind). You could play only Bach for the rest of your life and never get bored. Because of this, one of my favorite things to do is to listen to players who have recorded Bach more than once (usually decades apart) and compare/contrast the performances. Obviously, you've done phenomenally well in only 7 days. I look forward to hearing your rendition soon and again when you're 40! lol

[@MmmAnastasy]

@@OrlandoAponte oh my, I look forward to growing up alongside and with Bach’s music, too! So much freedom of interpretation

[@phoebe_min]

Just keep ‘em coming!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@MmmAnastasy]

You got it

[@studamanduncan9728]

Hi Anastasia.I am an upstart probably one of the lower end scale too.I came here looking for the smoke and the mirrors.Brilliiant is all I can say.I am not going to be so bold as to ask what advice you would give me(yes I am).Nice to know that you have buzz issues.Would have preferred the final performance not chopped up.I wept a little..Beautiful piece,beautifully played.

[@ameerah2959]

Only "Day1" proves that you're an amazing violinist! Thank you for sharing this and your effort on editing. I enjoyed that😃

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you, Ameerah! I appreciate it.

[@vt4979]

That profile picture though, as if a 17y.o Hilary Hahn is complimenting a Chaconne performance, how fitting lol.

[@ameerah2959]

@v t haha yeah!

[@jeronimomartinezjaramillo9200]

Love your content! Keep it up!

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you, Jeronimo!

[@claudiasignorello5618]

Wow that's an amazing progress! 🍀🍀🍀💛🌻

[@Thelaretus]

Excellent work!

[@natalabomostafa2268]

Wow, you're so awesome, and amazing, I play the piano 🎹 and I love bach's music so much and violin 🎻 🎼

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you so much!

[@mariagraziano6436]

You are so incredible!!!

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thanks so much

[@davidbernalpianista]

Thank you so much!! I am big fan of you 🥰 I love your sound, really nice and expressive. I can see a life of work in it. What violin do you have?

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you so much! It’s a Carl Becker 1921

[@evanshraga2794]

Wow! That sounded great! Are you going to post the full piece sometime?

[@MmmAnastasy]

thanks, Evan! Probably would want to work on it for longer before posting it separately. It is still very raw.

[@edilenesantossales794]

Anastassia perfect 👏👏👏👏

[@ricardojosehenriquezhernan4236]

Exelente iniciativa. Le deseo desde Bogotá el mayor de los Exitos.

[@MmmAnastasy]

Gracias, Ricardo

[@charleenealvarez6871]

Can't wait for this! 🙂

[@MmmAnastasy]

Yay!

[@charleenealvarez6871]

@@MmmAnastasy And I watched it, I have to say it's quite delighted to see you play music again! 🙂

[@MmmAnastasy]

@@charleenealvarez6871 Glad to hear!

[@charleenealvarez6871]

@@MmmAnastasy ❤️

[@Wahatoyas]

Your day 2 is better than my year 3 of playing the piece

[@NoahFriedman]

This is amazing, esp. in the course of just 7 days!

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you, Noah

[@fernandezfredzex5865]

Omg, I LOVE IT!

[@auscomvic9900]

For 7 days - remarkable.

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you!

[@Ms.Divine2024]

First lol!! Sounds fun!!😁🤣😂😘😍😇😊🥳🤯🤑🤗😎

[@MmmAnastasy]

Haha it was!

[@dinosaurizedanarmystore8629]

Good music, thank you so much! Hard work

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you! I appreciate it

[@wildfeather]

Bravo! Brilliant achievement! ... This is a deeply spiritual piece for me. Bach, as you know, had just lost his wife. I think before writing this he had also experienced the loss of ten of his children. This work represents a dimension of prayer. I hear more in it than simply a lamentation. I hear a conversation with God. I feel a wide range of emotions that encompass how a person like Bach might have come before his Deity after so many years of service in music with not only a broken heart, but also his will to continue to serve through his pain and frustrations, and with faith in the Redeemer whom he knew personally and whom he worshiped with consummate dedication. I believe this is why Bach's name is known and loved today. Wondering what your thoughts on this piece might be.

[@jean-yvesPrax]

I like your comment, because usually musicians focuse only on chords, ciaccona rhythm issue, and other technical stuff... but never mention what message is vehicled and - by evidence - the message of this monumental piece is huge, extra-human, speaking about death and God, for sure. The reason why, when we start to work this piece, it dwells and haunts us 👻. I've worked this music on a lute (well it needed to me 6 month to raise half of the level of Anastassia -lol) and I realized that an other trap of this music is that it is very long, on a repetitive pattern, and therefore you can easily become boring - I surprised myself to be wondering about my VAT tax payment in the middle of playing 😞 !!!! The repetitive pattern implies so many different colors, landscapes... therefore you cannot just play notes and hope that the result will lead to something. Every single phrase must have an intention, a color. My interpretation (it's very personal) is the following : - first part, D minor : starts like a funeral march, a terrible sadness felt by the widower (i.e. Human point-of-view) - some moments bring some light, like if he was remembering nice moments spent with his wife and the childs. - second part, D major : a long black hallway in which the deceased enters... and (as per Joshua Bell) she meets an angel who takes her by the hand and takes her away with infinite tenderness - so this part is on the point of view of the deceased. - third part, back to D minor : back to human - desolation, solitude. The first chords are really devastating Well, whatever YOUR interpretation is, you see that we"re not speaking anymore about sixteenths, bow issues. In my opinion, all this leads us to an other conclusion : BUSONI has understood NOTHING about Bach Chaconne ! But this is an other story and I'm already far too long 🙂

[@wildfeather]

@@jean-yvesPrax Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and ideas on this. ... The big stretch for many students of music is to value sounds over notes. Christ said, "Those who are of the truth hear the sound of my voice." The sound of the Chaconne for me is confluent. It sounds like God and man.

[@ferencvig8788]

Köszönjük!

[@TheRobTV]

Who's your favorite interpreter? mine is perlman. He has such a sick sound and insane vibrato. I watched the one where he plays it at the BBC with sweat pouring down his face.

[@loganross1861]

Wow 😯 good stuff Could you play and talk about Heinichen in the future some time? Thanks for sharing

[@odilerenaud9507]

Same here 🎻I'm 43 and I've been practicing the chaconne since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. I don't know why I've been waiting so long to study this masterpiece more deeply ... Thank you so much for your video and your talent, it's a good motivation 👍

[@Valentinalizzibinder]

Te felicito. ¿Cuantas horas le dedicabas al dia?

[@JohnShaw]

Great video!

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thanks, John ☺️

[@miguellunavictoria]

I'm new here. Amazing channel

[@cremonaVN]

Only in 7 days!? Amazing! I should be in Juilliard School too!!

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you! You should audition. It's an amazing school. Best time of my life there.

[@cremonaVN]

@@MmmAnastasy In my next life, for sure!

[@joaquimsantiagosantiago8191]

Muito obrigado por seus vídeos

[@bnatrual]

so awesomeee!!!

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you 😊

[@Marcos_____]

Really awesome.

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thanks a lot

[@DSteinman]

I call it the final boss of violin lol

[@Anu23011]

I also play the violin

[@АлександрМалышев-й6м]

Наизусть ? Легко!-три месяца ежедневной работы!

[@RatRod150]

For this project, how much time did you spend on it per day? Fantastic job! One of my favorite pieces. Maybe someday I’ll tackle this monster.

[@billy7951]

👏👏

[@MmmAnastasy]

Thank you, Billy

[@JustFiddler]

😃

[@Umang4Music]

❤

[@x.ty.192]

wow that was so incredible to be honest

[@MmmAnastasy]

thank you! I don't usually have a special method. Repetition does it for me. Mental practice, too. Not relying on one type of memory is essential - you should be able to play through it in your head.

[@davidjaysel]

Wow

[@Michelleiscul]

If this girl can learn it in 7 days, Ling Ling needs to yell at TwoSet for her beating them at learning it first.

[@jaden4828]

I absolutely love the Chaccone!! I’m only 13, but I’ve been professionally trained and able to play this ;)

[@nitelite4340]

This is kind of an unrelated question, but do you remember what you played for your julliard audition?

[@MmmAnastasy]

I did Bach's solo sonata in g-minor, Paganini caprice (funny but I do not remember, which one... could be either 9 or 20, I think 9 but I am not 100% sure), Lutoslawski Partita, Mozart sonata K.526 A-major, Tchaikovsky concerto and I think there was one more piece... I auditioned to a bunch of schools in the same week so some rep would repeat, but some was unique to each school.

[@TAHNIASHA]

Hello hun do you teach playing violin?

[@vladthecoldone8804]

Im not really into the mini guitars in fact all I know is that they go brrnk but Im here 'cause Im a simp and you go girl

[@theresakish7560]

Hmmm wat

[@kesavasaiavinashtummalapal2631]

Mam which voilin you are using

[@visualtrigger2469]

Spectacular! Also, who down-votes this?

[@MmmAnastasy]

you'd be surprised :) thank you!

[@visualtrigger2469]

@@MmmAnastasy Well, I'm assuming they're small jealous contrarians.

[@cacaaotesouro5590]

🎻👏👏👏🎵🎶🎼

[@PauloGutemberg123]

Musician: Nice mission, but so hard.

[@medicinemadisonofficial]

How many years of violin playing does one need to have under their belt before playing the Chaconne?

[@MmmAnastasy]

It is very subjective. You can try it anytime.

[@medicinemadisonofficial]

@@MmmAnastasy thank you!

[@kesavasaiavinashtummalapal2631]

Bro I want to become a professional voilinist please suggest me best voilin to buy plz

[@shaggy85021]

👊

[@immunglobuling8777]

Do you have russian background?

[@shivamjalotra7919]

I landed from moon, where is my tea ?

[@ronaldoadriani2711]

👏👏👏😘🇧🇷

[@nexusi6867]

Не люблю скрипку, но круто, конечно)

[@Anu23011]

Hi

[@lilyakopova1949]

Мне бы понадобилось 7 месяцев 😭🤦🏼‍♀️

[@billowen3285]

What is your accent? It sounds american but also eastern european

[@MmmAnastasy]

I guess a mix of Russian and French - those were the two languages I spoke before learning English

[@samirdeoliveiraferreira9594]

That was nice. However it would only take me 7 decades to learn it.

[@MmmAnastasy]

Haha, practice is key. I wouldn’t have learnt it in 7 days a decade ago.

[@陳威呈-o1z]

No way

[@frieswijk]

Mazurok and roll

[@MmmAnastasy]

this is funny :) I should put that on a t-shirt

[@Anu23011]

Can you give me the notes for all your songs?

[@Anu23011]

My Facebook Ulziibadrakhanu

[@Anu23011]

Click on the picture to send your notes in the message

[@marcosfuzaro5228]

10..

[@MmmAnastasy]

?

[@4franz4]

Sad, that you moved out of Russia to the US!

[@MmmAnastasy]

I don’t think it’s sad - quite the opposite. Traveling across the globe and settling down in another country, culture, society has taught me a lot and has made me grow. I love both countries for the beautiful opportunities they have given me.

[@pluutoop]

Sad u have closed mind

[@nicoletalentscout8277]

Amazing cover!!!! Have you heard of Sessions? I think you will kill it there! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@marcvilleneuve1889]

Please delete that video... because none among the very top violinists dead or alive would pretend, even at their peaks, to have mastered the Chaconne.

[@geigeroddesit2733]

Как то скучно у вас звучит это великое произведение Баха.скучно, монотонно,развития фразы я не почувствовал, разнообразия в динамике не хватает.все одним звуком Как говорила мне моя профессор.

[@Chaconne1362]

great....

[@luiphilip3540]

Хороший английский