Chopin Waltz

I am not able to give technical judgments, but I notice there must be a lot of study behind it.

Naturally, it also depends on how much experience you have.

Anyway, I liked it very much.

Bye.

Well Henry! Well done! It seems like an easy waltz, but it isn't. I want to say right away that you are very natural and you strive a lot for muscular coordination. Quiet fingers that in the fast part play "on the escapement" make everything light. Perhaps, if I may, you don't launch yourself much because your instrument doesn't allow it. I get the impression that the mechanics are not so well regulated or "ready". Perhaps on a good grand piano you would experiment with bolder things (you would feel the key return more and gain confidence in speed). However, here everything has its proportion and you can continue to work well on this piece, which will undergo an evolution. The central part is good, but it must be freer in the rubato. In general, try to think about not exaggerating the one-two-three of the waltz and don't think that the first is strong and the second and third are weak.... on the contrary, the second and third can be supporting beats. But how, as he says, now the Maestro says the opposite of what we have been taught. Indeed. Sometimes highlighting what "is inside us" makes everything a bit orthodox, less agile, less elegant. Don't be scandalized, but try to forget this pedantic accentuation, which you have nonetheless framed well during your study sessions. Try to carry it strictly within yourself, but... don't let it be heard too much, like a proof that you know it is so. Now you and everyone else know how it is, and we approve if the piece moves in its general balance. Even the triplets of this waltz are not strictly "on the beat". Even slightly tighter ones are fine. Try to forget "here two... here three...". The held notes in the left hand are good. A gem. The ending is good. In short... I think I have spoken too much... but if you were playing on a good Steinway, I believe things would change and I would tell you something else. Anyway, you were clear in your ideas. Well done. Congratulations

Hi Paolo

..I forgot... for me you are sitting too high... check it. Try lowering yourself for a period; you will find more "contact" with the keys and develop greater refinement in your touch. Your already good hand will benefit greatly. This is my opinion

Thank you very much for the words and advice which, it goes without saying, I will try to put into practice.henry

I agree with Paolo; in my opinion, you are also sitting too high. The piece is there and is studied with rhythmic care, but as Charlie Parker used to say (I hope I wrote it correctly): "Study, study, study... only to forget everything and start playing!" If you place more trust in your hand and loosen the rhythmic cage, you will surely gain something. This waltz is beautiful, isn't it? And to think that these by Chopin seem like anything but waltzes!... but look at you.... Bye and good work.