Chopin's first waltz

[BoliverAllmon]

I am learning this waltz and finding it on the easier side. Do you agree that this is one of the easier ones?

which is the hardest? Is his e minor posthum. one harder?

boliver

[nanabush]

The E minor posthumous I think is hard because of the speed, but there are waltez that are harder, but not many.  E minor may take a little work, but in the end you will be pleased.  I have the music but have not gotten around to learning it but will one day...

[porilo]

Personally I find the A flat major, op. 42, very hard .  Been practising it for ages but still can't get the correct co-ordination between left hand and right hand.

By the way, if you are finding the first waltz a little "easy", try Godowsky's  transcription of it.  Not for the faint-hearted !     I've the music if you want it. 

Regards,

Gregory

[Glyptodont]

I wish I could reply more "on target," but I really don't have the time to research which was Chopin's first waltz.

However, I really like Chopin's waltzes.  For some inexplicable reason, I seem to have a knack for them.  There were 17 of them, all told, I think.

It is less important which is hardest -- and thus reflects more credit if one can play it -- than identifying the waltzes that one LIKES the most.  Hard or easy, if you really like it, learn it and play it.  [Of course, this assumes leaving out the ones that are technically beyond a person -- which is my situation with a number of them.]

With Chopin's waltzes especially, it is one thing to play them, and another thing entirely to really play them well.

I find that I learn pieces I love very rapidly.  I just practice and practice, and the time slips by.

One I really enjoy a lot is Op. 34, No. 2.

Regards--

[BoliverAllmon]

I wish I could reply more "on target," but I really don't have the time to research which was Chopin's first waltz.

However, I really like Chopin's waltzes.  For some inexplicable reason, I seem to have a knack for them.  There were 17 of them, all told, I think.

It is less important which is hardest -- and thus reflects more credit if one can play it -- than identifying the waltzes that one LIKES the most.  Hard or easy, if you really like it, learn it and play it.  [Of course, this assumes leaving out the ones that are technically beyond a person -- which is my situation with a number of them.]

With Chopin's waltzes especially, it is one thing to play them, and another thing entirely to really play them well.

I find that I learn pieces I love very rapidly.  I just practice and practice, and the time slips by.

One I really enjoy a lot is Op. 34, No. 2.

Regards--

yeah 34, 2 was my first waltz to learn.

[BoliverAllmon]

Well, after thinking about all the different music that I have to learn in just a short period of time. I will probably stick with the Eb waltz. I really like this waltz and feel I can do it justice.

boliver