"Tristesse" by Chopin, for guitar (played twice)

(I think the second playing in this video is the best - starts at 2:33 - the tone is softer, and the playing is smoother, I think.) This is the famous piano piece by Chopin, "Etude, Op.10, no. 3." The popular song "No Other Love" has the same melody. I combined Paul R. Palmer's great arrangement with just a bit of Axel Nielsen's arrangement. Many thanks to Paul Palmer for kindly allowing me to take some liberties with his arrangement. My timing might not always be 100% correct, but I think this video is better than my earlier attempts, before I memorized it. (Paul's arrangement can be found via Google: write Paul's Free Guitar Scores. (no tablature for it, though.)

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[behzfd]

Beautiful piece and playing! :)

[philipglaser]

@behzfd Many thanks for your kind words - I just looked at your YouTube channel - you have some videos I definitely want to see.

Philip

[NathanCMusicz]

Once again that was wonderful.

I'm thinking I might learn this one next.

Again, wonderful job on a wonderful piece =)

[philipglaser]

@NathanCMusicz Many thanks! Your kind comments are always appreciated!

Philip

[kyorgadorgen]

So glad I could inspire you :) I like how you did this, and youve inspired me to learn this

[philipglaser]

@kyorgadorgen A great compliment to hear that! Many thanks for your comment. Take it slowly, in small steps, as my guitar teacher once told me. Learn just a few measures at a time - you can't learn it all in one day.

Philip

[philipglaser]

@freescorepaul Many thanks, Paul! Playing this piece is a pleasure, and you can go into a trance,

playing it again and again. About the guitar strings, I finally was advised that with a flamenco guitar, you can buy flamenco guitar strings. I was using ordinary light tension strings before, and could never get much volume, especially when trying to play tremolo. A guitar shop finally told me about flamenco guitar strings. (It can sometimes take a long time to learn one new fact!) Philip

[freescorepaul]

What a delight - a beautiful Chopin to celebrate the beginning of Autumn. The guitar sounds particularly good - a new set of strings? Thanks for all the work you put into memorizing the arrangement (and of course for the P.R. boost). All the best from Pittsburgh, Phil, as always!

Paul