How to play 'Passacaglia' (Handel / Halvorsen) Piano Tutorial for all levels

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Learn how easy it is to play the very popular piano arrangement of Passacaglia. Covering background, breakdown of the notes, technique, musicality and how to memorize it in 5 minutes!
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0:00 Background
1:00 Handel's original
1:38 Halvorsen's string arrangement of Handel's Passacaglia
2:00 What's a passacaglia
2:30 Breaking down the music - bassline / harmony / the left hand pattern
5:50 Right hand and the different 8 bar sections through the piece
15:29 Final top tips
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@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Hi guys, NB on the fingering on the score, the opening bar I made a written error and reversed a 2 and 4. It’s obvious but should read 5-1-2-4-1-4-2-4-2. Thank you @stevesandgroper3241 for spotting it for me. Passacaglia is available to stream on all your favourite streaming platforms and Spotify spotify.link/KKfo1rJnEDb

@rhondatroe5242 3 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and beautiful skills with us! You are an excellent teacher! I grew up learning piano and violin (and my dream was to learn harp, so I have been doing that in my latter years). It's been a long time since I've had formal teaching and when I came across this piece recently I just have to learn this. I was trying my best to figure out what technically is the best fingerings and this has helped tremendously. I wasn't very far off! Haha! I am now 60 and it just proves music is ageless and never too late to learn something. Blessings to you, Angelicus!

@admdanielfonseca 4 күн бұрын

Fantastic. I'm almost learning this piece. You are wonderful. Thank you very much for the class. It was amazing.

@jdlg185 15 күн бұрын

Thank you from Paris ! Everything is so clear. I feel like trying this piece...

@PianoAngelicus 5 күн бұрын

Merci!

@someofmyfavoritethings6787 2 ай бұрын

Beautifully done!! Thank you for all the background information, lesson on techniques and expressions.

@modernmusicstudio303 18 күн бұрын

Great tutorial! Thank you for sharing!

@evapiekarz8499 Ай бұрын

Beautiful explanations! Thank you. I love this piece very much❤️

@rutheproppi6265 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@nekolilipianoreiko 8 ай бұрын

Great Lesson🎹🎼♪So beautiful music🥰❤️Thank you dear Louise💐🎀

@davidsmith2562 2 ай бұрын

Passacaglia is my all time most favorite music ever written! I never get tired of listening to it, any variation! ❤❤❤

@AntonioCasoriaComposer 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for a wonderful vital lesson😍🥰

@PianoAngelicus 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much💖

@carolparfitt2686 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

Thanks❤

@Karen_Baldwin.Musician.Pianist 8 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial Louise ❤🙏

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Thank you❤

@VanPham-jm3ub 12 күн бұрын

Love that piece, thank you for teaching, you are the best!❤❤

@PianoAngelicus 5 күн бұрын

Thank you! So happy it’s helpful ❤

@ZiaTsvika 17 күн бұрын

Thank you🙏💜love it how you explain🙏

@PianoAngelicus 5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much ❤

@RotraudSchulte 8 ай бұрын

Great......Amazing.... between music and image. Big compliment and my THANK YOU!!!🙏 Like 13

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@binglim1 4 ай бұрын

I am glad I found you. Very good lesson. Thank you very much.

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I’m happy it was helpful ❤

@divergentlanding4601 Ай бұрын

Very pleasant tutorial - Good job 👏! Very helpful with details

@Widiar0 3 ай бұрын

Amazing teaching btw. Top notch in every way.

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

Aww that’s super kind - thank you

@chelseamosier7082 2 ай бұрын

You are such a joy to watch and what a great teacher! Thank you 🙏

@PianoAngelicus 2 ай бұрын

Thank you SO much ♥️

@andrewstevenspiano 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for a wonderful lesson. You explain everything so clearly and your passion for the music comes through so well.

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Thank you SO much ❤

@lluisrafalessole-classical5068 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic tutorial Louise 🎹🎶👏

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Thank you❤

@CoachKiesha 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this very clear and easy to follow tutorial. I can't wait to get to the piano and see how it goes.

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

So happy it was helpful. Let me know how you get on!

@clickonthewildside Ай бұрын

Many thanks - a brilliant tutorial on how to play this lovely piece.

@weifrommusiclah7597 8 ай бұрын

You are soooo good at demonstration and explaining all these musical elements in detail as well as the story / history behind which makes the piece more interesting!

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

You’re very kind Wei-thank you❤

@pianoyang 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the Passacaglia tutorial!😍😍😍I really want to play it someday!

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

I’m happy you want to play it ❤

8 ай бұрын

So awesome you share your knowledge dear one... you so got me motivated to try it out... such a lovely piece and great guidance 🙏🌹

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for such a lovely comment❤

@simurg-nu2re 6 ай бұрын

I play this song but came across this video. I love the way you explain your way.

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!❤

@LadyHarker 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the lesson. This is the most insightful lesson I have watched for this piece. And the way you play it is absolutely beautiful.

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! I'm so happy to read your comment.💜

@cesarpaula635 29 күн бұрын

Excellent teaching, great background info for the piece, making the complex very simple!

@PianoAngelicus 5 күн бұрын

Thank you for such a lovely comment ❤

@thu-vanluu7910 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the lesson, the fingering, the dynamics, the hand techniques, the history of the song. The insights on the left hand make up will help me learn this piece quicker than me reading every note. I’m hopeful i can learn this piece and memorize it too! ❤

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

So happy it’s helped❤

@leerontaimusic 8 ай бұрын

I just have to say that you have a gift in teaching. You're definitely born to be a music teacher! I really admire your patience in teaching us the technique to play this piece and explaining the character of the piece. You also went through section by section while teaching us how to play this piece of music. This is indeed a lovely classical piece of music and I love listening to this tune. Brilliant work there, Louise! More tutorials, please!

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Wow thank you so much Ronald….that’s super encouraging. ❤❤❤

@AlexPianoByEar 8 ай бұрын

Amazing tutorial Louise, keep up your work 🙌🔥🫶 have a wonderful weekend!

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Thank you❤

@mitraalizadeh3941 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your wonderful teaching, guidelines, and notions.. Extremely helpful and inspiring. I lost my brother a few months ago, and it is a custom in our culture to express a memorial after a year of passing away of our Dear ones... and I intend to perform this piece for him .. in all the performances I heard... yours is very emotional as well as classical... thank you again . 💓❤

@PianoAngelicus 5 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment and sharing. I’m so sorry to hear you lost your brother. I hope the tutorial will help you prepare for playing at the memorial. All best wishes, Louise ❤

@touco9077 Ай бұрын

You are a very good teacher, you simplify it , and make things clear, if I only had another life in this world I would master the piano

@RoseWilson 8 ай бұрын

Great tutorial ❤ Absolutely loved playing this with my best friend as a child. ❤

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Rose❤

@OneStepToday 7 ай бұрын

Your technique is so brilliant, and your pedaling on the original piece is so perfect. It is definitely a very advance piece, and you are very professional player. thanks

@PianoAngelicus 6 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@petermai2897 4 ай бұрын

Wow! I’m new at learning piano and the way you present this material is awesome. With you explaining in details, not only the technique, but also emotions this piece can create is great. And lastly, seeing the keyboard and fingers placement is so helpful. Thank you for taking that piece apart so brilliantly. I can read music so, I’m giving myself three weeks to memorize it and play it with a certain ease. Thank you again.

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic!! How are you getting on? Thank you for your amazing comment and happy playing ❤

@83Shari 3 ай бұрын

It’s quite clear you like what you do and are good at it. It’s a tutorial unlike any other I’ve seen on here. Thank you for the explanations and background!

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for watching. Best wishes, Louise ❤

@PianoAngelicus 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate that feedback so much ❤️

@nirf7907 Ай бұрын

Thanks for amazing video. I'm a beginner learning this piece for the past few weeks and still looking for the right emphasis of feelings it should have. You really nailed this. The best tutorial I've seen. Thanks again. Nir.

@PianoAngelicus 5 күн бұрын

Thanks so much Nir😊

@leoehgartner 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for such a deep expression of this wonderful piece of music. I was so deeply touch by the melody and the arrangement of Halvorsen. Your performance on this video every time you played the melody made me cry how deep you expressed this piece. I watched your video of the total performance> The most beautiful version in KZfaq. Thank you so much!

@PianoAngelicus 2 ай бұрын

Thank you SO much for your amazing comment. I appreciate it so much. All best wishes, Louise 💜

@jspruch 2 ай бұрын

You are AMAZING!!! And beautiful too.

@PianoAngelicus 5 күн бұрын

Thanks so kind. Thank you❤

@marygravely2352 27 күн бұрын

Thank you for the wonderful tips on touch, "variation" and ornamentation! I'm an adult intermediate student, and this is my for fun/non lesson challenge piece I started a couple days ago. It's a challenge to learn to play the bass & treble patterns together, but it's just a matter of practice, patience and muscle memory. Like scales, the less I think about it, the easier it is to play. I've found comfort playing the bass line as 5-5-2-3-1-3-2-3 instead of 5-1- etc. Do you think that's okay? I'm not sure I'm skilled enough to do the left hand hopping you're doing.

@mikke-piano 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the wonderful lesson video💛 I studied in my own way by looking at Louise's hand movements, facial expressions and sheet music. Even so, I forgot to listen to the lesson because the tone of piano was so beautiful😊

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Aww thank you for such lovely words❤❤ I appreciate it so much

@roosenlodewijkwiggers4594 2 ай бұрын

Very good teacher, going beyond just the notes/fingering. Do not understand you have less then 10k subscribers...

@PianoAngelicus 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the lovely comment! Really nice to hear that. I appreciate it💖. The tutorials are starting to gain some traction so hopefully the channel will grow. 👍

@chiekotpiano 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the wonderful lesson video 😊 By shooting from directly above, I was able to clearly see and visualize how various parts of the keyboard are being played. Although the sheet music is packed with notes, it was easy to understand the flow of the song thanks to the chord names read out loud. This song has a really nice melody, so I'd like to play it someday ♫ Thank you, dear Louise 🥰

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Thank you dear Chiekot. I hope you play it ❤

@pitz395 29 күн бұрын

I can finally play this thanks to your guidance.

@PianoAngelicus 5 күн бұрын

So happy it was helpful ❤

@ernestovillavert2017 15 күн бұрын

Good teacher

@PianoAngelicus 5 күн бұрын

Thank you❤

@nancymarcondes6908 2 ай бұрын

Adorei sua aula professora ! Excelente explicação .Sempre quis tocar essa linda melodia . Muito obrigada 🙏🇧🇷🌷

@PianoAngelicus 5 күн бұрын

Thank you ❤

@chrisdurhammusicchannel 8 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial!!!! I might need to put a bit of this tune into a thing.... 🤔

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Now that would be fun…..👍👍👍

@davidtalmor7094 2 ай бұрын

תודה!

@PianoAngelicus 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ❤

@Widiar0 3 ай бұрын

These are based on my 2006 and 2009 variations I made for youtube. I also published a PDF sheet music and MIDI file during that time, as I got a lot of request at the time. Suddenly became a thing again here at KZfaq and Tiktok the last two years or so.

@lagata78 3 ай бұрын

Hi, where can i find that pdf?

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

Wow I’m so happy to read your comment. Do you have a link to the original videos that I could share in the description? ❤

@brigidmansell 3 ай бұрын

That was really helpful. I just started learning this last week and I was using a different fingering for the left hand. I think yours is better so I’m going to switch and re-learn it that way if I can. Subscribed! 😊

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

How are you getting on? I’m really happy it’s helped! Let me know if you have a suggestion for a tutorial❤

@PianoAngelicus 2 ай бұрын

Hope the piece is going well! Thank you for your lovely comment and happy playing 💜

@brigidmansell 2 ай бұрын

@@PianoAngelicus Yeah, it’s coming on pretty well thanks. I’ve relearned the left hand fingering the way you described and I’m glad I did. However, in measure 35, I tried using the 2-1 fingering you suggested for the repeated C, repeated B etc and it just didn’t work for me! I see the logic but it reduced my accuracy of reaching up to the octave with my finger 5, so I’m sticking with 1-1 for those repeated notes. I look forward to browsing some of your other tutorials. Thanks very much!

@brigidmansell Ай бұрын

@@PianoAngelicus Do you have a tutorial for Ballade Pour Adeline? I saw you play a lovely Short video. Thanks.

@Dark_side9999 3 ай бұрын

This is the best tutorial for this song, however I recommend changing the title because your video won’t shows up unless I include the phrase ’how to play ‘ when I search

@PianoAngelicus 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for that information! The video is getting pushed out a little bit at the moment but when that settles I’ll definitely look at changing the title. Really appreciate your input!

@elenitapianohoy3114 8 ай бұрын

What a great video. Passacaglia is an italian work. I love this lesson . I had difficulty with the basss note in the left hsnd and just avoided playing it

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ❤

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Really hope it’s helped❤

@user-ub7oy2tt6k 8 ай бұрын

Hello Dear my good friend ⚘️ Your nice video make me happy Thanks 🎵 Today have a good time and great job 🎵

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Thank you❤

@Gomes3074 2 ай бұрын

lovely tutorial. Kinda hard to catch all the fingering as you play quickly. Perhaps show it on the sheet music.

@PianoAngelicus 2 ай бұрын

Hi, that’s a great suggestion. If it helps I can post pictures of the sheet with fingering on my community tab. Is it just left hand fingering pattern you’re interested in or the whole piece?

@DANDYJANEASMR 8 ай бұрын

Well this is brilliant, but first I need a piano!!! (what movie had I heard this piece in???)❤❤❤

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

Oooh yes get a piano!!! Not sure but it’s definitely been used in a movie ❤

@Khalil9497 Күн бұрын

Where can I find the sheet music please, so I can work on it

@stevesandgroper3241 7 күн бұрын

Great tutorial but should the fingering on the first bar be 5 1 2 4, 1 4 2 4 instead of 5 1 2 4, 1 2 4 2?

@PianoAngelicus 5 күн бұрын

Thank you for the comment. You’re quite right….i hasn’t spotted that I’d reversed the 2 and 4. Hopefully with having the overhead view viewers will realise. I’ll pin a comment explaining and appreciate you flagging it up for me. Best wishes, Louise

@elenitapianohoy3114 8 ай бұрын

Could you make a tutorial about using the pedal. May be

@PianoAngelicus 8 ай бұрын

That’s a great idea. Let me know if you have any specific questions/areas you’d like me to cover 💖

@elenitapianohoy3114 8 ай бұрын

I will