12 Levels of Beethoven: Easy to Impossible 

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Imagine living next to this guy, you get 10 star music every day for hours

Fact: Fur Elise was written for a student that Beethoven fell in love with and after learning about her engagement, he wrote the song harder then her ability so she could never play it. Hope you learnt something new today :D

well Level One "Fur Elise" 0:00 Level Two "Moonlight Sonata (Movement 1)" 0:19 Level Three "Pathetique (Movement 3)" 0:37 Level Four "Tempest (Movement 3)" 0:59 Level Five "Turkish March (Anton Rubinstein)" 1:24 Level Six "Rage Over a Lost Penny" 2:07 Level Seven "Moonlight Sonata (Movement 3)" 2:39 Level Eight "Waldstein (Movement 1)" 3:12 Level Nine " Symphony 9 The Symphony of Fate (or just fate)" 4:00 Level Ten "Les Adieux (Movement 3)" 4:47 Level Eleven "Appasionata (Movement 3)" 5:42 Level Twelve "Hammerklavier (Movement 1)" 7:28 Level ??? (Symphony 9 Remixed) 8:16 hope this helped for everyone who cannot find the chapters

Wow... the best ten minutes of my time spent! Never knew so many great music from Beethoven. You are just a genius! Thank you for sharing!

Imagine hearing Beethoven for The first time 200 years ago. He must’ve been amazing

"That is why piano is the best instrument, because it can play entire symphonies" Violinists: **Triggered**

Level 1 already sounds pro to me, this is just amazing! Well done Sir!

I have loved classical music, esp. Beethoven, my entire life. This video is an inspiring blend of light and sound, presented in a very exciting way. Very creative, a joy to experience. Thanks a million!

Him: Fur Elise is easily Beethoven’s easiest piece. Me playing ode to joy in the background: ya ok sure buddy

"The hardest part isn't the arpeggios, it's trying not to look like a showoff." With all due respect, that battle was lost almost as soon as you sat down to play. Even trying to be humble, what you do is simply so impressive that that's impossible not to leave others feeling awed.

Tip for pianists: Even if you hate to practice a hard song don’t give up, your hard work will pay off

I got up to about level 7 at 19yo, but was obsessed with electronic music and that's all I ever wanted to do, compose (trance mostly). Then it turned into a full music studio after I learned how to engineer and produce. By that time I had lost a lot of my skill but could still sit down and play the few pieces burned into my memory. Then a decade went by and I had lost more again. I started getting lessons at about age 7 I think it was, and I was very unstructured and a problem child LOL so the teacher took a different approach where we just increasingly learnt harder and harder pieces, and this went on for many years. Every month was a new piece. No grades or tests, and I still don't even really understand theory to this day which is crazy. My family used to love sitting down and having me play in the lounge room on the grand. But I lost all interest once I got into EDM as noted above. Now? I am 50yo and still have my own music setup and still play keyboards but my "talent" has faded, and now I have pretty bad arthritis in hands to unfortunately. Why this story? Well as with many things in life for all of us, I regret that I was a stupid young adult and didn't see it through, as eventually, this is what I could have become. This guy is amazing and deserves all the success his channel is having. I think all music is derived from classical music and it was always about big chords with alternating melodies for me with my EDM stuff and although I don't know theory I do know how to compose things that are in key (does that mean I know some theory lol)? Things that fit with one another. Well, my little story.

You can say whatever you want, but classic music is gorgeous and it's pleasure to hear it Thanks for playing this for us, it's incredible

My mother was taught piano by nuns in the 1940s, and I would watch her play, often her eyes closed just lost in the beauty. I only wish she was still alive to hear you play.

Moonlight sonata is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard it’s had me star struck since I first heard it as a small child when played as Beethoven intended the power it has over emotion is unbelievable

you sir have very fast hands. this is insane!

Scientists: we only have ten fingers Beethoven: ima pretend I din’t hear that

Wow in love with the last piece - level ??? Thank you!

you hit all of my favorites. thanks!!! nice job!!!!

Wow much appreciation for the pianist and Beethoven over this that was stunning. Loved it and grew in appreciation as you went up the difficulty levels

And this is why Beethoven is my all time favorite classical musician/composer. Thank you for bringing the most famous of his repertoire in one place for our admiration and enjoyment. You are a fanstastic musician too!

I have never heard anyone play the piano like him. He’s completely and refreshingly different

Possibly impossible of impossibly possible. Magnificent

I have played for 17 years. I am self taught and went to magnet arts schools for my ability. I am nowhere near this good. I could with months of free time play a lot of these but nothing like that. Truly amazing.

That ending was insane thank you musicalbasics you made my day and inspired me to play piano. Thank you!

My son(6th years old) learn fur elise from this channel, every day he play this video and now he has succes to playing that music event not 100% perfect. I hope one day my son can play piano like you sir. Btw thanks for u'r tutorial and regards from Indonesia.

The last one🔥

Level??? Changed my cardiac rythm... Fantastic!

I wanted a quick reference to the songs so here it is, based on the titles in the video: 0:00 Level 1 - Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor "Fur Elise" 0:19 Level 2 - Sonata #14 (Op. 27, No. 2) "Moonlight Sonata" 1st Movement 0:37 Level 3 - Sonata #8 (Op. 13) "Pathetique" 3rd Movement 0:59 Level 4 - Sonata #16 (Op. 31, No. 2) "Tempest" 3rd Movement 1:24 Level 5 - Op. 76 "Turkish March" (Rubenstein's Version) 2:07 Level 6 - Ronda in G Major, Op. 129 "Rage Over a Lost Penny" 2:39 Level 7 - Sonata #14 (Op. 27, No. 2) "Moonlight Sonata" 3rd Movement 3:12 Level 8 - Sonata #21 (Op. 53) "Waldstein" 1st Movement 4:00 Level 9 - Symphony No. 5 (Op. 67) 1st Movement (Liszt Version) 4:47 Level 10 - Sonata #26 (Op. 81a) "Les Adieux" 3rd Movement 5:42 Level 11 - Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" 3rd Movement 7:28 Level 12 - Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major "Hammerklavier" 1st Movement 8:16 Level ??? - 5th Symphony Remix (AI Performance)

What really inspired Beethoven to write these pieces? Dude was ever high on it. Hats off.

Level 12: Impossible. Him: **Proceeds to play it.**

I've started learning piano... this is both encouraging and discouraging at the same time!

Für Elise is that one song so many pianists love when they first hear it, but then a few years pass and you start to hate the song with a burning passion. Like “IF I HEAR THAT SONG ONE MORE TIME!” Edit: I’m just going to say this because there is a big controversy going on in the comments. I meant this as a joke and only a joke. For a lot of pianists that have played for a long time and more importantly taught students or judged contests, Für Elise is a song that becomes really bothersome. It is really popular among new students and they always play the same few measures. If you hear the same few notes over and over for years in most cases you’ll probably get pretty tired of it, especially in the case of judging contests. You might end up hearing the same song several times in the span of a few hours. If you add the fact that this song is often played by new pianists who still pound on their piano and have few dynamics and musical interpretations, then it is understandable that a person would start to hate the song. I never meant to offend anyone, sorry about that.

I really like the graphic with the falling notes. You can see the patterns in the music. And I constantly wonder whether the hands will get to the right place at the right time. 😄

I'm sure I saw his fingers pass through each other at one point... The guys phenomenal

I continue to awed by his technique and interpretation. Sometimes I find myself holding my breath !

When you think level 1 looks impossible… Then level ??? 🤯

1:26 For me, thats "El chavo del 8 intro"

I think that one can lern more about the genius of Beethoven in a very short time by discovering these levels !! I have to admit that i have a verry large cd collection with dozens of cd's about Beethoven,yet i'm still prepaired to lern more !!! The only thing i regret is that the playing is sometimes to fast as i prefere more sensievity,more feeling !! But fore the rest i realy enjoy this and this would be perfect teaching material for all schools as our youngsters dont seem to have no idea about classical music !!! Something i greatly deplore !!! So,THANK YOU for this education lesson,i admire you for this !!!

Incredible. Love the light display thingy with it.

I can only dream…how wonderful would life be to be able to hear him play all day, every day. This is healing medicine for the heart and soul. Lionel, thank you for sharing your gift with us.

1:30 Everyone: beethoven level 5 Latin american (like me): el chavo del 8

Level One "Fur Elise" 0:00 Level Two "Moonlight Sonata (Movement 1)" 0:19 Level Three "Pathetique (Movement 3)" 0:37 Level Four "Tempest (Movement 3)" 0:59 Level Five "Turkish March (Anton Rubinstein)" 1:24 Level Six "Rage Over a Lost Penny" 2:07 Level Seven "Moonlight Sonata (Movement 3)" 2:39 Level Eight "Waldstein (Movement 1)" 3:12 Level Nine "The Symphony of Fate (or just fate)" 4:00 Level Ten "Les Adieux (Movement 3)" 4:47 Level Eleven "Appasionata (Movement 3)" 5:42 Level Twelve "Hammerklavier (Movement 1)" 7:28 Level ??? (Fate Remixed) 8:16 You're welcome.

His Im from mexico and the "Turkish March" has the same tone of el chavo Intro, if you search in RU-vid "Intro del chavo del 8" in the first video at like the half it starts to play It was a serious punch at my nostalgia

This video gave me a new appreciation for classical music. Absolute masterpieces

I was so Amazed and thought "How on earth do people do this?" It Hurts my brain trying to figure it out. I am also a fan of Classical music Beethoven is my favorite piano artist ever u did amazing, Well done 👏👏

OMG it's so mesmerizing ❤ All this music is so relaxing ahhhh so beautiful

Wow! I cannot believe that you can play that well. You must be really talented and practice a lot and learned the piano for a very long time.

Brilliant--again. Completely deserving of the 6.5M views it's gotten, so far. Kudos, Maestro! :-))))

Clearly a difference between “play” and “play well.” If I ever need to be humbled, I listen to Alfred Brendel play Fur Elise.

This is amazing how you can play. Wonderful job!

Whoever you are playing this……it’s nothing short of spectacular.

Honestly never appreciated his music until seeing it broken down like this, thank you

'Sonata #26, Considered on of Beethovens most challenging sonata's.' For Beethoven, it was just another Tuesday

An out of this world performance; Great!

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4:34 I can feel that struggle man! Solid performance!!

Absolutely stunning! Wow!

I like your piano It's so colourful There are so many colour

the last one is one of the best remixes + piano play I personally ever heard...and I am doing this a lot because I LOVE Beethoven and modern twists to it! Thanks so much! You´re such talented! Thanks for bringing real joy to my day!

Beethoven is one of the best pianists i know, the music that comes from that piano is beautiful and inspirational i could listen for hours

4:36 „that‘s why the Piano is the best instrument- ist can play entire symphonies“ Organs: Hold my beer

It still blows my mind that level question mark is still closer to level 1 than to the difficulty of RUSH E.

All that beautiful music you played well done you are truly a virtuoso pianist I am a pianist and I've been playing since I was 9 years old I'm 40 now so everything you just played is not impossible for me. From one pianist to another I give you two thumbs up. 👍👍

Gott, Beethoven war ein Genie! Jetzt erst habe ich es verstanden! Das ist ja Wahnsinn! Wie verknüpft muss ein Gehirn sein, dass es das kann? Thank you for visualizing! It was exciting to hear you play piano.

I love how easily he’s complementing himself 😂

The Allegro of the "Moonlight" was always my favorite to play in college performances

This set of pieces of immense masterpieces is a unique jewel. Thank you for making us relive the genius of Beethoven in a new and original way.

Stunning skill. You have just inspired me to start all over again after 40 plus years of playing (on and off for the last 25) to literally fix the flaw in my fingering etc. that always haunted me on even level 5 or so here. Your remix raised the hair on my arms. Masterful.

Last one was my fav! So pretty!!! 🤩

Ludwig was my favorite from the first time I ever heard Wilhelm Kempf play the Fifth Concerto. Absolutely amazing composer and player who created music that will last until the end of time.

I wouldn't even be able to do level 0 of Beethoven

This setup really lets me appreciate the talent on a visual level and also reminds me that I cannot play a cowbell and sing at the same time. My applause and genuine admiration.

If Pathetique sonata is at level 3. Im f up

He makes me want to learn all this songs

The last Piece is a masterpiece. Great job. Thank you.

The last part was unbelievable. I mean how did you even learnt that Beautiful, Beautiful very talented you are 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏× 100000

Level 6: “From this piece, we can tell that Beethoven had a sense of humor.” Me, laughing in G major.

Incredible!Amazing!

The fact that he put moonlight sonata third movement at level 7 made me cry

When I was growing up and learning to play, I thought I was getting pretty good. Until I sat next to someone playing Beethovens Sonata #23 in F minor. They played it masterfully and I realized I was not ever going to be in that class of player. The software doing the light show with the notes is amazing and captivating, especially with the masterful fluidity of the playing I am watching here.

im letting my breakfast get cold, watching this for the 2nd time. Its so amazing watching this. Thank you very much!

it's very fun, specially your last remix ! Awesome !!! 👏👏👏👏😍😍😍

That last one needs to be on spotify. Here a real diehard dubstep fan that also played classical piano. The best combination ever!

Your video has led me to a new appreciation of classical music and seem to open up a doorway somewhere in time and space. Thank you for your works.

Just remember i got here by searching “easy beethoven”

Sonata No.23 At just over 7:00 is so incredibly Magical, I had to listen to it over and over. I actually found myself smiling and present, it's been a while. And Yes You Are Right... You Are Awesome. 😁

Level 10: Difficult. I guess the past 9 levels didn’t exist... Kudos to you for being so talented

Literally bro....No words..Amazing hand coordination, the pressure on the keys...You are even better than a legend for me...The last one mind blowing...Bro you are amazing..And pls never give up on any hard times..Love your videos...Hope you have a wonderful time..

here i am, a complete begginer, look at my first synth to start playing, and this just blew my mind...insane skill

Sencillamente increíble!

They all sounded good to me but the cheap old upright brought back some memories of our old piano. Loved the music though. Brilliant pianist. Exceptional.

Recently found your channel - you have given me a whole new respect for pianists. Amazing performance(s) as always!

wow you are really really good. I could listen for hours and not even care what piece you play. they all sound difficult and beautiful.

I am speechless as i listen to your masterful display. Very remarkable, very much so.

That last one has to be the best remix of an old (yet passionate) song in history! You have talent! It’ll be hard to follow in your footsteps

That 5th symphony remix is absolutely insane and a pleasure to my ears

This is absolutely INSANE i love piano so much.

its amazing that a human can play like that . i think that i can improve after seeing what a high level can be achieved .this this guy is unique and few could match him