Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata 1st movement 

Thanks so much! Would like to hear you play this too!

You two both did Beethoven Sonatas less than a day apart. One of the best two days ever!

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@@TheFlamingPiano Me too. All 3 movements please Kassia 😘

OMG Kassia I really like your performances.. You are AMAZING

lmao

Thank u I also came from that vanity fair video and wondering where it was Lol

you are a blessing

Pretty much. Him, Liszt and Prokofiev I guess

Amen

Ahem, rachmaninoff

Cy rach and roll

You probably haven't met Mr. Rachmaninoff

Hey! Im 13 and learning this too, how's it going?

I'm learning Winter Wind and I'm 13.

@Osama Sabouni This isn't my account.

​@@elizaneja i got pretty good at it, then i got distracted trying to learn fantaise-impromptu and now I haven't practiced it in a while lol

Im 13 and I’ve just started learning this piece!

Ok let's find out Who asked (*Insert meme image here*)

@@fabriziocaracciolo6292 you know what i think sunny glitter's comment is useful for people who are curious about peoples favourite bit. never wouldve acknowledges 2.11 if it werent for them. spread negativity elsewhere :)

1:43 should be named "where do you want to go today" because of the windows ad

2.43 i easy. 1.35 is probably the hardest part

i mean 2.10

​@@jebsheep9576 harder than it looks because of the voicing. It's not hard to press the notes, but the voicing in that section seems difficult

I’m doing gcse music now and this is my set work

@Vaisnavi Sivarasa honestly not sure either, I just listen to the set works and read as much as I can about them, make flash cards and annotate the score!

@Vaisnavi Sivarasa yeah I split the features up and sort them into elements (e.g. harmony, melody, instrumentation etc) and then note the main things/features and the bars they’re in

@@randomviolinist2076 same but remember to learn about the context because they might have like three or four marker at the end about the style of the set work

@@randomviolinist2076 Hi random violinist, a random pianist here lmao

agreed

It's not that hard, late intermediate to early advanced at best, definitely easier than Liebestraum no 3 or Rach's Prelude in C# minor, especially if you don't push the tempo. It's far, far below harder Liszt or Rach pieces but the piece sounds super impressive, and is certainly a blast to learn. Basically, don't make it out to be as hard as you think it is and go take a crack at it.

@@user-so4wh2qx4d to be fair, liebestraum is one of the easiest lizst pieces, and it’s definitely doable

@@iamhorny4542 I mean that's my point exactly. It's a relatively easy piece for most people that have been playing for a while, but people think it's harder than it actually is.

I am just having trouble with the trills can someone help me out on how I can master them?

I CAME FROM YOUR STORY CHRIS

Pizza time

@@fabriziodelcastillo189 i agree :) Btw my name Is also Fabrizio OwO

Thanks, glad you like it! It's hard to play evenly for the left hand too, and for the right hand, it's the fingering and positioning for certain sets of notes

Hi! I think you can play this song very well if you listen to this video at half speed and try to master it as slowly as possible and work your way up to the fast tempo. Like you, I get frustrated learning songs because I try to get it perfectly up to speed the first try with both hands. But I find that not caring about how the song is SUPPOSED to sound and instead just learning all the fingering in each hand before getting to higher speeds helps me. I learned this song in 2016 and its my favorite sonata by far! I think you should give it another shot :)

@@juliana76310 Without wanting to be rude i have to point something out. IT IS A COMPOSITION NOT A SONG.

@@Michevangelo03 Sorry, but I just find it pretentious to be so particular about terminology like this. I've been a classically trained pianist for over ten years, I just don't have time to worry about such things. Have a great day :)

@@juliana76310 I agree with you. I was told like this term. I have played classical music for decades. Sometimes using piece or song .

IKRRR I was so moved when my teacher played it, now I’m practicing it since 5 months and I’m on 4:42 rn, wish me luck

@@reiyt6388 Damn good job I'm aswell on the halfway mark on a piece, this one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lB4PRX737-0.html It's always hard to finish what I started if you can relate.

​@@reiyt6388Good luck.

Thank you very much! This pieces really does touch the entire dynamic range, though it's still hard to control. Hope my future HR15 cover will beat this!

@@TheFlamingPiano I was eyeing the 14.9k count ;) looking forward!!

@@ZenandtheArtofPiano Almost there... hope I can finish recording it soon!

@TheTage Show Wow, would like to hear you play that

@@gabindupuy6036 Yes. Still editing it. Might post next week

Woah Diploma for what and where? I just finished this sonata yesterday but the 3rd movement still needs a bit more practice

@@nadeemlo AmusA - Australian associates diploma in performance, it's pretty equivalent to associate in ABRSM and RCM. Part of the performance I need to give is an entire sonata by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven, and Pathetique really spoke to me which is why I'm studying this one. The 1st movement is the most technically difficult definitely, but the musicality on the second movement is insanely hard too. The third is pretty middle of the road.

@@user-so4wh2qx4d good luck! I uploaded the second movement on my YT channel so if you want to check it out and give me some tips i'd be delighted

Ooh ditto - for both!! This is more my speed 😆Good luck with the Diploma, I’ve just started work on it - DipARSM.

Thank you too!

same!

"pathetique" means something emotional. Not always something "pathetic"

@@lucasramos253 I thought it was called pathetic and got some sort of undertale thingy...

Your piano playing is suffering?

@@lucasramos253 actually emotional is what I meant... It's been my way of dealing with my emotional outbursts :D

Thanks for watching! Have fun!

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@ MalleckI love all these comments with the stories and quotes from the composers' lives. I am a poor candidate for a serious music fan I sing off key, can't carry a tune, must be tone deaf and can't read music. But I love a piano concerto. The louder the better. Is that a bad thing to say? The cleverness, the emotion, the power, the majesty.

@@maureendavidson4635 You arte not tone deaf, can you recognise people by their voice? Et voila, not tone deaf. You're just musically ignorant, it's a different thing lol

Thanks a lot! Yeah I attempted this 10 years ago, only now I nailed it with my teacher's help

@@TheFlamingPiano Beethoven is just so hard. It never becomes easy - the music demands perfection, and the technical challenges are always tough... I've really learned to have a lot of respect for the work required

@@SeeMusicPiano Agree, it's always full of emotion and dynamics. As I relearn each movement, the 2nd doesn't seem so easy after all. It's hard to play it well musically

@@SeeMusicPiano Besides the point, but it certainly is very interesting to see if someone is an adult or kid, determined by how many spaces there is after punctuation mark--not kid perhaps, but you get the point. Anyhow, agreed with your initial comment; this is indubitably well played!

@@SeeMusicPiano I'm a beginner pianist and my favorite piece is this, i don't have a teacher yet but I plan to

Thanks! It helps if you share!

I'm more than 3 times your age and my hands barely reach an octave but I cannot stop learning this either! ;)

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Thanks I guess. I used MIDI editing to fix wrong notes (just a bit), and getting the technique is already hard enough, plus the pressure of recording in front of a camera

Glad you like this! Thanks so much!

Lol thank you! That is the specific part of this song I wanted to hear (Its used in a movie i like)

Thanks! There are tutorals for these online. Check Musimasta or Gustav Astep

Hell nah

Nah too fast lol

rhz10 cuz other people played this part fast and tempo changed 4/4 to 2/4

Reve love ya oh yea very true, I forgot Beethoven cuts the time there

rhz10 :)

@TheTage Show And Kassia earlier!

Nice description. Thanks a lot!

@@TheFlamingPiano you're welcome! It was my pleasure😊. You did a great job!!

Be patient, enjoy the process and keep going!

Someday I hope. Thanks a lot!

You're right, it does. The way the world is dumbed down means that futile, childish, vacuous pranks get the million+ views.

Thanks. I don't think I can handle it at higher speeds, or at least it will be less stable

@@TheFlamingPiano I can play this song too, and I have tried playing at both a slower and faster speed, but I prefer playing at the speed you are playing it in the video. I think its just a personal preference but the slower tempo makes it more enjoyable for me! Great job :)

If it’s played too fast you don’t get to savor it as long :) I love this tempo. My son is playing this entire sonata for one of his high school diploma pieces. He plays it your speed . When he tries to go faster it can get a bit sloppy. As long as there is a big contrast between the grave sections and the fast sections it’s fine.

@@TheFlamingPiano that's a very good reason to play it at a moderate speed. Thank you for not posting a sloppy performance

Is there somewhere where I can find the whole sonata to listen to?

There is now a Google translate button

So we can see ur comments now

you’ll get there !! I BELIEVE IN YOU!! it took me about 6 months to only get the first 5 pages down of the first movement LOL

2nd sounds great tbh the third isn’t too hard I’m playing all three movements for my yearly piano audition or like national test and this year I need 14 songs

Glad you like it, thanks so much!

You call this relaxing? More of exciting

Thanks a lot!

Thanks so much! My teacher really is a big help too. I love this piece for its great range of dynamics, tempo and emotion!

@@TheFlamingPiano You're welcome Jason! You are really good! Kudos again to your teacher, as well! I love the piece for the exact same reasons! I love moody pieces!

Thank you too! Glad you like this rendition

Thanks! They'd probably do a lot with the synths, revolutionize music again

Or, at the same token, maybe Beethoven would have grown up some kind of Call of Duty player, never even getting into music in the first place... I guess we'll never know!

I'm flattered. Thank you very much! I hope someday!

The repeat is there, it's how it is supposed to be played

aiming forthesky Yes, the repeat is there, but the piece can get repetitive. Repeats were put in pieces back then to really drill in the themes and motifs of a piece. There were no recordings back then, so you would only hear a piece once and never again, or hear it a couple times if it was fairly popular. Performance wise, repeats are optional. Exposition repeats are usually fine unless the exposition is incredibly long. However, a repeat of the development+recapitulation, which is the majority of the piece, often now doesn’t get played too much because it is really tedious. You have to consider the background of a piece rather than just think that the sheet music is law. People use pedal in Bach, but is it in the sheet music? No, because harpsichords and clavichords did not have the pedal. Can it be used to enchanted a piece? Yes. Do people add crescendos and diminuendos in Bach? Yes, if it is appropriate. Could you add these dynamics when playing a harpsichord or clavichord? No. Baroque music is the clearest example since it’s the oldest era with really popular stuff (periods before this doesn’t have that much popular music, with a few exceptions, like the dies irae motif). The classical and romantic periods are more recent, but context is still important. Repeats don’t need to be played since the original purpose of the repeat is now kind of obsolete.

Thanks a lot! MIDI editing does help hehe.

Thanks! Yeah longest record so far

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