Full lesson: hdpiano.com/lesson/moonlight-sonata-by-ludwig-van-beethoven/ Perhaps Beethoven's most popular piano piece: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5wMC7XzLyoQ.html
Its my 3rd day into it and I'm now to second 0:40.. Because i have speed and transition perfectly... So now I'm practicing from 0:40 and on and its getting harder :o
Now i'm by second 0:55 and im trying my best and its hard.. It's hard to memorize and hard to transition. I still have a long way to it, because i saw it on HDPianoClassical which im happy it came out full but terrified if im going to be able to do it all.. Its sooooo long
Brings old memories this is the first song I learned for piano. It took me almost 2 months to play it well enough to impress my 5 years old niece, the only one girl I impressed with my piano skills in my life tho lol
This comment could be me! I taught myself this peice after my tutor said I wasn't ready. I was 12 at the time. After many years of not playing, I am starting again and love these HD Piano tutorials. I also impressed a girl by playing this at 12 years old!
Hi guys. At my 75 years old, I am trying to impress a girl too. My wife. She is 75 too, and trying to impress me with Ode to Joy. Keep working hard .And enjoy it. Regards from Panama
You are an amazing teacher! I was trying to learn this from a few other teachers on RU-vid and you are by far the best piano teacher! I'm watching the rest of your videos from now on so I can learn how to play other pieces 😉
Played some piano as a kid, but haven't in a really long while and was in a sad mood so decided to learn this and let me tell you it took me a couple of hours of practicing the first 4 measures and I have them all down today, now learning the 5th measure with the added keys has been kind of confusing, but I will keep at it and hopefully be able to make it sound good! Thank you HD Piano love your teaching style (:
I like this. Makes me think I've been trying things which are too hard, and maybe just focusing on something fairly simple and slow will help me. Thx HD Piano
As a retiree just starting out & re-discovering pieces I learned as a kid, may I say thank you for this great “ easy to comprehend” lesson 🎹🙂 you have totally inspired me & this is definitely going to be my first piece to learn...( followed by Chopins prelude in E minor no: 4 opus 28,) Brilliant teaching, peace & safety to you 😷🙏🎶👍
I saw on youtube, a boy of about 7 or 8, almost breaking down with tears in his eyes, while listening to this tender, and sadly beautiful work by Beethoven. Of the many tuorials , your's is much easier to follow! Thank YOU.
Thank you so much! This is a great tutorial! I know how to play für elise but I always wanted to give moonlight sonata a try! I like the classical genre so do you have any suggestions on what I could play next ?
I began playing piano because of you! All of my playing, and technique have been based off of you, and I wanted to say thank you so so much!!! I am going to college to be a music major
Thank you for this tutorial! Im a beginner right now and i’ve always wanted to play classical music and learn how to read notes and by watching videos, it looks really hard and i dont think i can do it. I have piano lessons, and they are teaching me basic piano notes and stuff, i admit it it was hard for me but super easy for others. I’ve searched music notes and it was hard to read! I couldn’t even understand anything. Im 12 yrs old right now and i know! I’m too late to learn the piano! It will probably take me 10 yrs to learn how to read notes and play really nice songs! My friend, she’s really good at piano and she started learning when she was 5, and it just makes me sad because she knows how to play classical music and I don’t. I can’t help but feel jealous. I wish i started playing the piano when i was a kid but its too late....
if it is any comfort i started learning piano about a year ago and i am 47 years old. it is never too late, keep going and practising, you will be amazing.
Kenma. I am 75. Retired, Senior citizen, with sons and grandsons, and guess what......I am learning to play MOONLIGTH SONATA. Claro de Luna in Spanish. Never is too late. You are just starting to live. ...Never give up.
The adagio sostenuto has made a powerful impression on many listeners; for instance, Berlioz said of it that it "is one of those poems that human language does not know how to qualify".[19] Beethoven's student Carl Czerny called it "a nocturnal scene, in which a mournful ghostly voice sounds from the distance".[3] The movement was very popular in Beethoven's day, to the point of exasperating the composer himself, who remarked to Czerny, "Surely I've written better things."
Your Most Welcome!! i will be starting membership soon i just need to get a piano. i have played for years but i quit. well i got carpel tunnel syndrome and i had it for a bout 2 months but i promised God that if i can be restored of this well i will play again and i will never stop. well i got better so it must have been divine intervention.
I think you should do something special for Avicii. He past away 20th of April and in some way or another we should honor him for being a true musician. He inspired so many and spread so much joy with his music. His music will never die and he will always be remembered for everything he did for the musical world. "Without you" would in my eyes be a perfect song to do a lesson on. Take care of each other! Rest in peace Tim Bergling, we'll miss you!
Omg this is one of my favorite pieces. I was listening to it today but unfortunately I’ll be out of town until September so I can’t practice 😭. It’s so painful
Fun fact: he became deaf, but not instantly which a lot of people forget, it was incomprehensible how painful it must have been to slowly lose his hearing over time
Benjamin Zander has exposed the fact that it is a fantasy dance. Actually written to be played much much faster. It was never a funeral dirge. The triplets are the accompaniment with melody in the bass. Try it you’ll love it!
what many of you may or may not know is that “Moonlight Sonata” despite it’s sorrowful sound, was actually written as a love song not a requiem. The woman who Beethoven wrote this to he was very much in love with. The woman did not return his love simply because his passion for his music was too strong and his anger was an issue. But within the confinements of the chord progression towards the beginning and the long arpeggio that he plays towards the end, in itself you can hear as to why Beethoven intended to write the piece this way. Much like their relationship, it had many ups and downs and you can hear Beethoven’s pain of wanting a loving relationship and need for her love or anyone to love him. Sorry I’m a nerd but I just wanted to share 😂
My favourite fact about Beethoven is that despite being deaf he could connect a metal rod in his mouth to his piano and hear what he was playing perfectly just through the vibrations in his bones. This sounds fake to a lot of people and I’m not 100% sure it is fact but this technique still exists today and is a good way of preserving your eardrums.
There is a course on Beethoven Piano Sonatas. It's so fascinating to learn how each of his compositions reflects his journey as a composer. A true genius indeed!
I can't go for music lessons , and my mom don't wanna pay for simply piano , which is the best app , what as a pianist I would like to know if there are ways u can learn , this is one of my favourite "songs"
I just think it's utterly insane that we can all learn and play a song written in 1801. Thank you Ludwig van Beethoven. I've noticed the further we go back in time, the harder and more complicated the pieces are (the majority anyway, I realise there are still brilliant composers around today). Are songwriters lazier now or do people just enjoy listening to simpler songs? Is humanity dumbing itself down? Jeez, tangent there.
I think today's technology and listening culture informs the type of music people want to hear. Also, with the many production tools available to music-makers, more emphasis can be put on things like timbre, samples, fine-tuned effects, etc. Different culture = different music! Like you said, there's still plenty of complex music out there; it's just not as widely known. --Luke
Nobody could explain the third movement better. As far as I can see no youtuber has made a video explaining how to play it in the same form this guy does.
If you're only holding a single note, applying the pedal will let the sound "swell" a little bit. And pedal will capture any other notes you play while it's down!
We have a bunch of completely free lessons available on the site, no signup or strings attached. Give it a try before coming to any conclusions! hdpiano.com/browse-library/?free=Free
This is such an emotional jam for me,, so beautiful and calm in structure, and you brake it down to a pace that if I take my time, I’ll get it,, thk you,,,and may you and yours be well during this time in our country in 11/2020, when folk don’t believe science, and are dying unnecessarily,, so this tutorial is therapy,😏, I bet you didn’t know you were gonna be such , it’s 3:42am est. , just chilling hoping this world calms down,,,🤪😂🤔😎✌🏿🎷
Dude you're freakin' me out! Right around 3:58 you say, here's where it's gonna get tricky. You say with my right hand I'm suppose to play, G#, B# and F#. It looks like you're playing a C note and does a piano even have a B#? I'm very new to piano so I dunno. But I just can't figure out that 4th measure now!
Me too. Guitar player of 40yrs. Need to move on from my 1 finger Rush synth sounds to something I can play for my wife she’ll actually like. Very inspiring thank you 😀
Awesome lesson, the best. this was the only way I could learn this song. thanks so much. Sorry what is the name of that software you are using ? if you don't mind. cheers from Vancouver, Canada.
Maybe this could help. I learned it on RU-vid and one other trick. Moonlight on RU-vid ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DiFUP15S8YA.html
Hi ! This video was very helpful for me and I learn this part of sheet by this video. I today come back here for watch part 2 and I couldn't find last part . and I get this the part 2 is purchase and not available for free ! I couldn't purchase cus I'm in Iran and we are banned for purchasing ! Please share other parts for free ! I'm curious and I wanna learn and I can't purchase. Can u help me for this ?? I'm waiting for your answer ! Thank you
Can you be more specific? You may like our Key Signature Essentials resource--any exercise can be played in a gentle manner; and scales are a good way to practice that! hdpiano.com/kse/
I'm trying really hard. For reals. I'm trying hard. I have a hard time following your instruction... Joe nails it....I can follow his stuff easily...I don't know why exactly, but I can follow Joe well. I love your playing though..you're amazing. #pianon00b
