How to Sound Like Beethoven 

00:48-5:00 deals with the sonata-allegro form and other motivic elements, 5:00-10:43 I pull examples from his piano sonatas, 12:30-14:47 is my sonata movement "Happy Birthday in the Style of L.V. Beethoven"

How to hear like Beethoven: ...

today I learned that in order to sound like Beethoven, I have to practice.

“Are you ready for this symphony?” “Yes! Beethoven!!” “I can’t hear youu”

Nahre: Ooh that was really hard Also Nahre: *Plays amazingly with no mistakes*

Fantastic Nahre! A quick but in depth look into Beethoven’s compositional devices. Happy Birthday LVB!

That is, without a doubt one of the best videos I've ever watched on RU-vid. Incredible job Nahre!

It's amazing that Beethoven was able to write such beautiful music even though he was deaf from birth and also had no hands or eyes. Wow.

I love and always look forward to your "How to Sound Like"-videos... I feel this might perhaps be the most in-depth look yet - I really liked how thorough you were in taking a representative sample of his works and extracting the patterns. Also - it's really exciting seeing you play through his catalogue.

Holy crap your explanation of sonata allegro form is so so good!

Thank you so much what you have done for musical education. I am immensely grateful for what you do and can testify to your videos inspiring myself and others in their pursuit of music

This is genius. I can barely play a C Major triad on piano but I love to listen and watch great players like you. And I'm in awe of Beethoven, especially considering his later deafness, he's really on a whole other level.

Point number three to sound like beethoven is gold, it is the most characteristic and wonderful, and it even serves a lot as inspiration to compose. This video is great. I liked your sonata. And what a good composer and pianist you are.

You are insanely talented

It's one of those videos where you reach for the like button a dozen times -- "oh I've already liked it".

Beethoven's music will survive beyond all others. He is truly the GOAT.

Im a young composer, i am 14 years old i have composed 32 pieces, 12 sonatas, 2 symphonies, 15 melodies and 3 waltz, im still writing music and now working on my 13th sonata, i have been playing the piano for 2 and 1 month now, i would like to publish my pieces but not sure i am trying to correct them in many ways, sometimes my mind doesnt come up with a new composition but when i listen beethoven, mozart and other classical composers I suddenly get a new melody, I would like to thank you nahre sol for making music so easier for me thank you.

Beethoven is the first classical composer i instantly loved. When i discovered his music i was completely blown away, gave up listening to anything else and for the several straight months never had gotten his piano sonatas out of my mp3 player. So basically i clicked play the moment i woke up and often used his music to get myself to sleep. Which is rather strange thing to do considering how it is not in any way chill or easy listening. And i still have a dream of learning to play at least some of his music by myself lol. So this video is just awesome, thank you. Reminded me i should practice my non-existant piano skills.

10:35 "that is hard” thanks for making me feel better about struggling with that part great video as always!

Nahre: “First I’m going to study and analyze his piano sonatas”…..LOL - like that was a quick weekend project or something…more like a lifetime project right there!

WOW!!! I love every "How to Sound Like..." video. They're super inspiring. It's a life goal to be at the technique, skill level and expertise you're at. You're a true source of inspiration, Nahre. Keep it up and hopefully we will work on something in the near future. See you in the next video. :)

This is the most detailed breakdown of any musical language or structure...genius level observations

You are a born educator. It is people like you that give me hope civilization will survive. Keep up the wonderful work!

I've always had respect for Beethoven, and the fact that his success was due to his incredible work ethic This video has heavily bolstered my respect for Beethoven, and I think you did an astounding job with your process. Honestly, you are an amazing pianist and a wonderful teacher. I recommend you to every person I know, and I'm not exaggerating in the slightest. Thank you for everything you do!

I have a degree in composition, but none of my teachers were as astute as you are when it comes to breaking down abstract concepts and serving them up in a clear (and entertaining) way.

All videos of this series are amazing, but this one is simply unbelievable. Great, great, great, great job.

Yesssss....I don't exactly know what to say but thankssss

Personally, Beethoven and most of the other more Classical-era composers have always been a challenge for me technically. I'm tackling the infamous "Rage Over the Lost Penny" right now, and those runs are quite something, especially at that tempo. The way you used shapes as a metaphor to explain his sonatas is absolutely helpful, whether or not one had prior training, you have a talent for illustrating these difficult concepts!

Mindblown and amazed. Beautiful and incredibly formative.

Every time I watch your vids I have a 'head shaking' moment of disbelief. What you know, how you express it, and how you use it and play is nearly unreal. You are 10 steps ahead of anyone else on YT (Sorry Rick and Adam) in terms of your understanding of specific technical nuance and ability to make the nuance delightfully your own. Thank you for sharing this.

Wow!!! I've been waiting for this special moment! Long-awaited Beethoven episode is finally here!! He would be proud of this work Nahre! I'm amazed by the fact that even though the subject matter here is really comprehensive and requires solid theoretical understanding to comprehend, this work is incredibly enlightening/informative for every level of understanding! All these visuals, creative way of breaking down all these elements are so iconoclastic; each level builds on the existing fascination level with non-stop excitement until the whole video reaches its apex when your sonata is played which is mind-blowing and beautiful! I really appreciate your immense effort and how well you are explaining and successfully teaching all these complex topics and reframing every concept so creatively every time Nahre! As with every single work of yours, the whole Internet is so lucky to have unlimited access to this brilliantly articulated works! This is fascinating! Thank you so much as always! 👏🎉🙏🧠🚀 As you posited, his complete cycle of sonatas are such monumental works in music history that they literally witnessed the evolution of the piano itself. I think, Beethoven's works of art represents a very special point in which the listener both witnesses the transition from fortepiano to modern day piano and in each sonata, due to technological changes of the instrument, we listen to completely different and visionary works which were designed to take advantage of new technology and innovations of the instrument which gradually became almost symphonic in terms of expressive power! Therefore, it seems his complete sonatas are almost like a chronological diary of his own life and development starting from the age of 25 to 51 and not only that but also the complete evolution of the piano! Even it's claimed that after adding iron frames to the instrument which required stronger hands to play, in some of the performances of his sonatas such as Moonlight's finale, the piano strings snapped and became entangled in the hammers in the works's premiere. I think it also can be heard in his late period works, this outright tempestuous yet incredibly beautiful expression. I especially really love his late period works, his late string quartets such as String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130's Adagio movement influences me so deeply everytime and I can't believe that he created such modern sounding works of art in those years! Last but not least, when I listen to his works, I can see the influence of Well-Tempered Clavier on his piano works and also the precursor influence on ragtime in some of his sonatas! Especially his final sonata, No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111's second movement and Op. 101's second vivace movement really reminded me of ragtime! It's incredible that his influence is so endless that whole music history is still being affected by it! Your dynamic and lively playing really suits the spirit of this music Nahre, kudos to your artistry and enthusiasm as always! We can't thank you enough but thank you so much! Your influence cannot be overstated! 😊👏🎉🎉🚀

I love how I can show this type of videos to my mom and she understands perfectly even tho she don't know much English. Great work

Can you please do a how to sound like Mozart video Like if you also want to see this Also, very good explanation of sonata form

Me: "I wanna make music" *Finishes video* Me: "Maybe not"

"tense shrug" is now my favorite term. Boyfriend: what do you what for dinner? Me: *tense shrug*

This video truly is the sonata of your “How to sound like...” videos, marvelous work!

MY GOD I feel like her ability to analyse is borderline genius in itself 😭

Oh my God, this is incredible ! At first I thought "this is another downright pretentious and exaggerated title", until I heard how you turned the "Happy Bday to you" tune into a truly beethovenian sounding theme. This is right here the single best video on Beethoven's music on RU-vid. I hope you push this project further and write an entire sonata in the style of Beethoven.

These videos are the rare gems that make me glad I’m still on youtube. Thank you Nahre!

Nahre, you are a brilliant teacher. You are an Italian who looks Korean! Italians are noted for talking with their hands. When you lecture, your hands are flying all over the place, every single word and phrase has a hand and arm gesture. No wonder you live by your hands and arms! Steve

This might be one of the best educational music video on RU-vid. I coming back to this like every 6 months or so. Especially the part with the 21 stylistic devices is so impressive and I can come back to rewatch it with with a larger frame of reference and understand more (the finished piece is super great too). There is something to be said for educational videos that are made not only by a great teacher but also by a great musician (i know you are/she is a musician first but on RU-vid its often the other way round).

Basically, Beethoven used every possible compositional element in his compositions 👍🏼

The 1st ,3rd , 4th, 5th , 6th, 7th , 8th , 9th synphonies are the signature . Beethoven is is a real genious. Coriolan, Engmond overtures, perfect ones . Au clair de la lune sonata , impressive !!

His style is so dynamic (or as you pointed out, lots of contrast). That's probably my favorite thing about his work.

I can't even begin to imagine how many hours went into making this. Just wow!

I just wanna say I’m so happy you posted this. I LOVE Beethoven and am coincidentally playing a lot of Beethoven in the coming months. I am working on the tempest sonata and the F Major violin sonata privately, but also playing his 6th symphony (violin 1 part) one of his piano concertos (also playing violin 1) and the creatures of prometheus overture in the spring. It’s a ton of Beethoven for me and I’m excited for this video.

The music school education that my parents denied me, I now finally get in accessible bits and pieces on here 2 decades post-college (and 2 career changes)!

Loved seeing the sight reading of the Op. 52. Good to know I'm not the only one who occasionally looks in disgust when I realise what the composer is actually asking for

This is like, way beyond my level or understanding or appreciation of music, but it's still really inspiring to watch. And really engaging too! It's nice to see it all come together, and the uh musical subtitles are helpful!

I love to hear the Sad, happy, and anger in Beethovens pieces, its just amazing how you can hear it, BTW thank you for helping me understand it better! You have earned yourself a subscription!

Beethoven is one of the most prolific composers in classical music. His music is so symbolic that most of the people know Beethoven and Mozart more than the number of people know western classical music. He was far ahead of his time. Nahre has explained the significant characteristics of Beethoven’s music very systematically. Wonderful video! Loved it! Thank you so much, Nahre! 🙏🏼 Regards from India 🇮🇳

You are an incredible teacher. They say that Beethoven composed using the golden rule of proportions, like in the visual arts. That I believe shows in the violin concerto.

One of my favorite videos, like ever! This was phenomenal!

Amazing. I literally broke into an applause at the end. I also think this is your most in-depth analysis yet (21!), but perhaps I'm also the most familiar with his sonatas compared to other composers. Anyway, so well done!

Hearing this music with the visual comments is somewhat close to watching a movie in a language I don't know much with subtitles. It helps a lot!

10:35 i freaking love that expression

I like your "How to sound like..." videos because they always give a great perspective on a composer's style. I think I like this one more than the others because of how in-depth you went with the actual analysis of Beethoven's works. It felt more concrete because I could see that yes, he did use these things, instead of just being more general.

I Cant Believe He Sounded Like A Piano 😍😳

Good grief, that was amazing! Watching you play your finished piece was like lifting off Beethoven's skull cap to see what the hell was happening in there. It's about what a thought it was. Chaos, virtuosity, wizardry, a bit of madness and artistic genius.

Why do I love 13:29 so much! I could listen to the repeating V-1 cadences over and over again. Love those trills!

Your intellectual analysis and creation on it totally inspire music enthusiasts learn music with purpose. Thank you!!

By far my favorite video of 2019 !

You like or not the result, but definitely this girl knows her job and succeed to understand perfectly the elements brought by each composers. It's amazing to watch that on my screen, greetings from France ♥️

I'm so happy you finally made this video! I bet even Beethoven would be proud. It's better than I had hoped.

It lacks a coda that is twice as long as the exposition. ;)

Nahre Sol, a standing ovation from St. Louis, Missouri for this awesome video! Your analysis of the components of Beethoven's style will be a huge inspiration to my songwriting--took me back to techniques from my college composition courses, and gave me clear examples of ones I glossed over back then. As a pop/rock recording artist with a love for blending in classical music (like my hero, the awesome Jeff Lynne of ELO), your video made quite an impression on me. I know how much effort goes into the final editing of a video like this... and that's less than one-tenth of all the thinking that you put into the rest of it. Again, many thanks! --Jer of the pop/rock band "Mitch the Needle"

This was awesome! I really liked how you projected text over the piece at the end to show us when you were employing each technique. Thank you!

Awesome, Nahre!!! Beethoven was one of a kind, and your tribute to him really captured his genius and passion! Congratulations!

Wonderful playing and explanation 🤩 I always learn so much from your videos!! 😄

I bet everyone when they saw the title were like "HOLD UP"

thank you SO much for talking about the sonata’s arrangement!! i always get confused on it and you made it so much easier, THANK YOU!

i have a very basic high school music class level of music theory understanding but your videos have fascinated me and im excited that i actually am beginning to appreciate and understand these concepts intellectually and apply them when listening to music! youre my favourite channel on youtube lots and love and happy new year!

Never been here so early and I really don't know what to say. I absolutely love your channel, it's one of my favorites, being a composer myself!!

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This is the video that I needed. Absolutely phenomenal work @Nahre. Thank you beyond words ♥️

Great analysis and explanation of the beethoven style and composition procedures. Thanks!

Really beautiful! Sounds just like Beethoven.

Wow nahre, this is your best "how to sound like..." video yet! Worth the wait :) Im curious though... how long did it take you to write this piece?

Dear Nahre. Lots of love. You are making a huge difference in people's lives with this sharing. I must share a personal story...your videos are the only reason I decided to buy a keyboard and take my first baby steps into this world. Bless you!

I love the moonlight sonata its beautiful

Wow I’ve never been so early. Time to enjoy another 10 minutes of quality!

If Beethoven still alive and saw this video... He probably had no idea what he listened to...

This is the deepest and longest I've EVER got in any sort of music dense content. I feel yet disconnected and out of place but still SO INTERESTED, idk how you do that, but it makes me want to watch out for music with more attention. Thank you so much for that, the piece was AMAZING

Im mainly into pianists like rachmaninov liszt chopin etc but theres something about beethoven that is just phenomenal i really cant describe it but beethoven always makes me smile

you are a great teacher!

10:35 That's what she said haha

I have to say you that I love this video. I have loved for years the Common Practice Period, so Beethoven is a whole inspiration for me and the way you explain Beethoven's music is superb. Please, don't stop, you are extraordinary. Thank you very for making this video.

This video is incredibly dense. Thank you very much for the rapid fire analysis and your beautiful composition! I always feel very motivated by your videos. I admire your passion.

Petition for Nahre and Tiffany Poon to collab!!

How to sound like Beethoven: *Sound angry*

That's the most concise and amazing description of Sonata form I've ever seen! Thanks for that. The whole video is awesome.

This serie is my favorite of all time!! Thanks Nahre

Please do how to sound like Maurice Ravel😂😂😂

13:34 **ignore repeat in score** lmao

As a non musician, I really appreciate the format change to this series. I mean, it's been really cool to watch/hear what you end up creating, but this was just so much more digestible (for me at least). Loved it so much :)

The best Christmas present, how to sound like my favourite composer ever. Great video Nahre, you've grown so much in the past year, you deserve all the recognition you're getting

Merci pour cette vidéo très intéressante ! Vous avez un don pour l’analyse musicale !

Lizst and other composers: AM I a JOkE tO yOu ?!? Beethoen: WHAT?

This is so inspiring! My dad used to listen Beethoven since I was in utero. So somehow my fav classic musician have been him. Thanks for the video :D

I just randomly came across this channel, and even though i cannot understand mostly of those technical terms, theres so much quality content that i cant just ignore. Its Just that, knowledge and inteligence are so attractive, that the least that i can do is subscribe to the channel and wait for more stuff :)