Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement (Beethoven) 

rip bozo

Not cool man

@@LeckerLeberwurst not cool at all

😢❤️🌹

@@LeckerLeberwurst loser

thanks :D glad you enjoyed the running commentary!!!

@@WillsKeyboardSink It actually teaches about the sonata form and gives us unschooled sorts an eye into why Beethoven was a bit revolutionary. And it’s funny. 👏🏻

Yeah, it makes the difference from some other incredible performances as this one :)

Yes the commentary is what made me subscribe. Good stuff!

I really agree!

Thank you for explaining the context of the composer's life. Very helpful. Now I'll go find TwoSet's video.

@@MsSambaNow no problem :D it's their "10 Pieces that prove classical music is not calming and boring" video

And what a beautiful sublimation it was! 🌹❤️

That, along with rejection and betrayal from his love interest... quite sad really...

@@souldancersbyjennifer I was wondering why it reminder me of Fur Elise! Some bits sounded like it to.

Sorry for your loss, what a great friend you had!

He truly was a great pianist. For the prank to work, he had to play the ENTIRE movement flawlessly and have complete awareness that he hadn't made an error. Amazing.

why mention?

@@andrewduan8059 why not

Im sorry for your loss!

I personally prefer the first movement played slowly, as it gives it a gentle quality, like a river meandering downstream before the raging storm of the third movement.

What is it about this Beethoven, so elementary broken chords in an advanced key and the frantic speed makes it special .

I thought the story with Beethoven's tempo markings was that someone gave him a metronome late in his life. At first he didn't think it was useful but then realized he could put exact tempo markings on his music so it would be at the speed he intended. He went back and put tempo markings on a lot of his older music. The fast movements tend to have markings so fast that most people don't play it at the written speed. Supposedly there was much debate about if he really intended them to be that fast. Anyway, I don't remember the exact story but I heard a whole thing about it on the radio years ago.

@@jwallah346 there's a theory that Beethoven's metronome was off in speed and therefore his tempo markings are incorrect. Which is nonsense because his students had their own metronomes and they confirmed the time signature of many of the pieces after his death.

@@yuvalne Also I think there was something about them finding his metronome in a museum and the it was still accurate.

Was just thinking about this. Like Mr. Beet had no RU-vid to turn to. He was just sitting there, alone, being SUPER dramatic for hours at end.

Esp the fact he was deaf

Limited musical influences? Around 400 years of notated music and a rich a more diverse European musical history than gets shown in popular media or general education. There was a lot of exchange between cultures and religions going on. We do not have a clear idea of what was going on in popular music because it is mostly not written down, but it definitely existed and would have been familiar. Not to mention the high level of education in philosophy, theology, visual art, and dance which all play an important role in the development of new compositional techniques. But I cannot argue with you about how awesome his music is!

@@ruthbarratt-peacock8688 I'm not trying to say that music was one-dimensional in his time. I'm trying to say that it was harder for music to reach people. His life pre-dates the invention of sound recording or the radio, so everything had to find its way to you in a live format. So naturally access to new music was a lot more limited than in modern times, even for a professional musician, I imagine.

beethoven is easy. Liszt, Rachmaninov and Alkan are hard

😅😂

Affirmative

lmao

this is too real

hands gone

did you win?

@@r4dius. They did not, win the competition finale, RicheHarvesting.

I tried to become proficient a the keyboards, for some reason I failed to practice proficiently apparently. Now I have a great love for anything keyboard. I do love my 1912 player! She came with 1600 rolls. I named her Zelda fitzgerald...

As a mom, I would accept that answer. I respect Big Beet

No it's a piano channel and he's good at meming XD

Also surprisingly good? You're a joke, the level and skill is madness!

Surprisingly good? Have you ever touched a piano?

@@LK-hk9qv yeah I play piano myself

@@Pingoping "suprinsingly good [...] for a meme channel" - the one thing doesn't cancel out the other. As if someone who likes memes automatically can't play an instrument as good as someone who doesn't like memes. like wtf?!

Don't go telling it's talent. It's all hard work. Atleast a year.

Bro the third movement is at best intermediate when you finally learn to play the piano the first 2 pieces everyone jumps on are the third movement and impromptu

@@codelif wdym 1 year? Ive played about 8 years and still struggle lol

@@hoogreen i mean on this piece.

@@codelif oh ok

I think too many people don't pay attention to the harmonies, or the clarity of the left hand, or the pedal and lack precision in their rhythms. this version is indeed very successful!! personally I am finishing Gardens in the Rain by Debussy, it gives me a hard time.

I kinda get that. I feel the same way about some difficult songs to sing. I really enjoy using Another Lonely Night (Without You) and Jet City Woman by Queensrÿche as songs to just let loose and enjoy the high that comes from the exercise of my voice even through the songs were actually pretty difficult to learn and are still difficult if I want to make sure my tone and breathing are perfect.

Music is wonderful in its ways

So true ! Every part of the piece has its own complexed emotions. Whenever I’m angered, I play the beginning and the end. Whenever I’m sad, I play the sad parts. So fun !

My guess is that even Beethoven didn’t play it perfectly.

took the words out of my mouth, yes exactly

I mean why would you distract yourself with random subtitles rather than listen to the artistry of the musician? Is the music really that boring that you need to distract yourself while watching?

@@wilfredfegelein8215 I can see how subtitles would be an issue for some. Personally, I didn't find the subtitles so distracting that I forgot about the artist performing. As I said, I commended the use of the subtitles alongside the performance itself. Hope this clarifies my comments. Have a nice day!

@@liamesanchez I also found them quite distractive while looking at the notes and listening.

@@wilfredfegelein8215 for people not super into classical music, it definitely can get boring at times. I was classically trained in voice and while yes I do love some classical music, sometimes I do get kinda "bored". But honestly the commentary is just really neat bc it helps non musicians understand music a bit better. And is a good refresher for those of us who graduated several years ago & did nothing with our degrees XD

he sucks, you know why? it says "p" at the beinning, and not "FFF". there is no cresendo, the sf is supossed to pop out of the scale, shake my head.

@@sirchoppy1810 stfu, he can interpret the song however he wants to.

@@sirchoppy1810 He said it's not perfect himself in the description. It's actually fairly difficult to play the opening cleanly while playing softly, which is one of the reasons pianists often play Beethoven's p and pp a bit louder compared to, say Chopin's (justified by the compositional style of Beethoven as well). The lack of a crescendo mark doesn't mean you shouldn't crescendo. In a lot of instances, it just means that it's up to the performer. However, in this particular example, because the "melody" has a very clear ascending general contour, the convention is that a bit of crescendo is necessary. Also I think he was trying to emphasize the first left hand note for a more solid bass, it's just he had overdone it, so it sounds a bit more like an fp. He didn't really play it fff though. At least I wouldn't call it that. While I do agree that if he could make the soft parts even softer it would benefit his performance in terms of dynamics (it would make the contrasts even larger and more striking), I don't think this is reason to say that "he sucks".

@@Jwick-xu8cz lmao that is not how it works.

@@19divide53 there's only one way to interpret Beethoven, it's not just "up to the performer" I guess that means I can play Rachmaninoff however I want because who gives a fuck about what the composer said right? 💀🗿🗿

J have recordings of my piano 1950' good memories for me jgave translate on caissettes to days

It totally sucks! I've been recording myself for years and ALWAYS mess up worse when I'm recording than when I'm not so when I finally have a decent recording just to mess it up right at the end it's like ARRRGH hahaha

It’s actually not extremely difficult… this is something that a 3rd or 4th year player could learn.

@@aygwm me, who has played piano for 8 years and is unable to play this: 🧍‍♂️ edit: to be fair tho i didn't enjoy practicing piano, i was forced to lol

@@aldanyu9479 same, I just started to play a lot over the past year because I noticed I enjoy piano when I can play the songs I want

EXTREMELY difficult? No. It’s hard, but not that hard.

He is using it to keep a steady tempo (like a metronome) he also may use it a bit for pedaling

haha!

I have been playing this movement for 12 years, on and off. And just recently got it fast and without all the sheet music (always changing pages drives you insane).

For skilled pianists this is certainly not the most technically demanding piece. It’s not even all that challenging rhythmically. Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Debussy, Brahms, Ravel, Fauré … those can be “TOUGH.” Beethoven can be challenging when it comes to giving an intelligent and thought-provoking reading of the work.

@@dmp7252 Ravel....You need GOD mod level to play it :)

Full time students after +12-15 years of serious practice should already be able to play pieces like this at an average level.

@@dmp7252 I can confirm the piece isn’t insanely hard but it’s still hard to master

@Gary Allen trills in general are just enjoyable for me, and that first part.. well interesting way to put it thats for sure but as im a female that has long fingers ive learned to stretch them out but still a little painful when its 12ths or further

The contrast between the p parts and the strategically places sfz's makes this a very agitated piece.

Two-'Differing'-DYNAMICS ... One-SPEED ... The-Other LOUDNESS!!!??? >(*U^)< *Wink*

There’s an excellent recording of it played slowly and perfectly controlled by Tzvi Erez. You should check it out 😊

Yea there are diminished chords there

mahn seriously! ♥️

'his'

@@sunnyng1645 The 3 little dots at the edge will let you edit even weeks later.

It isn't that difficult. It sounds a lot harder than it actually is.

@Tolstoy111 as someone who has played piano badly for my entire life due to lack of discipline and natural talent I am going to say for me it would be amazing to be able to play this.

​. You are 100% correct about discipline, but it should be accompanied by love of the sound. Playing some music when I was a child could evoke tears. Music is a gift from the universe, one of the characters in "Howard's End" says about Beethoven. Listening to the 2nd movement of the Seventh Symphony still does that to me. I am 77 yrs old, and music is fundamental to me. If you want to intimidate yourself, listen to the pianists in the final round of the 18th Chopin Conservatory competition in Warsaw. The winner was phenomenal playing Chopin's 1st piano Concerto.

RIIIIGHT. It started with galaxy collapse osu to this and now I’m intrigued