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That’s a very difficult section for sure! Use full damper pedal but try changing every time you play your left hand 5th finger in bars 25-26. You can buy my piano lesson course on this piece for only $13 and you’ll get the sheet music with my fingering and pedal markings, if you’re interested. You can access the course at BrillantePianoDuo.com Thanks for your comment!

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It’s great that you’re practicing scales and exercises! I recommend pushing yourself on the speed with these exercises books (speed comes with practice and time). But always play at a tempo that you can play even and keep your hands exactly together. Thanks for your comment!

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Thank you! Looks like you’re noticing our channel 🥰

@@BRILLANTEPianoLessons Yes, we can see you re serious professionals!

We’ve both been teaching and performing for quite awhile :) Thank you!

Thanks so much for your support!

Thank you! It’s such an incredible piece right?

@@BRILLANTEPianoLessons Yes!!! I fell in love with it, now I'm studing it. Thanks!!!

Thank you! That’s a must learn. Enjoy!

Well Hanon isn’t as fun as Chopin Revolutionary! Thanks for commenting 🥰

Ah well I wouldn’t just play one scale. I recommend using a scale book series and gradually work through each level. The scale books I listed in the description build on concepts and are organized by the circle of 5ths. Happy practicing!

I’m so glad to hear this was helpful! If you get a scale book that I linked in the description it will help you progress gradually. It builds on concepts and is organized in the circle of 5ths order.

Hmmm I’ve never heard that one! I guess I’ll take it as a compliment 😘

Nice! I loooove Piano Marvel. I started teaching at 16 😆

Incredible piece right?!! Thank you so much 💖

Oh so good to hear! Enjoy that piece 🎵

It IS such a beautiful piece! My mom will do a tutorial soon. Thank you Konstantine for your support!

@@BRILLANTEPianoLessons amazing!!! Can't wait !!

There are a lot of great note reading apps for Android too. Try Note Rush, NoteWorks, Flashnote Derby. Thanks for commenting

Yes motor memory and muscle memory can definitely be helpful!

You’re very welcome! I have tried clicking on the PDF link from my phone and my computer and it’s working on my end. You can email me at info@brillantepianoduo.com and I can get you the pdf that way.

@@BRILLANTEPianoLessons Ok. I tried it again from a different device and it works now. Thank you!

Perfect! Thanks for letting us know

So great to hear! Thank you

Ha! Yes of course you can create songs with chords but most people don’t have the skills to do that.

Such a nice comment!!! Thank you soooo much.

This means so much. Thank you!!! It’s so good to hear that it was helpful.

We’re so appreciative of your support! 💖

I’m so happy you found it helpful! Thanks for the comment.

I haven’t heard that! Interesting!

No proof of this. I only hear this story on the internet and you tube. He was commissioned to write small preludes and needed money. This song is based on the bells of the burning St Petersburg church.

Yes hence the nickname “The Bells of Moscow” Thanks for your input!

Yes I mentioned fingering towards the beginning of my video. And ear training is very helpful. I didn’t mention much about ear training. Good point! Thank you

I started teaching at age 16. That’s been the main comment from this video! 😆

Thank you so much for the nice comment! That gives us the motivation to keep going with this channel. I think Faber is a great series for any age honestly. You could try the Accelerated Piano Adventures series by Faber that is geared towards older beginners and progresses a little quicker.

So good to know it was helpful! Thanks for letting us know 💖

Yes the Agitato section is very difficult! I did a more in-depth piano lesson on this piece and talked about tips for the middle section.

You didn’t see the next video that I recommended at the end? Hmmm it shows up for me. But just an fyi the next video is usually linked in the description if that happens. Thanks for your comment.

Oh good! Thanks for letting me know. 💫

You would like a full piano lesson on these pieces? We are definitely planning to post a lot of piano lessons on famous classical pieces like the ones you mentioned. We’re running as fast as we can! 😅This TH-cam thing is an insane amount of work! But thank you for your suggestions! We appreciate it.

​ @BRILLANTEPianoLessons either full lesson or just the first 12 measures of them would be good too... like I am able to play the full Moonlight Sonata 1st mvmt, but have to keep playing or else I will forget after 2 months. Some other pieces may be too difficult to me if it is beyond the first 12 or 20 measures. Thank you. Maybe if you treat TH-cam as a hobby, then it wouldn't have any time pressure because you treat it as a fun thing to do. But I know, TH-cam has some kind of algorithm to decide whether to promote your videos... sort of like, if I remember the SAT word like abstruse, they think I am smart and should go to a good school but if I think it is not a word that is often used and don't learn it and don't follow the system, they think I am not good and don't let me go to a good school. The same if I memorize software interview questions and answers. If I memorize it and recite it during an interview, they may hire me, while if I don't bother to memorize them to "crack" the interview, they think I am no good (there are 2000 of such questions and answers in the database called LeetCode. Each one of these could take 10 to 30 minutes to solve but in the past it took people days or even years to solve.) Now they want you to memorize them all to "show that you are good", but some experienced engineers consider it quite silly to memorize questions and answers like this.

@@BRILLANTEPianoLessons (by the way, the teacher Josh Wright teaches a portion on TH-cam and sell the rest of the lesson on Teachable... not sure how you want to do it. Pianote did have a full lesson for Moonlight Sonata 1st mvmt.

Yes if you want to be successful on TH-cam and have your videos seen you have to post regularly. Stay tuned for our piano lessons on specific classical pieces! We do have piano lesson courses on our website like Josh Wright does. We’re just getting started though. Thank you!

Memorizing is very easy for some people. I’ve personally struggled with it, mostly because I have bad performance anxiety. So using the cognitive memory techniques from this video really helps me to feel confident and keep my pieces memorized long-term. Thanks for your comment!

Yes the key of C Major is definitely difficult and I always talk to my students about why that is. It’s important to learn the circle of 5ths though and I was trying to create a simple practice plan in this video that people could follow. Thanks for your comment!

Yes motor memory can cause us musicians a lot of problems! Many people think they have a piece memorized when it’s really only in their fingers. It can stop us from reading the music and working on cognitive memorization techniques. Thanks for your comment!

​@BRILLANTEPianoLessons this is how I play my pieces I sight read them first, and then when I became familiar with them, I am humbly speaking able yo memorise them, a example of this is when I recently taught myself the Mozart piano sonatas k331 and k332, it's amazing how incredible our brain 🧠 is to be able to do this, all thanks to our creator the true God JEHOVAH, iam now learning the piano sonata k570 no17 1st movement, and hope I can commit to memory, this sonata soon thanks for the video, greetings from wales uk 😀

Yes our brains are truly incredible! And it sounds like you have a special gift of memorizing easily!

@BRILLANTEPianoLessons thank you for your kind and encouraging comment, I definitely agree, our brains are wonderfull, it's like I see the notes iam playing in my head, and also the pattern of how the notes are played, a good example is a piece like Beethovens Moonlight sonata 1st movement, the triplets are in my head and as iam playing its like my brain 🧠 is scanning the notes and also the pattern of these notes and the sequence they are played, and that is the same of all my pieces, of course iam imperfect I made mistakes, but my brain immediately let's me know, and then iam able yo correct my mistake, truly only God's creation of the brain can ever explain this,all the best from wales uk

You’re so welcome! Thank you for the nice comment 💖

I definitely agree that playing well doesn’t mean you can teach well! I am sad that you had a bad experience with piano teachers. I know a lot of amazing teachers. But there are some bad ones out there for sure! I hope you’ll watch our channel and get some new tips. Thanks for commenting!

Oh did I accidentally say muscle memory in the video? 😬 I’m very nervous on camera. Thank you for the nice comment!

@@BRILLANTEPianoLessons .No, you didn’t, (unlike almost every other video on the subject!). That’s what I appreciated so much, and sets you apart. Well done and thanks again.

Oh phew! 😅 Thank you so much for the compliment.

Best of luck to you! Thanks for letting me know. ✨

Yes memorizing in small sections is definitely the way to go. Thanks for your comment! 💫

Oh sooo good to hear! Thanks so much for letting me know 💫

Wow thank you! It takes time but your comments help us grow so thank you!!! 💖

Very impressive that you’re self taught and playing such advanced pieces! Yes give these a try! My students love them.

@BRILLANTEPianoLessons thank you for your kind comment, I recently purchased a Casio s110 digital piano, and it as a fantastic, grand piano sound and mechanism, which gives me the motive to keep learning more pieces, I humbly speaking realise there are loads of pianists better than me, but yes I do feel a sense of achievement, In that I taught myself to read music and play these pieces I've always wanted to play, all the best from wales uk. 👍

It’s so great that you’re enjoying playing and loving your instrument! Thanks for your comments.

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Hi! For technique, stick with one key until you master it (1-2 weeks). Push yourself on the speed with the metronome. I recommend the Keith Snell Scale Skills series. Czerny, Hanon and Fingerpower is the exercise part of your technique (not sight reading). I would stick with 1 exercise and work up the speed for 1-2 weeks before moving on to the next exercise. I hope this helps! Thanks for reaching out.

You can absolutely sight read classical works from the great composers! You just need to gradually work up your sight reading level. You should be able to play hands together on the first day and count when you sight read. Gradually work up your level of difficulty by practicing a lot and learning a lot of pieces.

@@BRILLANTEPianoLessons Thank you very much for the insight. 🙏👍

You’re so welcome!

Thank you!

Are you asking ME to sight read Scriabin’s Prelude and make a video of it? You can absolutely use the same techniques from this video for sight reading any piece. Thanks for your comment! ✨

@@BRILLANTEPianoLessons Indeed, I'm asking you to sightread it, if you can, but please, don't play it before you really record in realtime, so that we can appreciate your insights on how to better approach the difficulties of the piece. There's some difficulties, specially on large jumps, and with the rhythm. Another suggestion would be, if you please, try to sightread Scriabin prelude Op 27 no 1. This would be amazing to watch. Thank you very much and congratulations for the excellent lesson on sight reading. 🙏👍❤️

Ok it’s a great suggestion to make a video of me sight reading a brand new piece. Thank you! You love Scriabin? 🤔

@@BRILLANTEPianoLessons Thank you very much. Yes, I love Scriabin music, specially the preludes, poems, mazurkas... Indeed, everything. But I also love Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel, and many others. 🙏👍❤️

Yes this is so common! I hope you’ll try some of these ideas out and find some inspiration to keep going! Thanks for your comment 💖