EXPRESSION and Piano Practice 🎶 [Beethoven Op. 2, No. 1]

This is the next video in my series on playing the piano expressively. In this practice tutorial, I demonstrate the idea of "musical gesture" by working phrase by phrase through the exposition of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata, Op 2 No. 1.
A musical gesture is  a group of notes that has its own inner logic. One simple way to start to play more musically and with more expression at the piano is to think in terms of gestures, not individual notes,  from the moment you first start a piece. Watch this video to learn how! Enjoy! 👋
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Time stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:28 Communication
2:34 What is a musical gesture?
2:50 Beethoven Op 2, No 1: Exposition
4:30 Musical gestures in Beethoven Op 2, No. 1
5:30 How to identify musical gestures
6:39 Musical meaning
8:00 Combining small musical gestures
8:48 Different musical gestures in each hand
9:30 Rule of threes
10:20 Applying this to your practicing
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[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

👋 Watch this next: How to Play the Piano More Expressively [Bach Invention No. 1] - th-cam.com/video/msU08Ah7wcw/w-d-xo.html

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Dear Prof you making the world a better place by sharing your knowledge

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Thanks Prof … for every note!

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My pleasure! :-)

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Thank you so much for these tutorials, I am learning so much. I love receiving your newsletter every month, is it pos
sible to include some alternatives for overplayed pieces especially for more advanced pianists.

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Yes, it's amazing how small the repertoire that many players play considering what's available out there.

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

Yes! I am a big proponent of alternatives to overplayed pieces. In today's video one of the pieces I demonstrate with is a nocturne by Louise Farrenc - it's a wonderful piece!

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That was actually a lot of fun. Thank you.

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That was fun

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That was actually a lot of fun. Thank you.