I have not opened my piano for a good 2 decades. Due to grief This morning I sat down and played by heart moonlight sonata. But got lost after 15 bars or so into the piece. Then I stumbled upon this piece on Spotify. Looked it up and decided to learn something new. I never learnt this piece as a child. But now I have a huge desire to 'do a new thing'. Hope I can cope on the technical side. But practice , practice and more practice.
Aside from the absolute beautiful perfect playing. Paul was the first one to make me truly understand this piece. Thought I felt it before now it’s crushing. The man is incredible.
I stumbled upon this site and immediately said, that is the chap who plays for the elephants. And so it is. I choke up when I watch them. There is no mention of elepheants in the comments and I offer this as a flag to point people in that direction. You play beautifully and are an inspiration to many others. Thank you.
Paul, you are 100% correct that this is one of those wonderful pieces that makes you play piano in the first place. I'm learning other pieces alongside this one at the moment, and there is something uncannily cathartic and beautiful in this particular Beethoven work. When I sit at the piano and want to just relax, play and enjoy, this is the piece my fingers play. Thank you for your wonderful instruction!
I cannot read music nor do I play avidly, but when I was young I had a keyboard piano that taught the notes on a screen and I couldn't remember much of this song except the beginning. Your tutorial is the first one I've come across in which the keys were the same as the one I learned. The rest are so simplified and off for me to relearn. This is a tough thing for someone who doesn't play to pick up on, but I'm going to follow along your tutorial many times lol, until I can play this all the way. Thank you.
A really helpful tip is that for as much of the main theme as you can, play the melody line *alone*with the right hand. Obviously change when fingers can't reach, but this helps distinguish the melody and harmony for people starting this piece.
Thank you for this video. I'm not a pianist, but wanted to learn this movement a na d bought a keyboard to do so. Your video made something way above my level accessable and possible.
Thank you to teach is how to play this. I am a very beginner, and did not know how to play the 〜 symbol on the bar 20, 21. But I learn more than that. Thank you and please upload more and more educational video😄
Inspiring and lovely playing as always. Your lesson is also really helpful with the practical aspects of playing the piece, like eg fingering for the ornaments - thank you for the generous use of your time!
In future videos, please include a view of the dampers along with your hands. By doing so, we will see how you peddle. (Better yet, a split screen with a small section with a separate camera to see your feet). Thank you.
Was just about to comment that, I totally agree. Sometimes it sounds like it’s part of the melody and it’s a bit of a challenge to make it clear that it’s just accompaniment.
@@k0d0kushi73 yeah because if it is part of the melody then we’re missing a note in the “alto”, which has regular crotchets throughout the theme, and it makes a lot more sense in a melodic perspective to have Eb-Db-C than Eb-Bb-Db-C
please what is the screen that you use to read the sheet I see that change page nut I would know if there is a pedal to change or what .. (and if possible where is possible to buy it)
I have trouble making the upper most note stand out from the rest. The melody drowns in the accompanate. I somehow must press faster with my right pinkie at the same time i play other notes with my other fingers on the right hand. Not sure how to do that.
The score I purchased has the notes on the treble and bass clefs published slightly differently, so the treble clef has single notes and the bass clef has the other notes. As the notes are so close together it isn't easy to figure out which hands use to play which notes.
So, I worked out a complicated method of hands sharing the middle part which seems natural, however you don't do this at all (and neither does Daniel B) so I guess I need to just learn this as the middle part all in the RH. This seems problematic at the part in the last section where the triplet rhythm is played against a dubplet semi-demi quaver - but no one seems to care.
I play with completely wrong fingers! LoL. But after watching Daniel Bareboim playing this I gave up trying to play it perfectly because he already did.
@@1827641 Casella was a genius composer and pianist, his edition for all the sonatas are some of the best for pedal, indications, fingerings, and most importantly for me in some cases writes down single notes of trills. I still prefer Urtext for when i play, but Casella's are perfect for somebody who is self teaching this piece as it helps
first things first...like noticing that the upper and lower bars are both BASS clef ...jajaja....My first pass was reading it as treble and bass..."This sure sounds funny?"
Hello, any advice on how i get my head round practicing scales for this piece ? The modulations i'm struggling with what the key signature actually is half the time .
conpletely to the point here: if you can't play some scales I'm not sure this is your skill level, it requires a lot of muscle memory and hand changes with the accompaniment. But answering your question, i find having solid fingerings for scales helps them be rooted in your head. One hand at a time and then both toghether, slow and then fast, 2 octaves and then a full 4 octaves. Don't be discouraged though, if you believe you can play this you will surely be able to!
I am practicing this beautiful piece for my Grade 8 exam. I will see myself come back to watch this tutorial numerous times. Thank you teacher! th-cam.com/video/fIrPTnQKnMM/w-d-xo.html
I have not opened my piano for a good 2 decades. Due to grief
This morning I sat down and played by heart moonlight sonata. But got lost after 15 bars or so into the piece.
Then I stumbled upon this piece on Spotify.
Looked it up and decided to learn something new. I never learnt this piece as a child. But now I have a huge desire to 'do a new thing'.
Hope I can cope on the technical side.
But practice , practice and more practice.
This is such a beautiful piece; Beethoven is a true genius.
Siii
He was...he's dead now! I agree that it's pure genius though .. have a look on you tube etc. for LOLA and HAUSER ''have fun.
@@stuartbowld8442 Beethoven is immortal!
What a beautiful tutorial! He is genuinely the one of the best teachers and pianists on TH-cam!
👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Aside from the absolute beautiful perfect playing. Paul was the first one to make me truly understand this piece. Thought I felt it before now it’s crushing. The man is incredible.
I stumbled upon this site and immediately said, that is the chap who plays for the elephants. And so it is. I choke up when I watch them. There is no mention of elepheants in the comments and I offer this as a flag to point people in that direction. You play beautifully and are an inspiration to many others. Thank you.
Paul, you are 100% correct that this is one of those wonderful pieces that makes you play piano in the first place. I'm learning other pieces alongside this one at the moment, and there is something uncannily cathartic and beautiful in this particular Beethoven work. When I sit at the piano and want to just relax, play and enjoy, this is the piece my fingers play. Thank you for your wonderful instruction!
This makes the piece seem much more manageable. Thank you so much
I just found out that can't you're the same person who plays piano for those elephants! You sir have a heart of gold.
Ismael nehme what do elephants have to do with it
It's already the slow movement, and you still help us. This is called over-achieving. Thank you! :)
My daddy is good with this. I hope I can play as good as him. Wish me luck!
I cannot read music nor do I play avidly, but when I was young I had a keyboard piano that taught the notes on a screen and I couldn't remember much of this song except the beginning. Your tutorial is the first one I've come across in which the keys were the same as the one I learned. The rest are so simplified and off for me to relearn. This is a tough thing for someone who doesn't play to pick up on, but I'm going to follow along your tutorial many times lol, until I can play this all the way. Thank you.
No wonder the elephants adore this piece....... Thank you so much Paul!
A really helpful tip is that for as much of the main theme as you can, play the melody line *alone*with the right hand. Obviously change when fingers can't reach, but this helps distinguish the melody and harmony for people starting this piece.
Thank you for this video. I'm not a pianist, but wanted to learn this movement a na d bought a keyboard to do so. Your video made something way above my level accessable and possible.
Congrats Mr.Barton, fantastic!!
Wonderful! Very useful for my practice, and you play beautifully. Thank you so much for all your videos.
So beautiful the piano
excellent video and performance. thank you.
It's getting hard from 2nd movement...but I'm glad that i have a good online teacher^^
0:08 “Hi, I’m Paul”
Reminds me of the old Nickelodeon shows lol
You can be a clown Logan. try SNL and Friends sitcom
Lol yass
@@lachlangmbh8947 nah I like TH-cam
Thank you to teach is how to play this. I am a very beginner, and did not know how to play the 〜 symbol on the bar 20, 21. But I learn more than that. Thank you and please upload more and more educational video😄
Thank you Paul, finally I was able to play it!
Thank you so much for tutorial, this helps me a lot.
Very nice and thank you so much! I just checked some of the of decorations so I can move on with the piece.
one of my very favourite pieces
Very useful and so well explained. Beautiful. Thanks a lot
Thank you for this useful video ! And congratulations for your interpretation, it's really very beautiful!
Inspiring and lovely playing as always. Your lesson is also really helpful with the practical aspects of playing the piece, like eg fingering for the ornaments - thank you for the generous use of your time!
Missing the E in the right hand at 7:03: thanks for this video helped me refresh on an old piece
Thank you for your gorgeous playing , it made my day🙂
In future videos, please include a view of the dampers along with your hands. By doing so, we will see how you peddle. (Better yet, a split screen with a small section with a separate camera to see your feet). Thank you.
Thank you. You are a life saver! I was struggling to get one of the last beautiful turns right :)
Thank you Paul!
Thank you so much! Your advice was very excellent to me improve my play.
That's nice! But one thing i wanna say is that the 'Bb' in Bar2 isn't part of the melody, because that's part of the accompaniment.
Was just about to comment that, I totally agree. Sometimes it sounds like it’s part of the melody and it’s a bit of a challenge to make it clear that it’s just accompaniment.
@@FranciscoCunha2004 depends on some version I have seen it part of the melody on some but almost all urtext say that it is not part of the melody
@@k0d0kushi73 yeah because if it is part of the melody then we’re missing a note in the “alto”, which has regular crotchets throughout the theme, and it makes a lot more sense in a melodic perspective to have Eb-Db-C than Eb-Bb-Db-C
Excellent!Plus a awesome introduction 👍🏻👍🏻
Sing it like Billy Joel on This Night.
This night is mine
It's only you and I
Tomorrow is a long time away
This night can last forever
Благодарю вас Пол. Восторг и удовольствие. 🎅🌲✨🎊🎉💚💛💜
Paul,Thanks so much.
Thx Paul is illuminating! very helpful....meraviglioso Ludovico Van ;-)
the a natural kills me every single time
please what is the screen that you use to read the sheet I see that change page nut I would know if there is a pedal to change or what .. (and if possible where is possible to buy it)
I have trouble making the upper most note stand out from the rest. The melody drowns in the accompanate. I somehow must press faster with my right pinkie at the same time i play other notes with my other fingers on the right hand. Not sure how to do that.
Thank you so much. You're great!
Wonderful.
The score I purchased has the notes on the treble and bass clefs published slightly differently, so the treble clef has single notes and the bass clef has the other notes. As the notes are so close together it isn't easy to figure out which hands use to play which notes.
Thanks, Paul!
So, I worked out a complicated method of hands sharing the middle part which seems natural, however you don't do this at all (and neither does Daniel B) so I guess I need to just learn this as the middle part all in the RH. This seems problematic at the part in the last section where the triplet rhythm is played against a dubplet semi-demi quaver - but no one seems to care.
Thanks so much. A great help to me!
I like your auto flip note display, where to get it?
Beautiful
Thank you, Paul!
Thank you so much for this recording! What exact score did you download? I can’t find the pedal markings or finger numbers like this one anywhere.
Muchas gracias. Es precioso. Me va a ayudar mucho.
Nice tutoring 🎉😂thanks .
May I know, which grade in ABRSM should this?
Where can I find the digital music sheet for this? I like this version because it shows the petal markings.
Woow! Fantastic! Greate tips and observations! Super like!! (When you can, do one of Unstern of Liszt, please!) Thank you!
Absolutely exelent
beautiful! what kind of mic is that? thanks
I started learning this song yesterday and now my favorite artist puts out a tutorial?
Which edition or publisher is this particular score From?
I play with completely wrong fingers! LoL. But after watching Daniel Bareboim playing this I gave up trying to play it perfectly because he already did.
Thank you so much!!!
I need help with bar 21 & 22......:( :(
Very helpful, thanks!
I enjoy your video so much and just wondering where can I download this sheet? Thanks so much
imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No.8%2C_Op.13_(Beethoven%2C_Ludwig_van)
Here you go :)
Which edition do you use? I like that pedalling and those ossias for the gruppetti.
Ok, it is Alfredo Casella's one.
@@1827641 Casella was a genius composer and pianist, his edition for all the sonatas are some of the best for pedal, indications, fingerings, and most importantly for me in some cases writes down single notes of trills.
I still prefer Urtext for when i play, but Casella's are perfect for somebody who is self teaching this piece as it helps
Thank you!
Thank you !!!!!!
What kind of hardware and software are you using for sheet music displayed with automatic navigation to the next page??
first things first...like noticing that the upper and lower bars are both BASS clef ...jajaja....My first pass was reading it as treble and bass..."This sure sounds funny?"
Thankyou sir
4:47 for future reference
Hello, any advice on how i get my head round practicing scales for this piece ? The modulations i'm struggling with what the key signature actually is half the time .
conpletely to the point here: if you can't play some scales I'm not sure this is your skill level, it requires a lot of muscle memory and hand changes with the accompaniment.
But answering your question, i find having solid fingerings for scales helps them be rooted in your head. One hand at a time and then both toghether, slow and then fast, 2 octaves and then a full 4 octaves. Don't be discouraged though, if you believe you can play this you will surely be able to!
I like your accent.
Very nice demo,but millions of miles away from a tutorial...
theres a bit of distortion in the sound, might be phase issues between the mics
The ads sucks.. but thanks I love playing our friend
4:44
this piece is deceptively simple... super hard to control the balance between chords and both hands
❤
Mr. Batron, it is not A flat, it is C minor!
This is A flat major, look at the key signature
You’re very brilliant as soon as you open your mouth 😂
Reminds me of an agnus dei
Hello everyone?
I am practicing this beautiful piece for my Grade 8 exam. I will see myself come back to watch this tutorial numerous times. Thank you teacher!
th-cam.com/video/fIrPTnQKnMM/w-d-xo.html
Beautiful
Thanks a lot!
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