Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 1st mvt Piano Tutorial Part 1

[panda1spoon1me2]

you have very big hands...

[bbdhrggl]

@panda1spoon1me2 hmmm, i have small hands. look carefully and compare the key sizes? :)

[ErrolJamesLimKitSam]

Blessing in disguise you are..An awesome video and I've learned most of the classical pieces from your videos. Thank you!!!:D

[shimazu122112]

Ohhh lvl 6? but its kind the slow compare to the 2nd mov is kind the fast?

[bbdhrggl]

@shimazu122112 I found the 2nd mvt easier to play. keep in mind my levels are guesses :)

[PlanktonPoker]

Which level is this piece?

[bbdhrggl]

@PlanktonPoker The 1st mvt is about level 6, 2nd level 5, 3rd mvt level 10 (my guesses: one with that number yrs of serious playing can learn the piece w/o much difficulty , and might master it after lots of practice)

[SuperSaerdna1]

I love this song. I am a visual learner. This is perfect for me.

[domydirttywork]

can someone tell me more about this? title of the original sheet music i have says: "moonlight sonata (adagio) beethoven no.-2799 century ensemble edition solos or duets for flute with piano accompaniment". i bought in a thrift store. its from 1933 (copyright) it starts off differently than what is shown in this video well everything is different.

[bbdhrggl]

@domydirttywork yours is a rearrangement of the original piano solo work. you can find this version free at imslp. google that, or go to my webpage (video description)

[domydirttywork]

@bbdhrggl i found it. thank you.

[ImMiley123]

luv it

[albarenesmee]

isnt it very slow?

[bbdhrggl]

@albarenesmee for a tutorial?

[bbdhrggl]

@lordezekiel256 some editors add pedal markings, check the comprehensive imslp editions? good luck

[theladyincute1]

Thank you! Finally, someone who realizes that it's tough to learn if you just play it at regular speed in a video. Now I can easily catch the fingering. You're awesome.

[thedarkness2231]

did u played that slow or did u slow the vid down?cuz i got bored half way O_O

[bbdhrggl]

@thedarkness2231 you are only supposed to use this to check occasional notes, fingering, or timing.

[gpmelendez]

I now search "moonlight sonata monkey" to get here.

[dayman52]

i just mastered fur elise in 4 days after watching your vids, gonna learn moonlight sonata now.

[Mita29Jackson]

could you give me the music sheets of moonlight sonata 1st mvt? i need it. thanks :)

[bbdhrggl]

@Mita29Jackson link is on webpage (video description)

[nghichngomvua]

Thanks for your excellent tutorial piano lesson. You r the best teacher I have been followed. I have the question related to this piece of music . In the measures 16 (5'05),the last quarter, there is a differ bw yours and my music sheet: the left hand is two E for the 1 and 5 fingers (same in my music sheet), but for the right hand, you show 2 notes A sharp, but in my sheet it is A sharp for finger 5 and B(not A sharp) for the thump. Im get alittle cofusing. Again Thanks for gr8 tutorial

[bbdhrggl]

@nghichngomvua my goodness, you caught my error! and it did sound bad there...

thank you for bringing it to my attention. will add annotation and credit you for the excellent editing. :)

[kung2000]

Thank you for your kind and patient tutorial for us beginners!

[wilyfox72]

I can tell you with experience that this is the best way of teaching and learning. hand movements and the need to learn slowly is extremely important to master any piece. Importantly, once you do this and repeat parts of it, say 5 times, you will never forget it for life. It is like learning to drive a car...you first learn to drive at 5 mph to get control and then later steadily move to 100 mph. Jumping straight to 100 mph is disaster. Hats off to you, bbdhrggl. You are the real teacher.

[zebatov]

What key is that? I learned it on guitar in Am. I don't know the chords very well, but it's Am - Am w/G - F(something) - D(something) then an Em of sorts. Also, what chord are you playing at 3:15 and the one immediately following? I tried asked someone at the guitar shop and they thought it was "(can't remember note) add 9", but they weren't sure.

[imnturbuddyguy]

@zebatov key is C sharp minor im pretty sure. at 3.15 the left hand is playing D octave and C octave straight after. do u mean right hand?

[zebatov]

@imnturbuddyguy

Yes and no. This is hard for me to explain because on guitar I play what both your hands are playing, using only my left hand. I guess you could tell me what both hands are playing seperately... Please. But what I'm actually after is the chord that you'd be making if you played all the notes your fingers are on at the same time at 3:19. Your left hand pinky (4th) and thumb (5th?). And your right hand thumb (5th?), pointer (1st), ring (3rd) and pinky (4th) fingers.

[zebatov]

@imnturbuddyguy

I like the contrast between the three notes you're playing with your right hand (more specifically the sound that the note you're playing with your ring (3rd) finger adds) and just wanted to know what chord that is. And also all the notes as a chord (both hands) like I mentioned below, if possible. If that makes it more clear. Again, I'm not great with theory, I just play by ear and tablature.

[jitulkovy]

best tutorial!

[TigrisLion]

I found this technique is the best and simplest, because some toturials, they show you one hand at a time, which is rather very confusing. I think watching bbdhrggl toturials, I can learn any piece. Once again thank you so much for such great videos.

[TigrisLion]

I solute you for such a great video, I learned a great deal, please do me a great any your other fans a favor and post a tutorial about chopin fantasie impromptu. Thank you very much and I'll look forward to learn form your new tutorials.

[bbdhrggl]

@TigrisLion glad it helped. will add the fantasie impromptu to my long chopin request list, which includes the ballade #1... hmmmmm

[TigrisLion]

@bbdhrggl Thank you soooo much, you are the best. Looking forward to see it on youtube. :)

[TigrisLion]

@bbdhrggl Just to let you know, I am almost half way through the song thanks to you, I never played piano before until I started watching your great videos. Thank you so much.

[elecchur]

Great videos, i would like to know how many keyboards get sold when people can learn from your videos, you should be payed for this,  most exellent, thankyou.

[xxJellJessxx]

thnx for uploading this, this is gonna help me a lot :)

[Freeform159]

Thank you soooooo much. I've found this to be incredibly helpful. I appreciate what you've done so much.

[dying4melody]

Thank you for uploading this I am trying to learn to read sheet music and it's hard for me so this is a great subsitute ..... Do u do tutorials by request because if you do Let me know

[phantoy1]

Tres bien je vais apprendre sur ton tutorial salutation depuis la hongrie

[lllllllllllllll88]

This is cool. I think once you make a slow version, you should also play the pieces in its normal tempo. You've chosen so many beautiful pieces of music. I love ths piece, but many don't appreciate the 2nd mvt. I always hear people playing the 1st and 3rd only. I played this and it's a fun piece. It almost doesn't fit with mvts 1 & 3. It sounds like it simply doesn't belong.  lol

[bbdhrggl]

@lllllllllllllll88 Thanks. But this beachbum is not a real pianist. I humbly defer to the pros.

[captmacmillian]

This tutorial is amazing, the other videos either have bad quality or the person teaching cant even play it right, thank you! Greetings from the United States!

[megashadow128]

can you upload the 2nd mvt if you have the time. thanks.

[bbdhrggl]

@megashadow128 done

[ElenaDujardi]

I tried to learn Moonlight Sonata from a lot of other videos on youtube but your video helped me more than 10 tutorials :D thank you for learning only beautiful songs :D greetings from Romania :)

[bbdhrggl]

@ElenaDujardi glad to hear that. you must have good mirror neurons :D

[ElenaDujardi]

;)) Nice,After Moonlight Sonata i will try to learn from you Enya-Only time,but it seems kind of difficult,my piano level is medium but I will do my best.Again thank you :D

[HolaHolitaHamigo00]

you are the best

could you show the keys that you play (a, b, c, e, g...) in your videos?

sorry about the englsh, greetings from spain! =)

[bbdhrggl]

@HolaHolitaHamigo00 Did you count how many notes there are in this one movement? Doing that would be absolutely no fun for me. I rather quit. Worse of all, it would spoil/ruin my students forever. Learning to reading music is their homework.

[squillysk8]

very little people on youtube get this song right. congratulations on your talent.

[fielmaso]

thx u the best

[bijaaz]

This is great, please complete the tutorial

[snoopinette1]

Yeaaa first comment ;)

Thank you So much for posting this tutorial of the wonderful Moonlight sonata. I'm sure you'll help lots of people to learn this music so easily!

You did an amazing job, and I love your tutorials (we always see very well your fingers and the slow tempo is so helpful)

You're brilliant :) Kisses from france