Tutorial - How to play Fur Elise - The second HARD part

[JoshuaLangit123]

i really think that you made this video in a tilting angle, so that at least we can see the shadow of the keys you're pressing, but it's ok... i already know this part, haha... :P ,...nice tutorial though!

[thomandy]

@JoshuaLangit123 Yes, If I where to do it today, Id at least do it a bit better even though I use the same angle for my tutorials :)

[the100kierz]

Thanks i can now play the second part can u make a vid on the bit at the end that moves up the keys

[DoM1N1CG]

thank you for this vid it really helped!( im 9)

[PandasRuleify]

lol :49 :p

[thomandy]

@PandasRuleify hehe... I have never thought about that one I think :p

[PAGAdomino]

Im really thankful for your Fur Elise tutorial, I can now play it fully :)

Will you be making any tutorials for piano ? I was looking all over the web for a tutorial for "Oginsky Polonaise" but sadly I never found one. If ever you decide to make a tutorial but dont know for which song please consider the Oginsky Polonaise

regards from Poland ;)

[willefos]

omg i for a moment thought that arnold schwarzenegger was learning how to play fur elise!

[thomandy]

@willefos Hehe :) - Well, Im from Norway, its a bit farther north, but I guess the accent can be similar, even though I could not pull of a proper Arnold Impersonation to save my life though;) hehe

[kaypz]

starting at 5:52 is funny huh

[peterpan260983]

Great job, excellent tutorial! I've learned The second hard part in one single day with your tutorial. Slow, of course! :-) Your advice, to slow it down, is so right! When I play it slow without mistakes, it sounds way better than playing it fast but with mistakes. Now I have to try to play it fast without mistakes, this seems to be the really hard part. :-)

[KittycatLoves320]

good tutorial.. i can play this song when i was 5 yrs old but the problem is i dont know the hard part.. so thank you very much after 6yrs of hard work.. i can play this hard part now.. im not really a beginner im 11 :D :D

[lasfamily]

Great tutorial. Thanks.

[09Alpacino09]

AWESOME TUTORIAL I Got most of it but sum parts i cant get cus theyre too hard especially the middle of the song where it has a sort off happy filled theme to it

[scarydirectorwoman]

ur awesome!!! i tried soooo hard 2 learn fur elise and ur the only one that taught it properly.!! thx sooo much

ur really really good!

[desapariciones]

omg man, why you don't said the nots? i don't really understand. :Sthx any way haha

[koodess]

You're awesome man!!! I always want to learn this part and you make it so easy to play. Peace!!

[MrTheHakim]

srry i am beginner, what is sheet music??

[shailensobhee]

Question, on the 9th bar on the music sheet, the one starting with the letter 'p' underneath, the left hand play two notes, right? Please correct me if I am wrong. However, you play only the A note, why?

[papricci]

Great work! Thank you so much

[paynehd]

Thanks for the great tutorial.

Where can I get the sheet music that goes with your tutorials?

Thx

[yuihut]

i like your voice and accent haha. i started to watch your first hard part. i got it all. i can play it full now. thank you so much! :)

[MatheuSRhapsody]

You're crazy.

But thanks, you teach me Fur Elise...

[jerrellcm]

thank you!

[TheStarPi]

If you cant see this then I suggest you get a pair of glasses, this is almost impossible to miss.

[MegaIronhide]

i can't really see what notes you are playing. Could you also tell us the note names?

[thomandy]

Hi. It might be a bit hard at some places, but It shouldn't be a problem if you choose HQ and use the full screen-option. I don't have the time to ad all the note names now! I might make another hard part tutorial that is easier and more detailed explained later if I get the time:)

[akczenaiwok]

i really appreciate what you are doing you are great man !!

[alfauzi13]

You are my hero...........lol

[LLPorduction]

haha piou piou :P I love it :P really helpful stuff!

[LLPorduction]

only 2 really :P

[lizzy1e]

Takk! You helped me so much with the first part (I already knew it pretty well, but you gave me that extra inspiration to carry on) that I'm now on to this part... love this video, more inspiration and some humour to get on with it. XD

[a1strank]

been learning this song for few months this part is actually easier than first and third hard part..I think the first hard part and the 3rd hard part is a lot harder than this.

[thomandy]

I agree with you :) Personally the First Hard part was hardest for me when I was learning it :)

[a1strank]

do you have any tips for playing the 3rd hard part's arpeggio right? Every time when I play it it sounds broken in different parts..they don't sound smooth at all..THANKS!

[thomandy]

Slow it down!!! :) Sooo Much that its Smoooth as ****, Dont speed up!! Play it even slower in the beginning that you can, and then wait til the next day and speed up Just a little. Progress slowly and it will be smooth and good in shorter time than Always playing it fast, and making the same mistakes over and over, imprinting the mistake!! =)

[mailtsauce]

What key is being pressed at 1:08-1:09??

[thomandy]

G# + D + F

[theorientbliss]

im watching it million times a day ;)

i wish i can play soon like you. thanks again for this great tutorial

[sandman1381]

lmao @ when he said DAM!! at the end. Good tutorial , helped me alot , thanx

[thomandy]

hehe:)

Glad its helpful;)

[Rixx5637]

Thank you for taking the time to make this tutorial. My 10 yr old son has learned all but the final two hard sections, from a program on his keyboards. Hopefully your lessons will help him complete this piece.

[thomandy]

Ah, Im very glad that he can use these tutorials then :) I think they are pretty okay to learn from :)

Good Luck :)

[peedonser]

This is SOOOO helpful! The fingering and counting has helped me tremendously. You're a great teacher. Thank you!

[thomandy]

Nice to hear :)

[dragzz1]

thanks dude! im pretty good at pt. 2 now thanks to you!

[thomandy]

Ah :) Great :))

[bluejoshdale]

Nice!! you are so cool

[nohpets07]

u forgot the A octave after u play the E and gsharp its not a by it self its an octave

[Nilisboy]

Two words. GREAT and lol :D

[thomandy]

hehe =)

[Nilisboy]

Gotta love the last "damn".

[thomandy]

Hehe :) Yeah, I forgot the chord cause I went so slow :)) And after that loong take with all that counting ect I didnt want to redo it :)) heeh - But bloopers are always fun :)

[kutibotond]

one more question ! could you help me out with finding a good sounding digital piano with a relative small price ? i live in Romania by the way

[kutibotond]

aha ok ... than i suppose i will learn it that way ...

[kutibotond]

why do you recomend the bycicle tehnic ?

[thomandy]

Well its individual what you might refere, but its a lot easyer after a while to keep count. Before I had to count inside myself, but now I easly detect when Ill play the right hand without counting :)

The bycicle-fingering is also written out on most of the Fur Elise sheets I have seen!

[nadiahrulz]

ur so cool(:

[gagiandjeo]

5 stars!

[ProjectKilluminati]

Excellent Tutorial. Thank you.

[r0b33]

Is there any video showing how to play the part that goes immediately after this one?

[thomandy]

Im making one very soon!! :)

Ill try to do it sooner now that I know there is interest in it :)

[r0b33]

Thank you very much! :D

[RebeccaRhoads1993]

I still love your playing...and your accent lol :D

[luigi1098]

SOOOO SLOW!!! LOL THANKS

[Annaconda1984]

you really make me wanna play piano again (-:P

[thomandy]

Then start again ;) hehe

[NovaPianist]

Nice tuto ! Good job even if i'm not fan of Fur Elise.

+5

[yobrandon11]

Great job! I've never seen anyone do tutorials for classical music :)

[DariaVelZiutka]

Hi Thomas! I really liked your new tutorial, it was easy to follow and funny at some parts. :D '33' xD Haha, that was good! :P

I actually prefer reading music to watching tutorials, but you did very well, my friend. :) It's nice of you that you want to help people to learn this beautiful piece. :) Btw, did you use fingering given in the sheet music or did you do it in a different way? :)

Keep up the good work!

[thomandy]

Hi =) I use my own Fingering, havnt used sheets with fngermarks when I learned it :)

[DariaVelZiutka]

Ah, I see. Just thought we used the sheet music from the same source. :)

[thomandy]

Nah, I learned this piece from my Book that came with the piano :) I just found the Sheet so people can get it if they want! :)

[Zonexi]

awesome tutorial 5/5

you play it slowly which makes it so much easier to see what your doing!

I havent bothered to learn this myself cos i am now where near good enough to learn this- although when i first got my keyboard i taught myself part of the right hand...

Anyways epic vid!