In my opinion as long as you like what you're playing and how you're playing then stick with it. I learned the first movement of moonlight sonata, then I just started playing with it because I felt some parts should be played faster or slower or harder or softer. It may have been written one way but that is what remixes and covers are for.
I can see what you're getting at, but its not stylistically correct for the tune. Its a 40's ballad, it should be laid back, almost on the verge of dragging but really not in a way. Also, that quarter note thing you were doing in the left hand was very white. Just watch the original, and you'll get a better idea of what I'm trying to say.
Wow, have your piano tuned! And, as others have also noticed, way too fast. A very hard piece to transfer from the big band sound to just a piano. I applaud you for attempting that. If you want to capture the original style more effectively, just listen to a band playing this and try to emulate it more realistically. Slow, gentle chords in the left hand and a lilting melody in the right. Don't rush it and you'll find it easier to play more authenitically.
I've listened to it again, and I think you need some yellow tape around that piano. After that bridge, it is definitely a crime scene! Glen Miller called from the bottom of the English Channel to say he never wrote that song. His widow divorced him posthumously, and his agent left him for Bunny Berigan. Ta-boomf. Keep practicing. Your mother loves ya, and I do too. Just make my next drink a double, straight up!
Sustain pedal stuck, or what? Lord have mercy, I hope you know more than that! That was John Thompson II if I ever heard it... Sorry, but the sound was just terrible. Really. Some songs don't translate well on the piano. Don't play AC/DC either! Try some ballads or maybe the autoharp! If you're going to post that stuff, tune the piano, put the mike back about 10 feet back, and put a rock under the sustain pedal. If that doesn't help, move the piano upstairs, and move the mike down the block!
Everything's great, not sure I like the tempo, an how you kind of randomly change it, though. But hey, you seem to know what you're doing so I guess you do that on purpose. One might argue that you're simply making the song your own.
perhaps don't press the pedal too much, it makes the notes too blurred and it makes them touch the other keys which creates an eerie feeling and not as clear. Don't rush it too. :) What you do with the tempo is good, but consider the dynamics as well to emphasise that change.
hey.. i was talking about Hellpiano's first comment, and that is Italian, ok?! I just added the PS-part because you obviously thought you have to translate your comment for me ;) ... got it?? XD
Thx!!!.. yeah.. you all are absolutely right.. i changed the tempo: 1st normal tempo - then a little bit faster - the middle part very slow - and the repeat the end again fast.. But i like that style of tempo change ;)
Ps: you don't need to translate your english comments xD i just don't understand Italian
slow down , relax , thats the way how to play it really good ;)
m2tt7 3 weeks ago
In my opinion as long as you like what you're playing and how you're playing then stick with it. I learned the first movement of moonlight sonata, then I just started playing with it because I felt some parts should be played faster or slower or harder or softer. It may have been written one way but that is what remixes and covers are for.
AgroDuckDespenser 1 year ago
@AgroDuckDespenser hey there - thank you for that comment! I recorded a bunch of vids about 3 years year ago - in a row! without any preparation...
Just did some covers, I never tryed to play them exact as the origin songs! So i recorded my own interpretations - like you do, :)
Maybe you would like to watch my Moonlight Sonata(1st movement)
youtube.com/watch?v=n6Dr6Q0p360
And it would be amazin if you could post your own version to my video too!
Best Greetings from Vienna
lyncisAt 1 year ago
please slow down and put your soul in to it...
this is just a compliment
Mr0Piano0 1 year ago
Stop stomping on the beat. Relax, slow down, and feel the rythym....play AFTER each pump of the pulse
amazingbrass 1 year ago
I can see what you're getting at, but its not stylistically correct for the tune. Its a 40's ballad, it should be laid back, almost on the verge of dragging but really not in a way. Also, that quarter note thing you were doing in the left hand was very white. Just watch the original, and you'll get a better idea of what I'm trying to say.
darthrebelpenguin 1 year ago
I love it! :D Do you have the notation? :)
OJungell 2 years ago
Fuck these bitches, I think it's great.
addnamehere 2 years ago
Wow, have your piano tuned! And, as others have also noticed, way too fast. A very hard piece to transfer from the big band sound to just a piano. I applaud you for attempting that. If you want to capture the original style more effectively, just listen to a band playing this and try to emulate it more realistically. Slow, gentle chords in the left hand and a lilting melody in the right. Don't rush it and you'll find it easier to play more authenitically.
mickypoo4622 2 years ago
yeah this sounds like the part in the movie where the other guy made a cabaret arrangement of it that Glenn hated.
Reinocerous25 2 years ago
If you're going to put yourself on YT you have to be good. No one, I mean no one, likes listening to mistakes and poor playing. Sorry!!
fsharpmajor 2 years ago
we need an over view to see the keys your using.. and yes slow the tempo down as someone said.
casketkey 2 years ago
woops I didn't mean to thumbs down that... my mouse is gay. But I agree, slow the tempo down
FishcakeChini 2 years ago
MAS DESPACIO TONTO...
Murretti 2 years ago
No Nintendo
ursoocool310 2 years ago
Umm, creo tenés razón
aby121385 2 years ago
I've listened to it again, and I think you need some yellow tape around that piano. After that bridge, it is definitely a crime scene! Glen Miller called from the bottom of the English Channel to say he never wrote that song. His widow divorced him posthumously, and his agent left him for Bunny Berigan. Ta-boomf. Keep practicing. Your mother loves ya, and I do too. Just make my next drink a double, straight up!
MusicallyDetermined 3 years ago 2
His name is "Glenn"! ;)
lyncisAt 3 years ago
you did a good job
but slow the tempo down a little and hold the keys a little longer and it will be beautiful, also put mike/cam back 5 feet so there is no distortion
dnl5649 2 years ago
Sustain pedal stuck, or what? Lord have mercy, I hope you know more than that! That was John Thompson II if I ever heard it... Sorry, but the sound was just terrible. Really. Some songs don't translate well on the piano. Don't play AC/DC either! Try some ballads or maybe the autoharp! If you're going to post that stuff, tune the piano, put the mike back about 10 feet back, and put a rock under the sustain pedal. If that doesn't help, move the piano upstairs, and move the mike down the block!
MusicallyDetermined 3 years ago
sorry but , you got to fas to the song , take it easy
andresxray 3 years ago
SLOW IT DOWN, YOURE NOT PLAYING IT GOOD,
YOU MUST LISTEN THE ORIGINAL.
YOUR VERSION SUNDS LIKE CRAP
BUT ITS OK YOU TRIED :p
sotelomuniz 3 years ago 5
Great ! Could you give us the score for uploading, please ? :o)
SunMusicOne 3 years ago
muy hermosa!
susanah1973 3 years ago 2
slow it down and it would be prefect
parvagem 3 years ago 2
I imagine this would be a lot more better if you did it slower and made the notes linger =D
GingersnapCookys 3 years ago 4
Everything's great, not sure I like the tempo, an how you kind of randomly change it, though. But hey, you seem to know what you're doing so I guess you do that on purpose. One might argue that you're simply making the song your own.
jitago 4 years ago 2
wow thats good, but doesn't sound have the glenn miller feel to it...too choppy and fast and gay
listen to the original
get better
aznemoj0ck 4 years ago
hey can u post a vid of you playing? maybe you can teach us to play perfectly.
statis 4 years ago 2
Nestor Astorga has prepared a CD with the song MOONLIGHT SERENADE in an Instrumental Version in Hammond X66 Organ.
Visit: nestorastorga com
driftman1 4 years ago
perhaps don't press the pedal too much, it makes the notes too blurred and it makes them touch the other keys which creates an eerie feeling and not as clear. Don't rush it too. :) What you do with the tempo is good, but consider the dynamics as well to emphasise that change.
spunkyspam 4 years ago
well, thank you for your explicit advices... :) maybe you can post us a video of you playing it that way you would express it. that would be great :)
lyncisAt 4 years ago
an over view shotwould of been better so I and others could do it. can you do Charade and post it ?
sscarzz 4 years ago
This tempo gives a special atsmosfera. I like it.
quesapa 4 years ago
hey.. i was talking about Hellpiano's first comment, and that is Italian, ok?! I just added the PS-part because you obviously thought you have to translate your comment for me ;) ... got it?? XD
lyncisAt 4 years ago
Thx!!!.. yeah.. you all are absolutely right.. i changed the tempo: 1st normal tempo - then a little bit faster - the middle part very slow - and the repeat the end again fast.. But i like that style of tempo change ;)
Ps: you don't need to translate your english comments xD i just don't understand Italian
lyncisAt 4 years ago
ah ok... xD i like your video. it's interesting
Hellpiano 4 years ago
in linea di massima carino ma ci sono imperfezioni nel tempo.
Hellpiano 4 years ago
hä?!!? can somebody translate that pls?!?
i only understand english and german
lyncisAt 4 years ago
I like so much this song, and is the first time i see en piano, is the best... thank you
147369jj 4 years ago