Muzio Clementi : Sonatina in G, Op. 36 No. 2

[torimom20012002]

That was wonderful. I played this song for competitions. He is one of my favorite composers right behind Beethoven. Thank you for sharing this fun Sonatina. :)

[PSearPianist]

@torimom20012002 Thank you. I hope you won some of the competitions with it!

[MarchingBandGeek96]

what book did you use for this? I have the alfredo book and my teacher said that the second movement's name is a typo. I'm not sure if this right. I kept telling her I found many like this video that have Allegretto.

[PSearPianist]

@MarchingBandGeek96 Thank you. I used a British edition published in the 1960s. I can't lay my hands on it now, but the title I used for my video definitely came from it. You could check with whatever edition is on IMSLP (which you can download for free).

[runnergirl628]

I'm doing this for a sonatina competition soon. I wish mine sounded so good. (:

[PSearPianist]

@runnergirl628 If you work hard it will sound better - my performance is not perfect. I wish you every success in the competition!

[11insertusernamehere]

Awesome! Helped me a lot. You play it well.

[PSearPianist]

@11insertusernamehere Thank you very much - and good luck with your own study of the piece!

[ilseklavier]

I like this video very much, you play this Sonatina really very wonderful! It`s nice to hear you, nice to see you playing on your piano. You are great!!!

[PSearPianist]

@ilseklavier Thank you Ilse - that's really kind.  Greetings from the UK!

[kubakhj4]

Thanks very much.I like you a lot and this song is cute :)

[PSearPianist]

@kubakhj4 Thanks.  You must be the first person I have heard call Clementi cute - but I'm sure he would have appreciated the compliment!

[fritzi2punkt0]

Thanks for this video

it helped me a lot to learn this piece

I love the way you play it

[PSearPianist]

@fritzi2punkt0 Thank you very much. I hope you get a lot of pleasure from your own performances of the work!

[sridg99]

this is a nice song  and you play it so nice

[pianorocks111]

u play quite nicely sir. I am lerning this piece 2 and at the moment my left hand just can't keep with my right. yer video helped a lot. THANK YOU!

[PSearPianist]

@pianorocks111 Thank you. I'm pleased you found the video helpful - and good luck with your study of the piece!

[reubenize]

Wonderful! Learning this piece but finding it almost impossible! Started learning piano from scratch 6 yrs ago, my fingers just do not keep up with my brain! Am very jealous! Will keep going though, am 62 yrs old so that might be a bit of a problem!!

[PSearPianist]

@reubenize Thank you for that. You cannot choose better music to work on as it such excellent practice and enjoyable to play. It is great that you have taken the piano up - I am always saying to people that it is 'never too late'. So do persevere!

[jitchoo]

This inspires me to practice!

I'm so insecure about my playing capabilities... even if I could get in 75% as good I'd be happy :)

[PSearPianist]

@jitchoo I'm very pleased to hear that. Do work hard at the piano, but make sure that you always practise with an achievable aim in view - and not just because you feel you should be doing x minutes a day. I am certainly guilty of having not practised enough when I was young - I preferred to sightread through a pile of music than to work on one piece!

[ThePedroton]

You're a good pianist, but you are disregarding the rules of musical dynamics and articulation.

See my video:

/watch?v=PM1ibwO_hZc

[PSearPianist]

@ThePedroton Whose rules are they?

[sarastro1791]

That's one of the pieces I'm learning at the moment!

Your version is a good teacher! ;D

Very good!

[PSearPianist]

@sarastro1791 Thank you - and good luck with your own work on the piece!

[yoryora]

Nicely done!

[PSearPianist]

@yoryora Thank you!

[djzmoo]

Beautifully done.. Wish I could play it the way you played it...

[PSearPianist]

@djzmoo Thank you - work hard at it and you will surely play it better!

[opticalworld]

i already learned this piece and i am still polishing it. dang you are good. sometimes i just don't appreciate the way i play, but when i see other people play this i think that they are waaay better than i am. gee

[PSearPianist]

@opticalworld Other people probably play this better than me! What you have to do is to try and imagine, while you are playing, that you are the audience - and think whether you are delivering what they want to hear. The other thing that always improves any performance is minute attention to detail in the score.

[opticalworld]

@PSearPianist thanks for the advice :) well i think the reason that i couldn't appreciate my playing is that i always play most of the pieces i study in moderate tempo even if it's in allegro. i could speed up, because when i do, make a lot of mistakes.

[apoman1993]

interesting way to play the second piece. Most people don't like staccato in this one and although its allegretto the play adagio.

[PSearPianist]

@apoman1993 Thank you. The second movement is actually hard to interpret. I certainly go for the allegretto, otherwise it could sound like a Baroque 'grave' movement. I do not specifically aim to play staccato, but I do not use much pedal and do not aim for a great deal of legato.

[OurMiniTV]

wow, great:)

now i am playing it:)

[PSearPianist]

@OurMiniTV Thanks - and good luck with your own study of the piece!

[mayakhoury1]

bien joué!

[PSearPianist]

@mayakhoury1 Merci beaucoup!

[BreenSN]

This is one of my favorite sonatinas :) I play the first one

Congrats!

[PSearPianist]

@BreenSN Thank you for that. I hope you enjoy playing No. 1. I intend to upload all six fairly soon!

[BreenSN]

@PSearPianist That would be great! I already uploaded the first one but the second movement was too fast. I guess Ill try another upload later. And I made a mistake in the first movement :P little one but well if you want check them out!

[KtyNR]

nice and funny melody!!

[Danilmalinov]

Отличное произведение!

Вы молодец.

Дальнейших вам успехов!

5*

Данил

[PSearPianist]

Благодарим Вас за комментарии, Данил

[PSearPianist]

There is humour in these pieces!