How to Play Moonlight Sonata Part 1 - Piano Tutorial

Part 1 of Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven in C# minor.

Hey guys, hope you enjoy part one.
Please leave me some notes on how to improve my tutorial videos - Any comments are appreciated.

Here are all the notes for Part 1. This should be used in conjunction with the video as this will probably be hard to follow if just read by itself. I'm hoping this isn't too complicated; if it is please let me know and then I'll try to make it better.

Notes to the left of the slash are what the left hand plays and what's right of the slash are what the right hand plays. Notes that are together with no commas in between are to be played together (as can be seen by octaves in the left hand). If there is a dash to the left of the slash, nothing is played in the left hand.

When there is a x2 or x4 with the notes, only the right hand is to be played that many times. Hopefully this can be of help, if not I'll try to make it easier to understand. :)

C#C# / G#, C#, E x4
BB / G#, C#, E x4
AA / A, C#, E x2
F#F# / A, D, F# x2
G#G# / G#, C, F#
- / G#, C#, E
G#G# / G#, C#, D#
- / F#, C, D#
C#G#C# / E, G#, C#
- / G#, C#, E x2
- / G#G#, C#, E, (high)G#
CG#C / G#G#, D#, F#
- / G#, D#, F# x2
- / G#G#, D#, F#, (high)G#
C#C# / G#G#, C#, E
- / G#, C#, E
F#F# / AA, C#, F#
- / A, C#, F#
BB / G#G#, B, E
- / G#, B, E
BB / AF#, B, D#
- / AB (long stretch), B, D#

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[NicOliv88]

Hey, that's my keyboard, haha. Thanks!

[JasSondh]

How do you get that echo sound in the base?

[SuperJewToast]

@SuperJewToast I can't blame you for going "Too fast", since I have no idea what you're doing. I wanna be one of those poser musicians that can't read music for shit. Godd job, fella!

[SuperJewToast]

Man, it just LOOKS soooo easy... wish I had a keyboard to try it out on... because lets face it... 30 seconds of that is all you would need to pull serious ass...

[akatuski1]

great tutorial! <3

[LuciusCornell]

we have the same key board:D

[alextenasiousd1999]

dude do toccata and fudge in d minor

[agassi8219]

HEY MAN , i was feeling guilty that i couldn't thank you for what you thought me, i could play my first piano piece for the firs time, and i learned this song from you, and i believe that your my teacher. it took a month to play this song, and now am playing it everyday by myself. it's pretty awesome. THANKS A LOT AGAIN.

[hellogoodbye362]

Better than people who hav been doing it for years...on ur 1st time.....I'm proud to call you my son

[amazingvietnam247]

It used to look complicated to me, until you made it so simple.

Thank you.