Hi Paul. Here’s my piano life story. Age 4 started lessons-hated it Age 4-9 Had many teachers. Couldn’t sit still, had no interest reading music because I could pick up songs by ear Age 9 Never had another lesson. Didn’t learn much from the teachers. Age 12-15 Picked up a few tunes my friends liked like The Peanuts Theme, Music Box Dancer and busted my chops to learn the Maple Leaf Rag. Took 40 years off. At age 55 I started renting half a studio space with an electric keyboard. Was playing around on it and decided to learn mov 3 to see how far I could get before I quit! I’m about 3/4 of the way through learning it and am pretty proud of myself I must say. My fingering is atrocious but I’m getting it done albeit with mistakes here and there. There it is!
Dear Paul Barton, you should be rewarded a noble price for helping so much people with your outstanding explanations of each and very work you tackle. Thanks a million for all that you do for us ... Genuinely appreciate every minute Im on your tuitions :)
Такого чудового піаніста і вчителя, чудову людину, я ще не бачила в своєму житті. Здоров'я Вам і благословення Божого в житті, Вашій донечці і дружині. ❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤
I heard this piece and immediately fell in love with it. when I asked my professor if I could play it he kinda laughed at me. so I decided to learn it on my own. I started learning it before the pandemic and now I can play it all (not in the actual speed, I'm working on increasing my speed). I wish I had seen this video before, it would have definitely helped me to not go through this alone, an awesome video!
hey! I totally encourage you to learn it! My previous teacher also limited me to learning the campanella, and here I am with several sections learned from it. Your will and constancy can make everything possible!
Sir Paul, a grand salute to you for a continuous help you are doing for the learners , I’m a church pianist and love to play classic music. God bless you more
The first time I heard these three sonatas by Beethoven I was 12 years old, and my grandfather played these on his Steinway XR and since that time I've had the burning desire to learn how to play these all my life. Of course the third movement is the hardest to play but with your tutorial, I totally went and revisited this music again with more confidence! Thank You for your excellent well put together video! You totally cover all aspects! 😊
Paul Barton is the Alton Brown of piano. Very insightful and intelligent about every piece. Plays every one amazingly, and with purpose. Not just randomly out of passion, like myself. Every tutorial is an episode of Good Eats, but for piano.
Actually I heard this piece at a theatre play around a year ago. I was so utterly impressed and captivated that I decided to start properly learning the piano (I had played a little over the years as I had 8 years of accordion lessons) with this piece being my goal eventually. I have since found a magnificent teacher and progressed a lot and honestly your videos have some stellar practice techniques and general ideas and tips for playing in them which helped and still help me a lot!! Thank you for everything!
I'm a 31 year old beginner and started piano on Christmas . I can't believe the progress I made on the first few bars with the broken chords thanks to your exercises and explanations. Like you said it's all about passion and thank you so much for this video
First class tutorial and outstanding playing. I did this piece for diploma some years ago, and it took me a few months to learn the third movement. I could have done with some of these practice tips at the time as my tutor really had little input beyond play slowly and accurately and then speed up. Having not played it for 15 years I am just working it up again to performance standard and found this video super helpful.
this is gonna be a two year project for me, hopefully not more. the last time i played the piano extensively was about 18 years ago. your teaching style is just perfect for me. thanks!
my brother used to play it over and over during my childhood. So I learned it out of boredom. Now it's getting more and more interesting, i'm learning on myself and the nature of my emotions.
My God... I gave up twice on piano because I couldn't play this piece at tempo after months and months of practice, 60 minutes a day 5 days a week. I'm clearly not the best player, but I try hard because I love it. Thank you for the nudge back WITH INSTRUCTIONS! Something i never had before.
As always, a great tutorial! Paul, to answer the question you pose at the end, my interest in playing the piano (keyboard actually), was b/c at age 13 I wanted to play like Laurie Partridge on TV. Once I started lessons with a classic teacher, I heard an LP compilation of L. Pennario playing the 1st mvt. I told my father it sounded simple, and I will never forget (+40 years later) what he said: that with Beethoven, every note has ultimate meaning and it - and not another - is there for a reason. All 3 mvts have been a cherished friend for most of my life.
Thanks for the fantastic video on this amazing piece of music by Beethoven. The first time I heard it, I was astounded! I played it over and over again. It was so wonderful! I've finally memorized all of section 1 and wanted to progress to the next section. It's such a huge piece to learn, but it just leads you to want to learn the next piece and then the next piece, regardless of it's difficulty! I will have to keep coming back to this video over the next few months for guidance, thank you again!
Thank you again Paul for everything, and thank you for the final words of encouragement, you are a wonderful person, artist and teacher. Cheers from Italy.
Wow; Mr Paul Barton is a top quality of artist in everything; I did find him can teach the elephant to hear the music; teaching everyone to paint and music.....He is a top quality teacher not including to teach human being ; even the animal....etc...We do respect Mr Paul Barton long forever and ever.....
THANKS PAUL! I GOT another alternative way to practice for technique of this piece. After watching your tutorial video, it really worked and effective.
I started to play piano after I retired. While learning to play the first two movements I happened to be riding my bike listening to random music on Pandora and heard the third movement without knowing what it was. I thought to myself, that I could never play that and out of curiousity I stopped pedaling to see what it was that was playing. To my shock I found that it was the third movement on Moonlight Sonata. I mentioned this to a concert pianist and teacher who told me that perhaps I could learn to play it. My goal is now to play it at full speed before I die. I am struggling to do your exercises and hope that they will help me accomplish my goal! I wish I had started when I was a child.....
I learnt to play piano at music school from my 6 y.o till 14 y.o. Unfortunately the educational programme was awful and I stopped playing after I finished school. When I turn my 30's I started to play piano again. Unfortunately I lost my technique 😢 Now I'm 39 and try to learn to play 3rd movement. It is very hard 😢 But I want to support you❤ I hope, you will make your dream come true! And I wish you to make a perfect performance of 3rd movement ❤
The first movement was what got me to fall in love with piano. Now that I have it reasonably under control, I've been working on the second movement, and taking my first steps into the third. The technical difficulty gap between the movements is immense, but I'm sure I'll get there eventually.
Thank you ❤ It is very useful video tutorial for me. I dream to play 3rd movement. But my technique is very poor now😢 Should do a lot of practice to some results. With your video I feel like I listen tips from my personal music teacher ❤
Wow Paul! Magnificent! The whole thing! The tutorial. You playing, on several rhythms, all perfectly! The motivation! The encouragement in the end! Wow!
I have started to play the piano two days ago and can only play Für Elise now(what else), the easy part only of course, but I want to practise this, until I can play it. The third act is so beautiful that I almost cry all the time, its something that feels like a life goal.
13:12 This is to me the hardest part of the piece, it deceptively sounds easiest to master but it’s hard as hell, practice is the only way to master this section
I recently heard this piece and it was astonishing😱😱😱 I only new the basic piano movement for each hand😂 and I did not know who to read a piano sheet. I had printed this piece sheet in A3 size and I started to learn all the cute music symbols step by step. And I thought that the best way to learn how to play this impressive piece was going step by step like you have showen in this tutorial. 🙌🙌🙌. And I am considering buying a piano next year 😊😊😊 I fall in love with Bosendorfer 214VC. This was an absolute surprise for me. And I have listened professional pianists playing this piece like they were running the Olympics 100 meters final 😂😂😂. Of you can dream you can do it😊😊😊
Thankyou very, very much. Just ehat I was looking for. A method to get into this movement. Now I have work to do ,.... A lot of work....thankyou again....
I’m actually blown away right now. I’ve never been able to play with it always looks overwhelming but I followed you and I’ve been playing the first part perfectly! You’re amazing!
This video is awesome! I'm young and still a beginner, so I'm trying to learn Canon in D so far, but this video is super motivating to watch! This song is one of my favorites, and I hope to learn it someday :3
Hi Paul, I love your Tutorials. I Play Piano since 20 years and had a Piano teacher Till I was 18. I Would say I play very well piano (surly less good than you 😄). Anyway, My biggest weakness is reading or rather the understanding of the more complicated notes… Your tutorials are genius and helped me through Rachmaninov’s G minor and now Beethoven’s moonlight 3rd movement in the last 1,5 years. So a big thanks to you. I hope I can learn more pieces like these guided by you 🙂 All the best and keep going Julian
Ok this is the first I have seen a melody demonstrated as chords. Re learning again and working on my chord placement. Use to be able to go major, minor, diminished with ease. I have a song long in progress I may apply this technique you showed. Just imagine Moonlight Sonata was from a drill, pretty crazy.
Thank you very much Paul for sharing with us the practice exercises and trills fingering of this piece. It has tremendously helped my learning. Incredible 👍
Thank you Sir Paul. Did not start piano for this piece but fell in love with it long time ago. You have inspired me to learn and start this piece today. Leyenda by Isaac Albeniz, g minor by Rachmaninov and many more like winter wind by Chopin. Thank you Sir.
I took about 2 months to learn the opening 30 seconds and about a 1/3 slower... Thought I was a legend then I watch this and dusted off my L plates 🤣 loved watching this thank you 👍
Thank you Paul! You were exactly right about how I started to learn playing piano because I fell in love with this Sonata during pandemic. I'm still working on 1st movement though.
Hi Paul. Here’s my piano life story.
Age 4 started lessons-hated it
Age 4-9 Had many teachers. Couldn’t sit still, had no interest reading music because I could pick up songs by ear
Age 9 Never had another lesson. Didn’t learn much from the teachers.
Age 12-15 Picked up a few tunes my friends liked like The Peanuts Theme, Music Box Dancer and busted my chops to learn the Maple Leaf Rag.
Took 40 years off.
At age 55 I started renting half a studio space with an electric keyboard. Was playing around on it and decided to learn mov 3 to see how far I could get before I quit!
I’m about 3/4 of the way through learning it and am pretty proud of myself I must say. My fingering is atrocious but I’m getting it done albeit with mistakes here and there.
There it is!
No more timelife to learn...70y old...but your lesson helped me to understand Ludwig
You can still definitely play.
Jcabsa1 yes you can!!!
It's never too late.
One of my students is in his 70s. You can do it if you have dedication and patience.
Tks You all ❣️❤️
Jane is fantastic, she has helped me MANY times.
Looks like your on day 4 of simple piano.
Lmao 🤣
@Isaac Lehrer first time?
Brooooo🤣🤣🤣
I get adds for that all the time
Same I just got one of those adds
Dear Paul Barton, you should be rewarded a noble price for helping so much people with your outstanding explanations of each and very work you tackle. Thanks a million for all that you do for us ... Genuinely appreciate every minute Im on your tuitions :)
* Nobel
@@damienx0x I'm quite sure it's spelt "Noble" though?
@@Enorazzz no. It’s named after a guy with the last name “Nobel”
@@MsSmokeNmirrors Oh, okay, thank you :)
Такого чудового піаніста і вчителя, чудову людину, я ще не бачила в своєму житті.
Здоров'я Вам і
благословення Божого в житті, Вашій донечці і дружині.
❤❤❤ ❤❤❤❤
wow i just realized my question was featured in this video!!! I feel famous!!! Thanks Paul for actually reading our comments :D
Haha i saw your comment :)
I heard this piece and immediately fell in love with it. when I asked my professor if I could play it he kinda laughed at me. so I decided to learn it on my own. I started learning it before the pandemic and now I can play it all (not in the actual speed, I'm working on increasing my speed). I wish I had seen this video before, it would have definitely helped me to not go through this alone, an awesome video!
please tell me that you’ve played it infront of ur professor by now :)
hey! I totally encourage you to learn it! My previous teacher also limited me to learning the campanella, and here I am with several sections learned from it. Your will and constancy can make everything possible!
Sir Paul, a grand salute to you for a continuous help you are doing for the learners , I’m a church pianist and love to play classic music. God bless you more
The first time I heard these three sonatas by Beethoven I was 12 years old, and my grandfather played these on his Steinway XR and since that time I've had the burning desire to learn how to play these all my life. Of course the third movement is the hardest to play but with your tutorial, I totally went and revisited this music again with more confidence! Thank You for your excellent well put together video! You totally cover all aspects! 😊
Paul Barton is the Alton Brown of piano. Very insightful and intelligent about every piece. Plays every one amazingly, and with purpose. Not just randomly out of passion, like myself. Every tutorial is an episode of Good Eats, but for piano.
5:08 exercise 1
Actually I heard this piece at a theatre play around a year ago. I was so utterly impressed and captivated that I decided to start properly learning the piano (I had played a little over the years as I had 8 years of accordion lessons) with this piece being my goal eventually.
I have since found a magnificent teacher and progressed a lot and honestly your videos have some stellar practice techniques and general ideas and tips for playing in them which helped and still help me a lot!! Thank you for everything!
I'm a 31 year old beginner and started piano on Christmas . I can't believe the progress I made on the first few bars with the broken chords thanks to your exercises and explanations. Like you said it's all about passion and thank you so much for this video
First class tutorial and outstanding playing. I did this piece for diploma some years ago, and it took me a few months to learn the third movement. I could have done with some of these practice tips at the time as my tutor really had little input beyond play slowly and accurately and then speed up. Having not played it for 15 years I am just working it up again to performance standard and found this video super helpful.
I have been waiting for this for years! Thanks Paul.
you’re the greatest piano teacher on youtube
I just found ur families channel and it’s the most purest most sweetest thing I have ever come across on. I am so thankful for you guys.
this is gonna be a two year project for me, hopefully not more. the last time i played the piano extensively was about 18 years ago. your teaching style is just perfect for me. thanks!
"You can do anything, you set your mind to" ~Paul Barton
Thank you very much. Now, I have the confidence to play this piece. Before watching this tutorial, I had never thought of trying this.
As you say: I've heard it, instantly fell in love with it and now I've been working on it for the past half year.
my brother used to play it over and over during my childhood. So I learned it out of boredom. Now it's getting more and more interesting, i'm learning on myself and the nature of my emotions.
I learnt this piece 70 years ago and am now very rusty thank for your help in this video
My God... I gave up twice on piano because I couldn't play this piece at tempo after months and months of practice, 60 minutes a day 5 days a week. I'm clearly not the best player, but I try hard because I love it. Thank you for the nudge back WITH INSTRUCTIONS! Something i never had before.
This is an unbelievably amazing video. Will watch and watch again
Absolutely astonishing how clean and effortless it looks when you play this piece 🤌
As always, a great tutorial! Paul, to answer the question you pose at the end, my interest in playing the piano (keyboard actually), was b/c at age 13 I wanted to play like Laurie Partridge on TV. Once I started lessons with a classic teacher, I heard an LP compilation of L. Pennario playing the 1st mvt. I told my father it sounded simple, and I will never forget (+40 years later) what he said: that with Beethoven, every note has ultimate meaning and it - and not another - is there for a reason. All 3 mvts have been a cherished friend for most of my life.
You're an excellent teacher! Thank you very much indeed for your work.
Thanks for the fantastic video on this amazing piece of music by Beethoven. The first time I heard it, I was astounded! I played it over and over again. It was so wonderful! I've finally memorized all of section 1 and wanted to progress to the next section. It's such a huge piece to learn, but it just leads you to want to learn the next piece and then the next piece, regardless of it's difficulty! I will have to keep coming back to this video over the next few months for guidance, thank you again!
Thank you again Paul for everything, and thank you for the final words of encouragement, you are a wonderful person, artist and teacher. Cheers from Italy.
You inspire me. Thank you for everything. I appreciate you. (:
jesus your playing is beyond clean
Thank you so much, Mr. Barton... this goal of mine to learn this movement is now attainable.
Paul thank you, especially for the kind encouragement at the end!
Before I watch the video. I want to thank you for the toturial.
28:19 was kind of funny
Yeah, poor "Beethoven."
Beethoven needs help in playing piano 😅
Goldy Olvido Baroa he needs help playing his own piece
legit made me laugh hard😭
Totally
Wow; Mr Paul Barton is a top quality of artist in everything; I did find him can teach the elephant to
hear the music; teaching everyone to paint and music.....He is a top quality teacher not including
to teach human being ; even the animal....etc...We do respect Mr Paul Barton long forever and
ever.....
THANKS PAUL! I GOT another alternative way to practice for technique of this piece. After watching your tutorial video, it really worked and effective.
@Arkin Chong - Do you mind sharing with us they alternate practice method you came up with, please?
I started to play piano after I retired. While learning to play the first two movements I happened to be riding my bike listening to random music on Pandora and heard the third movement without knowing what it was. I thought to myself, that I could never play that and out of curiousity I stopped pedaling to see what it was that was playing. To my shock I found that it was the third movement on Moonlight Sonata. I mentioned this to a concert pianist and teacher who told me that perhaps I could learn to play it. My goal is now to play it at full speed before I die. I am struggling to do your exercises and hope that they will help me accomplish my goal! I wish I had started when I was a child.....
I learnt to play piano at music school from my 6 y.o till 14 y.o. Unfortunately the educational programme was awful and I stopped playing after I finished school.
When I turn my 30's I started to play piano again. Unfortunately I lost my technique 😢 Now I'm 39 and try to learn to play 3rd movement. It is very hard 😢
But I want to support you❤ I hope, you will make your dream come true! And I wish you to make a perfect performance of 3rd movement ❤
The first movement was what got me to fall in love with piano. Now that I have it reasonably under control, I've been working on the second movement, and taking my first steps into the third. The technical difficulty gap between the movements is immense, but I'm sure I'll get there eventually.
What a GREAT tutorial. I'm just an intermediate player but following this lesson I can actually play the first two lines...SLOWLY of course👍❗
Thank you Paul. I’m learning this one now. And your tutorial has helped me tremendously!
Thank you ❤
It is very useful video tutorial for me.
I dream to play 3rd movement. But my technique is very poor now😢
Should do a lot of practice to some results.
With your video I feel like I listen tips from my personal music teacher ❤
Geez your dynamics is flat out superior.
Wow Paul! Magnificent! The whole thing! The tutorial. You playing, on several rhythms, all perfectly! The motivation! The encouragement in the end! Wow!
I have started to play the piano two days ago and can only play Für Elise now(what else), the easy part only of course, but I want to practise this, until I can play it. The third act is so beautiful that I almost cry all the time, its something that feels like a life goal.
Gleichtritt why use that profile picture
13:12 This is to me the hardest part of the piece, it deceptively sounds easiest to master but it’s hard as hell, practice is the only way to master this section
imo its the easiest of the piece with the transition before each sequence
Its hard in the beginning but it's easy in the end
I recently heard this piece and it was astonishing😱😱😱 I only new the basic piano movement for each hand😂 and I did not know who to read a piano sheet. I had printed this piece sheet in A3 size and I started to learn all the cute music symbols step by step. And I thought that the best way to learn how to play this impressive piece was going step by step like you have showen in this tutorial. 🙌🙌🙌. And I am considering buying a piano next year 😊😊😊 I fall in love with Bosendorfer 214VC. This was an absolute surprise for me. And I have listened professional pianists playing this piece like they were running the Olympics 100 meters final 😂😂😂. Of you can dream you can do it😊😊😊
Although I do not play piano, I find it so fascinating how your fingers fly over the instriment that makes then such a beatifull 'noice ' (!!!)
Paul you're one of the best Pianist ever!!!
I'm having a big struggle with the tempo but your excercises are so incredible! Thanks alot!
Thankyou very, very much. Just ehat I was looking for. A method to get into this movement. Now I have work to do ,.... A lot of work....thankyou again....
I am struggling with this piece and this is helping me a lot, thanks !
I’m actually blown away right now. I’ve never been able to play with it always looks overwhelming but I followed you and I’ve been playing the first part perfectly! You’re amazing!
The "messed-about" Beethoven in the advert was really rather pleasant.... but prefer the original....simple and sublime. xx
As someone trying to learn this song, thank you so so much for this. It is like having a piano teacher with me.
I wish I would've seen this a year ago. I am able to play this piece easily today but this would've sped things up... Great tutorial!
This tutorial is AMAZINGLY helpful. Thank you!
Yes, I began piano especially for this piece.
Thank you very much for your tutorial.
You're a fantastic teacher Paul!
Thanks Paul! I've been learning this piece for 2 weeks, and this video helped me to play very well, thanks You so much!
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This video is awesome! I'm young and still a beginner, so I'm trying to learn Canon in D so far, but this video is super motivating to watch! This song is one of my favorites, and I hope to learn it someday :3
This truly changed the scene..
Hi Paul,
I love your Tutorials.
I Play Piano since 20 years and had a Piano teacher Till I was 18.
I Would say I play very well piano (surly less good than you 😄).
Anyway, My biggest weakness is reading or rather the understanding of the more complicated notes…
Your tutorials are genius and helped me through Rachmaninov’s G minor and now Beethoven’s moonlight 3rd movement in the last 1,5 years.
So a big thanks to you. I hope I can learn more pieces like these guided by you 🙂
All the best and keep going
Julian
You do an amazing job of homeschooling your little girl. She is brilliant.
Great tips! Very thorough and easy to understand.
Ok this is the first I have seen a melody demonstrated as chords. Re learning again and working on my chord placement. Use to be able to go major, minor, diminished with ease. I have a song long in progress I may apply this technique you showed. Just imagine Moonlight Sonata was from a drill, pretty crazy.
The most useful moonlight 3 vido on RUclips.. Thanx for your efforts🙏
Thank you very much Paul for sharing with us the practice exercises and trills fingering of this piece. It has tremendously helped my learning. Incredible 👍
Nobody:
Piano adds after 1 year:
what are you talking about?
person next door to my house:
youtuber:
make sense please.
@@b33p Your comment is very confusing and do you understand the joke
I’ve been playing for a year and I’m starting to learn it
It’s hard af but I feel like I’ll regret it if I don’t keep learning it
@@samautrey im also learning it after a year and its not as difficult as it looks but is still pretty difficult at times
Thank you so so much for your lesson!! It helped me a lot while working on this piece. Very grateful for your channel ❤️
Thank you Paul for another quality tutorial!
Thank you Sir Paul. Did not start piano for this piece but fell in love with it long time ago. You have inspired me to learn and start this piece today. Leyenda by Isaac Albeniz, g minor by Rachmaninov and many more like winter wind by Chopin. Thank you Sir.
I need this dude as a teacher,clearly a real pro.
Paul is an amazing teacher. He breaks all the patterns down and gives creative ways to practice the patterns.
I took about 2 months to learn the opening 30 seconds and about a 1/3 slower... Thought I was a legend then I watch this and dusted off my L plates 🤣 loved watching this thank you 👍
why did i find this channel just now thank you so much
This is brilliant! Many thanks - so helpful.
Your performance on this sounds awesome
Such a well done tutorial.
Looks like you r on day 2 of Simply Piano 😍
Thank you Paul! You were exactly right about how I started to learn playing piano because I fell in love with this Sonata during pandemic. I'm still working on 1st movement though.
This is very generous of you to put out
Thanks so much, Paul. You're the BEST! ❤
You are an incredible teacher! Thank you so much.
I scared that piece...omg...tnxs for making tutorial....
Your astounding Paul. Thank you for your music knowledge.
Started practicing the piano just to play that song and master it !
your technique is amazing!, i love it, thank you!
Thank you for this pedagogical vidéo 👍, very helpfull !!!
Love this piece and decided to learn to play! Wish me luck as a beginner at my retirement age. Thank you! Your video is very helpful!
Excellent practice exercises. Thank you. Just started learning this piece.
Thanks sir for tutorial.. now i can practice 🙏
I`m learning this piece. Thank you for this tutorial video.
Wahnsinnig gut und schön erklärt ❤
This piece wouldn’t be so hard if not for that nasty octave trill section, bar 31 the second time it occurs is the hardest part in the whole sonata.
Thank you, this is exactly the video I’ve been looking for. Fantastic!
incredible! please never stop making videos Paul!