I know how you feel. I do too. And even if I know there’s a clef change,it takes me by surprise because the Treble Clef is in the key of G and the Bass Clef is in the key of F,so if you don’t see the clef change, it’s gonna sound weird and all wrong.
Sight-reading intimidates me, everything is complicated and so much to keep track of... it all looks so much easier just to watch the hands of the player or watch the player piano tutorial, " if you can find it" then go back to the sheetmusic. I was told by music reading programs that there are numerous timing errors in sheet music
Italian speaker here. I always thought that “senza sordini” meant one shouldn’t use the una corda pedal when playing this piece because “sordina” means mute, but the plural “sordini” probably suggests that you’re right and that Beethoven was referring to the dampeners. Imo we’ll never know because he spoke German, then he could have not known the difference between singular and plural in Italian. In any case we know that pianos in the time of Beethoven had way less resonance than nowadays, so we should be always cautious about overpedaling as you explained. Nice video :)
I suggest this approach for tonal music like this piece : 1. Identify the key of the piece and if it is major or minor. 2. First practice playing the notes of the key to create some memory of the sharps or flats 3. Practice the chords , at least I, IV and V7 (or i, iv and V7 in minor) . Practice the chords with arpeggios. 4. If also helps a lot to listen ( several times) a recording of the piece to get a sense of rhythms and dynamics. 5. Then start practicing the piece.
@@chmendez Thanks. The problem is that I have good memorisation skill, when I hear a piece it gets stuck in my head and while reading the score I tend to rely more on my memory/ear. If I want to practice my sight reading skills I force myself to not hear before the piece ("prima vista") and only after practicing a bit the piece, listen to the recordings. Sometimes there might not be recordings, so you have to rely solely on "sight reading" skills. But it is personal of course. Thanks for your contribution. I would also add that one can practice also chord inversions (of the chords you mentioned).
When I was younger, I used to do sight reading of every piece in my book - only the first page, just to see what the piece sounded like. Eventually, I got better at it. I love how you explained all the steps individually.
I feel like you are the best teacher, you always explain so good and you are very good at piano technique and you are very smart at understanding what the composers want to capture in their piece, ❤️
This was such a helpful video. I have a one page beginner version that has just nine measures but it appears to follow what you were playing. The notes in measures 5&6 are tricky with the extra middle G's in the Treble Clef. Thanks for this video!
I'm struggling with Chopins Nocturne in E flat and I am learning so much abt chords and I got a lot better at sight reading, really, there's no shortcut, only p r a c t i c e
These tips are very good thank you very much. What also helps me a lot when learning a new piece is to listen to the piece on RUclips and follow along with the notes. It gives a really good overview over the piece and makes sightreading and memorising easier
Let's face it, any composition is fundamentally made up of scales and arpeggios (especially this Beethoven!) so your job is to not only perfect your scales and arpeggios but also be able to identify them quickly on the page when you see them. Of course, what makes any composition unique and great is the way in which the scales and arpeggios are altered or reworked with interesting rhythms, so you have to keep that in mind when sight-reading. Bottom line: look for and identify the scales and arpeggios so you can "predict" what is coming next, but learn to keep in mind that what makes any composition special is the alterations made by the composer to those scales which you already know. 🤓
I would love to see what you could do with Chopin Ballade no 4 with the 1 minute, 1 hour, and 10 hour challenge. As you've learned all the Chopin Op 10 etudes, Ballade no 4 has some callbacks to the etudes within the score!
I have a friend, who used to study in Lübeck and he could play any piece prima vista. We sight-read Beethoven piano trios and he downloaded the score right before the rehearsal and made not the slightest mistake. It’s incredible
Hi, I'm from Brazil and you as always making amazing videos. Great tips for sight reading, fingering and interpretation. In my opinion, Moonlight Sonata 1st movement is a difficult song, it helped me a lot. I really like your videos and I will continue to follow everything. Best channel/pianist in the world!😁🎼🎶🎵🎹
It is really not that hard. It was the first song I ever learned on the piano. Learning music theory helps a lot as most of the piece can be memorized as chord progressions.
I learned the 1st movement of this when I was 11. I was such a slow music reader it took me 6 months to learn it. Finished it on my 12 b-day as a matter of fact. Today, over 1/2 a century later, I'm STILL "The World's Slowest Music Reader"!! Guinness is looking for me. Over the years I've (attempted to) learned (and forgotten) a couple popular Liszt pieces, Debussy, a nice Chopin etude, etc. I STILL have to count up from the bottom line EVERY little black dot of music!! All these years of counting black dots on lines and it still takes me forever to learn anything. Guess I'll never catch on. I really want to someday (attempt to) learn the 3rd movement of this. Afraid if I don't start soon I might not live long enough! P.S. I need you in my life. js
This just made me laugh, as I am the same you with sight-reading and do still 'count up' on the stave at times 😅 🤭 I love playing the slow movement but, coincidentally - to reading your comment today - I've recently been watching videos of that amazing third movement. I then watched a tutorial and for a very brief moment thought, "COULD I perhaps think about learning even PART of that? 🤔 before swiftly concluding: "Absolutely no chance...that'll have to be one for my NEXT life..." 😆
Great video. My teacher always told me that saying "And" when you count is not recommended because there's a risk to loose the pulse and play as if it was 4/4 instead of 2/2 for this exemple
Yes I would agree on this. However, for some people it can help in the beginning to make sure the rhythm is precisely played - later I would change it into counting without „And“ :)
I composed an orchestrated version of Moonlight. It's a sightreader's nightmare, because it's constantly modulating. But, damn ... it sounds good! Great Vid! Thank You! ~TD, Boston
Jetzt hab ich die Mondscheinsonate zum hundertsten Mal gespielt und doch noch was gelernt. Ich springe immer mit der linken Hand mit dem 1. und 5. Finger die Oktaven rauf und runter und wundere mich warum ich manchmal nicht treffe...dabei wäre 1+5 zu 1+4 doch so einfach. Muss ich heut mal ausprobieren. Danke dafür. :)
I'm impressed by you playing those annoying huge intervals cleanly!! Those beyond an octave in the right hand. I have the same size hand so I know that's hard. Diese oktawen wollen mich verarschen ;)
I am from brazil and i love your channel! You could make a video with tips and tricks about playing big chords with the hands very open, cause when I play pieces that need this, my hands feel so tired
I forget to look at the clef and then for a moment I am confused about the harmonies. I say to myself look at the key signature and the clef. Interesting someone as accomplished as you would make the same mistake. Thank you for your insights.
That s a sight Reading piece we re doing at 11 in conservatory or at least when we are young. Seems obvious for me to know how attack a piece. But you do great job for people !
It’s such a pleasure to discover you and your channel, thank you for sharing your knowledge! May I ask what software/App you use to read, scroll, and markup the sheet music on your iPad? Thank you again!!
Loved the video... great content. Clear concise Question: what’s with the Bflat? ? When you say “sharp” you don’t say “Hashtag sharp”. Is it just me? Thank you for posting. 🙌🏼
Must say your cyber offerings are addictive. Can't seem to pass up any of them. Keep them coming. When you look at staff notation, speaking of sight-reading, do you hear the melody in your head, even so, possibly sensing its mood or character? Secondly, what is your opinion that in music history there have been quite a few artists, some alive today, that have never learned to read music?
What I do is every 6 months, I sight-play through Eduard Steuermann's piano arrangement of Schoenberg's Kammersymphonie op 9. Or sight-play Alban Berg's piano sonata like once a month. It's better to sight-play things that are tonally ambiguous because you won't be able to depend on patterns and common resolutions etc that you have subconsciously mastered through years of hearing and playing music.
Danke für die hilfreichen Tipps! Es wäre schön wenn du evtl mal einen weiteren Clip zu der Mondscheinsonate zeigen könntest wo du auf die Betonungen und sonstigen erklärungsbedürftigen Stellen eingehen würdest. Viele Leute wären dir da sehr dankbar. VG
The use of pedal in this movement is tricky. Even if the piece says the use of pedal the whole piece without lifting your foot, the mechanism of pianos and their resonance in classical era is very different from modern pianos. Therefore, you have to experiment different ways to use the pedal that fits the sound you are pursuing and suits the piece.
i literally thought of asking you for a sight reading video last night haha. i love your videos and learn a lot from your channel. thank you so much for sharing your knowledge for free ♥️♥️
Senza sordini means, as you said, without mutes, but this cannot be translated into keeping the sustain pedal always down with modern pianos. At Beethoven times, the sustain was much shorter than today, then the effect he wanted on his instrument has to be reinterpreted in modern pianos.
I found it easier and simpler to learn this piece by starting out playing it in chords rather than arpeggios because it forces you to "chunk" the notes into simple groups.
Hi Annique! I was wondering if u could give some tips on internalised counting and playing musically? Been told off by my piano teacher many times on not counting enough😅 apparently i havent developed that habit yet and im at a higher grade already 🙃 Playing musically is also something i struggle with, not really sure how to describe this. But looking forward to hear if u have any tips!! Thank you!
Thank you for using moonlight Sonata for your lesson today. I Had been listening to beehtovans String trios today while painting. I recently saw the filmfollowing Beehtovav. What a great day this Has been !! D.l.
Interesting fact it says to hold the pedal for the whole piece! This is because the older piano had a much weaker pedal than we do now and weaker tone so holding the pedal for an entire piece wasn’t muddy in 1.5 seconds like it would be for the modern piano I believe the pedal was controlled by lifting your knee unlike with your foot today. This affected historic phrasing as Beethoven meant for the left hand to be the sole voice however now that we cannot hold a pedal for the entire piece pianists now make the right hand more of a figure rather than background due to the blur issue.
Has any ever discussed sight reading beginner method books songs from the John Thompson, David Carr Glover, Randell Faber, James and Jane Bastien, or Alfred Beginner Series?
As someone who is not even close to being able to sight read, my confusion with it lies in the fact that I have also seen your 1 min, 10 min, 1 hour videos and I know how much work you have to put into working out fingering and practising before you come close to playing a piece well. I don't understand how people figure out the fingering when sight reading. Is it because this piece is much easier than the ones you've done in that series?
I try to keep my eyes as far ahead of my hands as possible. Flashing single note and harmonic/melodic interval cards helps with finding the notes/patterns on the KB. But most people also don't know how to count. Rhythmic training cures that. Robert Starer has a great book called "Rhythmic Training". I don't know if it is still in print.
Please tell me I am not the only one forgetting to check the clefs every single time 🤪😂
I know how you feel. I do too. And even if I know there’s a clef change,it takes me by surprise because the Treble Clef is in the key of G and the Bass Clef is in the key of F,so if you don’t see the clef change, it’s gonna sound weird and all wrong.
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well ,
you only went ragemode while playing moonlight 3rd mvt so yes we
also forget to check clefs and go ragemode.
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 has many measures with the bass clef on the top and the treble clef on the bottom. A total mind(f-word) .
I usually notice a clef change a couple bars too late... what the heck...🤯and then try to desperately recover.😰
Lol I sometimes also play the wrong clef and I feel so dumb once I notice it. Glad I'm not the only one haha
xD
Hahaha yeah i felt so identified when she said it, and the funiest thing is that i always ask why it sounds strange and then i realize
Sight-reading intimidates me, everything is complicated and so much to keep track of... it all looks so much easier just to watch the hands of the player or watch the player piano tutorial, " if you can find it" then go back to the sheetmusic. I was told by music reading programs that there are numerous timing errors in sheet music
I passed my piano exam
Good!
Congrats!🎊🍾🎈🎉
Well done 👍🇳🇿
Thanks
ok
I love your 'What's up guys' intro! So much enthusiasm. 😁
'Beethoven, so don't use the pedal too much...'
Beethoven: 'Hold the pedal down the entire time'.
Italian speaker here. I always thought that “senza sordini” meant one shouldn’t use the una corda pedal when playing this piece because “sordina” means mute, but the plural “sordini” probably suggests that you’re right and that Beethoven was referring to the dampeners. Imo we’ll never know because he spoke German, then he could have not known the difference between singular and plural in Italian. In any case we know that pianos in the time of Beethoven had way less resonance than nowadays, so we should be always cautious about overpedaling as you explained. Nice video :)
I suggest this approach for tonal music like this piece : 1. Identify the key of the piece and if it is major or minor. 2. First practice playing the notes of the key to create some memory of the sharps or flats 3. Practice the chords , at least I, IV and V7 (or i, iv and V7 in minor) . Practice the chords with arpeggios. 4. If also helps a lot to listen ( several times) a recording of the piece to get a sense of rhythms and dynamics. 5. Then start practicing the piece.
Question. If you heard the piece before (several times), does your playing still qualify “sight reading”?
@@marcobucci4375 unless playing by ear, I think it still qualifies
@@chmendez Thanks. The problem is that I have good memorisation skill, when I hear a piece it gets stuck in my head and while reading the score I tend to rely more on my memory/ear. If I want to practice my sight reading skills I force myself to not hear before the piece ("prima vista") and only after practicing a bit the piece, listen to the recordings. Sometimes there might not be recordings, so you have to rely solely on "sight reading" skills. But it is personal of course. Thanks for your contribution. I would also add that one can practice also chord inversions (of the chords you mentioned).
I really love how You pronounce „Dzień dobry” 😁
Greetings from Poland!
Watching this channel give me good flashback when i was child when i learn classical piano lesson a lot. Looking back then it was really a good times
When I was younger, I used to do sight reading of every piece in my book - only the first page, just to see what the piece sounded like. Eventually, I got better at it. I love how you explained all the steps individually.
I feel like you are the best teacher, you always explain so good and you are very good at piano technique and you are very smart at understanding what the composers want to capture in their piece, ❤️
"willst du mich verarschen?" 😅 I am learning piano after 30 years and find your videos really really useful. Thanks for sharing them 👍
I’m Italian and “sordina” is what the first pedal is often called (the one which makes the sound quieter). I’m pretty sure that’s what he means
You are so fabulous in so many ways, Annique.
Identifying the key of the piece then playing that scale of the comfortably is my first step.
This was such a helpful video. I have a one page beginner version that has just nine measures but it appears to follow what you were playing. The notes in measures 5&6 are tricky with the extra middle G's in the Treble Clef. Thanks for this video!
I'm struggling with Chopins Nocturne in E flat and I am learning so much abt chords and I got a lot better at sight reading, really, there's no shortcut, only p r a c t i c e
yeah same, I practiced it for a week, now I'm quite good at reading the notes but have struggles with the trills and the fast part
Can’t wait to get to that piece! I’ve only been learning for a year
how did you go about learning chords? I took lessons for years but never learned how to identify chords
Love the energy
These tips are very good thank you very much. What also helps me a lot when learning a new piece is to listen to the piece on RUclips and follow along with the notes. It gives a really good overview over the piece and makes sightreading and memorising easier
I love the first movement!
Wie immer interessantes und hilfreiches Thema Annique!👍🎹
Als ob du noch Hilfe beim Klavierspielen bräuchtest, Franz!
@@TeachMeEnteiIch nicht, aber man muss doch auch mal diejenigen loben, die sich die Mühe machen, um noch unerfahreren Pianisten zu helfen.
Let's face it, any composition is fundamentally made up of scales and arpeggios (especially this Beethoven!) so your job is to not only perfect your scales and arpeggios but also be able to identify them quickly on the page when you see them. Of course, what makes any composition unique and great is the way in which the scales and arpeggios are altered or reworked with interesting rhythms, so you have to keep that in mind when sight-reading. Bottom line: look for and identify the scales and arpeggios so you can "predict" what is coming next, but learn to keep in mind that what makes any composition special is the alterations made by the composer to those scales which you already know. 🤓
I would love to see what you could do with Chopin Ballade no 4 with the 1 minute, 1 hour, and 10 hour challenge. As you've learned all the Chopin Op 10 etudes, Ballade no 4 has some callbacks to the etudes within the score!
not sure about the f minor ballade for that challenge as the first climax comes quite late
shes already learned that piece
I like that your left hand is moving between different octaves and also manage to scroll down the screen on the tablet :)
I have a friend, who used to study in Lübeck and he could play any piece prima vista. We sight-read Beethoven piano trios and he downloaded the score right before the rehearsal and made not the slightest mistake. It’s incredible
I love this explanation! I am just an amateur, I fell in love with harmony) :)
I've been waiting for this video for a long time 😻😻😿😿
Hi, I'm from Brazil and you as always making amazing videos. Great tips for sight reading, fingering and interpretation. In my opinion, Moonlight Sonata 1st movement is a difficult song, it helped me a lot. I really like your videos and I will continue to follow everything. Best channel/pianist in the world!😁🎼🎶🎵🎹
It is really not that hard. It was the first song I ever learned on the piano. Learning music theory helps a lot as most of the piece can be memorized as chord progressions.
Thank you. My life has been saved by this video
I learned the 1st movement of this when I was 11. I was such a slow music reader it took me 6 months to learn it. Finished it on my 12 b-day as a matter of fact. Today, over 1/2 a century later, I'm STILL "The World's Slowest Music Reader"!! Guinness is looking for me. Over the years I've (attempted to) learned (and forgotten) a couple popular Liszt pieces, Debussy, a nice Chopin etude, etc. I STILL have to count up from the bottom line EVERY little black dot of music!! All these years of counting black dots on lines and it still takes me forever to learn anything. Guess I'll never catch on. I really want to someday (attempt to) learn the 3rd movement of this. Afraid if I don't start soon I might not live long enough! P.S. I need you in my life. js
This just made me laugh, as I am the same you with sight-reading and do still 'count up' on the stave at times 😅 🤭 I love playing the slow movement but, coincidentally - to reading your comment today - I've recently been watching videos of that amazing third movement. I then watched a tutorial and for a very brief moment thought, "COULD I perhaps think about learning even PART of that? 🤔 before swiftly concluding: "Absolutely no chance...that'll have to be one for my NEXT life..." 😆
I laughed so much when the “without deafness” part came up and you were all like “aaaa Beethoven”
Outtakes - sehr schön 🤩
Thank you so much! I am still struggling with sight reading and this will surely help me massively.
I've been learning this for a few weeks. This video is a given !
Great video. My teacher always told me that saying "And" when you count is not recommended because there's a risk to loose the pulse and play as if it was 4/4 instead of 2/2 for this exemple
Yes I would agree on this. However, for some people it can help in the beginning to make sure the rhythm is precisely played - later I would change it into counting without „And“ :)
This is also in 4/4 common time in the score.
definitely being relaxed while doing it. If you have pressure it's so much more difficult...
Amazing Annique, Thank you ❤️
i love your videos, they ALWAYS help me so much!
i hope you're having a nice day :))
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Cooooool - Annique at her best! Love your positive energy - amazing
Thank you for this awesome video. You are very encouraging and I love your positive personable personality! 😊👏👏❤️
Hi Lisa. Annique always makes me smile with her fun loving personality. I love the bloopers when she shares them. ❤
I composed an orchestrated version of Moonlight. It's a sightreader's nightmare, because it's constantly modulating. But, damn ... it sounds good!
Great Vid! Thank You!
~TD, Boston
Thanks, lots of good tips for a beginner such as myself.
I LOVED THIS VIDEO ANNIQUE, you’re my favorite pianist and my favorite influencer. 🥰
Jetzt hab ich die Mondscheinsonate zum hundertsten Mal gespielt und doch noch was gelernt. Ich springe immer mit der linken Hand mit dem 1. und 5. Finger die Oktaven rauf und runter und wundere mich warum ich manchmal nicht treffe...dabei wäre 1+5 zu 1+4 doch so einfach. Muss ich heut mal ausprobieren. Danke dafür. :)
I'm impressed by you playing those annoying huge intervals cleanly!! Those beyond an octave in the right hand. I have the same size hand so I know that's hard. Diese oktawen wollen mich verarschen ;)
Please can you make more videos on sight reading? What music should you read to improve. Do you recommend czerny?
Loved this! I play this all the time.
Danke für die vielen tollen Tipp!!
it was soooo hrelpful thankss
especially te key part
Thank you so much you are the best teacher 🤩🤩🤩. Greetings from Panamá 🇵🇦 ❤️🎹
It says senza sordini because it is a music written for fortepiano, the sound fades much faster than a modern piano
I play cello and this video was still very helpful! Thanks!
Great tips for a beginner sight reader, thanks for this.
Great advice....thanx!
🎉🎉 congratulations
Looks like I will enjoy you presentations.
I am from brazil and i love your channel! You could make a video with tips and tricks about playing big chords with the hands very open, cause when I play pieces that need this, my hands feel so tired
Thanks for the video
Vielen Dank, Annique! Sehr interessant!
He tells us good tips.
Dzień dobry! Thank you very much for this video.
I would like your take on any of Bach fugue sight reading.
Dzien dobry from Poland 🎉🎉🎉
I forget to look at the clef and then for a moment I am confused about the harmonies. I say to myself look at the key signature and the clef. Interesting someone as accomplished as you would make the same mistake. Thank you for your insights.
That s a sight Reading piece we re doing at 11 in conservatory or at least when we are young. Seems obvious for me to know how attack a piece.
But you do great job for people !
It’s such a pleasure to discover you and your channel, thank you for sharing your knowledge! May I ask what software/App you use to read, scroll, and markup the sheet music on your iPad? Thank you again!!
I would love to schedule a lesson one day!!
Loved the video... great content. Clear concise
Question: what’s with the Bflat? ? When you say “sharp” you don’t say
“Hashtag sharp”. Is it just me?
Thank you for posting. 🙌🏼
Great video!!! Very informative thank you
Thank you for an interesting video, with a great example piece.
Wonderful video, found your channel by chance now. Thanks for that great insight
Must say your cyber offerings are addictive. Can't seem to pass up any of them. Keep them coming.
When you look at staff notation, speaking of sight-reading, do you hear the melody in your head, even so, possibly sensing its mood or character? Secondly, what is your opinion that in music history there have been quite a few artists, some alive today, that have never learned to read music?
A very great video :) thank you Annique 😊
What I do is every 6 months, I sight-play through Eduard Steuermann's piano arrangement of Schoenberg's Kammersymphonie op 9. Or sight-play Alban Berg's piano sonata like once a month. It's better to sight-play things that are tonally ambiguous because you won't be able to depend on patterns and common resolutions etc that you have subconsciously mastered through years of hearing and playing music.
❤️ love it!
Tolles Video wie eh und jeh....aber die Outtakes😂 wonderful
😂 willst du mich verarschen?? das ende hat mich gekillt….❤ 🎹
please do more videos of this format!
Deine Outtakes sind geil :-)
Danke für die hilfreichen Tipps! Es wäre schön wenn du evtl mal einen weiteren Clip zu der Mondscheinsonate zeigen könntest wo du auf die Betonungen und sonstigen erklärungsbedürftigen Stellen eingehen würdest. Viele Leute wären dir da sehr dankbar. VG
omg I’m from Poland and I’ve just heard this DZIEŃ DOBRY and I’m like what’s just happened I still don’t know I’m confused but it’s nice :))
The use of pedal in this movement is tricky. Even if the piece says the use of pedal the whole piece without lifting your foot, the mechanism of pianos and their resonance in classical era is very different from modern pianos. Therefore, you have to experiment different ways to use the pedal that fits the sound you are pursuing and suits the piece.
i literally thought of asking you for a sight reading video last night haha. i love your videos and learn a lot from your channel. thank you so much for sharing your knowledge for free ♥️♥️
Der Schluss war das beste
Hab das ganze Video sowieso nur durgeskippt hab leider nur Bahnhof verstanden 😂
Senza sordini means, as you said, without mutes, but this cannot be translated into keeping the sustain pedal always down with modern pianos. At Beethoven times, the sustain was much shorter than today, then the effect he wanted on his instrument has to be reinterpreted in modern pianos.
Yes, actually Annique already talked about that in one of her other videos.
ruclips.net/video/FFs5ugu0fgI/видео.html
Not quite. Depends on the piano you have you can genuinely respect the effect.
For me it's very simple. Once the sound starts to get muddy and the notes run into each other lift the foot momentarily to contain the sustain.
I found it easier and simpler to learn this piece by starting out playing it in chords rather than arpeggios because it forces you to "chunk" the notes into simple groups.
fand diesen neuen Video still sehr nice und das video war auch sehr helpful lol
Music is a language.. Thanks for your help.👍🇳🇿
安妮可~新年快樂~虎哩發財!!
Hi Annique! I was wondering if u could give some tips on internalised counting and playing musically? Been told off by my piano teacher many times on not counting enough😅 apparently i havent developed that habit yet and im at a higher grade already 🙃 Playing musically is also something i struggle with, not really sure how to describe this. But looking forward to hear if u have any tips!! Thank you!
Thank you for using moonlight
Sonata for your lesson today. I
Had been listening to beehtovans
String trios today while painting.
I recently saw the filmfollowing
Beehtovav. What a great day this
Has been !! D.l.
His name is Beethoven, your spelling iss SaCrIlIgIoUs
Interesting fact it says to hold the pedal for the whole piece! This is because the older piano had a much weaker pedal than we do now and weaker tone so holding the pedal for an entire piece wasn’t muddy in 1.5 seconds like it would be for the modern piano I believe the pedal was controlled by lifting your knee unlike with your foot today. This affected historic phrasing as Beethoven meant for the left hand to be the sole voice however now that we cannot hold a pedal for the entire piece pianists now make the right hand more of a figure rather than background due to the blur issue.
3:56 the Beethoven joke SENT ME 😭😭😭
👍👍👍 good video 👍
Has any ever discussed sight reading beginner method books songs from the John Thompson, David Carr Glover, Randell Faber, James and Jane Bastien, or Alfred Beginner Series?
Thank you
Very pretty
Thank you 🌹🇨🇵
bin froh dass ich die outtakes verstehe haha ^^
As someone who is not even close to being able to sight read, my confusion with it lies in the fact that I have also seen your 1 min, 10 min, 1 hour videos and I know how much work you have to put into working out fingering and practising before you come close to playing a piece well. I don't understand how people figure out the fingering when sight reading. Is it because this piece is much easier than the ones you've done in that series?
I try to keep my eyes as far ahead of my hands as possible. Flashing single note and harmonic/melodic interval cards helps with finding the notes/patterns on the KB. But most people also don't know how to count. Rhythmic training cures that. Robert Starer has a great book called "Rhythmic Training". I don't know if it is still in print.