Thank you, Marina, for your tutorials. I have been learning Moonlight Sonata (just Movement 1 😊) since the Covid-19 quarantine started here in the Philippines, and it has helped me pass the time more productively for personal improvement. I like the way you teach- simple, straightforward, and doable. I wish you good health and more blessings, and please keep on being an inspiration to people who want to learn playing the piano regardless of age or consequence. Godbless!
Thanks so much for your comment! This is such a difficult time for everyone and I'm so glad that you are making music while quarantined. I wish you good health and blessings too!
I've learnt part 1, I keep practicing but it's time to start part 2. It represents months for me, but I'll keep at it! Thanks a lot for this content! You lighten my days :D
I would just like to say thank you so much for these tutorials. At the grand young age of 54, I decided to learn the piano. I bought one about 2 months ago and first learned Prelude in C. Am now, slowly tackling this one. I've just got to the end of this part and will continue part 3 in a couple of weeks, once I can play this bit without any mistakes. Thank you so much for your time and effort in making these videos.
You're very welcome! It's good that you are taking your time and learning each section before going on to the next one. That is the quickest way to progress, if you practice regularly.
This is so good, not having tried to learn the piano since bad experience in younger days with questionable tuition I am now 73 and have learned parts one and two to what I think is quite a good standard- all notes in right order 😀 I am so greaful to you its a joy to learn and I’m having so much fun.
Thank you for these tutorials. I started learning playing piano about 2 months ago, and i already know how play first 2 minutes of this piece. It is both easy and beautiful. Its a pity that i cant buy notes of music, that made me start learning that skill (im from russia), but i have gone too far to stop studying
Thank you so much for this tutorial!! My dad played this all of the time when I was a child and I've always wanted to learn this. My parents made me take piano lessons I middle school and ultimately left it up to me...quitting has always been my greatest regret. Your tutorials are helping me to erase that regret
You did a great job teaching Part 1. I followed it, one hand after the other, and learned it (roughly) before the sheet music arrived. Eager for Part 2.
So excited to get going!!! I was blessed with a 1917 Schiller upright grand piano. I was a percussionist in high school and college but never got my theory down . so with restoring this beautiful example of woodwork at a machinist specs i will take the time to L E A R N to play. I love your videos when I get the money imma get a cheap keyboard to at least start getting my fingers moving. Doing same with drums. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and time with me. ☺️.
Yeah! After 3 weeks, I'm ready for part 2 video! Thank you!!! I'm trying to learn this between teaching from home, making masks and making sure my 7 yr old is on task with distance learning. I'd rather learn this than doing house chores! Thank u so much! Yes yes, Alicia Keys/Kobe Bryant made me discover you!!!
Your teaching style works perfect for me. I have always wanted to learn to play the first movement of Moonlight Sonata. And this tutorial series makes it happening. I am also doing your technique course. I have noticed that my hands are much more relaxed when I start a new section in the tutorial than when I started. So I would recommend that course too to anyone who wants to learn how to play this and other piano pieces.
Viele Dank für deine tollen Tutorials, ich habe erst seit kurzem ein E Piano und bin von deinen Videos begeistert. Ich bin jetzt kurz vor dem Ende von Part 2 angelangt und noch voller Begeisterung dabei.
you know, im a guitar player. its what i do but i do play piano too, enough to write harmonies and melodies for my songs and enough to say learn this song. after listening to this song for years and going to sleep to it, knowing it so well, being in love with every bar and then to learn it . i dont even know what to say . he was like some tormented creature , when you're forced to slow things down and really hear the relationship between the notes he chose ..its the most beautiful thing i've ever heard. id love to have picked his brain. thanks again for the lessons. you're a real treat.
Thanks! The wonderful thing is that we have so much of his music available to play, listen to and analyze, that we can pick his brain for the rest of our lives. I would have loved to have known him. But you know what they say, you should never meet your heroes. :)
You're so right. We know him maybe on the deepest level , Toccata and Fugue in dminor. Caprice no.24 and comptine d'un autre été are all very close to my heart as well.! dramatically perfect.
Thanks I’ve always wanted to learned this piece I’ve watched this tutorial a couple years back and couldn’t comprehend how to follow along fast forward to now with a little practice self taught I can finally say I’ve learned my favorite composition and it’s all thanks to your teaching thank you so much!!!!
Thank you so much for the tutorial. You're truly amazing and never seize to amaze me. I've been looking for this forever and I appreciate your videos. Thanks again!!!
I can play the octave in right hand pretty good as I have a good reach I just have to focus on being accurate as speed comes with time practicing i will get it all soon
A beautiful class on a demanding piece!! thanks a lot !! I am learning it bit by bit. Not as difficult as it looks 1st sight. Not want to look unpolite, but in last class your skirt was paramount !! have to admit it!! Thanks again !! An absolute gem for somebody learning it. !! Will try to keep up to the challenge!! Will follow you !! regards from Torrent, Valencia (Spain).
Thank you for great tutorial videos! I decided to learn piano at end of 2018, first piece I practiced in first month is moonlight sonata. Although it took me one whole month to finish part 1, I’ll keep going and hopefully one day I can finish all the parts :D Thanks again!
Hi Marina, love your classes but am struggling with following your hands together. I am trying to put the notes down for the first part of your “together” section but get stuck each time at the same place. Could you say what notes of the left hand you are playing with which notes on the right hand at the same time??? Would be enormous help. Thanks so much.
Hi...I'm getting it slowly but surely. I have a question and excuse me if you already explained it and I somehow missed it. Is there a reason you call a "G" (natural) an "F##" (double sharp)? (or a "C" a "B#") That sometimes throws me off for a moment...
Yes, it is the way it is spelled in the sheet music. There are rules about this in music theory. If you want to learn more about how music works, check out my piano courses. Links in the description box. :)
A tutorial about how to use the pedals would be great, because some parts in this song just sounds kind of sharp or something when I cant hold the key so long, atleast when I'm playing.. :)
I wonder why you hold the upper note when it is used pedal. Will not the sound be the same if you change pedal before lifting it. then the rest of the hand avoid the stretch too?
Well, that's the way that Beethoven wrote it. I could give you a longer "musical" explanation, but I'll just say that if you're able to hold it, you should, if not, then let it go. :)
Just wanted to say that your videos are great! Would you have any suggestions for what piece i could learn? If this helps, i can play fur elise.. thanks!!💕😂
Hi Kissea C! Without knowing anything else about you, I would say you should look through the tutorials on my channel and try the ones that appeal to you. If you practice slowly, and do my Piano Technique Exercise videos (also on my channel), you should be able to play most of what I have. Happy practicing!
Do you have a link to the specific sheet music you used? I don't have sufficient data for videos and the sheet I've got appear to have some notes that are different.
@@ThePianoKeys Thank you, I should have looked at the video description first. I did learn all of Part 1 so you have helped, thanks. Decided sheet music is too tedious at this point but it's ok, I'll do something else.
When you play the C with the right hand (where you have the octave in the left hand B E G E), the music sheet shows you play the octave of B along with the C, but you don't. It's because you use the pedal since the notes are legato?
"LEARN TO READ MUSIC" Plain and simple. This is a very easy song to play. I learned it in a short period of time without lessons. Once I taught myself how to play when I was fourteen.
Let me get that straight: you did learn how to play this song at 14, when you lived with your parents, had a piano at your disposal and your only obligation was the school. Yeah, safe to say this video isn't for you. :)
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I'm learning because I love this piece so much. I can feel the every piece 😌
Thank you, Marina, for your tutorials. I have been learning Moonlight Sonata (just Movement 1 😊) since the Covid-19 quarantine started here in the Philippines, and it has helped me pass the time more productively for personal improvement. I like the way you teach- simple, straightforward, and doable. I wish you good health and more blessings, and please keep on being an inspiration to people who want to learn playing the piano regardless of age or consequence. Godbless!
Thanks so much for your comment! This is such a difficult time for everyone and I'm so glad that you are making music while quarantined. I wish you good health and blessings too!
I've learnt part 1, I keep practicing but it's time to start part 2. It represents months for me, but I'll keep at it! Thanks a lot for this content! You lighten my days :D
Thanks so much for your sweet comment! Yes, keep going! No need to be perfect before moving on. It'll come with time. You can do it!!
I would just like to say thank you so much for these tutorials. At the grand young age of 54, I decided to learn the piano. I bought one about 2 months ago and first learned Prelude in C. Am now, slowly tackling this one. I've just got to the end of this part and will continue part 3 in a couple of weeks, once I can play this bit without any mistakes.
Thank you so much for your time and effort in making these videos.
You're very welcome! It's good that you are taking your time and learning each section before going on to the next one. That is the quickest way to progress, if you practice regularly.
I love a success story!
Cliff W
I wish I had started that young. I started at 68 and I am now 70! Let’s hear it or senior learners! Never too old to learn!
Very good 👏👏👏👏
@@barbmoody4892 me too…
Thank you so very much for these tutorials. I am fully blind an your tutorials are entirely accessible for people who are blind. So great work!!
You're very welcome! I'm so happy that my tutorials are helping you!
This is so good, not having tried to learn the piano since bad experience in younger days with questionable tuition I am now 73 and have learned parts one and two to what I think is quite a good standard- all notes in right order 😀 I am so greaful to you its a joy to learn and I’m having so much fun.
So glad to know that you're enjoying learning with my videos!
Thank you for these tutorials. I started learning playing piano about 2 months ago, and i already know how play first 2 minutes of this piece. It is both easy and beautiful. Its a pity that i cant buy notes of music, that made me start learning that skill (im from russia), but i have gone too far to stop studying
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much for this tutorial!! My dad played this all of the time when I was a child and I've always wanted to learn this. My parents made me take piano lessons I middle school and ultimately left it up to me...quitting has always been my greatest regret. Your tutorials are helping me to erase that regret
I'm so happy that you are getting back to playing the piano! The best antidote to regret is taking positive action. :)
@@ThePianoKeys yes it is.💜💜
You did a great job teaching Part 1. I followed it, one hand after the other, and learned it (roughly) before the sheet music arrived. Eager for Part 2.
Glad it was helpful!
So excited to get going!!! I was blessed with a 1917 Schiller upright grand piano. I was a percussionist in high school and college but never got my theory down . so with restoring this beautiful example of woodwork at a machinist specs i will take the time to L E A R N to play. I love your videos when I get the money imma get a cheap keyboard to at least start getting my fingers moving. Doing same with drums. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and time with me. ☺️.
Yeah! After 3 weeks, I'm ready for part 2 video! Thank you!!! I'm trying to learn this between teaching from home, making masks and making sure my 7 yr old is on task with distance learning. I'd rather learn this than doing house chores! Thank u so much! Yes yes, Alicia Keys/Kobe Bryant made me discover you!!!
Wow, you are juggling a lot of things! I'm glad you can take some time for yourself and enjoy playing Beethoven's music!
I'm halfway down the road. Thank you very much for these tutorial videos! 🙏
You're very welcome!
Your teaching style works perfect for me. I have always wanted to learn to play the first movement of Moonlight Sonata. And this tutorial series makes it happening. I am also doing your technique course. I have noticed that my hands are much more relaxed when I start a new section in the tutorial than when I started. So I would recommend that course too to anyone who wants to learn how to play this and other piano pieces.
Thanks so much Jan! I'm so happy to know that you are achieving your goals.
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that was a challenging part. Thank you so much!
Very welcome!
Best piano teacher ever
Thank you!
Thank you so much from Berlin. I am so happy that I found your tutorial. I am going through step by step and it works! Best wishes, Stefan
Thanks so much, Stefan!
Viele Dank für deine tollen Tutorials, ich habe erst seit kurzem ein E Piano und bin von deinen Videos begeistert. Ich bin jetzt kurz vor dem Ende von Part 2 angelangt und noch voller Begeisterung dabei.
You're very welcome!
who else is learning this because they’re quarantined 😂
I'm happy to have you here!
Me
@@magnusemeritus 💯
11.11.20 thank you so much for this! Extremely helpful especially with the naming of the notes.
You're very welcome!
you know, im a guitar player. its what i do but i do play piano too, enough to write harmonies and melodies for my songs and enough to say learn this song. after listening to this song for years and going to sleep to it, knowing it so well, being in love with every bar and then to learn it . i dont even know what to say . he was like some tormented creature , when you're forced to slow things down and really hear the relationship between the notes he chose ..its the most beautiful thing i've ever heard. id love to have picked his brain. thanks again for the lessons. you're a real treat.
Thanks! The wonderful thing is that we have so much of his music available to play, listen to and analyze, that we can pick his brain for the rest of our lives. I would have loved to have known him. But you know what they say, you should never meet your heroes. :)
You're so right. We know him maybe on the deepest level , Toccata and Fugue in dminor. Caprice no.24 and comptine d'un autre été are all very close to my heart as well.! dramatically perfect.
I love how you teach. I watch your channel all the time. Great job. I am very proud of you.
I appreciate that!
muchas gracias... me encanta como explicas con calma paso a paso para mi que soy principiante... explicas super bien
Muchas gracias Alexis!
Conseguiu a parte 1! Vamos agora para a parte 2! Obrigado!
You're great teacher. I've learned the two parts.
That's great!
Thanks I’ve always wanted to learned this piece I’ve watched this tutorial a couple years back and couldn’t comprehend how to follow along fast forward to now with a little practice self taught I can finally say I’ve learned my favorite composition and it’s all thanks to your teaching thank you so much!!!!
That's wonderful!
Thank You so much!!!! I just finished the second part ❤🤗
You're welcome! Great job!
Thankyou you so much!! This tutorial is marvelous❤
You're welcome, glad you like it! 😊
Thanks
Thank you 💕💕
You’re welcome 😊
Best teacher!! Thank you so much for your amazing videos! :)
Glad you like them!
Thank you so much for the tutorial. You're truly amazing and never seize to amaze me. I've been looking for this forever and I appreciate your videos. Thanks again!!!
You are very welcome! I'm glad you're having fun learning this beautiful music. :)
it was so helpful and easy to learn this difficult song
I'm glad it helped you!
It's not that difficult if you can actually read music. Instead of learning this way 🙄
@@kennethwood88 not even all prodigies can read sheet music it's up to the person if they want to learn through tutors or sheet music.
@@bio5612 I don't read sheets I just listen and mimic what I hear haha
@@Caliber24 thats a very cool skill! it sound like it makes learning musical peices a lot easier. Does it?
This is great. Really helped me with the fingering. Looking forward to part 3.
That's wonderful!
Worthfull tutorial 😄.thanks for posting this ❤️
You're very welcome!
Thanks very helpful keep it up
Thank you!
I can play the octave in right hand pretty good as I have a good reach I just have to focus on being accurate as speed comes with time practicing i will get it all soon
Yes it cool 😎 I am so happy 😃 I hope 🤞 has come all my next time
This tutorial is awesome! I am learning this so quickly because of your Great teaching methods. Thank you so much❣️❣️
You're very welcome! If you're able to help me keep this channel going, please use the paypal link in the description box. :)
Thank you so much, for beautiful and well crafted tutorial!
Thank you!
A beautiful class on a demanding piece!! thanks a lot !!
I am learning it bit by bit.
Not as difficult as it looks 1st sight.
Not want to look unpolite, but in last class your skirt was paramount !! have to admit it!!
Thanks again !! An absolute gem for somebody learning it. !!
Will try to keep up to the challenge!!
Will follow you !!
regards from Torrent, Valencia (Spain).
You're welcome!
Thank you💓🌷✨👊🏽🎵🎶✌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
You are so welcome!
Thank you, you are the BEST
Thank you so much, I appreciate your kindness.
Thank you very much! You are great teacher. Please, could you help with peddaling especially at the end part of this lesson 2? Thanks
You're very welcome! Check out my pedaling tutorial on my channel.
Thank you so much!!!
You're welcome!
Thank you for great tutorial videos! I decided to learn piano at end of 2018, first piece I practiced in first month is moonlight sonata. Although it took me one whole month to finish part 1, I’ll keep going and hopefully one day I can finish all the parts :D Thanks again!
Hey that's great! You can speed up your process by also doing technique exercises. Check out my piano technique videos!
thanks a lot I love you
Thank you!
Awesome ! Thank you so much for making the tutorial...
You're very welcome!
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GrimBoi 100 .
Hi Marina, love your classes but am struggling with following your hands together. I am trying to put the notes down for the first part of your “together” section but get stuck each time at the same place. Could you say what notes of the left hand you are playing with which notes on the right hand at the same time??? Would be enormous help. Thanks so much.
Just a question ma'am, do you use the sustain pedal while playing?..thank you..God bless you.
Yes I do!
2:40 Actually starts the video >:P
Thanks! I know, I used to talk too much before getting to the point. 🤣🤣
Nice tutorial! :)
Thank you!
Thank you...very helpful!!
You're welcome!
Thanx and you pretty. Love from South Africa.
Thanks!
You have a hand, just like mine and hard to grap octaves 😱💪
Please show us how, i copied right hand but i could not do my left by ear. Need your help. i will support.
Hi, I show each hand in detail in this video.
what a great tutorial! Keep moving!
Thank you!
Wow
Hi...I'm getting it slowly but surely. I have a question and excuse me if you already explained it and I somehow missed it. Is there a reason you call a "G" (natural) an "F##" (double sharp)? (or a "C" a "B#") That sometimes throws me off for a moment...
Yes, it is the way it is spelled in the sheet music. There are rules about this in music theory. If you want to learn more about how music works, check out my piano courses. Links in the description box. :)
i love you .im falling i love jajaja saludos from Chile
I would prefer you to chunk each part into little sections so it would be easier to memorize instead of the whole full part at once
I think its "chunked" enough it's already cut up to 4 parts each part divided into sections first with left hand then with right.
You can pause the video at any point and practice chunks that feel right for you.
A tutorial about how to use the pedals would be great, because some parts in this song just sounds kind of sharp or something when I cant hold the key so long, atleast when I'm playing.. :)
It's coming. :)
I wonder why you hold the upper note when it is used pedal. Will not the sound be the same if you change pedal before lifting it. then the rest of the hand avoid the stretch too?
Well, that's the way that Beethoven wrote it. I could give you a longer "musical" explanation, but I'll just say that if you're able to hold it, you should, if not, then let it go. :)
Very good
Thanks!
Please make tutorial for second movement
It's very easy to learn the piece thank you so much can't you upload the 2nd movement of the moonlight sonata
Thank you! I'm not planning on doing the 2nd movement. :)
@@ThePianoKeys I guess the third movement is out of the question then:)?
Can you do this please chopin - Nocturne op.9 No.2
It's on my request list!
Please moonligth serenade
Just wanted to say that your videos are great! Would you have any suggestions for what piece i could learn? If this helps, i can play fur elise.. thanks!!💕😂
Hi Kissea C! Without knowing anything else about you, I would say you should look through the tutorials on my channel and try the ones that appeal to you. If you practice slowly, and do my Piano Technique Exercise videos (also on my channel), you should be able to play most of what I have. Happy practicing!
Wow. Please, do a tutorial on Moon River.
I love that song! I'll put it on my list.
Thank you!
Do you have a link to the specific sheet music you used? I don't have sufficient data for videos and the sheet I've got appear to have some notes that are different.
bit.ly/2HM0U1v
@@ThePianoKeys Thank you, I should have looked at the video description first. I did learn all of Part 1 so you have helped, thanks. Decided sheet music is too tedious at this point but it's ok, I'll do something else.
When you play the C with the right hand (where you have the octave in the left hand B E G E), the music sheet shows you play the octave of B along with the C, but you don't. It's because you use the pedal since the notes are legato?
Can you give me the time code for the part you're referring to?
@@ThePianoKeys 11:31
you are asome
Thanks!
Video starts at 3:00
Is the whole song over at the 13:40 mark? Or are we supposed to repeat that section 2x? Im confused lol
I don't think I understand your question.
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bravo bravo bravo =)
Thank you!
The Piano Keys I love your music but I'm very sad I've been trying the last hand by its self but it's just not long enought😭😞
The Piano Keys left
Play just one of the notes, you don't have to play the octaves.
"LEARN TO READ MUSIC" Plain and simple. This is a very easy song to play. I learned it in a short period of time without lessons. Once I taught myself how to play when I was fourteen.
Let me get that straight: you did learn how to play this song at 14, when you lived with your parents, had a piano at your disposal and your only obligation was the school. Yeah, safe to say this video isn't for you. :)
There's no one way that is appropriate for everyone. There are many great musicians who don't read sheet music. :)
Everyone have their own ways of learning different things. Kids are able to learn (if not most) somethings faster than Adults. Period.
Hi everyone that finished part 1 sksks
You have to know how to read notes to play the moonlight Sonata. You can't learn it by watching somebody's fingers on a Piano.
I did that tho, everyone's brains works differently
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this comment for myself
wanted the no talking version🤣
Oops, I guess you found the wrong tutorial. 😁
Part 1: right hand 4:09
Part 1: Hands together 11:13
Part 2: left hand 15:13
Part 2: right hand 16:26 (notes only 19:25)
Part 2: both hands 21:02
Nem todos compreendem o idioma. Seria mais produtivo falar menos e mostrar apenas as notas.
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