Here is an UPDATED ProPractice tutorial on this piece. When I originally recorded this lesson in 2013, I was just showing some techniques I would go about on how to approach and practice it from day 1, having never learned it. Here's the new link, now that I've learned and performed it: ruclips.net/video/if_tCAYB0C0/видео.html. I hope you all enjoy it. Thank you for your support over the years, and I wish you all the best in your continued piano studies!
Your advice for learning this piece reminded me of this quote-- "Nobody trips over mountains; it is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain." Thank you for the tips and encouragement; it was much appreciated =)
I started studying piano in the second half of the 9th grade. Three years later on my high school recital I played the Bach Prelude and Fugue # 1 in C Major, the Chopin Polinaise in A-Flat Major (Heroic), all three movements of the Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, and the Mendelssohn g minor piano concerto. Looking back I find it very difficult to believe I accomplished that, but all I can remember is dedication and hard work - 8 hour practice days during the week and 10 hour practice days on the weekend. Anything is possible.
Playing-soft practice (start from no sound) with the Chopin etude #4 was totally new to me after decades. That part has been sooo damn hard to nail and I will try that soft practice tomorrow!! Also the accent practice for the left hand for the Beethoven. It was new as well. Can’t wait to see the result. Thank you so much!
Excellent. This shows the importance of the right teaching, guidance and coaching. I think you could be a launching hundreds of future careers and at least a really wonderful understanding of the piece whether one chooses to try and play it or not.
05:07 That's how I learn too. It's not amateurish. I break it down by measures. First, I find the fingering. Then I learn RH in a measure until I know it. Then LH. Then together. This is an excellent video. Thank you.
You have my greatest respect for being able to sit down and play this piece for the first time so easily. The huge benefits of mastery of ones craft. Best wishes
great video with a lot of helpful tips. If I may offer a couple of others that I learned from a first rate piano professor. For me one of the main keys for having clarity, evenness, and avoiding tension in the opening broken chords is to practice really slow and make really really sure you are not holding on to any note too long. The split second you play a note the previous one should immediately release and allow that finger to return to its normal position as much as possible and follow the hand and not be "left behind". It is amazing how much we can be overlapping notes without realizing it. If you are overlapping you will have tension and quickly tire plus the sound will be muddy. Body positioning is also very important. You need to keep the weight of the arm properly behind the hand by shifting your body position to maintain proper alignment. If you wrist is turning sideways you are losing your arm weight. As you pass in front of your body you need to lean back a little to allow the hand to move freely without compromising this weight and balance. And maybe one more tip. When practicing these broken chords try adding a little extra arm weight to the last two notes of each figure as they naturally may be a bit weaker and give out on the needed rotation back to the thumb. Just a few ideas. I am not an expert but these helped me a lot. And finally, maybe cliche, but remember the slower your practice the faster you learn. The great pianist Busoni once said there are three tempos to practice, slow, slower, and even slower. I do love however Joshes idea of practicing tiny bits at a time up to speed. Again, just things that have worked for me.
This is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing those tips! As someone who hasn't played the piano for almost 10 years, picking it back up is not an easy job! And your instructions help a lot in that process! :)
Ive played so many easy pieces, and ive been playing for nearly 4 years; im ready to take it a step farder. Thanks Josh this was so helpful, I really improved this beautiful piece thanks to this tips.
I looked at this piece about 6 years ago, and put it on hold because it was too challenging for me back then. I've picked it up again, and yesterday, finished running through the piece (without refining it). Something everyone can do is train the pinkies on your hands up with various exercises. They're used so much in this piece that you won't find the strength to carry on without them. Josh didn't play the opening passage with the left hand playing an octave on the eighth beat (probably out of choice, I know he's more than capable of it), but without the pinkie playing the lower octave, it loses some of the emphasis. Also the second trill (or turn depending on how fast you play it) during the lyrical-like section when the left hand starts the 4-1-2-1 pattern, is reliant on the strength of your fourth and fifth right hand fingers (I still yet haven't got it to sound perfect, but hopefully that'll come with practice). Also, there are lots of different interpretations to the staccato section that comes two sections before the repeat. I'm experimenting with playing it all moderately quiet, and alternating between a soft/harsh pattern. I like the latter, just because it gives the piece, sort of like, a question and answer section. It's quite nice if you get the distinction right. If anyone else has tips, I'd love to hear them too. :)
Moltakfire Thanks so much for your comments. I agree that finger strength is important. I'd also add that relaxation is key to executing any of the technical demands of this piece. Most of the time in my playing I notice things are fixed when I learn how to relax properly. Best of luck in your studies!
I was taught " the musical idea is the guiding perception, not the physical action. Seemed to help with everything from execution phrasing and interpretive representation as a whole...enjoy your masterful and confident playing Josh.
Genuinely amazing, I'm a self taught pianist but used many of the practise techniques you do, I too was surprised that many pianists hadn't used such practise techniques.. But really a helpful video! Great for looking at alternative perspectives thank you!
I just started learning this piece this week. I laughed when I saw you suggest to learn it in small bits, as this is exactly how I am doing it (and I really am 'amateurish'). After much time away from the piano I hope my old fingers can get up to speed. I will definitely try the accenting exercise also when I get to that part.
I'm a self taught pianist and I started this piece about a month ago and I've learnt it in parts and I've got them to about 80% speed and now I'm just putting them together. I wish I had learnt it more like this
Wow.. I've played this song for more than 10years and the left hand thing has always been chronic problem. And the 3rd part of your tutoring seems to be a good referring point ! I'll try practicing according to your lesson. Thank Josh !
I tried learning this piece many years ago... I wasn't experienced enough at the time but it did set me down a path. I'd never really sat down to learn it seriously until recently... and it mostly just came together doing many of the things suggested in the video. I now look at it and wonder why I had such difficulty. The answer is you need to mature as a pianist first... Go play some other simpler pieces and work your way up and come back with more experience and technique.... you'll enjoy it more
I have been wanting to play this song and have been learning it!!! Thanks to this video I am now WAY better at playing the intro of the song!!!!! I am doing the part where you said to do it step by step and get faster and faster and eventually play this intro without any trouble at all!!! :) The only thing I would say is that adjusting to this song when I first get on the piano is a little hard since it is so fast. I am still learning this song and I will practice the rest of it using you're tips! Thanks!!!!!!!
Hi Josh, Thank you very much for this video. I have started with this piece many times the last 2 months and always gave up with frustration. Your seemingly simply tips have pulled me through and now I am making real progress. A big thanks from Belgium, Ken.
Hi, I am not Josh, (as you can tell) but what works for me is starting out very slow and using a million different rhythms. So here are some variations you can try in the scale passages and the alberti bass: staccato, repeating every note, practicing the scales backwards, practicing the alberti bass solid, altering the accent ( in a group of 4 16ths accent the 1st throughout the passage, then the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.) changing the rhythm, playing little groups past and the next group slow.
Hi Josh and subscribers. Just wanted to mention a few things about editions and fingerings, not so much for the 3rd movement but particularly for the second movement. I find the Schnabel edition fingering for the 2nd movement to be totally inscrutable. The much more straightforward fingering found in the Craxton - Tovey edition is so much more natural, at least for me. The differences between fingerings in the 3rd movement are relatively minor, but I do find myself gravitating back to the Howard Craxton fingering, perhaps because that is the fingering I first learnt, or perhaps because it is simply better for my hands. In stark contrast to these Schnabel fingerings which I find unnatural, your recommended fingerings for the Chopin 3rd Ballade in your tutorial were immediately more approachable than the fingerings I had been using, and it was very easy to adopt them. Bottom line is I am very dubious about the efficacy of the Schnabel fingerings, despite his fame as the premier Beethoven performer of his generation. I also find Schnabel's micro-management of dynamics in his edition generally unhelpful.
Pianists with small hands want large hands. My second teacher could barely span an octave. Yet she won Australia's premier instrumental competition in 1937 playing Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto - which you would assume could not possibly be played well by someone with such small hands.
Hey Josh, I found you through Paul Barton who is your friend. I have just started learning this and the tips you gave for learning this are priceless. You have amazing technique!
Thanks for your insights Josh. I haven't seriously attempted this movement for perhaps 20 years. It was always a struggle and I was never satisfied with it, as I've mentioned to you before. I taught it to myself and really just approached it from start to finish, using a good student learning edition (Craxton - Tovey). I do have the Schnabel edition and I'll relearn it using a combination of those two (radically different) editions and your enormously helpful practice approaches. One warning to the uninitiated. The difficult trills in bars 30 and 32 are particularly challenging for smaller hands (like mine), and might be best handled by arpeggiating the octave rather than holding it. Perhaps Josh has a comment regarding this.
Great video Josh! I was wondering if you would be able to do a future video on Beethoven's "Waldstein" Sonata, 1st movement, addressing phrasing and dynamics in particular. I find it difficult to make that piece sound musical, especially considering the technical challenges it provides.
My request is related to yours! I've "managed" the 1st movement though not to my satisfaction. But the 3rd movement just totally floors me! At ANY speed. I find it hard to even approach it. Any help on that movement would be enormously appreciated.
I love the counterintuitive practice idea of basically taking the thing you are struggling with and exaggerating it. Like the heavy accenting to get rid of the unwanted accents in that Alberti bass.
Thank you so mutch! I also do portions when i learn a new song and trying to find the balance and timing, this is exactly what i needed to know i am in the right path, hats of m8
this guy is one of the best players on youtube , and he got just 50k subs , there are way worse players and they got 300k wtf.... this guy deserve way more
Wow-awesome, Josh- Now I know that I can begin to learn this as I have completely ignored it because it scarred me! But thanks to you, now I know how to study it and really I can not thank you enough😁
ive been playing piano for 14 days since lockdown here in my country New Zealand. My first piece only because ive always wanted to learn it but never got a round to it was Moonlight Sonata 1st movement it took me 8days now i know it off by heart . I know i shouldnt attempt this piece but really want to try it looks very difficult though i cant get the speed needed for it but i can play the correct notes at a slower speed. Not the same any advice?
I wish you could see my face while I'm watching this, because all I keep thinking is yeah right I don't know if I could ever do this. Currently learning Debussy Reverie. I love it!
Thanks for the video, I follow similar principles when working new things while playing drums. It's helpful to hear it re-iterated in words more appropriate to piano, which I've been working on a lot lately :)
These are so valuable pieces of advice ! First and I guess last comment I'll make because I could make it on almost every single video you did. Your youtube channel is just full of great tips that can help even very low level pianist like me. Thanks a lot !
I'm pretty sure he has reheated this piece well, he is fluid with even small nuances of it. But regardless, a very skilled technical player. Superb fingering choices, very helpful
Here is an UPDATED ProPractice tutorial on this piece. When I originally recorded this lesson in 2013, I was just showing some techniques I would go about on how to approach and practice it from day 1, having never learned it. Here's the new link, now that I've learned and performed it: ruclips.net/video/if_tCAYB0C0/видео.html. I hope you all enjoy it. Thank you for your support over the years, and I wish you all the best in your continued piano studies!
Thanks for the updates!
"Sat down with this for a few minutes"
* *Plays better than half the other people I have heard play this piece* *
Robert Stanton Thats why you cant just try to play this after 1 year of self teacher
@@essentialsl8747 so self teacher, such years
@Amier Al Moussawy Nah it is fine, totally "normal"
at 2:02, you showed me something I hadn't realized yet, though I have been trying to play this piece for years. Thanks.
Why am I watching this?
because one day :) you woke up and said :" fuck you all" and wrote this peice :) it's hard as fuck
Ludwig Van Beethoven Ayy
Ludwig Van Beethoven because you are.
Too bad you can't hear it
LOL
Your advice for learning this piece reminded me of this quote-- "Nobody trips over mountains; it is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain." Thank you for the tips and encouragement; it was much appreciated =)
This is going to my quotebook
Thanks for this instruction, very helpful indeed.
John Harmer Thanks John!
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I started studying piano in the second half of the 9th grade. Three years later on my high school recital I played the Bach Prelude and Fugue # 1 in C Major, the Chopin Polinaise in A-Flat Major (Heroic), all three movements of the Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, and the Mendelssohn g minor piano concerto.
Looking back I find it very difficult to believe I accomplished that, but all I can remember is dedication and hard work - 8 hour practice days during the week and 10 hour practice days on the weekend.
Anything is possible.
Playing-soft practice (start from no sound) with the Chopin etude #4 was totally new to me after decades. That part has been sooo damn hard to nail and I will try that soft practice tomorrow!! Also the accent practice for the left hand for the Beethoven. It was new as well. Can’t wait to see the result. Thank you so much!
Excellent. This shows the importance of the right teaching, guidance and coaching. I think you could be a launching hundreds of future careers and at least a really wonderful understanding of the piece whether one chooses to try and play it or not.
05:07 That's how I learn too. It's not amateurish. I break it down by measures. First, I find the fingering. Then I learn RH in a measure until I know it. Then LH. Then together. This is an excellent video. Thank you.
Awesome! I hope it helps :)
Josh---what a GIFT you are giving to the world with your teaching. a million thank you for this tutorial!!!
Thank you so much. I was really struggling with this piece.
You have my greatest respect for being able to sit down and play this piece for the first time so easily. The huge benefits of mastery of ones craft. Best wishes
great video with a lot of helpful tips. If I may offer a couple of others that I learned from a first rate piano professor. For me one of the main keys for having clarity, evenness, and avoiding tension in the opening broken chords is to practice really slow and make really really sure you are not holding on to any note too long. The split second you play a note the previous one should immediately release and allow that finger to return to its normal position as much as possible and follow the hand and not be "left behind". It is amazing how much we can be overlapping notes without realizing it. If you are overlapping you will have tension and quickly tire plus the sound will be muddy.
Body positioning is also very important. You need to keep the weight of the arm properly behind the hand by shifting your body position to maintain proper alignment. If you wrist is turning sideways you are losing your arm weight. As you pass in front of your body you need to lean back a little to allow the hand to move freely without compromising this weight and balance. And maybe one more tip. When practicing these broken chords try adding a little extra arm weight to the last two notes of each figure as they naturally may be a bit weaker and give out on the needed rotation back to the thumb. Just a few ideas. I am not an expert but these helped me a lot. And finally, maybe cliche, but remember the slower your practice the faster you learn. The great pianist Busoni once said there are three tempos to practice, slow, slower, and even slower. I do love however Joshes idea of practicing tiny bits at a time up to speed. Again, just things that have worked for me.
Its been eight years since you've commented this but thank you so much for these tips
This is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing those tips! As someone who hasn't played the piano for almost 10 years, picking it back up is not an easy job! And your instructions help a lot in that process! :)
emmalingbo I'm so glad! Thank you for your support
Ive played so many easy pieces, and ive been playing for nearly 4 years; im ready to take it a step farder. Thanks Josh this was so helpful, I really improved this beautiful piece thanks to this tips.
Sebastian Quiroz Thank you Sebastian. Best wishes in your studies
I looked at this piece about 6 years ago, and put it on hold because it was too challenging for me back then. I've picked it up again, and yesterday, finished running through the piece (without refining it).
Something everyone can do is train the pinkies on your hands up with various exercises. They're used so much in this piece that you won't find the strength to carry on without them. Josh didn't play the opening passage with the left hand playing an octave on the eighth beat (probably out of choice, I know he's more than capable of it), but without the pinkie playing the lower octave, it loses some of the emphasis. Also the second trill (or turn depending on how fast you play it) during the lyrical-like section when the left hand starts the 4-1-2-1 pattern, is reliant on the strength of your fourth and fifth right hand fingers (I still yet haven't got it to sound perfect, but hopefully that'll come with practice).
Also, there are lots of different interpretations to the staccato section that comes two sections before the repeat. I'm experimenting with playing it all moderately quiet, and alternating between a soft/harsh pattern. I like the latter, just because it gives the piece, sort of like, a question and answer section. It's quite nice if you get the distinction right.
If anyone else has tips, I'd love to hear them too. :)
Moltakfire Thanks so much for your comments. I agree that finger strength is important. I'd also add that relaxation is key to executing any of the technical demands of this piece. Most of the time in my playing I notice things are fixed when I learn how to relax properly. Best of luck in your studies!
This guy stands way out. Casual, skilled, friendly, informed, down to earth, great advice...and cute.
hol up😳
Sus
Thank you. This is my favorite part of Moonlight Sonata.
It makes perfect sense doing portion by portion and no trying to do all at once!!!!
I was taught " the musical idea is the guiding perception, not the physical action. Seemed to help with everything from execution phrasing and interpretive representation as a whole...enjoy your masterful and confident playing Josh.
i get it, its your first time workin on it.
matthew wallace yea, but the thing is he probably practices etudes very long time. try Chopin op10 no1, u will get through 4 pages in a day :)
@@stanchiu6340 impossibru
It seemed like he was so proud
@@bullymaguire3077 A guy works hard at getting better at the piano his whole life and he's not allowed to be proud?
@@eggmeister6641 It was a bit overexagerated.
I forgot the video but I remember him saying that it's his first time learning the piece several times
Genuinely amazing, I'm a self taught pianist but used many of the practise techniques you do, I too was surprised that many pianists hadn't used such practise techniques.. But really a helpful video! Great for looking at alternative perspectives thank you!
I just started learning this piece this week. I laughed when I saw you suggest to learn it in small bits, as this is exactly how I am doing it (and I really am 'amateurish'). After much time away from the piano I hope my old fingers can get up to speed. I will definitely try the accenting exercise also when I get to that part.
I'm a self taught pianist and I started this piece about a month ago and I've learnt it in parts and I've got them to about 80% speed and now I'm just putting them together. I wish I had learnt it more like this
Wow.. I've played this song for more than 10years and the left hand thing has always been chronic problem. And the 3rd part of your tutoring seems to be a good referring point ! I'll try practicing according to your lesson. Thank Josh !
Damn. You have big hands. You make it look so easy.
Thanks for sharing!
I tried learning this piece many years ago... I wasn't experienced enough at the time but it did set me down a path.
I'd never really sat down to learn it seriously until recently... and it mostly just came together doing many of the things suggested in the video. I now look at it and wonder why I had such difficulty. The answer is you need to mature as a pianist first... Go play some other simpler pieces and work your way up and come back with more experience and technique.... you'll enjoy it more
Thank you so much for your explanations. Very helpful! I'm crazy about this piece!
You did in 10 s what i'm learning for 2 weeks..
Thumb up !
Baudelle Noé Well have you been playing for 10 years + 15-years professionally?
I have been wanting to play this song and have been learning it!!! Thanks to this video I am now WAY better at playing the intro of the song!!!!! I am doing the part where you said to do it step by step and get faster and faster and eventually play this intro without any trouble at all!!! :) The only thing I would say is that adjusting to this song when I first get on the piano is a little hard since it is so fast. I am still learning this song and I will practice the rest of it using you're tips! Thanks!!!!!!!
Hi Josh, Thank you very much for this video. I have started with this piece many times the last 2 months and always gave up with frustration.
Your seemingly simply tips have pulled me through and now I am making real progress. A big thanks from Belgium, Ken.
Thank you for the playing tips
You've just inspired me to take up lessons again
Him: first time learning it, plays it perfectly.
Me: *dissonance*
You're so handsome! You look like Hugh Grant
WannaPlayQuidditch Thank you for your kindness...best of luck in your studies
ew
Casey Jones shut bitch ass nigga
The Dream Team wow another uneducated moron
Casey Jones lmao, im very educated honestly wanted to see the reaction out of you, it was the typical one i expected
Thanks Josh 🎉
Thank for this vid!!! I am working on this
Hi, I am not Josh, (as you can tell) but what works for me is starting out very slow and using a million different rhythms. So here are some variations you can try in the scale passages and the alberti bass: staccato, repeating every note, practicing the scales backwards, practicing the alberti bass solid, altering the accent ( in a group of 4 16ths accent the 1st throughout the passage, then the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.) changing the rhythm, playing little groups past and the next group slow.
I absolutely like your approach
Hi Josh and subscribers. Just wanted to mention a few things about editions and fingerings, not so much for the 3rd movement but particularly for the second movement. I find the Schnabel edition fingering for the 2nd movement to be totally inscrutable. The much more straightforward fingering found in the Craxton - Tovey edition is so much more natural, at least for me. The differences between fingerings in the 3rd movement are relatively minor, but I do find myself gravitating back to the Howard Craxton fingering, perhaps because that is the fingering I first learnt, or perhaps because it is simply better for my hands. In stark contrast to these Schnabel fingerings which I find unnatural, your recommended fingerings for the Chopin 3rd Ballade in your tutorial were immediately more approachable than the fingerings I had been using, and it was very easy to adopt them. Bottom line is I am very dubious about the efficacy of the Schnabel fingerings, despite his fame as the premier Beethoven performer of his generation. I also find Schnabel's micro-management of dynamics in his edition generally unhelpful.
Love your approach
Thanks
Really cool. Seeing how to actually learn harder piece is extremely useful. The way you play the sonata sounds very good as well!!
jesus christ your hands are huge
Franz Joseph Liszt Really Liszt? You're supposedly able to reach a 13th!
That’s the first thing I noticed too.
he could put his entire hand over my head
What most men want to hear hahaha
Pianists with small hands want large hands. My second teacher could barely span an octave. Yet she won Australia's premier instrumental competition in 1937 playing Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto - which you would assume could not possibly be played well by someone with such small hands.
Wonderful! Thank you.
Carole Hague Thank you Carole!
Perfect timing! Just started learning this piece the other day.
Hey Josh, I found you through Paul Barton who is your friend. I have just started learning this and the tips you gave for learning this are priceless. You have amazing technique!
Thank you for this.
No problem. Thanks for the support Tumen.
You're such an inspiration! Happy Holidays
You have much talent
I am playing the 3rd movement on my guitar , and this tutorial helped me get through some tough parts!! Thx a lot!
Been learning this since August and this video has helped me immensely. Thanks so much!
I didn't know why but it didn't sound like the song everyone else played but this just makes it sound like what it was meant to be, thank you.
Thanks for the exercises it will help a lot. besides playing chromatic scales your exercises will help.
Thanks, great video which contains lots of helpful advice. This will definitely help me with the piece when I come to it, thanks, very helpful
Great tips, as always, Thank You !
***** I really appreciate your kind comments! Thank you
@@joshwrightpiano Btw, did you record the piece ? I couldn't find it by searching your channel ...
I have learnt this piece and gave up....This video has given me so much motivation to work on that again!
Thanks for your insights Josh. I haven't seriously attempted this movement for perhaps 20 years. It was always a struggle and I was never satisfied with it, as I've mentioned to you before. I taught it to myself and really just approached it from start to finish, using a good student learning edition (Craxton - Tovey). I do have the Schnabel edition and I'll relearn it using a combination of those two (radically different) editions and your enormously helpful practice approaches. One warning to the uninitiated. The difficult trills in bars 30 and 32 are particularly challenging for smaller hands (like mine), and might be best handled by arpeggiating the octave rather than holding it. Perhaps Josh has a comment regarding this.
Great video. Tomorrow, I am going to learn this piece. Thank you Josh .
Great video Josh! I was wondering if you would be able to do a future video on Beethoven's "Waldstein" Sonata, 1st movement, addressing phrasing and dynamics in particular. I find it difficult to make that piece sound musical, especially considering the technical challenges it provides.
My request is related to yours! I've "managed" the 1st movement though not to my satisfaction. But the 3rd movement just totally floors me! At ANY speed. I find it hard to even approach it. Any help on that movement would be enormously appreciated.
Great tutorial, thanks! I would love to see a video of you playing the full piece :)
I love the counterintuitive practice idea of basically taking the thing you are struggling with and exaggerating it. Like the heavy accenting to get rid of the unwanted accents in that Alberti bass.
Thank you so mutch! I also do portions when i learn a new song and trying to find the balance and timing, this is exactly what i needed to know i am in the right path, hats of m8
I am working on this piece now. Your video is very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks.
xxxx from Toronto, Canada
steamriceroll Thank you!
this guy is one of the best players on youtube , and he got just 50k subs , there are way worse players and they got 300k wtf.... this guy deserve way more
Yes he does its crazy!! :(
Is Lord Vinheteiro #1?
Great tutorial. Thank you!
Jesus, Josh, you are so great !
You're a great teacher!
Wow great tutorial...Love steinway sound man...Its so emotional
Great video Josh, one of my favourite pieces. Thanks for your time doing this.
So pleased a professional like yourself breaks it down like that.. it's such a great way to get a true feel and timing for the piece.
Really useful.
Wow-awesome, Josh- Now I know that I can begin to learn this as I have completely ignored it because it scarred me!
But thanks to you, now I know how to study it and really I can not thank you enough😁
Brilliant! Thank you for all the great tips. You’re an excellent teacher
I found this very useful. Thanks!
MrJ3ly I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for your support
Thank you! I am so thankful for you right now! This helped me so much!
Its a great video. You teach how to practice so its very helpful! Thanks
You're so good. Love it! I want to learn from you more!!!
Dav Toy Thanks Dav!
Josh this is wonderful, as always..
This is really awesome....not many have the courage to make videos like this
Thank you! You're a great teacher
you are like a super hero
Getting that alberti bass up to speed is tricky, but it's the very last C#m broken chord with both hands at the very end that really gets me!
ive been playing piano for 14 days since lockdown here in my country New Zealand. My first piece only because ive always wanted to learn it but never got a round to it was Moonlight Sonata 1st movement it took me 8days now i know it off by heart . I know i shouldnt attempt this piece but really want to try it looks very difficult though i cant get the speed needed for it but i can play the correct notes at a slower speed. Not the same any advice?
I mean as long as u got the notes memorized all u have to do is practice the speed so sure
I wish you could see my face while I'm watching this, because all I keep thinking is yeah right I don't know if I could ever do this. Currently learning Debussy Reverie. I love it!
Great teaching
Great video!
i like your teaching, it brings me somewhere
q9r8s7t6u5v4w3x2y1z0 I'm so glad :) Have a great week!
Great tips!!!Thanks
THIS IS VERY HELPFUL!!!!! thank you for this tutorial!!! :)
Very well done!!
Very helpful. Thanks
Can you play this full song. Would love it!
Thanks for the video, I follow similar principles when working new things while playing drums. It's helpful to hear it re-iterated in words more appropriate to piano, which I've been working on a lot lately :)
These are so valuable pieces of advice ! First and I guess last comment I'll make because I could make it on almost every single video you did. Your youtube channel is just full of great tips that can help even very low level pianist like me. Thanks a lot !
Help, I found this video and fell in love!
I'm pretty sure he has reheated this piece well, he is fluid with even small nuances of it. But regardless, a very skilled technical player. Superb fingering choices, very helpful