Bitesize Piano: Hi Francesca. I checked out your website and it’s very impressive. I’m just a beginner and can barely read sheet music but wanted to learn my first classical piece. I did it thanks to you and finished learning Bach Prelude in C Major from your RUclips channel. I was wondering if you have a email I can email you a video of me playing it? Also another thought. It might be fun if people are up to it and post people playing your songs after they learn from your tutorials, perhaps a page on your webpage for piano students from all over the world learning. I’m excited to share my excitement of learning my first classical piece because of you. Just an idea or thought to consider. What is your email? I didn’t see it on your webpage? Again thank you so much for teaching us all. You are such a wonderful teacher! 😊🙏
Thank you so, so much. Adult beginner started in March and doing plinky-plink pieces from a widely-used kids beginner book - aaand just wanted something more, something inspirational - and this is it! Have really, really loved learning this. Started this 5 weeks ago, am taking it slow, doing a bit each day and halfway through, being careful to make sure I use the right fingers and all. But can now finally play something that sounds decent(to me - am prob murdering it)! Am so grateful to you. Piano teachers for adult beginners take note. Yes, we need to learn how to play - of course we do.. but we also to be inspired too!
What I love the most about your tutorials is that you take the time to show the fingering with your actual fingers as they move across the keys. This is so important for adult learners! I recently started practicing again for meditation and focus. Thank you! 🫶🏽🫶🏽 I also love how you name/call out the keys as you touch them. Beautiful free tutorial! 🥰🥰👏🏽👏🏽
This is one of the arrangements that I have been wanting to learn!! Thank you so much for doing this tutorial and teaching it at a pace that is understandable to a 56 year old novice!!
Thank you 😊 I’ve been playing your tutorial every night now until I learn to play the whole piece. Tutorials like these are very valuable because you get to learn the finger placement as well as the sheet music.
Just saw a video of a lovely man playing this piece to a blind elephant in Thailand. I've had a keyboard for years but have never learnt how to play. Your tutorial has given me the confidence that I could possibly be capable of learning this piece (with lots and lots of practice) 😀Thanks very much!!👍👍
Wow wonderful....been playing this piece for over 10 year off and on. Self taught from RUclips. Your video is the best instructional so far, thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much for this tutorial. I am just starting to learn this piece...I am studying the music sheet at the moment...your video gives me insight as I am a piano beginner. Have a great day!.
Thank you for this lesson I tried to play it before but the left hand just confused me so much I gave up I can now play juat the beginning but it is a start!! Thank you 🙂
Than you so much -what a brilliant tutorial- great patience and love how you explain it with what notes to play, as I cant read music that well. When you hear it played in concert it sounds so grand and epic but once you have deconstructed it it's quite a manageable piece to play. Then it comes down to the individuals interpretation of how it all flows together.
Thank your for the Bach Tutorial. I think yours is the best. I am learning this piece at the moment and found your tutorial really helpful as I was having a few problems with the end bit. Could you please do Passacaglia Handel-Halvorsen ? I know there are other tutorials of this out there, but I haven't found one I like and I think you are the best teacher.
thank you so much for this helpful tutorial!! this piece was harder than expected - it took me 1.5 hours just to get through the first 3 lines 😅 i really need to work on my sightreading.
Wonderful, thank you and especially thank you for the sheet music, which helped enormously. (I transcribed by hand note for note... can't read both clefs at the same time, but maybe one day!)
Hello Francesca: I'm not sure if I should ask my questions here or log into my account which I signed up for yesterday. When starting with the left hand, why not place finger one on the E and the third finder on the C. That way the fingers are on the keys they'll play and don't have to move around? Also, at the beginning of the play with the left hand, why are the C and E held down? Is there something in the music that indicates this? I slowed this down to half speed and it's easier to follow during the learning process. Thank you so much, Bob
This was amazing! Always wanted to learn a classical piece. Will start from here ❤ Also, could you check out Tedy and do a tutorial on any one of his songs? Thanks!!
This video is supremely helpful and I thank you for sharing it. 2 questions - why is this named Prelude in C Major when it contains sharps? I'm sure there is some reason for it that is beyond my current understanding. Also, what level would you say this piece is? Being self taught it can be difficult to choose pieces to learn in a logical order.
I got to about bars 22-23 and thought I was playing something wrong, then I realised my sheet music has an extra bar! I googled it and found out all about the "Schwenke" bar. Interesting! I think I'm going to carry on playing it with the extra bar now that I've learnt it that way.
Question for someone who doesn’t play piano maybe dab a bit here and there how long would it naturally take them to learn this? Took me 2 hours while I’m trying to pass a panic attack. Reach 4 parts and playing with my eyes shot… everyone telling me to learn it but I’m too old with short fingers and I don’t know how to read notes. Just go with the ear
Hi - thanks Quick question. On the music sheet i see the second note of the left hand in esch bar is “played” as the 1st note on the right hand. However, that’s not how it’s played. So my question is why does the music sheet appear to have these notes played simultaneously?
Sometimes it’s more reader-friendly to ‘borrow’ a stave for a few notes instead of creating ledger lines or changing the clef. This is very common. The key is to look for the direction of the note stems. They are not played simultaneously, they are not in line with each other and there is a semi quaver rest to show the next note is played after a semi quaver beat.
In the first you teach 3 notes for right hand but on the sheet it looks like 4 notes, it's my first day so I'm brand new, can you advise and clarify please? Would really appreciate.
I am new to piano and sheet music in general. but in bar 6 only the first note of the trebel clef has # in front of it so do we assume it for every note in the bar or it that a typo of some kind. Thanks
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I really don't see the purpose of this. Without explanation reading all the notes excruciatingly sliwly. A person who reads notes reads anyway, who can't read won't after you play anyway. I was hoping for more insight of the chird progression etc.... pity. Wasted 30 min.
😂 this is a TUTORIAL on how to play it, not a theoretical analysis. Perhaps read the title and description before watching something for 30 minutes, and then refine your search to find a video specific to what you’re looking for. Don’t post a shitty comment on a video because you’re expecting it to be something it doesn’t claim to be. Have you read all the other comments that say how helpful this is? This is a FREE lesson for those who want to play this piece, and perhaps want extra reassurance that they’re playing correct notes. Bore off with your pointless comment 👋🏻
I'm an adult beginner (sort of) and apparently this is supposed to be one of the easiest classical piano pieces to learn for beginners, so I decided to start with Prelude in C Major. I am nervous! 🫶🏽🫶🏽
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Bitesize Piano: Hi Francesca. I checked out your website and it’s very impressive.
I’m just a beginner and can barely read sheet music but wanted to learn my first classical piece. I did it thanks to you and finished learning Bach Prelude in C Major from your RUclips channel.
I was wondering if you have a email I can email you a video of me playing it?
Also another thought. It might be fun if people are up to it and post people playing your songs after they learn from your tutorials, perhaps a page on your webpage for piano students from all over the world learning. I’m excited to share my excitement of learning my first classical piece because of you. Just an idea or thought to consider.
What is your email? I didn’t see it on your webpage? Again thank you so much for teaching us all. You are such a wonderful teacher! 😊🙏
@@71greatdane if you have Instagram, then you can tag me on there, and Others tag me with their performances over there. instagram.com/Bitesizepiano
THANK YOU VERY MUCH . I am pleased about your nice help. Greetings from Cologne Germany
Thank you so, so much. Adult beginner started in March and doing plinky-plink pieces from a widely-used kids beginner book - aaand just wanted something more, something inspirational - and this is it! Have really, really loved learning this. Started this 5 weeks ago, am taking it slow, doing a bit each day and halfway through, being careful to make sure I use the right fingers and all. But can now finally play something that sounds decent(to me - am prob murdering it)! Am so grateful to you. Piano teachers for adult beginners take note. Yes, we need to learn how to play - of course we do.. but we also to be inspired too!
It's so important to remain inspired you're absolutely right! So pleased my tutorial helped, and well done learning it as a beginner!
What I love the most about your tutorials is that you take the time to show the fingering with your actual fingers as they move across the keys. This is so important for adult learners! I recently started practicing again for meditation and focus. Thank you! 🫶🏽🫶🏽
I also love how you name/call out the keys as you touch them. Beautiful free tutorial! 🥰🥰👏🏽👏🏽
You’re very welcome 🤗🎹
@@BitesizePiano 🥰🥰
This is one of the arrangements that I have been wanting to learn!! Thank you so much for doing this tutorial and teaching it at a pace that is understandable to a 56 year old novice!!
Thank you 😊
I’ve been playing your tutorial every night now until I learn to play the whole piece. Tutorials like these are very valuable because you get to learn the finger placement as well as the sheet music.
Just saw a video of a lovely man playing this piece to a blind elephant in Thailand. I've had a keyboard for years but have never learnt how to play. Your tutorial has given me the confidence that I could possibly be capable of learning this piece (with lots and lots of practice) 😀Thanks very much!!👍👍
Could not be made easier and clearer. Thanks a bunch!
You're welcome!
I recently returned to playing piano after years of absence. This really helped me understand how to play this piece. Thank you!
Cheers lovely.. I learnt this this afternoon...easier than I ever thought it was
You're very welcome :) It's a timeless piece this one!
@@BitesizePiano it's so beautiful..been hearing it all my life and thought..bet that's hard..turned out to be easy :-)
Don't mind me I'm just writing off the separate lines
0:10 line 1
2:51 line 2
4:35 line 3
6:07 line 4
7:43 line 5
You might be the best tutor on RUclips
And possibly the best in the world
Amazing presentation, BP 👍
Looks absolutely fantastic!
Appreciate the visit, thank you very much!
More power to you channel Friend 🥰
All the best!
Wow wonderful....been playing this piece for over 10 year off and on. Self taught from RUclips. Your video is the best instructional so far, thank you for sharing.
Best lesson I’ve found and easy to follow. Thanks.
Glad you found it helpful 🎹
Thanks so much for this tutorial.
I am just starting to learn this piece...I am studying the music sheet at the moment...your video gives me insight as I am a piano beginner.
Have a great day!.
You're very welcome!
Good Tutor-Good Tutorial. Simple, step by step. The best way to learn piano lessons.
Hello again: The way you have the camera set up above the keyboard with the music in front is excellent. Good job!
Just finished learning this. Thanks a lot.
Ty berry much, im too dumb to read sheet music. This helped a bunch.
Thank you for this lesson I tried to play it before but the left hand just confused me so much I gave up I can now play juat the beginning but it is a start!! Thank you 🙂
You're very welcome! Pleased you came back to it :)
Thankyouuuu for teaching all parts😇😇😇😇. Most of free RUclips tutorials are incomplete. 😅
Thank you so so much for the music notes and excellent tutorial. You made my day. God bless you 🙏🙏🙏😘😘😘
You are so welcome!
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Than you so much -what a brilliant tutorial- great patience and love how you explain it with what notes to play, as I cant read music that well. When you hear it played in concert it sounds so grand and epic but once you have deconstructed it it's quite a manageable piece to play. Then it comes down to the individuals interpretation of how it all flows together.
Glad it was helpful!
That was a very helpful tutorial!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much, so helpful.
Glad you found it helpful 🎹
Thank you so much for breaking this down. Great lesson.
Glad it was helpful! :)
It's a great help having the same piece that your are playing, on the copy i had the end part was puzzling me but sorted now thanks.
Thank you so much this will inspire me to continue
Thank you sooooooo much for this. My mom always wanted me to play this
Thank your for the Bach Tutorial. I think yours is the best. I am learning this piece at the moment and found your tutorial really helpful as I was having a few problems with the end bit.
Could you please do Passacaglia Handel-Halvorsen ? I know there are other tutorials of this out there, but I haven't found one I like and I think you are the best teacher.
Thank you for this wonderful video!
You’re very welcome!
Brilliant! Thanks so much🥰
You are so welcome!
Apologies for glitch at 15:30 - not sure what happened there! D:
Great tutorial
Thanks!
Outstanding, as usual. Many thanks, Brian
The best teacher thanks a lot
You’re awesome!
Thank you, this is such a huge help!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for this tutorial. 🎉
Thank you, great job !
Thank you so much your tutorial,...👍👍👍
You’re very welcome 🙂
Loving this tutorial!!
Pleased you're enjoying it :)
thank you so much for this helpful tutorial!! this piece was harder than expected - it took me 1.5 hours just to get through the first 3 lines 😅 i really need to work on my sightreading.
Pleased you found it helpful! Keep it up 🤗
Thank you sm my sheet music skills are so bad and this really helped!
Thank you. Helped me heaps.
Glad it helped!
Thank you very much my lady, Love❤ from China😊
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Thank you for your help
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Wonderful, thank you and especially thank you for the sheet music, which helped enormously. (I transcribed by hand note for note... can't read both clefs at the same time, but maybe one day!)
I highly recommend that you don’t label every single note!
Gracias por tu video, y por tu paciencia!
Saludos!
Gracias!
Thank you so much 😍, my parents won't throw my piano anymore 😭😭😭😭😭
Thats funny
Thank you for the laughter!!!!!
Very nice
Thanks for your guidance
You're welcome 😊
Awesome you have lined time stamp listed
Great video need some guidance on notes and this was very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Great!. Very well. The best.
Thanks a lots teachesr vest
Thanks
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This was an amazing tutorial !! Thanks so much 😊 🙏
I was gonna ask,, shall I use una corda pedal in this ?
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Thanks,
Hello Francesca: I'm not sure if I should ask my questions here or log into my account which I signed up for yesterday. When starting with the left hand, why not place finger one on the E and the third finder on the C. That way the fingers are on the keys they'll play and don't have to move around? Also, at the beginning of the play with the left hand, why are the C and E held down? Is there something in the music that indicates this? I slowed this down to half speed and it's easier to follow during the learning process. Thank you so much, Bob
This was amazing! Always wanted to learn a classical piece.
Will start from here ❤
Also, could you check out Tedy and do a tutorial on any one of his songs? Thanks!!
This video is supremely helpful and I thank you for sharing it. 2 questions - why is this named Prelude in C Major when it contains sharps? I'm sure there is some reason for it that is beyond my current understanding. Also, what level would you say this piece is? Being self taught it can be difficult to choose pieces to learn in a logical order.
They’re called accidentals, which are altered notes that don’t belong to the scale/key signature. I’d say this piece is around grade 2/3 level
I got to about bars 22-23 and thought I was playing something wrong, then I realised my sheet music has an extra bar!
I googled it and found out all about the "Schwenke" bar. Interesting! I think I'm going to carry on playing it with the extra bar now that I've learnt it that way.
I have a couple of copies of this sheet music with the extra bar too, and another without!
Question for someone who doesn’t play piano maybe dab a bit here and there how long would it naturally take them to learn this? Took me 2 hours while I’m trying to pass a panic attack. Reach 4 parts and playing with my eyes shot… everyone telling me to learn it but I’m too old with short fingers and I don’t know how to read notes. Just go with the ear
When do you start pressing the pedel en when to release?
2:10 4:00 5:37
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Hi - thanks
Quick question. On the music sheet i see the second note of the left hand in esch bar is “played” as the 1st note on the right hand. However, that’s not how it’s played.
So my question is why does the music sheet appear to have these notes played simultaneously?
Sometimes it’s more reader-friendly to ‘borrow’ a stave for a few notes instead of creating ledger lines or changing the clef. This is very common. The key is to look for the direction of the note stems. They are not played simultaneously, they are not in line with each other and there is a semi quaver rest to show the next note is played after a semi quaver beat.
Ty.. I learnt it in abt 5 hrs 😏
Please do air on g string tutorial 😍
Everything i do by Brian Adams
in sheet music i am ref there is an extra bar between 23rd and 24th which goes G Eb B C Eb B C Eb , is it wrong?
thanks a lot for this many of them doint give the full lesson , then force us to sup to the channel t oget the rest lol anyway this a lot.
Hi... hopefully you could make a tutorial on Robert Schumann Davidsbündlertänze Op.6 No.18 .... Thank you!
Please make a video about g minor arranged by luo
How about the beautiful Rachmaninov 18th variation?
2:10 for the example for 1st section
Yey
Love u its useful. do u recommend for begginers?
I probably wouldn't recommend this one for beginners.
@@BitesizePiano I need to know wich tempo is this piece played? I saw that is aleggro in 112, is it truth?
In the first you teach 3 notes for right hand but on the sheet it looks like 4 notes, it's my first day so I'm brand new, can you advise and clarify please? Would really appreciate.
I’d start with something more simple, this isn’t suitable for complete beginners. The Left hand note is notated on the treble clef
I am new to piano and sheet music in general. but in bar 6 only the first note of the trebel clef has # in front of it so do we assume it for every note in the bar or it that a typo of some kind. Thanks
Yes the accidental lasts for the rest of the bar unless cancelled out
@@BitesizePiano oh thank you so much
Just want to know, do I need to use sustain all the way?
Not at all actually!
do we have to use same fingers to play the keys
Ideally, yes
In Bar 3 is that a G7 chord?
Erik Satie please. have you done any video tutorials on his music?
Yes I have - just search through my channel!
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Will you please make a video on how to play All of Me by john Schmidt?
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Sorry! I keep accidentally hitting the 'DISLIKE' button when I try to keep my screen from going to sleep while practicing. I really like your tutorial so ignore at least 4 dislikes, they were probably me by accident.
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I really don't see the purpose of this. Without explanation reading all the notes excruciatingly sliwly. A person who reads notes reads anyway, who can't read won't after you play anyway.
I was hoping for more insight of the chird progression etc.... pity. Wasted 30 min.
😂 this is a TUTORIAL on how to play it, not a theoretical analysis. Perhaps read the title and description before watching something for 30 minutes, and then refine your search to find a video specific to what you’re looking for. Don’t post a shitty comment on a video because you’re expecting it to be something it doesn’t claim to be. Have you read all the other comments that say how helpful this is? This is a FREE lesson for those who want to play this piece, and perhaps want extra reassurance that they’re playing correct notes. Bore off with your pointless comment 👋🏻
I'm an adult beginner (sort of) and apparently this is supposed to be one of the easiest classical piano pieces to learn for beginners, so I decided to start with Prelude in C Major. I am nervous! 🫶🏽🫶🏽
Thank you very much! Great pace!!
You are welcome!
thanks for the tutorial!
You’re welcome!
Thanks!