Beethoven "Pathétique" Sonata in C minor, Op.13 Tutorial - 2nd Movement (Adagio Cantabile)

[@joshwrightpiano]

A big thanks to all of you who have requested this tutorial over the years, and for your patience while I sort through a long list of tutorial requests :) I hope this helps give you some creative ideas for this piece. I wish you all the best for another great week of practice!

[@shagerg2238]

Omg, I just started learning this piece yesterday, it is crazy how much I needed this 😅

[@joshwrightpiano]

Glad to hear it!

[@susanbickel9965]

Thank you. I'm learning this for an Oct concert. Struggled with third part, but am conquering it, finally.

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Thanks for mentioning an importance of noticing and analysing a key changing in a piece. That's something what may seem evident to a professional musician, but needs to be promoted on a broader scale.

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thanks for your kindness Denis!

[@iangreer4585]

Happy 250th Birthday to Beethoven by the way.

[@JaySuryavanshiMusic]

I have actually finished learning Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata. Currently, I am working on his Moonlight Sonata and Josh's tutorial has really helped me a lot ( especially, the third movement ). The third movement tutorial is about a hour long and he really deals with bottlenecks, avoiding tension and good fingering in that tutorial. So, thank you Josh for that tutorial and this tutorial as well. Keep up your good work! 🙏

[@jiweonjun5830]

Wow, thank you so much!! I joined the lifetime access a couple of months ago (which I hugely recommend) and been practicing the first movement based on your lesson - and you kept the promise of making this video of the second movement!! What a pleasant surprise!

[@joshwrightpiano]

So glad you’re enjoying the course Jiweon! Haha I have hundreds of pieces in my to-do list. Just working through them one at a time

[@sheldoncooper1569]

Yes

[@joshwrightpiano]

I hope you're doing well Sheldon

[@salfordnurse]

Such a Beautiful piece. Billy Joel used it as the basis for the chorus of ‘This Night’ from his Innocent Man album. This Night is Mine It’s only you an I Tomorrow is a long time away This night will last for ever

[@AndyGerome]

As a beginner and lover of classical music, you are extremely helpful in the way you teach. Much appreciated! Thank you so much for your talent and educational background.

It’s a very interesting video ! This sonata is beautiful, but not easy 😅 I really like this kind of your videos ! Thanks Josh !

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thank you for your kindness Léa!

[@maralagounari6193]

I watched the tutorial of the first movement and now the second movement. I definitely need the third movement.! You inspire me Josh and I'm looking forward to hearing your ideas on the third movement!

[@samuelguzmann]

What about Chopin's ballade n1 in g minor? That would be wonderful Josh

[@joshwrightpiano]

I recorded that tutorial many years ago :)

[@jonathannissim2774]

Wow this is super helpful thank you!!

[@yasharfard4208]

would you please have a propractice for the third movement as well

[@francesco.morici]

thanks for the tips!!

[@cookie4u2]

Hi Josh how do you recommend a 'previous' professional piano player start to build their piano skills back to that same point when they have dropped so far in every sense because it was half a lifetime ago?

[@senju4246]

DUDE. Just performed this piece, went to sleep, woke up and found this

[@joshwrightpiano]

I hope the performance went well!

[@batboy5023]

Thanks for the video! Could you also do the 1st mvt. please? Thanks!

[@hkgweigwei]

Learning this. Voicing on measures 48-51 is killing me. Hard to have the melody come out on my small pinky and my teacher taught me how to cheat for that upbeat Db on measure 51.

[@sayonara6301]

Help I can’t find the course that I enrolled 😊

[@Dominique632]

I wish you were my piano teacher

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart IDK what's Josh's availability, but normally one may arrange online lessons with nearly any piano teacher in the world since 2020's situation😅. Of course if you didn't die 229 years ago, that would be a problem indeed😂

[@circleman2847]

WHAT PERFECT TIMING I’m practicing right now!

[@jordidewaard2937]

Hey Josh! Since you mentioned some people attempt this as their first Beethoven Sonata, I was curious what your thoughts were on his op 49 Sonatas (I don't know if you have made a video on it)? I think they're 2 little gems that can prepare you a lot for his other works. Take op 49 no.2 2nd mvt for example. A beautiful little piece, which can greatly help people with expression, as well as the steady bass throughout the piece (Not sure if you can call that an Alberti bass? But you know what I mean :P). Or the Op 49 no.1 2nd mvt! A rondo which actually is fairly difficult, but can greatly increase your ability to 1. Play at a fairly high tempo, 2. Truly help a lot wiht staccato playing and 3. Even helps a lot with voicing during the Alberti bass parts, where you truly want the melody in the right hand to shine out. I have played both these pieces shortly after finishing 4-5 Bach inventions, and while op 49 no.2 is a LOT easier, I think they're even better than his Bagatelles for truly getting into Beethoven. Now I'm just getting into Mozart Sonatas (learned his Sonata K. 545, currently working on his Sonata K. 283 , perhaps some Chopin waltzes and Mazurkas, and after that I hope to get back to Beethoven Sonatas haha

[@advaithkaruna6199]

Technically thts my plan too op . 49 k 330 or k282 then to this

[@jordidewaard2937]

@@advaithkaruna6199 K330 is very hard though, would recommend doing yhat one last (even after Pathetique imo)

[@advaithkaruna6199]

@@jordidewaard2937 I can do k485 and k545 so k330 I think I can

[@ira365]

Do you have any tips for improving sight reading so I can play pieces at first try😅

[@joshwrightpiano]

Yes, I have many videos on this subject

[@ira365]

@@joshwrightpiano thank you very much ☺

[@simonsharp9162]

Sorry for the silly question but why do the flats keep changing and what scales do i practice ?

[@cookie4u2]

Hi Josh, would you be able to do a video tutorial on how to play two songs, firstly "Interstellar" by Hans Zimmer and the second "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" by Mozart?

[@KlavierMusik6021]

hi,do you record now with zoom f6 ore apollo?

[@joshwrightpiano]

Both :)

[@KlavierMusik6021]

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[@KlavierMusik6021]

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[@andreschwunck5994]

The Henle actually shows it as u showed it, or maybe i just interpreted it like that, ty for this turtorial tho

[@yubby1873]

Are you serious.?? I started to learn this piece like 2 days ago!! Great timing! Thank you so much!

[@jennacheng4087]

Wonderful pieces!! But, may I know is there are any tutorial for the 1st movement of ‘’Pathetique’’😭😭

[@TheDrakulie]

flowing texture should be 2nd importance. Beethoven wanted it that way

[@nadiaelienswaruwu7289]

Omg telalu banyak anda bicara

[@HugoIvanElGalloDorado]

mucho bla bla