How to play MOONLIGHT SONATA 1st Movement - Ludwig van Beethoven (PART 1) Piano Tutorial

[@BitesizePiano]

8:19 the end bar (bar 12) is notated incorrectly on the sheet music, but I play it correctly. *The Bitesize Piano Course:* BitesizePianoCourse.co.uk Sheet music: www.bitesizepiano.co.uk/moonlight-sonata-sheet-music-pdf-piano-tutorial/

[@Lucky-tn9op]

3rd movement of moonlight sonata

[@novhussey]

JS Bach Air on the g string pleasee :)

[@lifespanwellnessbeauty-60i64]

Bitesize Piano Do you have a tutorial for Sonatina in C by Clemente?

[@BitesizePiano]

@@lifespanwellnessbeauty-60i64 I don't yet!

[@BitesizePiano]

@Katlego Mametja there are just some pieces that aren't suitable as KZbin tutorials! This is a VERY advanced piece of music that needs the guidance of in-person lessons.

[@novhussey]

I'm a beginner, just got a piano a month ago, can't even read a sheet music. But I dare to dream able to play this piece. Thankyou sooo much, this is super helpful! I'm on a fifth line now!

[@husbyhogan]

same here, just started. i think its a beautiful piece to motivate

[@Caliber24]

I can't read sheets well but I can remember things often in chords and muscle memory haha😂

[@myapinion7532]

I'm same. I can rattle out a few wee tunes without even looking at the keyboard. But when it comes to sight reading, l have to go F, A, C, E, up the staff, to figure out what the top note is, or whatever. Don't think I'll ever be able to 'read it' like reading writing.

[@BoT-wj6nu]

Who

[@chloecormenier1206]

Same for me 😂

[@albertpeen2170]

Aame

[@manishamishratrivedi7335]

Same

[@Bolbyoik]

1 = 02:23 2 = 04:38 3 = 07:00 4 = 09:37 5 = 11:32 6 = 13:38 7 = 15:37 8 = 17:45 9 = 19:58

[@Pilotlon46]

Thank you so much for the time stamps

[@LorettaHallahanDoherty]

Thank you for the above notation

[@courtneyyoung8959]

Thank you so much for these lessons! I am someone who played for years growing up but then moved into a space that didn't have a piano. Now that I have one again your lessons are helping me get back to where I was and beyond!

[@BitesizePiano]

That's amazing! So pleased you're finding them helpful and you've rekindled with the piano :)

[@couchphotography8861]

Just ploughed through a couple of other tutorials then found this...back to the beginning! Sound quality, speed, the way it's explained...the best! Thankyou!!

[@pcr1497]

Great teacher explains the notes slowly and clearly makes it easy to follow 👍

[@himalayanrocknrolla2862]

Thank you so much. Because of the step by step description, it is easier for a beginner to learn! You rock!

[@myapinion7532]

I started listening to Moonlight Sonata a KZbin video that runs on a loop, the one with the moon above the clouds scene, to help me get off to sleep. It's such a beautiful piece of music, and I've grown to love it so much. I had a few piano lessons as a child but none since, and I'm in my mid-sixties now. So I'm using a borrowed keyboard to try to learn how to play it. I had watched some other videos then came across yours, and l just wanted to say it's the best, very clear and well explained. My old brain hasn't got too far yet with it, but I'll keep going and hopefully learn the whole thing, thanks to you. Thankyou so much for making this video. ☺

[@BitesizePiano]

You're most welcome :) keep it up!

[@alessandrareali3022]

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[@jonathanraggett7149]

It took me two months but i did I completed it! Thank you so much for your simple guidence. Having the sheet music up top is the best way so people can stop and check.

[@BitesizePiano]

So pleased it helped and well done! :)

[@dm7837]

Thank you so much for showing those of us with small hands how to play an interval of the 9th in this piece! 😀

[@BitesizePiano]

Glad it was helpful!

[@CamilaSaurus]

Thank you for showing sheet music that includes the pedal! Much appreciated!

[@alhudaithi41]

I’m a complete beginner like 3-4 weeks beginner and self taught as well but I love this piece since I was a kid so I don’t care I’ll try to play it. Thanks a lot for this tutorial it’s very helpful.

[@BitesizePiano]

You're very welcome :)

[@ld7561]

How is it going? Same! A lot of us feel the same, about this piece. I've made it to that first 'Beeng-da-ba diing' at the end of line 3, and still learning! ☺ Going awesome!

[@elizabethsgmammen870]

Thank you for a very good tutorial. I am learning this piece now. My daughter already plays it without looking at the sheet music.

[@johnbrower6422]

I have only been playing for 4 months, at age 56, and this is one of the songs that I have always wanted to learn. Thank you for posting this tutorial!!

[@ct1216]

how is everything with your piano ? I am almost 50 and just started learning always wanted to play since my childhood.

[@johnbrower6422]

@@ct1216 I have come a long way but still consider myself early intermediate. Just trying not to get too far ahead of myself. Loving it, though!!

[@JakobHelm]

So you can play it now John?

[@RJSLIVEE]

Finally finished the first half wow! I still need work on typo and small mistakes but for the most part done, wow!!! on to part two!!!

[@RJSLIVEE]

This channel is hands down the best on the platform as far as teaching songs on the piano, very well put together. piece by piece, slowed down and turned into digestible pieces. thank you for spending your time creating these!

[@azguitar]

The most useful Moonlight Sonata tutorial on the web. Excellent!

[@eenie1234]

Excellent tutorial... will keep me busy in this lockdown.

[@Chloe-si9is]

I don’t like lockdown👎🔒

[@Gretchenbrooke]

I finally finished and have learned Part 1. So excited to learn Part 2 now. THANK YOU!!!!!!! Such a valuable contribution you are ❤

[@truecrimeobsessionreal]

Thank you so much now i could finally play moonlight sonata entirely! You are the best teacher who teaches flawlessly! I'd request to teach us moonlight sonata 3rd movement and pathetique sonata 2nd movement pls 🙏 Would really appreciate if u teach more classicals ❤️

[@BitesizePiano]

The 3rd movement is past grade 8 level, and best learned with a teacher - it’s not the same level as the first movement.

[@dlm425]

@@BitesizePiano just do it, we love you lol

[@BitesizePiano]

@@dlm425 ‘just do it’? Not only should that be properly learned with a teacher and requires technical skills that those requesting it probably don’t yet have, I’d receive very little revenue for probably around 2 days of solid work to produce a 2-3 part video. I can also GUARANTEE that yourself or others requesting it won’t donate anything for the massive amount of time or effort either 👍🏻

[@dlm425]

@@BitesizePiano Do it for the music not the money, lol,

[@BitesizePiano]

@@dlm425 I only create content for the money pal, like every single other content creator ;) Not spending hours and hours producing something just for likes and subscribers. My time, knowledge and experience is worth something - cheers for recognising that 👍🏻

[@mireilledesjardins7742]

Thank you so much! I've got it all now thanks to your toturial!

[@BitesizePiano]

😁🎹

[@johannwilder1437]

Anyone else think her accent is cute when she says the word “up”? ☺️

[@gabrieleugenew]

Which one

[@theodoraeloh61]

And “that “😁 basically every word🥰 Gotta get that British accent like mad!⚡️⚡️

[@FUNTIME-jf7rv]

Done with part 1 I'm loving❤❤ this maybe I should start learning how to read those music symbols 😅

[@chryktus9040]

Thank you so much for these videos. I have a full-size midi keyboard but have only started taking music introduction in college. No piano lessons yet. I love these slow, haunting pieces. My fingers are already hurting a bit after 1/2 of this.

[@gerarddebroise4383]

Quand on a déjà travaillé la sonate, votre intervention rend de bons services... cela permet de corriger certaines hésitations. Merci !

[@sofiasofia7994]

wanted to learn how to play it for so long ! thank you very much❤️❤️❤️

[@BitesizePiano]

You're very welcome :) glad it helped!

[@selinkocak8502]

Awesome tutorial as usual. I wish I was able to play the 3rd movement but it's sooo hard

[@BitesizePiano]

Those presto broken chords are tricky! Will maybe make a tutorial on the 3rd movement!

[@selinkocak8502]

@@BitesizePiano that would be great! Everybody's doing tutorials for the first 2 movements but there are not a lot of people who are able to show and explain the 3rd one. I think you're one of the few piano channels that could actually do a good and helpful tutorial for the 3rd movement

[@ShadesofBren]

Bitesize Piano PLEASE DOOOOOO

[@ld7561]

@@BitesizePiano I'm learning Movement One, on an upright Grand. I'm using this, and it is going very well, I can see I will learn it all. I need to get the piano tuned, before I hit a certain key, which is what slowed me. It might be worth noting, Movement 3, would be impossible on an Upright, it requires a Grand, Baby Grand, Mini Grand, etc, due to key, hammer suspension. the hammers will not lower in time, for you to repeat them quickly enough, on an upright.

[@ld7561]

@Malarkey _ Oh, that's so widely known, it could never make you feel smart. Anyone who's looked at a piano, can see the way the keys lay. Makes playing really fast songs harder though, when you are fighting gravity. 🎹🎶

[@ct1216]

I just learned bach's prelude in c major this will be the next challenge for me. I can play popular piano but never tried classics before.

[@jasonmarquis5798]

I’m slowly getting there with this. Honestly, thank you so so much. Your tutorials are excellent... ❤️❤️❤️

[@andreaspappas2346]

4:39 Part 1 7:01 Part 2 9:39 Part 3 11:34 Part 4 13:39 Part 5 15:39 Part 6 17:47 Part 7 19:59 Part 8 22:10 Part 9

[@ricksanchez147]

Thx! I’m finally at the end of pt 1!

[@samirasalimova3735]

The best tutorial ever! Thank you for such a detailed explanation!!!

[@johnbell913]

Very good job you are doing. I am learning how to play piano and read some basic music. Keep up the great job please. We love you in California and all over the world.

[@davegill7614]

Thanks lovely have learnt the first part in the last few days...now for the second part :-)

[@BitesizePiano]

Awesome! :)

[@BluezConcepts]

these tutorials are amazing, so easy to follow!!

[@BitesizePiano]

Glad you like them! :)

[@snakedietswitzerland8089]

excellent video, thank you for your time..

[@BitesizePiano]

My pleasure!

[@snakedietswitzerland8089]

Ooh I was just practicing with you…. Incredible understanding of what people need to learn a piece… thanks again ❤

[@nuniksify]

Yaay I finish first part! Thanks for your amazingly easy tutorial. I never play piano before! and its a miracle I can finish this one. So happy!!! You're a very good teacher! Thanks so muchh!

[@nuniksify]

Is there some part missing ini this first part? Maybe I'm wrong though.. sorry

[@BitesizePiano]

no it's all there

[@jjmfaviation521]

Thank you so much for this.. I'm 44 (just) and have been playing piano for just under 2 years. I'm battling with this piece- and struggling with the stretches and semi-tones. Its really helpful to see how you're doing it - and which fingers you're using. Best wishes from Yorkshire!!!

[@BitesizePiano]

You're very welcome! (I'm based in West Yorkshire!)

[@jjmfaviation521]

I'm just to the East of you in the Vale of York - God's county!! I've progressed another 6 bars today, so fairly happy. This one is a worker..

[@chanhnguyen2215]

Very good lesson. Thank you.

[@user-xd4sk4pk7h]

Cool video thank you

[@bishwajeetbhattacharya3546]

Lady you are amazing rhank younso kuch i mastered the first movement thanks to you

[@BitesizePiano]

🎹👍🏻

[@johncousins3908]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@theodoraeloh61]

The beginning of my “upgrade journey” omo!!!😂😂 Awesome tutorial by the way, I mustn’t forget to be grateful ❤️❤️

[@ld7561]

This tutorial makes it so easy to learn. It is much easier, than some of the others. It would be easier still, if she just did the keys slowly, but then I wouldn't learn as much- Learning this piece, has made me understand it more deeply, and I now hear much more of the overall theme, in Movement 3. Whereas, I had no interest in learning that one before, I now realize, I must learn all three! I know where to go, to find a good tutorial! 😁

[@m111122]

thanks alot for the tutorial!!! it helped me alot!!!

[@kaedenmood6832]

Thanks 🎉

[@stephheenie]

Can finally play first 2 pages !! Still need to clean it up a bit but on to part 2! Thanks so much for these tutorials really really helpful !

[@BitesizePiano]

You're so welcome!

[@vasanth5268]

a heartful thanks to you💙

[@nuniksify]

Yaay I reached 10:21. Mark it here so I can continue. Thanks

[@coolcaden26]

Thank you, finally finished part one of the the two.

[@coolcaden26]

Bitesize, you have some of the best videos ever.

[@BitesizePiano]

Thank you very much :)

[@ahmedouchene2351]

Thank you c'est tout ce que je comprends en anglais

[@aniket6656]

I learned it! Yay I can’t believe I did it Thanks teacher

[@BitesizePiano]

You're most welcome! :)

[@celebratingchaosbyvanitha3229]

Wonderful. Thanks thanks thanks

[@mikVR]

You are the best...

[@BitesizePiano]

🫶🎹

[@ΒασιληςΤζεγκας]

Thank you

[@BitesizePiano]

You’re welcome 🎹

[@Guto-df3hq]

Muitíssimo obrigado. Acabou de ganhar mais um inscrito 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🙏

[@stevevidura]

any chance of posting the 3rd movement? Appreciate your pace of instruction and mature/gentle speaking (not pretentiously childish) voice. thank you.

[@williamgreen1512]

This is great thanks , I'm learning it myself and had got throught to the second page with some if not all the semi tones out . I put it down to there being no peddle simbles on my score , so very pleased to see and hear/learn this from you a bit .

[@BitesizePiano]

Glad it was helpful! :D

[@rajfreakinraushan]

Got it thank you so much 😊

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Vielen danke, meine liebe Frau. Wünderbar.

[@ekavify9687]

Love the tutoial

[@BitesizePiano]

🤗🎹

[@allgood6760]

Thank you! 👍🇳🇿

[@joychen1013]

Your tutorial is great!!!!

[@grantchan891]

You are amazing... Thanks a million!

[@BitesizePiano]

My pleasure!

[@namlexs]

Tysm

[@telaa5332]

Beautiful Beethoven love it I like tears in heaven the song means a lot to me my wish would be that lesson I hope so tnks

[@canalman2314]

Jesus Christ I did it, thank you teacher

[@BitesizePiano]

That's amazing! Well done :)

[@mrbaker7443]

Well done but you shouldn’t take the Lords name in vain

[@elianab764]

14:16 16:18 10:15 18:24 8:21 9:39 12:14 20:50

[@nainarai8377]

Thank you for this! ❤️ Subscribed. 👍🏼

[@BitesizePiano]

You're very welcome! :)

[@ricardochavez1244]

Muchas gracias!! teacher, very nice video i lerned a lot

[@BitesizePiano]

Glad to hear that!

[@Ryaninja]

Thank you so much for this! Don't listen to the moaners, some people will never be happy! One thing that's been bugging me for ages with the sheet music in this song is the first B#. No other video/instruction I've seen has mentioned this, so it's really helped me understand the sheet music. Do you know why this isn't just written as a C? There's no actual B# black key, so I am and have been properly confused as to why old Mr Beets would complicate things by writing B# instead of C?

[@BitesizePiano]

Sharps and flats aren’t just black keys, they’re white keys also. So to sharpen a note is simply to make it a semitone higher. In the scale of C# harmonic minor (the key of this piece), the 7th note has to be sharpened. The 7th note of the scale of C# minor is a B, so it becomes a B#. There needs to be one of each of the 7 letters in a scale, which is why it can’t be called a ‘C’, as there is already a C#. Basically I’d strongly recommend learning/understanding scales and key signatures.

[@Ryaninja]

@@BitesizePiano Hi, thanks very much for the reply. Judging by how much of your comment I understood, I really think I do need to spend some time learning and understanding scales and key signatures! I'm only a few weeks into learning. However, I really appreciate you explaining it, so I'll get on that and come back and read the comment again when I have a bit more knowledge, thanks again!

[@martii2828]

Me encantan tus tutoriales muchas gracias por dedicarte el tiempo de aprender para enseñar

[@Chloe-si9is]

I love this 🤩😻

[@maclewis5150]

Bonjour, Bonne Année pour vous et votre site que je suis à mon rythme ,je m.appelle jean et j’habite en France, j’ai un Genos 76 et un Korg Nautilus 88 le toucher lourd est super pour travailler et je travaille à mon rythme …merci encore .

[@landynolson3281]

Absolutely amazing. But just maybe a little too fast. But still amazing 🤩😍❤️

[@BitesizePiano]

There's a lot to get through! I also receive comments that I go too slow!

[@landynolson3281]

@@BitesizePiano you definitely don't go too slow. Your the only piano teacher I watch thank you. P.s maybe could you do some classical songs😊🌹❤️

[@BitesizePiano]

@@landynolson3281 I have an entire playlist of classical tutorials on my channel. X

[@landynolson3281]

@@BitesizePiano oh ok I'll go check them out right now😁❤️😀

[@asyrafnukman1991]

Terima kasih banyak banyak

[@martinlourenz9820]

Just started playing piano, mostly by ear. Recently discovered your channel. But your videos are so clear and easy to follow. (And really nice when I’m lazy and want to learn the correct notes quick 🤫) I learned the first movement mostly by ear and corrected some parts. Is it possible for you to make a lesson on the second movement? And being greedy hehhe, perhaps also the 3rd movement in the future?

[@bambi6780]

This is a great piano tutorial!! ( 15:56 this is just my personal time stamp)

[@djuka7108]

Thanks a lot

[@BitesizePiano]

You're welcome!

[@vedprakashsharma1148]

Never do i really comment but why couldn't i find you before ❣️😭 thanks for this it's very helpful

[@BitesizePiano]

I'm so pleased you found it helpful :)

[@vedprakashsharma1148]

Now This is gonna be my channel for every song ❣️

[@vedprakashsharma1148]

I have just one big request please please make a tutorial on kiss the rain by yiruma i really love that song ❣️

[@nazmullamia610]

It would be really helpful if you provide us the sheet music with every tutorial

[@BitesizePiano]

The sheet music for this is linked in the description. If the music is under copyright, then legally I’m not allowed to provide it for free (nor can anyone else). If it’s not an existing piece of music, then I have to create the sheet music, which I charge for. My tutorials are free and you can’t expect me to provide free sheet music for every single video I make, that’s being a bit too entitled.

[@mseeralan]

Please do a tutorial for 3rd movement pleasee i always wanted to learn😘😘

[@yash832]

Salute 😃👍

[@BitesizePiano]

:D

[@wingovwork]

THANK You so much for doing this! I can’t read music and love to play the piano! This is so clear and easy to follow! Pace was amazing! I was wondering can you do the same for the 3rd movement sonata I know it is mostly c minor and inverted scales but videos I have watched assume we know those scales :):):) any help is appreciated! Love your tutorials!!

[@BitesizePiano]

I'm afraid the 3rd movement just isn't suitable to properly learn through a youtube video. It's best learned with a teacher. It would have to end up being a 4-part video and is for pianists grade 8+. Knowing how to read sheet music would be essential to learn and understand it properly.

[@rouxpenguin]

Shoot. I just realised my piano is too small lol

[@ninhduc2636]

You can make a video teaching Beethoven sonatina in F Anh 5

[@Alexa.saavedra]

Could you please do sunset in rio??? I would really appreciate it

[@piubhattacharya8304]

Please make a video on 14th movement of moonlight Sonata

[@FreeFire-sj9de]

Gooooood

[@linapadilla3211]

Thanks for a very clear tutorial. Kindly tesch us us the piano chords of cant take my eyes over you. Thank you

[@dlm425]

How long should this take me to learn, and when I do learn it does this mean I'm a intermediate player,

[@mikehoughton4881]

Thank you so much for this video. Could you show how to play the 3rd movement please?

[@skaj351]

Hi, can you do a tutorial for undone or solstice by angus mcrae. Thank you.

[@heatheroquilluk1705]

this is an excellent tutorial but it’s hard for me to remember the second line. it seems like there’s no like pattern. idk if it’s just me but it makes it easier for me if there was a pattern

[@nariendrap4953]

can you do rush e, please?

[@victoriapyerin2174]

Thank you so much!! Could you do „childhood remembered“ from Kevin Kern? Thanks!

[@davidmarks509]

Great tune. Very depressing. For me it sounds like a relationship that has hit the rocks. Second movement nothing happening here, but moving to the third movement. Someone is really really cheesed off, and letting everyone know it. LOL. Great music with lots of emotion. Its not for me, I am enjoying your very nice Ode to Joy tutorial. I can read the treble hand, and learning to read the base hand. Thank you for sharing.

[@trickyfocus]

Fascinating Fact Beethoven did not call this 'MOONLIGHT SONATA' a journalist named it 5 years after his death

[@BitesizePiano]

True!

[@epicsandra2516]

Can you explain what the Leo, p , mp, pp, and etc are on a video? I go to piano class and I’m at the beginner’s class and I really want to know what they mean

[@BitesizePiano]

p stands for 'Piano', which means soft. mp stands for 'Mezzo Piano' which means moderately soft. pp stands for 'Pianissimo' which means very soft.

[@epicsandra2516]

Bitesize Piano Thank you!

[@8777ielts]

the 'leo' is actually 'ped', meaning pedal :)

[@opeyemidavies4438]

Can you please do a tutorial lesson for Fantasie impromptu opus 66

[@BitesizePiano]

That’s reeeeeaaaalllyyyyy not the kind of piece you should learn from a KZbin tutorial. It’s very advanced and should be learned with a teacher by a student who is at or almost at that level! I’m afraid I don’t make step-by-step tutorials on very advanced pieces.

[@opeyemidavies4438]

@@BitesizePiano okay, thanks for the advice