Interpreting Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, 3rd mov. (tutorial)

[@pauldavies5611]

I’ve been practicing this piece since May and have watched many, many tutorials on YT-this is the only one that addresses key technical difficulties and explains them in a professional, concise manner. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this. Thank you!

[@liamtideswell4990]

You play as if you are reciting poetry, telling a story, performing from your soul! Exactly how this piece should be played. What an artist!!

[@Pianoman965]

I found it immensely helpful after a month of practicing the piece. Especially the fingering with pinky substitution

[@davedahan]

Great tips. Most worthfull of all tutorials here. Thank you. Greetings from Bonn.

[@matthewvarney6214]

It's such an incredible piece of music, one of the greatest ever

[@kenwong4204]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks!

[@satoshinakamoto8210]

It's crazy how accurate you are. I love that 👍🏼

[@pianoinsights6092]

Thanks!

[@johnbarry5036]

the instruction for the pedal, this is a good argument for the use of period instruments (fortepiano). As seen on some YT vids, the older pianos of LVB's days sounded much different, with less reverberation and a completely different character. Played truly with pedal all the way as instructed, it has a ghostly, magical sound quality.

[@christopherjamesmarinopian8523]

I think that this is the best KZbin tutorial on the 3rd movement in the moonlight sonata. You make me so much more confident about starting this pice. Thank you so much!

[@musicarockful]

Muchas gracias maestro por esta enseñanza!!! Saludos desde Colombia 🇨🇴🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@gloryshine1660]

Inspiring! United States

[@angeliquesakry5088]

Your techniques for playing are immensely helpful. Thank you for sharing.

[@Israel12GI]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@un.piano.en.provence]

Fantastic video, thank you for the advice. It did answer a lot of questions I was having while I’m working on this piece.

[@hyolee2334]

You are a great teacher. I just followed all of ur advices and I became a professional pianist. Thank you so much

[@norawang7198]

This Beethoven sonata is my favorite!When I was a high school student,I played it in my piano teacher”s concert,however,after a few years,I found it is heard to play it.Thank you for your interpretation for me to try to start play it!

[@richardminnich4249]

This is a really helpful tutorial - not just suggesting interpretive thoughts (which are also helpful) but also addressing ways to improve the fingerings and pedal. That is very practical to someone playing this movement. Another is addressing some of the trills and turns - making them work at speed. But he is also correct about this movement - it is not technically difficult, but honestly, it is SO long…LOL

[@roblyndon5267]

I'd recommend this even to people who have never touched a piano. Some tutorials are performances in themselves, and this is a prototypical example.

[@nicklagrega9147]

I am happy to have found your web page...a wonderful teacher...l am learning much from your tutorials...

[@pianoinsights6092]

Thanks Nick, I appreciate that.

[@janeteh9950]

Thanks for such a great tutorial. I was recommended here by Sonata Secrets and you definitely didn’t disappoint

[@redsoil5821]

Thank you so much . I started to learn this piece, and I was struggling with these fingerings so much. So much help. Thank you!

[@LuluBodhi]

I am nowhere near ready to attempt this but I love this music so much I just want to hear people talk about it. Thank you.

[@pianoinsights6092]

Best of luck, Elizabeth!

[@M4rcLL]

I thought so too before I tried to play it

[@MeTanja]

"Now... when you get to this part". That was good. Only in my dreams... 😄

[@M4rcLL]

Beautiful playing and thank you very much for this video!

[@sharonlovelystuff651]

Thank you so much for your tuturial. I tried to play it by myself, and it didnt sound proffesinsl. After listening to your tuturial and applying your advices, wow! What a difference!! Im extremey happy!

[@acmooreuk72]

Excellent tutorial Clive, many thanks. I'm an opera singer who can't work at the moment due to CV crisis, so have plenty of time to practice a piece I've always been meaning to tackle! Your tips are jolly helpful and I'm determined to make a good fist of this movement. I learned piano with Philip Fowke for a short while, what a chap. Best wishes

[@pianoinsights6092]

Best wishes back!

[@MahmoudAhmed-jb7ee]

Thanks for tutorial ,iam 16 and trying to learn it, this made it much easier for me

[@pianoinsights6092]

Good to hear, Mahmoud. Good luck with the piece.

[@amhaun01]

This is a great lesson, very helpful. I have also been working on a couple of Rachmaninoff preludes this summer, one of which is the Op.23 no 3, which begins with almost exactly the same chords (just a half step higher) as the chords that end the tremolo section in the Beethoven. I might never have noticed the connection, but when you focused on those chords in your lesson, how they relieve the tension built up in the previous section, I realized something was very familiar there...

[@pianoinsights6092]

Not to mention the opening of Mendelssohn's Wedding March, which that chord pair still reminds me of whenever I hear it!

[@steste2074]

Great tutorial, useful as always. Thanks for your effort and passion, Clive

[@pianoinsights6092]

Thanks, Ste Ste. I appreciate your feedback.

[@geoaspide]

I am learning this piece in this moment. I have just finished the reading part, ready to get to the "heavier" work of developing technique. However my piano teacher never told me the things you have. Brillant! Thank you. 🤗

[@pianoinsights6092]

Thank you. I much appreciate your feedback.

[@01Moof]

How about Brilliant tutorial! Bravo 👍

[@pianoinsights6092]

Thanks, Maurice.

[@robertlantingcomposer]

Your video helps me tremendously with practicing this piece. Thanks!

[@lisabeal5704]

Great video. Thank you!

[@IngridsPianoStudio]

Thank you so much, this is fantastic!

[@7768-o5l]

Thank you!!! Very helpful 🙂😃

[@spiritsplice]

Would love to see interpreting Appassionata 3rd movement.

[@pianoinsights6092]

Okay, it's on my list!

[@西宮硝子-k8l]

Thx very helpful

[@Maibrapiano]

I got it just speeding it up now ❤

[@axelbrard3681]

Very interesting thank you

[@OrkunKokcuFan44]

The little problem is i play for fun and cant read notes, but i want to try it

[@johnnybrown9505]

Man, you play this piece awesomly. I hope to get to the same level you are someday. How long have you been playing? And do you have a tutorial of the 1st. movement? Way to go, dude.

[@longvisal9873]

I can’t do the octave note because I’m still 9 years old 😢

[@johnnovello1315]

What about the left hand fingering in measures 9-13 esp is you have a small hand

[@neoadonis4512]

Thank you for your great lecture. I found the part at 14:13 quite technical demanding and it is easy for me to hit the wrong keys. Do you have any suggestion on the way to play it?

[@ohneptune]

19:49 ❤️

[@MichaelCwll]

Can you please do a video on the Appassionata sonata all movements mainly 3rd movement, i am currently learning it so it will be helpful.

[@pianoinsights6092]

I promise to do one soon.

[@ohneptune]

incroyable

[@archaeologistify]

I'm struggling to stop playing legato.

[@kaspianocz6330]

Interesting

[@Nepali_kid1]

My hand Hurts when I play that piece on piano

[@danyjamous5986]

Thank you for your valuable advice. I'm learning this song at the moment, but I can't play the first scale as a whole, you can really hear the thumb passage, would you have some advices about it ?

[@pianoinsights6092]

Hi Dany, could you be more specific about where and how you are having problems? Are you talking about the broken chords? (If you are, make sure you play each thumb quietly and without landing on it with an accent. Then think of rolling or scrolling the hand up to the fifth finger, where the beat is, keeping the hand relaxed. Practice slowly and softly, without accents, until the hand is comfortable and familiar with the passagework).

[@danyjamous5986]

@@pianoinsights6092 Thanks. It's now good with practice.

[@gmbbrz]

Can you do this same technical analysis w Apassionata 3?

[@pianoinsights6092]

Yes! Coming up before too much longer..

[@kenwong4204]

Did you do a tutorial recording for Beethoven’s Appasionata too?

[@pianoinsights6092]

Not yet, Ken. Soon, I hope...

[@rayuk3939]

What tempo is this played at please ?

[@apostle7772]

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[@back-seat-driver1355]

do not like your playing at all - too loud, too fast and unclear!

[@apostle7772]

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[@apostle7772]

Jesus christ is coming repent choose him today he loves you ..