Technique Fix: Beethoven Sonata "Pathetique" op.13

Check out a complete 2,5-hour course on this sonata: bit.ly/BeePathos
Check out my 8-hour course on 51 Brahms exercises: bit.ly/brahms51ex
Check out a course on Hanon Exercises with all the most important playing efficiency strategies explained: bit.ly/ManyPia...
To 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻-𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻: deniszhdanov.co...
My 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀: bit.ly/skillsa...
My 𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬: bit.ly/DenTuto...
My 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬: bit.ly/DenPlays...
Your support matters! If you enjoy this channel or find it helpful, please consider a symbolic donation. It would help me to create even better both educational and artistic content.
𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐎𝐍: bit.ly/support...
𝐎𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐔𝐘 𝐌𝐄 𝐀 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐊! paypal.me/denz...

[@rothschildianum]

I had taken lessons from a few teachers. Actually, very few who can really teach HOW TO PLAY piano. They talked about interpretation etc which is important....but they were not able to fix my technical mistakes. Watching you from your videos, I started getting the understanding on how to play piano correctly.

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Yes this is a very true observation unfortunately. Sadly, everything I know about piano efficiency didn’t come from any of my piano teachers actually, and I have had luck to study and take master-courses with some of the finest living pianists in the world.

[@maite1506]

Qué importante es estudiar con consciencia de cada movimiento para llegar tener un gran dominio de la técnica y poder llegar a interpretar piezas difíciles placenteramente, sin dolores ni estrés. Tus habilidades de interpretación y de transmisión a tus alumnos están a otro nivel. Se nota que llegas a tener un dominio y consciencia total de lo que estás haciendo mientras tocas y encima eres capaz de ayudar a los demás para que mejoremos en esto. ¡¡Muchísimas gracias!!

[@lizweekes8076]

Thanks Denis.🎉

[@onlyBOND]

Purchased. Thank you for your ongoing videos. I've watched many technique videos about tremolo and none mention the importance of support for the 5th finger because I think weak support is what's causing my tension

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Thanks! Of course there are different situations and I can only cover most common issues in such a course. But sometimes I have students with a unique situation, and we have to find out a unique way to resolve difficulties. Anyway, I hope you’ll find most of answers and useful ideas in the course.

[@onlyBOND]

@@DenZhdanovPianist what I mean is you did cover 5th finger tension and also thanks for your other video on octave technique and the 5th finger 😊

[@miss88keys7]

I love your lessons! I’m hoping to be able to sign up for lessons with you soon!

[@dumainemarcel9112]

I Think i Knew very well the third mouvement, but in fact i discover à lot of things i never did or in an incorrect way (legato non legato for example). Thanks. I will go further in the second mouvement and Maybe in the irst one, hich is for me à little too hard to play well at à good tempo

[@ddgyt50]

Your teaching is superb. I'm curious; have you read Gyorgy Sandor's book, *On Piano Playing*?

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Thanks for your kind feedback! No, but I’ve glanced at several pages now and it looks in the same vein as my approach. Thanks for a suggestion!

[@myklkay]

Hello, what is your opinion on an alternative fingering for the right hand for the bars 11-14 : 1-3 / 1-4 / 3-5 / 2-3 / 1-4 / 2-5 / 1-5. To me it seems more natural but since I saw nobody using them, there must be a reason.

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Doesn’t feel natural to me despite there is definitely a logic in it. Mostly feels not great because of the transition 3-5 / 2-3. But if it’s great for you what’s the problem, fingering is a very individual thing, you just need to coordinate motions differently for this one

[@edelliott2170]

I don't know if you see new comments on older videos, but looking on your website for this course, I could not find any information on how long we would have access to the course after purchasing it. Also there was no obvious way to contact you about this question but to leave a comment.

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

By purchasing, you get a life long access to any of my courses. Also, there is an option to ask a question on Teachable somewhere - I get them from students time to time.

[@jf-ls9ic]

I tried to keep an angle for my 5th finger for it to stand strong like u said , but my hand is small so when I do this my palm is not big enough to cover an octave . Am I doing it correct ? appreciate any further advice from you

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Release fingers faster, you have to then fly over the lacking distance, avoiding stretching

[@benitezpiano5876]

Do you have any video about Moonlight Sonata?

[@DenZhdanovPianist]

Yes kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4XSoHSNnd17g6s kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYnFXmCkgLGrnKs but most of the stuff is explained in a comprehensive course on Teachable, link in description.

[@benitezpiano5876]

@@DenZhdanovPianist Thank you so much!