MOONLIGHT SONATA (First Movement) Full Tutorial with TAB - Fingerstyle Guitar
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
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This lesson is on the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. "Moonlight Sonata" refers to Sonata No. 14. The original key is c-sharp minor but for this arrangement, I transposed it to the key of A minor.
This movement is composed in a quasi Sonata form, which I explain in the tutorial.
One of my favorite movies is Immortal Beloved, a movie about the life/love life of Beethoven. Probably my favorite scene from the movie is when he lays his head on the piano and plays this movement. You can see a clip of it here:
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Beethoven noticed hearing loss at age 28, and did not entirely lose his hearing until he was ~45; so around the time he composed this piece he still had good hearing.
Thank you for the information
So you knew him?
@@snorungar70 idk why you're so mad lol. It's well documented, from Beethoven's own words, that he started noticing hearing issues at 28, and moonlight sonata was published around ~1801, when he was around 31. If he wasn't 'fully deaf' until 46, then it's not unreasonable to say he had hearing while composing this piece.
@@snorungar70 HIPAA violations!
ehhh "good hearing" 🤔
You must be a really patient person to teach in detail Moonlight guitar version. Thanks for doing it.
Some things I am patient with, other things, not so much
*I find solace in the soothing melodies of classical music. It's a perfect escape from the chaos of the world, allowing me to connect with my inner self. 🎶🌌*
🙏🙏🙏
4hrs in and i'm only at min 8:27, loving every second of it.
Been working at this song intermittently for a few months
I put down my electric guitar 7 years ago after playing for 10 years, focusing on the heavier stuff. After buying a cheap classical guitar I’ve fallen in love again with playing these styles and genres of music; fantastic, easy to follow tutorial
Oh that is wonderful to hear! I play both electric/classical and enjoy both.
I sold my electro and kept the classic cuz I felt lazy to plug everything in all the time. The classic you just can pick up and play whenever you want :D
I’m a an old metal head but I watched every second of this and am learning it now!!! Thank you so much for your very detailed lesson!! Great job !!
Oh wonderful!!
im sure you know this already but *a lot* of metal is inspired from classical music
Mr.Lunn is the best teacher I have been blessed with ...... Hands down.
I appreciate that!
I'm a beginner, and my fingers hurt from practicing so much, but I love how easy this is to follow and can't wait to try it later
Best of luck with it!
The combination of careful pace and detail is magnificent one of the best I've seen: I've studied at Conservatory
Wonderful! I am still trying to find that balance between being detailed without being overly detailed.
This song is the definition of hauntingly beautiful. It sounds tragic but victorious. Or victorious but tragic.
I agree!
You are the best teacher on UA-cam. I am a beginner and i picked my guitar recently, pieces like moonlight sonata and fur elise are my favourite. I am not able to devote hours everyday because of my office but this beautiful lecture helped to atleast learn and play this beautiful piece ❤ Thanku so much Sir
Thank you for your kind words and I am glad you are enjoying the videos!
So I randomly wanted to try out classical guitar. After like 2 weeks of practice. I can play the first minute somewhat cleanly. Would not have made it this far without your video. Thank you sir
Oh that is what I love to hear. Good luck! Let me know if you have any questions
I realize it's kinda randomly asking but do anyone know of a good place to watch new series online ?
@Dominik Jericho I dunno I watch on Flixportal. You can find it if you google:) -ethan
@Ethan Cain Thanks, signed up and it seems to work :) I really appreciate it !!
@Dominik Jericho you are welcome :D
I absolutely love this. I've been playing this for years but never got past the d minor as I've tried to figure it out without any learned guitar theory. Thank you so much good sir
Oh good! I am glad to hear this is helpful for you. Let me know if you have any questions.
@@RobertLunnЗдравствуйте сэр!Учу сонату месяц с небольшим дошел до 33го.Думаю самое трудное позади.Хочу сказать Вам спасибо за ваш разбор сонаты!Потому,что это единственный полноценный разбор с началом и до конца!
@@user-lc3iw5ht8d I am glad you are enjoying it! Good luck!
I AM THE EMINENCE IN SHADOW
I have loved this piece of music from the very first time it enchanted me as a child. And for those of us who play Acoustic (Steel String) Guitar and do not read music, this is such a find. Your demonstration & explanation is very clear, precise and easy to follow; though not so easy to play 😉. So "Thank-You" very much, this really is a challenge but I am so enjoying it. 👏👏👏
Put your capo down on the 4th frat. You will change from A Minor to C# Major, which is the exact key the Moonlight Sonata is in.
(For those not familiar with capo, just put it there, and continue using this Tab relative to it, not changing anything)
wow thank you
makes it impossible to play though. there is a bar when you have to fret the high E at the 19th fret.
Classical music sounds so beautiful when played on guitar 🎸
Thank you!
I'm learning this on a steelstring guitar. I learned 18 measures so far and it's much more difficult than I thought but I love the challenge
It certainly isn't an easy piece. Good luck!
Thank you for helping me learn my favorite classical piece. May you always be healthy, spreading your knowledge, making it easy on us to learn music
I am glad it is helpful!
La ringrazio con tutto il cuore per aver potuto suonare questo meraviglioso brano di Beethoven. Lei è molto paziente e professionale.
I am glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks a lot from Ha Noi, Viet Nam. Your arrangement is easy to follow and has good sound to enjoy. Highly appreciate your valued efforts
I am glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!
Hay una leyenda ,infelizmente incierta que Giro de Acevedo escucho decir en barsobia : la leyenda relata un paseo del músico por unas aldeas ,descubriendo en la puerta de la casa a una niña y oyendole este que había nacido ciega pregúntale el músico ,que idea tenía de la luz..Conozco el sol ,dice ella porque me han bicho que es fuerte y vivrente como el sonido de un Clarín,Pero me duele no conocer la luna,y viendo el músico un viejo clivicordio la tomo de la mano y la sentó junto no al instrumento y comenzó a tocar ,de pronto se iluminaron los. Ojos de la niña diciendo alborotada,!! La veo ,la veo la veo !!que linda es la luna ,según la propia leyenda así compuso el gran músico la sonata ( claro de luna)yo dudo que. Sea solamente leyenda debe existir algo más real que eso.
i am a metal guitarrist and it's safe to say this is the hardest song i ever learn , at least for me...not used to those open chords and classical aproach...this lesson kicks ass!! tkx man
Thank you and I am glad to hear that! It is a tough piece to play even if you have studied fingerstyle for many years. Best of luck and let me know if you have any questions!
You are like i love metal. And trying to learn to shred solos not so good. But classical and arpeggios, tremolo with right hand no problem. So hard playing with a pick and soloing.
I switched to a classic just because of ur lessons thank you so much
Oh wow! Very cool
My dream to play this..now I can learn
Thank you for this lession.
Respect to you Sir.🙏🙏🙏🥰
Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!
Wow great tutorial! I have looked for a decent guitar version of this song for so long but all I found was very hard and/or incorrect. I wouldn't say yours is easy but it sounds really great :) Thank you so much
Thank you very much! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Being a pianist & guitarist, BEETHOVEN is my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE CLASSICAL MASTER. Sounds nice on guitar, but you don’t get that ‘booming’ effect the piano gives it. To me, definitely a piano composition. ( Needless to say really, but it was composed on the piano! 😆😝) l absolutely ADORE the man! 😁❤️🎹👊🏾
I agree! It's tough making arrangements of piano pieces.
I learned it in 1 week of playing but I've playing electric guitar about 25 years before. I sold that and switched to aucustic guitar and love it.
Wonderful!
El mejor tutorial de esta pieza q he visto y eso q no se inglés 😄😁🤣🤣🤣
Weird how well this fits on guitar. I want to learn the third movement but it’s intimidating as hell.
That third is difficult on piano. Can’t imagine doing that on classical
I'm sure someone like kazuhito Yamashita has probably done it, but the third movement wasn't meant for mortals to play on classical guitar.
Thank you so much... 🙏🏼
So good playing it...
Beethoven was a genius.
From France. 🇫🇷
He is was a genius! Nice to meet you
I ran across this randomly, and ended up learning something. Thank you Robert, for your time.
I am glad to hear that!
A melhor... A incrível.. A mais maravilhosa aula de violão clássico que eu já ouvi no mundo. Sou brasileiro, 45 anos, toco violão. Parabéns!!! Amazing.
I am glad you enjoyed it!
I just started to play the guitar like 5 weeks ago...so i wont play this anytime soon BUT...I absolutly love this piece of art...i never thought about playing it because i love the piano version so much that i thought it will sound not as nice on a guitar...well i was wrong....this sounds very nice...thank you for changing my mind :)
I am glad you enjoyed the video! I am sorry about the accident at your work
This is great man. Just got the intro down, casual player. Like your teaching style, easy to follow
I am glad you are enjoying it!
Bem devagar e bem detalhada as explicações.
Agora eu aprendo, Robert.
Muito, muito obrigada!
I am glad to hear that!
Robert
God bless you for such great detail patience in a tutorial of such complexity. You are awesome.
Thank you! I really appreciate that
This is far an away the best tutorial I've seen for any guitar music on UA-cam👍👍👍👍
More please...🤞🤞🤞
I am glad you enjoyed it!
unbelievable is not possible this guitar music.very important lassan dreams of all the people. thanks
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Thank you very much sir. Your video is perfect in every way possible like your way of taching and putting the tabs online for free. I'm in a country where I can't buy online so this is helping me so much.
You are welcome! I am glad that you are finding the videos useful!
Genial explicación, gracias por tu tiempo y sabiduría.
😊🙏
Scrolling the radio for proper music nowadays while driving up the highway at night then found this song ! imagine..
Nice!
The training is very good.
Thank you for your kindness and efforts.🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏❤️
I am glad to hear that!
I began to pick up this piece in the original key but it was too many bars and high frets. This is so much easier, I'm gonna learn the whole piece now, thanks so much :D
I am glad you enjoyed it!
a great mind put that music together back then and there were many. amazing , i am studying SOR, TARREGA AND CARCASSI right now. just about done ( no more playing ) with the electric guitar, i am older and have been playing classical guitar for about 2 years. i can read notation and have basic music theory under my belt. playing classical guitar music is challenging and fun. i bought the cordoba luthier series C10 and i am having fun learning classical music.
Wonderful to hear! I am glad you are having fun
Excellent lesson God bless
Thanks
Brilliant arrangement and explanation, love this thank you.
Thank you!
voy a estudiar esta cancion para presentarla en el examen de ingreso al propedeutico de la FAM el siguiente año.
Desenme suerte :D
Oh wonderful! Good luck! Let me know if you have any questions
mucha suerte
Suerte viejo!! Hazlos pedazos
Vengo del futuro, no pudo ingresar y ahora trabaja de uber
@@cesarkyo01 bro aunque sea de chiste no digas eso jaja
Thank you for teaching me my favourite piece of classical music
Glad to hear!
@@RobertLunn thank you so much for the response.
Потрясающе, Браво. Огромное спасибо.
Thank you!
Great stuff Robert...Thanks for posting...It`s such a great piece of music.
Thank you! It is a great piece
Hi I'm new to this. Can I buy this piece from you Robert. Its my favourite classical piece of music.
Kind regards carl
thank you very much for this tutorial , I appreciate this great work ❤
I am glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant ! Sounds very accurate to the Piano . Thanks for letting us have a go at this incredible piece .
I am glad you enjoyed it!
Ahh yes...the F chord ...my arch nemesis
Practice F minor and then work on the middle finger, or something
You must be a genius to break down this, such complicated. Good work!
Thank you!
Best tutorial ever
Thank you 😊
wow such lovely resonances from your guitar
Thank you!
I've been trying to search throughout this years of how to play this beautiful piece of music and one of my favorite. So far im in measure 30 and im very thankful that soon i will complete this and play it to my son and my mom. thank you for your patience and effort to put this up to us fellow learners/listeners to classical music.
Oh that is wonderful to hear! Best of luck with the piece!
Update: im on measure 50 and keeps getting better and better with your lessons!
wow! ten measures in and now its my goal to get threw the whole thing, you are a very good teacher!
I am glad it is helpful for you!
Very well done. A former student of Gregory Coleman here and I love your teaching style. I would love to see an arrangement of Gollywogs Cakewalk that Greg did before his untimely passing. Great work.
I am glad you enjoyed it! I will certainly check that out
It's insane how we transposed it almost identically, with a lot of similar sacrifices. I was curious how someone else would have transposed it. I transcribed this 21 years ago (time flies) and yah, Am must be an obvious transposition choice but still, a lot of similarities still. If I can suggest anything (didn't watch it all yet), near @ 17:35, I add the the G# on the 6th string to keep (from piano) that descending B -> A -> G#, which isn't really hard since you only fret two 7's (meas. 26) and switch the G# down an octave.
One thing that I really appreciated from your video is that A7/C# (meas. 18) which I don't articulate well half the time by fingering that x-3-x-5-4-2 but using your barré trick on 2nd fret makes it so much easier!
p.s.: Immortal Beloved, that specific scene you mention, I'd rewind it so many times on VHS back then and I'd get goosebumps.
This one was a tough transcription because Beethoven was such a master of the piano and how do you do that on guitar?
Yes! I love that scene from Immortal Beloved!
@@RobertLunn Do u think it would be possible to play this in c sharp minor without a capo? Would I have to sacrifice a lot of notes, more notes than in A minor? Thanks for your video by the way.
@@EricSun777 I think if you used a capo at the 4th fret that should do the trick. I think if you just played the arrangement there it should work
Man. I've been playing guitar for most my life. Just noodling oftentimes, but I learned theory and all. Recently I got back into it and started to play some jazz and classic. Just learning new things. I find this oddly difficult considering it's not the most different chords or tempo. But I really enjoy it. I have an old Epiphone EC 20 classic I'm going to string up today and try with some of these classics.
Oh that is very nice! Best of luck to you
Well this is awesome, it's trickier than it seems.
I took the liberty to change the fingering in bar 10, i'm switching the chord position in the second repetition to try not to leave a blank in the sustain. It's also easier for me to transition to bar 11.
Thank you sir!
It is tricky and that particular measure is tricky. I've always found it tough to make arrangements of piano pieces. Good luck!
@@RobertLunn Those pieces end up being the best exercise/torture for the fingers, lol. Thanks again!
great arrangement! thanks for the lesson!
You are welcome! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Thank's verymuch bro...tutorialnya begitu detail,penuh kesabaran dan mudah difahami,terimakasih dan lanjut pada tutorial berikutnya,thank's much
You are welcome!
You are fantastic professor.
Never tired watching you play. Many Thanks .
I don't understand chords, but that doesn't discourage me. Because I feel inspired by the things I can learn.
Don't be discouraged and let me know if you have any questions
@@RobertLunn Thanks! I'm working on shifting the fingers on fret on the right time, there's a pause between changing hand position
Beautiful 😍 you chose Sonata..ta ta tar ta....our fav Beethoven..Cf Am DCCm..cool melody....thankss so so much..
Thank you!
Thank you 😊 so so much..musician Sonata..you doing great..I do love classical music..yeah..I like music 🎶 in different way..I ve recognized this B ..sonat since 2005...Congratulation you too...
Excelente tutorial and excelente guitarrista, saludos Brother desde Piura norte del Perú.
Thank you very much!!
Great lesson video, thanks for making this video! The tabs definitely helped me out!!
I am glad to hear that!
@@RobertLunn 👍
Wow❤ I found my best guitar channel 😊😊😊😊😊😊
I appreciate that!
This is good. I can tell you’re a very knowledgeable musician but as a musician that plays entirely intuitively I can tell you it doesn’t need to be quiet as complicated as how you’re doing it and you can play notes on the fretboard simultaneously with both hands. There are tricks.
Thank you for the tip!
Look up Marcin Moonlight Sonata on here. I’m only suggesting it because I know it will blow your mind!
Thank you. I'm really having fun with this.
I am glad to hear that!
This shit was taught so well just started watching and I already have the first 3 screens memorized
Glad to hear that!
Amazing mind boggling brain teasing job Robert
I take my hat off to you for this one
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
Сколько же у Вас терпения, все обьяснять и показывать. Ничего не понятно, но очень интересно.
Thank you
@@RobertLunn lol
thanks, it's a beautiful song
It is a beautiful song
Thank you for sharing I've loved this piece and wanted to figure out how to play on the guitar. You made it as beautiful than if on the piano. Makes me want to buy another Gianni and set aside my telecaster for a while.
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video! Unfortunately, my strat is getting dusty although I do hope to get it out soon
Amazing lesson! Thank you! God bless you ❤️
Thank you very much!
Very good instruction. Thank you, Robert
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it!
I'm sure everybody appreciates your efforts. Thank you very much. Just a side note that instructions for the right hand should always be in the form of PIMA.
Thank you!
Very Good explained, don't get those thumb haters...congrats
Thank you!
This is amazing thank you so much 😊 💕🙏🏼🎶
You are so welcome. It’s such a beautiful piece of music
Absolutely brilliant lessons of the classics.
Thank you from London.
Happy New Year!
Thank you and Happy New Year to you!
Tankss Robert Lum, congratulation!
You are welcome!
Great tip! learn playing on electric guitar. Softer strings and easier to press
Thank you so much for this video. Your tireless focus throughout the lesson shows how experienced you are! I shall be persevering with this as an idea for a thing for my Dad at Xmas :) strong Beethoven fan :)
Oh wonderful. Good luck!
Excelente aula de música erudita com a Sonata moonlight de Beethoven step by step congratulations!
Thank you!
Thank you thank you and thank you!!
Your lesson is absolutely amazing, it’s the best in youtube or by far the best ever!!
Thank you and I am glad you enjoyed it!
Прекрасная музыка! Отличный урок. Спасибо.
Thank you!
Thanks for the video, easy to follow and accurate.
I am glad to hear that!
Internet amazes me all the time..... Thank you so much!!
You are welcome!
Mr.thank you for doing this great tutorial.
I am glad you enjoyed it!
great job and thx… really good teaching
Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing. Awsome tutorial. Amazing job. Great chords and great sound. Thanx heaps.
I am glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so very much for sharing your gift with everyone.
I am glad you enjoyed it!
@@RobertLunn Robert, I am finally ready to move onto measure 46 and onward. Please tell me that the hard parts are now behind me!!
@@joecj840 Wonderful! Yes! Maybe??
@@RobertLunn OK, here goes.
Thank you very much! You're really My Great Teacher.
I am glad you liked it!
Cảm ơn bạn thật nhiều ! Một người thầy tuyệt vời ! Thông thái ,phóng khoáng...đã cho đi thật nhiều !
Mình học theo cách này, dù mình không biết tiếng Anh vẫn gặt hái kết quả tốt !
Hihi mình đang tập bài asturias nên sẽ tập bài này sau !
Oh that is wonderful! Good luck!
Thank you very much for this video about learning to play this on guitar. However, I think that it would be better if you divide this song in sections as you did in other songs in your website. I know it's difficult and requires more time, but I learn much thanks to you.
Thank you for the suggestion! If I rerecord it I will make sure to do that
You help me so much to learn guitar ❤❤
Really thank u so much my star.. U are so awesome
Thank you! You are very kind.