Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m definitely here for the long term:) don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions - about this piece/video or anything else piano-related!
hahaha!! This literally made me laugh out loud! I actually am a native English speaker, but I've lived in Germany/Austria for nearly 10 years, and other native English speakers have started telling me I sound borderline German when I speak English 😂 I had to re-train myself to say "Für Elise" like an English speaker, though, since I've worked on it with so many German-speaking students 😂👍
Hmm. My teacher has just given me a bunch of scales including F major and three types of A minor! Could be that she has this piece in mind, or could be that it's just coincidence! Thank you. Subbed. :)
Thank you so much for this tutorial. You have a lovely way of explaning and teaching. I have wanted to play Fur Elise for a long time but am very new to the piano as a mature lady. Again thank you so much Adele❤
Hi Adele, thank you so much for watching! I also wanted to learn this piece for years before I ever worked on it:) just let me know if you have any questions- and enjoy the journey!
Great to see you're doing an analysis tutorial on the piece - when I learned this wonderful piece at 11, the teaching method was more about the feel and flow and the notes themselves, and modern methods which can "take out" classical music bits and connect them to music theory seems the better way to go, at least for the young generation in the age of information booming :) I recall left hand jumps were the first "barrier" to cross with small hands, then I was fascinated by the right hand fuzziness, coordination and tempo changes which makes practically all performances of this piece different (I even added chromatic moves to annoy my teacher back then instead of the original phrases, once I learned the chromatic moves and wanted MORE of them on the same piece :) ) Coming to a piece with preliminary exercises is actually pretty smart, as I recall the teacher picking some Hanon or writing down in my notes-book homework drills, but the notion was more like do the piece "parts" and do the drills separately, not as preparation. Picking drills to prepare for learning pieces - so reassuring and motivational, removes all fear a student might feel when going through a new piece, especially when the notes starts to pile up on the grand staff :)
I think I understand something - I learned Fur Elise around 4 months into my first (and only) year of Piano study (I played a home keyboard before but only by ear, popular songs from the radio). In recent years some teachers told me I got to about 3.5 years of pieces in 1 year, and I think it is because of the fast paced method and not my skills, as I spent very little time on practicing and more time on the music itself, comprehending the notes and improving my performances. As a result, the theory and music reading went to the drains in a few years when I played on/off other musical instruments and only composed songs on the Piano and Keyboard, and to this day, only my hands recall the musical pieces I learned at age 11-12, I cannot perform to the music, and its because the teaching method was aimed more for performance and achievement and not to make a more versatile and educated musician based on learning the Piano as a master instrument. So perhaps it would be better to perform 1st year pieces after 3.5 years of learning, but be a better musician for life.
Thank you for sharing all of your thoughts! I think there is absolutely a time and place for both - learning HOW to learn and learning through imitation. It’s sort of the “if you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together” conundrum. There is a time and place for each, and it may look different for everyone:)
Very detailed and informative on the guidelines to follow that includes coverage I never thought about before when I play this classic!👍❤️🎹
Thank you for your kind, thoughtful words, Jim! - as always!
This is the method I was looking for.please do similar videos.thanks a ton ❤ u
I'm so glad you found it helpful! More is coming soon:)
You have the best piano videos on youtube and I've seen a ton. Thank you so much the videos are immensely helpful
That is so incredibly kind of you, you made my day! Thank you!
So nice! The best lession on Elisa so far. I learned in this half an hour more the in all rest videos on youtube. Please keep teaching!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m definitely here for the long term:) don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions - about this piece/video or anything else piano-related!
Lovely! I could actually start doing this now, I think... And i actually thought you were a native English speaker until I heard you say Ludwig :)
hahaha!! This literally made me laugh out loud! I actually am a native English speaker, but I've lived in Germany/Austria for nearly 10 years, and other native English speakers have started telling me I sound borderline German when I speak English 😂
I had to re-train myself to say "Für Elise" like an English speaker, though, since I've worked on it with so many German-speaking students 😂👍
Hmm. My teacher has just given me a bunch of scales including F major and three types of A minor! Could be that she has this piece in mind, or could be that it's just coincidence! Thank you. Subbed. :)
Could be! Keep me posted if you start learning this:) Welcome to the community, and happy practicing!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. You have a lovely way of explaning and teaching. I have wanted to play Fur Elise for a long time but am very new to the piano as a mature lady. Again thank you so much
Adele❤
Hi Adele, thank you so much for watching! I also wanted to learn this piece for years before I ever worked on it:) just let me know if you have any questions- and enjoy the journey!
@@pianowithrobyn thank you so much Robyn :)))
Great to see you're doing an analysis tutorial on the piece - when I learned this wonderful piece at 11, the teaching method was more about the feel and flow and the notes themselves, and modern methods which can "take out" classical music bits and connect them to music theory seems the better way to go, at least for the young generation in the age of information booming :)
I recall left hand jumps were the first "barrier" to cross with small hands, then I was fascinated by the right hand fuzziness, coordination and tempo changes which makes practically all performances of this piece different (I even added chromatic moves to annoy my teacher back then instead of the original phrases, once I learned the chromatic moves and wanted MORE of them on the same piece :) )
Coming to a piece with preliminary exercises is actually pretty smart, as I recall the teacher picking some Hanon or writing down in my notes-book homework drills, but the notion was more like do the piece "parts" and do the drills separately, not as preparation. Picking drills to prepare for learning pieces - so reassuring and motivational, removes all fear a student might feel when going through a new piece, especially when the notes starts to pile up on the grand staff :)
I think I understand something - I learned Fur Elise around 4 months into my first (and only) year of Piano study (I played a home keyboard before but only by ear, popular songs from the radio). In recent years some teachers told me I got to about 3.5 years of pieces in 1 year, and I think it is because of the fast paced method and not my skills, as I spent very little time on practicing and more time on the music itself, comprehending the notes and improving my performances.
As a result, the theory and music reading went to the drains in a few years when I played on/off other musical instruments and only composed songs on the Piano and Keyboard, and to this day, only my hands recall the musical pieces I learned at age 11-12, I cannot perform to the music, and its because the teaching method was aimed more for performance and achievement and not to make a more versatile and educated musician based on learning the Piano as a master instrument.
So perhaps it would be better to perform 1st year pieces after 3.5 years of learning, but be a better musician for life.
Thank you for sharing all of your thoughts! I think there is absolutely a time and place for both - learning HOW to learn and learning through imitation. It’s sort of the “if you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together” conundrum. There is a time and place for each, and it may look different for everyone:)
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