| Moonlight Sonata (rendition) |    |
I recently purchased a Casio Hammer Action Digital Piano (CDP120) - It's a budget Piano, but has a USB midi interface. I sampled a few VST's and liked Pianoteq v2.3 the best, although I believe it's only good for mellow music, it seems to compress quite a bit if you play aggressively. When I was in my twenties about 30 years ago a cousin of mine who is classically trained showed me a few bars of Moonlight Sonata. Until now I've never dreamed of learning it until now. I'm hopeless at reading music, but found a superb YouTube tutorial to learn it. Well I managed to learn it, which was a challenge in itself, to play it was and is my biggest challenge. I realize now that if I want to be able to play the Piano well, I'll have to start from the ground up, which is precisely what I'm going to do.
There are many mistakes in this take, but I thought I'd share it with you how the Piano sounds and for you experienced Pianists can help me start from scratch with a structure on how to improve
There are many mistakes in this take, but I thought I'd share it with you how the Piano sounds and for you experienced Pianists can help me start from scratch with a structure on how to improve
Aaaa! I've become an old fart !! I'm absolutely loving this.
Yes a few misses but SO nice.
Sound is compressed, though has a nice feel, I would have thought you'd have gone for a sound with more sharp clarity.
I see why these pieces have to be perfect .... it's so delicate, and the flow must be complete
Yes a few misses but SO nice.
Sound is compressed, though has a nice feel, I would have thought you'd have gone for a sound with more sharp clarity.
I see why these pieces have to be perfect .... it's so delicate, and the flow must be complete
kings wrote…
Aaaa! I've become an old fart !! I'm absolutely loving this.
Yes a few misses but SO nice.
Sound is compressed, though has a nice feel, I would have thought you'd have gone for a sound with more sharp clarity.
I see why these pieces have to be perfect .... it's so delicate, and the flow must be complete
Yes indeed this piece is to be played softly, timing/flow is very important.
So yeah now I've got this out the way, too advanced for me to get it perfect, too much to handle, I'm going to start from the basics. I've ordered some music for beginners, which I should receive this week. It's important to make steady progress. The courses are designed so that you naturally progress giving your brain and everything else associated with playing, time to get to know the instrument. My main goal is to be able to read music effectively in that I can learn new music. It doesn't need to be at the standard where I can play new music straight off, just enough for me to learn new pieces. It's something I've never had patience or even the will to learn - strange as I'm getting older, I have more ambition to learn. I really think if I can get reasonably good on the Piano, it will open up a new world of songwriting.
OK, so I'm getting lost in this song as I listen as always happens with Moonlight Sonata. Love the dark emotions this piece invokes. The "Evanescence" of its time, haunting and beautifull. Did not notice any problems with it. Sound and performance were nice....SkunkApe
SkunkApe wrote…
OK, so I'm getting lost in this song as I listen as always happens with Moonlight Sonata. Love the dark emotions this piece invokes. The "Evanescence" of its time, haunting and beautifull. Did not notice any problems with it. Sound and performance were nice....SkunkApe
Thanks for your comments
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swordfish wrote…
Me and sue just sat back together and enjoyed this
Thank you
Fish and sue
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Swarm wrote…
I've always wanted to learn that YouTube tutorial. I'm definitely going to give it a shot now. Very nicely done.
Good luck with it, let us know how you get on.
I don't know how I missed this one back in November. Moonlight Sonata holds a special place in my heart and I have always wanted to learn it. Listening to your rendition of this and thinking about your account of how you learned this I remain amazed at how difficult and complex this piece can be - and how well you performed it. Beautiful!
battlecat wrote…
I don't know how I missed this one back in November. Moonlight Sonata holds a special place in my heart and I have always wanted to learn it. Listening to your rendition of this and thinking about your account of how you learned this I remain amazed at how difficult and complex this piece can be - and how well you performed it. Beautiful!
I hope you find time to do the same, I don't regret it for one moment, the sense of achievement was most gratifying. At the moment I'm getting into videography and photography. You may have seen some covers I've uploaded on the AMP.
Cheers
One of the first things I taught myself on the piano. Love this movement.
So, criticisms first: waaaaay too much pedal. I know the sheet music says pedal all the way through, but in Beethoven's day the pianos weren't made as well as they are now and pedals weren't as efficient as they are today. I play this with a half-pedal for half the sustain, and the best recordings I have heard do the same.
Playing mistakes aside, the fluidity of the piece gets thrown off when you have to play the double speed octaves in your right hand every time. Listen to someone of Kempff's calibre for the flow and motion of the notes to understand what I mean.
Your dynamic touch needs a bit more range for this piece. Listen to the structure and see where dynamics needs to come in.
I also don't like Pianoteq—it's a bit muddy on the low end, and needs a lot of work in post to get sounding the way I like.
Good things: I can't believe that you successfully pulled this off as a piano newbie. It's truly awesome. With some practice, you'll be playing whatever you want. It's wonderful that as a gifted musician you can pick up a wide variety of instruments and play them all with ease.
So, criticisms first: waaaaay too much pedal. I know the sheet music says pedal all the way through, but in Beethoven's day the pianos weren't made as well as they are now and pedals weren't as efficient as they are today. I play this with a half-pedal for half the sustain, and the best recordings I have heard do the same.
Playing mistakes aside, the fluidity of the piece gets thrown off when you have to play the double speed octaves in your right hand every time. Listen to someone of Kempff's calibre for the flow and motion of the notes to understand what I mean.
Your dynamic touch needs a bit more range for this piece. Listen to the structure and see where dynamics needs to come in.
I also don't like Pianoteq—it's a bit muddy on the low end, and needs a lot of work in post to get sounding the way I like.
Good things: I can't believe that you successfully pulled this off as a piano newbie. It's truly awesome. With some practice, you'll be playing whatever you want. It's wonderful that as a gifted musician you can pick up a wide variety of instruments and play them all with ease.
avinashv wrote…
One of the first things I taught myself on the piano. Love this movement.
So, criticisms first: waaaaay too much pedal. I know the sheet music says pedal all the way through, but in Beethoven's day the pianos weren't made as well as they are now and pedals weren't as efficient as they are today. I play this with a half-pedal for half the sustain, and the best recordings I have heard do the same.
Playing mistakes aside, the fluidity of the piece gets thrown off when you have to play the double speed octaves in your right hand every time. Listen to someone of Kempff's calibre for the flow and motion of the notes to understand what I mean.
Your dynamic touch needs a bit more range for this piece. Listen to the structure and see where dynamics needs to come in.
I also don't like Pianoteq—it's a bit muddy on the low end, and needs a lot of work in post to get sounding the way I like.
Good things: I can't believe that you successfully pulled this off as a piano newbie. It's truly awesome. With some practice, you'll be playing whatever you want. It's wonderful that as a gifted musician you can pick up a wide variety of instruments and play them all with ease.
I still prefer Pianoteq to many others I've tried, but I'm open to suggestions.
What software do you prefer out of interest.
From being enthusiastic about learning the Piano, I find myself back on to my main instrument, the guitar. Even though I've being playing it for around 40 years, I'm still finding ways to improve.
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