and yes, movement 3 is coming soon 👀

@Chelly-cg4uz

2 жыл бұрын

What about the second

@saiahr5463

2 жыл бұрын

yes :)😃

@WillsKeyboardSink

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chelly-cg4uz haha funny you should mention that My video on the 2nd mvt is coming after the 3rd mvt recording, and I can promise it’ll be a very interesting video… 😉

@danisuparmono5326

2 жыл бұрын

@@WillsKeyboardSink yaaay

@tigerqueen8240

2 жыл бұрын

Get a cat

I haven't heard this piece this slow before. It makes you really appreciate the harmony and the whole gravity of the piece.

@xxlmonster8914

2 жыл бұрын

Such a vibe, for real

@VersedYT

Жыл бұрын

I don’t understand why either, isn’t it adagio for a reason? I play it nearly at the same tempo.

@bige1083

Жыл бұрын

@@VersedYT It is adagio, but it's also cut time (alla breve, 2/2). While this is beautifully played, the tempo here is more appropriate if it were in common time (4/4). Valentina Lisitsa actually plays it closer to the written tempo.

@idealfather3547

Жыл бұрын

I found this way too slow.

@Jasongy827

Жыл бұрын

It’s how it should be played

You're the type of person who actually plays the second movements of pieces

@highstimulation2497

Жыл бұрын

indeed, everyone should.

@artistaccount

Жыл бұрын

1 year later he really did complete 2nd mvt moon light sonata

fun fact: beethoven wrote this piece as he was getting more and more deaf. he even wrote a letter to his family about wanting to commit suicide because he was losing the sence that “ought to be more perfect” than his compositional skills, so he was having to go through dark ass times which translates perfectly in the beginning and the acceptance at the end of the piece :D

@firemetal9655

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he wrote this for the funeral of a friend as well. So extra dark.

Some of my favourite facts about Moonlight Sonata: 1. Beethoven didn't give it the name "moonlight", it was only given to the sonata after his death. Which kinda explains the last movement. 2. The first movement is Adagio Sostenuto, despite many people playing it almost Grave. In fact, Beethoven most likely intended for the piece to be played twice as fast as most people play it (evident by the use of cut c), and we probably only play it so slowly because of tradition and because of that name "moonlight". 3. Pianos at the time of Beethoven didn't go as low as pianos today do, meaning those dramatic low F#s in the third movement were literally THE SECOND LOWEST NOTE ONE COULD PLAY on a piano at the time. Talking about drama!

@HouseExpertify

Жыл бұрын

The "cut c" means the beats should be on 1 and 3 instead of 1, 2, 3 and 4. It doesn't say anything about tempo.

@juneyellowsnek

Жыл бұрын

Why did you copy paste this comment on multiple movements of this fucking piece?

@DoNotSubscribetoMePlease

Жыл бұрын

I feel like this was stolen because I’ve seen the same exact comment, or vice versa.

@highstimulation2497

Жыл бұрын

to get more people aware of it, obviously.

@matswessling6600

Жыл бұрын

@@HouseExpertify But it does: cut tempo is twice as fast as normal; only 2 beats per bar instead of 4.

Gotta love the emotion he puts into it 👌👌👌

@ethanrosner5091

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he has really good expression, emotion, and dynamics

I'm practicing Beethoven pathetique 1st mvmt right now and it literally has a diminished 5th like every other measure but he keeps resolving that shit so it doesn't really sound dissonant, that's what I love about him. I never played moonlight but I still appreciate it despite it's popularity. Nice playing as well

@WillsKeyboardSink

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that piece is full of short suspensions! It’s a really fun one, good luck with the practicing :))

@Pingoping

2 жыл бұрын

@@WillsKeyboardSink Thank you!

@seanyleey

2 жыл бұрын

well i can say for sure that im pathetique at playing the piano

@crissyl9996

2 жыл бұрын

@@seanyleey as an adult beginner - a an OLD adult beginner - I can’t even say that much, so you’re ahead of me :)

@seanyleey

2 жыл бұрын

@@crissyl9996 wishing you all the best

Ah yes, I love the piano gameplay and commentary!

@dabnauta

2 жыл бұрын

???????

@asdfg952816

2 жыл бұрын

GAMING

@fyrun

2 жыл бұрын

GAMEPLAY??

@davidalexeisesin463

11 ай бұрын

#user-th7wi3wd5j nah....

I really enjoy watching your videos, they are like a mix of absolutly beautiful playing, somewhat explaining whats happening, but also being comedic at the same time. Keep it up!

I'm 65 and been trying to play the piano for about two years, and I can now play 12 bars of this. Great to see how well you play it, and love the comments :). Think it may be another two years before I can play it all. Just watched you play the 3Mvt, and I'm sure I'm not going to live long enough to ever be able to play that part :(

@PhilJonesIII

Жыл бұрын

Keep going man. I started playing at 60 and find it difficult to find a teacher that is willing to take older people on as students. "Too slow to learn" is the usual excuse. Rather missing the point I think. Then again, they said my son was 'too old' when he expressed an interest at age 14. Thank goodness for KZread. More instruction and tips than you can wave a stick at. Play like it's what keeps you alive.

@thaongo7948

Жыл бұрын

omg keep going! you can absolutely nail it

@emrecelebi8000

Жыл бұрын

Allahtan ümit kesilmez abi istersen yaparsın çok çalış, çok emek ver kolay gelsin ❤

@Musi_012

9 ай бұрын

If u really want to you can easily achieve playing the 1st movement and probably the third too. I started with 16 with a teacher and after 6 months and other little beginner pieces I memorized the full first movement and can play it perfectly. And now after roughly one year of piano with a teacher and 1.5 months of the 3rd movement with practice of at least 2 h a day I can play half of it pretty well and at roughly the right tempo. Well I’m a teenager but if you play and play over and over you eventually will play it. But I really really recommend a teacher. I would’ve had so many things wrong. And my knowledge and the way I wanted to learn and how I see pieces and so on was just completely wrong and shaped by social media. But in reality you need to think back in time and learn how to play properly and listen to what the composer tells you in the notesheet. I hope you won’t give up. Just keep on learning and try to find structures to make it easier to learn a piece.

Beethoven: Stop telling me to play the first movement of my 14th Sonata! Do you have any idea how hella overplayed this is? Fur Elise: My time will come

Lowkey…is anyone else impressed this beautifully talented young man plays by heart and not with sheet music??? Bravo, amazing William ✌️🔥❤️

@thebestspork

Жыл бұрын

playing by heart is an essential skill for any concert musician... you can't be turning pages when your hands are busy!

@heather2493

Жыл бұрын

@@thebestspork fair enough… still impressed tho 😘✌️❤️

@trevorkemp5882

Жыл бұрын

Most do. Sheet music is used to learn the piece. Then you play from memory and heart. 😊

@user-pg9uy1od9v

Жыл бұрын

@@heather2493 He truly is impressive! As you said, a beautifully talented young man --and he deserves your "Bravo!"

Amazing emotional interpretation! I'm an adult beginner and literally just 'finished' learning and uploading this piece. Beethoven and I have the same birthday so back in the fall I set myself the goal of learning it and uploading to KZread to document my progress. Taught me a lot about regulating the volume of the main melody relative to the harmony, as well as finger independence. I really appreciate your commentary too, as someone without a music background before I started learning the piano. It will help me next time I try to play the piece! It may be mega popular, but it's popular for a reason! It's just so good =]

You're so amazing!! Always a pleasure hearing you 🤗

i love your videos so much especially the format of adding commentary which makes it even more entertaining!! i was going back and forth on whether to film piano videos but after seeing this i feel inspired so thank you:)

The end was actually giving me chills. Classical music never gets boring or old, and the emotion you put into the piece makes it entertaining to watch. The commentary was interesting and kept me engaged. Really well played :)

This is my all time favourite classical piece, and this performance gave me goosebumps all over my arms. Beautifully beautifully done! I loved how you broke down what was happening in each section, it gave me a new found appreciation of each section in the piece

I love your point of view over this masterpiece. And your humour. Keep on going, the world is waiting for more of you!

absolutely mesmerizing, sir! love the tempo and sustain. i feel like this is how it was meant to be played!

This was always my favorite piece to play, so much emotion and such an interesting piece.

One of most favorite movements in all of classical music. It just speaks to my soul.

love,love,love the way you play, and how your comments, when combined with the notes, seem to almost put a face on the music.

This is the first time for me being so intrigued into Beethoven's sonata. Well played!!👏

Loved it - dude, you have so much patience- after a couple of minutes, I know my tempo would definitely increase - tough to keep the brakes on.

Your presentation is so simple and focused without any theatrics or gimmicks that we're drawn into the music with our hearts not just our ears.

I love your commentaries at the bottom of the screen... it adds up to the drama of the piece!

that’s exactly the tempo I believe it should be played. It takes enormous control to play at that speed. Expression is beautiful.

The reason I started piano lessons. Watched a Russian ice dance pair skate to this at the winter Olympics when I was a kid, and spent the next month pestering my mum for piano lessons. She finally succumbed, and I marched into my first piano lesson armed with this sonata. Teacher laughed at me and told me I wouldn't be needing it for a while, but I was a stubborn little $hit so I went home and painstakingly wrote the notes out under each bar and learned it in secret. Then I did that with the second movement. Went okay. Then tried it with the third movement... lolz. Brick wall.

I love how you played this. It is the way my father played it, and how I played it after him. But you play it better than either of us ever did. Deliberate, full of the emotion and passion that I've always felt Beethoven intended.

Hey man. This was the piece I played for my graduating exam in High School. You played it masterfully, the emotion is contagious.

Excellent! Your relaxed pace is magical and allows every note to be followed on the score :-)

Ok your commentary-especially at the end!-had my eyes misting a bit. What a beautiful and accurate way to describe this piece. I’m halfway through learning this piece and it’s taken me awhile. But ima keep going cause I really am excited to get to that stunning end! Well done, sir!

@robertsimonaitis9190

2 жыл бұрын

Lol thanks kick ass piano

At this pace, the feeling and sheer 'intensity' of this breathtaking movement is absolutely incredible

Beatiful, as expected, thank you

Wonderful!! I very much enjoyed your playing - a long time favourite of mine (especially the 3rd movement). You're very talented! Well done!

fire as always, let's gooo

That’s was such an amazing performance. I sat at my piano and played it as an Duett with you. Your timing and tempo is just as I think this piece should be played. Slow and dragging in my opinion is so much more emotional, than those sub 6 minute performances. Very well done. I also like you comments on the pieces you play and by the way we both share the love for that one specific chord in the 1st Movement. I mostly feel like, I play this piece just to reach this chord and then nurture from it for the rest of the piece.

Your videos has inspired me to learn to play the piano. Started about 7 weeks ago and have this piece slightly decently. Your playing is very inspired!

Ur videos never fail to entertain me keep it up

Hecking love this piece. I can feel it with my whole body.

This was so worth the wait

I adore the dissonance, it’s what makes this piece. You play beautifully.

absolutely love how after playing an intense heartwrenching piece he goes 😁👍🏻

That's beautiful, dude. You deliver the emotion just right. Awesome.

First time I sat through a movement. Thank you contextualizing it.

Oh my word. This was breathtaking! I hope you realize you are a world-class pianist. I've heard some fine pianists but this is the most beautiful performance I've heard of this piece. Wow. Thank you from deep in my heart!

@user-su6qf9kb7l

Жыл бұрын

this is not a world class performance. not sure what you are listening to. try barenboim if you want world class

I literally fall asleep while listening to this (in a good way) 😌 soo calming

Are we ignoring the fact that he did an awesome zoom-in at the ending.

@ahaansclassicalpiano7658

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heart

Great job on this. Love the commentary. I really like playing mvt 1 at about double speed, with tons of rubato and a lot more varying dynamics. I think it's just as pretty, and quite a bit more exciting to play.

i love this piece. thanks for playing it

Sheer perfection! Thank you

WillsKeyboardSink, I really like how you played this piece! I watched this video like 10 times yesterday because it’s so good!

I think you deserve more followers, I like the way you play the piano (it is clear you enjoy it) and your explanations are really funny (sometimes) and descriptive so I enjoy it more the song, thank you

Love these commentary+playing videos. Subscribed

Glad that you're back

awesome slow performance. i keep listening again and again.

You are so talented!!!!

It was one of the best performances that I have ever heard

Amazing. Outstanding! Beautiful interpretation, love the comments too.

Ur back, thank you!!!

Your captions are so funny! 😀 Keep them coming on other pieces as well!

This piece is never boring to play, so many lovely passages, and I agree...3:30 is my favourite part to play a well. Awesome interpretation!

Love your videos, keep it up king 👑

great execution and i applaud the commentary, great job, keep it up!!!

Very happy to have found you on YT. I like your comments a lot. Keep posting

1:03 I love that you played the arpeggio here with the left hand, so clever! I've seen editions that show thumb-thumb on the lower notes to alleviate the stretch but I never found it satisfying. 9ths are my physical limit so even when I do hit it I don't get a satisfying tone, I looked up when I heard how clear that B was to see your LH taking the arp and thought wow that's genius! haha

So beautifully played but at a slower tempo, I think here, Will was reminiscing about something very personal, it showed in the faraway look in his eyes, the music very much in sync with his thoughts.May you always be happy and look forward very much to more fabulous music played by the young maestro!

Impressive, entertaining AND informative. Good job!

Beautiful!! I really enjoyed that. Plus your comments

Legendary

Thank you. Just, thank you.

I'm a pianoplayer myself who plays this piece also and i love the notes above and your interpretation! Also the comic words below, they' re hilarious! Greetings from Holland.

The sheer vibes in this guy's expression say it all.

This is an absolutely stunning performance, the amount of control you have to have to play it this elegantly at this tempo is truly remarkable! There's one little mistake (at the end of m40, at the 5:00 mark, he misses the change from the dominant triad to the dominant 7, instead playing the dominant triad twice) which I only noticed because it's one of my favourite moments in the piece, lol, but truly I'm so impressed by your skill, and I love the commentary you add to your performances -- keep up the great work!

You're so amazing!!

Dude, please keep this style up! Do a series with fun teaching and explaining, I played piano for 6 years but I had a super strict polish babushka as a teacher in Italy and a friend circle that told me piano was gay so I stopped… I‘m picking it back up 15 years later, it‘s taking a lot out of me to see where I was at and where I am now but I wish I never stopped. I watch one video from your channel every morning and it motivates me to sit down and just try! Great work, thank you :)

@themangoninja8

2 жыл бұрын

Piano ain't gay, but you probably know that now

@viking5736

Жыл бұрын

Jealousy can be a bitch.

@nightowl5395

Жыл бұрын

😅👍

Love the commentary! You got a new subscriber:)

Speechless

I will play your video and play my piano at the same time, I bet that once in life I'll be able to set the time up.. This is my first sonata reading the sheets, I'm learning by myself and I'm not that young lol... I used to play by ear and it blocked my musical memories when I tried to read music... I'm gonna use this video as my guide line, thank you a lot!

My dad's favorite piece, and one of mine too , beautiful skills 👍🙏❤️

Most beautiful pice of music ever written (I say that about a lot of pieces but this has really got to be IT). So simple in its complexity---or, wait, is that more a comment on the wine I'm drinking? Never mind. Marvelous performance of marvelous music

Incredible commentaries

Wonderful performance!

Love it!

This with the context of Beethoven’s angry life and also whilst learning this piece is so interesting to me

I absolutely agree about your favourite chord of the whole piece.

this is my favorite piano piece and the slower and more dramatic it is, the better

I LOVE THIS SOMUCH HOLY MOLY

The caption make this so much better

Yes ! Magic Captivating Amazing

Bravo!!! Excellent job!

LOL @ “now this part is crunchy.” That’s my favorite section of the piece too.

Actually it is one beautiful main melody throughout - including the introductory passages, which begin the continued beautiful counter melody in the base.

Great videos

beautifffuuuuuuullll

this is nice, ive always curious with the thought of pianist when they play the music ill stick for a while, good shit, good shit.👏👏

SO EMOTIONNNNNNN

Esse cara não é deste planeta!!!! Sua técnica é tão impecável que chega a me assustar.

Awesomeee!

Fantastic playing! Please do a video on Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata :)