http://www.moonlightpianosonata.com Beethoven's Moonlight Piano Sonata Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:20:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I often have people ask me about playing a piano “by ear”. What they are referring to of course is learning and being able to play songs just by listening to them. When I was quite young and still learning to play the piano I remember watching someone listen to a ... http://www.moonlightpianosonata.com/playing-piano-by-ear/ A common reaction to the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (often this is the only movement known) is to find it beautiful but too sad to listen to very often. http://www.moonlightpianosonata.com/do-you-like-beethovens-moonlight-sonata/ Apparently even Beethoven was a bit puzzled and exasperated by its popularity in his own day : “Surely I’ve written better things." So why did it become so popular? http://www.moonlightpianosonata.com/why-is-moonlight-sonata-so-famous/ http://www.moonlightpianosonata.com/victor-borge-muppet-show/ "Honestly I really can't get why people love moonlight sonata so much! That this piece will forever be remembered on those people? It just has a simple melody but there is sadness, yes I can hear it? What's in this piece! Can someone describe this? What emotion can you feel ... http://www.moonlightpianosonata.com/emotion-in-the-moonlight-sonata/ "I am having trouble with the second movement, any tips?" Frank S. The second movement was once described by Liszt as "a flower between two chasms."  It is, in contrast with the more sombre first movement and intense third, a much lighter and almost playful interlude. The rhythm is fairly straightforward and ... http://www.moonlightpianosonata.com/qa-moonlight-sonata/