Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major - 3rd & 4th mvt. - Enzo

[emill]

the 4th movement starts at 3:24

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Performed at the University of Asia and the Pacific in Manila on Feb. 24, 2011 using a Cannon Vixia Hf 100 camcorder.

[ladypianist]

Hello Enzo. My what a wonderful Beethoven player you are.  Im not going to mention the music itself, but rather your style. And im loathe to even bring this up. Messing with this can lead to lots of problems, but It is still something I thought I should mention.  There was one time there you leaned over so far I thought your nose might hit the keys.  Ok so not that much , but you do tend to lean over quite far sometimes.  I mention this only in that it seems this could cause a problem in some of the larger repertoire works where your arms might not quite have the freedom they need to move.  This might be the perfect style for you, but I still thought it was worth mentioning to let you muse around it a bit.

Keep up your wonderful posting.

Lady Pianist

[emill]

Hi ladypianist,

I often hear Enzo's teacher remind him about his stooping and sometimes she pulls him back while he is
playing. It may have already become a habit, maybe a bad one borne out of his bad eyesight.
He is nearsighted and has a visual acuity graded at 650 ...  very high in the ophthalmologic sense.
When he practices ... like many teens who are "careless" . . . he often forgets to wear his contact lenses ..
so he stoops hard, inches away from the sheets. Still we continue to call his attention.

So many thanks for the observation and your - "what a wonderful Beethoven player you are" ...
it soothes the heart of this old man and I am sure it makes Enzo smile. He told me once that it makes him
feel good and gives more meaning to the whole thing (the "hard" work that goes with every piece learned). THANKS

 

[pianisten1989]

I'm going to continue what LadyPianist said:

In the neck, there are some nerves and stuff that control the balance of the whole body.
Now, some people have this habit of moving around a lot. What I think here isn't very important, cause everyone, as I said, think differently of this. As long as he moves from the back, with a straight neck, it's ok. But if he continues curling into a ball, that can be dangerous for real, and his sense of balance (not in music, obviously) might actually be damaged.