Mozart Piano Sonata in C, K. 545... HELP!

[lonelybird97]

Good evening.
I'm trying to learn Mozart Piano Sonata in C, K. 545. It didn't seem too hard at the beginning, but I've encountered a couple of difficulties that makes it just sound like a big mess. Could anybody give me some sort of advice? Thanks!
P.S. I can't read music, btw.

[pianist1976]

Good evening.
I'm trying to learn Mozart Piano Sonata in C, K. 545. It didn't seem too hard at the beginning, but I've encountered a couple of difficulties that makes it just sound like a big mess. Could anybody give me some sort of advice? Thanks!
P.S. I can't read music, btw.

Yes, that's the deal with Mozart: it's deceptively "easy". Relatively easy to read and memorize; except for a few places you don't get the complex counterpoint you find usually in Bach, there are no leaps, no ultra complex textures, there are many scales, melodies and Alberti's accompaniments... but it's terribly difficult to play well. Just as Arthur Schnabel said, "The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists".

A few advices:

- The first one and in my humble opinion the most sensible and urgent: learn to read scores. I think it's great you can learn things by tutorials, synesthesia and ear, you must be very talented but (I think this is so obvious) nothing can substitute the composer's score reading.

- Practice slowly

- Listen to yourself while you play

- Read the score and correct the rhythm (and everything else)

- Use a metronome

- Look for a teacher. Don't waste your time and talent figuring out while there are people who already know how.

[abielikesu]

As suggested before, getting a teacher would really help you improve your interpretation.
Working with a metronome, or playing the whole piece at the speed of the slowest section, would definitely make a big difference.

[lonelybird97]

Thanks for your responses! I will certainly consider getting a teacher.