How many hours do you think it takes a total beginner at piano to learn Fur Elise?

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I have put in hours!! I still can’t learn it. Its so hard using both hands. Also, anyone have any tips on getting better using both hands?

practice scales and arpeggios will help you to play with both hands.
About the piece, it’s really hard to say how many hours you need to put in, it depends on your talent, the quality of your practicing, if you have a teacher, he/she should be able to help you more, but it is rather hard for a total beginner to play this piece, especially the chromatic scale part. I can only suggest you to start very slow, and break the whole piece to few parts for practicing. Do it seperately, one hand first, then the other one, at the end why you are fluent with both hands, then join them together. Don’t try to do it all right from the begining, you will only get yourself very frastrated and full of mistakes.

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Posted in: beginner piano Comments(4) December 2008


4 Responses to “How many hours do you think it takes a total beginner at piano to learn Fur Elise?”

  1. fallenangel2002006 Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 1:28 am

    ive been playing for years … i never learned notes, i play by ear. It’s quite an adventure… Fur Elise was one of the first songs i learned… I never learned the whole song because i dont have it, but i know the whole song without the second hand. try one hand at a time, eventually you’ll get there!
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  2. rico v Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 1:45 am

    depends on what u plan to do with the song, like for concert, exam or enjoyment. also depends on teh version u have of the song. it can probably take u a month with an hour a day to learn it. ull probably wanat a teacher if u want to play it for concert or exam
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  3. i. jones Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 2:26 am

    A good reason to have a teacher.

    Hint: The whole thing is built on arpeggios. You’ll find that the hand (finger) positions for the left hand (almost always 5, 2, 1) begin to fall under your fingers once you’ve identified the patterns.

    Yeah, okay, so the “middle section” is quite different … it isn’t going to be the left hand that has the problems there. Lots of eighth notes, but they’re the same for measures at a time. Find the fingerings for the right hand chords, study them slowly, and you should have this in about a week’s time I should think.

    … unless you’re doing it all from something other than sheet music because you think it’s “easier” that way.
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  4. stella c Says:
    December 16th, 2008 at 3:14 am

    practice scales and arpeggios will help you to play with both hands.
    About the piece, it’s really hard to say how many hours you need to put in, it depends on your talent, the quality of your practicing, if you have a teacher, he/she should be able to help you more, but it is rather hard for a total beginner to play this piece, especially the chromatic scale part. I can only suggest you to start very slow, and break the whole piece to few parts for practicing. Do it seperately, one hand first, then the other one, at the end why you are fluent with both hands, then join them together. Don’t try to do it all right from the begining, you will only get yourself very frastrated and full of mistakes.
    References :

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