Beethoven, Ludwig van; op.13 Sonata, Pathetique

[miramadar]

Here's my own arrangement of Pathetique that I recorded a while back. It's not the full piece, as you'll hear. I sort of condensed it down for guitar, but I do have plans of arranging the full piece when I get time to work on it. This recording is a little rough and I've done a bit of polishing since then, but you get the idea. Let me know what you think!

[nogara]

This interpretation is very pleasant, even if it still misses a little development

[Vesuvio]

Hello Miramadar,

Thank you! I think you should certainly continue with your project,

Best wishes, V

[thunder]

hi there...
it a good pease.....i wounder if u can send me the tabs....i'l try to develop it....
i'll be grateful...

[remmus]

miramadar,

Your dynamics and articulation are nicely done. The recording is clear and I can easily feel your passion for this piece. The only thing I suggest working on are some of the changes between chords so there is no overly-long time lag in between them. And I know this will get better with practice!
But, I really enjoyed listening to you play this piece, it is very lovely and keep up the good work!

[miramadar]

Thank you all for the feedback. I have done a lot of work on the performance of this piece and it goes a lot smoother now. I was actually asked to play it as the bridesmaid's march in a wedding recently. It went over very well indeed!

My original intention, when transcribing this piece, was to build my wedding repertoire a little. So, I condensed it down to what I felt were the most melodic and beautiful parts (but this is Beethoven...it's all beautiful!!). But the "triplets" section I thought was a little too "heavy" for the average wedding. I've since changed the ending to more closely resemble the original piano score while still bypassing the triplets section. It comes out pretty well. I wish I had the time to re-record it for you. I may try to do that in the near future.

Nogara, I appreciate your feedback, but I'm not sure exactly how I would develop the main theme any further. I'm really just a musical novice with no real education in music. My approach to transcribing somethig like this may be a little simple-minded. I just try to follow the piano score as closely as I can, making sure that all the correct chords are there while keeping the melody intact. I should take Thunder up on his offer to help me develop it further, but I created the score in Finale Notepad, which isn't very versatile at all (all I can really do is print the score).

I really think this could be a very, very nice piece for solo guitar in the right hands (both composing and performing). I don't know of any published transcription of this piece for guitar, but one probably does exist. I have dabbled with the "triplets" section of the piece and, believe it or not, it comes out pretty well on guitar. But man, there are a lot of crazy chords to contend with! It is definitely doable, but somewhat difficult to play.

[remmus]

by miramadar on Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:35 pm
I really think this could be a very, very nice piece for solo guitar in the right hands (both composing and performing). I don't know of any published transcription of this piece for guitar, but one probably does exist. I have dabbled with the "triplets" section of the piece and, believe it or not, it comes out pretty well on guitar. But man, there are a lot of crazy chords to contend with! It is definitely doable, but somewhat difficult to play.

It's very nice right now! It's a beautiful piece and you say you already play it better!

Though I've never transcribed a piano piece to guitar, I do know that a pianist can play a lot more notes at one time than a guitarist. So, with that in mind, if the chords are overly difficult it might be because you are trying to include too many notes in them. Try culling out unnecessary notes, especially ones that are repeated in octaves, and those tones which don't make a real aural difference if played or not played. Often times the 3rd of a chord can be left out, but I'm certainly no authority on how to transcribe. There are much more knowledgeable people here who I bet would be glad to help you with it.

But I think you've done a fantastic job already!

[owl]

This is lovely and I really enjoyed listening
Regardless of any further development it's beautiful now

Thank you for sharing

Joy in the music

Owl

[orest_k]

Good job !
Beutiful piece !

[inchol70]

This is a nice arrangement of one of my favorite Beethoven melodies... Thanks! I know from you subsequent posts you have tightened this up a bit... I would love for you to share a new mp3!

[Marek Cupak]

well, it was very nice to see title "Beethoven, Ludwig Van; Sonata, Op. 13, Pathetique", but i have to note the whole piece is about 15 minutes long and consists of 3 movements. was a bit disappointed hearing only the second one.

anyway it's quite a "difficult" job to transcribe from piano to guitar, classical-to-romantic period piece. (for instance some of Scarlatti's sonatas or Bach work well.) too many notes for one guitar in this piece, so the arrangement have to drop some to gain playability, but still enough to "keep the essence". really not easy to do

as a wedding background music its ok and does its job

[marta150310]

Very nice performace:)Your interpretation is really good. Great phrasing and dynamic.

Thank you
Marta

[rodrigosadi]

nicely done!
beautiful piece.