How to Play Für Elise - Super Easy Piano Tutorial - Hoffman Academy

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📖 0:00 Introduction and history of Für Elise
📖 1:37 Learn hand placement
📖 2:51 Famous first phrase: learn to play
📖 5:34 Measures 2-4: learn to play
📖 7:28 Measures 5-8: learn to play
📖 10:00 Full play-through
📖 10:41 Learn the rhythm
📖 12:26 Puppet show

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This video from Hoffman Academy will help you learn how to play Für Elise on the piano. Watch as Joseph Hoffman teaches a simplified, Early Elementary arrangement of Ludwig van Beethoven's timeless classic, Für Elise.

The great Ludwig van Beethoven composed "Für Elise" a little over 200 years ago in Vienna, Austria, and then dedicated the piece to a mysterious woman named Elise. In German, “für Elise” means “for Elise”.

Who was this woman named Elise? No one knows, but as you listen to "Für Elise" you can get some hints about how Beethoven felt about her. By the end of this video, you will be playing a version of this beloved classical piano piece, which is one of the most famous of all time.

🎹 All of these tutorials and more information on Ludwig van Beethoven’s "Für Elise" can be found at the Hoffman Academy website.

Let's get to the piano to begin practicing this historic piece. We hope you enjoy the tutorial and that you learn how to play Für Elise on piano with our help.

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