Theme from Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, Suzuki Book 3

Enjoy below, a version of the 4th movement of Beethoven's 3rd Symphony; and if you're one of my students in Suzuki Book 3, pay careful attention to the theme as it arrives one minute and fifty seconds into the performance.  What instrument has the theme?  How can you make this as powerful on the piano?



Further questions for the Book 3 student:

1. What does Beethoven do to this theme starting at three minutes and 24 seconds into it?  
2. A counter theme enters at about four minutes.  How does it contrast the original theme that we're so familiar with?  
3. Would you call what happens around minute six a climax in the piece?  What happens when the theme returns just after that?  
4. What about the theme at minute 7 and 45 seconds?  What kind of Classical style treatment or form are you familiar with that you can detect Beethoven using in this movement?

Major/minor Lesson 1

The girls in this video were trying to express on their faces how the sounds for Major and Minor made them feel.  What kinds of feelings do you have when you hear Major?  What kinds of feelings do you have when you hear Minor?

Listen to what other students play, what your teacher plays, and what you hear in school, at work, or on the radio - can you tell the difference between major and minor?