Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata on a Fortepiano

[blast]

“Yo who switched my piano to night mode”

[ponoma]

Ngl, a dark mode version of a piano would be interesting

[poochthemooch]

The inverted color looks so nice and refreshing

[tweetydiditforeal]

Moonlight sonata sounds so much better with this piano. It's more soft which really isolates the melancholic feel of the piece.

[aldotamez]

A little history:
the word "pianoforte" comes from the fact that with this instrument you can play piano (soft) and fortes (strong) notes, something that was technically and mechanically impossible with the harpsichord!

many people who are in the world of music may already know it, but just in case there is someone who doesn't, it never hurts to know! 😌🎶

[givze]

fortepianos literally still exist whachu mean

[hyperactiveofficial]

It has a very stormy, moody sound. I can 100% imagine Ludwig Van playing one of these.

[dunkleosteus]

Some instrument makers still produce these. There are some pianists who like to play on instruments from the music's time period.

[adamjacksonmedia]

I love being able to hear what it may have actually sounded like when it was composed!

[The_Red_Fox]

My piano teacher told me that in Russia the modern piano is called "fortepiano"

[Ghost_of_Michael_Collins]

In my opinion, this version is a lot better than one on a regular piano. It’s softness and reverberation creates a much more melancholic, emotive atmosphere that I think Beethoven intended.

[ShcrumboBumboGaming]

Bros piano keys finally got an n-word pass 💀

[M.B.]

This music played with a fortepiano sounds amazing and it's so refreshing! 🎵🎹🎼🎶

[Riqinium]

It looks wonderful. Thank you so mush for showing us the history of music!

[janejones]

I was assaulted in 2016. Classical piano helped me recover, and this was one of the pieces I listened to. Many times.

[surrtog]

It’s ironic that it’s called a “Fortepiano” when it’s softer than modern pianos. (forte means loud)
Edit: I didn’t expect to get 2.5K likes on this

[Jovani_Martinez-Hernandez]

That’s so awesome I’ve never seen piano keys like that before🤩

[AndromedaCripps]

More importantly for this piece, the sustain would not last as long on a Fortepiano (I think because of the thinner/less courses of strings?), which is why in the original publications of this Sonata, the entire first movement (heard here) is supposed to be played with the sustain pedal depressed. On a modern piano we lift it up between chords because the sound lasts so long that otherwise they would all become muddy. But on a fortepiano like this one, each chord simply melts and dies away into the next one as the dampers never mute the strings!

[okayest_pianist]

thank you so much for not turning this into fkn 'still dre'

[boscobaracus]

There is a man in colorado springs colorado that makes baroque pianos and harpischords in his home workshop. Amazing craftsmanship.