The Taubman Approach to Beethoven Moonlight Sonata ’Presto agitato’ | Robert Durso and Ben Laude

Taubman Master Classes: 0:00 Intro sequence 0:15 The case against practicing in rhythms 3:39 Shaping under or shaping over? 7:10 Elbow position and how to avoid twisting 10:01 Fingering and the high points of movement 13:35 Rotation in broken intervals 18:28 We’re not taught to analyze music technically Pianists of all backgrounds and ability levels are drawn to the ’Moonlight Sonata,’ but only a few venture past the slow first movement and brave the presto third movement. In this master class, co-founder of the Golandsky Institute Robert Durso works with Ben Laude on choreographing the turbulent right-hand figurations, showing how Dorothy Taubman’s concepts of shaping, in-and-out motions, and the walking hand and arm can facilitate the awkward arpeggios and broken interval passages that define the piece’s technical landscape. For more on