Abstract:

Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano sonatas have an important place in piano education. The aim of this study is to analyze Beethoven’s Opus 2 No.1 piano sonata for teaching purposes. The aforementioned sonata was analyzed in terms of “formal structure”, “motif structure” and “technical features”. As a result of the analysis of the sonata and the technical studies written for helping students to deal with the difficulties in the learning process, it was concluded that students could learn this sonata in a shorter time, also this study could set an example for learning similar sonatas with ease.

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