Beethoven Für Elise Analysis

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Für Elise by Beethoven is the song that expresses who I am. When I started playing piano, I got frustrated that most of my family had a natural talent while I didn't. My father talked to me and gave me one of the most important lessons of my life: "Practice makes perfection, if you want something, insist until you get it". After playing piano as a hobby, at age 17 I decided to take my skills to the next level by taking piano lessons at college and I challenged myself to first learn how to play Für Elise. It wasn't easy, but practice made perfection. I played that song more than 500 times in a year and each time, my family was always delighted to hear my interpretation.

Für Elise sends the same message; its first section is repeated multiple

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