This is a video of myself playing a beginner version of Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). It is a live unedited performance. I recorded myself several times with my cell phone and a Focusrite Scarlett and chose my favorite performance.  I chose the colors orange and white for the falling notes because my shelter adopted former stray cat, Ezra Ronnie, is orange and white and Für Elise is a fiery and dramatic and recognizable song kind of like the colors orange and white. 

The collage that I made for this video has photos of three cats. One cat looks similar to Ezra. Another cat looks similar to my first cat, Tabby, who passed away years ago. She was a wonderful cat. This song was a bit of a challenge. Also, I learned it around August 2023 and am just posting it here rather late in March 2024. Measures 45 to 56 were probably the hardest part of the song to learn. Maybe in the future I will try something like the Soundbrenner Pulse or a regular metronome to help with the rhythm. I did not use any metronome device and was just feeling the rhythm. The metronome is almost distracting to me so something like the Soundbrenner Pulse would probably work better for me. For some people the traditional metronome is preferred and works well for them.