John O'Conor shows how to internalize the dotted rhythm in the Grave opening of Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata, Op. 13.
The Grave opening of Beethoven's Pathétique is deceptively hard to count cleanly. Rush the dotted rhythm and the drama collapses with it.
In this lesson segment, John O'Conor demonstrates how to internalize the pulse so every 32nd note lands exactly where it belongs.
His method: count eight subdivisions per beat, until the rhythm feels like a heartbeat under the chords.
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