what's your paino plearning roadmap??

[casparma]

What I mean is, what composer's music pieces did you people start to play with in your very first piano lesson?? then what others did you people learn since then??

For me, in the very beginning, I started to learn the music theory first, and then play with songs that aren't really considered "classical", but actually dedicated for beginners to practice....

later, I start from Duvernoy, Bergemuller, then now I am currently playing Clementi.

My teacher told me the next I will play is Bach.


So what are you people's expiriences?

[kghayesh]

what's your paino plearning roadmap??

I play piano. What's a paino? is that a new instrument??

At first I learnt from Beyer in parallel with Hanon and then learnt some Richard Clayderman stuff ( my teacher thought it will be a change from those mechanical excersies).
Then i started learning the classical repretoire by learning Mozart's alla turca and Beethoven's fur elise and the first movement of moonlight sonata and besides Kulhau and Diabelli sonatinas and those stuff.

After that, i went on to start playing real music by learning the K.545 sonata. It took me real hard work to get it right coz i was still so immature.

Then, i started Chopin by learning the A major prelude and the C# minor posthumous nocturne.

[casparma]

thx Kg...

It's a wonder why you didnot learn Bach though....

any way, What do you people think, for a normal young adult without any prior knowledge to piano, to learn til he can play a piece from Liszt like La Companella???

[eins]

I'm in my second semester now. Different book than the first, totally different approach by the new teacher.
The first was based on Alfred's Adult Group Piano Book. Whatever is in there is what we played. Nothing fancy, no big names, but pieces to advance on.

Second semester (just started), we play Czerny No 1 to 5 for now 

Plus a nice nocturne from ? It is a big relief and almost feels like a bonus.

The first semester teacher was very structured. I learned a lot of theory and a lot of okay pieces during those packed six weeks (summer). The second semester teacher is more inspiring. Theory is thrown in as an aside (makes it easier to digest). A lot of cheer leader style liveliness. I'll have to see how it progresses, and after this semester I'll decide which of the two I'll continue with.

[totallyclassics]

i am an adult, picking things back up after many years, 25+.  I had 2 years under my belt, so i knew the basics.   My teacher started me on clementi sonatas, then i sort of chose on my own fur elise, moonlight sonata, and chopin nocturnes.  what i learned was that i was trying to jump too quickly, and while i could play the notes to the chopin nocturnes, my newness to the piano showed tremendously.  let's just say, technically speaking,  my skill was lacking in ALL the above.  So,  my teacher suggested burgmueller, czerny, and hannon, and of course scales.  after just  3 months, there is such an improvement in my skill level, i actually play with more confidence.  I actually feel that i have the music in my hands.  My playing is much more consistant, which is more than i can say for 3 months ago.  I could never know what was going to come out of my fingers. sometimes i played evenly and precisely, and sometimes (more), i played unevenly, and off tempo, and choppy.  I sounded like a 2nd year student playing chopin, instead of like my favorite artist's playing chopin.  my teacher assures me that all those artists have been playing for years and have grown and matured with those pieces in their repetoire.   I can only hope that one day i will play like that.   


totally classics

[rlefebvr]

Scales and chords and arpeggios, then,
Burgmuller 101 (he has really helped me and it's fun to play.)I owe that to Bernard. 
Bach's little book of minuets is a must for any beginner.
Any small piece that has a question and answer theme to it.
Some Beethoven Bagatelles.
Scarlatti if you can stand it.
A couple of Bach Preludes.

After that your no longer a beginner.

A Bach Fugue
Chopin Nocturne
Anything Chopin
learn Jazz
learn the ukulele
....rule the world.

Why does McDonald count every hamburger they make. Are they afraid they are going to run out.

[pianistimo]

i started with a lot of bach.  it was kind of a bad experience because i wasn't ready for the difficulty level and it took a long time to learn each thing.  i would have preferred easier pieces (but i did learn a lot from that teacher).  maybe sticking to something.

then, mozart and beethoven.  i didn't like clementi much and never wanted to play it.  one thing i wish that i had done more of is listening to music more.  now, i would make it less of a worry (you'll copy the performer) to listen to repertoire that i am currently playing to hear how another person interprets it.

you can learn a lot from hearing your teacher play, too.  if you are lucky to have a teacher who plays well, to hear a recital is as good as having three lessons.

[eins]

you can learn a lot from hearing your teacher play, too.  if you are lucky to have a teacher who plays well, to hear a recital is as good as having three lessons.

I found that too. Particularly for a piece that you can already play.