Most beneficial repitoire?

[musicsdarkangel]

What pieces have helped you the most?


If you answer Chopin/Liszt/whatever Etudes, specify!




I made a post like this a while ago, but a lot of new people have joined.

[iumonito]

Bach sinfonias, inventions and wtc, Mozart sonatas.

[sauergrandson]

I absolutely agree with iumonito. Bach and Mozart.    Bach inventions, particularly in the Busoni's edition.

[I Love Xenakis]

Scarlatti Sonatas.

[debussy symbolism]

Greetings.

Pieces that improve technique are benefitial. I must say that Bach's preludes and invention has certainly helped. Pieces on wrist rotation such as Daquin's Le Coucou is very helpfull. Very important are the Etudes. They cover technique found in many pieces and also help with chords, arpeggios, scales, etc. I must also say that Chopin's Etudes must be helpfull. I only study one so far(The first one) and am about a little more than a third of the way through(not at speed yet of course) and must say that it does incredible to short arpeggio technique, which includes supple wrist action, stretch between fingers, and wonderfull music, which is also very similar to Bach's prelude from Well Tempered Clavier prelude 1. I must again say that pieces yes improve technique, alot of it is done with just purely excersizes. Mozart's Alla Turca rondo helped alot, his Variations helped alot. In conclusion, I would say that every piece of course helps and that those which demand a certain technique will help you with that technique more. I hope that this helps.

[I Love Xenakis]

Bartok Mikrokosmos.

[debussy symbolism]

Bartok Mikrokosmos.

I have not played them yet, but I must say that I love many of them. Hope to play them someday.

[pies]

Bach Partita No. 6 Toccata and Corrente/Courante

[etudes]

Liszt La Campanella,Feux Follets
Chopin etudes op.10 no.1 2 8 9 12 op.25 no.1 2 6 8 10 11 12
bach almost all.

[Teddybear]

Scarlatti sonatas, Chopin 25/8.

[musicsdarkangel]

Liszt La Campanella,Feux Follets
Chopin etudes op.10 no.1 2 8 9 12 op.25 no.1 2 6 8 10 11 12
bach almost all.

Feux Follets for finger independance?

[Waldszenen]

Bach WTC, Mozart Sonatas, (some) Beethoven Sonatas, Chopin Etudes.

[sauergrandson]

Yes of course, the Bible of the piano is this:
                                  Old Testament: WTC
                                   New TEstament: Beethoven Sonatas.

But, is it really a "Repertoire"?

[BoliverAllmon]

I heard it put that way by Barenboim, but one of my teachers put it this way

OT= WTC
NT=Chopets.

[musicsdarkangel]

Chopets?

[pita bread]

Chopets = Chopin Etudes

[stevie]

well, i think an interesting question would be

does playing liszt improve your bach playing, more than playing bach improves your liszt playing?

to those people who recommend bach to improve everything, this is a bit shortsighted, the pianistic techniques bach worked with are very primitive compared to liszt.

playing bach conciously improves articulation, clarity, and control of multiple voices shared among the hands and fingers, but it doesnt improve your octaves, biatch!

[sauergrandson]

And arpeggios!!!!! But Bach is always a milestone.

[maxy]

helped the most?  I'm not too sure, but I can say that learning the Schumann toccata made me reconsider what are "hard" pieces.

[BoliverAllmon]

well, i think an interesting question would be

does playing liszt improve your bach playing, more than playing bach improves your liszt playing?

to those people who recommend bach to improve everything, this is a bit shortsighted, the pianistic techniques bach worked with are very primitive compared to liszt.

playing bach conciously improves articulation, clarity, and control of multiple voices shared among the hands and fingers, but it doesnt improve your octaves, biatch!

don't forget memory

[stevie]

dont worry, i could never forget memory

[BoliverAllmon]

u sure?

[verywellmister]

the mendelssohn e minor scherzo from three fantasies helped me learn repeated notes such as the ones found in islamey (which is quite beyond me).

yes bach wtc helped also.

and the mozart k333 in keeping it even