Accompaniment

[bartolomeo_]

I have found that accompaniment makes for some of the most enjoyable playing.  I have been accompanying a couple of choirs and some violin and cello students.

It's fun, you get paid, the pieces aren't very demanding, there is room for some improvisation, and everybody likes you. 

[nicco]

Ok.

[astroboy]

Haha try playing the piano part to the second movement of Francks Violin Sonata.. its a pregnant dog.

 

[crazy for ivan moravec]

actually... the franck 2nd movement is not difficult once you've found a way to approach the writing. ok, i'm not saying that i have superb technique... on the contrary. it looks really unpianistic at first glance, but try to look harder for those positions and one will realize that they actually fit. and there are a lot of possible switching of fingerings/hands like in the opening melody (C# of the 5th measure with finger  2 of left hand).
but i can't deny that there is one really really difficult part just before the recap, arghh.

anyway, about the topic, i only like accompanying other musicians if they have great talent and a good level of musicality, it's fun and i do it for free. but anything lower than those expectations, i charge them coz it feels like real hard work.

[penguinlover]

I accompany for free.  But I agree with the post above.  If they are not accomplished musicians, it is a lot of work for the pianist.  I end up teaching the music to them, and not enjoying playing with them.  Might as well be my solo.  It gets frustrating doesn't it?

[anda]

Haha try playing the piano part to the second movement of Francks Violin Sonata.. its a pregnant dog.

 

i totally agree about it being a "pregnant dog" - only thing, this does not qualify as accompaniament, this is chamber music. and this sonata in particular should be known as "sonata for piano and violin" (when i first started working on it, my teacher warned me: by the time the violonist changes a bow, you'll have turned 2 pages  )

[letters]

i really want to start doing some more accompaniment, im 16 and hopefully itl look good for universities and its enjoyable!! its a serious career option as well.

[jehangircama]

i heard the Franck sonata in a concert recently, it was awesome