Not developing

[korsol]

I wondered if there are some nice pieces to learn where I develope my tecninc and "how to play with feelings". have played in 6 years now, so I can't play any pieces. Have played some of Grieg but is kina bored of him

[hyrst]

Hi,
I don't know what style and level you prefer, but would recommend a couple of Chopin's easier Preludes (e.g. no. 4), Debussy's children's pieces, Saint-Sean's Le Cygne (from Carnival) and some of Mendelssohn's Leider.

[lostinidlewonder]

You are not going to get very constructive responses when asking people what you should learn by giving them a broad description of what you want (i.e: develop technic and play with feeling). You should listen to a lot of music and then decide which ones you like, perhaps make a list of pieces you would like to learn just from listening to recordings then ask how you would go about learning the list of pieces.

There is simply too much music and too many different paths you can take (which essentially lead to the same improvement no matter what pieces you play), what is important is that you play something you enjoy and which doesn't sap too much of your time, something you can make continutal daily progress with. I generally like Nocturnes to stretch my musical emotion, but that is only the tip of the iceberg.

[bernstein]

I agree with lostinidlewonder.  You will only be able to play with feeling when you are playing pieces that move you personally.  Playing pieces that move other members of the forum will not necessarily help you.  In theory, all pieces - slow, fast, sad, or happy - should inspire feeling in someone, somewhere.  It is a matter of finding those that speak to you.

You might benefit from a visit to www.pianosociety.com.  They have free (legal) mp3s of piano pieces by most of the major composers.  It is a good way to sample composers you're not familiar with.

Drew Bernstein