What should I learn next?

[xpjamiexd]

Okay so i'm finishing learning the first movement of Moonlight Sonata, I found learning it relatively easy though it's been a challenge to really bring out the melody which i'm still perfecting and I was wondering if you had any suggestions on what I should learn next. I want to try something a little more challenging but not something that I won't be able to play. So any suggestions would be great.

[ryanyee]

bach's easier prelude and fugues.

[xpjamiexd]

bach's easier prelude and fugues.

Thanks, I was thinking about his prelude in C major though I know he did write more than 1, i'm not sure what BWV number it is or where I can find the music, any suggestions?

[rc]

That's probably BWV846, from The Well Tempered Clavier.  The fugues are pretty tough but you'll find some of the preludes accessible.  The inventions are a lot of fun as well, and classic learning material.

[ryanyee]

well u can find it in any book called the well-tempered clavier. there are normally 2 volumes but i've come across a double volume book.

[chopinfan_22]

I would agree with the previous posts. Bach's easier preludes/fugues, or the invention. You could also try some sonatas by Haydn or Mozart. It all depends on your taste in music. The list literally goes on forever. Ask your teacher what (s)he thinks.

[kyliec]

some options:
clair de lune
maybe trying one of the easier chopin nocturnes or preludes
rondo alla turka
the girl with the flaxen hair
good luck!

[kghayesh]

Why don't you try some of the easier Chopin pieces (Preludes no.4, 16 or any of the easier waltzes of Nocturnes) Also, playing Mozart will be great.
But of course, I don't think nothing will make you a better pianist than Bach preludes and fugues ! (You can begin with 3 voice-fugues)

[pelajarpiano]

Rondo alla turca is easy.Why don,t try this mozart's pieces?
Chopin nocturno in c# minor no.20 is easy enough for you.

[chopinfan_22]

Why don't you try some of the easier Chopin pieces (Preludes no.4, 16 or any of the easier waltzes of Nocturnes)

I really think you meant no. 6, not 16.

Okay. I guess I won't be lazy anymore and I'll give you a solid answer. I learned the first movement of moonlight a couple years ago, but since then my practicing/playing/having a teacher has been very sporadic, due in part because I'm in college and cannot find/make solid time to practice regularly. With this in mind, and the fact that I don't have a teacher at the current moment, I decided to go back to the basics and appreciate many composers' smaller works. Ones that aren't as musically or technically challenging. Check out the thread "What are you learning now?" to see what I mean. Now... pieces that I can think of that are around the difficulty of the first movement of moonlight.....

By Beethoven... Sonatas Op. 49 Nos. 1, 2... Fur Elise... Some of the Bagatelles.
By Bach... Two Part Inventions and some of the Sinfonias. Great choices. A must for any pianist.
By Chopin... Preludes 4, 6, 7, 9, 13, 15, or 20. Nocturnes 9/2, 72, Op Post in C Minor and Post. in C# Minor. Waltzes 34/2, 69/1,
By Haydn... Sonatas 7, 8, 9, and 13.
By Liszt... The Consolations. Beautiful works, the third in particular.
By Mozart... Sonata k.545, Fantasia in D
By Schumann... His pieces from Album for the Young and some of the Scenes from Childhood.

It honestly all depends on you... your likes and dislikes, and what you are in the mood to learn.

[xpjamiexd]

Thanks for all this help.