Piano Pieces

[eyeballnick]

I am self taught and can play grade 8 pieces, chopin Nocturnes, Preludes, Rachmaninoff Preludes etc etc. But when it comes to the really difficult pieces i have a hard time with fingering and agility also stamina. Things like rach concerto's chopin sonatas scrabin etudes etc,
Are there any pieces which when learn really help improve technique. I dont mind how easy or hard they are i just want somthing to get me on the way.............
Also i have a college recital to play at are they any really beautiful pieces around grade 6-8 that you could recomend............

Thanks

[sharon_f]

I'm not sure if anyone self-taught can ever learn or perform advanced repertoire at any sort of acceptable level. If you don't have a teacher to show you "how" to approach these pieces, "how" to expand and control your technique, you may never gain the technique needed.

I can make suggestions like Czerny, Pischna, Dohnanyi, Hanon but if you don't have someone with experience guiding you through learning these studies you won't progress, or worse, you will injure yourself. Even something as seemingly simple as scales and arpeggios should be learned with a good teacher.

Have you ever considered getting a teacher?

All of that being said, look at the Liszt Consolation in D-flat.

[eyeballnick]

I'm not sure if anyone self-taught can ever learn or perform advanced repertoire at any sort of acceptable level. If you don't have a teacher to show you "how" to approach these pieces, "how" to expand and control your technique, you may never gain the technique needed.

I can make suggestions like Czerny, Pischna, Dohnanyi, Hanon but if you don't have someone with experience guiding you through learning these studies you won't progress, or worse, you will injure yourself. Even something as seemingly simple as scales and arpeggios should be learned with a good teacher.

Have you ever considered getting a teacher?

All of that being said, look at the Liszt Consolation in D-flat.

Saying that however i have taught myself to play what i play now in 3 years, and i see that as progression, i believe it is possible to teach yourself to that level but it is 10x harder than having a teacher yes.
I have played for piano teachers before and they thing i have learnt pieces on my own to high standerds. All honesty i cant afford a teacher atm.
Thanks for your reply

[allthumbs]

Wasn't Chopin self-taught?

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[sharon_f]

Wasn't Chopin self-taught?

allthumbs

No. He received his earliest lessons from either (depending on the source) his mother who taught piano, or his older sister. He studied from 1816 to 1822 with Wojciech Żywny.