Any interesting pieces to play anymore?

[archneko]

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Rachmanioff is now my personal favorite. His etudes are just marvelously beautiful, combining elements of Liszt and Chopin into highly energetic and hantingly mysterious masterpieces.

Thank you pianisten1989, chozartmaninoff, and iheartpiano for suggesting his works.

[chozartmaninoff]

Well you havent mentioned playing any rachmaninoff - The preludes are Nice pieces.

It seem to me you either need good short pieces, or longer pieces with lots of changes.

Have a look at Stephen hellers 24 preludes, Nice short pieces - A bit of a chopin feel to them.

Try Scriabin etudes, they can be fun to learn
Some Faure Nocturnes
Debussy
Liszt etudes - La campanella?
Thalberg
John Field
Sergi Liapunov
Edward McDowell

There are hundereds of composers so just get listening. Possible use the Sheet music request room and ask for some music on maybe underplayed pieces.

good luck

[michel dvorsky]

Beethoven's works bore me to death, and Bach makes me feel like a toddler.

This is probably because you don't understand the former and simply cannot play the latter.

I've played the ballades, the nocturnes, the impromptus, and the other Chopin pieces.

With your attitude, you're probably not doing Chopin's music any kind of service.

I believe I've hit my limit on personal musical discovery, and since I'm teacherless...
I only have this community to turn to!

So, I ask the Piano Street community to direct me to certain pieces that you feel are fun to play and worthwhile to master!

Game Themes are fine as long as their interesting.

I know, I sound heavily demanding, but I have no one else to turn to. Everyone I know carry around their cheap guitars and they keep recommending the nos.

Thank You!

Get a good teacher & also some culture while you're at it.

[pianisten1989]

Dude, you really can't say that all music is boring, and then want us to pick out pieces. How well did you play Chopin's ballades? Concerto-good or "well, I can play all the notes, and my mum says it's good"-good?

Still, there are plenty of other composers:
Scriabin
Rachmaninov
Debussy
Saint-Saëns
Schönberg
Mozart
Schubert
Schumann
and so on...

Just get yourself a music dictionary and find som composers.. Or maybe you should be playing something else than classical music, if you dislike Beethoven...

[aewanko]

This is surely the first time in history that a person dislikes Beethoven. 

[iheartpiano]

Interesting you say that the Bach pieces makes you feel like a little toddler.  I wish I was more "grown up" to be able to play them well!  Have you tried any of the English or French Suites?  Surely you can't find anything boring or "kiddie" about them.

And how about some etudes (Chopin or Rach)?  If you find those boring then sorry, there's no hope for you. 

[rc]

Are you seriously so bored with music?

You've listed 5 composers who created a lifetimes worth of music, the whole of rock, and videogame music.

You must get something very different out of music than I do.

Just what do you value in music anyways?

[archneko]

Dude, you really can't say that all music is boring, and then want us to pick out pieces. How well did you play Chopin's ballades? Concerto-good or "well, I can play all the notes, and my mum says it's good"-good?

Still, there are plenty of other composers:
Scriabin
Rachmaninov
Debussy
Saint-Saëns
Schönberg
Mozart
Schubert
Schumann
and so on...

Just get yourself a music dictionary and find som composers.. Or maybe you should be playing something else than classical music, if you dislike Beethoven...

I'm not saying I dislike Beethoven, its just not the right composer for me.
Thanks for the list though, I will investigate immediately!

Are you seriously so bored with music?

You've listed 5 composers who created a lifetimes worth of music, the whole of rock, and videogame music.

You must get something very different out of music than I do.

Just what do you value in music anyways?

When you're around a horde of teens who listens to the latest mtv crap, you begin to forget what music is. (Well, I did anyway.)
Since I don't have time to take up lessons again, I don't really have anyone to advise me on what I should learn. Sure I could dwell in Chopin for a while longer, but there has been only a few pieces that I can recognize from the tiny section for classical compositions in most bookstores. My only source now is the internet .
     Most of Chopin's pieces remain a mystery to me since I haven't really sat down and listened to ALL of his works. That would take weeks.

This is probably because you don't understand the former and simply cannot play the latter.

With your attitude, you're probably not doing Chopin's music any kind of service.


Get a good teacher & also some culture while you're at it.

Maybe I shouldn't have added that little tidbit about video game "music"  in the end. I believe I haven't been representing myself very well... Well, nothing more to say to you since you're not very fun to talk with. No offense.

Interesting you say that the Bach pieces makes you feel like a little toddler.  I wish I was more "grown up" to be able to play them well!  Have you tried any of the English or French Suites?  Surely you can't find anything boring or "kiddie" about them.

And how about some etudes (Chopin or Rach)?  If you find those boring then sorry, there's no hope for you. 

Ah, the etudes! I completely forgot about them. Yes, I love Chopin's etudes, I completely forgot about it! However, I have no idea about Rachmanioff's works. And I didn't really mean to call Bach pieces kiddy. Sorry if I offended any Bach admirers.   
What I meant to say is, Bach's works are a bit too... baroque, which isn't a bad thing but it isn't something I want to get into. I know, you may think I am not as cultured as a trained student of the musical arts, but why must I force myself to engage myself into something I am not interested in?

Oh, and one last thing.

This is surely the first time in history that a person dislikes Beethoven. 

I can't say being bored of beethoven is necessarily the same as disliking beethoven. (Though many may disagree..)
After mastering a couple of his pieces, I just don't feel quite as motivated to continue. I enjoy just listening to Beethoven's work rather then playing it. Besides, the metal heads at school hate all that is classical and "cultured". Then again, they won't ever contribute to history... XD

Well anyway, thank you all for your lists of composers, and thank you all for taking the time to type it all out! I would definitely start with chozartmaninoff's list, mostly since he hasn't pecked into my brain like everyone else. But its okay, I love you all just the same. 

[iheartpiano]

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Rachmanioff is now my personal favorite. His etudes are just marvelously beautiful, combining elements of Liszt and Chopin into highly energetic and hantingly mysterious masterpieces.

Thank you pianisten1989, chozartmaninoff, and iheartpiano for suggesting his works.

Rachmaninoff is also my favorite.    I'm also a huge fan of Chopin and Bach , but Rach is number 1 in my book.  I love all of his etude tableaus.  My favorites:  op.33 in C# minor, op.33 in D minor, op.39 in B minor and op.33 in G minor which is the one I'm currently working on.

[rc]

When you're around a horde of teens who listens to the latest mtv crap, you begin to forget what music is. (Well, I did anyway.)
Since I don't have time to take up lessons again, I don't really have anyone to advise me on what I should learn. Sure I could dwell in Chopin for a while longer, but there has been only a few pieces that I can recognize from the tiny section for classical compositions in most bookstores. My only source now is the internet .
     Most of Chopin's pieces remain a mystery to me since I haven't really sat down and listened to ALL of his works. That would take weeks.

Yes I remember being a teen surrounded by others who like whatever they're fed.  A friend once called it 'disposable pop culture'.  You'll find it doesn't change too much over time, fact is that not everybody's a musician.

Anyways enjoy your exploration.  I would suggest that all the composers that are stock fare are so for a reason - if you're inclined to delve into it, there's a lot to like.

[smiggy]

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Rachmanioff is now my personal favorite. His etudes are just marvelously beautiful, combining elements of Liszt and Chopin into highly energetic and hantingly mysterious masterpieces.

Thank you pianisten1989, chozartmaninoff, and iheartpiano for suggesting his works.

Indeed I must agree. Rachmaninoff is definetly one of my fav.