Easy Chopin pieces?

[csharp_minor]

Hey Guys!

I'm New(ish) to this forum, and quite new to the piano, I have been teaching myself for 8 months and have had a total of 2 lessons so far!

Is there any easy Chopin pieces I could give ago? that you would recomend for a beginner? I can play most of Moonlight 1st mvnt and am learning Bach's Prelude 1 in C major. I would really appreciate it if you could maybe add a link to the piece so I can print it off a free sheet music site, if you know of one. I can't seem to find easy Chopin stuff on the web that is free to print off  

Thanks

[healdie]

This is a very common topic and if you use the search function you should be able to get all the answers,

I don't play Chopin but I do know that some of the preludes and Mazurkas should be in your grasp

I don't know which opus number but if you look in the sheet music part of the forum it should give you the approximate grade

[arumih]

Hey,

As far as "Easy Chopin" goes, there's the Cantabile in B flat major...having a look at the music it does seem fairly easy (haven't played it myself though). Also, have a look at the Prelude in E minor, op 28 no.4. I'd say those are about as easy as Chopin gets.

Also, the Prelude in B minor (op 28 no 6) is quite beautiful (I prefer it to the more popular E minor prelude), and not too difficult. There's a Mazurka in A minor (Op 17 no 4) that I learnt a few months back, but that will probably be a big challenge (It was, and still is for me!)

Good going though with those pieces, I haven't been playing that long (less than 2 yrs), but I also learnt Moonlight around the 8 month mark, and Prelude in C a while before that. If you did Moonlight, the preludes shouldn't be problematic technically, but expression-wise, might be tough, but then again expression-wise Moonlight is also tough...good luck!

[csharp_minor]

Hey, Cheers you guys!

I just had a listen to those preludes you metioned arumih, I might just be able to do them at some point in the near future, they don't sound too difficult. Wow, you can play that Mazurka in A minor Op 17 no 4 !? I heard it, and it sounded hard; hope I manage to get to that level after 2 years!

Looks like I will need to buy a set of his preludes and work through the easy ones, as I can't find the easy ones to print off, oh well.

Thanks!

 

[frank_48]

Hey, Cheers you guys!

I just had a listen to those preludes you metioned arumih, I might just be able to do them at some point in the near future, they don't sound too difficult. Wow, you can play that Mazurka in A minor Op 17 no 4 !? I heard it, and it sounded hard; hope I manage to get to that level after 2 years!

Looks like I will need to buy a set of his preludes and work through the easy ones, as I can't find the easy ones to print off, oh well.

Thanks!

 

https://www.chopinmusic.net/en/works/preludes/

scroll down to the bottom, you can get a free copy of any prelude. or any other piece for that matter.

[chopinmozart7]

try out the preludes

[chopinmozart7]

and then continue to the pieces that are a bit harder.like waltz,nocturne and more.

[csharp_minor]

Thanks Frank!

Thats just what I have wanted to find, but couldn't . No fuss just the music you want to print off, and theres so much!

as Mr Burns would say: eeeexcellent!

thanks guys

[nanabush]

Erm... there's a few Nocturnes that are easier than most of the preludes.  I'd say look only at his A major, E minor, B minor and C minor... the other's are much more difficult.

His mazurkas are amazing... I see I'm regurgitating what people have already said. 

[csharp_minor]

mmmmmm...I think his nocturnes are too hard for me at these early stages, I would definitely like to give them a go at some point; and of course his other works like mazurkas and waltz  .

The only prelude I can give ago at the moment is the E minor No 4. I started having a go at it yesterday, it a really lovely piece.

Hey Nanabush, I like your signature about snozberries, so funny! I like the old Willy Wonker flim too.

[frank_48]

mmmmmm...I think his nocturnes are too hard for me at these early stages, I would definitely like to give them a go at some point; and of course his other works like mazurkas and waltz  .

The only prelude I can give ago at the moment is the E minor No 4. I started having a go at it yesterday, it a really lovely piece.

Hey Nanabush, I like your signature about snozberries, so funny! I like the old Willy Wonker flim too.

you can also try No.6 & 7 those are very easy also, (technically)