solo piano pieces for left hand only

[thaicheow]

Hi,
Injured my right hand. Think I won't be able to play with my right hand for the next few months. Can anyone please post some left hand only repertoire? What I have is only the Scriabin Nocturn in D flat major. Pretty frustrated.
 
If someone has posted this question b4, please kind direct me to that thread. Thanks.

Good day.


Andrew

[stevebob]

IMSLP has a list of left-hand pieces, with links to the scores:

https://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_Piano_works_for_the_left_hand

Pianophilia's database of arrangements, Opus Transcribisticum, can be used to find pieces adapted for left hand alone.  At the top of the page, select Klavier LH from the "Ensemble" drop-down.

The website of Indiana University Press has a number of its piano-related titles available for viewing online, including Piano Music for One Hand by Theodore Edel:

https://www.iupress.indiana.edu/iol/covers/piano-music-one-hand

(It's necessary to register, but it's free.)

[birba]

you're lucky you didn't injure the left hand like me.  there's virtually nothing for the right hand alone.  try the bach chaconne by brahms.  i'd give my right hand  (if my left one worked) to learn that piece right now-

[john11inc]

The first etude in the work is for left hand only.  It's generally considered one of the best examples of one-hand writing.

[thaicheow]

thanks for everyone. I check the IMSLP but never know that they have such a category. Thanks again.

Currently have the brahms' chacconne, and some Godowsky's left hand transcription on Chopin's etude.

Good day.

[brogers70]

Just reviving this old thread to point out that the Bach Cello Suites, as written, work out pretty well as works for the LH alone. At least that's what I'm occupying myself with while my RH heals.

[pianistcellist]

Think about taking this time to learn the Ravel LH Concerto. It is marvelous.

[brogers70]

Think about taking this time to learn the Ravel LH Concerto. It is marvelous.

I'm just an amateur; that piece is lovely, but out of my league, and then there's the little problem of finding a willing orchestra. The Bach Cello Suites, on the other hand, are not too hard; I can play them alone, and then drop them when my right hand is back to normal.

[chopinaninoff]

Ive had the same problem earlier on...I suggest using Godowosky's left hand etudes of Chopin..Even if you don't want to master them to perform, its a GREAT exercise for the left hand and helps it get even with the right hand. Godowosky himself said that both hands should be equal, so it would be a good project for you to work on, and who knows, maybe you could even master them to perform! I suggest starting with the Opus 25 no 12, C minor etude, transposed to C sharp minor for the left hand.
Richard