Which piece to begin with.

[clarkf]

Hi there,
I'm an amateur which have been practising scales, chords, Hanon exercises, and improv blues for a couple of months. Now I really want to learn a classical piece. My problem is that I don't know where to begin, there's just so much to choose from!

I can't read music that good, but I will take it slow and learn a lot from the classical piece I guess. Would really appreciate some advise on which piece I should start out with!

I really like Bach and Chopin but have yet to discover a piece that doesn't seem way out of my league

[roseli]

I'm also an starter and the music I'm now studing is: A little piece by shumman (from the book for the young). it's easy with both hands and it's a repetition of the same "phrases" over and over again.
Another one that I've learned before that one of shumman was the Minuet from Bach, but I found it harder then the one from shumman.
the other ones that I learned were to help play with both hands, but does are from books that I don't know the name, but those were reaaally simple.

[clarkf]

Thanks Roseli, I will look into some Schumann and Bach pieces!

[stevebob]

The least technically demanding keyboard compositions by Bach are found in volumes called "First Lessons in Bach" (or something similar).  These compilations of brief and straightforward pieces are available from a number of publishers (e.g., Alfred, Kalmus, Schirmer, etc.); if you browse a bit at Amazon or Sheet Music Plus, you'll find what you need.

For Chopin, there are fewer pieces to choose from at an appropriate difficulty level for beginning pianists.  Even though the selection is limited, a few publishers have compiled the most modestly challenging works in one place.  Here's an example from Alfred:

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/14-of-His-Easiest-Piano-Selections/17225982

I think the suggestion of Schumann's Album for the Young, Op. 68, was a very good idea, and I recommend it to you as well.

Happy playing!

[clarkf]

Ok, cool, I have a lot to research now, thanks Stevebob!

[roseli]

D:
my english have so many errors, how could you people read that! TT____TT sorry!
stevebob: the link you gave is very interesting! the music doesn't look hard! I will show it to my teacher next week to know her opinion. : )

[clarkf]

Your english is quite good Roseli, I understood everything you wrote!

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Burgmuller has also easy pieces. And they're quite nice.