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Topic: Recomend me easy piano pieces to train my reading skills!  (Read 2361 times)

Offline leandrusi

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Would you name to me all the pieces/books you know that are easy to play, may be for children or pedagogical. Theyre actually for me, although i have a rather advanced technique my reading skills are still poor and I need really easy pieces to train my first sight reading, but I dont know many works like that.
Would you name me some? OR may be you know something more specific that can help me.
Thanks in advance! Leandrusi
 

Offline stevebob

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Re: Recomend me easy piano pieces to train my reading skills!
Reply #1 on: March 23, 2010, 05:40:27 PM
Here are a handful of suggestions you might find useful for sightreading practice:

J.S. Bach:  Anna Magdalena's Notebook
Bartók:  For Children
Burgmüller:  Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100
Clementi:  Sonatinas
Grieg:  Lyric Pieces
Kuhlau:  Sonatinas
Schumann:  Album for the Young, Op. 68

Start with the very easiest material, disregarding any pieces that are already familiar to you.
What passes you ain't for you.

Offline scottmcc

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Re: Recomend me easy piano pieces to train my reading skills!
Reply #2 on: March 24, 2010, 10:22:06 AM
you can also get a hymnal.  most hymns are relatively straightforward and once you learn one or two and get used to doing SATB you'll pick them up quite quickly.

Offline point of grace

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Re: Recomend me easy piano pieces to train my reading skills!
Reply #3 on: March 24, 2010, 06:04:36 PM
Schumann Op. 68, Bartok Mikrokosmos, maybe a Chopin nocturne, clementi sonatina 3.
Learning:

Chopin Polonaise Op. 53
Brahms Op. 79 No. 2
Rachmaninoff Op. 16 No. 4 and 5
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