What piece can I play if I had learn for 4 month?

[fenz]

If I had learned piano for 4 month, what piece do you think I can play? Please list the pieces. (Assume that I practice diligently - 5 days in a week). Thanks 

[gyzzzmo]

No way anybody can give a sensible answer to this question.

[annabubbles]

I've been searching for a similar answer. (I'm at five months.) This is what I've concluded.

1.

Different sheets are classified in to different piano grades. (Grade 1, 2, 3, etc. depending on your Country.) These sheets for example are classified under Grade 1 piano.

https://www.melbournepianolessons.net/images/stories/ameb/grade1/beethoven_woo23.pdf

https://www.melbournepianolessons.net/images/stories/ameb/grade1/scarlatti_k32.pdf

https://www.melbournepianolessons.net/images/stories/ameb/grade1/schumann_op68_no5.pdf

2.

After some browsing, it seems that people take 5-12 months to reach Grade 2 piano. Grade 2 piano sheet music looks like this.

https://www.melbournepianolessons.net/images/stories/ameb/grade2/bach_minuet_anh116.pdf

https://www.melbournepianolessons.net/images/stories/ameb/grade2/burgmuller_op100_6.pdf

https://www.melbournepianolessons.net/images/stories/ameb/grade2/burgmuller_op100_18.pdf

Conclusion.

So, you should be able to play the Grade 1 pieces and maybe a bit of Grade 2. For a rough guide on grades and sheet music, check out this website. https://www.melbournepianolessons.net/resources/ameb-2008-syllabus.html I'm not very experienced or knowledgeable, but I hope I helped somehow.

[fenz]

thanks annabubbles, you helped me so much  

if you don't mind, i would ask you how can you learn those piece in your 4th months? what books did you use? for your information, i use 'step by step' (actually i don't really like it because it seems to slowly... it has 3 series books at all for beginner students).

[annabubbles]

Happy to help.

I have only used two books. "A Dozen a Day" (Piano exercises with listed finger positioning) and "The Casio Songbook". (A songbook which came with my Casio keyboard.)

If I need to find anything, I use the internet. Here are a few links.

Reading and placing notes: https://musicsandbox2425.wikispaces.com/file/view/notes-on-pianoand_grstaff.jpg/85122199/notes-on-pianoand_grstaff.jpg

How long to hold the notes: https://www.teoria.com/tutorials/reading/03-values.htm

How to count beats: https://datadragon.com/education/reading/count.shtml

Also, it is a good idea to watch other people play (whether in real life or the internet) to get an idea on how to position your hands.

Sorry, I'm not familiar with Step by Step. D:

[jiafei]

I just moved on to my 3rd month of piano study.  With avg. 2 hr per day practice every single day in the past two months, I now can play Bach Minuets such as BWV 822 and BWV Anh. 114, and Clementi's Sonatina Op.36, No.1.  I wasted a lot of time at the beginning goofing around with those Alfred, Faber, Suzuki course books... What I find that's most helpful actually is a combination of Hanon/Beyer/Czerny, Bach (Anh.), Sonatina/Sonata, and something from romantic/impressionist period that requires less technique but more interpretation.  The combination works for me because I'm a hopeless classical lover and it covers the most important areas of music study such as technique, hand/finger independence, speed/dynamics, and interpretation.  Four learning pieces per week is about average of what a piano student takes, I think.  One of my friends studies this way and achieved Gr. 8 in less than 4 years. 

If I had learned piano for 4 month, what piece do you think I can play? Please list the pieces. (Assume that I practice diligently - 5 days in a week). Thanks 

[jiafei]

Wow, I just found out from this thread how similar my practice regime is to the entry requirement of professional music conservatory.  So I guess there is some truth to it....
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=38557.0

I just moved on to my 3rd month of piano study.  With avg. 2 hr per day practice every single day in the past two months, I now can play Bach Minuets such as BWV 822 and BWV Anh. 114, and Clementi's Sonatina Op.36, No.1.  I wasted a lot of time at the beginning goofing around with those Alfred, Faber, Suzuki course books... What I find that's most helpful actually is a combination of Hanon/Beyer/Czerny, Bach (Anh.), Sonatina/Sonata, and something from romantic/impressionist period that requires less technique but more interpretation.  The combination works for me because I'm a hopeless classical lover and it covers the most important areas of music study such as technique, hand/finger independence, speed/dynamics, and interpretation.  Four learning pieces per week is about average of what a piano student takes, I think.  One of my friends studies this way and achieved Gr. 8 in less than 4 years. 

[strugglingsally]

I'm quite devastated now hahaha, Ive been learning for 6 months and it would take me an age to learn some of those pieces posted above!! I must be very slow at learning I think. I am practicing 30 mins - 3 hours per day, 4-5 days a week so not as much as above posters but it certainly makes me think that I should knuckle down! 

[fenz]

I just moved on to my 3rd month of piano study.  With avg. 2 hr per day practice every single day in the past two months, I now can play Bach Minuets such as BWV 822 and BWV Anh. 114, and Clementi's Sonatina Op.36, No.1.  I wasted a lot of time at the beginning goofing around with those Alfred, Faber, Suzuki course books... What I find that's most helpful actually is a combination of Hanon/Beyer/Czerny, Bach (Anh.), Sonatina/Sonata, and something from romantic/impressionist period that requires less technique but more interpretation.  The combination works for me because I'm a hopeless classical lover and it covers the most important areas of music study such as technique, hand/finger independence, speed/dynamics, and interpretation.  Four learning pieces per week is about average of what a piano student takes, I think.  One of my friends studies this way and achieved Gr. 8 in less than 4 years. 

thanks jiafei.. you have inspired me

[fenz]

I'm quite devastated now hahaha, Ive been learning for 6 months and it would take me an age to learn some of those pieces posted above!! I must be very slow at learning I think. I am practicing 30 mins - 3 hours per day, 4-5 days a week so not as much as above posters but it certainly makes me think that I should knuckle down! 

don't give up strugglingsally... i have some problem with you... i'm slow learner, but i want to learn faster... if i don't practice for few days i should practice harder than before, because it's looks like i begin the practice like i haven't practiced it before