Suggestion for a new piece :)

[gn622]

hello everybody, im new to this community so please be easy on me 

i've been playing the piano for half a year now and can currently play chopin's nocturne op.37 no.1  and op.9 no 2, and that's pretty much it, so i was wondering if you guys can give me any suggestions for a new piece, preferably by chopin too.

I'm really interested in learning something fast or load but not terribly hard. much appreciated 

oh and one more thing, im really interested in sharing a recording of mine for insight from you guys, but i really have no idea how to do that...(its embarrassing that i dont know there stuff...)

ive recorded it on my iphone and ive sent it to my email, what do i do next?

(sorry about my english, im not a native speaker)

[49410enrique]

you should be able to handle the Chopin Prelude, No. 20, Op. 28 in C minor

 

[drkilroy]

The prelude is not fast at all.

I do not like Chopin very much, so I cannot recommend you anything by him, but I think Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from Children's Corner by Debussy is a nice, fast and not very hard piece.

Best regards, Dr

[49410enrique]

The prelude is not fast at all.

I do not like Chopin very much, so I cannot recommend you anything by him, but I think Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from Children's Corner by Debussy is a nice, fast and not very hard piece.

Best regards, Dr

oh my gosh sorry, i didn't read carefully at all! i'll try to think of an approachable quick one. my apologis again to the OP. still the prelude is very very pretty, so maybe it can be learned in the future just a suggestion. sorry again.

[gn622]

lol thanks guys, im really liking this forum so far. 

Im just tired of playing "soft music" so i want something fast and load but also beautiful. 

[drkilroy]

Im just tired of playing "soft music" so i want something fast and load but also beautiful. 

I think Dr Gradus ad Parnassum meets with all these requirements. You could also try Schumann's Arabesque if you prefer earlier Romantics.

Best regards, Dr

[49410enrique]

hmm give this one a try, sounds big, not as difficult (term used losely) as the others, certainly doable with some carefuly study and practice at the intermediate->advanced to "early advanced" levels with good instruction.

Op  40 in A major

[49410enrique]

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[gn622]

Thank you guys for the suggestion, ive listened to them all but honestly they're not my style, the military polonaise suggestion was interesting but i never really liked that polonaise .

I was thinking perhaps i should study Chopin's  prelude so i can quickly learn a new piece while developing my technique, any ideas which prelude meets all the requirements ?

[pianoplayjl]

Perhaps prelude no 16 or 24.

[drkilroy]

Schumann is the only "piano-romantic" I particularly like (if we do not count Debussy), so I can recommend you only his pieces. What about the first part of Faschingsschwank aus Wien?

Best regards, Dr

[gn622]

I really love the 16'th prelude, but i listened to it and im not sure if ill be able to handle it, is it considered hard??

[bachbrahmsschubert]

I really love the 16'th prelude, but i listened to it and im not sure if ill be able to handle it, is it considered hard??

Yes, it's difficult. If you want something fast why not the g major prelude? It's really not that difficult at all as the left hand is the same figuration and doesn't change very often. Pretty typical right hand melody and modulations from early Chopin, then it all comes together at the end! No. 8 F#m might be a little too difficult, but worth looking in to. C# minor, maybe? It's short, reminds me of a gentle giant. Maybe not really what you're looking for.

Why not try some mazurkas? Unfortunately, the majority of Chopin's later music with a lot of finger work is very advanced and complex, you're better off only selecting from the preludes, mazurkas and early polonaises.

Enjoy your studies.

[gn622]

Thank for you for these amazing suggestion,  (im really sorry to bother you guys)

i really want to play something dramatic, something dramatic with both a calm and load sections?

[49410enrique]

Thank for you for these amazing suggestion,  (im really sorry to bother you guys)

i really want to play something dramatic, something dramatic with both a calm and load sections?

pretty piece, nice variety, should be approachable at the late intermediate levels (usually):

[gn622]

i just listened to liszt's fourth Hungarian rhapsody and its exactly what im looking for,however, knowing liszt, im pretty sure its extremely difficult, should i give it a shot or continue looking? ;p

[megadodd]

If you don't want to spend extreme amounts of time fixing a piece when you get better, you don't want to take on something that's above your level.

I would recomend looking into chopin valses.

[megadodd]

To clarify, if you want to get better (faster)- you should take small steps. Without a teacher it might be hard to know what is a small step and what is a big one. But going from the Chopin nocturnes into Liszt's rhapsody might not be the smartest way to approach learning the piano.
I'm a huge enthusiast of the quote "either a piano piece is possible or impossible". So if you think you can do it, you can.
But considering most starter pianists has their goal on getting better faster. It would be smarter as I stated earlier, to take small steps.

[gn622]

you think the Grande valse brillante in E flat major" be approachable to me?

[pies]

Finnissy - Piano Concerto no. 4

[chucksutton]

Chopin Mazurka Op. 50, No. 3

[eric9]

Check our "asturias" by albeniz.  its not chopin but it's fast, loud, not difficult (but it sounds difficult)

[fftransform]

Check our "asturias" by albeniz.  its not chopin but it's fast, loud, not difficult (but it sounds difficult)

Asturias is quite difficult, compared to the person's skill level.  The leaps from the ostinato figures are very large.

[pianowolfi]

Right. Plus it's not only loud. It starts pp, very difficult to manage with all those fast repeated notes. Some people misunderstand it and bang it away like crazy. And usually they don't like the middle part because they think it's boring  . And btw "Asturias" is not the correct title. It's either "Prélude" or "Leyenda".

[chris30]

Debussey Reverie is a good alternative as it still has a flow to it.

[gn622]

I'm such a horrible person, after finally settling with a piece i forgot to report back to you guys.
first of all, thank you ALL for the amazing suggestions,  but my teacher and i decided to work on chopin's revolutionary etude, which isn't much of a challenge to me since im left handed and my left hand is ten times stronger than my right anyway.