What are you practicing?

[hermanberntzen]

What are you practicing on the piano for the time?
Im trying to get the Contrapunctus No.1 from Bach to sound good.
What about you guys?

[sunshine_keys]

I'm working on Sonatina in C, some Christmas music, and a few other random songs. I think I'm gonna take a look at Raindrop No. 15 - Fredrick Chopin soon. I printed the sheets for it the other day, but haven't gotten around to playing it yet.

[autodidact]

As far as level of difficulty goes, some really random stuff 

Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 3 No. 2
Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 23 No. 5
Beethoven Sonata Op. 2 No. 1
Several of the easy Chopin Preludes
Some Bach inventions

[danhuyle]

Scriabin Sonata 2 - First movement. I wanna get good at the 1st movement before moving on to the 2nd.

Scriabin Etudes - Op8 no1,3,5,9
Liszt - TE 6,7,8

[chopin1993]

Grieg; second mvt from his sonata

Prokofiev; prelude op. 12 no. 7, having a pretty hard time with that  Anyone who can give me advice about this piece can send me a private message!

Mozart; sonata no. 12 (k332)

Bach; Sinfonia no. 15

Czerny; some etudes from his op. 299   
It bores me so much, but I have a teacher who thinks it's best to play them. Any other etudes which are more fun to study?


Valerie

[49410enrique]

Scriabin Sonata 2 - First movement. I wanna get good at the 1st movement before moving on to the 2nd.

Scriabin Etudes - Op8 no1,3,5,9
Liszt - TE 6,7,8

whoa nice! really, great set of music there! if i were going to program awesomeness that's about the way i'd go

[ajspiano]

When I have the time to put in actual practice..

Chopin - Polonaise in Ab Op 53.
Beethoven - pathetique sonata, all movements.

bits and pieces of chopin etudes (pretty lazy dysfunctional practice, I sit down and play sections every now and then)

op10 no 1
op10 no 3
op10 no 9
op25 no 7
op25 no 11

general jazz related practice..

[autodidact]

As far as level of difficulty goes, some really random stuff 

Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 3 No. 2
Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 23 No. 5
Beethoven Sonata Op. 2 No. 1
Several of the easy Chopin Preludes
Some Bach inventions

Okay, replace Bach inventions with Scarlatti sonatas. I just discovered how cool they sound! 

[outin]

Okay, replace Bach inventions with Scarlatti sonatas. I just discovered how cool they sound! 

Good decision!

I am currently learning K208.
Then I'd like to start K99 (that one is really cool!)
Then maybe K32, K98, K466, K322, K109, K259, K19, K40, K11, K9... the list is long...

They are nice to learn, they are challenging enough to me to be interesting, but not too difficult to get me too frustrated. My teacher thinks they are useful. And of course they do sound so nice!

[chidzuyo]

Rondo Alla Turca - Volodos' arrangement
Air on D Major (trying to memorise it)

[jimbo320]

Trying to get the timing down for 'Catherine Parr'...

[49410enrique]

Rondo Alla Turca - Volodos' arrangement
Air on D Major (trying to memorise it)

that volodo's piece is wickedly hard! wow, when you got it downi'm pretty sure others including me would love to see it in the audition room. way to go!

[williampiano]

Haydn Sonata hob 23
Schumann Aufschwung
Bartok Rondo on a folk tune no. 2
Bach Prelude & Fugue in d minor (book 1)

I'm also working on teaching myself some more Antheil Valentine Waltzes and Bach Inventions and Sinfonias.

[jgallag]

On break, so fooling around with:
Sibelius Five Pieces Op. 85
Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu
Debussy Prelude: Les Collines D'Anacapri, Le Cathedrale Engloutie
Leybach Fantaisie Brillante on Les Rameaux by J. Faure

Maintaining Audition Repertoire:
Bach P&F in F# Major, Book 1
Beethoven Sonata in e minor Op. 90
Chopin Scherzo No. 2 in Bb minor
Ginastera Suite de Danzas Criollas

[jollisg]

Beethoven 12 variations on "das Waldmädchen", WoO 71, A major (almost "finished")
Chopin etude op 25 no 2, f minor
(Chopin etude op 25 no 7, c sharp minor) (I've learned that on my own..)
Moszkowski etude in g minor
Stenhammar fantasie op 11 no 1, b minor
Brahms rhapsody op 72 no 1, b minor
Bach italian concert, mvt 1 (so far), F major

Also the accompaniment for "think of me" (from the phantom of the opera), but not as serious as the other pieces.. I'm maybe gonna play it with a singer later on.

I hope I haven't missed anything now. If I have, I'll come back

[commissiona]

Okay, replace Bach inventions with Scarlatti sonatas. I just discovered how cool they sound! 

Scarlatti's sonatas are like a bottomless cookie jar of new discoveries that never disappoint, and are also perhaps the apex of late baroque keyboard sonatas.  Around 600 of them survive today, and historians believe that the vast majority of them were written in the last decade of his life. 

I think their appeal derives from a couple of things: the clear lines of melody demonstrated in most of them that forshadow the coming of the classical styles, yet still use the same chromatic devices great composers employed to great effect during the baroque, a most sublime and dynamic combination.  That, and their crisp Spanish influences add to thier uniqueness.

I always work on at least 3 different sonatas of his at any given time as most are very approachable to an early/intermediate keyboardist.  I probably wouldn't want to throw out Bach inventions, though, as they are still very useful in addressing specific technical issues of that style.  If fact, I lack being able to play Bach with ease and plan to begin studying the invetions to help with that deficiency.

Although there is plenty of Scarlatti to go around, if anyone's interested, similar keyboard composers of 18th Century Spanish era include Antonio Soler (usually more challenging than Scarlatti and personally not ready for), Manuel Blasco de Nebra (can't go wrong with a name like that!), and Carlos Seixas (Portuguese) to name a few.  There are many others not mentioned that demonstrate this unique style also deserve attention, but tend to be very hard to find and require hoops such as interlibrary loans (how I obtained the Blasco de Nebra) to find.

Regards

[faa2010]

Bach Inventions 1, 4, 7, 8.

Chopin Nocturne op. 9 no 2
Chopin Prelude op. 28 no 4
Chopin Prelude op. 28 no 7
Chopin Prelude op. 28 no 15 (Raindrops)
Chopin Waltz op 64 no 1

Satie Gymnopedies (1,2,3)

I hope to start to learn one day a piece of Mozart, Debussy's "Arabesque 1", Ravel's "Mirroirs"

[megakentar]

Chopin Ballade in A-flat Major
Chopin Polonaise "Heroique"
Bach Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major
Mozart Sonata in B-flat Major K.333
Re-learning the Rachmaninoff Prelude in g minor op.23 no.5

[alstonsammy]

Good decision!

I am currently learning K208.
Then I'd like to start K99 (that one is really cool!)
Then maybe K32, K98, K466, K322, K109, K259, K19, K40, K11, K9... the list is long...

They are nice to learn, they are challenging enough to me to be interesting, but not too difficult to get me too frustrated. My teacher thinks they are useful. And of course they do sound so nice!

Yes! They are quite nice to get it learned. I am learning K322 at the moment and will proceed same as you.

[pianoplayjl]

I'm working on these pieces:

Bach prelude and fugue in C major WTC 1
Scriabin prelude op11 no 14
Mozart
Debussy
Mendelssohn

[49410enrique]

currently in addition to my solo work, i have to put a rush/priority status on the piano reduction to the orchestral parts of the hoffmeister viola concerto and the kabalevsky violin concerto.

 i really wish these publishers would get good pianists with a decent sense of appropriate pianistic writting rather than just putting every darn note played by the ensemble into a piano part and call it a true and good and propper realization of an accompanyment. i mean these are not as bad as some vivaldi and bach ones i've had to essentially re-score/re-arrange but some parts are really stupid.

[black_keys]

Flight of the Bumblebee

Rzewski the people united will never be defeated (theme and some variations)

Some Czerny etudes

And I think about starting with Liszt Liebestraum no.3 and Chopin Grande valse brillante op.18

[jimbo320]

I just received the sheet music book of Jim Brickman's greatest hits so I'll be busy for a while....

[williampiano]

My teacher and I just choose some new music at my last lesson, about an 1 hour ago. So, here is the new stuff I'm learning now:

Brahms- Capriccio op. 76 no. 1
Tauriello- Toccata
Scarlatti- Sonata K. 209
Cramer- Etude in B flat major (I'm not sure of the exact opus number)
and I'm finishing up all three movements of Haydn Sonata hob xvi 23.

I've also been assigned a whole load of scales and theory to work on

[j_menz]

I recently went mad on amazon and bought a whole lot of new stuff. Also, I have a huge backlog of stuff I've downloaded. So, at the moment, I'm on a break from real study and just trying to work my way through what I can. I'm finding it quite an interesting experience, actually, and it's doing my sight reading and some of my technique no end of good. 

[amelialw]

Am currently, finishing off, reworking and polishing rep I've learnt within the past year and learning the following pieces as well. For now, am focusing on Haydn and Czerny. After I am done with Haydn, I'll move on to Mozart

Haydn sonatas hob. 34,37 and 48 I think along with Czerny op.299 nos.13 and 14

[iratior]

The big deal for me is the Chopin prelude no. 19 in Eb major.  It's extremely challenging for me but very rewarding because I think that trying to do it has improved my Chopin playing in general.

[candlelightpiano]

Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu, Liszt's Consolation No 3 and Grieg's Morning Mood.

[pianowolfi]

The big deal for me is the Chopin prelude no. 19 in Eb major.  It's extremely challenging for me but very rewarding because I think that trying to do it has improved my Chopin playing in general.

Indeed that one is like an etude. A Chopin etude, of course.

[dionblain]

The big deal for me is the Chopin prelude no. 19 in Eb major.  It's extremely challenging for me but very rewarding because I think that trying to do it has improved my Chopin playing in general.

Same condition with me! But I have quite improved on it!

[db05]

Back to practicing after a three-year hiatus...

Hanon 1-10 - relearning for speed/ control.. don't laugh 
Czerny Op. 599 Nos. 60-62 - sight reading practice
Kuhlau Sonatina Op. 55 No. 3 in C
Chopin Waltz Op. 69 No. 2 in Bm

Next in line:
Bach Invention No. 1

[jeffkonkol]

scriabin prelude op 15 / 3
scriabin prelude op 16 / 2
scriabin prelude 17 / 5
scriabin prelude 11 / 7
scriabin etude 8 / 12
chopin etude 25 / 10
chopin nocture 55 / 2

[jollisg]

For my concerts (pieces I have played for a long time and are just refresching):
Beethoven - WoO 71 (12 variations on "das Waldmädchen")
Stenhammar - op. 11 no. 1 (fantasie)
Bach - italienisches konzert (only the first movement at this time)
Chopin - op. 66 (fantaisie impromptu)
Chopin - op. 25 no.7 (etude)
Chopin - nocturne b flat minor
Sinding - frühlingsrauschen

Pieces I am learning:
Sibelius - romance D flat major
Khachaturian - toccata
Beethoven - sonata op. 13 (pathetique)
Chopin - op 25 no 1 (etude)
Chopin - op 25 no 2 (etude)
Brahms - rhapsody op 79 no 1

Eventually going to start studying these during the summer brake:
Debussy - arabesque no 1
Liszt - liebestraum no 3

[pianoplayjl]

Haydn
Beethoven

JL

[larapool]

Short-term practicing:

Mozart - K330 sonata in C major, first movement
Chopin - Op 28. No. 6, Op 28. No. 9, Op. 70 No. 2, waltz in C# minor (can't remember opus number off the top of my head)

Long-term practicing (ie, a very technically demanding piece to work on all aspects of playing, very long-term goal if I even plan to finish it at all)

Beethoven - Pathetique sonata first movement

[pianoman53]

My teacher and I just decided new rep...

Right now I work on:
Beethoven: op 101
Prokofiev:   Sonata no 2
Brahms:     op 10
Chopin:      Etude op 10/1, 8, 12

In a few weeks, when they are ok, I'll start with:
Liszt:         Spanish Rhapsody
Beethoven: Emperor concerto
Ravel:        Parts of Miroir
Chopin:      Etude op 10: 2, 3, 4, 9

Whenever they are in an ok standard.. :
Rachmaninov: 6 Moment musical
Mozart:         Piano concerto G major
Liszt:            Chasse Neige, Paganini etude no 6
Ravel:           The rest of Miroirs

Plus, in the end of August I have a concert, playing:

Liszt: Mephisto waltz no 1
Chopin: Ballade no 2
Chopin op 10: 1 and 12
Scarlatti: K466
Brahms: From op 10

[pianoplayjl]

Debussy prelude
Chopin prelude

JL

[williamraym]

I'm practicing river flows in you by Yiruma.

[williampiano]

I've been practicing and playing through some Scott Joplin Rags, because I'm planning on learning some of them with my teacher. I think it would be neat to learn four or five of them by the end of the summer and record them for YouTube.

[pianoplayjl]

Bach Fugue
Mendelssohn
Scales
Granados
Tcherepnin
My composition

[pianoplayjl]

Bach Fugue
Mendelssohn
Scales
Granados
Tcherepnin
My composition

OOps...Forgot something.
Some of my older repertoire like 2nd and 3rd grade stuff. I haven't played those in a while.

JL

[unholeee]

There was a hole here

Secret

Greensleeves

[pianoplayjl]

Bach Fugue
Beethoven
Schumann

JL

[zezhyrule]

That Bartok Piano Suite, Op. 14. My first venture into something even slightly modern. Can it even be considered that? I don't know, but it's certainly different from anything else I'm learning. Love it so far~

also everything in mah sig

[pianoplayjl]

Bach Fugue
Hadyn sonata
Schumann piece

JL

[williampiano]

In my orchestra class at school tomorrow we are having a sort of musical show and tell where people can play anything they want on any instrument. So, the past two days I've been working on reviving Aufschwung by Schumann to play for them tomorrow.

[pianoplayjl]

My music soiree coming up so I'm practicing my old stuff again like Beethoven and Bach. I might include some singing since I'm now in the choir. I often lose my way when singing, in terms of notes. I have a  bass voice.

JL

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Scriabin sonata 9...!

Bach prelude and fugue in A flat major.  It's been like four months now and it still sounds like Schoenberg... 

Appassionata?     Maybe?

[pianoplayjl]

Me old repertoire of Bach
Bach Fugue
Beethoven.

[p2u_]

What are you practicing?

Godowsky Albeniz Tango. Very nice piece.

Paul