Might I suggest to you that you try downloading the Anna Magnalena Minuets in the Bach section here at PS. Those are strong level three classical pieces.
Tchaik Sym#6 Transcription
Bartok Suite Op. 14 (1st and 2nd movements)
Took the whole week off from my Schubert OP 94 No3 and piano in general. After my little medical procedure on Monday and then back to work the rest of the week and of course make up work to do, I had no energy. Last night I started back up for an hour or so with piano, David Nevue pieces for the evening and to play for my adult daughter who is visiting today. Just wanted to brush them up for her. At some point today back to Schubert, maybe in a few minutes actually !Also, I just wanted to say that a month or so ago someone mentioned that they had a hard time learning David Nevue's, Solitude, since they were a beginner and that's one of his easiest pieces ( it's in his easy category, as he categorises his sheet music). They were seemingly taken back a bit to discover this and put the piece aside for now.. I want to confirm how a beginner might have a problem. Any early mid level or of course, advanced student or player won't have any trouble in this piece at all but it's written with a touch of rhythm and extended keyboard range , different from what you might find in any beginners books and that an early beginner might find these techniques challenging, especially without a teacher. I'm doing this piece on the keyboard rather than on my grand piano, my wife thought it would be a nice piece to create a mix of piano and strings with and she is correct ! I find it a bit weak as a piano solo personally ( as written, I keep wanting to add in more chordal structure), it is nice with the mix. By the same token, it's simple sound is also it's reward, that's the intent of the composer and is in itself what conveys the mood of Solitude. So it need not be over done either.. I believe some simple instruction should get most anyone playing the piece though. So to who ever that was ( sorry I don't remember what member it was), I see where you could have run into trouble with Solitude !
I don't like #2!
These are the pieces that I'm learning (that isn't "concert ready" yet):Prokofiev - op4 no4 "suggestion diabolique"Chopin - op10 no12 "revolutionary etude"Liszt - paganini etude no5 "la chasse"Haydn - sonata Hob XVI:23, mvt1 (allegro)I'm keeping up some pieces also:Chopin - ballade no1Khachaturian - toccata (e flat minor)It feels like I've forgotten something... But I can update if I remember some more pieces!
As of now? Mephisto Waltz, Moonlight Sonata, and two of my own compositions.None of those are going too well.
Finished Schumannn op 15 no 1, muahahahahaha! Only the notes, now need to learn the style and expression. Very very satisfied.This piece makes me really feel like a pianist, the sheer artistry defined in the finger paterns is just awesome.All without a teacher btw. Can't wait for my teacher to help me out with this piece/hear it.
Congrats, nice milestone ! Will you now continue to work with the piece or set it aside for a later date and come back to it when you have gained further skills ( though you have learned the notes, it sounds as though you aren't finished with it is why I'm asking) ?I'm now working on Chopin Nocturne Op72 No1, I want it for the trills and runs practice, plus I like it ! I have a Mozart piece ( and if I ever find that Schumann piece I mentioned a few months ago)that will benefit from that work. This is how my teacher taught me to work years ago, use one piece to augment another, not always excercises. Sometimes we just used one piece to extract what was needed from it, not so much for it's entire musical content, so it wasn't always finished for that reason ( if I liked it it might have been finished anyway), though the main piece was finished to the best of my skill at that time. Anyway, since returning to piano now 10 months ago, I have found my trills to be rusty and runs sloppy. 72-1 should help that. I've already gained on the trills.
Never thought Schumann would entice me.
I'm now working on Chopin Nocturne Op72 No1, I want it for the trills and runs practice, plus I like it !
This is a really great piece, it's actually the first romantic era piece (maybe except for the 28-4 prelude) that I really think I will be playing for a long time. I'm a bit worried about the trills and runs though, haven't got to the 3rd page yet. But I can usually manage when I want something hard enough...after all it took me only a week to be able to play the right hand octaves with this piece, while I never managed when I was trying without this kind of musical content...This piece miraculously caused a sudden growth of my hand span
It's time to learn Lizst's Spanish Rhapsody! Love those opening arpeggios! And the thirds in Folie d'Espagne! I swear, learning to play Spanish Rhapsody has been a lifelong ambition. Hard not to get sidetracked. I have my own house all to myself and will practice practice practice all day long to get those chords right. If I can ever play it as well as conceived, it could be enough to make the winter more severe! There's nothing like playing Spanish Rhapsody in a winter with a 20-inch snowfall.
Well:- My teacher has no objections of me learning FULL Fur Elise, I showed him that I've mastered the second theme on my own, the rest is way easier, but hard on its own. I think Fur Elise will be in my grasp note wise and feelings wise somewhere in april.- The Schumann piece is coming along nicely.
All good news, consider Fur Elise a work in progress ! I'm telling you that it ages really well, as your technique improves you will find new things in Fur Elise. That piece was a constant in my repertoir a long time ago, it only got better and better as I improved my playing skills.
Topic: What are you practicing? 