Bartok: Stamping Dance from Mikrokosmos Book 5

[liszt85]

I learned this last week after my teacher recommended it to me. Its a nice spirited piece.. need to make the end even more spirited than I'm playing currently but I'm happy with it for now. Check it out and thanks for listening.

[birba]

LIked that a lot!  You've got a very sound sturdy technique accompanied by an impeccable rythm.  How old are you?  You seem to have a facility for reading and learning.  Read and learn as much as you can while you're young.

[liszt85]

LIked that a lot!  You've got a very sound sturdy technique accompanied by an impeccable rythm.  How old are you?  You seem to have a facility for reading and learning.  Read and learn as much as you can while you're young.

Hey birba, thanks for your kind comment. I'm 26. I didn't have a good teacher for a long time. I recently started lessons with a piano professor at my university (privately, I'm not a music major). We've had 5 great lessons so far. I'm trying to learn as much new repertoire as possible. I used to be a bad reader but I've gotten better recently.

[koopakool]

That sounds so good! Wish I had that pro sound. Didn't know this piece, not very familiar with Mikrokosmos, but very well played I must say! I listened to it about 10 times haha

[liszt85]

That sounds so good! Wish I had that pro sound. Didn't know this piece, not very familiar with Mikrokosmos, but very well played I must say! I listened to it about 10 times haha

The Mikrokosmos is wonderful... you should read through it sometime. Books 1-4 deal primarily with developing technique and books 5 and 6 are more like performance pieces. I believe Bartok wrote this (at least 1-4) for his son to teach him to play the piano. Instead of using common major/minor modes, he wanted to use other modes and other harmonic ideas to open up a richer sound world to the student, and that is what you hear in these pieces. I teach a couple of kids, and I make them all do the Mikrokosmos and they all love it.