Easiest Mendelssohn

[fritzi2000]

Hello everyone!

I recently listened to some of Mendelssohn's "Songs without words" and was astonished how beautiful they actually are. Thus I wanted to play one oh these immediatly, got the sheet music but had to gain the insight that they were pretty hard, at least for me.

Which one do you consider the easiest of these?
I worked my way through all this grading stuff but I'm not quite convinced of that. I guess it is easier to say which one is the easiest than giving them all abstract numbers.

Thank you in advance
(Please forgive any language mistakes, I'm still learning Engloish in school).

[outin]

Hello everyone!

I recently listened to some of Mendelssohn's "Songs without words" and was astonished how beautiful they actually are. Thus I wanted to play one oh these immediatly, got the sheet music but had to gain the insight that they were pretty hard, at least for me.

Which one do you consider the easiest of these?
I worked my way through all this grading stuff but I'm not quite convinced of that. I guess it is easier to say which one is the easiest than giving them all abstract numbers.

Depends I guess, but these are usually considered easiest:
30-3
19-4
102-3 (this one is fast though)

[evitaevita]

Although I don't care about grades and the level of each piece is subjective,
this is a list written in another thread by user Bernhard and may be helpful:

Op. 19 no. 1 – grade 8
Op. 19 no. 2 – grade 6
Op. 19 no. 3 – grade 7
Op. 19 no. 4 – grade 6
Op. 19 no. 5 – grade 8
Op. 19 no. 6 – grade 6
Op. 30 no. 1 – grade 7
Op. 30 no. 2 – grade 7
Op. 30 no. 3 – grade 5
Op. 30 no. 4 – grade 8
Op. 30 no. 5 - grade 8
Op. 30 no. 6 - grade 6
Op. 38 no. 1 – grade 8
Op. 38 no. 2 – grade 8
Op. 38 no. 3 – grade 8
Op. 38 no. 4 – grade 6
Op. 38 no. 5 – grade 8
Op. 38 no. 6 – grade 8
Op. 53 no. 1 – grade 7
Op. 53 no. 2 – grade 6
Op. 53 no. 3 – grade 7
Op. 53 no. 4 – grade 6
Op. 53 no. 5 – grade 6
Op. 53 no. 6 – grade 8
Op. 62 no. 1 – grade 6
Op. 62 no. 2 – grade 6
Op. 62 no. 3 – grade 6
Op. 62 no. 4 – grade 6
Op. 62 no. 5 – grade 7
Op. 62 no. 6 – grade 7
Op. 67 no. 1 – grade 7
Op. 67 no. 2 – grade 7
Op. 67 no. 3 – grade 6
Op. 67 no. 4 – grade 8
Op. 67 no. 5 – grade 6
Op. 67 no. 6 – grade 7
Op. 85 no. 1 – grade 6
Op. 85 no. 2 – grade 6
Op. 85 no. 3 – grade 7
Op. 85 no. 4 – grade 7
Op. 85 no. 5 – grade 6
Op. 85 no. 6 – grade 7
Op. 102 no. 1 – grade 8
Op. 102 no. 2 – grade 6
Op. 102 no. 3 – grade 7
Op. 102 no. 4 – grade 6
Op. 102 no. 5 – grade 6
Op. 102 no. 6 – grade 5

[brendan765]

spring song from mendelssohns song without words is nice, It might be easy to you

[the_fervid_pig]

I took up the piano about 3 months back and am currently learning the Venetian Gondola Song, Opus 30 No. 6. I'm finding it challenging but by no means impossible, and it's very beautiful. Looking at the above list it seems to be one of the easier ones.

[fritzi2000]

Thanks to everyone who answered.
I decided for op. 19 number 4 now. It really isn't easy at all for me but I try hard and at some point in time, I will get it, I hope.
However I want to try op 30 no 3 afterwards aswell.

Puuh, just too many great pieces out there...

[drexo]

Thanks to everyone who answered.
I decided for op. 19 number 4 now. It really isn't easy at all for me but I try hard and at some point in time, I will get it, I hope.
However I want to try op 30 no 3 afterwards aswell.

Puuh, just too many great pieces out there...

Indeed - go for both. They're worth it.