Easy Mozart

[ladychopin]

Hello, I'm looking for easy pieces by Mozart to practice my sight reading

Any suggestions? 

[asiantraveller101]

Notebook for Nannerl Mozart, which contains both father Leopold and son Amadeus's easy works.

[skrj486]

The Fantasia in D minor (apart from the cadenzas)

[harusame]

Mozart sonatas in C Major and F major

[h_chopin148]

mozart sonata k. 545 c major

[j_menz]

His Sonatinas are well worth a look.

Henle also publishes a miscellaneous volume of stuff including some of his notebooks (can't remember what it's called) and quite a lot of that is good sight reading fodder.

[ladychopin]

I'm trying to build a reading program
At this point I can easily read Bartok pieces for children and microcosmos and schumann pieces for childrens.
So I figured the next step will be easy mozart, after that what would you do?

[h_chopin148]

I'm trying to build a reading program
At this point I can easily read Bartok pieces for children and microcosmos and schumann pieces for childrens.
So I figured the next step will be easy mozart, after that what would you do?

Bach 2 part inventions or Anna Magdalena Notebook

[ladychopin]

I have played all the anna magdalena, it's pretty easy for me to read
and about the inventions - I think it would be easier to read music which isn't polyphonic

But after these, I shouldn't jump to chopin's mazurkas for example. what is between?

[andd845]

I have an interesting relationship with K545, 'for beginners' because, yes notes wise it is, execution wise, it most definitely isn't.

For the first movement, I could play the notes  and run through it only a few months after taking up piano, but my god making it sound half bearable, executing the trills well and keeping things even and neat takes some skill. I return to it every so often to see how I'm doing. Sounding much better, but I still wouldn't say I can ** play ** it. There is simply nowhere to hide. I wouldn't dream of playing this in public yet.

[roncesvalles]

Try K 545, as it seems to be one of his easier sonatas, but, for me, Mozart's sonata K 570 in Bb Major was easier.  Somehow it just flows better for me, maybe because I find the music more appealing, with its intermittent chromaticism.  It's hard for me to play something I don't fully enjoy, since my technique is so slight that with nearly any piece I have to develop some ability that I've never had before.

The D minor fantasia is also doable for a beginner, and you'll get to do some nice chromatic runs.

If you're able to play all that you can, I don't think that Chopin is far out of reach.  Try your hands at some of the preludes.  Numbers 4, 6, and 20 shouldn't give you any problems.  Depending on your hand size, number 2 might not be difficult.  In terms of his Mazurkas, his later ones can be easier.  Op 63 no 2 is something I'm working on now--it has its tricky moments, but, on the whole, it's not hard.  Op 63 no 3 gets a little more difficult at the end, but it's not too bad.  Op 67 nos 2 and 4 might be a good starting point.  The accompaniment is simple, although, occasionally there are some large chords, and the lyrical quality of both is rewarding.  That said, I am partial to Chopin's later works, and maybe you should just get an edition of his complete Mazurkas, look through them to see what you can play, listen to a good recording, and get to work on whatever you think you can handle and what you like. 

Good luck!

[chicoscalco]

The variations in C major, "Ah, vous dirais-je Maman", or simply "Variations on Twinkle twinkle little star" 
It's a very nice Mozart to sight read. I find variations easier to sight read, as you only have to figure out the pattern, the musical idea is more or less the same.

[awesom_o]

Find yourself a partner! Break out Mozart Sonatas for Four Hands!

[andd845]

"Try K 545, as it seems to be one of his easier sonatas, ..." -sigh-

so, it's just me then? honestly the amount of 'instructional' recordings on youtube where that first trill has been downgraded to something nearer a turn and it goes down hill from there...

[andd845]

for a minute there, I thought I was alone on this one, then I found...

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=29375.0

[ianw]

You could try the Piano Syllabus website at https://pianosyllabus.net16.net/.  Entering 'Mozart' and grade = 5 (or whatever grade you think is appropriate) will yield a bunch of hits.  There's over 200 hits for Mozart across all grades, although this no doubt includes work by Wolfgang's old man!