Suggest Pieces :)

[peanutbutter]

Hi guys, can you please suggest me pieces that fit my level? I'm currently working with my teacher...

finished:
-Bartok Mikrokosmos bk. 1 nos. 1-31
-First Lessons in Bach bk. 1 (almost all of them)
-Clementi sonatina no. 2, no. 3 (mvt 1,2)
-Mendelssohn Songs without Words no. 2 op. 30/6 Venetian Boat Song

working on right now:
-Bartok Mikrokosmos bk. 1 no. 32
-First Lessons in Bach bk. 1 Minuet no. 15
-Clementi Sonatina no. 3 mvmt. 3
-Schumann Knight Rupert
-Chopin B minor waltz op. 69/2

about to do:
-First Lessons in Bach bk. 2
-Karl Bohm The Fountain


On my own, I have played some sonatas by Scarlatti (K. 450, 159), chopin's g minor polonaise, cliche pieces like rondo alla turca, canon in D, fur elise, turkish march mozart, turkish march beethoven, marche millitaire schubert, mozart k. 545 mvt. 1, joplin the entertainer, among others... I have also played some pieces from Schumann's Album for the Young and Burgmuller's 25 etudes. Any piece you'll suggest will be very much appreciated, thanks.

[chopinlover01]

Before you do the 69/2 b minor waltz, PLEASE do at least his 4 easiest preludes, C minor, E minor, B minor (That one actually helps with the waltz a lot due to it being the same key and having some similarities), and A major. I skipped the A major, but that's just me. Also, after the B minor waltz, you may want to check out Chopin's Raindrop prelude.
Well, that's me being a Chopinaholic for you. But check my name.
It looks like you're doing a lot of Bach, which is a good thing. In maybe a year or so look at his two part inventions, but even those may be too hard at that point. The f major is very famous. I'm doing the a minor invention, and it's more than it appears to be at first sight.
How much theory are you doing? If you haven't already, get your 12 major and 36 minor scales down  (These are very easily printed off the internet). Then chord progresions, and arpeggios, then work on more complex things like cadences and voice leading.
Oh, and listen to LOTS of music, especially things that you are working on and things you aspire to play. But don't be like me and be so caught up in the future that you don't work on what you have today.
Well there's my lecture. Cheers!

[pytheamateur]

Chopin Nocturne, Op9 Nos 1 & 2.

[peanutbutter]

Thanks for your replies. As for how much theory I'm learning, I have done major scales, arpeggios and some chord progressions, have to learn more of the minor scales, though.

[kopower]

Moonlight sonata first movement ofcourse!

[xdjuicebox]

I second the vote for Chopin Nocturnes Op 9

[peanutbutter]

I think the Op 9 nocturnes may be too difficult for me, but I'll have a look at the easier one (no 2?). And yep I've also tried the moonlight sonata 1st mov... quite a stretch for my hands..

[visitor]

one of my most favorite of the shorter Bartok.  Very accessible from intermediate/early advanced levels.

 

[gracefulpianist14]

sounds like you're just around my level, I'd suggest Clementi sonatinas 1-6, I've played almost all of them and love them! also, Kuhlau op. 20 sonatinas, Chopin preludes (e minor, A major, b minor, c minor), Fur Elise (original), Moonlight Sonata, any Bach inventions (my favorites are C Major, F Major, d minor, and B-flat Major  ) and Valse Sentimentale by Schubert. I'm working on most of these (or was) right now.

[peanutbutter]

one of my most favorite of the shorter Bartok.  Very accessible from intermediate/early advanced levels.

 

wow, compared to all the Bartok I've played, this sounds better! the first book sounds really weird...

sounds like you're just around my level, I'd suggest Clementi sonatinas 1-6, I've played almost all of them and love them! also, Kuhlau op. 20 sonatinas, Chopin preludes (e minor, A major, b minor, c minor), Fur Elise (original), Moonlight Sonata, any Bach inventions (my favorites are C Major, F Major, d minor, and B-flat Major  ) and Valse Sentimentale by Schubert. I'm working on most of these (or was) right now.

It seems a lot of people are suggesting Chopin's preludes. they're all wonderful... I'll take a look at kuhlau's sonatinas, I remember my teacher mentioning them. I've played some clementi but I don't like them that much, hehehe...

[visitor]

wow, compared to all the Bartok I've played, this sounds better! the first book sounds really weird...
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glad you liked it. Bartok will sound 'exotic' to you at first, but you have to understand what he was aiming to do. he was first and foremost firmly routed and trained in traditional western music (see his transcriptions of baroque songs for evidence of that). he considered the father of modern ethnomusicology (though he owes a great dealt to pioneering work of Mikuli), the folk music of the people in the Hungarian country side and surrounding regions relied heavily on a tonality that doesn't quite fit western traditional music all that well, so ears accustomed to that type of tonal system will hear that music as a bit 'weird' as you put it, but Bartok was a genius, a giant, and his music will grow on you the more you learn about it and listen to it.

as for the above, for a really good video to 'emulate' look to this as well

[chopinlover01]

PLEASE don't do the moonlight yet. There's so much underlying challenge in it, I think there was a thread about it somewhere. It's about 3 times as difficult as it seems. Still not drastically hard, but a lot harder than it sounds. You have to properly voice the top line, while still maintaining an audible but blending separate phrase in the bottom half of the RH.

[peanutbutter]

glad you liked it. Bartok will sound 'exotic' to you at first, but you have to understand what he was aiming to do. he was first and foremost firmly routed and trained in traditional western music (see his transcriptions of baroque songs for evidence of that). he considered the father of modern ethnomusicology (though he owes a great dealt to pioneering work of Mikuli), the folk music of the people in the Hungarian country side and surrounding regions relied heavily on a tonality that doesn't quite fit western traditional music all that well, so ears accustomed to that type of tonal system will hear that music as a bit 'weird' as you put it, but Bartok was a genius, a giant, and his music will grow on you the more you learn about it and listen to it.

as for the above, for a really good video to 'emulate' look to this as well

Yeah, I noticed that Bartok takes more focus to hit the right notes. It may look simple compared to clementi, but it takes more effort to read! I would readily understand why it is good for sightreading, you have to rely on reading it note-per-note- rather than just looking at the 'shapes' of passages, like in clementi, if that makes any sense, haha. Now, I can't wait to progress with Bartok... thanks!!

[chopinfrederic]

What about Moritz Moszkowski's Tarantella Op. 77 No. 6?

It might sound difficult, but it's not as difficult as it sounds. You just need to work on the speed (start slow, then go faster).