Piano pieces for trolling people

[justanamateur]

What piano pieces can you use for trolling?

I like to tell people I'm going to play a peaceful, soothing piece by Chopin. I sit down at the piano, and make pretentious Lang Lang faces while I play through the A section of Chopin nocturne Op 15 No 1... and wait for the expressions on their faces when I get to the B section. Totally priceless!

[Bob]

You could time something to beat of someone walking nearby.  That might amuse/annoy them a bit.

Or purposely hit a wrong note.  It would probably be easy to troll musicians.  Just a standard piece the wrong way a little bit. 

Or play the Moonlight Sonata in the wrong key.  I've got an edition in c minor.  People with perfect pitch would go nuts.

[kalirren]

Or purposely hit a wrong note.

I will occasionally end Bach's Fugue #1 in C from WTC II on a loud A-flat chord.

[visitor]

piano trolling done right.

[goldentone]

Interesting, interesting. . .

[alistaircrane4]

There are so many pieces that come to mind sure op 15 no1 is good but even better is the ballade in F major and one of my favorite trolling piece is op25 no11 by Chopin that piece nearly gave me a heart attack

[nachtmusik]

I like to play the lullaby section of Chopin Scherzo No. 1 very peacefully and then surprise people with the chords that bring it back into the A section.

[aklvkk]

play some mozart passage then prokofiev. Like K545 in c major or the variations on "twinkle twinkle little star" and then execute a few precarious measures from his 7th sonata or 2nd piano concerto.

[cuberdrift]

Haven't the old composers themselves already found a way to troll us all beyond the grave?

[justanamateur]

You guys are posting pieces I don't have the technical ability to perform  (Except the P&F, obviously.)

25/11 has a calm beginning, but it doesn't last long enough for the effect to equal 15/1's, I think. Of course, the main section of 25/11 is much more virtuosic than the 15/1, which is more suited for rubbish pianists like me.

I've been playing around with the polonaises lately, leaving only the Polonaise-fantaisie alone because I know I won't manage it. Still no troll pieces so far!

[quantum]

How to troll, by da master himself:

Mozart Variations K455 Unser dummer Pöbel meint, variation IX.

The composer is mocking performers that are self-absorbed and go a bit too far in their expressive ornamentations.  

Variation IX starts at 7:20 but you should listen to the whole thing to understand the perspective in which it is placed.

[justanamateur]

How to troll, by da master himself:

Mozart Variations K455 Unser dummer Pöbel meint, variation IX.

The composer is mocking performers that are self-absorbed and go a bit too far in their expressive ornamentations.  

Variation IX starts at 7:20 but you should listen to the whole thing to understand the perspective in which it is placed.

I like that trolling  I'm not big on Mozart, being more of a Clementi person, but I've gotta love that variation.

[Bob]

Wasn't Shostakovich doing some trolling of the government in his music?


I think this could count as some form of trolling...

(esp. with the piano tuning.... grr...)


Ah...

Yes... Do that before you play your next piece in public.  Haha.   

Or use Nyan Cat as an encore piece when you don't want to play anymore.  Torture the audience for requesting an encore.  Play as long as you want.  They can't leave.   

[Bob]

I've got one. 

Offer to take requests.  Then play only this.

[nachtmusik]

Saw this one on PS somewhere and fell in love with it:

[black_keys]

There is many ways to troll someone , you can surprise him by loud chords after a peacefull passage , or disappoint him by some unexpected or bad passages like in many modern pieces , or confuse him with a very weird rhythms that he cant understand .
Here's some examples :

Btw im looking for weird music like the melodic passages in this sonata

[Bob]

I think a professor would be easy to troll.  Just play the notes and rhythms, nothing else. 

[superstition2]

medley of:

Ustvolskaya sonata #6
chopsticks
How Much is That Doggy in the Window?
Für Elise
Clair de lune
Chopin funeral march
Mendelssohn wedding march
Happy Birthday
Ustvolskaya sonata #5

[Bob]

I've got a good one.

Imagine this... You're at a piano recital.  The performer speaks a little before each piece.  Something brief.   Interesting little facts about the composer or piece.  And then plays the piece.

Let's make that tidbit info incorrect.  "Did you know Chopin was actually beginning to suffer from the effects of herpes, which eventually killed him, when he wrote this piece?  That could explain the dissonances heard throughout the B section."  *plays piece*

How many people would be sitting in the audience, catch an error like that, but have to sit quietly in the audience and say nothing because the performer is now playing the piece? 

"This is an early piece by Bach, written his early teens, that he dedicated to Mozart." *begins playing right away*

[ahinton]

"Did you know Chopin was actually beginning to suffer from the effects of herpes, which eventually killed him, when he wrote this piece?  That could explain the dissonances heard throughout the B section."  *plays piece*

How many people would be sitting in the audience, catch an error like that

As long as an error was all that they caught...

Anyway, so many posts about piano trolling but no one has yet mentioned Grieg...

Best,

Alistair

[Bob]

You mean Greig?  That might be another nice troll.... Stick some typos in the program.  Then insist the spelling is correct... in the composer's native language, that's how it would be translated.


What's up with Grieg?  Mountain King?

[ale_ius]

Okay play serious program to stuffy old classical fans
This as an encore  

[dima_76557]

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