Good book of studies?

[holoman]

Hi

I am learning piano currently working my way through the Grade 4 exam pieces, but not taking exams, so haven't really being doing much in the way of scales, arpeggios, chords etc but want to try and start doing them as I think they will help my playing.

I discussed with my teacher and he mentioned Chopin's Etudes as pieces that are actually great exercises as well as being good pieces in their own right. He said it would be worth getting them and perhaps working through some, but I know that they are way way beyond my skill level so was wondering is there anything similar but at a much lower level, i.e. pieces that are essentially exercises, but good pieces of music so I wont get bored doing them?

Thanks

[visitor]

score and audio
https://imslp.org/wiki/Etudes_for_the_Intermediate_Pianist_(Manookian,_Jeff)

[visitor]

fyi
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=45220.0

[mjames]

Yeah you should have done some searching before you made the thread but I would like to recommend heller's progressive etudes op. 46, and his melodic etudes op. 45. You'll become quite the accomplished pianist if you work through them all.

I also recommend working through a bunch of baroque music, particularly scarlatti sonatas (he helped me a lot when it came to phrasing) and Bach's inventions.

[visitor]

Yeah you should have done some searching before you made the thread but I would like to recommend heller's progressive etudes op. 46, and his melodic etudes op. 45. You'll become quite the accomplished pianist if you work through them all.

I also recommend working through a bunch of baroque music, particularly scarlatti sonatas (he helped me a lot when it came to phrasing) and Bach's inventions.

+1
would also recc some Daniel G Turk ie

[adodd81802]

A few people have said Czerny studies are good for Chopin Etudes and Chopin music in general?

I think most of the material is available online for free and has various exercises and song-exercises that start from beginner to very advanced, maybe look at those.

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=czerny%20imslp

see the first few links. I think there are youtube posts of users going from start to finish also to give you an idea.

[pytheamateur]

Mendelssohn's Songs without Words.