Sad pieces for kids

[akacapharnaum]

Hi everyone,
So i'm writing a paper on child piano pedagogy. And I was wondering; do kids like to play sad piano music?
Do they enjoye it as much as a basic piece like a march or such? I can not remember if I liked it. So if anyone knows, tell me!

[lelle]

I do not know what kids in general prefer, but I know I liked dramatic pieces in minor way more than silly marches in major and similar stuff when I was a kid learning to play

[catesco]

I hated jaunty pieces when I was young - as I hated nursery rhymes. I much preferred more emotional pieces when I was about 8 -10 years old. - Mendelssohn On Wings of Song was a particular favourite, Ave Maria, Tchaikovsky The Legend, (The Crown of Roses) and  None but the Weary Heart. I still prefer that type of music. I think the idea that minor keys are sad isn’t quite right - I can think of a lot of very sad songs which are in major keys. I like to think of minors as more interesting and mysterious.

[nasidpumbe]

Hi everyone,
So i'm writing a paper on child piano pedagogy. And I was wondering; do kids like to play sad piano music?
Do they enjoye it as much as a basic piece like a march or such? I can not remember if I liked it. So if anyone knows, tell me!

This is also a problem that is quite difficult to comment because everyone feels different music. Even the children are the same. There may be many children who like soft and warm music, but most will also have many children. We should lead them to what they loveTunnel Rush to achieve the highest results for them.

[transitional]

When I was ~10 and in Alfred Book 6, I loved Chopin preludes. The beauty and sadness of his easy preludes (b minor and e minor) just struck me and that was all that mattered. And the moonlight sonata 1st movement was wonderful as well. I also quite enjoyed any minor key Grieg lyric piece. Fast forward 5 years later and I completely prefer Mozart. (k 576 3rd movement is wonderful.) I don't want to talk about how terrible at his music I am (I can't even pull off a K545 1st movement without about 5 wrong finger turns.) However, all my interest in Chopin is gone (except for the Valse Grande Brilliante, Raindrop Prelude, op. 27 no. 1 nocturne) and Grieg just feels too gloomy. I'm quite good at Chopin nocturnes compared to Mozart sonatas though, maybe that's how things turn out.

tl;dr: Kids love sad pieces as long as they can play them. At least I did.

edit: for clarification, I hated Mozart minuets at the time. But the Bach minuet in g minor was second to greatest thing on earth.

[anacrusis]

When I was ~10 and in Alfred Book 6, I loved Chopin preludes. The beauty and sadness of his easy preludes (b minor and e minor) just struck me and that was all that mattered. And the moonlight sonata 1st movement was wonderful as well. I also quite enjoyed any minor key Grieg lyric piece. Fast forward 5 years later and I completely prefer Mozart. (k 576 3rd movement is wonderful.) I don't want to talk about how terrible at his music I am (I can't even pull off a K545 1st movement without about 5 wrong finger turns.) However, all my interest in Chopin is gone (except for the Valse Grande Brilliante, Raindrop Prelude, op. 27 no. 1 nocturne) and Grieg just feels too gloomy. I'm quite good at Chopin nocturnes compared to Mozart sonatas though, maybe that's how things turn out.

tl;dr: Kids love sad pieces as long as they can play them. At least I did.

edit: for clarification, I hated Mozart minuets at the time. But the Bach minuet in g minor was second to greatest thing on earth.

I was quite similar growing up. Sadly I can't really stand Grieg anymore, don't know what happened :/