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Bacfokievrahms
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Level of difficulty?
on: April 07, 2005, 06:49:20 AM
I used to play piano in grade school but I quit. I've just recently started taking classes again in my freshman year of college. In any case my repertoire at this point is just:
Rachmaninoff
Preludes in C Sharp Minor and G minor
Debussy
Girl with Flaxen Hair
Schubert
Erlking (simultaneous piano playing and vocals)
Chopin
Waltz Op. 64 no. 2
two pages of the revolutionary etude, two pages of the op. 25 no. 12 etude.
Some of that is carry-over from what I learned in grade school (although I a have lost the ability to play Fur Elise
). I play the pieces at tempo and to my ear they sound good and musical.
I was just wondering what some good pieces are for what I'm capable of right now because I tried messing with the ballade in g minor and it's proving very difficult in terms of voicing and left hand independence.
I have a teacher and I like her alot, but we're working on giving me the basics for technique (how to get around the keyboard, how to hold your hands, etc.) So I just wanted to know of some pieces that are about my difficulty level that I can just practice reading with and have fun messing around with.
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steinwayguy
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Re: Level of difficulty?
Reply #1 on: April 08, 2005, 04:29:23 AM
If you play the G Minor Rachmaninoff prelude, that's impressive. I would recommend (as I so often do) a Beethoven sonata- Op. 2 No. 1, any of Op. 10 (No. 1, 2 or 3), Pathetique (Op. 13), Moonlight (Op. 27 No. 2), Pastoral (Op. 28), Tempest (Op. 31 No. 2), or Op. 78. Also you could most any of the Mozart sonatas, except for 533 and 576 probably. And make sure you learn some Bach, I recommend learning a couple two-part inventions, then a couple three-part inventions, then a prelude and fugue or two from the Well-Tempered Clavier. Or maybe the Schubert Op. 90 impromptus? You could probably even handle the following Chopin Etudes- Op. 10 No. 3, 5, 6, 9, 12 or Op. 25 No. 1, 2, 3, or 7.
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Bacfokievrahms
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Re: Level of difficulty?
Reply #2 on: April 12, 2005, 01:44:57 AM
Ah thank you for your suggestions SteinwayGuy (interesting there's several members named after steinway yet I haven't seen any monikers including bosendorfer or others). I've decided on the tempest sonata for beethoven, but I'd like some suggestions for Mozart and Bach.
P.S.
I also learned a few pages from the prelude in c minor but while it sounds ok I'm definitely not playing it with correct technique
. I learned HS for prelude op.10 no.2 but not ready to dedicate enough time to get that piece at tempo, exultant though.
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