piano pieces, not SONGS!!!!

[bernhard]

I am a singer, and I must interject. "Lied" is the singular form of "Lieder." Lied means song, and lieder means songs.

Thank you.

I stand corrected.

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[Spatula]

When I played Fantasie-Impromptu my chicken called it a song and therefore it is one. Period!!!

Your Chicken?  

Btw, calling a piece a song is the same as calling a tree a flower, because they might share the same characteristics (both are "carbon based plants"), but are in no means the same thing.  

How about these other phrases to describe a piece:

repretoire (can be used for "song" too)
number
selection(s)
queue
work
composition
opus
....

[Spatula]

Oh, and on top of that, my dad calls the piano keys, "buttons"  

[Ian]

I know this is not a very distinguished start to my participation on this board, but I would like to suggest that things could be worse. ‘Songs’ could be called tracks, and a programme could be a playlist.

Regards,  Ian