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Gak2
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada418 Posts
June 27 2011 07:18 GMT
#21
If you like relaxing, try Debussy, my favourite is the first part of Deux Arabesques.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-27 07:30:08
June 27 2011 07:29 GMT
#22
On June 27 2011 16:10 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Beethoven's fourth piano sonata, "Grand." Not terribly overplayed like his other ones, and a personal favorite of mine.

edit: Missed the part about the chords. Not necessarily a lot of chords with over an octave, but a lot of chords that are around the one octave range...Is that a hindrance?

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On June 27 2011 16:03 Torte de Lini wrote:
I'm clearly outleagued here. Damn you know your stuff .__.


Cause this is totally a competition.


Well I enjoyed what he thought and felt he knew a lot more about classical music than I did.
Not really a question of competition. Just more of a: "I've run out of ideas and I feel Empyrean knows more and can suggest better".

No need to escalate. I just felt more respectable towards what Empyrean thinks, but that's fine if you construe it as something else.
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NeVeR
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1352 Posts
June 27 2011 07:46 GMT
#23
If you want to learn a Chopin waltz, the first one I learned was the op. 69 no. 2 in B minor.

Sm3agol
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2055 Posts
June 27 2011 10:38 GMT
#24
I find it kind of amazing you are dissing songs because they are "overplayed". They are "overplayed" for a reason.

My personal suggestions.



Or if you want a bit more difficulty.
Empyrean
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
16984 Posts
June 27 2011 11:19 GMT
#25
I'm not deriding songs because they're overplayed, I was just giving suggestions in case the OP wanted to play some pieces that many pianists don't discover until later.

Both of those suggestions seem like they're too difficult for the OP to play as well.
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Sm3agol
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2055 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-27 12:14:03
June 27 2011 12:13 GMT
#26
On June 27 2011 20:19 Empyrean wrote:
I'm not deriding songs because they're overplayed, I was just giving suggestions in case the OP wanted to play some pieces that many pianists don't discover until later.

Both of those suggestions seem like they're too difficult for the OP to play as well.

The first one isn't that bad technically, and is kind of cute. The second is pretty gosu though...it's just awesome though.

For another random cute song, try Beethoven's Bagetelle op.33 #3...I think. At work, so I can't youtube it.

Edit: http://216.129.110.22/files/imglnks/usimg/3/35/IMSLP00947-Beethoven_-_Bagatelles__Opus_33_.pdf

Sheet music link. Look for number 3 for the one I was talking about. All of them are pretty cool though.
Deleted User 135096
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3624 Posts
June 27 2011 12:15 GMT
#27
If you feel adventurous you might try some of Bartok's Mikrokosmos. For some other suggestions, you could look at Rachmaninov's Preludes Op.23 such as No. I in f#, or IV in D (I'd stay away from preludes II, V, and some others as to their difficulty). Also Ravel has some really nice works, two suggestions might be Prélude, and À la manière de Borodine.
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Deleted User 135096
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3624 Posts
June 27 2011 12:18 GMT
#28
oh also, imslp is might be a helpful source of public domain scores if you find something to your liking and want to look it up.

link
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Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
June 27 2011 14:20 GMT
#29
On June 27 2011 19:38 Sm3agol wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZm3JbzFzrQ&feature=related

Haha, I remember playing this. Can still play the first portion.
God Bless
Sm3agol
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2055 Posts
June 27 2011 14:28 GMT
#30
On June 27 2011 23:20 Roffles wrote:
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On June 27 2011 19:38 Sm3agol wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZm3JbzFzrQ&feature=related

Haha, I remember playing this. Can still play the first portion.


Did you play it in school or anything? I'm trying to learn it on my own, and getting the right hand runs down smoothly is a major pain in the rear for my perfectionist self. Any tips that you can remember for getting it to sound light and smooth? I have the notes down perfectly, but when i play it it's so choppy. I've practiced it really slowly and sped up, etc, etc, the normal tips for fast runs like this, but its the "chord transition" that kill me, aka the switches from thumb to 3/4/whatever you start with. I hope you know what I'm talking about lol.
Spinfusor
Profile Joined June 2007
Australia410 Posts
June 27 2011 17:03 GMT
#31
On June 27 2011 16:10 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
Beethoven's fourth piano sonata, "Grand." Not terribly overplayed like his other ones, and a personal favorite of mine.

edit: Missed the part about the chords. Not necessarily a lot of chords with over an octave, but a lot of chords that are around the one octave range...Is that a hindrance?

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On June 27 2011 16:03 Torte de Lini wrote:
I'm clearly outleagued here. Damn you know your stuff .__.


Cause this is totally a competition.

I haven't tried it before, but isn't making the Op. 7 sound good really difficult? I can't imagine the first movement being anything other than a nightmare.
rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-27 17:50:16
June 27 2011 17:49 GMT
#32
WTC Book 1's 1st Prelude (C Major). Fairly easy piece, I can sight read through it albeit with some difficulty if I'm brain dead. Fugue is a little harder though.
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matjlav
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Germany2435 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-27 17:55:45
June 27 2011 17:51 GMT
#33


That's a very easy and pretty piece. I also like Golliwog's Cakewalk if you can handle the constant chord jumping in the left hand:



That's all I can really think of for now that fits your criteria. I was in your same boat about 2-3 years ago, but I've since started practicing again sporadically. I've been trying to learn the Schumann concerto for the past few months, and I'm about halfway through the first movement, haha. I don't think I ever had fun playing piano until I stopped taking lessons and started just learning whatever I want.
phosphorylation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2935 Posts
June 27 2011 18:08 GMT
#34
Some suggestions:




Not actually hard and enjoyable to play.





If you want something really relaxing, you can try this one. Technically shouldn't be a problem.




Some ravel. Although many debussy or ravel might fit the bill.
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Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
June 27 2011 18:59 GMT
#35
On June 28 2011 02:51 matjlav wrote:
I don't think I ever had fun playing piano until I stopped taking lessons and started just learning whatever I want.

Quoted for truth.
God Bless
phosphorylation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2935 Posts
June 27 2011 19:11 GMT
#36
On June 28 2011 03:59 Roffles wrote:
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On June 28 2011 02:51 matjlav wrote:
I don't think I ever had fun playing piano until I stopped taking lessons and started just learning whatever I want.

Quoted for truth.

on the contrary, I've always found playing piano fun, lesson or not.
I am willing to admit that this may not be true if you have a shoddy teacher.
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matjlav
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Germany2435 Posts
June 27 2011 19:25 GMT
#37
Also, I think that I will be looking through some of these pieces when I practice today. I need something new to practice during my "I'm-tired-of-the-Schumann" breaks
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