tong hua-guang liang

I'm still trying to nail the theme song of Spirited Away. The fourth page is killing me.

*Memorizing the third movement of the Moonlight Sonata. I have the first two movements already memorized. I'm going to play it at a sonata competition in April.
*Etude #13 from 15 Etudes De Virtuosite- Moszkowski
*Working through Bach 2-part inventions book- currently on 4,5, and 6
*Nocturne #1 in B-flat Minor, Opus 9, Movement 1 -Chopin

Oboe:

Sonata in C - Besozzi (solo)
Lincolnshire Posy - Grainger (wind ensemble)
March from 1941 - Williams (wind ensemble)
Norwegian Dances - Grieg (solo)
5th Symphony (Reformation) - Mendelssohn (orchestra)
Cantata No. 22 (Wedding)- Bach (solo)
Arrival of Queen Sheba - Handel (duet)
Ginger Marmalade - Benson (symphonic band)
Ayres of Agincourt - Meyer (symphonic band)
Air from County Derry - Folktune (symphonic band)
Korean Festival - *forgets composer's name* (concert band)
Irish Folktune Suite - *forgets composer's name* (concert band)

I don't think I missed anything. But meh, yeah, a heck load of music... x_x

^At least (I think) your school has a solo program of some sort. Mine doesn't :P .

~Clarinet Concerto K. 622
~Clarinet Quintet K. 581
~Solo De Concours (Andre Messager)- Solo + Piano

Unless otherwise noted, everything else is Mozart :P .

^At least (I think) your school has a solo program of some sort. Mine doesn't :P.

Private lessons, actually.

finding new pieces to do now competition is over

considering Messiaen's Ile de Feu 2 (already play IDF1) and a Medtner Fairy Tale

Allegro- Fiocco

I don't know what piece it's from...it's just in my suzuki book...

Well, right now I'm practicing Minuet no. 3 for cello (out of suzuki book 3) by Bach for my juries in May. It was my audition song for the performing arts school I go to now, so I already have it memorized. >_< So I'm pretty much moving up to the next orchestra next year. =P

I'm also practicing the hyrule field theme from ocarina of time for cello, but this one bit in the middle has me stuck:

http://img6.picsplace.to/img6/27/excerpt1.png

If anyone can help with that, I'd appreciate it. =P When I finally get that part figured out, I'm probably going to play this at a recital, because I didn't even have to annoy my private teacher to play this one. xD Zelda fanboy power. =P

It's kind of sad I haven't learned this part yet, because I've already memorized the entire song. xD

A very annoying little bit of fingering in 'Prime Time Toon Revue' for Band. Something that's quite tricky on clarinet, especially when it's bloody FAST!!

I'm currently working on this Irish medley and Symphonic Concert March (Bonelli) on my clarinet for band. Neither of these are particularly difficult, although I could clean up my runs. ;)

On the piano (erm..keyboard), I'm getting through "Bartender" from the anime, Bartender. I've been rather attached to that song lately. Heck, I'm rather fond of most of the songs from that series. Think pretty cafe music or something like that. Yay for hand-stretching, though! I can barely reach an octave on one hand, so this piece was pretty interesting to play. I keep hitting extra notes! =( Haha!

I'm practicing Sprit Of the Fleet.

Major thing at the moment is the solo cadenzas for 1st clarinet in 'Malaguena' which we only started last week. The other 1st said I was scared because I didn't want to play it.. so of course I now have to learn it and WELL!

I'm currently practicing U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name" on electric guitar. The intro's the hardest part, since it's a high D arpeggio and the original song uses a delay pedal. I don't have any effects except for the built-in distortion on my amp, but at least the song has easy chord changes. (D-G-Bm-A-D).

Piano: Perfect World from Fushigi Yuugi
Cello: #2 from the third suzuki book
Pirates of the Carribean medley from the Black Pearl
Night Shift

I'm working on Liszt's Dante Sonata (thanks Thorn!), but it sounds horrible presently on our out of tune piano.
I'm also fiddling with a Chopin Polonaise and also his "two-four waltz". Anyone know it?

Ahh, Chopin's Polonaise ish so pretty. Too hard for me, though. ^.^ And, is it really called "two-four waltz" ? I haven't heard of it, but then again he's done quite a few waltzes.
Have currently dropped out of music school (because the french system sucks... =.= but I'm gonna get back there soon anyway) so I'm working on stuff with my nooby skills- found Gackt's "Regret" (finally!) and I'm just finishing up on Aerith's Theme from Final Fantasy 7's Piano collections. ^.^
Oh, and I'm miffed because there is absolutely zilch music sheets for Malice Mizer songs. >.> Ah well. I'll probably have to try and figure it out... *drifts off*

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zjxm9TZD57k

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Zjxm9TZD57k

Wow.
Uh... *can't find anything to say* :)
Shivers at 1:52. ;)
*has inferiority complexes*

im learning my own transcription of Debussy's "Sirenes" (originally for choir and orchestra)

And, is it really called "two-four waltz" ? I haven't heard of it, but then again he's done quite a few waltzes.


Well, it's real name is Waltz in A flat, Op. 42, but I hear it called the two-four waltz all the time. It is notated in 3/4, but it's so fast it's feasible to write it out in 2/4 and notate it as triplets.

At the moment..

Piano: Nocturne in E Flat, op. 9, no.2 - Chopin.
Cello: 山寨之夜 - 張式功 (No I can't translate that.)
Flute: Three Folk Miniatures - Guy whose name I forgot.

Right now I am learning "Umi No Mieru Gai" from Kiki's Delivery Service on the piano, and "Danube Waves" on the violin.

I'm praticing

Koji Kondo's: Midna's Desperate Hour -Piano

Is that the song they play after the water temple when you have to find Zelda? I wan't that sheet music!

Anyway:

Violin: Sonata no. 3 by Handel, and Concerto no. 4 by Mozart

Piano: Revolutionary Etude by Chopin

Eternal Snow - Full Moon wo Sagashite - transcribed by Blitzwing01
Tong Hua_2nd version - Tong Hua - um... someone

I haven't pratice regularly on the past weeks. Sometimes when I hit a hard part I usually slack off for a week at least

I'm also learning Tong Hua and Ocean's song

Eternal Snow - Full Moon wo Sagashite - transcribed by Blitzwing01
Tong Hua_2nd version - Tong Hua - um... someone

I haven't pratice regularly on the past weeks. Sometimes when I hit a hard part I usually slack off for a week at least

Iam also practising Tong Hua. and Ocean's debut song =)

It got through the first time. :/

I haven't been able to practice - it's been physically impossible since Thursday. Tonight's my first night off, and here I am. >_<

Finally going to be Wrapping up the III Mvt. of the Pathetique. (Since I'm going to another round of my exams. March 24th endline went out the window. Lol).

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Starting some Debussy and Liszt. Still doing Hannon exercises FTW. :sweat:

Lemon Twist
Composed by Doug Spata
String Bass


Very easy song, though I like it's catchy tune. :3

Moon Light Shadow Jeha I know not hard to play but I edited it a little bit(I only got a sheet with guitar strings and the melody^^)

Lilium piano version I`m currently typing this to .mus pfff that will take time...

preparing for my diploma exam in july:

Bach- Prelude and Fugue Bk 1 Nr 16
Beethoven- Sonata in E minor Op 90
Brahms- Intermezzo in A Op 118 nr 2
Scriabin- Preludes Op 11 nr 5+6
Sculthorpe- Night Pieces

also doing Beethoven Les Adieux and some Debussy and Kapustin ready for auditions at end of year

Beethoven - Für Elise
Super Mario Bros. - Overworld
Super Mario Bros. 3 - Overworld 2
Super Mario World - Overworld
Super Mario World - Overworld 2 (The Athletic Rag)
Super Mario Sunshine - Secret Level Theme
Naruto - Sadness and Sorrow

+ whatever I can find
(Everything on piano/keyboard)

I just started playing, and can't use both hands at the same time yet >_<
(Well, I did try to play a couple times before at friends, and on the computer)

I love your taste in music! I started Sadness and Sorrow myself, but never finished it. same with Fur Elise. But at one point I had the Super Mario Bros. Theme learned, but forgot it the next day... >.< I should learn it again to perform at Anime Expo since that's a hit amongst any otaku.

I just printed up Gravity (from Wolf's Rain, composed by Yoko Kanno) cuz it's been stuck in my head all day, but the song I've been learning and have almost completed is Sora (from Escaflowne, also Yoko Kanno)

PIANO:
Yoko Kanno's: Sora (Escaflowne), Gravity (Wolf's Rain)
Lee Evan's: Piano Suite w/ four movements (non anime jazzness)
Koji Kondo's: Song of Healing (Zelda: Majora's Mask)
Michiru Oshima's: Bratja (Fullmetal Alchemist) several versions

TYMPANI:
Rhapsody in Blue (piano solo w/ band accompaniment)
An Ellington Festival (Sammy Nestico arr.?)
As time Goes By (Casablanca, we're playing the film clip w/ it!)
Concertino (flute solo w/ band accompaniment)

along w/ tymp are some others I can't remember right now... it's the program I'm performing with our local junior college, and those are my favorites.

Not sure if this goes here, but I was redirected here, so...
I don't know if I've posted this yet, but in my high school, we're learning this piece entitled Vesuvius. It's not too hard, though it changes its time signature from 4/4 to 9/8, back to 4/4, then to 8/8. I don't wanna post all of the time changes in their order, but those are just some of them. The rest include 3/4, 2/4, 11/8, 3/2, 1/4, and I think that's it. This forces the player to pay attention. You can't doze off, now. x3 There are so many runs in the first clarinet part, consisting an entire 3/4 measure multiple times, going from a B (In the staff), to a high F, as in above the staff. Really fun. Hehe. Then, at the end, not only are there sixteenth-note runs from the same F down to a high B, but then the first clarinet part contains the highest trill I've yet been forced to do. It's from the very same, famous high F up to a G. It's not as hard as I thought it would be. Its main tempo is at around 168, so it's really fast-paced. Loads of fun, though I struggle with the high sixteenth-notes at that speed. Not to mention that near the middle and around the end, several instruments get the chance to play these sixteenth-notes. They're almost tossed around, and it I feel that sounds like it wouldn't make too much sense, but the music CRIES OUT for it. It's like it wouldn't be Vesuvius without those phrases. And the sixteenth-notes make so much sense, it's unbelievable. Really makes me appreciate the other players even more, now.

This piece throws the melody around several instruments, and I really love it. An mp3 recording can be downloaded for free at Manhattanbeachmusic.com, if you haven't heard it yet, and wanna have a listen.

This felt more like a review. Harhar.
Maybe I'm just in complete love with the song. ^0^'

I also found this one song entitled Keleti tancok online, and apparently, it consists of Eastern dances. From what I can play, it's really awesome with loads of sixteenth-notes at a slow tempo.

Edit:
Rawr. A fire drill BLASTED through the school, so I didn't really finish. Apparently, it was a false alarm. Darn those hoodlums. D:
Anywho.

I didn't have much else to say, other than the fact that I've never heard it before, and I don't know how the piano accompaniment sounds like. It's a clarinet solo-type thing. x3 If only I knew a pianist around here, then we'd be able to practice and enjoy the song to the fullest extent. Darn it. :/

Anywho. I think that's all I wanted to say.
Hehe. Sorry for the long, boring post. cX

also doing Beethoven Les Adieux

That's the best piece by Beethoven! Good pick. ^.^

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Finally done with exams, and got highest scores on them as well. Now practicing some new stuff for the end of school to the begin of summer:

Chopin- Sonata No. 2 "Funeral March" (I & III Mvts)
Debussy- Prelude No. 10 "The Sunken Cathedral"
Beethoven- Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" (I Mvt)
Hannon- The Virtuoso-Pianist (Book I, II & III)

I might do the II Mvt. of Chopin's Funeral March later in the summer, as well as the VI. ^.^

In my spare time I'm trying to perfect "Concerto for Trumpet" by J. Haydn. It's easy yet hard at the same time if you know what I mean.

Right now I'm practising
(Piano)
Gounod: Ave Maria
Greensleeves
Mozart: Eine KLeine Nachtmusik I mvt
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (I promise, I can't make it right even though I can play Für Elise really well)
(Flute)
Reichert: Melancholic Fantasy
In Dreams
Aozora

Piano:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)

Flute:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Danny Elfman)
Midway March (John Williams)
Prelude and Fugue (J.S. Bach)

Cristofori's Dream by David Lanz
It's surprisingly an easy piece :)... learning 2 pages a day.

george winston's variations on pachabel's canon in C (yes i know it's in D but this one's in C...hence a variation)

Nocturne in Eb by Chopin.

That's the best piece by Beethoven! Good pick. ^.^

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Finally done with exams, and got highest scores on them as well. Now practicing some new stuff for the end of school to the begin of summer:

Chopin- Sonata No. 2 "Funeral March" (I & III Mvts)
Debussy- Prelude No. 10 "The Sunken Cathedral"
Beethoven- Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" (I Mvt)
Hannon- The Virtuoso-Pianist (Book I, II & III)

I might do the II Mvt. of Chopin's Funeral March later in the summer, as well as the VI. ^.^

Personally I prefer Appassionata but EVERYONE does that for audition.

The Debussy is a beautiful piece ^_^ and the Chopin. I have a really good edition of that which breaks each movement down and gives you exercises to overcome all of the difficulties. *cough* I can send it you if you want as i already scanned it for someone else *cough*

and I was in the library yesterday and came across the Mephisto Waltz which I remember you telling me about a while ago. i took it out and am playing around with it- from what i can sight read of it it seems a really fun piece to play, thanks for telling me about it (Y)

I just conveniently have an "antique" [like 25 years? lol] Chopin book my teacher just gifted me today. Also was gifted Prelude in Bm Op. 28 No. 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv2U9eSv0a4

Don't want to seem egotistical but for someone with just over a years worth of formal piano lessons I think I did well. Just graduated to grade 5th : ]

I wish people didn't play that with such a hushed marcato. :cry:

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Anyway RD, gj. ^_^

That's the best piece by Beethoven! Good pick. ^.^

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Finally done with exams, and got highest scores on them as well. Now practicing some new stuff for the end of school to the begin of summer:

Chopin- Sonata No. 2 "Funeral March" (I & III Mvts)
Debussy- Prelude No. 10 "The Sunken Cathedral"
Beethoven- Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" (I Mvt)
Hannon- The Virtuoso-Pianist (Book I, II & III)

I might do the II Mvt. of Chopin's Funeral March later in the summer, as well as the VI. ^.^

Funny thing, I'm working on Pathetique and Sunken Cathedral too.

I'm gonna have to get used to all the silly 'RH on bottom, LH on top' stuff. I was sight reading great up until that part. >_<

Fantaise-Impromptu posthumous op. 66 - chopin

really slow. REALLY slow [still on the first page at like a one tempo...]

for my school orchestra we are going to go play for preschoolers. So lately I have been forced to practice Pink Panther and stuff like that. But my friend copied her solo piece for pe to try and i love it so i practiced that alot today, until i broke a sting on my violin. The name of the piece got cut off the paper though when she copied it.. I should ask her the name of the piece.

I don't have int. class or jazz lessons currently so my rep is pretty small at the moment. In school band I'm playing a medly of 'Lord of the Rings' on my Tenor Saxophone. I preformed at a Cabret a couple of days ago and played 'Goodnight Julia' on my t-sax with a piano accompanying me, so I was mainly focusing on that for the last couple of weeks. If you play sax or piano I suggest you check it out, it's very beauitful:P

I'm currently working on "Winter Sleep" by Olivia (ahaha NANA! ='D) for the piano. Josh did a wonderful job transcribing the piece, too. This one should be pretty much polished in the near future. I guess I should also mention that I'm working on the vocals at the same time as well. =]

And, uh, I'm currently struggling to understand Jazz improv on my clarinet. Mind you, I've only "played" jazz for a grand total of around 5 hours spread across the time span of half a year. I'm staring at a guitar sheet right now, and according to everyone else, a solo is supposed to come out of that. Okay! XD

Oh, and I'm putting away Fantaisie Impromptu. I LOVE the song, but I can't even play eighth triplets against eighth notes, which makes this piece slightly crunchy. >.< YARGH!

I'm working on:

~Etude No. 13 from "15 Etudes De Virtuosite"- Mozskowski
~Transcendental Etude No. 11, Harmonies du Soir- Liszt
~Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 906- J.S. Bach
~Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor- Mendelssohn

I recently officially added Beethoven's Sonata Opus 27 No. 2 (Moonlight Sonata) to my repertoire and am thinking about starting a new sonata sometime soon. I think I'm going to learn the Grieg Sonata, although I really want to learn a 20th Century Sonata. Do you guys have any suggestions? I've been researching a lot of modern sonatas, but I haven't found the right one yet.

20th century sonata- may be a bit hard but you're learning a concerto and a liszt etude so i reckon you could cope with a Scriabin sonata

my particular favourite is nr 9 ("black mass") and its one of his easier ones too. have a look at that.

+ btw harmonies du soir is a beautiful piece <3

Thank you Thorn, I'll definitely look into the "black mass" sonata. I've been looking at the Scriabin sonatas as well as the Kabalevsky sonatas and the Khachaturian. I've always wanted to play Scriabin, but up until this point, I've only been able to listen to his music. It would be exciting to actually be able to play it.

I'm giving up Fantaise-Impromptu [for now...] for...:
from Impromptu Op.142 No.3 Schubert.

I fell in love with the melody.

EDIT - So I was working on the wrong Clementi Sonatina. Heres the right one [if I ever posted the wrong one here]

Sonatina Op. 36 No.3 Spiritoso, Adagio, Allegro - Clementi

I'm still practising Ave Maria on the piano and aozora on the flute and I'm really struggling with In dreams since I should be able to play it on Sunday, but I got some new things that I'm practising now:
(Flute)
Allegretto from "Carnival of Venice" (P.A. Genin)
Some random songs about summer

I've been looking at the Scriabin sonatas as well as the Kabalevsky sonatas and the Khachaturian. I've always wanted to play Scriabin, but up until this point, I've only been able to listen to his music. It would be exciting to actually be able to play it.

Scriabin's d# minor etude: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BU5aV6fpSr8

Is pretty good I think.

I'm trying to play the Overworld from Zelda on trombone. The 16th notes are a whore in lower partials... <_<

Also; The Song of Healing from Majora's Mask for piano, another zelda song...

Rondo Alla Turca ~ Mozart
Because Of You ~ Ne-Yo
So Sick ~ Ne-Yo

:B haha.

La Campanella! (well, just a bit of it).

I want to thank whoever posted advice in another thread to first practice certain passages jumping two octaves instead of the indicated one. I did that, and now the jumps really do feel so much easier.

Beethoven's Sonata No. 8, AKA Pathetique. Not as hard as I thought itd be, though it's only the first movement so far.

Also, still learning Chopin's Waltz in Ab Op 42 (2/4 waltz). That song is a beast to get up to speed.

Working on Canon in D by Pachelbel in piano. I wish I can do Canon in electric guitar like this one guy. He totally improvised it. I envy him. XD"

Piano
Sonatina in F Major [I,II,III] Clementi
Sonatina in F Major Diabelli (perfecting)
[I]Warrior's Dance Kabalevsky
Abenddammerung Heller (nearly complete)
Passion (Transcribed version)

Working on Canon in D by Pachelbel in piano. I wish I can do Canon in electric guitar like this one guy. He totally improvised it. I envy him. XD"

It wouldn't happen to be the Trans-Siberian Orchestra version, would it?

o.0 I'm gettin' into Chopin and Rach for this year --

Chopin-
Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor
Nocturnes
Op. 9/2
Op. 72/1
Op. 62/1

Rachmaninoff-
Preludes
Op. 23/4
Op. 23/5
(And maybe his 'Elegie')

Yeah, but I'm doing a lot of composing since I'm going to Northwestern for 5 weeks ^.^ -- Chopin and Rach are really rubbing off on me lately.

It seems i'm stuck in practising Aozora @_@ Been practising that one for a while now, but the things I get to practise from my teacher does have higher priority.

Piano:
Canon in D - Pachelbel

Flute:
Aozora - From Air TV/Movie
Hedwig's Theme - John Williams (Harry Potter Soundtrack)
Harry's Wondrous World - John Williams (Harry Potter Soundtrack)
Allegretto from "Carnival of Venice" - P.A. Genin

Piano:
Bach: Invention#4 and #13
Debussy: La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin
Joplin: The Entertainer
Grieg: Morning Mood

Flute solo (as my mom)with Piano Accompaniment(as me):
Bach: Sonata 7 for flute and piano
Schubert: Night and Dreams

*starts humming Invention 13 melody*

Gahh, I'm such a nerd. >_<

every heart by boa
kiss the rain by yiruma

practicing both on piano

*i wish i could play those chopin and beethoven songs and others-the hard ones. one day...

Ahh, Virginia Tate is oh so pretty... ^_^

Solo De Concours- Andre Messager.

The best Clarinet piece ever... fun + technical. :)

Great is the Faithfulness.=)

Chopin's Two-Four Waltz!! (Waltz in Ab no.42)

My summer-homework:
Allegretto from "Carneval of Venice" - Genin (in fact, I'm just s'posed to make myself faster, then i'm finished with it)
Hedwig's Theme - John Williams
Harry's Woundrous World - John Willams
Yesterday - Paul McCartney or John Lennon, whoever made it...
Playing through the song in "Suzuki Flute School" Volume 1 and 2 (what I've played so far)

Other things I'm practising:
Aozora
Beauty and the beast - Allan Menken*
My heart will go on - James Horner*
A whole new world - Alan Menken*
Can you feel the love tonight - Elton John*
Under the sea - Alan Menken*

And I borrowed some books from the library earlier today, so I have to check those if there's something i want to practise. I'm pretty sure there is so my checklist with song I played this summer will be pretty long this year (these last few years my teacher has been a bit dissapointed since I haven't practised much)

*From a book I got, so I just choose some random songs I haven't played yet when I looked through it a week ago to choose what to practise this summer. There's mostly known song from movies or big hits in Sweden in it, so that's why it's mostly disney-songs.

Whoo, you've got a lot on your hands for this summer! ;)
Just shows how damn lazy I am. I'm still grovelling around on Debussy's Reverie and I need to find Malice Mizer's *Hamon Kyousoukyoku* sheet music soon, or I think I might get violent. ^.^ I mean, that group must put their damn sheet music in some coded super-duperly-secret safe somewhere in MI5 headquarters. Where are all of Gackt's piano solos!? And they're all so hard to transcribe, too. *angsts*
...ahem, apart from that. For the moment I seem to be in one of those moods where you find some awesome sheet music on the net, print it out, play the first three bars... and then hear something really nice, find the sheet music on the net, play the first three bars... and so on and so forth. For the moment I'm collecting Final Fantasy VII & Gackt stuff, which frankly isn't all that hard but it's so fun to play. ^.^

im practicing piano archery and on piano im practicing a zelda hidden village song

Chopin- Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 35
Rachmaninoff- 10 Piano Preludes, Op. 23

Goodness. No offense, but are you sure you're not biting off more than you can chew?I'll probably get chewed out by like twelve people for saying that... >_<

I can add two whole and one half book with sheets to that I wrote just yesterday. It's over a hundred pieces, so i won't write down all those, and I'll start practising everything from tomorrow onwards.

I made this schedule (I made it this morning - it's evening where I live) so I'm playing a seventh of all pieces in one block and a seventh in another block and a thrid seventh in a thrid block, etc. I think it'll work real well, since I like knowing exactly what to play in which order and not playing the same things everyday.

Well, I'm practicing a lot of songs, considering I'm working towards my gr10 practical exam, but the ones I'm concentrating on and others that I'm playing out of my free time are:
Debussy - Clair de Lune [almost there~!]
Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee [not even close to there!]
& the many songs of Yiruma. :)

Chopin- Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 35
Rachmaninoff- 10 Piano Preludes, Op. 23

+

Bach- Two-Part Inventions

i'm trying to find the melody for an anime song
i'm also practicing
chopin right now

well, i play the trombone (rare? no one on this site seems to play a brass instrument) in my school concert band, but am practising the piano now, playing game themes like hikari (KH) or battle themes from final fantasy. i tried looking at passion, but @_@ hapened. lol

Chopin- Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 35
Rachmaninoff- 10 Piano Preludes, Op. 23

decided to do the whole sonata then? its a good piece. the rach preludes are a good choice also =] have you ever looked at op 32 nr 10 in B minor?

i have my diploma exam 17th july so ive put my audition pieces on hold for now and am practising:

Bach- Prelude and Fugue in G min (Bk 1) *fails at memorising fugues*
Beethoven- Sonata Op 90
Brahms- Intermezzo Op 118 nr 2 (anyone around or above grade 7 standard who hasnt played this should go learn it NOW because its beautiful)
Sculthorpe- Night Pieces *also bitch to memorise*
Scriabin- Vers la Flamme

@Thorn-

Yeah, since I was starting to excell at the first movment's exposition (only thing I'm working on in the sonata, other than the B section of the 3rd movment) I ordered the entire edition of the Sonata, and have taken to the liking that the 2nd movment isn't actually ALL THAT hard as I thought; the 4th seems to be the most challenging of the 4 movments, actually. And I don't have the Op. 32 preludes, but I have recordings, and that one is a good prelude too.

I'm also starting Mazeppa! :lol:

Good luck on your exams, I'm sure you'll do great!

Well, I'm practicing Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum as well as L'Isle Joyeuse.

Well, I'm practicing Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum as well as L'Isle Joyeuse.

L'isle joyeuse <3 fantastic piece

[Love Hina] Yakusoku- on the violin/keyboard

It's actually kind of hard.

Stevens's interpretation of Doctor Gradus for marimba is probably my favorite, probably because that song fits that instrument better than anything else to me, such as piano or violin or banjo, I think it was. >_<

Wow, I feel kinda lame posting here with everyone here playing from classical composers like Bach and the like. I'm currently practicing "Aeris' Theme Song" From Final Fantasy VII.Piano, and now am i only brave enough to venture with both hands(rather than just plain right-hand playing.

I'm getting better(after all this time) ^^

Mozart Clarinet Concerto (K. 622)

and possibly something by Carl Von Weber.... :shifty:

River flows in you -Yiruma
Kiss the Rain-Yiruma
both beautiful song and pretty easy to play. :)

Chopin - Waltz in Ab Op. 42 "2/4"
Military Polonaise
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata in its entirety
Pathetique Sonata in its entirety
Les Adieux
Liszt - Apres une Lecture de Dante
Scriabin - Sonata No. 9 (Black Mass)
Uematsu - Those Who Fight (perfecting)
Shimomura - March Caprice for Piano & Orchestra (my arrangement for band)

Chopin - Waltz in Ab Op. 42 "2/4"
Military Polonaise
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata in its entirety
Pathetique Sonata in its entirety
Les Adieux
Liszt - Apres une Lecture de Dante
Scriabin - Sonata No. 9 (Black Mass)
Uematsu - Those Who Fight (perfecting)
Shimomura - March Caprice for Piano & Orchestra (my arrangement for band)

im using Les Adieux as a college audition piece; its so beautiful isnt it ^_^

and good choice on the Scriabin sonata! although you do realise after learning Black Mass you will need to learn White Mass to go with it? (the combo is on several CDs and ive heard it in concert once and it's very effective)

im playing... Good or Don't Be from this site, (best song on this site btw), and also the mario air platform theme... but i need some really good songs to learn sometime soon...

orbis from maple story.

L'isle joyeuse <3 fantastic piece

Certainly is....I think that the quiet emergence of the secondary theme at bar 67 is perhaps one of the greatest moments in all of music.....(to me)

Clarinet Concerto K. 622 (Mozart)...

I have most of the Allegro movement & all of the Adagio movement memorized. @_@

*Click Spoiler*

But I'm going to learn all the songs from Coldplay's X&Y Book for piano/vocal. . .with my own little touch to the piano parts. :shifty:

Certainly is....I think that the quiet emergence of the secondary theme at bar 67 is perhaps one of the greatest moments in all of music.....(to me)

the theme accompanied by the quintuplets? i like that theme also ^_^ although i prefer it when it returns at the very end in ff- sounds very Lisztian

ooh- im thinking of re-learning Das Geisterschiff by Karl Tausig (pupil of Liszt); its the most horrendously difficult octave and leap piece ever but its AMAZING

@Thorn- I should take a look at that some time *cough send a .pdf* since I love octaves, and especially when you have to jump to them quickly. . .a bit like Mazeppa. :heh:

I could use some of that too, really because though I love how octave leaps sound, they are one of my more troublesome technical problems. <_<

I could use some of that too, really because though I love how octave leaps sound, they are one of my more troublesome technical problems. <_<

You should check the second movment of Chopin's Sonata No. 2. Some fun fast-moving chords, and a lot of quick switches containing both large chords and octaves. x_x It's a bwwitch to read, but it's quite fun to play, and good to show off. ^_^

Chopin's op.9, no.2
I'm doing miserably at it, which is depressing, because it's supposed to be a very easy nocturne. It is a very easy song actually, I can tell. I just suck, hahah.

- Beethoven's Pathetique - Movement 2 and 3
- Beethoven - Rondo in C major
- Faure - Andante Moderato
- Debussy - Arabesque No.1
- Debussy - Golliwogs cake walk
- Bach - Prelude and Fugue in B flat major
- Schubert - Piano Sonata in A, D 845
- Chopin - Etude Op.10 No.4

Mozart- Clarinet Quintet in A (in Bb), K. 581
Mozart- Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498

Hmm right now I'm learning random songs that I sang in choir last year (just playing melodies of course).

Wicked Musical
-Dear Old Shiz
-One Short Day

For the Longest Time by Billy Joel

Hello Mary Lou
--------------------------
Other Piano songs-

Hikari
One Winged Angel
Battle of Jericho (<3333)

i did DipABRSM yesterday so i can start on new pieces YAY!!

ive also decided on my audition pieces so from now to November will be looking at/memorising:

Bach
Partita Nr 4 in D

Beethoven
Les Adieux

Brahms
Paganini Variations bk 1

Chopin
Etudes Op 10 nr 9 and Op 25 nr 12

Debussy
3 Preludes
Etude XI

Liszt
Apres une lecture du Dante
Vision

Messiaen
Ile de Feu I

Rachmaninoff
Preludes Op 23 nr 4 and Op 32 nr 10

Ravel
Gaspard de la Nuit (havent played this for ages so re-learning)

Scriabin
Sonata nr 7- 'Messe Blanche'

Takemitsu
Rain Tree Sketch II

I am currently playing Silvery Waves, Sonata in A Major(1st Movement), and trying to play Fantasie Impromptu. all of these songs are on the piano. ^^ and it would be helpfull if someone could give me advice for the 3rd song. :heh:

The Clarinet Quintet by Mozart is really annoying me. x_x I can't stand the fast toungings in the 1st movement and 4th movement.

It gives me another reason to learn how to double tongue. >.<

Rachmaninoff
Preludes Op 23 nr 4

Awesome choice; my favourite Rachmaninoff Prelude--I'm actually just starting to wrap it up after taking it on around mid-June. . .I just hope yours will be another good interpretation, without a bunch of speeding up; too many people do that. XD

Chopin--
Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor
New: Prelude No. 16 in Bb minor (starting for WSMA next March)

Rachmaninoff--
Prelude Op. 23 No. 4
Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 (?)

Awesome choice; my favourite Rachmaninoff Prelude--I'm actually just starting to wrap it up after taking it on around mid-June. . .I just hope yours will be another good interpretation, without a bunch of speeding up; too many people do that. XD

Chopin--
Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor
New: Prelude No. 16 in Bb minor (starting for WSMA next March)

Rachmaninoff--
Prelude Op. 23 No. 4
Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 (?)

next to op 32:10 it is mine also ^_^ and i completely agree that too many people speed up with it and spoil it.

op 23 nr 5 is a nice one also! i may learn it after auditions

I'm practicing Morning Shadows from the anime Kanon (I'm not sure who the author is, does anyone know?)

Marching Band music! oh joy lol

Our show this year is called "Immortal" based upon "Hello" and "My Immortal" by Evanescence. It's frickin sweet =]

That seems like a pretty low key show... Are those the only songs?

Yeah, those are the only songs. However, the marching show has 4 parts to it. The Arrangement is really well done. We have Darin Davis (sp?) for music, and Wes Cartright (sp?) for drill and guard work. They are two of the best marching band instructors in the United States. One works for L.D. Bell in Hurst Texas, and the other is from Broken Arrow; both have won National Championships. I can upload the arrangement if you guys would want to listen to it.

Beethoven-
Pathetique Sonata
Moonlight Sonata

Chopin-
Preludes No. 15 & 17
Sonata No. 2

Rachmaninoff-
Preludes No. 4 & 5 (Op. 23)

Debussy-
Preludes No. 1, 2 & 10 (Preludes Book I)

I'm also doing Hannon exercises; doing a bunch of Zelda transcriptions & arrangements too--some of them are going to be quite difficult, so I'm trying to make them as pianistic (as well as virtuostic) as possible. :)

One works for L.D. Bell in Hurst Texas

Ohh yes, I know LD Bell. They're pretty much amazing.

Yeah, they are. Their show this past season was creepy. I loved it lol. The guard looked like they were going to kill somebody (they were possessed) =p

Marching band stuff. 3rd movement = 16th note runs from hell.

and for every person in our section who can't play it, the section is running a lap.

this is gonna suck haha

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Yeah, those are the only songs. However, the marching show has 4 parts to it. The Arrangement is really well done. We have Darin Davis (sp?) for music, and Wes Cartright (sp?) for drill and guard work. They are two of the best marching band instructors in the United States. One works for L.D. Bell in Hurst Texas, and the other is from Broken Arrow; both have won National Championships. I can upload the arrangement if you guys would want to listen to it.

that's pretty awesome. I loved broken arrows' shows for the past couple years and i heard L.D. Bell is pretty awesome too, i haven't seen them much though. What band are you in anyway?

Marching band stuff. 3rd movement = 16th note runs from hell.

and for every person in our section who can't play it, the section is running a lap.

this is gonna suck haha

Wow, having to run laps for not knowing music? We never do that, heh. We just spend a good amount of time in full ensemble and sectionals. Then we practice putting the music WITH the drill AS we're learning it. It saves a lot of time =]

I'm in the Hudsonville High Marching Band. I play Bari-Sax. Gotta go hardcore for senior year lol.

"Solo De Concours"- Andre Messager (Clarinet + Piano)

"Solo De Concours"- Andre Messager (Clarinet + Piano)

I think I've heard of that...however, I'm not sure. Do you have an audio file maybe? I swear I've heard of the name lol. It's pretty sweet, if I'm thinking of the same one.

I think I've heard of that...however, I'm not sure. Do you have an audio file maybe? I swear I've heard of the name lol. It's pretty sweet, if I'm thinking of the same one.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=U0mlRvxNR44

And this is not me playing it. I'm still trying to get the sheet music, but I can play it (one page). :heh: But it is, oh, so fun to play. :)

That's great. I like it. As one of the comments said, the cadenza IS a bit frustrating. Ima see if I can't transcribe it or find an arrangement for a sax. =] I would love to play this.

Coffee Street -Andy Narell (meant for steel pans, but attempting to transcribe it for guitar)

A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation- Trivium
Capricho Arabe - Franciso Tarrega
Recuerdos del Alahambras - Fransico Tarrega
La Serpiente- Johannes Linstead

Yeah, they are. Their show this past season was creepy. I loved it lol. The guard looked like they were going to kill somebody (they were possessed) =p

Hah, I wasn't close enough to tell, but they were extremely good.

Their bass drummers are absolutely incredible! And that's saying a lot coming from a drumliner.

Sorry for the :topic: ness.

I would put what I've been practicing, but.. it's the same as last time. -_-

Audition pieces changed slightly after consulting my teacher:

Bach- P+F nr 16 WTK1 (did this for dipABRSM but i hate Bach so cant be bothered to learn anything different)
Beethoven- Les Adieux
Chopin- Scherzo nr 3
Debussy- Feux d'artifice
Liszt- Gnomenreigen
Ravel- La Vallee des Cloches
Takemitsu- Litany

also learning Ravel's Toccata but not for audition as we decided if i was going to play Ravel its better to go for something that demonstrates his sound world rather than something virtuosic

Working on the Salviani Iassili for Alto Sax at metronome=220.
For Piano, some Bach concertos, a few Beethoven Sonatas, and the music I'm playing at church in a couple days =D, mostly gospel-esque hymnals.

Bach- P+F nr 16 WTK1 (did this for dipABRSM but i hate Bach so cant be bothered to learn anything different)


You hate Bach? How could you?

Still working on Mozart's Concerto no.4. I'll be playing that for all my auditions coming up, so naturally, I've been playing it a lot... (I need a new piece)

You hate Bach? How could you?

Because when you have a strong passion for playing Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Ravel, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin --> Bach just doesn't cut it. :\

I'm practising various songs to sing, since I can't practise the flute these weeks I'm working or I will get overexhausted. I sing for the animals at work so it works fine, though I need to catch my breath after just a song or two...

I don't practise the piano either, since I would want to play the flute then, which I can't without getting sick... I'm memorizing sheets for flute and piano instead...

Because when you have a strong passion for playing Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Ravel, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin --> Bach just doesn't cut it. :\

exactement! :heh:

to me, Bach is like scales- dull and boring and does your head in, but you have to grin and bear it because it helps your technique. i have to say that because ive been playing the G minor prelude and fugue for a few months now it has grown on me and i have come to like it- especially the fugue.

but still, im the kind of person who tends to only learn stuff they hear and think 'wow, thats a nice piece'- and ive yet to hear a Bach piece that ive felt that about from just listening to it

Precisely. Even the ever-so-popular two part inventions are little more than a somewhat pleasing jumble of notes, even though they will admittedly make you that much cleaner.


im the kind of person who tends to only learn stuff they hear and think 'wow, thats a nice piece'

I prefer doing that too, but my teacher thinks that since my ear is supposedly so good, it would hamper my ability to learn a song by reading the notes. (I don't know a single piano player that can't learn by ear.. except for her.) <_< So, consequently, I go through about 5:1 songs I don't like to vice versa.

Yeah, learning by ear is not that hard at all. After all, isn't that what transcribing is? heh.

Anyway, I'm now practicing (along wish marching band music) "Not So Far Away" from Ragnarok Online for piano. It's a beautiful piece.

I prefer doing that too, but my teacher thinks that since my ear is supposedly so good, it would hamper my ability to learn a song by reading the notes

I could only guess that hamper = damper in this case. I completely disagree with that remark; if you have a good ear it doesn't mean it will stunt that talent if you learn pieces the conventional way by reading sheet music. I have a very good ear (high relative pitch sense) and my abilty to learn pieces by ear hasn't declined at all since I've starting learning pieces by notes.

That remark is 100% b.s. <_<

You misinterpreted that (though I agree). She thinks that because I can play by ear, it would cause me to be lazy in reading notes, which I have proved time and time again not to be the case.

Mozart K.622 "Clarinet Concerto"- III (Rondo)

Recording an excerpt on Monday! :o

For Piano:
What I've Done- Linkin Park
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - "Cannonball" Adderly
Hikari- Utada Hikaru

For Alto Sax:
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy(Again)- "Cannonball" Adderly
Tank!- Theme from Cowboy Bebop
My Girl- The Temptations

For Flute:
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy(Piano Treble)- "Cannonball" Adderly
My Girl(Piano Treble)- The Temptations
Lugia's Song- From Pokémon the Movie 2000
The Real Folk Blues(When I tranpose it)- Ending theme of Cowboy Bebop

School Music:
Poly Hymn- School Song
Anchor's Away- Marching Song
Colonel Boogey- Marching Song
The "Hey Song"- Marching Song

Ondine: Gaspard de la Nuit ~ Ravel
Apres une Lecture de Dante ~ Liszt
Waltz in Ab Op. 42 ~ Chopin
Sonata Pathetique No. 8 ~ Beethoven

^All for piano.

The Hey Song is a beast of a chopout on tenors... >_<

exactement! :heh:

to me, Bach is like scales- dull and boring and does your head in, but you have to grin and bear it because it helps your technique. i have to say that because ive been playing the G minor prelude and fugue for a few months now it has grown on me and i have come to like it- especially the fugue.

but still, im the kind of person who tends to only learn stuff they hear and think 'wow, thats a nice piece'- and ive yet to hear a Bach piece that ive felt that about from just listening to it


Umm sorry if this is off topic but.....I am thinking about learning the G minor Fugue and I was wondering how hard it is?....I've been playing violin for 6 years - I'm 15. I want to be challenged but not overwhelmed .. lol .. :heh:

are we talking about a violin piece here or the G minor fugue from WTK 1?

if the latter, then it's pretty easy once you've worked out the structure and where the subjects/countersubjects appear. I wouldnt say it was overwhelming at all.

if you mean a violin piece then i cant really help- although surely the same thing applies to every fugue- work out the structure and where the subjects are and you've virtually cracked it.

@ pantalaimon- Ondine is a fantastic piece! good luck with the climax =P

Oh, don't worry, I'm having quite enough 'fun' with the first three pages... it looks like my hands are having sex... @_@

lmao!

i will never be able to play Ondine again without thinking of that xD

Haha! That makes me want to learn the Ondine now. XD

Me, I've basically destroyed my forearms by practicing Rachmaninoff's C# Prelude for a total of 4 hours (just started today, and I got a pretty good sketch on it) and a good 1.5 hours of Rachmaninoff Prelude in G minor (Op. 23). Also, Chopin Bb minor sonata doesn't make it any easier on your wrists XD --but I guess that's my fault with not learning how to play the piano using my back, but only my triceps down. :heh:

How do you play piano with your back? o.O I usually use shoulders down at most.

Ahh sorry I'm being confusing....... never mind

Welp, started with my new teacher today, and I'm finally going to work on my [first] repitoire! =) He wants the Beethoven to be finished at Thanksgiving. x_x

Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor

Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor
Nocturne in C# minor (Posthumous)

Schubert
Sonatina No. 2 in A minor, Opus posthumous 137/2 (D. 385)

American Composition after 1940
??? -- Deciding. . .

These are the pieces I'm practicing for the PianoArts competition, so I'm looking forward in entering that with these.

good luck!!!
although i'm not much of a piano player....i tried to learn once but i failed miserably....i really enjoy piano concerts and competitions i like to go to them and just watch:P

I'm currently practising Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso Op. 14 and Beethoven's Sonata in d minor Opus 31 No. 2. I still got a long way to perfection though :heh:

I'm using Op 31 nr 2 as a college audition piece (was easier to memorise than Les Adieux)- I love the first and third movements!

I've changed a couple of other audition pieces too- I'm now doing Chopin Nocturne in C minor instead of the 3rd Scherzo, and im doing Debussy Prelude 7 from book 1 instead of Feux d'artifice.

After auditions im going to relearn all 24 Debussy Preludes- there was a time when i could play them all and its sad that ive lost some of them. And I might look at some Chopin-Godowsky Etudes (despite them being total bitches)

Off topic I think. I am praticing the sheet music from Eragon.

I'm using Op 31 nr 2 as a college audition piece (was easier to memorise than Les Adieux)- I love the first and third movements!
Those two are my favourite movements as well :)

I have stopped playing the piano, at the moment. It seems I stuck and can't even look at sheets without realizing how bad I am at playing the piano. And I played at my schools grand yesterday and ended up half dead because I couldn't reach the notes.
So for the moment flute is my only passion, I guess...

Oh well... I'm practising a duet, and a wedding march (I don't know if it called that in English) from Sweden.
My teacher and i will play alot of duets my two last years as a student, because I like duets and need to practise reading notes alot so i can make it to a band or something when I have turned nineteen and can't have two lessons my until then weekly grouplesson.

yay flute!!!well i'm practicing my field show music:lol:and the stand music^_^....but aside from that not much, but i am gonna continue learning me oboe and i may be joining jazz band too so i have a lot to do@_@

O_O.... I thought I put a post up here, but apparently it didn't show up???

Eh...

Anyways, I'm practicing Le Cous Cous, Sonatina, and another Bach piece. I don't really remember what it's called. All of them are for piano because, well, that's what I play. Haha, obvious. Meh ^^;.

Oh, oboe? I know someone who plays that. I have two friends that play the clarinet (sp?).

In the Symphony Band, this is what we're playing for our first concert

Joseph Compello - Slavic Scherzo

Hector Berlioz - March to the Scaffold

(can't remember composer name -_-) - Toccata

I am currently practising Holst's Second Suite for Marching Band, some Suite on Canadian Folksongs by Calvert and a bunch of other insignificant works.

In the Symphony Band, this is what we're playing for our first concert

Joseph Compello - Slavic Scherzo

Hector Berlioz - March to the Scaffold

(can't remember composer name -_-) - Toccata

We did March to the Scaffold when i was at college- i think its a great piece; bastard bit in the flute part though if i remember correctly x_x

Hi~! I'm currently working on:

Haydn - Sonata in Eb, HobXVI:49
Barber - Excursions
Chopin - Nocturne in Db Major

Mozart- Clarinet Concerto in Bb K. 622 (originally in A)... for a High School concert in January. :)

Mussorgsky - The Great Gate of Kiev

amazing piece, I love the main theme played throughout the song

Random Irish music...

Mussorgsky - The Great Gate of Kiev

amazing piece, I love the main theme played throughout the song

Is that the orchestral version or the piano transcription?

*is impressed if the latter*

aside from my audition pieces im currently virtually learning the entire new flute grades 7 and 8 repertoire because i have a student at that level so i need to be able to play everything on there so she's free to choose whatever she wants rather than me just giving her something i can play myself

Well, I was looking for music just earlier, which is how I came to join this site. So, I'm off to practice:
Free Bird - Haibane Renmei
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
And an InuYasha piece...

Is that the orchestral version or the piano transcription?

*is impressed if the latter*


haha, it's not the piano transcription :heh:

I just saw a youtube video of the piano version, it's pretty wicked. but i'm practicing it for band

I'm practicing "Asterisk" and the Tales of the Abyss beginning song which I think is called "Meaning of birth"

Lake Erie Rainfall by Jim Brickman (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qJnlOdaZR9U - screw the video, but that song is great)

aaand... I still fight with Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag.

Chopin; Sonata no. 2 in Bb minor
Chopin; Nocturne in C# minor (posthumous)
Beethoven; Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor

Take Five

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuunfortunately, practicing my all county and all-state has become my life. I am working on a few other pieces off an on, but not enough to mention here.

currently for piano...working on some final fantasy songs and 2nd movement in Beethovens Moonlight Sonata...my fingers gets tired lol

finally got to work on the Liszt B minor Sonata

my teacher wants me to play it in a concert on 9th December

somehow i dont think it will be ready by then....

finally got to work on the Liszt B minor Sonata

my teacher wants me to play it in a concert on 9th December

somehow i dont think it will be ready by then....

You'll do fine. I'm supposted to have the Beethoven Concerto completely by Thanksgiving. Heh.

good luck with that (Y)

will there be a recording?

I play violin, with a small Orchestra at a community college.

Orchestra Concert:
Mendelssohn - Simfonia X
Bach - Concerto in d minor BWV 1043 (The double violin concerto)
Sammartini - Concertino in G

String Quartet:
Mozart - Fugue K. 168

Recital solo:
Grazioli - Adagio

Stuff for personal fun, or future performances:
Mendelssohn - Concerto in D minor solo part (possible performance for next semester; not the famous d minor concerto but the other one)
Kabalevsky - Concerto in C major solo part (fun)
Sagisu Shirou - Senna (from Bleach, obviously for fun)
Kajiura Yuki -Strom and Fire (from Tsubasa Chronicles, obviously for fun)
Nodame Rhapsody (piano piece from Nodame Cantabile, yea I play the piano too I'm just a beginner though; I can't remember who wrote the song)
+ lots of other songs that my Orchestra/Quartet might play next semester that are going unmentioned.

I'm practising debussy arabsque no.1

good luck with that (Y)

will there be a recording?

Well, for PianoArts I need to "professionaly" record a video of the first movment of the concerto, and I'm going to submit the first movment (howver, I'm learning the entire sonata still) of the Chopin as well.

I'm sponsored by Steinway, and they have "stae-of-the-art" sound and video equipment, and a small recital hall in their Gallery. =)

Don't worry, I'll try to post them on Youtube when we get to the recording (in March)

Any three from the mesh of these:
-Prokofiev Sonata 2 (dropped before) vs. Bowen Toccata vs. Beethoven Op. 10, No. 3 (dropped before)
-Ravel Toccata vs. Debussy Arabesque
-Chopin Ballade IV vs. Liszt's La Campanella (dropped before)

It's my last year so I'm at a standstill...

finally got to work on the Liszt B minor Sonata

my teacher wants me to play it in a concert on 9th December

somehow i dont think it will be ready by then....

For some reason I thought you had already played that... @_@

But if you haven't, it'll definately be close as to whether it's ready for the 9th... but you're kind of amazing, so it'll be good.

I've completely mastered Chopin's 2/4 Waltz, so I'm now focusing on:

Sonata Pathetique, Beethoven
Dante Sonata (still...)
Fantasie Impromptu, Chopin (not near as difficult as everyone thinks it is, this)

I've finally realized that I can get so much more done if I don't try to work on 20 songs at once... >_<

Definitely playing the Ravel Toccata and the Liszt's La Campanella.

Third one is not going to be the ones above, but either the Beethoven 32 Variations or Haydn Variations in f minor. I need more choices... O.o...

i would have gone with the Ballade over La Campanella

Toccata and La Campanella will be tough to work on together as both of them are, essentially, show pieces. yes the Ballade is also virtuosic, but its more espressive with it.

then i would pick the Haydn. better to have something relatively easier in comparison to the rest of the stuff you're learning.

@ Mazeppa- i look forward to these videos (Y)

@ Pantalaimon- ive done a few sight readings of the whole thing over the past couple of years and ive pretty much gotten the slow sections how i want them. a lot of the runs are just dom/dim 7th chords, so its mainly expression that i have to work on. and the double octave passage at the end is a bastard.

the thing with the B minor sonata is that performances fall into three categories: the kind after which you cant leave the platform because the applause never stops, the kind where people fall asleep because there isnt enough expressive content to keep their attention for the whole 25-30 mins, and the kind that sounds like a war with the piano during which people have to step outside to relieve their splitting headache.

i think mine currently falls into the 2nd and/or 3rd category. the real question is can i get it to 1st category standard in just over a month.

i read about one performance of it where the pianist merged the exposition with the recap and once he realised he was near the end of the piece within like 8 mins, he stopped, turned to the audience and apologised then started again.

-several small parts from various pieces, by various composers, for a play tomorrow
-Gavotte, by Bach

Mozart Clarinet Concerto- Rondo Movement (III)

:) Finally getting my rank back up!

Bach - Gavotte

I just started this piece two weeks ago and I pretty much had the notes memorized in the beginning of this week days... I wonder if I will be able to play it right soon with pianos and mezzo fortes and crescendos soon...

My friend is doing the Grieg piano concerto for a competition, so I'm practicing the orchestra part right now.

I love the Grieg concerto =D

decided Liszt B min was too much with audition stuff and everything

playing the Debussy Images at the concert instead (probably just 2nd set because of timing- and the 1st set are overplayed as it is so 2nd gets priority)

Ah, I see you've changed to the Pastoral Sonata? Nice choice. And the 2nd Images piece by Debussy is one of my favourites.

*Click spoiler for my pieces* My teacher is also bringing a bunch of contemporary (not "pop-music" for the naive on the forum) sheet music this friday to choose from for the competition. :)

2 things:

1: Mozart Clarinet Concerto, K.622, Rondo Movement (III)... by Mozart
2: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra #1- 1st Movement... written by Me. :) *works on completing half of it for solo concert*

Once again I am practising alot;
Some anime/game music (some different series/games)
Christmas Carols (it's alot, so I don't want to write them down)
Gavotte - Bach

I'm working on my tenor solo for LoneStar (for all you Texan drumliners), and my show too, of course. Our show is basically a slightly watered version of the 2000 Cadets show minus band, complete with drum break - it's slightly amazing!

Hopefully I'll be able to arrange for a video of both of those...

And my piano chops are most likely gone by now. >_<

i'm going back to piano lessons tomorrow so i would have to play classical again :sigh:. some classical music are amazing, others are just... "you have to play it or u won't master the true meaning of the piano." lol.

michael nyman - the heart asks for pleasure
tori amos - caught a lite sneeze

Finally got my 5th piece for the Piano Arts Compeititon. Currently Practicing:

Chopin
Sonata No. 2; 1st mov. (going over 2nd & 4th movs. also)
Nocturne in C# minor (posth)

Beethoven
Concerto No. 3

Mozart
Violin Sonata No. 18 in G (piano accomp)

Dello Joio
Piano Sonata no. 3; 1st mov.

Well, I'm singing "Oiseaux si tous les ans" and "Ridente la calma", both from Mozart.
I left piano lessons because the time, but I hope to take up it soon. Anyways, I'm playing some anime stuff and some songs of The Phantom Of The opera.

currently teaching myself:

Lyphard Melody
Kiss the Rain
Maybe

^___^v

Morning Mood for Piano by Edvard Greig

im unsure whether to stick with the Debussy Images for the concert coming up or to do Liszt Chasse Neige and Bax Winter Waters... thinking along the lines of a winter themed recital.

my teacher suggested i throw in one of my own compositions for something different. might do the one from the last ichigos competition

*ponders*

Mozart Clarinet Concerto- K. 622- Rondo (Movement III). @_@ Hopefully I can get this down for the solo test...

FF7 battle theme. About 55% done after a day of practice...

So Many Options, by Tetsuya Shibata
The Black Forest Freaking Polka (for my piano class)
Schindler's List Theme (Reprise) by John Williams

All for Piano.

Guess what, guys?! It's All-State time! Are you excited? >_<

Oh well. If I make it, it'll be more than worth the mind-numbing hours of practice on horrifyingly simple music.

Christmas Carols
Haydn - Allegro Scherzando
Bach - Gavotte

I hate this time of the year... I have two or three concerts I nned to play Christmas carols in and I always have homework from my teacher too... And from school I get so much homework I need to skip practisetime so I might get into the university after senior high... Actually I need to find what I will apply for now, since I need to figure out where I got to live while I study music... Damn, do I hate Christmas...

Yeah I have more than I usually do to practice:

Flute ~
Bach Sonate III (which is hard for me :heh:)
Christmas Flute Choir Music (ton of songs)

Band Music (6 songs or so)
Orchestra - playing William Tell by Rossini (with killer flute part in it @_@) and Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens which is a fun piece

Mozart Clarinet Concerto (K. 622)- Rondo (III)

I have to perform this sometime... Friday is the first rehearsal with the pianist, and I still have to fix little technical fingering issues. x_x And I can still not tongue to speed.

Violin - Carmen concert fantasy - Pablo de Sarasate

piano - Those who fight - FFVII
Change the world - Inuyasha
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

well, my auditions are over and im now working on pieces for a competition i have coming up in March- it has 3 rounds:

1st round- pre 20th century

Beethoven- Pastoral Sonata
Chopin- Nocturne in C minor Op 48 nr 1

2nd round- 20th century

Bax- Winter Waters
Sculthorpe- Night Pieces

Final round- Recital

Liszt/Saint Saens- Danse Macabre
Debussy- Cloches a travers les feuilles

my idea for the recital was to have a kind of theme- Danse Macabre depicts the dead rising from their graves to dance on Halloween night, and Cloches a travers les feuilles was based on an old French tradition of ringing church bells on All Saints Day to guide wandering spirits to the afterlife after Halloween.

Since its been a year or less on my piano and my lessons I decided not keep my music sheets on halt *I have a lot of Music Sheets alot I mean alot...*. Anyway since I just started my teacher told me to play them when I get a little bitter and learn the techniques he will teach me first but, I still play my pieces anyway. Some of the music sheet I have and would like to learn playing is

FFVII - Piano Collections
Beethoven's - Moonlight Sonata (III mvt is the BEST!)
Rachmonuff's - Prelude
FFVIII - Liberi Fatali
Theres like hundreds more but I don't read them because I'm not good, isn't kind of odd? getting all these music sheet and unable to play them?

I play a lot of pieces actually but these are my top three of my most favorite which I'm learning:

Schubert - Piano Sonata No.16 (1st Movement)
Debussy - Arabesque No.1 (No. 2 is also pretty awesome!!!)
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.8 (2nd Movement)

Oh yeah, also, can anyone play 'Etude Op. 10-4 in A flat Major by Chopin"
It's extremely hard....but its awesome!!!!

Chopin - Raindrops Prelude
and
FFIX - Eternal Harvest

If I'm bored, I work on Sakura Saku (Love Hina) and Still Alive (Portal), but I've pretty much got them down.

@ happy smiles- with Chopin Etudes a lot of people HAVE played them, but very few people CAN play them.

i like to have a play through op 10/2,3,9 and 12 and op 25/1,6,11 and 12 but i wouldnt play them in front of anyone (apart from 10/9 and 25/12)

Yes, the Chopin Etudes are something else, really. My teacher says to me, "Hey, if you complain that you want perfect technique, tackle all of the Chopin Etudes." XD

At this point, I really believe that; hoping to get (any, edition, their etudes) Op. 10 and Op. 25 for Christmas, along with some Liszt Etudes. Actually, my teacher wants me to tackle one of the Paganini etudes by Liszt. I think I'm going to start on "VI: Theme and Variations" when I get some free time. . and, of course, the score.

My friend learned all 27 of the Chopin Etudes from scratch in 3 weeks. If you're willing to practise each individual etude solidly for 9 hours then someone at the level to be able to tackle them in the first place can actually do it. He very kindly made me a copy of his notes on exactly how he did it too- im not going to waste space by posting it, but PM me anyone whose interested.

@ Mazeppa- try and get the Salabert edition of Op 10 and Op 25- they have an english translation of the Cortot notes on them and exercises and stuff to help. I have a scan of the english translation of one of the two (think its Op 25) which i can send you if you want so you can judge its usefulness for yourself.

If you're thinking of doing the 6th Liszt Paganini Etude, i would look at the Brahms Variations on that theme (Op 35) instead- they are much nicer than Liszt's.

Im practicing a few Piano Christmas Carols, And a few Flute/Piano duets.
Other then that Im working on:

Trepak(Russian Dance) - Tchaikovsky (for christmas)
Sonata Op.2 No.1 -Beethoven
Polonaise Op. 40 No.1 - Chopin

I've been playing for 3 years now. For some reason I dont feel like im doing that great. I could do better<_<

these arent hard but i havent really tried to practise them i just mess around with em

Beethoven- Moonlight sonata *all movements*
Storywriter

Piano is da shiet ;D
love the sound of a piano.

combine with FF tracks :D:D

Well, a LOT of stuff is happening lately with my overal situation--extrememly prestegious people, a great private-premire this last Friday--just a lot has been happened, and I am also starting to prepare for the IMAP (International Music Academy--Pilsen) with being put in a Piano Trio, and also having master classes at/playing with Ivan Moravec, along with my teacher (who's also a department head at the program) Stephen Swedish. But. . .

Practicing (Right now) :

Chopin-
Sonata No. 2, Bb minor
Nocturne in C# (posth) --Completed

Beethoven-
Concerto No. 3 in c minor

Mozart-
Violin Sonata No. 18, piano accomp.

Dello Joio-
Piano Sonata No. 3, 1st mov.

Extrememly Strong Pieces for the Future :

Brahms/Schubert/Schumann/Beethoven-
(Undecided) Piano Trio, possibly two

Mozart-
Sonata K. 333, in Bb major

Beethoven-
"Eroica" Variations


If any of you wish to know what my whole schin-dig is, I'd be happy to tell you, via PM or MSN.

Hey seem all is going fantastic with you :D

I'm trying to figure out the Flute/Piccolo part for "A Longford Legend" by Robert Sheldon. But it's hard for me. TT__TT

** We dropped entering the Piano Arts competition, because the effects of it interfere what we are doing afterwards. (Not taking the chance to mess up something else; because the "something else" is better than winning/participating in the competition.) **

"New" Repitoire --

Chopin -- Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor
Beethoven -- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Rachmaninoff -- Prelude No. 2 in Bb major, Op. 23
Piano Trio -- ??? (Not receiving until March)

. . . I'm looking into getting the Complete Liszt Technical Exercises, because I'm so obsessed with having an extremely good technique.

Well besides a good number of pieces for our band's competition.

Enya - Watermark, Only Time
FFX-2 - Seal of the Wind ~The Three Trails~ (And I'm working on a transcription of it)
Xenosaga - Warmth, Sakura

And just continued practice with some pieces I already know.

** We dropped entering the Piano Arts competition, because the effects of it interfere what we are doing afterwards. (Not taking the chance to mess up something else; because the "something else" is better than winning/participating in the competition.) **

"New" Repitoire --

Chopin -- Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor
Beethoven -- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Rachmaninoff -- Prelude No. 2 in Bb major, Op. 23
Piano Trio -- ??? (Not receiving until March)

. . . I'm looking into getting the Complete Liszt Technical Exercises, because I'm so obsessed with having an extremely good technique.

*sigh* Despite the fact that I know pretty much everything in the Hanon book, there's still a lot to be said for my technique. I guess I just have a fear of becoming unbearably irritating around the house because I play exercises too much. -_- (I'm such a softie... >_<)

. . . I'm looking into getting the Complete Liszt Technical Exercises, because I'm so obsessed with having an extremely good technique.

they kill your fingers after a while lol

anyway, my stuff i am working on:

Rachmaninoff 3rd Concerto
Liszt Sonata in B minor

as well as the stuff i listed a while back for the competition im doing in March.
also waiting for my copy of Danielpour's 'The Enchanted Garden' to arrive so i can pick something from there.

also looking at the Ibert Flute Concerto. i learned the first two movements before i gave up playing the flute, but the other week i suddenly wanted to play again, so i'm recapping the first two mvts and beginning the third (which is a complete bastard)

I'm playing:
Sonatina - Kulau (or something like that)
March - Bach
Elfin Dance - Grieg
Roses and Butterflies - Making April

The classical music is for my CM test coming up in April. The other song I'm playing because I want to. And we're playing "The Great Steamboat Race" in my school band.

*sigh* Despite the fact that I know pretty much everything in the Hanon book, there's still a lot to be said for my technique. I guess I just have a fear of becoming unbearably irritating around the house because I play exercises too much. -_- (I'm such a softie... >_<)

Not saying anything down upon you, but I'd really upgrade to a different technique book; Hannon is really basic, in my opinion; I've been looking for other good Exercises to actually practice, but nothing came up. . . Luckily I found out about the Liszt Exercises. I ordered them this Sunday, and they'll be coming in around next week. =)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata 14 (Moonlight), opus 27 no 2

I haven't figured out how I am going to fit 14 pages on my piano yet, I think I'll need someone to flip em for me XD

Currently on "Lonely Man" theme from the late 1970s "Incredible Hulk" series.

I have tons of sheets for different songs printed out, but I think I'm going to take up "Recollection" from Final Fantasy 11 next (the MMO... I used to play for a few years, so I want to get some songs from that down). So many awesome songs to learn... it's hard to nail down one and stick with it for several weeks without getting diverted by something else that strikes my interest. I've got the first few measures of "Aerith's Theme" from FF7 down, but it will be a while until I have the whole thing down (plus, I need a full keyboard... getting sick of this 62-key unweighted business).

spring...by joe hisaishi
from beginning till now...yoon soe hae
river flows in you...yiruma
kiss the rain...yiruma
merry go round of life...joe hisaishi
all on piano...im sorta a piano freak...i guess:heh:

I'm currently practising:
Minuett - Telemann (I think)
Gavotte - Bach
El Choclo - Angel (something)
Morning has broken
An Irish folk song
Some song I don't know the name of from south america (maybe?)

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata 14 (Moonlight), opus 27 no 2

I haven't figured out how I am going to fit 14 pages on my piano yet, I think I'll need someone to flip em for me XD

memorise it?

Not saying anything down upon you, but I'd really upgrade to a different technique book; Hannon is really basic, in my opinion; I've been looking for other good Exercises to actually practice, but nothing came up. . . Luckily I found out about the Liszt Exercises. I ordered them this Sunday, and they'll be coming in around next week. =)

I can see where you're coming from, and I'll look into that. But basic though Hanon may be, it's definitely effective.

memorise it?

In time I suppose, though it'd take a whole lot of memorization, especially for this piece, mixing up lines would be an easy mistake to make.

I really need to get a technique book and start learning technique, what would be good for a pianist who can play pretty well, but doesn't have any formal technique training?

Here's what I'm practicing a.t.m.

Scherzo di Notte
http://www.squaresound.com/arrangements/sibelius/kh/joshbarron_khpc_scherzonotte.php

Hollow Bastion
http://www.squaresound.com/arrangements/sibelius/kh/joshbarron_khpc_hollowbastion.php

and Scorpion Fire / Sasoribi
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WlGQBYw9qnA

And no, I can't play the last one at full speed (maybe the first 2/5 or so). I'll probably make my own arrangement that has superfluous notes taken out so it's actually playable.

Weber- Concerto #1 in F Minor
Mozart- Concerto K. 622 for Clarinet and Orchestra...

I'm planning on playing both of these memorized. x_x

I'm working on the theme from Max Payne right now, as well as attempting the Moonlight Sonata.

Those Who Fight (Nobuo Uematsu)
Sonata K311 (Mozart) First Movement.

I have no idea what I have to get ready for the conservatory, But I know is a lot. Right now I want to play Saltarina-Alkan. I have no played in days cause the excess of work I needed to get done.

I am currently practicing:):) the instrument violin.

trying to play Senna.....on violin..........yeah..... :heh:
trying to master it before medeniz does =.="

FF9 Final Battle (Piano Collections)

has anyone ever played:
overture for winds
kronos
or by loche and mountain?

those are the songs were taking to concert festival...
and there all amazing! :D

People of the North Pole (Piano collections)
Bisaido Island (Piano Collections)
Descendant of the Shinobi (Guitar)
And improvising lots of other things.

BoA - Every Heart
Mozart - Turkish March
The Myth - Endless Love
One Republic & Timbaland - Apologize

=D

Practice? What's practice? Lol - I haven't had any time to touch my poor clarinet in between band sessions! But there, we're doing two new medlies: Ray Charles and Mamma Mia - although there tends to be a lot of singing of ABBA tunes when we're doing that one. Oh, and we've got all the rest of our music as well of course ;)

I've started working on the Barber Piano Concerto.

it's a great piece, but also a total bastard x_x

i am practicing the baritone or known as the euphonium :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: :sweat::sweat::sweat::sweat::sweat::sweat::):):):)

Moonglow by Will Hudson
Il Pleure Dans Mon Couer by Claude Debussy
Praise the Lord from Haydn's The Creation

Chaconne by Yiruma
Impromptu in Aflat Op.142 No. 2 by Schubert

For my Diploma Exam:

Vivaldi's "Autumn" from "The Four Seasons" Op. 8 No.3
Brahm's Sonata for Piano and Violin in d minor Op. 108 Allegro
Debussy's Sonata for Violin and Piano in g minor Finale
Dvorak's Romantic Pieces for Piano and Violin Op. 75 Allegro Moderato and Allegro Maestoso

For my orchestra performance:

Li Huanzhi's Spring Festival all 4 Movements-Suite, Love Song, Pange and Finale
6 Piano accompaniments
Dance of the Yao
Great News from Beijing to the Frontier
Horse Cart

Very very very very tiring if you ask me. XD

Right now I'm practicing Vivace (once I think of who composed it I'll put his name) for a solo ensamble

Going to look for the Pathetique sonata a very long time without play it and feels to play it now.

@ juoin- I have accompanied someone on the Debussy Sonata before- nice piece isnt it ^_^

at the moment I am learning the following given to me by my teacher:

Shostakovich- Prelude and Fugue Nr 24
Chopin- Etude Op 10 Nr 1
Mozart- either Sonata K330 or K333 (havent picked yet)

and a couple of other pieces of my own choice, but I havent decided which yet