So, what are you currently trying to play, and on which instrument? I thought this thread would kind of be a help thread for that certain piece too, if needed.

I'm practising the following, and any help on any of these would be appreciated:

[FFVI]Nobuo Uematsu - Kefka's theme
[FFIX]Nobuo Uematsu - Loss of me
Chopin - Etude no. 2 in C-minor "Ocean"
Chopin - Nocturne op. 9 no. 2 in Ebmajor
Schubert - Marche Militaire
X-Japan - Forever Love

The Ocean etude is somewhat simplified, and transposed to A-minor, and Kefka's theme isn't the one in the piano collections album, this is slightly simplified and transposed to E-minor.

Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit (perfecting 1st and 3rd mvt, learning 2nd)
Debussy: 24 preludes (all learned, just perfecting)
Liszt: Chasse-Neige (Transcendenal Etude Nr 12)
Beethoven: Tempest Sonata, Ist mvt

Beethoven: Pathetique sonata

Incredibly beautifull, and a pain to play! :mellow:

Rachmanninoff - 3rd Piano Concierto

I started practicing it since last 2 weeks. I need to play this piece with a friend of mine, the whole piece was in a duet form. So we were performing it in a double piano ensemble. Oh God, I hope I get in the orchestra or else I'd have to take up my dad's wrath and take up law instead... Another note, my fingers are blanded in a bowl of ice right now since this @#$%~!@# piece ( sorry for my bad language there ) is so freakin hard. And I have to say that this piece is extremely beautiful.

"Pathetique" Sonata 2nd Mov. >.> Rather easy and sounds good.

Piano accompaniment:
This violin concerto by Vivaldi
And some other examinable pieces.

Piano:
Chopin: Revoluntionary Etude
Some traditional chinese music

Mozart's Third and Fifth, Tchaikovsky's Serenade in C major (Top orchestra is playing it when school starts, and I have to audition with it. :o )
And I play the violin. I'm not working with anything on piano... I mostly just play little easy songs that I can learn in well within an hour.

Rachmanninoff - 3rd Piano Concierto

I started practicing it since last 2 weeks. I need to play this piece with a friend of mine, the whole piece was in a duet form. So we were performing it in a double piano ensemble. Oh God, I hope I get in the orchestra or else I'd have to take up my dad's wrath and take up law instead... Another note, my fingers are blanded in a bowl of ice right now since this @#$%~!@# piece ( sorry for my bad language there ) is so freakin hard. And I have to say that this piece is extremely beautiful.

I played Rachmanninoff's second symphony recently... he writes really hard stuff. I feel for you. But his second symphony wasn't all that pretty, in my opinion.

.hack//Sign - Foreigners
for flute

kLuTz - The Quest (Piano Version)

Mp3 (http://klutz.projecthive.com/mp3/kLuTz-The_Quest-Piano.mp3)

You know the regular piano stuff for my teacher.

Bach- Invention #7
Debussy- Deux Abrabsques <-- This is the best piece ever. peroid.
Chopin- A mazurka, I forget which, I'll get technical later.

I'm also playing for a wedding cocktail party, so I've got various jazz stuff. Some exapmles are:

Yoko Kanno- Piano Bar
Thelonious Monk- Ruby, my dear
Sonny Rollins- St. Thomas

Is that Debussy piece the "Arabesque no.1" ?

Yes it is. Although my teacher wants me to learn both in the future.

The Chopin Mazurka is Op. 7, No. 1

!

Could you provide us with a recording of the Arabesque no.1?

Of me playing it?

I'll try to get one where either I or someone else is behind the piano.

:Edit: You can find a recording of the first arabesque here. http://www.classiccat.net/debussy_c/66.htm

i'm now practising inu yasha - dearest, inu yasha - every heart, inu yasha - my will acctually i can play them allready but i haven't now any other new notes

Chopin - Heroic Polonaise

Fun fun piece. XD

Hard haaaard piece you mean :P

Hmm, found sheet music for "Michiyuki" from Loveless, so I'm trying to master that, since it's my favorite song at the moment. Hmm, I might try to master the rest of the Amelie songs that I have, but we'll see. Michiyuki, first. Oh yeah, it's all for the piano...

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)

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've played naruto - sadness and sorrow. it might be a bit hard if you haven't played before.. but if you have heard it that will help much. finally it's easy when you have played it couple times

I'm currently practising the following (on piano):

An Important Event - Robert Schummann (Original Title: Wichtige Begebenheit)
Milonga del angel - Astor Piazzolla
First Love - Utada Hikaru
Outset Island - Koji Kondo
Kesenai Tsumi (Full Metal Achemist 1st ending)

And various other pieces every once in a while, when I fiddle around with my piano.

i'm playing To Zanarkand on the keyboard but when i''m at the 13th piece i get stuck could somebody post the notes or help me because i play it good but the melody isnt good>_< i think i play the wrong notes
thnx a lot!!!

umm.. i have notes from that..

By 13th piece, you mean 13th measure right? I'll take a look at those sheets for you. (assuming it's the ones from Ichigos)

edit: Alright, I looked at the 13th measure, and I find nothing wrong with it :whistle: Anyways, for the melody line;

E B E F# G F# E D E D B

thnx!!

Second Run - Tales Weaver

I just stumbled upon this piece the other day and I found the piece so good. The melody is so beautiful and it's fun to play in the piano. And the song At Dawn from Tales Weaver, both of them sounds so modernistic with a classical approach. I played it in a mall the other day, you know those piano shops that displays pianos, and people got interested to stare at me when I played the two. Compared when someone played the revolutionary etude...Maybe it was new to their ears.

I was practicing some Metallica songs on my electric guitar but then I just didn't use my electric guitar anymore. I will pick it up again eventually.

I´m thinking and will probably try to learn a other version of Canon.
Extremely good. To bad I can´t attach it.

I´m thinking and will probably try to learn a other version of Canon.
Extremely good. To bad I can´t attach it.

I Know many versions of Canon :P

I'm currently playing Secret of my Heart- Detective Conan and Inuyasha songs, coz i like singing them :P
Doez any1 know of another really pretty song I can play?!

I'm currently practising (along with the ones on my first post) Coldplay - Speed of Sound. Almost done now ^^

I'm currently practising (along with the ones on my first post) Coldplay - Speed of Sound. Almost done now ^^

that song is good :P

on topic: actually I'm not practising anything, I just like to play random stuff on the keyboard xD

Haven't been here in a long time! Right now I'm playing:

Karenai Hana - Full Metal Panic
The Hunt
Study in C Major

Help from anyone for Karenai Hana would be greatly appriciated!

Pirates of the Carabean : cello (so friggin easy!)
and Destiny, by BoA : cello

EDIT 1: i can play the Iron man song too XD

I printed out a load of sheet music the other day but I'll just mention the ones that are difficult enough that I need to practice them a bit to get them perfect.

"We Were Lovers" from Gankutsuou
"Battle Theme" from FFVII
"Piano Solo" all 12 pages of Bebop goodness
"Prelude in C" by Rachmaninoff

On clarinet:
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano - Malcolm Arnold
Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and Piano, I. Prelude - Gerald Finzi

On Piano:
Whatever's lying around.

I learned inuayasha: To loves end, on piano last week and I am currently practising Noir: Melody Salva Nos.

I'm practising Alphonse Nguyen's "Alone" :)

Fur Elise, thank you very much Noir7

I'm working at my own pace, trying to master that INSANE song available here xD
The FF9 version of Eternal Harvest! It is so excellent. Even when I play it, I go O_O

Sadness and Sorrow....

I am now learning "Demolition Lovers," by My Chemical Romance, but the second part.

I'm finding it out by ear. ;)

Trying to play Inuyasha "Dearest".

I'm still busy being infatuated with Suite Bergamasque and Children's Corner. Debussy is, quite simply, a genius. O_O

Debussy is good. Is "Little White Donkey" from Children's Corner? I can't reemember. Played... what was the name? It was from Sutie Bergamasque... ah... can't remember. My memory is failing me. Anyways, I played that last year. It's kind of famous.

I am currently playing Chopin's Ballade #3, Ginastera's Sonata (one of them, fourth movement), and one of Hadyn's pieces.

Mary Had A little lamp =] I'm learning

Jk lol, nah , I'm learning something better lol

To dominate_ze_vorld:
The "Little White Donkey" is not from the Childrens' Corner suite, but "Doctor Gradus as Parnassum, Jimbo's Lullaby, Serenade of the Doll, The Snow is Dancing, The Little Shepherd," and "Golliwogg's Cake-walk" are. ^_~

As for the piece from Suite Bergamasque, it was most likely "Clair de Lune," as it is widely hailed as Debussy's most popular piece. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever heard the other three songs played before. >_>; They're not that bad (except for "Menuet." That piece is EVIL).

Ah, right. It was Clair de Lune. I had to learn and memorize it real quick. >.<

Ah, I didn't remember where Little White Donkey was from, because I played that long ago. Never heard of the others either. I think those two were the only Debussey songs I played.

I'm entering a concerto competition in a month so it's all concerto for me until then...

Concerto for flute- Ibert
Piano concerto nr 2- chopin
Piano concerto nr 1- liszt
Piano concerto nr 3- rachmaninov.

still don't know what im doing for the competition.... liszt is boring for the orchestra, ibert and chopin are tricky for me and rachmaninov is pretty long.

I am learning Lulling Nights and Katchaturian Sonatina!

...I am currently playing Chopin's Ballade #3...

WOW!:blink: you must be good! Chopins ballades are hard. I like the first movement

Hmm.. you can say im a noob.. but its mainly what my teacher has picked out. i'd be playing class A stuff.. but well, w/e i like what im learning =D

Beethoven -
Fur Elsie
Sonata Op. 49
Chopin -
Funeral March from Sonata No. 2
Nocturne No. 20 C# minor (on my own)
.hack -
Say Good bye (on own)
Rain and storm (on own)
Naruto -
Orochimaru's theme (on own)
Big O -
Apologize (on own)

and yea!

Piano concerto nr 2- chopin

Piano concerto nr 3- rachmaninov.



the rach3 and chop's great no.2

what about tchaikovsky's pc1 ? =D


(btw sry for dbl post:sweat: )

houki boushi-bleach , omokage-shaman king, thousand miles-vanessa carlton

To dominate_ze_vorld:
The "Little White Donkey" is not from the Childrens' Corner suite, but "Doctor Gradus as Parnassum, Jimbo's Lullaby, Serenade of the Doll, The Snow is Dancing, The Little Shepherd," and "Golliwogg's Cake-walk" are. ^_~

As for the piece from Suite Bergamasque, it was most likely "Clair de Lune," as it is widely hailed as Debussy's most popular piece. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever heard the other three songs played before. >_>; They're not that bad (except for "Menuet." That piece is EVIL).

I was going back through my old stuff today, and I also played the Doctor Gradus as Parnassum. Oh yes, and The Little White Donkey is from Jacques Ibert. I found that in my little stack as while.



WOW!:blink: you must be good! Chopins ballades are hard. I like the first movement


Eh... well, when you've been playing for your ninth year, if you're not there by now... O.o

Thanks for the compliment though.

You should hear the third one. I love it.

EdiT: I would post it here, as I have it saved, but why can't I post attachments?

Ensei- Mai-hime

"Tifa's Theme"
"The Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII"
"Fighting"

-- FFVII Piano Collections

Well, I'm learning the solos to "Thank You For The Venom" and "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison," since I know the songs, just not the solos. Both are from My Chemical Romance.

Since im only learning sonata "easy sonata" no. 2 from beethoven, i might try out some chopin or something.... like the fantasie impromptu.. got a fake book witht he full and real score !

fantaisie impromptu (BTW, really hard with the triplets on the left), and Al's Piano Sonata in C 2nd mov. the slow one.

Liszt Hungarian Fantasia, Chopin Etudes 1, 3, 6, 14

just before that: Beethoven Sonata Appassionata Mvt 3, Ravel Ondine (so much fun, yet so painful :P)

fantaisie impromptu (BTW, really hard with the triplets on the left), and Al's Piano Sonata in C 2nd mov. the slow one.


al's sonata? lemme c teh sheet music then.

"Once Upon A December" from Anastasia (such a sweet song and so nice to play)
and "Holding My Thoughts in my Heart" from FF7 both for Piano :D

melodies of life~

woo! found a japanese version of it! *dances happily*

melodies of life~

woo! found a japanese version of it! *dances happily*

erhm Muffin, Check the name of the thread lol It's what song are you currently Practicing not playing. Unless you somehow figured out to play the japanese version on an instrument....if so then I guess I should shut up.

damn it!

XD

EDIT: fine!

im practicing Bohemian Rhapsody (Which i stole from my music department XD) Mr. Duffy is so gullible XD

^that's evil,but it's a fun song to play

im currently trying to get a copy of 'Stacey's mom' from him XD

hes all like, "it's your fault you quit marching band"

..bleh

The Southern Cross-- Trumpet etude (Kinda.)
Concert Etude-- Another Trumpet Etude
Arbans Character Study #1-- A beat your ass Trumpet etude that causes nothing but pain for your own good.

Gillingham--Be Thou My Vision
Hazo-- Perthshire Majesty
Joio-- Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn
Biebl/Ross--Ave Maria (Angelus Domini) Interlochen commision version
Copland-- Emblems

That's all for now...

Wow! I practising the same song as Ashtr! But the English version.

Clair De lune. by mr debussy.


moo.

Those Who Fight from the final fantasy 7 piano collections.

Extremely fun piece to play but too hard to sightread at regular tempo therefore practicing... -_-

Also those jumps from 0-4/5-5 notes in the left hand get annoying cause my hands aren't that big...

Blue Fields from FF8 Piano Collections, and my own KH arrangement/medely thing

The Clarinet Glissando in "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin... (If I could find out how to do it that fast)...

It's not speed, it's technique. That glissando when all the notes seem to be "sluured" together (Like you can do with your voice) is very, very advanced.

My teacher says you have your fingers (something like) 1/8 of an inch away, or something weird-then slowly bring your fingers up. it's crazy.

Find Your Way, from ff8 piano collections, and
Sleepless City Treno, from ff9 piano collections

both are really fun to play:)

FF9:

Loss of me

FFX: Path of repentance
Tidus's theme
Seymour omni
Challenge
Besaid
Suteki Da Ne

FF7:

Those who fight
Aeris's theme
Ahead on our way
Farm Boy
Desscendant of shinobi
Gold Saucer
Cosmo Canyon
J-E-N-O-V-A
One winged angel (curse this song)

EDIT: Thanks to sephiroth for telling me the names of some good songs.

Im trying to make a final fantasy medley for my school

I'm learning Seasons of Love for the piano. It's from that movie... Rent, I think it was called? My school's chorus is going to sing it; I'm playing piano for 'em. ;)

I'm putting the final touches on Bach's Prelude to the D minor Cello Suite, and just starting the Gigue from the same suite. I freaking love both of those pieces.

La Campanella >.<

The Intro To Star Wars. Anakin's Betrayal. And Anikin VS. Obi-Wan from Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith. More Omega One, and Moonlight Something. (I forgot the name)

hehe I don't think I can measure up to you guys but I'm practicing:
-Tong Hua - Guang Liang
-Hokage's Funeral - Naruto - arranged by Partyboy
I've been practicing these two for quite a while now. Very very close to completion

failing terribly at trying to play Chopin revolutionary etude.

It's not speed, it's technique. That glissando when all the notes seem to be "sluured" together (Like you can do with your voice) is very, very advanced.

My teacher says you have your fingers (something like) 1/8 of an inch away, or something weird-then slowly bring your fingers up. it's crazy.

Does that mean 1/8 of an inch away from the holes??? When you enter the higher register (from A to B ) I end up slowing down.......

I might try something else now... probably Mozart's Sonata in G Minor

im actually just starting piano, and the current piece is "fur elise". cliche, i know, but i REALLY like that melody

im doing
a whole new world-alladain
uinto the dream 2-kare kano
simple and clean-utada hikaru
1000 words-ffX-2
more to come from me!!!!!!!!!!111111:lol:

I'm learning The Trooper by Iron Maiden. :punk:

Learning:

"One Last Wish" From Casper...I've recently become obsessed with that movie. so pretty (http://www.pianothemes.com/content/movies/casper/lastwish.mid)

Annnd "Mad World" - Michael Andrews
"I Remember" from Hook

lol lots of movie songs...and uh yeah some songs from my music teacher that I'm supposed to have learned but haven't even started =]

I'm currently also playing a Prokofiev piece. Not sure what it is called, but it's the IV of... something. Vivace. In 6/8 time.

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

Tifa's Theme/Tifa no Theme-piano version.

It gets on my nerves because I keep getting the notes wrong, but nice to play. Plus I'm playing it for my final year assembly!

Sonatine: Mouvement de Menuet - Maurice Ravel
Katchaturian Sonatina

BTW, can anyone find out what level of RCM the former is?

Bruch violin concerto, and Bach Partita No. 3 in E major. College auditions, you see; I'm ending my junior year, which is WAAAY too late to be selecting college pieces. Not that there is much I can do about it now.

Practicing Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A/Bb on Clarinet (the 2nd Movement): Adagio. :) It's somewhat depressing, but it still sounds good.

Bruch violin concerto, and Bach Partita No. 3 in E major. College auditions, you see; I'm ending my junior year, which is WAAAY too late to be selecting college pieces. Not that there is much I can do about it now.

I started on my audition pieces the summer before I arrived at college >.> Then again, that was just an audition for lessons, not for admission (I'm not planning on majoring in music)

Bruch violin concerto, and Bach Partita No. 3 in E major. College auditions, you see; I'm ending my junior year, which is WAAAY too late to be selecting college pieces. Not that there is much I can do about it now.

Heeey What Bruch concerto are you playing?
With a violonist friend we played the 2 first movements of the Max Bruch concerto, Op.26 in G Major, and it's a wonderful piece.... So so beautiful :lol:
He played the violin and I played the piano arrangement, and especially in the 1st movement, the violin is very hard to play, and the piano isn't easy too.

Concerning what I play now, it's varied.
on Guitar:
Bob Marley - No woman no cry and Redemption Song
Tracy Chapman - Talkin about a revolution and Baby can I hold you tonight (so beautiful...)

on piano:

Variety songs: Gackt - Love letter and Last song
Classical: Rachmaniniov Prelude in C# minor, the beginning of 1st movement of 2nd concerto for piano (too hard lol)
Other: Final Fantasy Piano Collections (IV, VII, X, X-2)

FF Piano collections are so beautiful... Depending the day, I work on pieces of one book, and on one another another day.
My favorite book is the X-2, especially Wind of Crest and Eternity (but I love nearly all the book...)
Recently I worked hard on One winged Angel of FF VII, and it's so funny to play :lol:

Right now I'm learning I Never Told You What I Do For a Living from MCR. Finally found the tab! :punk:

Graduation music. I'm super sexy and have to play there. At the moment I'm also a tiny bit inebriated/disoriented. No alcohol, but taht damn coke -.-

let's see. these are the ones im practicing kind of seriously...pretty long list:
1. Clair de Lune-Debussy
2. Sayonara from anime Saikano-arranged by Pianosquall
3. The Man and the Full Moon-Baka-Inu
4. Sonata for All Seasons-Spring-Deathraider
5. Slavonic Dance #8 (duet(i have melody))-Antonin Dvorak
6. Dances 1,2,8,9,11, and 12 of Beethoven's Twelve German Dances
7. first five bach "Kleine Praludien aus dem Klavierbuchlein fur W. FR. Bach" best classification i can do sorry:sweat:
8. Rhapsodie Mignonne-Carl Kolling
9. piano sonata in C major, movement one-Al!:lol:
10. Albergo from anime Gunslinger Girl- transcribed by Josh
11. Rei 1 from Evangelion-off ichigos
12. Little Wing from scrapped princess-arranged by joshua crawford(off ichigos)
13. The Athletic Rag from Super Mario World-arranged by piano squall
trying(can't really do)14. Ondine-Maurice Ravel. This piece is HARD!


pieces 1,5,6, and 7 were assigned by my teacher(and most are going to be played at a recital on the 9th of june:sweat: ). The rest are ones im doing myself.

I'm currently practicing

1. Regret - Malice Mizer (Gackt)
2. Forever love - X-JAPAN
3. Longing - X-JAPAN
4. Say Anything - X-JAPAN
5. Tears - X-JAPAN
6. Zanarkand - FF X
7. Thousand Words - FF X2

I'm in love with regret. That's why I'd practice from number 7 or I'd end up practicing one song only. :P
But, it's a really difficult song to play T.T I wish I still have a piano teacher to consult.

I'm honored, evafreak576, that you are practicing my song at least somewhat seriously! Still, though, no one answered as to what rcm Ravel's Sonatine is.

lots of songslol passion / sanctuary for one...

I'm honored, evafreak576, that you are practicing my song at least somewhat seriously! Still, though, no one answered as to what rcm Ravel's Sonatine is.

once ive got it down, ill record it for you:D

COOLCOOLCOOLCOOLCOOLCOOLCOOLCOOLCOOLCOOLCOOLCOOL!
Thanks!

Finger technique in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto K 622 (1st Movement- Allegro).... anxious to find the 2nd movement (sheet music)..........

Hard haaaard piece you mean :P
Yeah I'm learning that now ._.

I am doing Beethoven Appassionata mvt 1, Chopin Etude op 25 nr 12, Liszt Feux Follets and Liszt Legende 2 (which is fast becoming my favourite piece).

ooh- and as for the Ravel Sonatine; the whole thing is 1st diploma standard and the second movement alone is grade 8... hope thats of some use

ooh- and as for the Ravel Sonatine; the whole thing is 1st diploma standard and the second movement alone is grade 8... hope thats of some use

so that basically means its really hard:P ?

Now practising 'Forever Rachel' from FFV

My piano lessons are over for the year, so I'm gonna play anime stuff aaallll summer. :D

At the moment my favorites are:

Nakuru's Theme from Cardcaptor Sakura (I'm not good enough to play it well but it's fun anyway)
Tooi Kono Machi De from Cardcaptor Sakura
Bratja from Fullmetal Alchemist (I'm reeally good at this one now)
Itsumo Nando Demo from Spirited Away
Chihiro's Waltz from Spirited Away (I'm also pretty good at this one)
A BUNCH of Tsubasa Chronicle music I just printed today from www.gh.ffshrine.org .

And I guess that's it. XD I have a ton of songs printed!

omg thank you for that link!:lol:

Hmm..lets see :)

DN Angel - True Light
FF - Eyes on me
Inuyasha - Dearest
Bleach - Houki Boshi (makes a lot of noise :lol: )
Bleach - Life

Plans for the summer:
Gundam Seed - Shinkai no kodoku
Utada Hikaru- First love
FF - Eternity memory of light a waves (....huh! It'll be hard)

Thanks Thorn!!!

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

Woh, that's crazy. I'm practicing the exact same songs by the exact same transcribers. ^.^
I'm also practicing Hokage's Funeral from Naruto, Never Had a Dream Come True by S Club (no progress whatsoever) and Winter Sonatra.
I have too much free time T-T

For Clarinet

32 Etudes for Clarinet - Cyrile Rose

~~~~~
For Piano

II and III Mov. from Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven

Liebestraum - Franz Liszt

A Duet of This Is Halloween for flute and E flat Trumpet. I'm playing the flute part.

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, for a piano concert in a couple of weeks.

Cracking down on the IInd mov. of the Pathetique. PLaying at our Church on Sunday <3

finally finished slide show theme from FF8. moving on to melodies of life from FF9
>.< unfortunately, college life is killing my practice time. oh well ~

i just downloaded the mp3 to see what it sounded like and i like it! i think i'll learn that next:P
slide show theme, that is.

yah. learn it. you won't be disappointed. another great yet short piece to be included in your arse ^_^

yah. learn it. you won't be disappointed. another great yet short piece to be included in your arse ^_^

Lawl.

EDIT : Ok, back on topic -

Beethoven - Sonate Num. 8 in C Minor - "Pathetique" (II and III mov.)
Liszt - Nocturne/Notturno No 3 in A- Flat Major- "Liebestraume" (A Dream of Love)
Czerny - 30 New Etudes and Exercises for Piano (Op. 849)
Chopin - Nocturne in E- Flat Major (Op. 9- 2)

La Valse D'Amelie- Amelie Poulain OST

It's such a lovely piece to play ^_^
(do i have to provide a translation? meh. I think it means something along the lines of "Amelie's Waltz")

Piano: Dearly Beloved (KH)
To Zanarkand (FFX)
FFVIIAC Battle Theme (HARD PIECE!)

Violin: Various things, it's audition time, and I REALLY don't wanna be a second violin again. I think I might try to learn Suteki Da Ne from FFX, and the original Family Feud theme. But I need to get music for it first.

currently practicing Dearly Beloved from Kingdom Hearts on the piano.

The Entertainer - Scott Joplin

If you know it, you'll know how hard it is...

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/marty-chan/Dibujo-1.jpg

Descendents of Shinobi and to zanarkand,, Final Fantasy (piano)

and uh.. somewhat less important, Skin - Breaking Benjamin, love in an elevator - aerosmith (guitar) gig is coming up.. YAAY!

The Entertainer - Scott Joplin

If you know it, you'll know how hard it is...

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/marty-chan/Dibujo-1.jpg

Man, that really brings back memories. I remember the summer I learned that song. We went to the US and I was playing that outside the Casino of the hotel we were staying in. Got a decent crowd around me too ahaha, that was fun.

Recently finished to Zanarkand, A Beethoven Sonata, French Suite.

Currently still working on, some waltz, and a billion motifs that I'm trying to mush together into a song haha.

Ok, mainly a bunch of Jazz Band pieces (very hard, and it's the big boy stuff already-I'm in Jazz I with a bunch of Seniors and Jounors; I'm the only Freshman in it. Lol) and the obviously Pathetique and the Fantasie-Impromptu, with some gay Czery Exercises.

I'm getting better at the Impromptu, I've almost got the B section down (Db Key Measures) and have been working on the few bar sections in the A and Development of A section too. The Pathetique is working normally, I'm going along with it well and the 2nd movment is flawless almost. The third needs some more work, however, so does the first in the ares I've memorized. x_x Just an update. :sweat:

Man, that really brings back memories. I remember the summer I learned that song. We went to the US and I was playing that outside the Casino of the hotel we were staying in. Got a decent crowd around me too ahaha, that was fun.

Really? You must be a really good pianist...

I guess I'm gonna finish it on summer... now I can play the beggining, but reeeeaaaally slow

This is my favorite part:

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/marty-chan/Dibujoh.jpg

I really liked its ending 8bars or something. I'm a wedding pianist(part-time job), and believe it or not, I've had people asking me to play the entertainer before. To me, it just feels like it's not a song for the romantic mood of a wedding but they pay me good money so who am I to say no haha!:lol:

hey i'm not sure if theres a thread about this allready, but im looking for new piano songs to play, does anyone have a suggestion?

Currently im trying to learn the following on piano:

Missing - Kimagure Orange Road
Namida no Tears - Gundam Seed
BT - .hack//sign
Say Goodbye - .hack//sign
Memory of Mother - Little Snow Fairy Sugar
and relearning True light - Dnangel. . . (cant believe i forgot it *sigh* :P)

Botu Aerith and Tifa's themes from FFVII: AC in addition to the pieces on my last post.

Well right now I am trying to learn how to play Yakusoku from Love Hina which I found on this website. It's a sad song at some parts but I find it difficult to play because I self-taught myself up to book 2-A which is for beginner-novice players. I then stopped using books and looked for sheet music which I do today. I am practicing this song right now and after 2 days I can miraculously play the first page X_X

Brahms - op. 39 no.11 [duet walzt, I get the primo!]
Brubeck - Blue Lake Tahoe
Brubeck - Memories of Vienna [I think thats the title...]
Bach - Prelude in C m

Tausig- Das Geisterschiff

+ a few Chopin Preludes, Beethoven Tempest, and a Mozart Sonata in C

im really annoyed with the Tausig; i want to play it NOW *sulks*

Hmm let's see.

A Tair - ONE
Ame - ONE
Eien - ONE

So Alone, Be Sorrow - Star Ocean (I'm not good enough to transcribe -.-;;)

-The flute part from 'Harrison's Dream' and 'Molly on the Shore'
http://masonbands.com/ConcertWSRecordings2.htm
-The piano version of the FF7 battle theme (it's a lot easier than I thought it was)
-And the fugue from Bach's Fantasy and Fugue in gm (it's a biatch after the 4th voice comes in. Organists had it easy with the pedal manual...)

yiruma- kiss the rain

Mozart:

Clarinet Quintet K. 581- Allegro (will post recording soon)
Clarinet Concerto K. 622...

-Allegro: I am SO close to getting perfect
-Adagio: I can play this one perfect, no mistakes
-Rondo: Too many sixteenth note runs @_@ .

Ode to Joy: really hard version. I don't think the original was this hard. x_x

I don't usually focus on the piano, more of my practice time is often dedicated to my violin because I play that for school. But lately, I've been trying to learn lots of new pieces. I'm hoping I can find a good piano version of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edward Grieg (it'd be great to play on Halloween), and I'm trying to learn Fur Elise by Beethoven, because my mom loves that song.

Though, I really should be working on this song we're playing for orchestra class, it's called "Take Five" by Paul Gesmond. It's difficult for the orchestra, because the time is 5/4, so we keep making jokes in class about how violinists can't count to five. xD

^"Take Five" is REALLY hard... the Key Sig, the Alto Sax glissandos (especially when they have to play with chromatics instead of "air" glissandos...)...

Ode to Joy: really hard version. I don't think the original was this hard. x_x

How many pages? It's for piano or Piano & Violin?

I am practising so many things at the same time but it's because I have band AND exams coming up. And I have a short attention span so I must do many things at once or I lose interest. =/
Flute:
Mystery on Mena Mountain
Tales of the Emerald Isle <- so hard! Dx. mostly harmony so it's even more confusing.
Fantasy on the Minstrel Boy
Piano:
Victor's Piano Solo [from the Corpse Bride] - Danny Elfman. Really pretty. ^_^
Morning Bell - Johann Friedrich Burgmüller
The Gypsies - Johann Friedrich Burgmüller
Sonatina in C Minor III - Giovanni Battista Pescetti
Sonatina in G Major II - Beethoven
Song - Bedrich Smetana
Mysterious Summer's Night - Larysa Kuzmenko
Valse Brillante - Chopin
Sonata in E Minor I - Hadyn
Waltz op. posth. 70, no. 2 - Chopin again
Mazurka op. posth. 67, no. 4 - Chopin again again, yes I love him.
La sarabande - Gabriel Grovlez

Für Elise... I have that song so many freaking times. >.< It is over played and now I hate it. :(

Sonatina in G Major II - Beethoven

Bwuahaha! I remember that song from a year ago. So much trouble, who would have thought in less than one year I'd be playing stuff like Fantasie-Impromptu and the Pathetique (which technically, isn't that hard).

I'm not bragging, just now I notice how far I've really come. x_x

lol, i remember when i just started piano, and sightreading, like, quarter notes in the right hand was..."nooo!!! impossible!!"

now i can sightread a 4-voice bach fugue with only MODERATE faliure!!! yess!!!

I wouldn't say that I'm trying to play these because I can play them I'm just fixing a few spots.

Piano:
Sarabande and Variation- unsure I'm not at home
Think of Me- Andrew Lloyd Webber

KH-Another Side

I'm playing the Entertainer over and over again. :bleh:

Pathetique & Fantasie Impromptu.

My god the first movment takes so much fuxing work to get it perfect. I'm like level 3 1/2 of 4 ear criticalness (4 being High Judge) and it's different when I tell I suck, and people around me hear my playings and their like : "Woah, omg?"

The Fantasie is really weird since it's ryuthms are wack--Lol. It's still coming along fine. I might think of doing Chopin's Ballad in Gm (Op. 23) for a side-side practicing, just not getting very critical with it.

Now that I am actually working on something I can tell you that I'm working on "Scarlet"(from Ayashi no Ceres) and "Mary, Did You Know". I'm working on "Scarlet" for my spring recital and "Mary, Did You Know" for Christmas.

i have just started playing rewrite from full metal alchemist and practising the finer points oktober.herbstlied by tchaikovsky

Now that I am actually working on something I can tell you that I'm working on "Scarlet"(from Ayashi no Ceres) and "Mary, Did You Know". I'm working on "Scarlet" for my spring recital and "Mary, Did You Know" for Christmas.

I love scarlet. It's such a pretty song.
Anyway, now that I found out I was playing a piano piece from my first or second year wrong, I'll be playing that until it's perfect. *sucks*

Mad moon sonata

Armenian Dances (Part 1)
its for band, but i play the clarinet, and the 5/8 part sounds so nice xD

kLuTz - The Quest (piano version)- i just have to fine-tune it ;)
kLuTz - Seek Ye First
both for piano

Polonaise in G Minor (i forget by who o.o)
Venetian Boat Song (same ^)
both for piano. there are actually a lot of Venetian Boat Songs, but all of them are great xD

To My Friend (from Cardcaptor Sakura)
piano and flute duet ^^

Woops, wrong thread

Liszt Ballad II and Debussy, a Reflections of the Water Mouvement or whatever. Not too sure, it's in French. I think it's Reflets' san lau? Correct me if I'm wrong. >.<

Liszt Ballad II and Debussy, a Reflections of the Water Mouvement or whatever. Not too sure, it's in French. I think it's Reflets' san lau? Correct me if I'm wrong. >.<

Reflets dans l'eau *nods* beautiful piece :)

@ Mazeppa- Gm Ballade comes highly recommended :D

My main piece at the moment is Liszt "Apres une lecture du Dante" (aka Dante Sonata)

but i am also learning 2 Rachmaninoff preludes (op 23:4 and op 32:10), and Beethoven Op 31 Nr 1

and practising Liszt 'Chasse-Neige' and Ravel 'Vallee des Cloches' for the competition im in in a couple of weeks :) (can already play both)

This crazy hardcore techno station. the bass is so loud that my room is shaking
I think I'm going to get in trouble for it being so loud X_x
aww well it's a pretty cool station<3

Beethoven's Sonata in d minor opus 31 No. 2 :) great piece!

Reflets dans l'eau *nods* beautiful piece

Yes, that's it. I only saw the French name once, heh.

yiruma- kiss the rain

Care to pass the music on to me? :) :cry: :unsure:.


For me Chopin's Fantasie Imanaproptu(sp) and messing around with other songs >_> Lol Fligh of the Bumblebee on Trumpet and Clairinet.

jazz band just started, as well as percussion ensamble at my school so im currnetly practicing music for it and regular band at my school so theres really no time for extra's...

Jazz:
Channel One Suite, Bill Reddie, arranged by Mike Lewis, 3 pages. gigantic solo section
One O' clock Jump,Count Basie, arranged by Paul Cook

Percussion:
were practicing two songs, but i dont know the names and composers off the top of my head

Symphonic Band:
Carol of the Bells/Greensleeves, Carol of the Bells:Mikola Leontovich, lyrics Peter Wilhouskym Greensleves: traditional arranged by Larry Clark
Sentinals, Roland Barrett
Canyon Winds Sean O'Loughlin
Pictures at An exhibition(Promenade-Hut of Baba Yaga-The Great Gate of Kiev), Modest Moussorgsky, arranged by Micheal Sweeney

thats a lot of songs-_-

Gackt - Last Song (piano version)

Piano (free time) : To Zanarkand (FFX)
Aerith's Theme (FFVII:AC)
Tifa's Theme (FFVII:AC)
Decisive Battle (FFX)

(nothing new there...)

Violin: Various things for Orchestra, still deciding music for the holiday concert. One of the pieces is an arrangement of The Little Drummer Boy, it's cool. We use Col Legno (the wood part of the bow) to create a cool drum-like sound. As for my Suzuki books, I'm playing Gigue from Sonata in D Minor by F.M. Veracini (Yay, I'm almost on book 6!)

while waiting for Ragnarok Online:White Christmas,
Pachelbel Canon

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Fantasie Impromptu — Chopin
Prelude and Fugue in Eminor — Bach

Prelude[s] - Bach
Prelude[s] - Chopin
Mazurka[s] - Chopin

I'm just playing those types of songs by those people.

Liszt- Funerailles (along with the stuff a few posts ago).

Thought this piece was meant to be really hard, but I've learned it in 2 days o_0 so apparently not

Your a freeken fast learner. I have said that chords are fun and easy, but I have a public service announcement:

chords suck hard. It creates a strong vacuum. Arpeggios are your best friend.

Critical with Beethoven's II Mvt. of the Pathetique (competition in March)

Czerny Technical Etudes (Op. 849)

Debussy Preludes Book I

Chopin - Preludes of Op. 28

Prelude in B minor - Chopin
..along with a mess of other stuff I posted ages ago that I'm still screwing around with.

new pieces! some are just polishing up for music college auditions next year

Bach- P&F Book 1 Nr 3 and Book 2 Nr 17
Beethoven- Appassionata
Chopin- Ballade Gm
Liszt- Gnomenreigen
Debussy- Nocturne Db
Messiaen- Reflet dans le Vent
Takemitsu- Litany I

+ Liszt- Sonata apres une lecture du Dante (ongoing thing)

OWNED. The Appasionata is probably my third or second favorite Beethoven sonata.

Grrreeat choice. (The finale-movment is obviously the best).

it's my favourite hehe

can already play the first movement- learning last two :)

am using it for auditions, they usually want the first movement of a classical sonata

I am practicing all the zelda themes for trupet and piano it is hard but fun.

something called "hangarian dance" <-- reminds me of the movie 'dracula dead and loving it'

Piano Lessons: Sonata in Gmaj - Haydn, Strange Lands and People - *forgot composer*, Bolero - Casella

Anime Music [Piano] : Doraemon Main Theme, Kyoudai - Full Metal Alchemist, Eternal Snow - Full Moon o Sagashite etc...
And eventually, i'll be working on trying out FF:AC's Fighting Scene *forgot name * :p ['A' flat]

Paganini- Caprice

Mad Moon sonata and Grande Valse Brilliante...

Recently practicing about 20 piano accompaniments to violin ranging from grade1 to 7 RCM. At least the money beats any part time job that's around.

Hah, I see myself doing that in a year KK.

I'm going to be hired for our drama class as the piano player for their upcoming Feburary play. :heh:

Uh... Let's see...

Notturno - Greig
Aeris' Theme - FFVII
Tifa's Theme - FFVII
Canon in D - Pachebel
1000 Worlds - FFX-2
To Zanarkand - FFX
Hello - Evanescence

And that's only piano :heh:

For voice, I'm doing:
Voi Che Sapete - Mozart
In The Bleak Mid-winter - Drake
Once In Royal David's City
Ave Maria - Schubert
Tonight - Bernstein
You Are My Love - Tsubasa Chronicles
Motherland - Full Metal Alchemist @_@

So many... :sweat: :think:

Piano: O Holy Night (for orchestra)
Cazonetta
Canadian Capers (whoa)
Cello: Let it Snow
Feliz Navidad
Trepak (AKA Russian Dance---from the Nutcracker)
Something else, I believe. All for orchestra.

Piano: To Zanarkand (piano collections version) There's a part near the end that has a lot of fast arpeggios..(hope you know what I'm talking about)...and it's really not as hard as it sounds...that is, if you play it slow (^^)v...I just wish I could get it up to speed...(as for my other songs, I'll get back to them later...)

Violin: Same stuff as last time, in addition to "Concerto for Two Violins-1st movement", by J.S. Bach (1st violin part, the second violin's in book 4)

Hopefully, I'll be on book 6 at the end of the year...

I am working on Hungarian Dance #5 on Constantin (my violins name)
whoops forgot also finishing up Suzuki Book 4

I am working on Hungarian Dance #5 on Constantin (my violins name)
whoops forgot also finishing up Suzuki Book 4
Hey, another Suzuki student! Book 4 was hard! 'specially teh last three songs! Good luck! Book 5's not terribly hard, xcept for Vivaldi's Concerto in G Minor (specifically the third movement...)

It's that time of year again:
O Holy Night - as arranged by some random schmo.

I'm working on:

Crossing the Seas - Chrono Chross
To Good Friends - Chrono Trigger
Tabidachi nichi e - Princess Mononoke
anddddddd
The Beast II - evangelion

....and they're all killing me. I'm such a lousy pianist! :heh:

comptine d'un autre ete by yann tiersen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rblk4FNsUdg

its so pretty.

Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee by Ludwig Van Beethoven on piano
( Its intermediate level mind you, not the easy form of it)

Ive got song down, but now I've got to memorize it for fine arts.

Two small songs in my practice book, "Weihnachtslied" (= christmas song) and "Summ, Bienchen, summ" (= hum, little bee, hum). I'm just starting out playing so yeah ^^"

lol german much?

umm, if anyone's from Australia they'll know what AMUS is, but yeh im doing my AMUS atm

October/Autumn Song - Tchaikovsky
Sonatine - Ravel
Sonata in C minor Op 10 no.1 - Beethoven
Prelude XVI - J.S Bach

I'm working on:

Czerny - School of Velocity
Chopin - Valse No. 69 Op. 2 Version de Fontana
Schumann - Kinderszenen

I've been bored for quite a while, so I decided to go back through all my old repertoire from Grade 5* and schmooze through all the stuff that I'd never played before.
One interesting piece caught my attention.

A Little Romance - Robert Schumann; Op. 64 No. 19, if I remember correctly.

Insane easy, but kinda catchy.

Edit:
War. It was Op. 68, not 64.
Pooper.

Canon in C (arr. from the my sassy girl movie)-George Winston (i guess :P)
(somehow i learned it in 2 days i was like hmmm...wait...i just got this song i'm playing it already?)

Violin: "La Folia"-Arcangelo Corelli (such a pretty piece...but it's hard!)

This year I'm going for La Campanella, Jeux D'eau, and some other song I have not yet decided.

jeux d'eau <3

good choice!

me= still learning Dante Sonata + couple of Medtner Fairy Tales

Rustles of Spring - Christian Sinding. I love this piece.
3rd Movement of Moonlight Sonata
Prelude Op. 32, No. 2 - Rachmaninoff. I do not love this piece.
Butterflies - The composer's name got cut off o.o
I pushed Fantasie Impromptu and Liebestraum aside.

I'm going to look for Revolutionary Etude tomorrow at the music store tomorrow. Eeee! -Excited-

On the piano, I am still learning Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven, but I mostly have the piece memorized by this point. And I practice it every day to keep up. When I get the chance, I want to learn Moonlight Sonata.

On the violin, I have several things to work on - what with my private lessons and the All-City Music Festival that is coming up in February (I'm so happy I made it!). First, I've got Ten Little Classics by Johann Sebastian Bach (things like Marche and Gavotte) and then I've got Sabre Dance, Hoe Down, and Serenade. Just once though, I'd love to get first violin at All-City. Meh, I need to practice a lot more. I can't wait to hear the melody on those last three because I only have Violin II. (x_x)

Yes! Yes! Yes!!

I've finally gotten Hannon ; The Virtuoso-Pianist (Complete)!!

God, I've been waiting to get these for months, and now after only 45 mins of playing through the first 5, I feel effects from them. Oh man! I'm so excited Lol.

I'm not even tired of these sounds, I can already feel each separate finger.

(Watch out Thorn--a few months I'll post some Liszt thingy for you. :bleh: Lol)

Dearest, from Inuyasha, Every Heart, FFX Ending Theme, Music of the night, my heart will go on ^-^

Yes! Yes! Yes!!

I've finally gotten Hannon ; The Virtuoso-Pianist (Complete)!!

God, I've been waiting to get these for months, and now after only 45 mins of playing through the first 5, I feel effects from them. Oh man! I'm so excited Lol.

I'm not even tired of these sounds, I can already feel each separate finger.

(Watch out Thorn--a few months I'll post some Liszt thingy for you. :bleh: Lol)

ah, the joys of Hanon

please do post some Liszt =]

i would post Dante, but i lose it in the final Presto section... probably because its such a long piece

Oh man, that's the piece where I had the EXACT same opening as one of my songs I was composing, like the first minute or so.

Now that I have always had a Liszt style in my improvising and compositions, my teacher calls me the "Re-incarnation of Liszt"--and I love it. :heh:

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Anyway, I would love for you to post that Thorn, it's one of my favorite Liszt pieces of all time. ^.^ Anyway, I might be considering Debussy's "The Sunkey Cathedral (of Ys)" since it's such a mysterous piece, and probably my favorite of his preludes.

Bach-Suite in B minor
Mozart-Sonata K.331
Chopin-Valse Op.69 No.1
Debussy-Claire de Lune

Cello:
Pirates of the Carribean, or something like that
Blue Fire Fiddler (Kill me)
soooooomething else
Piano:
still Canadian Capers. That piece is torture.

Meh... I have too many easy stuff for band class... XP

Oboe: Minuetto - Beethoven
Adagio (Sinfonia to Cantata No. 156) - Bach
Scherzo Rondoso - Keech
And two random studies for my arts programme audition.

Hi! I'm cutebunny and I'm new here.
Czardas------this is for my recital this summer!!

Hi, i'm also new here ^^

The Entertainer by Joplin. I love ragtime!!!

Yeah nvidia! that's a good piece! I studied the simplified entertainer and I hope that I'll learn to play the original one.

Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata (III Mvt.) *In means of MASTERING it now
Debussy - La Catedral Engloutie ("The Sunken Cathedral") *Starting
Hannon - The Virtuoso Pianist, Book I II & III
Shostakovitch - Polka from "The Golden Age"

Yes! Yes! Yes!!

I've finally gotten Hannon ; The Virtuoso-Pianist (Complete)!!

God, I've been waiting to get these for months, and now after only 45 mins of playing through the first 5, I feel effects from them. Oh man! I'm so excited Lol.

I'm not even tired of these sounds, I can already feel each separate finger.

(Watch out Thorn--a few months I'll post some Liszt thingy for you. :bleh: Lol)

duuddee, not hanon... I really need to start on that again. I dreaded those because my instructor would make me do them really fast, one after the other.

well, some durgie type preludes of chopin. Im obbsessing over him now... should start on some ravel soon before my head pops

Hah, once you get Chopin's crazy runs down, as well as Liszt's, I think you've just accomplished another skill by then.

Hey, I'm also new here, and right now I'm concentrating on my voice (practise wise) and I'm singing :

Part of Your World - Alan Menken (from the Little Mermaid)
Beauty and the Beast - Alan Menken (You can kinda guess I like my Disney :heh: )
Sanctuary - Utada Hikaru
Faith - Yuna Ito
Against All Odds - Mariah Carey (understatement to say it's tricky).

I've also been playing saxophone for seven years but I've somewhat abandoned that due to all the awful things the school were making me play.

Moonlight Densetsu (duet) from Sailor Moon with my cousin
Gaara's Childhood or Theme from Naruto
This is Halloween from Kingdom Hearts

But I'm mainly concentrating on the duet the other songs are just what im trying to learn for the fun of it :]

trying to learn by ear the cello part of Szamar Madar, its this unknown but really cool instumental glitch-core...

Bump of Chicken - Gungnir

La fille aux cheveux de lin - Debussy

Prettiful.

Hah, once you get Chopin's crazy runs down, as well as Liszt's, I think you've just accomplished another skill by then.

Lol, chopin is a little crazy. Im not as advance as you yet, but meh I can still do okay runs.

Clair de Lune - Debussy

@RD - Oh, I haven't experimented with Chopin much yet, so I haven't done his runs where I can play them "easily" as you can say. When I have more time after piano competitions (taking the year of from the next yr compo) I'll be sure to check out an etude of his. ;)

Lol, you speak of it so easily. lol. A lot of luck at competitions!

That reminded me a lot of what I'm doing right now. I'm entering a few state competitions also. So the only reason why you hear me talking about Chopin so much is I'm trying to get a big repertoire of his... :/ lol

a lot of luck. Hope you see your name up there ina a few years :D

Oh man, just got the Piano (Only) sheets to the movie/play "The Sting."

I'm going to be the only person playing for the play next month (mid-Feburary) and it seems pretty fun. I like playing Rags and shtuff like that now--it's like Chopin, but watered down. Lol :heh:

omg i saw "chopin" and "piano competition" as i was scrolling and thought someone was entering/ had been in it.... i knew there were some brilliant pianists but not THAT standard...

... anyway, piano competitions are fun =] although sometimes you watch someone play and think "ouch"- this 30 yr old at the last one i did totally forgot the piece and just sat there trying to work out the next chord

OMG lol, theres some good people here, but by no means are any of us are Chopin Piano Competition good. lol

YUNDI LI FOREVER had to throw that in.

lol 30 year old. I just find that funny for some reason. At my last recitle, a girl before me messed up big time in the middle of the song and started over from the start >_o. And I went a bit over tempo >_<

Idk why, but rags annoy me a lot. lol

Some random waltz my teacher got out of a book [its a bitch because its all staccato and chords... 100% of it] - Schubert

Next concert my orchestra's playing with one of the concert bands and forming a full orchestra, and I'm excited about it! Plus, they're harder pieces, and I like challenges(not to sound like a nerd...)

I'm pretty sure that I'm the only violinist in my orchestra who can go past fourth position...(I can go to ninth^_^

(Haha, I'm just rambling because I can't remember the names of most of the pieces we're playing...)

Oh yeah, I'm still working on Bach and Corelli from my last post XD

Clarinet Concerto K. 622 (Allegro- Mv. I)- Mozart

Using this for 10th grade (school band) auditions.

And... my last piece is decided to be Scriabin's Etude in d# minor. It's not as hard as usual, but I needed to have time for the other two. Great piece though, still.

YUNDI LI FOREVER had to throw that in.

(Off-topic, sorry) I disagree with you. I believe that Evgeny Kissin is the master of Chopin's music, other than Chopin himself, of course.

(Off-topic) I have a CD of Li Yundi's. I personally don't like him that much.

(Off-topic, sorry) I disagree with you. I believe that Evgeny Kissin is the master of Chopin's music, other than Chopin himself, of course.

I say this on youtube a lot, but this is why I love music so much. Everyone has diffrent ideas of what good music should sound like, and no one is wrong [of the people who are serious]. I love Kissins clear, articulate playing, but I also love Yundis and Argerichs [she is the master of Ravel] softer-spoken, smooth flowing style. So it may not be exactly about who plays Chopin better, but who just plays best for the ears.

I'm practising Blood Brothers on my guitar :)

Oh yeah! I remember you wanted me to transcribe that for piano. Lol.

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(Now) Almost Perfected Beethoven's IIIrd Mov. Pathetique ^_^ ^_^ ^_^

finished Dante Sonata!

going back to rework on competition pieces now for one im in in March- namely Liszt Gnomenreigen and Chopin Ballade 1

also still playing around with Islamey

OMG! CHOPINs BALLAD No. 1!!

You must post that along with the Dante when you get the chance! :sweat: :sweat:

will record them both when i get the chance

i can already play chopin ballade 1, just not as well as id like to for competition purposes

Music for a Festival -- Gordon Jacob
Childrens March -- Grainger
Southern Harmony -- Grantham
La Fiesta Mexicana -- Reed
Chorale and Alleluia -- Hanson

Mozart's Piano Concerto #21

Toccantina Op. 27 No. 12 - Kabalevsky

Beethoven -- IIIrd Mvt, Pathetique
Debussy -- Prelude No. 10 "The Sunken Cathedral"
Liszt -- Liebestraume (Nocturne No. 3)
Hannon -- The Virtuoso Pianist (Starting Book II)

Walzer - Schubert
Memories of a Viennese Park - Brubeck
Novelette - Kabalevsky
Tocatinna - Kabalevsky
Strom and Stress Op. 140 No. 20 - Gurlitt

I just got a new Brubeck solo book and I'm so happy. JAZZ CHORD MANIA O_O

Kreisler - Liebesfreude
totally in love with his pieces at the moment....i really want to learn Liebesleid and schon rosmarin

"Sonata no. 3"-Handel, along with everything else from my last post...