There have been quite a few threads like this popping up, so I'm going to make one big thread where all the recommendations can cluster.

Some players, especially begginners, want pieces that will suite their level. They go around asking what pieces would be easy to play, but still sound good. In my opinion the best way to find pieces you can play are to look at them and try them out for yourself. Well, not everyone functions that way.

And there are also cases where a certain mood is wanted, but you have know idea what piece makes that mood.

We've all been there. Anyway, what point is Sondagger making?

Basically, if you recommend any piece, post it here. Don't forget to include the composer and instrumentation. A link is nice, but not necessary. OR if you need a certain piece, ask what you want and other members can tell you their opinions. And all in one convient thread.

THIS IS NOT TO BE A REQUEST THREAD. If you want a certain piece, (and it fits in the rules) request it in the request sub-forum.

Now, on with the recommendations.

Okay, being poor and unable to afford piano lessons, I've been teaching myself for the past three months how to read sheet music, and play it. I've picked up on a couple of pieces, and am very satisfied with the progress I'm making, but I usually find myself discouraged when I try something that doesn't turn out as easy as I thought it would. Anyway, I usually have to spend several weeks on each piece to really nail it down.

So I'm looking for something classical-sounding. Somewhat atmospheric, not too hard to play, but gets the right feeling.

Anyway, for anyone who wants to make a reccomendations, keep in mind I've been practicing about three hours a day for the past three months, self-taught. That being for a fair assesment of what I might and might not be capable of.

Moonlite Sonata? It's atmosphereic and really easy. Then again, it's like everyone's hard it--nothing special? Make it your own! ^.^

Anyway, for anyone who wants to make a reccomendations, keep in mind I've been practicing about three hours a day for the past three months, self-taught. That being for a fair assesment of what I might and might not be capable of.

Do you have any examples of a piece or song that you an play? That might be a better indicator of your skill level, since different people learn at different speeds.

I've seen this so many times. For those that want a very easy Piano piece, I suggest "To Zanarkand" (found at http://ichigos.com/sheets/fi ), and as Mazeppa mentioned, "Moonlight Sonata" 1st movement.

I think Moonlight Sonata first movement is pretty hard for somebody who's been playing for three months :mellow: Note-wise, it's not bad, but I mean playing it well.

Hehe. "Expression and Interpretation is harder than a Technical Etude" -Moi

Yeah, go for To Zandarkand, its simple and straight foreword but sounds frilly and beautiful when its done and polished.

Get a book of Dave Brubeck's nocturnes. I have one and its great. Lovely chords you will probably hear no where else and yet its all so simple. Recommended from the book/his collection : Memories of a Viennese Park and Blue Lake Tahoe.

Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel for the piano is extremely easy to learn, and it's a really beautiful, calming melody. I think you would like it; plus, it's a popular classic that can be found on just about any instrumet. It shouldn't be too hard for somebody who has only been playing the piano for three months.

And it's a good gateway for improv. There's really (within reason) no wrong way to play that song.

Hehe. "Expression and Interpretation is harder than a Technical Etude" -Moi

what about if the etude in question is something like un sospiro or feux follets?

=P

It's never ending then, my friend. . .:eyebrow:

I've been playing the piano... well, not too long and I'm not practising too much (since i'm in school I have homework and such that take up too much time) and I can play Eine kleine nachtmusik I mvt and Für Elise (and 4 other song) but I don't know any other songs that aren't too hard for me to play.
Any ideas?
I'm already preparing for To Zanarkand, (since I pretty much learned everything I know with the flute through pitch, i'm used to listening to the melody first so i pretty much memorize how it sounds before trying) so please don't tell me to try it and Moonlight Sonata I mvt is too hard for me... yet

Any ideas?

There are some simple classical pieces that sound very nice - try some easier Debussy like "Girl with the Flaxen Hair" or "Page D'Album". Some other easy-but-nice classical pieces are those by Erik Satie - Gymnopedies 1, 2 and 3, and Gnosseines.

For anime pieces, you can also get some pretty easy piano arrangements of various tunes, I reccomend maybe looking at the ones from Honey and Clover, if you're familiar with that anime.


(since i'm in school I have homework and such that take up too much time)

*sigh* I know how that goes....@_@

Piano Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto - Schumann

I'm not sure of the exact titles, but these songs are awesome :)

March of the Dwarves. Easy unless you have small hands, but oh-so-much fun. And no one ever forgets it. -_-

There are some simple classical pieces that sound very nice - try some easier Debussy like "Girl with the Flaxen Hair" or "Page D'Album". Some other easy-but-nice classical pieces are those by Erik Satie - Gymnopedies 1, 2 and 3, and Gnosseines.

For anime pieces, you can also get some pretty easy piano arrangements of various tunes, I reccomend maybe looking at the ones from Honey and Clover, if you're familiar with that anime.


Thanks, i'll try some. ^_^

Though i can't play much from Honey and Clover. My hands are to small so i can't reach... x_x


Piano Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok
Piano Concerto - Schumann

I'm not sure of the exact titles, but these songs are awesome :)

I can always search, it's no big deal ^_^


March of the Dwarves. Easy unless you have small hands, but oh-so-much fun.

I have small hands (in fact I got recommended from a piano teacher not to play) but thank you for your recomendation. I could always recommend it to my friend who just started out, when she's at the same level as me, or better (which might take a while since she can only practise when she's at my house)

Um, did I say easy? @_@

It's definately not a virtuoso work, but probably not the best pick for a fresh beginner either... Take a look at it anyway though.

I did write "when she's at my level, or better". I wouldn't even dream of letting her look at other sheets than the pieces I got in my piano book (which I worked through in a week, 'cause it's just how to learn how to read sheets), since she can't read sheets yet... :think: I'm not stupid enough to letting her play anything too ahrd either.

Oops, my bad. I didn't see the 'when'. x_x

recommend something for violin? somewhere along the lines of lilium and brothers (from FMA). fourth finger is still very hard to do, especially since i cant push down with it

anybody?

^ Sorry I can't help you there..

I'm just starting Chopin's Revolutionary Etude as something to look over for the next few months (not practicing this for repitoire particularily) since I just need to. :heh:

But I'd reccomend that Etude to anyone with a good feel for the piano and relatively quick or 'large-stretching' hands, since the notes all have patters but some passages require some stretching. Again, with the patterns, the use of fast fingers is required but not actually needed in this case, just practice the same 3-4 patterns throughout and you'll be good.

(I'm mainly doing it for WSMA next year; nothing else is harder than that, other than Chopin's Prelude No. 16)

For clarinet players that really want to improve scale study/studies:

Solo De Concours- Andre Messager
Clarinet Concerto K. 622- Mozart
Clarinet Quintet K. 581- Mozart (there's a Bb Clarinet version, too)
Clarinet Concertino (Op. 26)- Carl Maria Von Weber (I can't play this that well without slurring everything that needs to be tounged fast x_x).

As many of you can tell, these are very tough clarinet pieces, but are fun once you get the hang of them, or if you can sightread well :).

Anyone know any good pieces for the trombone? I have been playing for thre years just so you know.

I've just started Trombone last year in Varsity Band, and I love it since I progressed on it quite quickly; My friend played a Baroque-styled piece by Vivaldi (I think) that was written for Trombone.

I wouldn't be able to help you exactly on finding a piece, but look twoards the Baroque and Classical Eras for Trombone solos. The difficulties aren't too challenging, but they aren't a 'perfect at sight-read' type either.

Good luck.

I wouldn't be able to help you exactly on finding a piece, but look twoards the Baroque and Classical Eras for Trombone solos. The difficulties aren't too challenging, but they aren't a 'perfect at sight-read' type either.



Actually, I would suggest looking into romantic stuff (there were a few famous trombone solos by brass players near the end of 19th century, but I forgot the names), the trombone wasn't totally developed during baroque and classical era. But if you do insist, you should be aware of the fact that you'll be reading a lot of tenor and alto clef or you'd be playing a transcription.

You should also look for trombone solo books in your nearest music store and/or places like amazon.com.

I'm actually asking for advice; maybe a more accomplished pianist could answer this, but I was wondering about a first concerto piece would be good for me. Now, I hear that everyone does a Mozart Concerto, or something, as their first, but I have a little more advanced interpretation--maybe not technique, but my technique is starting to increase as I'm playing more technically demanding pieces, not just interpretive--and I've been thinking a little more challenging Concerto would be good.

Now, I know it'd be crazy, but something within the Romantic Era-esqe would be great! I love all Romantic's styles, and prefer them to Classical. I also like impressionests, but Romantic seems better for Piano Concertos. :heh:

My teacher told me about the Liszt concertos, so I think he has confidence in me trying something pretty 'out there.'

PS~ I don't know how these things get worked out with an orchestra, but people from our church know the director from our local ensemble, Waukesha Symphony Orchestra; they've said that they can introduce me to them. :)

PS~ I don't know how these things get worked out with an orchestra, but people from our church know the director from our local ensemble, Waukesha Symphony Orchestra; they've said that they can introduce me to them. :)

It doesn't need to get worked out as long as you practise and can count bars of rests and come in at the right time. Since you're the soloist, you can literally ignore the conductor when you have cadenzas and whatnot.

And as for recommendation, I think you can do concerti by Mendelssohn, Liszt and Brahms for a starter, since they're pure romantic composers.

If you need exercises for the wrist I would suggest the butterfly etude. Its short and sweet. You don't need big hands for it either. The farthest you have to reach is a octave. If your left hand is lagging in speed and agility try playing the revolutionary etude. After completing that etude your left hand should be up to par with your right as far as dexterity is concerned.....

I'm actually asking for advice; maybe a more accomplished pianist could answer this, but I was wondering about a first concerto piece would be good for me. Now, I hear that everyone does a Mozart Concerto, or something, as their first, but I have a little more advanced interpretation--maybe not technique, but my technique is starting to increase as I'm playing more technically demanding pieces, not just interpretive--and I've been thinking a little more challenging Concerto would be good.

Now, I know it'd be crazy, but something within the Romantic Era-esqe would be great! I love all Romantic's styles, and prefer them to Classical. I also like impressionests, but Romantic seems better for Piano Concertos. :heh:

My teacher told me about the Liszt concertos, so I think he has confidence in me trying something pretty 'out there.'

PS~ I don't know how these things get worked out with an orchestra, but people from our church know the director from our local ensemble, Waukesha Symphony Orchestra; they've said that they can introduce me to them. :)

The first concerto movement i ever learned was the second movement of the Chopin F minor (nr 2)

the first complete one was Liszt's 1st in Eb

i would have a look at both of those *nods*

and you can find some editions of concerti with the orchestra part without the pianist so you can play along

I'm looking for some anime, jazz, or even classical music for saxophone. It could be any kind of sax, since I have 3 with me lol. Anyway, I like pieces that are somewhat dark sounding, or relaxing in some way. So if anyone can point me in the direction of some sweet sax music, I would really appreciate it. Thanks! :)

As for recommendations go...I liked playing "Underwater Palace" by Nobuo Uematsu. It is for piano. It can be a really good song for those starting out or those who have more experience. The melody basically revolves around a scale and the only somewhat challenging part is getting the left hand down pat. The piece goes somewhat fast (around 140 BPM) but it shouldn't be too hard.

You should check out the Cowboy Bebop OST.

Yeah, I've transcribed a couple of songs from the OST, but it's hard to find real sheet music from the OST (without buying the score book) lol. Although I do like what Ichigo's has to offer in the Cowboy Bebop department =D

I'm still looking for the next peace i can play.
The last one i did is a while back, it was melodies of life from FFIX.
I think i'm playing the piano for 5 years now, not very active but i have one lesson every week.
I'm looking for something sad, wich takes a while to practice and is just right for my lvl.
Another piece i played lately is farewell to the piano from beethoven, it's really sad and beautifull.

thnx

I'm still looking for the next peace i can play.
The last one i did is a while back, it was melodies of life from FFIX.
I think i'm playing the piano for 5 years now, not very active but i have one lesson every week.
I'm looking for something sad, wich takes a while to practice and is just right for my lvl.
Another piece i played lately is farewell to the piano from beethoven, it's really sad and beautifull.

thnx

Chopin- Nocturnes Op. 55, No. 1; Op. 72; Posthumus (C# Minor)

Each of those aren't too hard to play, but the runs will take some practice in each.

EDIT: To make you convinced to play those, each are fairly sad and are pathetic as well. . .I am very sure that you'll like them.

ok thank you, any advice where i can get this or can't i ask that in this topic

I would put this under your favourites ^_^

Sheet Music Archive (http://www.sheetmusicarchive.net/index.cfm)

well i've been looking for some flute pieces but haven't had much luck in finding good stuff it's either too hard or too easy....something sad because i think sad pieces sound better on flute......soo can anyone help?

well i've been looking for some flute pieces but haven't had much luck in finding good stuff it's either too hard or too easy....something sad because i think sad pieces sound better on flute......soo can anyone help?

If you want something very challenging, try Debussy's Syrinx, or Faure's Fantasie.

Any clarinet pieces to suggest that were made in the Impressionistic/20th Century style (other than that "Quartet For The End Of Time")?

*Looks through syllabus*

Stravinsky has a suite of 3 Pieces for solo Clarinet. And there are some stuff by Hindemith too, but I'm not a fan of Hindemith, so look at it at your expense.

For some reason I don't see "To Zanarkand" is an easy piece. I've been practiced and able to play "Ashita Moshi Kimiga Kowaretemo" and "Rose of May" but somehow "To Zanarkand" is still too darn hard. I think it's because my use of fingering technique doesn't work for "To Zanarkand" as well as it does for the other two.

well i've been looking for some flute pieces but haven't had much luck in finding good stuff it's either too hard or too easy....something sad because i think sad pieces sound better on flute......soo can anyone help?

Syrinx is a good suggestion- its not technically very challenging, but musically i agree its pretty hard

Faure Fantasie is a great piece, but ive never seen it as a "sad piece" as such

also look at the 2nd movement of Mouquet's Sonata Op 15 'La Flute de Pan' - i uploaded a recording of the whole sonata for someone else ages ago, here is the link if you want to give it a listen:

http://www.mediafire.com/?8e9ronrrjzz

Anyone know of a good flute and marimba duet? Concert season will start soon and I'm going to ask my band director if me and a friend could play a duet.
Thanks for your help!

Anybody know any good piano pieces that will train my left hand? I seem to have problems with it on some of the songs I play.
Nothing too hard though and if possible a little repetitive please.

~Kevgar

Can someone please tell me a good easy to moderate piano piece thats from an Anime or Japanes artist. I prefer upbeat pieces but slow songs are nice too.

Anybody know any good piano pieces that will train my left hand? I seem to have problems with it on some of the songs I play.
Nothing too hard though and if possible a little repetitive please.

~Kevgar

Chopin's "Revolutionary" Etude. (Op. 10, No. 12)

Anybody know any good piano pieces that will train my left hand? I seem to have problems with it on some of the songs I play.
Nothing too hard though and if possible a little repetitive please.

~Kevgar

I'd say something from Clementi. His pieces are mildy challenging and contain great excercises for the right and left hand. Luckily, the left hand is mainly broken chords for opus 36. Hehe, I'm still only a little good so I'm playing a lot of Clementi. If not, then you could do something like Chopin's Prelude in E Minor (opus 28, no. 4), which is mainly just chords and simple melodies for the right hand. :P

left hand training- Liszt Etude nr 8 from 'Etude en 12 exercises'

anyone know anything good for violin that will train use of the 4th finger?

Hi! i'm grade 6 piano...does anyone know of a good jazz piano solo piece? also i am grade 6 at classical...i don't know how difficult jazz is compared to classical i would say it is different in technique...and jazz tends to have syncopated rhythms
but yeah anyway many thanks in advance

Hello, I have been taking Piano/Violin lessons for a bit now, and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a Winter/Christmas song for either Piano or Violin that's not too hard and under 3 minutes long.
Thanks

Carol of the Bells. I need to write down my arrangement I did last year. Maybe I'll do it sometime and post it. :)

well i played piano for 5 years, then stopped for 1 year =____= which really sucked T___T

anyways good pieces are some korean music that I've been forcing, well not forcing :P just trying to learn recently XD are :

Kiss the Rain
Maybe

^___^v those are definite keepers (: and for people who want easy songs that suits their level, according to the first post, should try Canon~ ^o^ it's a beautiful music~ it has hard level and easy~ ^____~

This is more of a comment twoard the "veteran" pianists of the forum; I'm feeling pretty lazy to find this on my own :

There's a section in the first movement of the Beethoven Concerto (dubbed the hardest section of the entire concerto, which it is. Hah) and it has a bunch of three-fold 16ths going on.

Any good etudes for three-fold 16ths or trills? Thanks for the help.

Liszt technical exercises

Apparently Liszt can solve just about anything. lol

What are 'three-fold sixteenths'? Sextuplets? Or some kind of wierd split thing?

In my case, I'm playing fourths in my right hand, and the supporting third in the left, and a pretty fast and "exact" speed.

So you're playing four-note trills? That's what Hanon calls them...

Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel for the piano is extremely easy to learn, and it's a really beautiful, calming melody. I think you would like it; plus, it's a popular classic that can be found on just about any instrumet. It shouldn't be too hard for somebody who has only been playing the piano for three months.



OMG I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!
its pretty easy but its such a pretty piece! i have it hehe =)):heh:

OMG I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!
its pretty easy but its such a pretty piece! i have it hehe =)):heh:

Yep...great song.
This is the guitar version of it...played by some South Korean dude (I'm South Korean =])
Amazing playing...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

I just became a member, because I had made a transcription intented for a piano student, and thought it might be useful for others. So I put it up here at ichigo's. It's another piano version of Lilium from Elfen lied, you can hear (and see) it played here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKKkTwVrLUE)

;)

Recommend any songs for a duet...piano and violin... me and friend r gonna play outside her mum's shop ^^

Yeah, go for To Zandarkand, its simple and straight foreword but sounds frilly and beautiful when its done and polished.

Get a book of Dave Brubeck's nocturnes. I have one and its great. Lovely chords you will probably hear no where else and yet its all so simple. Recommended from the book/his collection : Memories of a Viennese Park and Blue Lake Tahoe

huh this is copy

Well, this isn't a request for a piano but....

I need a Trombone Concerto to play. Preferably not the one by Rimsky. Does anyone know any good ones? For an Intermediate Trombonist.

No, I don't know of any. =/

I know an easy/intermediate piano solo that's really pretty. "Cristofori's Dream" - David Lanz. There are a few technical parts, but they're not that hard once they're practiced.

Does anyone know of a good (and relatively easy) percussion ensemble piece for 6-7 players that has a piano part?

Well, I don't know any pieces with that many percussionists. But if you have two proficient pianists and two percussionists, you can try Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion.

There is an arrangement of Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca for percussion that a band in my school played...

Alright, my friend is working on his senior project and I'm helping. As of now we're at a standstill. We need some suggestions as to songs we can put in his senior project, but here's the kicker. His senior project consists of a concert performed by his saxophone group (1 sporano, 2 alto, 2 tenors, 1 bari with some piano and maybe vocals).

Right now we're looking for one or two pieces from these eras: baroque, romantic, classical, 20-century, and that's it I think. I told him he could pick an impressionistic piece and either stick it in romantic (if its Debussy) or 20-century as it was a transitional period or just add it in to make the judges even more impressed.

He will end up arranging it, so that's not a problem. I guess the type of music I'm looking for is either string quartet music, solo and accompianiment, piano solo, or anything of the like. Because he has to transpose it, it can't be too high. The highest note of the highest part can not be higher than a C above the staff.

Its pretty detailed and I appreciate it if anyone can give me any suggestions. Just kinda keep this in the back of your mind if you would please.

Perhaps arranging piano pieces would be more fitting than string quartets. I mean, impressionistic to 20th century string quartet pieces really push the limits of string instruments, hence it's not not really compatible to saxophones. As for specific recommendations, I'll post more later.

anyone have a recomended piece for the violin? if you need to know what I can play, I play grade 3 music , I am 4th chair 1st violin , and have been playing for about one and a half years. also one piece that I have played is to zanarkand, so don't suggest that. thanks :)

I'm going to start music lessons next week, once per week. I know everyone goes at a different pace, but I was wondering how long it'd usually take to be able to play the songs that you guys have been recommending.

@ coldness,
Everyone grows at different levels. It comes down to how much practice you put in and whether you have the 'gift' for it. What instrument are you starting to play? You didn't mention it :P
@ everyone,
As for me recommending any pieces, I recommend all of the current pieces im playing
Those Who Fight (Nobuo Uematsu)
Sonata K311 (Mozart)
Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (Chopin)
All of these pieces are great :lol:

p.s. FIRST POST! This forum is great! :D

Piano, at 16 years of age.

hmm i started at 15 (17 now) and can play grade 6-7 pieces. i practiced average 30 mins day until about a few months ago where i play at least 1 hour(a day). I can't play pieces like those who fight or loz main theme but i will in about a year maybe. so by the time your 20, you should be semi-professional i think.
the main thing is that you don't focus on what you might do in a few years, just pracise each day on the pieces you get, make sure you do your scales (i hate them, but they still have to be learned) and you should do fine.

I would recommend Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur by Claude Debussy to any Pianist or Vocalist (I think there's also a version for Violin and Piano). It's an amazingly beautiful and emotional Impressionistic piece.

i need naruto go sheet music and thats it basicly

hmm i started at 15 (17 now) and can play grade 6-7 pieces. i practiced average 30 mins day until about a few months ago where i play at least 1 hour(a day). I can't play pieces like those who fight or loz main theme but i will in about a year maybe. so by the time your 20, you should be semi-professional i think.
the main thing is that you don't focus on what you might do in a few years, just pracise each day on the pieces you get, make sure you do your scales (i hate them, but they still have to be learned) and you should do fine.

semi-professional is a really tall order by the way. talent plays a very very big part in music too, hardwork counts too of course. if you are rhythm-deaf, you cant play the piano and if you are tone-deaf, dont even think of picking up the violin. I have a few violin students who are tone deaf and its a helluva time teaching them music.
So unless you know that music is for you and are talented in a way, then you will have to work really really hard.:\

Yeah I guess your right. I was just trying to motivate :ninja:

hmm. i guess practising hard for now would be good. the miracles practice does!

What is it to be rhythm deaf?

that means that if you give the person a beat, they cant maintain that beat. and they cant give u quaver or semi-quaver beats from that beat.

o n someone gave a comment on youtube saying that it takes at least 10yrs of piano playing to be able to play a rachmaninoff. Is that true? O.O im not sure myself cause im a violinist. :)

hmm... i think with rachmaninoff, its a load of rubbish that you cant play his music unless you have 10 yrs experience. i dont have 10 yrs piano experience and i have played plenty of his works.

the thing with rachmaninoff is that he had massive hands, so with playing his music- as most people dont have the huge stretch he had, it takes not only a good enough technique to be able to spread big chords without catching wrong notes but good enough overall musicality to make it sound right- because rachmaninoff would have played those chords without spreading them.

anyways, can anyone recommend me some nice Mozart or Haydn? i find both composers incredibly dull and would rather learn a Scriabin sonata but my teacher is making me... least he lets me pick the piece i suppose =/

What about Mozart's Turkish march, the arrange by Voolodo?

Oh yea. My piano teacher mentioned that Rachmaninoff's hands could stretch 2 octaves. O.O and also that he rapes the piano. :lol:

well. Mozart has some nice pieces, but what instrument are you playing?

Rachmaninoff doesn't rape the piano at all lol- have you heard his recordings? they arent raped at all!

Mozart, im talking about piano pieces. When I was playing the flute I learned his first Flute Concerto and that was nice, so preferably something like that for the piano =P

http://youtube.com/watch?v=24CtaG5QS24

My piano teacher says that how good a person is on the piano is judged by how much control over the piano the person does. So he said that a reporter once described Rachmaninoff's playing as "raping" the piano. =/

in places, that Mozart-Volodos piece sounds like a merging of the Turkish March and the Chopin Etude 10/2... or is that just me?

@juoin- ah okay, in that context then the reporter was trying to say that he had absolute control over the piano... but still the use of the word rape implies he forced himself on the piano, and i think Rachmaninoff had sufficient technique not to have to force anything. you should get hold of his recordings.

I am not sure of that Thorn, I don't remember very well Chopin's Etudes, but it can be a yes as it can be a no. But the point is you can use that one since is the only one I could think with a good grade of difficult compared with other of Mozart that can entertain playing. ;)

hmm. maybe ill go on youtube and listen to some of his recordings. Oh but Rachmaninoff's piano concerto no.2 ROCKS. ^^

I am a beginner in Viola at my school and I am trying to find a recommended piece that is about easy level. Something fun to play..... Its for pop concert thats in June....I found butterfly from Tsubasa C. Is that a good one? Our orchestra has 16 1st violins, 18 2nd violins, 8 violas, 2 basses, & 5 cellos....

anybody know any really happy, but mellow, songs that aren't too challenging at the same time?

something with a nice happy mood like:
Joe Hisaishi - Summer / Spring
Mariah Carey - Touch my Body


things like that :D [no i'm not requesting the sheet music, just pointing out the mood i want]

When I started piano, I used a site called 8notes.com free and simple arrangements of a lot of popular tunes. Try it out!

They have music for about every instrument.

I need a piece for solo clarinet (with/without piano, preferably with) that challenges musical expression... somewhere along the lines of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto K. 622 (the Adagio) or Debussy's Première Rapsodie... I don't really want one that is impressive with technique unless it really challenges musical expression (what I don't want: Messager's Solo de Concours)...

Thank you.

is there any anime music sheets for piano that is suitable for improving sight reading? because my sight reading sucks. it takes me a long time to read notes.

hey i want this song but maybe you cant help but its worth a try its not a composer but one song i like in one jap anime the songs : falco and no regrets in a show called law of ueki

I need a piece for solo clarinet (with/without piano, preferably with) that challenges musical expression... somewhere along the lines of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto K. 622 (the Adagio) or Debussy's Première Rapsodie... I don't really want one that is impressive with technique unless it really challenges musical expression (what I don't want: Messager's Solo de Concours)...

Thank you.

Im not really sure if its what youre looking for, or if youve already played it, but i always remember a piece my friend played when we were in school together- The Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite by Paul Reade.

Google seems to think its a tv theme, but i dont recognise it. Maybe im just ignorant. It is very expressive and has some impressive technique too. I think, i remember there being some fast runs and things. It was lovely to listen to [:

Im not really sure if its what youre looking for, or if youve already played it, but i always remember a piece my friend played when we were in school together- The Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite by Paul Reade.

Google seems to think its a tv theme, but i dont recognise it. Maybe im just ignorant. It is very expressive and has some impressive technique too. I think, i remember there being some fast runs and things. It was lovely to listen to [:

Thank you, but I have already decided to play the Copland Clarinet Concerto (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACO5DjpS8YM).

*Reads date*

Oh yeah. haha, nevermind.

is there any anime music sheets for piano that is suitable for improving sight reading? because my sight reading sucks. it takes me a long time to read notes.

I don't know about anime sheets, but there are some wonderful sight reading books out there to help you learn. My school's band uses "100 days to sight reading perfection"

Edit: I found the background theme from monster rancher, which even I can play. It's sooooooo incredibly simple for learning with 2 hands that if nothing else, it might make you feel slightly accomplished, or bored...

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I need some pieces that can help accomplish some goals on the piano:

1. To help build up the left hand to play very fast and be able to jump around the piano at ease. Also enable me to play very large arpeggios very fast.

2. A piece to help me be able to play reverse melody to left hand and able to play dual melody more easily.

If anyone has any suggestions please do post.

I would always suggest you look through the Chopin Etudes for technical matters. In the words of my teacher, "The can build you entire technique from the Chopin Op. 10 and 25." Which hold a lot of truth. But..

1. Chopin Etude Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary); Op. 10, No. 1 or Op. 25, No. 12 as wel.

2. Chopin Etude Op. 10, No. 4. You could also try looking at Bach pieces, specifically two-part inventions and the Well-Tempered Klavier.

To build up your fingers and speed, I'd suggest Hanon, Czerny, and Chopin etudes. Beethoven's Appassionata and Pathetique are fun pieces to play.

Does anyone like Chopin's "Ocean" etude? For me it is like being on the deck of a creaking wooden ship in the middle of a storm, with the ship leaning left-to-right as the waves keep smashing in to it while listening to it.

I'm going to enter a piano competition soon. I'm going to play Chopin's Revolutionary Etude and then 3rd mvt. Moonlight Sonata. I get to choose one song and I really want to pick a great nice sounding difficult anime/video game piano song. However, even though I've seen 10 animes, all the songs are either a) to easy compared to my other songs b) I couldn't find the sheets! So any recommendations would be appreciated. Also, just for preference (but it's okay if you don't have it. My left hand is going to be so tired after revolutionary I would like a right hand dominant song.) (Where I can get the sheet music would be appreciated! Thanks! I would want to be the mood to be more uplifting I guess because both songs are pretty dramatic and depressing. It doesn't have to be though. Just difficult!

What do you consider to be difficult though?

I'm an Alto Saxophonist that's been playing for two years... I'm looking for something to play that not anything in school.. I play first chair in concert band and marching band and I play second chair in jazz band... I can play my full range(from low Bb to High F#) and is currently working on Altissimo and Harmonic... I want something technical... I guess... I song I can play is Rolling Thunder is you need a ref...

I'm a pretty advanced Violinist, and I don't have much music to play that is hard... ( I like fiddler on the roof and I just started playing that today, but that may last only a short time) So any suggestions would be lovely. I also am a beginner for piano, so any suggestions there would be nice also :) thanks

So ive been playing piano for a while now but only recently ive gotten into piano im not half bad ive almost completed wakare no kyoku(arrangement of chopin's tristesse) that i got here and ive done nocturne pour tamaki also moonlight sonata 1st movement and more and im wondering if theres any piece out there that has alot of emotion and deepness in it kinda like thoses pieces ive been considering Clair de lune by Dubussy but i'd like to know my other choices i guess im looking for something in the same tone as first 2 i mentioned because thoses song made me become kinda passionate of the piano before i hated it now im actually trying and i love it nice way to relax and enjoy...also my piano teacher tells me i have a good hand and that i got talent but im not sure if that was so i would play more but anyways i love it now first post here looks nice

yo! anyone has any music sheets suggestion for violins?? ^_^
i had played for a year now and i m still in grade one....( i know...i suck...><)

yo! anyone has any music sheets suggestion for violins?? ^_^
i had played for a year now and i m still in grade one....( i know...i suck...><)

Vivaldi concerto in A minor. If you can play that in 2 weeks your good enough xD.

Any C instrument fast upper octave songs? I have this audition and the person like fast songs for flute. I couldn't find anything! So anything fast and difficult in the upper octaves would be appreciated! (Also, possible for the flute.)

Flight of the bumblebee transposed to flute's registers! That'll impress him =)

Thanks!

I'm a pretty advanced Violinist, and I don't have much music to play that is hard... ( I like fiddler on the roof and I just started playing that today, but that may last only a short time) So any suggestions would be lovely. I also am a beginner for piano, so any suggestions there would be nice also :) thanks

please define what is hard.... it's hard for me to tell your exact level... Have you played any concertos recently? Also, how hard do you want?

I'm a pretty advanced Violinist, and I don't have much music to play that is hard... ( I like fiddler on the roof and I just started playing that today, but that may last only a short time) So any suggestions would be lovely. I also am a beginner for piano, so any suggestions there would be nice also :) thanks

Let's see. If you like playing the piano, you can start with Mozart. I suggest you these pieces:
Fantasia in d minor K 397
Piano sonata in C Major K545.

If they are too difficult for you, we can find out something easier. Let me know. ^^

Been playing the piano for 4 years now, and I've gotten a liking towards chopin. I just love the fast tempo (for some of his pieces) and right now I learnt Revolutionary (Etude op.10 No.12) and Fantasie Impromptu (Op.66).

So that's a fair idea on how fast I like my music and the difficulty as well. I just need to look for other classical artists that has a similar style, with a fast tempo and I like a more 'dark' and 'evil' tone to it. It makes me so pumped when playing those pieces.

Look into Liszt. He's just a difficult as Chopin and was quite possibly the most versatile virtuoso of the piano. I am a person on quality of playing the music (perfection, some might say) but maybe look at his Transcendental Etudes, Dante Sonata, Sonata in b minor.

There are many more pieces than the ones you or I mentioned-- you just have to search them out! I've learned the Op. 10 No. 4 Etude in C# minor by Chopin. It's a great one with speed and a nice dark key. =) Good luck, sir.

I have been playing piano for 3 years about, 1.5 years being tought, 1.5 years self-teaching. I am ABLE to play Chopin's revolutionary etude and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Any recommended pieces for me that I might be able to complete?

You can take a look at other Chopin's studies like op.10 n.3 or 5. Lizst Liebestraume n.3 is also a good choice. If you are looking for a challenge Debussy's "Jardins sous la pluie" should be your choice.

Thanks. I was actually thinking about playing Lizst Liebestraume n.3.

i would suggest doing it. It's a pretty good piece.

i recommend Weldar By Grant Kirkhope

If anyone is looking for a difficult violin concerto, the Sibelius violin concerto is pretty awesome. I learned some new techniques from the first movement alone that are pretty interesting. E.g. playing a couple of connected quarter notes while trilling at the same time XD.

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What kind of pieces can you play? Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy or are you more contemporary? :)

What would be the hardest flute piece written?

hi guys i need some easy songs to play since i just started playing piano recenly for about 1 1/2 moths i cant actually play that much soo i was wondering if you can recommend me any song it would help alot i can play minuet slowly but i havent fully memorized the left hand notes yet im kinda slow too in playing chord songs

Hello all!

Heh, odd request here, but is anything written for Trumpets? I'm a newbie trumpet player, and I wanna find fun stuff to play. Sadly, pretty much everything seems to be written for piano, guitar, or flute. So, any suggestions?

I've been playing for a little over a year, but haven't really practiced much, outside of class. So, what are fun Trumpet pieces, that don't go too much higher then a high C? I like the fluid pieces that are just a bit dark.. I know it's an odd request, but any ideas?

I'm trying to find Rachmaninoff piano concerto no2. But I can only manage to find the orchestral sheets. anybody got the solo. I mean I mind as-well buy 2 piano book

I suggest that you do. From Henle.

What would be the hardest flute piece written?

look at modern French stuff... the Ibert Concerto, Jolivet Chant de linos, the Boulez Sonatine etc

obviously its subjective but most of the answers you'd get to that question from professional flautists would be a French piece.

I suggest that you do. From Henle.

Henle Urtext ALL THE WAY BABY!
I was thinking that aswell.

Hello, I'm a new member here, just joined a couple minutes ago, but I've always enjoyed coming to this site. I've been playing piano for two years now, and while I've progressed, its probably slower than I've liked to at this point. Nonetheless, I'm currently looking for a really great piece that I'll be capable of playing. As a means of accessing my playing ability right now, the hardest song I believe I've played is Fullmetal Alchemist's "KLodoku" (the sheet music, I found at Josh's Anime Sheet Music), if its not too much trouble, could anyone make any recommendations on great pieces that I can play that is of equal or slightly harder difficulty to that song?

It'd be greatly appreciated, and immensely beneficial to getting a jump start on my piano class in school (it'd be nice to have a solo, or just something in general ot play for marks by the end of summer break). Thanks in advance. :)

(also, please someone delete the thread I made, its probably unecessary now that I found this thread to post this in)

i suggest the main theme of Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino...It sounds classical even though its not! It's hard at first to play but when you get the notes down speed it up until you get the speed!

That piece frightens the hell out of me.... it looks so difficult. XD I don't think my piano teacher would even let me try it during lessons. I'm working on Moonlight Sonata with her right now, and we have tried To Zanarkand before, but we had to quickly diver, because I wouldn't have had it ready for my year-end solo at school, where that teacher had turned it down.

Looking for something to 'amaze' on piano.

I'm pretty much up to anything, any level.

Something along the lines of 'space dementia' by muse. Just something to wow people.

N00b here, my apologies for that. Anyways I'm just learning piano. I picked up my first one only a few days ago. I've been playing guitar though so its coming very quickly. Anyways I'm looking for some pieces to learn. I'm into and enjoy much music from video games and anime. I'm mainly just looking for some songs to get me started, any suggestions?

N00b here, my apologies for that. Anyways I'm just learning piano. I picked up my first one only a few days ago. I've been playing guitar though so its coming very quickly. Anyways I'm looking for some pieces to learn. I'm into and enjoy much music from video games and anime. I'm mainly just looking for some songs to get me started, any suggestions?

Well i am new at learning piano... but when i found this piece i fell in love with it and it is great for beginners like me, but it sounds so beautiful. every once in a while it has hard parts but it is usually easy... this song has many names but it is called "Musician" it is from the anime/manga D.Grey Man it is also called "The 14th Melody"... i learned this piece in about a week (i mess up every once in a while but it is still cool to me... and i have had no lessons so i think it is a good piece for beginners)

Hey there everyone, I am building my repertoire program for my undergraduate auditions this year, and I need help with my contemporary piece. I have a fairly lengthy program already and some big pieces for my Classical and Romantic, so pieces like the Berg sonata (sadly, I wanted to do that) would be pushing it for me. Here's my program so far:

Bach-- Prelude and Fugue in D major, WTC BK II
Beethoven-- Sonata in Ab major No. 31, Op. 110
Liszt-- Vallee d'Obermann
Chopin-- Etude in c# minor No. 4, Op. 10
20TH- or 21ST-CENTURY PIECE

EDIT-

Nevermind, I'm playing Martinu :D

Play some Prokofiev. :P I don't know what I have with that man, but I find his pieces so addictive to play. Suggestion diabolique is one of my favorite and his Piano sonata no.7 too, the third movement always get me. His music is very mechanical, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YVeNsHmLWI <- I have no heard it all, but I see it has the sheet music!~

Prokofiev is like neo-Romantic music, and that sonata is too big to put in my rep. Keep in mind I'm starting these pieces in mid-August, and I'll be auditioning them in Feburary-April. Thanks, Nyu, but I have chosen 3 Sketches on Modern Dances by Martinu :D

I used the Takemitsu Rain Tree Sketches for my auditions
i have a ton of contemporary pieces ive been given to look at over the summer (my tutor specialises in it its the only type of music she records) if you want me to send you the scores to have a peer at?

Actually, I've made a pact in myself that I'm going to play a few Ligeti Etudes for my Graduate Auditions in like 5-6 years. I'd love to take a look at those :)

anyone know any nice but sad ANIME piano music??
it doesnt really matter if its hard, as long as it sounds good :P
thank you x3

Okay, being poor and unable to afford piano lessons, I've been teaching myself for the past three months how to read sheet music, and play it. I've picked up on a couple of pieces, and am very satisfied with the progress I'm making, but I usually find myself discouraged when I try something that doesn't turn out as easy as I thought it would. Anyway, I usually have to spend several weeks on each piece to really nail it down.

this is wat i did. i have been slef teaching myself for a few years now and when i pick up a piece of music to play, i usually have to play it constantly for 4=ish hours traight (which kinda defeatts the whole purpose of playing cos ii just get bored of the tune). but at least it isnt as bad as it used to be where it would take me months to practice it.
you no wat they always say. 'with practice comes perfection' and i have to say i am getting better at it and reading music is a hell of a lot easier for me now that it was 3 years ago.
so dont give up! u'll get there eventually ^_^

anyone know any nice but sad ANIME piano music??

there's always the naruto ones?


http://ichigos.com/sheets/n

sadness and sorrow is a nice oone (but sad) and hokages funeral (the first one)

umm....there are some rurouni kenshin ones that i found lovely to play but were originally made to be sad

http://ichigos.com/sheets/r

departure and starless are nice :)

enjoy ^_^

hmm... i think with rachmaninoff, its a load of rubbish that you cant play his music unless you have 10 yrs experience. i dont have 10 yrs piano experience and i have played plenty of his works.

the thing with rachmaninoff is that he had massive hands, so with playing his music- as most people dont have the huge stretch he had, it takes not only a good enough technique to be able to spread big chords without catching wrong notes but good enough overall musicality to make it sound right- because rachmaninoff would have played those chords without spreading them.

anyways, can anyone recommend me some nice Mozart or Haydn? i find both composers incredibly dull and would rather learn a Scriabin sonata but my teacher is making me... least he lets me pick the piece i suppose =/

My cousin (who now works in construction) started taking piano lessons when he was younger, but he quit after like 2 months because he didn't want to practice. And all he wanted to do was play the really hard pieces anyways, so he learned fur elise, and then said wow that was really boring and moved onto some higher stuff, in a month he learned rachmaninov's prelude in C sharp minor, and his hands are relatively big but nowhere's near the size of rachminov's and he plays it very good. He actually speeds up the parts in it because he likes the way it sounds that way (like the low then high transitions) and I like it better that way too.

The other thing about the prelude was, he never used sheet music to learn it, just listened to the song and played by ear, a phenominal talent he has, and he is putting it to good use in construction right now -__- but what can you do..

Hello dear ichigo-community :D

I am new to this board an really enjoy the conversations in here.
So i have some requests, too ^^

So.. about me. I started playing piano for nearly 2 Months. I really dont know the reason why, but i really like to listen to pianos... So i thought, why not to try playing it myself.

Like i said, i started playing for 2 monts and i can´t read notes yet. So i learn to play by ear.

I can play 3 pieces now... - Dango Daikazoku ( Clannad )
- Dear you (Higurashi no naku koro ni )
and - Uninstall (Bokurano)

I think "uninstall" was the hardest piece to learn, and i do have problems with the timings between left and right hand.

At the moment i am learning the first Naruto Opening "Wind" and i can already play the whole Intro.

Maybe some of you do know other "easy" Anime Pieces which i could try to play! the next ones i would consider to try are "Canta per me (noir )" and maybe "Dearly Beloved (Kingdom Hearts)".

But maybe they are still too difficult for my piano skills.

I rlly would like to hear what you think about it.

Ah.. and the 3 pieces i already am able to play,.. yes i can play the whole songs without mistakes :D Of course.. they sound like played from a beginner, but i am still one :D

Greetings from Germany :D

Greetings all,

I used to play the piano in grade school but stopped playing due to other worries. Now, many years later, I've tried to pick it up again and am glad to say I am enjoying it much more than I once did.

Over the last two weeks or so, I feel I've gotten a decent grasp of two songs on this site:

Brajta (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Get Along (The Slayers)

However, I've hit a bit of a snag as to where to go to next. I find myself being drawn to some songs from sources I'm familiar with, in particular a number of Final Fantasy combat pieces. They sound dead awesome while in .midi form of course, but I can't help but think when I attempt each of them that I'm not quite ready for them.

Can anyone recommend a step up from those two songs? I'm looking for an overall cheery tune if possible.

Alrighty, I am hoping this is the right place XD

but, I have been playing key bored at school since this September, so only about 3 months of playing the key board but I have about 3 years of musical experience ... but I suck at reading notes XD
I have to chose a piece for my ISU ... and I am totally stuck! I cant figure out something to do!

If anyone can recommend a piece of music for a beginner to play, that would be great ! :D

Clannad - Dango Daikaizoku
Happy, simple chords, easy to learn. It sounds sweet if played with enough emotion. The link should be in ichigo sheet music webbie.

I'd say that is a beginner level song anyone can enjoy.

I messed up because I was new to this forum and posted a new thread about this. Yikes! I feel bad now. But anyone know good beginner piano pieces? The only one I've seen so far I'm really interested in is To Zanarkand. I'm a VERY beginner, just learning to read notes again ect. and going to be self-taught. Learning piano has been a goal of mine for a long time, I played briefly and "cheated" by writing the notes two times in school for about a year and gave up each time. This time I'm determined to learn when I buy a keyboard with my tax refund, and I'm determined to truly learn something this time and have a new hobby to enjoy! I also know I have a weak left hand because I'm EXTREMELY right handed, so any pieces with a left hand practice that will help train it but isn't overly complex would be appreciated. Heck, any tips at all for self-taught learners will be extremely appreciated.

Thank you!

Hullo,

This is my first post so like, Hi y'all.

First and foremost, I'm a violinist.

I would like a piece which has a relatively simple melody, where the violin has a piercing solo (i.e. Bleach: Never meant to belong, Naruto: Sadness and Sorrow) where I can practice my vibrato and legato bowing.

Preferably restricted to no higher than the third position, most techniques are fine.

Piece preferably contemporary, so it can be mixed with the stuff I'm currently playing.

Bonus marks if you include a link+piano accompaniment track.

Thanks.

I've been playing too many classical songs lately, and I've been missing play a bit of those anime songs in a while so I need some help.

I've been playing classical because they are a challenge to learn. The reason why I haven't been doing anime songs is because of their difficulty. Many pieces I see are a waste of my time if I try to learn it because I am attending piano lessons, so I don't want to present any easy sheets I can do myself.

So what I need is a some-what complicated (it's pretty hard for me to find any) anime song which is sad or even just sounds good. To give you a gauge of my skills, I've been playing a lot of chopin pieces (mainly fantasie impromptu) but I don't expect you to find any anime songs right up to standard classical difficulty.

Anything you think is difficult just post it and I'll be the judge.

Wait, I don't get it.

So basically, anime songs are a "waste of your time", yet you want to learn them?

And what to piano lessons have to do with anything?!

Also, your name's pretty suspicious... "SpammeR"? :P


Yeah, I'm not sure what you're thinking right now... clarify?

Alright, I will try to clarify.

You see, back 3-4 years I used to learn so many of these since they were ok for my skill level. Then around 1-2 years ago I began to go onto classical because then it was appropriate for my skill level.

So now I am missing playing some anime sheet music so I would like to learn some anime songs with a high difficulty to some-what match what I am learning right now.

So the bottomline: Does anyone know any hard anime songs?

Does anyone know any hard anime songs?
Define "hard" (by what it means to you personally). That might help people to give suggestions suitable/tailored to you.

Hard is determined by the player.

Hmm...it may be a bit difficult for me to define hard.

I guess something perhaps difficult in rhythm or just difficult to play. It's hard for me to define it but I think the best I could do is just difficulty by rhythm and tempo.

No, I think he meant what level of hard :P

But honestly, why do you need to stick to hard? Why can't you play "easy" music? There is really no difference between "easy" and "hard"; they're all music all the same!


...And as for your question I don't really play much music so I don't know, sorry ><;;

Lol that's fine. I just want a hard piece to learn just because it would be more worth learning it rather than an easy one.

I would probably learn all the easy ones I like over the holidays when I have free time or something.