What songs are you currently learning?

Handel's sarabande pretty nice

I'm currently trying to learn "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence, because the riff in it is pretty simple so it's a pretty decent contemporary piece for a beginner (as far my experience goes anyway).

I'm learning New Born and Sunburn by Muse, the piano bits anyway.

Learning this one might be the wisest thing we'll ever do, it's an old classic, it's unique, it's sound great etc...
I'm not really learning this one now, but this is on my "have to do" list.

Yeah, great piece Vic Sounds like the pianopart isnt that hard

Just in case, here's the sheet music, there is a couple of Queen songs, the second one is We Are The Champions.

Sheet music, PDF: http://www.sendspace.com/file/78pej5

It sounds easier than it is, you dont need to go far ( youtube ) to see that this song doesnt seem too easy to master.
I'll have to let this one wait till I get done with what i'm doing, and record some stuff ^_^

I have Just finished Perfecting Bach's Invention no 8
I love this piece, and have gotten some tips on the interpretation by
a Bach-expert so Im pretty sure Ill get a good recording of this one
Planning on uploading it next week, cause Im uploading my Nocturne tomorrow

I am roaming through the performances topic and deciding which song will be my next victim

Thomandy wrote:I have Just finished Perfecting Bach's Invention no 8
I love this piece, and have gotten some tips on the interpretation by
a Bach-expert so Im pretty sure Ill get a good recording of this one
Planning on uploading it next week, cause Im uploading my Nocturne tomorrow

Cool, I am currently learning the exact same piece, still trying hard to get the speed up to the required tempo especially parts using the weak fingers of mine. looking forward to your uploads =)

no2man wrote:

Thomandy wrote:I have Just finished Perfecting Bach's Invention no 8
I love this piece, and have gotten some tips on the interpretation by
a Bach-expert so Im pretty sure Ill get a good recording of this one
Planning on uploading it next week, cause Im uploading my Nocturne tomorrow

Cool, I am currently learning the exact same piece, still trying hard to get the speed up to the required tempo especially parts using the weak fingers of mine. looking forward to your uploads =)

Nice Yeah, I was thinking the speed was my main issue in the beginning. But then I shifted the focus to the interpretation instead, and then set the metronome back to get full focus on that Now I can play it full speed and get a perfect run at least 1/3 of the times. So still some practice to get it perfect every time I play it

Are you uploading yours when you are done??

Thomandy wrote:

no2man wrote:

Thomandy wrote:I have Just finished Perfecting Bach's Invention no 8
I love this piece, and have gotten some tips on the interpretation by
a Bach-expert so Im pretty sure Ill get a good recording of this one
Planning on uploading it next week, cause Im uploading my Nocturne tomorrow

Cool, I am currently learning the exact same piece, still trying hard to get the speed up to the required tempo especially parts using the weak fingers of mine. looking forward to your uploads =)

Nice Yeah, I was thinking the speed was my main issue in the beginning. But then I shifted the focus to the interpretation instead, and then set the metronome back to get full focus on that Now I can play it full speed and get a perfect run at least 1/3 of the times. So still some practice to get it perfect every time I play it

Are you uploading yours when you are done??

I see. Well, I do not have the experience recording or uploading videos of me playing the piano before. Guess I shall do that someday when I get the confidence and the knowledge on how to upload the vids onto youtube =)

Bach well temered claiver book 1 prelude in C minor
also
chopin raindrop prelude

The day someone with perfect pitch writes down the sheet for this, I'm gonna watch scream:

VictorCS wrote:The day someone with perfect pitch writes down the sheet for this, I'm gonna watch scream:

You dont need perfect pitch to do that. I could have done that with my relative pitch
But I would have used a pretty long time. Some hours!!

Just finished learning/arranging my first piece by ear now. Its a piece
thats new since Thursday in a trailer and im posting a vid this night I think
And that wasnt piano, plus lots of sound effects and no real harmony so it was kind of hard

I learn way too much at the same time as I can't focus on a single piece. Prepare to be shocked :

Marcia Alla Turca (Beethoven)
Chopin's revolutionary étude (mainly so I can practice my left hand)
Beethoven/Liszt Symphony 5. (Really fun to play, and surprisingly not too hard)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (I know it's "too" hard for me, but I really like it and I am showing a lot of enthusiasm while learning it!)

Kentz wrote:I learn way too much at the same time as I can't focus on a single piece. Prepare to be shocked :

Marcia Alla Turca (Beethoven)
Chopin's revolutionary étude (mainly so I can practice my left hand)
Beethoven/Liszt Symphony 5. (Really fun to play, and surprisingly not too hard)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (I know it's "too" hard for me, but I really like it and I am showing a lot of enthusiasm while learning it!)

Hi Well, its a nice list... But are you good enough to play them?
Do you got a recording of you playing a piece, then Andrew and others could give you feedback.

"Its easy to learn the notes! That you can do in every single piece ever created. But to create music with the notes that are given, that is the true artistry" - Me

Thomandy wrote:

Kentz wrote:I learn way too much at the same time as I can't focus on a single piece. Prepare to be shocked :

Marcia Alla Turca (Beethoven)
Chopin's revolutionary étude (mainly so I can practice my left hand)
Beethoven/Liszt Symphony 5. (Really fun to play, and surprisingly not too hard)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (I know it's "too" hard for me, but I really like it and I am showing a lot of enthusiasm while learning it!)

Hi Well, its a nice list... But are you good enough to play them?
Do you got a recording of you playing a piece, then Andrew and others could give you feedback.

"Its easy to learn the notes! That you can do in every single piece ever created. But to create music with the notes that are given, that is the true artistry" - Me

That's a different question heh, I can play Marcia Alla Turca (yey). And Chopin's revolutionary etude (not the whole thing but the parts I have been practicing, the rest is just basically the same thing).
And I haven't really tried playing the "hard parts" of the Beet/Liszt Symphony 5, I can't be arsed with that right now.
And the rhapsody, eh, I can say that the parts I have been practicing I know very well. But I haven't reached the Friska yet so.
I don't have any recordings, mainly because I don't own a camera. If I am going to upload a "video" on youtube, I guess it's just going to be a picture of the composer + the audio. (Audio = Me)

Kentz wrote:

Thomandy wrote:

Kentz wrote:I learn way too much at the same time as I can't focus on a single piece. Prepare to be shocked :

Marcia Alla Turca (Beethoven)
Chopin's revolutionary étude (mainly so I can practice my left hand)
Beethoven/Liszt Symphony 5. (Really fun to play, and surprisingly not too hard)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (I know it's "too" hard for me, but I really like it and I am showing a lot of enthusiasm while learning it!)

Hi Well, its a nice list... But are you good enough to play them?
Do you got a recording of you playing a piece, then Andrew and others could give you feedback.

"Its easy to learn the notes! That you can do in every single piece ever created. But to create music with the notes that are given, that is the true artistry" - Me

That's a different question heh, I can play Marcia Alla Turca (yey). And Chopin's revolutionary etude (not the whole thing but the parts I have been practicing, the rest is just basically the same thing).
And I haven't really tried playing the "hard parts" of the Beet/Liszt Symphony 5, I can't be arsed with that right now.
And the rhapsody, eh, I can say that the parts I have been practicing I know very well. But I haven't reached the Friska yet so.
I don't have any recordings, mainly because I don't own a camera. If I am going to upload a "video" on youtube, I guess it's just going to be a picture of the composer + the audio. (Audio = Me)

Yeah, one can hear a lot from a Audio-Recording Pianohama uploads some great improvs using Audio only(+pic). It would be cool to hear you play!! So if you got a Mic, try to do a rec of a part or anything you can. Im sure you will benefit from a review on how you play!!

Thomandy wrote:

Kentz wrote:

Thomandy wrote:

Kentz wrote:I learn way too much at the same time as I can't focus on a single piece. Prepare to be shocked :

Marcia Alla Turca (Beethoven)
Chopin's revolutionary étude (mainly so I can practice my left hand)
Beethoven/Liszt Symphony 5. (Really fun to play, and surprisingly not too hard)
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (I know it's "too" hard for me, but I really like it and I am showing a lot of enthusiasm while learning it!)

Hi Well, its a nice list... But are you good enough to play them?
Do you got a recording of you playing a piece, then Andrew and others could give you feedback.

"Its easy to learn the notes! That you can do in every single piece ever created. But to create music with the notes that are given, that is the true artistry" - Me

That's a different question heh, I can play Marcia Alla Turca (yey). And Chopin's revolutionary etude (not the whole thing but the parts I have been practicing, the rest is just basically the same thing).
And I haven't really tried playing the "hard parts" of the Beet/Liszt Symphony 5, I can't be arsed with that right now.
And the rhapsody, eh, I can say that the parts I have been practicing I know very well. But I haven't reached the Friska yet so.
I don't have any recordings, mainly because I don't own a camera. If I am going to upload a "video" on youtube, I guess it's just going to be a picture of the composer + the audio. (Audio = Me)

Yeah, one can hear a lot from a Audio-Recording Pianohama uploads some great improvs using Audio only(+pic). It would be cool to hear you play!! So if you got a Mic, try to do a rec of a part or anything you can. Im sure you will benefit from a review on how you play!!

Yeah I have been thinking of making a new youtube account just dedicated for that.
(Whenever I get the confident)

I'm learning Chopin Waltz in C#minor. The fingering is strange. I know it higly recommended to follow the fingering when it's Chopin, but seriously!

CripKilla wrote:I'm learning Chopin Waltz in C#minor. The fingering is strange. I know it higly recommended to follow the fingering when it's Chopin, but seriously!

Be aware of typos i have a Grand Book with 50 major pieces here at home, and I have found 2 Clear fingering-typos . And they are easy to figure out since following that fingering would make it Impossible to play the piece So I guess there is some typos that would make since, but makes it harder to play, but you wont know that they are typos cause they are sort of realistic but still maybe not. And its hard to know since your finger probably arnt all independent and eager to follow you until you have practiced lots of different finger-variations ect Just be aware

Actually after I get the chords right in Marcia Alla Turca I am going to practice Liebenstraum.
The main melody isn't hard at all, surprisingly.

I am trying to play Pearl harbor-Tenessee song

where'd u get the sheet music to tennessee?

surehit123 wrote:where'd u get the sheet music to tennessee?

I learn it by ear.