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I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:39 pm
by andexls
I need some of those :)

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:38 pm
by vinteuil
Chopin Etude Op. 10 No. 3 is very easy, and sounds great.

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:50 pm
by andexls
That's too hard,I'm really a begginer! I need something about Fur Elise level...

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:51 pm
by Melodia
What about No. 4 then?

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:19 pm
by Niels
Chopin etudes aren't easy, Chopin preludes are.
Prelude number 4, 6, 7, 9, 20 aren't very hard (easiest are number 4 and 7).
The first prelude of WTC 1 (C Major) is also very easy, but beautiful.
I think Burgmüller etudes (opus 100) are also doable.

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:45 pm
by allegroamabile
I mentioned this to someone here on the forum before, you can try looking at the first movement of Edward Elgar's Sonatina for Solo Piano. It is a very pretty, simple piece by a famous, well-respected composer.

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 1:35 am
by sbeckmesser
As I recommended for a similar earlier question, take a look at Schumann's Album für die Jugend, a large collection of pieces both easier and harder than your Beethoven. From there you can graduate to Schumann's Kinderszenen, which is one of the easiest of true piano masterpieces, and/or some of Bach's 2-part inventions.

--Sixtus

http://imslp.org/wiki/Album_f%C3%BCr_di ... _Robert%29

http://imslp.org/wiki/Kinderszenen,_Op. ... _Robert%29

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:08 am
by allegroamabile
You can also try Bartok's Music for Children.

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:07 pm
by Lyle Neff
Tchaikovsky's "Album for the Young" (or "Children's Album") would work -- it's modeled on Schumann's sets.

Some of the pieces among Cesar Cui's Miniatures, Opp. 20 and 39 are relatively easy -- but not all.

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:56 pm
by Philidor

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:57 pm
by andexls
Thanks for all your help, guys.

I'm checking each one.

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 5:35 am
by saxovocal
Would Debussy's Children Corner be too hard?

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:20 am
by sbeckmesser
On the whole I found Debussy's Childrens Corner just about as hard to read through as Schumann's Kinderszenen. I'd rate them as requiring about the same amount of digital dexterity, but of course the style and interpretation would differ tremendously. Both scores are more difficult than the Fur Elise level.

--Sixtus

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 6:43 am
by Melodia
The Little Shepherd is relatively easy.

Re: I need some easy and beautiful pieces for piano

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:34 am
by pianogirl23
try some bach minuets/gavottes/courantes/etc.. (all the dances)
i started playing piano on those
they're rigid with strict counterpoint but i totally recommend them
maybe you could also try Grieg's Puck
CPE Bach's Soffleggio
some Clementi Sonatinas
Beethoven sonatinas (there's only 2, though)
mozart's g major sonata is really really easy too