Moonlight Sonata, 1st movement. Well, the first few bars so far, and without the pinky bit for now.
Bach's Prelude No1 in C - been ignoring it for a while, but finally got to the twiddly bit at the end. Once I get that, I'll work on tempo, and then volume. (Is that a sensible way to approach it?)
-- Wally www.wally.myby.co.uk I eat my peas with honey, I've done it all my life. It makes the peas taste funny, but it keeps them on the knife. (Spike Milligan)
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On Mar 18, 2:54 pm, "Chip" <no_spam_chipmonk__...@hotmail.com> wrote:
I'll start.
Chopin Preludes, Nos. 6 and 7, Op. 28
Chopin Mazurka, Op 67, No 2
Brahm's Waltz Op 39, No. 9
Sibelius, Chanson Sans Paroles, Op 40, No 2
Gliere, romance in E minor.
Chip
Schubert Impromptu Op.90 No.1. Tough on an old fella like me, but
beautiful. Making inches of progress.
Bach "Well Tempered Clavier" (complete..recording it this year) Mozart Rondo in A minor K.511 Sonata in Bb K281 Sonata in A minor K.310 Fantasie in C minor K475 Sonata in C minor K.457 Sonata in C K545
Beethoven Sonata in FMajor Op.10 Sonata in C ("Waldstein") Sonata in C minor Op111 Sonata in C# MINOR ("Moonlight"
Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie Sonata in B minor Op.58 Etudes Op.10 (complete)
On Mar 18, 2:54 pm, "Chip" <no_spam_chipmonk__...@hotmail.com> wrote:
I'll start.
Chopin Preludes, Nos. 6 and 7, Op. 28
Chopin Mazurka, Op 67, No 2
Brahm's Waltz Op 39, No. 9
Sibelius, Chanson Sans Paroles, Op 40, No 2
Gliere, romance in E minor.
Chip
Schubert Impromptu Op.90 No.1. Tough on an old fella like me, but
beautiful. Making inches of progress.
Bach "Well Tempered Clavier" (complete..recording it this year)
Mozart Rondo in A minor K.511
Sonata in Bb K281
Sonata in A minor K.310
Fantasie in C minor K475
Sonata in C minor K.457
Sonata in C K545
Beethoven Sonata in FMajor Op.10
Sonata in C ("Waldstein")
Sonata in C minor Op111
Sonata in C# MINOR ("Moonlight"
Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie
Sonata in B minor Op.58
Etudes Op.10 (complete)
Prokofiev 7th Sonata
albert landa
PS The above is my current performance repertoire
Wow.
I'll pitch in too - Music I play for study/fun but don't perform: Complete Bach 2 & 3 part inventions. I play them in different keys, and use many of the sequences as exercises. Interesting stuff in them, for example the theme of the 2 part in D minor is used a lot in the 3 part in C minor. I think in the inventions Bach makes it very clear what he thinks the music student should know, he transposes the ideas, tries them with different harmonizations etc. I'm pretty sure he expects the learner to develop the material further. It's not virtuoso stuff, but it's good music.
For a meagre wage (which is another thread): Tunes from My Fair Lady, Joplin rags, Beatles arrangements, lots of jazz things like Naima, Round Midnight, Misty, you get the idea, many hours of this sort of thing memorized. All of this material gets transposed, varied. I think this is good stuff for the average player like me because I'll never have a secure virtuoso technique (despite years of working on most of Chopin Op10 and the like) but anyone can learn to transpose and develop material.
On Mar 18, 2:54 pm, "Chip" <no_spam_chipmonk__...@hotmail.com> wrote:
I'll start.
Chopin Preludes, Nos. 6 and 7, Op. 28
Chopin Mazurka, Op 67, No 2
Brahm's Waltz Op 39, No. 9
Sibelius, Chanson Sans Paroles, Op 40, No 2
Gliere, romance in E minor.
Chip
Schubert Impromptu Op.90 No.1. Tough on an old fella like me, but
beautiful. Making inches of progress.
Bach "Well Tempered Clavier" (complete..recording it this year)
Mozart Rondo in A minor K.511
Sonata in Bb K281
Sonata in A minor K.310
Fantasie in C minor K475
Sonata in C minor K.457
Sonata in C K545
Beethoven Sonata in FMajor Op.10
Sonata in C ("Waldstein")
Sonata in C minor Op111
Sonata in C# MINOR ("Moonlight"
Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie
Sonata in B minor Op.58
Etudes Op.10 (complete)
Prokofiev 7th Sonata
albert landa
PS The above is my current performance repertoire
Reading Albert's post puts me in mind of my all-time favorite "Peanuts" cartoon. (In this, Albert is Linus and I am Charlie Brown). Charlie and Lucy and Linus are lying on a hill looking at the clouds, and Lucy asks, "What shapes do you see in the clouds?" Linus replies, "Well, over there I see a map of the British Honduras in the Carribean. And that looks like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the famous painter and sculptor. And just above I believe I see the stoning of Stephen; there's the apostle Paul standing to one side." "Very good," says Lucy. "And what do you see, Charlie Brown?" Charlie replies, "Well, I was going to say a ducky and a horsey, but I think I'll just skip it." Albert, I was going to say I'm working on "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," but I think I'll just skip it. Mike
On Mar 18, 2:54 pm, "Chip" <no_spam_chipmonk__...@hotmail.com> wrote:
I'll start.
Chopin Preludes, Nos. 6 and 7, Op. 28
Chopin Mazurka, Op 67, No 2
Brahm's Waltz Op 39, No. 9
Sibelius, Chanson Sans Paroles, Op 40, No 2
Gliere, romance in E minor.
Chip
Schubert Impromptu Op.90 No.1. Tough on an old fella like me, but
beautiful. Making inches of progress.
Bach "Well Tempered Clavier" (complete..recording it this year)
Mozart Rondo in A minor K.511
Sonata in Bb K281
Sonata in A minor K.310
Fantasie in C minor K475
Sonata in C minor K.457
Sonata in C K545
Beethoven Sonata in FMajor Op.10
Sonata in C ("Waldstein")
Sonata in C minor Op111
Sonata in C# MINOR ("Moonlight"
Chopin Polonaise-Fantasie
Sonata in B minor Op.58
Etudes Op.10 (complete)
Prokofiev 7th Sonata
albert landa
PS The above is my current performance repertoire
Reading Albert's post puts me in mind of my all-time favorite "Peanuts"
cartoon. (In this, Albert is Linus and I am Charlie Brown).
Charlie and Lucy and Linus are lying on a hill looking at the clouds, and
Lucy asks, "What shapes do you see in the clouds?"
Linus replies, "Well, over there I see a map of the British Honduras in
the Carribean. And that looks like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the
famous painter and sculptor. And just above I believe I see the stoning of
Stephen; there's the apostle Paul standing to one side."
"Very good," says Lucy. "And what do you see, Charlie Brown?"
Charlie replies, "Well, I was going to say a ducky and a horsey, but I
think I'll just skip it."
Albert, I was going to say I'm working on "I Left My Heart in San
Francisco," but I think I'll just skip it. :
Mike
That's a lovely story Mike and also, I just love "I left my heart in San Fransisco" I can see I am going to have to try to be a bit more like Charley Brown.Sort of lighten up a bit.
