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It's quite simple (compared to his other works) but there is a difficult chord change (and it's quite a stretch) in the 16th bar.

Grade dipABRSM

3 favourite pieces -
Debussy - Tarantella Styrienne
Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Ravel - Concerto in G Major

Fur Elise? Something by Einaudi (I like Nefeli and I think it's quite easy)? Pachelbel's Canon?

The obvious ones are Bach's Anna Magdalena Notebook that he wrote for his wife, who was learning the harpsichord.

thanks!
i've heard of a few of these, and i'll check the rest out =)
(hopefully i can manage these - the fast bit in fur elise scares me a bit...)

I've just had my fourth piano lesson and my teacher says she reckons I'll be able to do grade 2 in the summer. I'm really happy but does that seem a little too optimistic or is that just me? Seems so quick!

I've just had my fourth piano lesson and my teacher says she reckons I'll be able to do grade 2 in the summer. I'm really happy but does that seem a little too optimistic or is that just me? Seems so quick!

It sounds feasible. Of course it depends on how much effort and time you're putting in, how much natural talent you have, etc. Good luck!

One of the advantages of starting late is that you already have musical experience to draw on (mayber more than you realize). It's always going to be a slower atart with young kids.

Hi guys, I've been practising piano on my own for about a year now and I was wandering if someone could link me up to some common Grade 1 pieces so I can see where I'm at.

Hi,

I've been learning the piano for a while and my teacher is now suggesting that I should do ABRSM grade 8 this Christmas. I'm not sure what to tell her though because I know I get nervous in exams and I don't know if it's worth the stress?

Would it look good to do it?

I think it's worth doing as an indicator of your technical level, also if you ever wanted to teach or something I think it would be useful to have.

Hi,

I've been learning the piano for a while and my teacher is now suggesting that I should do ABRSM grade 8 this Christmas. I'm not sure what to tell her though because I know I get nervous in exams and I don't know if it's worth the stress?

Would it look good to do it?

I've been having lessons for nearly 6 years now, although I got my first keyboard about 9 years ago so I taught myself (aka mucked about, I was about 7 then!) for a few years before that. I'll be taking grade 8 in December this year (A1 or A3, B1 and C4).

My three favourite pieces are:

1. Etude Op.10 No.3 in E major -Adieu (Chopin)
2. Moonlight Sonata, 3rd Movement (Beethoven)
3. Sonata in D Minor Kp.9 (Scarlatti)

Yes, the first two are cliché, but there's a reason they're so famous! I love listening to (or playing) pretty much anything, particularly baroque and classical.

That's called Tristesse, not Adieu. Adieu is a Chopin waltz D: