Can someone help me because i need some recommendations for piano peices. But they must sound lively and "full" if ya know what i mean. I want something that when i have played it, i really feel pleased that i can play a classical piece like that! but not too hard. About the same level as fur elise or a LITTLE harder. Plz I know its a weird request.

Can someone help me because i need some recommendations for piano peices. But they must sound lively and "full" if ya know what i mean. I want something that when i have played it, i really feel pleased that i can play a classical piece like that! but not too hard. About the same level as fur elise or a LITTLE harder. Plz I know its a weird request.

How about going down to a music shop and buying a book of pieces around grade 3 standard (that's about what Fur Elise is) there are loads of books in most music shops that are graded and tell you what grade they are on the front.

Also, I don't mean to sound nasty saying this, but the forum rules do say that you shouldn't post messages in more than one forum, I've read this request from you in four different places today! Most people will read all or most of the forums anyway: it's likely that all pianists (and piano teachers) will read viva piano, almost everyone will read the general discussion one etc.

Enjoy your playing!

How about the Alla Turca Rondo by Mozart (if you have hands large enough for the octaves)? Or Christopher's Latin Preludes. I personally love the first one... it's in C major, sounds grand. But you also have to play octaves and some triplets in the RH against two quavers in the LH.

May be you can play ny pieces from bach's well tempered clavichord?

Le Petit Negro by Debussy is a good piece. Do you want a long or short piece?

Mozart's Alla Turca is a nice one, a bit repetitive but then again it wouldn't be a Rondo. Also Mozart's first movement from Sonata K. 545 in C, you'll know it once you play the opening two bars. Don't ask me what grade it is I haven't a clue, I'm not a teacher just a humble student playing pieces behind my teacher's back.

QUOTE (AnotherPianist @ Aug 1 2004, 02:29 PM)

How about going down to a music shop and buying a book of pieces around grade 3 standard (that's about what Fur Elise is)

Do you really consider Fur Elise to be Grade 3 standard? I would have thought it would have been higher than that. I know the main theme is pretty straight foward but the other two themes are fairly tricky. I have just learnt this piece after having done my Grade 5. My teacher certainly wouldn't have let me play it a Grade 3 standard. Although she won't let any pupil play it unless she considers they can play it well, so maybe she waits until her pupils are at a higher standard for this reason. Has it ever been set for a Grade with any of the exam boards I wonder?

Just been on to the ABRSM publishing web site and Fur Elise is in the book of Bagatelles which is marked as Grade5 - LRSM standard.

Yes I am talking about the whole thing .

The reason I say that is that I've seen it in a book that claims that it is grade 3 standard (although admittedly it's not an ABRSM book); also someone I know played it at a music festival (compulsary piece) after grade 3 (and came second!).

Having said that I think any piece can be any standard depending on how well you play it: to stand up to music critics playing it you'd need to be LRSM standard!

QUOTE (AnotherPianist @ Aug 4 2004, 12:45 PM)

Having said that I think any piece can be any standard depending on how well you play it: to stand up to music critics playing it you'd need to be LRSM standard!

Yes I completely agree with you. There is a huge difference between the way I play Fur Elise and for example the way Alfred Brendel plays it.

Fur Elise is definitely not Grade 3 standard, it is higher - Grade 5 sounds much more likely. I'd recommend a series called "Favourite Piano Classics" by Kohnemann (sp?) publishing - each book contains a really good selection of different pieces which vary in difficulty level, from about grade 3 to grade 8 standard.

i dont know what grade you are
but Golly-wags Cakewalk by Debussy is lively , fun and challenging!