What Piece(s) Are You Working on Right Now?

Pallas · 2024-05-31T12:42:16+00:00

I've been posting my progress inside an Alfred thread for some time now, but I'm interested to know what other people are working on, not just us method book...

iternabe

I am just about to start The Carnival of Venice in Faber Adult AIO Book 1.

iternabe

iternabe I am just about to start The Carnival of Venice in Faber Adult AIO Book 1.

It has been a week. I am submitting my homework.

iternabe

Pallas I just checked it out on Let's Play Piano Methods, and it looks fun.

Good to know. I usually try to figure out as much as I can from the page, get to about 50% ready, then watch the Let’s Play Piano Methods lesson to see what I have missed. That old guy always have something insightful to add to the printed material.

hebele

I am half way in Faber Adult AIO 1. Just introduced to sharps and flats 🙂 Excited to practice with some black keys now. Next page has a Greensleeves arrangement which should be fun.

iternabe Jealous of Carnival of Venice. I hope my motivation sees me to the end like you.

iternabe

hebele iternabe Jealous of Carnival of Venice. I hope my motivation sees me to the end like you.

@hebele There will be some hurdles, but none so big that can't be overcome with several days of practice. Just keep digging at it, let things settle in by having good sleep, and you will get there.

bSharp

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen arranged by Phillip Keveren

At the Skating Rink, Op. 28 No. 23 by Samuel Maykapar

Gooseberry

I’m learning Henri Bertini etude in F sharp minor Op. 29 no. 11.

It's the easiest one of the four Bertini etudes from Denis Zhdanov's course that I'm following. The biggest problem that I’m trying to overcome right now is to play the sextuplets evenly. Besides, I’m nowhere near the target tempo yet, but I’ll get there (slowly) eventually… I hope.

BartK

I have four pieces in the works.

JS Bach Allemande from French Suite no. 3 in B minor
Mozart Alla turca
Brahms Waltz in A-flat major op. 39, no. 15
Animato from Prokofiev Visions Fugitives op. 22, no. 4

I'm trying to memorize the Brahms and the Mozart and have them in my repertoire (I learned both of them about 2 years ago) but all four of them are quite easy (relatively speaking). I worked on some super difficult pieces earlier this year but I just enjoy myself more when playing something that's not so taxing.

Hopefully, I can get the Mozart and the Prok good enough for the fast pieces recital.

Gooseberry

BartK Hopefully, I can get the Mozart and the Prok good enough for the fast pieces recital.

I'm looking forward to the fast pieces recital, and to your submissions there!

Player1

I'm almost done with Energico in Faber 3B. It (like the title of the piece suggests) is all allegro and has some complicated fingering. Kind of fun to play though. If I can get a recording I'll submit it for a recital over on PNOworld.

I also started on a new recital piece but I'm not saying what. It's a big stretch so I don't know when I'll manage to get it under my fingers.

Gooseberry

@bSharp Both pieces sound great! Maykapar seems quite challenging (well, to me), but no wonder - ABRSM grade 8 is no joke. Wish you all the best with your practice!

bSharp

Gooseberry but no wonder - ABRSM grade 8 is no joke.

It's RCM 8 actually. ABRSM is like the top tier RCM level, 10 or ARCT (Diploma) level 🙂

Sophia

Still finalizing Ballin' the Jack, working on La Donna e Mobile and following the blues tutorial.

ranjit

Prokofiev sonata 3

Liszt Transcendental Etude 7, Eroica

Bach Prelude and Fugue in D minor, book 2

Beethoven Pathetique sonata

Chopin B minor Waltz, op 69 no 2

ranjit

Pallas I can't wait to listen to these. Thanks so much for sharing, and I hope I'll get to enjoy more of your playing. I'd love to hear it.

Thank you! It's a challenge, but I'm determined.

danno858

I've been working on Chopin's Andante Spianato pretty much exclusively this year.

ranjit

danno858 I've been working on Chopin's Andante Spianato pretty much exclusively this year.

Oh, fun piece! I knew a piano student who played it for me, it was really cool.

PianogrlNW

I’m working on these pieces:
Chopin - Impromptu #3 in Gb major - not too difficult but need to get tempo up and work on some phrasing
Margaret Bonds - Trouble Water - the leaps and tempo make this piece challenging
Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major, 2nd Movement, transcription for piano - the piano solo part is intermediate level, need to let it sing, the orchestral reduction + piano part that follows is going to be challenging. Melody shifts to LH and lots of light 32nds in RH.
Scarlatti - Sonata K. 531 in E major - I started this for the fast pieces recital. Notes aren’t difficult but getting it up to tempo is.

Do you notice a theme here?

JB_PT

My first Beethoven sonata...and surely the easiest.

Oscar Peterson Jazz Exercise No. 2:

Maria Szymanowska's Nocturne in Bb. This is a stretch piece. Like...I need to touch my toes and I'm currently flirting with my knees.

PianogrlNW

Pallas You got it. The theme is that I struggle with playing fast!. Something I’m working on.

Sgisela

My focus right now (and for several months) is Faure’s 2nd nocturne (B major). It’s still got a long way to go, but it is feeling like the end is in sight!
I’m thinking of re-visiting the last of Barber’s Excursions to include in the Fast Pieces recital. It’s a hoe-down, and I think it would be fun to pair it with the Joropo which I have in the can. I learned the last Barber Excursion in high school. The issue with it is that in an ideal world, I’d spend some time re-working significant chunks of it with different fingering/hand redistribution. I think this would make it feel considerably easier. But I’m not sure that I want to commit that effort, given that I can probably manage it OK if I just play it as I always did.
My dad’s a horn player, and I also need to start looking at some accompaniments so we can play together. The one that’s going to be the most challenging is a Dance for horn and piano by Joseph Canteloube.