I need some help to choose a piece. (1 Viewer)

[Lexi]

Hey, I'm a level 5/6 pianist ... Well, actually I don't do levels, but I'm playing pretty hard stuff, and I need to choose a piece for the topic An Instrument and Its Repetoire(sp?). My piano teacher suggested that I do a classical piece, and I was wondering if there were any nice one's for piano. Note - can't be in a movie ... Bit of a cow I know. Help would be much appreciated!

 

[KevinCooper]

ever heard of Chopin? try to look up some of his works, they are very technical, but its great

 

[the sax man]

Hmmmm......
I'm not a pianist, but why not check out some Debussy? Clair de Lune or the Sunken Cathedral.

 

[5c]

ummm...
wats the era for ur topic? any... ?
well..
a movt of one of beethovens' sonatas.. when is due? soon.. cuz it mite be a bit too long.. there are nice ones in the pianoforte series 14 book ..

 

[Lexi]

Thankyou so much, I'm thinking of playing Debussy's Clair de Lune, but I don't have to perform it until the Trials ... So any other suggestions ... I need a piece for 20th and 21st Century more than anything.

 

[Crikket]

For 20th and 21st century, why don't you do a pop song?
some really old stuff is great for solo piano
like my friend who's doing 7th grade piano, she's doing "the Stranger" by Billy Joel for her hsc

or you can check out what songs the AMEB prescribes for piano for leisure exams, and play stuff like that.
for example, some of the 7th grade pieces were
Proud Mary - john fogerty,
In Your Eyes - Masser
Prelude - Bach
adagio sostenuto - beethoven
three to get ready - brubeck
moonlight - debussy
misty - garner
your song - elton john
consolation no.5 - liszt
maple leaf rag - joplin
alla turca - mozart
forcing the pace - norton

good luck!

 

[ccgs_jono]

sorry to throw a spanner in the works and all, but seriously most of the pieces that have been suggested will not be marked well. They've all be overdone, especially for Piano. Piano is the hardest instrument to do well in for the HSC (sorry to burst ya bubble) I'm doing both Piano and Viola and it's ironically easier to find Viola pieces. For the Core perf. look up pieces at www.amcoz.com.au anything there will help you heaps. And for any other performances you are doing...look for obscure composers, even one's you have never heard of before. 20th Century Music always goes down well...hope that helps! If you need a list try Zephyr music online

 

[moon_styla]

piano the hardest instrument to do well in?? r u sure? i thought it was the easiest haha

anyway.. i have a really good 20th century piece...

Kim Jones "suite" or do some of those rags by Elena kats-chernin? easy to play and fun..

 

[5c]

i heard that many ppl are doing ELENA KATS CHERNIN's
russian rag...
so dont do it..

 

[moon_styla]

den....... miriam hyde would be good??

like some left hand study or sumfin... its only like 2 mins long

 

[ccgs_jono]

It's the hardest instrument to do well in because so many people are pianist's, and let's face it...if you were an HSC marker and you listened to say 50 ppl play piano pieces...it would become really difficult to differentiate them. Basically you MUST stand out, so don't choose cliche pieces

 

[moon_styla]

i see.. wats should be the normal level u should be in for music do u think? eg. like grade 8 at least? or L.Mus?

 

[MouNtY]

so then i have a question. I have no doubt that there are like ten million people that are doing vocals for hsc, does that mean that it will be marked really hard?

 

[moon_styla]

well like dat dude said, unless u stand out from the pack u probably wont get a really really high mark.. meh i dunno haha

see, i hav a few friends who did their HSC music last year, and they got 50/50 for extension... and i thought they were CRAP! AND THEY DO PIANO!!! soooo basically, i dunno hehe

 

[MouNtY]

shux. so then in terms of song choice. i'm thinkin that doing songs that are mainstream aint really the right way to go. so should i be choosing like some sort of opertta (spelling) or someting?

 

[moon_styla]

hmmmmmmm lol i think..................... just doing REALLY well will get u full marks. im actually aiming to get full marks..

yeah just practice heaps n heaps n heaps.. n u'll get there

 

[MouNtY]

is that easy to do? get full marks i mean. like if ur just really good but not excellent?

 

[moon_styla]

if ur just good, i guess u could get marks in the high 40's probs.. but i mean, if my friends could get 100%, gosh.. coz i mean, these dudes r really crap lol i swear haha so im pretty confident..

r u a singer?

 

[MouNtY]

yep. i'm a singer. my song choice sounds really shit now. the songs that i chose were.
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
Matchbox Twenty - Bright Lights
Nat King Cole (i think) - Wonderful World
and i dont know what i'm doing for the last one

 

[moon_styla]

oh nice...

meh.. i hope my pieces rnt too bad..

do u think its too late to start new pieces?