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<p>Any sax players out there?</p>
<p>yep, you have to do that every time, it sucks i know, hey its worth it!</p>
<p>fiddlefrog- yep thats the one. I have a recording of evgeny kissin playing it. Its awesome!</p>
<p>yeah i do the sax</p>
<p>tennispro, i always tried to look for free sheet music but could never find any online. but now it's ... there! ahhhhh.... heh, maybe i'll play the piano a little more now.</p>
<p>SO I know you are all really good pianists, and I'm nowhere as good as any of you, probably. You see, I stopped taking piano lessons in the beginning of 10th grade b/c my piano teacher moved away and I didn't have the money to get a new teacher (would have had to anyone more than 40 dollars/ hr, which was what i was paying my piano teacher- cheap b/c mom's friend). So, when I stopped taking lessons, I wasn't motivated enough to teach myself, and things just kind of fell apart. It's been two years, so I bet my fingers are all rusty and I'll never be a serious pianist, but I want to start playing again. Do you guys have any recommendations for a sort of self-teaching thing? The last thing I played were some Beethoven Sonatas (worked on Sonata Pathetique, 3rd mvt. last year by myself for a music festival). For all you piano prodigies, you'll have to think back a few years. Please give me a short list of successively difficult pieces you enjoyed.</p>
<p>suburbian - if you are really interested in playing again perhaps you could find a new teacher and ask if you could have a short lesson because you have limited funds. I think having a coach is a good idea because then you don't pick up bad technique and practice it over and over. Also, it's inspirational to keep learning and progressing. Also, I'm sure that once a new teacher sees that you are motivated he might give you an extended class on occasion without charging you.</p>
<p>Try reading through Bach Preludes and Fugues to pick one you really like to work on. You could also pick one of the Chopin Nocturnes. What about a Schubert Impromptu? Barber Excursions are nice pieces, too. The third Excursion, Kalypso, is really hard for rhythm (7 against 8 and other fiendish things) but really gorgeous, too. The other three are also great, good for your imagination, since they're supposed to be dances and scenes. Mendelssohn Songs Without Words?</p>
<p>Magnum4007, have you played with any jazz bands? How long have you been playing?
I've been playing since I was 8. I hardly go anywhere (out of town that is) without my sax. Call me weird, but I just love it, almost as much as running!</p>
<p>Suburbian - you should start off with bach inventions, 2 part preferably. These will help work on your technique and rhythm. Then move on to the bach well-tempered clavier. Theres nothing better than working on bach for solid technique. In terms of other composers besides bach, lol if youre getting bored of all the inventions and fugues, I recommend starting off with chopin preludes, "raindrop", which i really love, or a chopin waltz if youre up to the challenge. If you take up a chopin waltz, try out the "minute" waltz, thats a good one. And go to <a href="http://www.pianoworld.com%5B/url%5D">www.pianoworld.com</a></p>
<p>At Pianoworld, theres an awesome forum just like collegeconfidential where you can just discuss piano music. My screen name at piano world is tennispro2388, the same as CC. You can pose your questions about self teaching or looking for a teacher there. Plus they have lots of great threads about "songs that are easy to play by difficult composers". You should definitely check out PianoWorld! GL!</p>
<p>hah, well im not as into it as you, im actually delving into piano more now, but yeah, ive played alto since fourth, did jazz bari 8-11th and switched back to alto this year, because let's face it, bari parts are way too easy. oh, and they get all the solos. what groups do you play with?</p>
<p>suburbian - to get your technique back up (im actually just developing mine for the first time so this might be too easy for you) you might want to try hanon's virtuoso pianist (on sheetmusicarchive) or some czerny - school of velocity, or even better, the dexterity one.</p>
<p>OOO Czerny!!! Fun, fun, fun! Pischna 60 progressive studies also highly recommended lol you'll have some good times</p>
<p>Thanks for all the suggestions! I played the bach inventions 4 or 5 years ago, though... feel like I'm starting from scratch again, though that's probably what I'll have to do once I get a new teacher....... haha, I remember the days of hanon and czerny! (when I was playing them, not when they were alive) I used to have to put tally marks on the top of the page to show my teacher how many times I practiced, I really, really hated czerny when I was playing it. But yeah, I was thinking along the same lines (bach invention, czerny) to get my technique back.</p>
<p>Also maybe the Haydn C major Sonata (#49?). It's a very nice piece, and good practice for precise articulation, accurate triplets, and smooth phrasing.</p>
<p>haydn c# minor sonata is wonderful</p>
<p>Ooo-- how about Dohnanyi finger excercises? (They're demonic...)</p>
<p>to all you pianists:
when u send concerto recorings, do you have an orchestra with you? or solo or a piano accompaniment?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I performed the complete Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 and Liszt Concerto No. 1 with an orchestra but I just sent the 1st mvt. of the Prokofiev and 3rd & 4th mvts. of the Liszt along with Beethoven's "Appassionata", Chopin Ballade in G minor, Haydn Sonata in Eb Major, Liszt Rigoletto-Paraphrase, and the Mennin Toccata. My recording is pretty long so they're probably not going to listen to the whole CD but I'm okay with that.</p>
<p>Pianist, wanna post your recording online?</p>
<p>i sent in recording w/ orchestra (violin solo)</p>