What piece(s) are you currently trying to learn?

Hmm. I got Liszt's Grand Galop Chromatique the other day.

Currently tring to learn La Boudeu Menoir

Hmm. I got Liszt's Grand Galop Chromatique the other day.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. That's very funny.

Ah, I love the mozart concerto. The first movement is amazing.

The second pwns it, and I'll kill you if you disagree :(

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. That's very funny.

I know. :o

I like how cziffra played it. He looked like he was having a spaz attack.

I mean, the fact that you actually purchased it. :whistling:

Can you play something like that? If so, may I ask you to record some of my music? :o

Well, at the moment I'm learning Premiere Arabesque by Claude Debussy, but it's kinda hard to practice because I only have this crappy 61 keyed keyboard at home with unweighted keys *shudder* But I'll be getting a new keyboard, I'm waiting for a new keyboard to be released so if I'm lucky I might have it in the beginning of next month.

Ha, I was just thinking about that song... not that I'm trying to learn it.

I found some sheet music for fugue in g minor for organ that I'm going to learn. Of course I don't have an organ, so there are a few things I'll have to change.

Its going pretty well so far. Its not really hard... but its a scallop when you don't read music.

Just started learning Carl Maria von Weber's Perpetuum mobile for piano. It's going to be my summer project.

Just started learning Carl Maria von Weber's Perpetuum mobile for piano. It's going to be my summer project.

Hmmm....sounds like an endless endeavor.:toothygrin:

Working on Grieg's Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 and a Scarlatti sonata. Also, a bit of Khachaturian, but don't tell my piano professor about that. I realized not long after deciding on my summer pieces that I had a perpetual boner for everything Poulenc ever wrote, so perhaps I'll play a bit of his stuff soon.

I am learning this. (at a more frantic, relentless pace, of course) I'm also learning some of my own works... It's a pain!!

Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2. :( Borge style.

The Rach Preludes.

The Chopin Preludes.

Some harry potter stuff at the minute.

Une larme. By Mussorgsky.

After having played piano for 4 years?

I am truly... tragic.

But, am learning Britten's "Interlude" and "Balulalow" (try saying that 10 times fast) on harp. And, am actually managing it! Which is weird, because they're Con entrance pieces and I've only been learning for a year. But, I guess I don't play very well, so it all evens out.

And I'm singing the Telephone Aria and Song of the Black Swan, both by Menotti, for my HSC. SO in love with my repetoire!

I'd be more than happy to record some of your music, Anders.

:o

Hmmm....sounds like an endless endeavor.:D

Working on Grieg's Lyric Pieces, Op. 12

WOOOOO! Me too :) Love them. Especially number three, with the awesome intermezzo. Im- VIIM = Boners.

I just recently learned bach's violin concerto in A minor adapted for xylophone.

I'm not learning anything that difficult. I have a violin adaptation of Claude Debussy's "Clair de lune". Its not that hard but it sounds very abstract without the accompaniment which it comes with. If you haven't heard it (but you probably have its the piece of the Chanel advert with Nicole Kidman) I would recommend it. Its very beautiful,slow and airy. And its only grade 5 (well it might be grade 6 my teacher said it was either or)

lots of things. lots, and lots of things.

The biggest challenge for me, I think, is going to be learning to play Benny Goodman's version of Puttin' on the Ritz. for those who don't know...(and it will probably be a lot) it's on clarinet that I will learn it, and the first 2 bars are pure arpeggiated chords that cross the break... and they're 16ths, and the song goes at about 150. also, there are trills and such. plus, the main melody has moves from a high A to a mid A in the space of a 16th note....(just above the staff to in it) which fellow clarinets will know isn't difficult, except that you have to adapt your embouchure so fast. Also, I intend to do Benny's wicked solo, as well, which is awesome, cause you get to go up to a high G. (G above the G above the staff). awesome stuff. also, I'm learning a whole bunch of jazz standards on the clarinet.

piano-wise, I'm trying to learn some standard classics. I was looking at the etude revolutionary by Chopin (not the mod...) .. but I think it's a bit out of reach. for a lot of people. it's fast, it has constantly running 16ths in the bass hand, and ... just... wow.

but essentially, in summary, I'm trying to get some classics under my belt in all instruments that I play.

I'm now learning the third violin concerto of Camille Saint-Saens. Also, some orchestral excerpts for violin, and some more solo Bach.

Piano (my piano teacer has me kinda overloaded :w00t: ) -

Debussy - Claire de Lune and Prelude from Suite Bergamasque

Beethoven - Sonata Op.31, No.2 "Tempest" (complete)

Chopin - Prelude No.6 in Bm, "Lento assai"

Schumann - Echoes from the Theater from Album for the Young

Kabelevsky - No.24

I'm learning Solace by Scott Joplin, Nola by Felix Arndt, Original Rags by Joplin, Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (wayyy too advanced for me but there you have it) Heliotrope Bouqet by Joplin, Swipesy by Joplin, and Goliwog's cakewalk by Claude Debussy.

I'm not learning anything that difficult. I have a violin adaptation of Claude Debussy's "Clair de lune".

That sounds delightful. Could you share the score? I'd love to try that on the violin. I'm currently learning it on the piano and sad to say that after several months of practice I'm only up to where the arpeggios begin. Just goes to show you how lame I am on the piano. But I confess to not practicing everyday either. I’m also simultaneously learning Debussy’s “Girl with Flaxen Hair”. I was stuck on 18 for the longest time for some stupid reason. I just couldn’t get the cadence right. I think I finally worked it out just tonight. I learn things one measure at a time, and sometimes it make be a week or more before I move on to the next measure. I’m simply learning stuff that’s too far advance for my level. That’s all there is to it.

I’m learning Bach’s Gavotte en Rondeau (written for solo violin, but I’m learning it on the guitar right now). That’s coming along fairly well, but there are some tough fingerings that are going to required months of practice (for me) to work out smoothly. I recently learned the first cello prelude on the guitar (it actually took me a year to master it). My fingers just take a long time to train. Even now there are still parts that aren’t quite as smooth as I’d like them to be.

I’ve been trying both the cello prelude and Gavotte en Rondeau on the violin, but unfortunately I’m just not there yet. So I play simply melodies, like Bridge Over Troubled Water, Ashokan Farewell, Ave Maria (things like that)

With the flute I’m also doing the simple melodies similar to what I’m doing on the violin (which isn’t bad I think since I only started the flute about a month ago)

I’m still struggling with learning the clarinet. I’m trying to play the same simple tunes on it as I play on the violin and flute, but so far I just can’t play it well enough. I have the embouchure down pretty well, it’s the fingering I’m fighting with. The clarinet requires a lot of independent fingerings that can only be mastered over time. I started it only a month ago too, but I can’t imagine being able to play it well for at least a year, and even then it will only be mediocre I imagine.

But I’d like to try Clair de Lune on the violin if you can share the score? I enjoy learning the same pieces on differnet instruments and I am learning that on the piano right now.

I'm learning Solace by Scott Joplin, Nola by Felix Arndt, Original Rags by Joplin, Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (wayyy too advanced for me but there you have it) Heliotrope Bouqet by Joplin, Swipesy by Joplin, and Goliwog's cakewalk by Claude Debussy.

Hey, I've played those before! I love those pieces - Solace, Nola, Colliwog's Cakewalk. They are very tricky, and take a while to learn, but very rewarding. I absolutely refuse to play Rhapsody in Blue because I only have a simplified version, and it is TOTAL crap. It's so boring.

Hey Abracadabra, being a multi-instrumentalist of sorts myself, I would not recommend trying to learn Clair de Lune on anything other than piano. It just wouldn't sound good at all without the complexities and it is not well-suited to having a solo instrument that can only play one line, as there are many melodies working together at any point in time. Here is something I would recommend trying for fun on all your different instruments -> Brahms' Hungarian Dances. They all have a standalone melody are many are actually already adapted for solo violin (many without even needing an accompaniment). I think all of them can be found on the internet if you know where to look.