![]() Some turned out too difficult others weren't as appealing or interesting as I'd originally thought, in which case I turned to others I'd ticked on my list.īut the exercise improved my sight-reading and self-learning no end, and the fact that I chose those pieces totally 'blind' as it were, without having heard them before, kept my interest going because I wanted to hear how they would turn out when I was eventually able to play them properly. ![]() But it was a time of discovery for me, and it was fun to learn something new and hear it develop as the piece gradually took on 'shape' as I practised and played it better. Of course, there was no internet then and I had very few recordings (on cassette tape - you probably don't know what they are ), so I didn't know what the music was supposed to sound like when played properly. Then I'd leaf through each of them, sight-reading (or trying to sight-read ) individual pieces or movements to see which appealed melodically or harmonically or just pianistically, ticking them to go back and learn them in due course. When I was at the same stage as you (curiously enough, also at around 16), I treated myself to several trips to the local music shop and bought myself the three volumes of the complete Beethoven Sonatas (until then, my teacher just gave me single Sonatas - actually, only Op.2/1 - to learn) and a volume of Mozart Sonatas, and a collection of 'popular' Chopin, and similar ones of Schumann, Brahms and Rachmaninoff. When the OP is done with Op 27 no 2 3rd mvt and Pathetique 3rd movement, he will be ready IMO. He has also play the Etude Op 10 No 3, which is an excellent practice in voicing, and the middle section has some thick chords that also may serve as a good preparation for the Nocturne. The Op 48 1 isn't that much harder than Pathetique's first movement for example, which by the way DOES have voicing in it(lots of it as well) just as the second movement of the same sonata. No but when he has learned them I think it is a good next step. The OP is in the process of "learning" the 3rd movements of both Beethoven Sonatas - so he hasn't really "played" them yet. I think most folks would agree that the Pathetique (1st and 2nd movements), the Moonlight (1st and 2nd movements), and the Fantasie Impromptu are easier than the Opus 48 No. Why wouldn't he be able to handle the Nocturne Op 48 No 1? If he has played pieces like Pathetique, Moonlight Sonata and Fantasie Impromptu, he should be able to learn Op 48 No 1? :S
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