Piano Method Project

Here's the thing: I'm going to start giving piano classes (private classes), and I have many methods and easy pieces here for beginners. However, I'd really like to use pieces from living composers, and it'd be nice to have a collection of YC komposers' easy pieces for beginners, so the student could study and get to know living komposers, and as he/she advances in the piano technique and musical taste, he/she could go further and get interested by some komposers from here. It's a nice way to spread contemporary komposers. So what do you think?

Here's the structure:

1) We'll build up 4 volumes, each one with 25 little and easy pieces. As we reach the next volume, the difficulty increases. Each komposer will have the opportunity of contributing with 1 piece per volume. If we have more than 25 komposers subscribed, we may consider making each volume bigger; if we have less than 25, some criterion will be used to decide which komposer will make more than one contribution.

2) The subscription is open until the first volume is full. That is, when the first volume is complete, the same composers will make the next ones.

3) We'll need some people to revise each piece, as this is an educational work. So, any pianist who has enough property to help with technical issues please let me know (I'll be one). These revising people (is there a word for "someone who revises"? "Reviser"?). Any problem invonlving playability, difficulty etc. will be spoted by these reviewers and communicated to the composer, so that he/she can change or adapt it. (these "reviewers" are also welcome to kompose for this).

4) As a reference for difficulty, here are some well-known pieces for each volume, that will serve as a "model" for us to kompose our own. As model, I mean difficulty and playability, not structure or style.

1st volume: Bartók's Mikrokosmos volume 1 and Bach's pieces from Anna Magdalena's book.

2nd volume: Bartók's Mikrokosmos volume 2 and Clementi's sonatines Op. 36.

3rd volume: Bartok's Mikrokosmos volume 3 and part of 4 and Schumann's Album for the young.

4th volume: Bartok's mikrokosmos volume 4 and part of 5 and Bach's inventions.

Restating: these are not really models for our compositions, but references for difficulty. The bigger is variety, the better!

To subscribe, simply post here telling if you'll solely kompose, or also revise.

Thanks

I like to contribute and or revise (playing piano from age 5)

Does the composer has a final say in the revisions of others (I'd like that)

I'm nowhere close to be a piano specialist, but I think there are some works I could use for this.

Although the stuff I have on here (I will very soon take everything off as to not damage my reputation (HA! :D)) is not very good, I would like to be a part of this project. I have not had time to compose properly because of pianistic commitments. However, I would still like to compose, if only little piano pieces (which is what you're offering!). If pieces were too difficult, then ossias could be included - this would include, perhaps the differences in a piece needed in order to suit an adult, or child beginner-learner (adults could manage greater stretches, of course).

P.S - also simple piano duets, or teacher-student piano duets could be composed - I'm getting excited...

Edited October 16, 201213 yr by TheWannabeChopin

I'm glad that more people want to participate this^^. Here are some replies:

Does the composer has a final say in the revisions of others (I'd like that)

Yes. Once the composition has been submitted, if a reviewer believes there are some important issues, they are communicated to the komposer, so that he/she can change it for a resubmition. This process can happen many times until the composition is suitable for the volume.

If pieces were too difficult, then ossias could be included - this would include, perhaps the differences in a piece needed in order to suit an adult, or child beginner-learner (adults could manage greater stretches, of course).

P.S - also simple piano duets, or teacher-student piano duets could be composed - I'm getting excited...

For now, let's not make different pieces for adults or children; they're simply for beginners, no matter how old. The difficulty can be compared to the references I gave in the first guidelines (for each volume). Also, they'll be all solo works for now. Duets can be part of a different project.

I'm nowhere close to be a piano specialist, but I think there are some works I could use for this.

Surely, you'll be very welcome^^ Even not being a specialist, you're a komposer, and the piano players will surely help with technical issues if they happen to exist in any composition.

Christian, I have made a short simple piece. You can find it here:

http://www.youngcomposers.com/music/3712/simple-piece/

I hope it can be useful for your project.

Ok, wandering genie. You've posted the first one. Let's wait for the other contributions!