Varnon Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 HA! The title is a joke. But seriously. I have no training and have pretty much only played my own material for four years. I'll dissect something and learn how to play it just to learn the composition techniques, but I rarely ever follow through with practicing it so I can play it. I'm a big fan of fast tempos and counterpoint. Not such a big fan of major keys. My hand independence is okay... I can do some decent jumping around with my left hand, and I've got pretty good pinky dexterity in my right hand. I have diffculty playing two melodies, but for some reason I have no problem with polyrythms. My band is about to finish up our work for a bit while I go get my phd, and I think it would be a good time for me to learn things to enhance my skills. Any suggestions? What do you think some critical works might be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 I'm a big fan of fast tempos and counterpoint. Not such a big fan of major keys. Try Bach's sinfonia in B minor, fast, flashy, contrapunctal and... minor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Well, how 'bout bach's french suite in B minor. That's a fun one. And all of the inventions in minor keys. 13 is the most fun I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheIdesofMarch! Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Some etudes by Chopin, perhaps?:blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnGalt Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Ok, I'm not going to tell you what I read the title as. There's lots and lots of material out there. I have several books of various Russian sonatas, from Prokofiev to Kabalevsky, etc. I like those. I can play the easier ones and they're a good way, I feel, to work into both real music and challenging stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Ok, I'm not going to tell you what I read the title as. Let me guess...:closedeyes: Penis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_is_D Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Suggest some penises for a growing "penisist"? What's that, a perv who uses some pseudo-profession as an excuse to get horny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemynut Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 problay just a mistake when he ment to say painist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spherenine Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Some etudes by Chopin, perhaps?:toothygrin: Black Key ftw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkwonderer18 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 fast tempo + minor key = Beethoven's sonatas (ex. pathetique?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.J. Meiser Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 There's no shame in getting some qusi-method books. There are plenty of books by the big publishers that have several intermediate sonatinas and other short pieces by "serious" composers that are good for semi-casual study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Gorrick Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 fast tempo + minor key = Beethoven's sonatas (ex. pathetique?) The Allegro sections are in C major Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetetic Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Just to let you know. . . this thread is a year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkwonderer18 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Wow I didn't even notice. Well it can't hurt to revive dead threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodridge_winners Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 haha whoa...thats crazy...i was going to suggest something. maybe the person who made it is a virtuoso now haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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