Archive for medium difficulty pieces

Chopin, “Raindrop Prelude” no.15 Op.28

// November 15th, 2011 // No Comments » // medium difficulty pieces, sheet music

Today I want to suggest a piace that make us dreaming. This is the prelude no.15 Op.26 by Chopin, in db major, also called “Raindrop prelude”. Why this name?

Because this piece have a note, the Ab obstinated that is everywhere, like the G sharp, a continuous beat that remember the falling of a raindrop.

 

in the first part we have the high frequencies of the Ab, that we have to play with great delicacy:

This is a “benevolent Ab” as explain the teacher Modugno in “Raccontare Chopin”, by Corrado Augias. The G sharp instead is called “malevolent G sharp”.

 

Here the download of the sheet music:

The download is about the whole opera no.28, you have to see the prelude number 15.

He’s a pirate – Pirates of the Caribbean sheet music

// November 10th, 2011 // No Comments » // hard pieces, medium difficulty pieces

I admit that is a series of films that I do not like, like all the films that have great effect on the audience: Harry Potter, Twilight, etc. .. I’m someone who loves to go against the tide :) .

However, every time I heard the music of Pirates of the Caribbean… I remained impressed. “He’s a pirate” may be is the more impressive that I heard since many times.

The music that we are going to download is the one that starts at one minute and 13 seconds. I found a lot of interpreters that can play it very well… like this one…

He’s a talent. Big talent! now… I can’t tell you to play it like hime, because pianists don’t have these sounds, but we can go nearly there.
Here you can download the sheet music.

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Other things

Tone D minor

Time: 6/8

Difficulties there are many doble nots that could be a problem for the right hand, and there are many difficulties by time and rithm. Obviously one time learn the mechanism all will be more easy.

Schubert Fantasia in F minor op.103 for 4 hands piano

// November 14th, 2010 // No Comments » // medium difficulty pieces, sheet music

What do you think? Eh? ? Schubert rules! And you must be  quick, precise, taking care of  arpeggi and all the technical wonderings that make this piece really amazing!! and difficult!! In fact, to play this composition you will need an help, other 2 good  hands!!
You can try thanks to this perfect scores !

Download the  fantasia by  Schubert op.103 for 4 hands piano HERE! Good Luck!

CHOPIN- Mazurkas

// October 24th, 2010 // No Comments » // easy pieces, medium difficulty pieces, sheet music

Most of pianists identifies the Mazurka with Chopin, but he (even though he composed 58 mazurkas and 2 uncompleted ones)was not the real creator. The word seems to come from Masovia or Masuria, names of 2 polish regions, from Mazurek, villagge in the neighbourhood of  Warsaw, or from Mazur, the polish farmer. A genre that was born among the difficulties  and problems of polish low classes in a bad historical period (1700-800). Chopin  deserves to be considered the person who redefined the style, and introduced it to the audience as a renewed art.
In his Mazurkas Chopin expresses the soul of Poland, his fatherland, in the name of the suffering and the poverty of polish farmers.

You will realize  the poetry of these compositions thank to this detailed list. (more…)

Lou Reed- Perfect Day (piano sheet)

// August 31st, 2010 // No Comments » // medium difficulty pieces, Videos

Venice in August. It’s a strange thing. I don’t know what do you think about but, to me, venice is a perfect winter city. Its architecture, its grey, its water, its history create an tired old-fashioned atmosphere. It’s like the last weak breaths of dying memory… and Lou Reed is a good soundtrack for it.

The message is clear: simplicity. Every single movement, action we make in our everyday life could be special.The crucial point is to be able to live without stress but giving value to everything around us. The beauty of “Perfect Day” is its lyrics, short little sentences full of  love.

“You made me forget myself

I thought I was someone else

Someone good”

“You” is Shelley,one of the most important women in Lou Reed’s life since his adolescence and to whom he dedicated many beautiful songs like: I’ll be your mirror..  their relationship had to live through several difficoult moments and at a certain point all was over. But nothing ended. Lou and Shelley began to meet secretly and a new fresh wind was around them and their little happy events….

But love is a secret and I have told too much… forgive me and watch this amazing  video.

Here you can download the piano sheet.

Ray Charles-Hit the road Jack (piano sheet)

// August 29th, 2010 // No Comments » // medium difficulty pieces

Hello everybody!! I have just come back from a long strange journey along Italy. I had not planned anything, I let myself follothe beautiful and surprising events occurring around me and so… well… what to say? let’s talk about piano and music, especially good music!!

“Hit the road Jack”. A great song by “The Genius” Ray Charles talks about a man that leaves and won’t come back home. It expresses the sense of hurry and frantic feelings of a change that will end with the death of the character… The song, a beatiful rhythm & Blues piece  written in 1961 by Percy Mayfield , is the b-side of  the single “Danger Zone”.

Download here the piano sheet of  HIT THE ROAD JACK by RAY CHARLES

Mozart K238 (piano sheet)

// August 10th, 2010 // No Comments » // medium difficulty pieces, Videos

Mozart’s sonatas are beautiful stop! Unfortunately, few people understand and appreciate them.

For example, how can you feel indifferent about the sonata n.12? but, apart from the most famous ones, there is a lot as interesting as this. Look at Sonata n.5 which is  K 283 in G major. It is one of the first sonatas that you approach when you study Mozart. I remember when i did a test some time ago, I decided to play it and it was a great success!!. The problem is that you have to understand and interpret  Mozart’s sonatas with technical “gelidity”. SOmetimes the trick to play them well is to stop your creativity.  It’s not Chopin :) (more…)

Pink Floyd- Us and Them

// August 7th, 2010 // No Comments » // medium difficulty pieces, Videos

Video Us and Them

Please, make me a favour.
Before you read this post, watch the video and let you feel relaxed and loved by the cheerful colours of this song.

No words can explain, it’s a classical problem with peope like Pink Floyd. Oh God! It seems like the music comes out from the pc  to hug you like a sweet wind..
Us And Them is a song by the British prog band Pink Floyd from their famous album of 1973 The Dark Side of the Moon.
Lyrics are by Roger Waters and the music by Richard Wright.

The words are a proclaim against all wars of all times. It deals with those conflicts in poor third world countries where children and “new” slaves die without reason, while fat generals give orders, live and let die..

It’s a long song, and, even though it is rock, it has a slow rhythm: long organ chords melt up with a soft acoustic guitar and the piano to create the image of a peaceful place. We are all hypnotized!!
After the instrumental opening, Gilmour’s voice  begins to sing among long pauses.
This quiet situation comes to an end at the moment of the refrain  ( a great merit to the guitar that paints a distorted sense of tension).From this moment the notes become higher…
The piano solo by Richard Wright introduces  Dick Parry  and his immortal sax solo (my favourite in all Pink Floyd discography!!).
At the end of the song the last sad words “For the want of the price of tea and a slice The old man died” .

According to you, What does these words mean??

Perhaps… that a tea or a slice cost a human life?? Do we have breakfast “thanks” to the death of poor people?’

I would like to know your personal opinion… ;)

In the meanwhile…Here you can download the piano sheet.

“Us and them, and in the end we’re only ordinary man.”
White , Black,  where is the difference?

COLDPLAY-YELLOW (Piano sheet)

// July 28th, 2010 // No Comments » // medium difficulty pieces, Videos

Coldplay is not only Viva la Vida, their last work. They are a world famous band and they have managed to reach the success  enchanting millions of fans: It all began in november 1999.
There was a debut album to complete and all the passion and the dreams of a new hopeful band that spent  the new Year’s Day to write the last words of 2 songs: “Yellow” ed “Everything’s Not Lost”.
The first single  was “Shiver”,released in march 2000, that “won” the 35th position in the British charts. At the same time the band started to be object of interest by MTV.
Some months later,in June, the first tour started  and “Yellow” came out.The song gained the  4th position in Great Britain and was the real goal of the band.
Unfortunately, the album, Parachutes, released in july 2000, was not critically  acclaimed because of the clear similarities of the band’s sound with Radiohead style. BUT…..even though, according to the marketing sector album’s sales would have been around 40.000 items,  they reached 1,6 mln. only in Great Britain!!
Once conquered Europe, Coldplay were ready to sail for the USA.
Coldpaly were invited to many famous american talk shows like: Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O’Brien e The Late Show with David Letterman (probably the craziest and the most original)…

Talking about Yellow: it’s not just a metaphor of love..the girl the singer loves is described through the beauty of the stars… there is another interpratation, more melancholic and pessimistic… the yellow is the colour of the skin..the colour of the disease the woman suffers from… she’s anorexic.. and the song is a symbol of the fight against this bad nightmare.

The videoclip was filmed close to  Swanage, in England, a famous place for its beautiful beach.

You can find here the  piano sheet of the song and, here, the link for the video.

Last year  Coldplay was accused of having copied the instrumental part of their new success VIva la Vida from the famous american guitarhero Joe Satriani.
At Grammy Award 2009 Coldplay confirm their greatness winning 3 awards: year’s song, best rock album and best  live pop group performance.

Pier Domenico Paradisi -Toccata in la (piano sheet)

// July 4th, 2010 // No Comments » // medium difficulty pieces, Videos

Wha was Carosello? well, we can define it a mixture of theatre, comic sketches and advertisements in the first form of the new italian television after the Second World War. It was not just something commercial, but one of the first steps of our “television culture”.

Of course, there was a great work of music and soundtracks and we must remember the evocative sounds of  Pier Domenico Paradisi. Italian composer and teacher, he was famous thanks to this piece you have just listened to in the video: Allegro from Sonata VI in A, also known as Toccata for only Harp .

It’s not easy but the most brave of you will succeed. Here is the link for the download of the sheet :)