What are some good classic music pieces to start with?

[Compadre Moncho]

What do you think??... i tried to start learning moonlight sonata but it is like 20 minutes long!!.. i mean some nice classic tunes so i can start practicing to split my brain in two ! (hand independence)
thanks ;)

[kevmo_fan]

lol so you're learning some classical stuff aye? Is this your first time on piano or have you been doin this for a while, cos Moonlight Sonata sure isn't the best newbie piece.
If you want something that'll help you split your brain in two (LOL) and isn't too difficult to get your fingers around, try Bach's Well Tempered Clavier (the preludes and fugues) because those are excellent for developing hand-hand coordination (lol)
OK, so they may not be the world's best 'classical tune' but they are really good to start out on.

[Liquid Shadow]

Clementi sonatinas. Simple enough for a relative beginner (meaning you have some experience and aren't completely new) to get started on, and they get progressively trickier as you go. Plus they function as great excercises, but are more musical than playing scales and Hanon excersises to a metronome, which tends to bore most people.

[PsawniK]

Try the J. S. Bach Inventions or the Well-Tempered Clavier

[kevmo_fan]

w00t! Someone agreed with me! :D :D

[Pain Killer]

I suggest to start with Slayer, then you'll know what you'd like to listen to :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Junnart83]

In any case, you can always start with playing "Happy birthday to yoooooouuuu............."

[kevmo_fan]

hahahahaaha oh totally. The BEST piece to start with :P

[karansaraf]

If you're experienced, then get a piano adaptation of Mozart's Concerto K488 in A, and learn it with a friend. It's very complicated, but if you can do it right, it sounds awesome!

A nice easyish piece is Fur Elise by Beethoven.

[Poopshred]

Karansaraf: I really don't think either one of those sound as beginner pieces. They are both intermediet.

If I were you I would start of with Bach, WTC (Preludes ONLY) and Inventions are semieasy but if you want something easier I would go and have a look at Anna Magdalena Notebook also by Bach.
Wait a while before moving on to Chopin and such.

Even though Chopin has a few "easy" pieces they are really challening musically.

Good luck

[karansaraf]

Well, he didn't specify which level he's at. Also, I did say that the Mozart Concerto is for quite experienced, but the Fur Elise is quite on the low end of Intermediate level IMO.

[kevmo_fan]

Oh yes, I agree... Fur Elise is a good one for beginner-intermediate

[Grey Loki]

Sorry to bring this back to the top again, but if you're having difficulty finding classical sheet music for piano, you might try www.sheetmusicarchive.net - they've got a fair load of stuff, in .pdf format. It's cool. Only problem is that you can only download two pieces a day, but that's not really too bad, unless you learn at a phenominal rate...