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My Composition!

classicalmusicpiano — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:14:42 +0000

Leaving Certificate Music – Composing PDF

Here is my very 1st Composition! I play piano as some of you already know and I’m on Grade 8 but don’t compose. I am in 6th Year, my Leaving Certificate Year(Ireland) and for the Music exam we have to compose a 16 bar melody, with 4 bars already printed on the page as a guide. The exam is in June but the one above is the one I done myself as practice for the real thing. I think my efforts here are very good and I am happy with what I have written! Listen for yourself and input the notes to MuseScore or Finale Notepad!

PDF Free Sheet Music above so please print it out and have a go and tell me what you think in the comments box below or my YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/ClassicalMusicPiano

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Chopin Waltzes and John Field Nocturnes!

classicalmusicpiano — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:00:30 +0000

Today I bought John Field Nocturnes(Peters Edition) and Chopin Waltzes(ABRSM Edition) with the money I had over Christmas. Chopin would have to be one of my favorie composers as he was the inventor of the piano nocturne. I haven’t even started to practice a piece from the Field Nocturnes book as I like the Waltzes much more. So I started on Chopin Waltz No.10 in B Minor Op.69 No.2 and all is going very well! I have it all down and playing (very slowly!) hands together and to my surprise I’m delighted with the results. All I have to do for the next few days is to continue to practice this piece and add in the usual dynamics and try to speed up the tempo. After I complete this Waltz I will start on Minute Waltz as it is my favorite.

Performances of the completed Waltz(es) will be uploaded here and to my YouTube channel(ClassicalMusicPiano) as always so check the channel and this blog from time to time to see new uploads. If anyone has any advice of what Waltz to play next or how to approach/practice this above nocturne please comment below. Hope this interests you as much as it interests me! Thanks for viewing! See you all soon.

Filed under: Classical Music Tagged: abrsm, chopin, classical piano musi, images, john field, nocturne, practice, waltz

Happy Christmas!

classicalmusicpiano — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:57:31 +0000

Merry Christmas everyone! I just wanted to shout that out to everybody who keeps up to date with my classical piano blog. I should have Mozart Sonata K.280 in F Major, 3rd Mov. (Presto) for my Grade 8 piano exam that I’ll be doing in April 2012 uploaded in the next few days. Just trying to reach that ‘Presto’ tempo!Difficult enough but I’ll get it! Hopefully everyone has had a nice Christmas so far and got everything they wanted/hoped for. I got an iPod docking station, The Inbetweeners Movie DVD and Seasons 1-3 DVD, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and The Script: Homecoming live at the Aviva Stadium and a new laptop charger, and loads more.

Also, as I was saying about piano above, Waltons Music Store (on Frederick St. North and Georges Street South) are having their sale starting on Tuesday December 27th. I will be heading into town to Waltons that day to buy two new piano books. As classical music is my favorite, I will be buying Chopin Waltzes and John Field Nocturnes, as they would be my favorite pieces and Chopin being my favorite composer. So keep checking back here for new video uploads throughout the next few days/weeks and don’t forget to check my YouTube channel (ClassicalMusicPiano) for new uploads.

So I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year and happy piano practicing to whoever plays.

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Beethoven Sonata No.20 in G Major Op.49 No.2 1st Mov.

classicalmusicpiano — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:57:43 +0000

I decided to try this sonata. A beautiful melody and easy enough! Please feel free to comment.

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Scarlatti Sonata K.1 in D Minor

classicalmusicpiano — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:53:38 +0000

This piece is the for my Grade 8 piano exam (Royal Irish Academy of Music) which I will be doing in early April 2012. Please feel free to comment and give me some tips on how to improve.

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Chopin Nocturne Op.9 No.2 in E flat Major

classicalmusicpiano — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:10:57 +0000

Sorry for the long wait on my new uploads!! The sound is not perfect on this piano but it’s alright. This is one of Chopin’s famous pieces and famous Nocturne and also my favorite Nocturne to play. I have to work hard at this one because I’m playing this piece as part of my Grade 8 piano exam (Royal Irish Academy of Music) which I will be dong in April/May 2012.
I am currently in the process of learning Chopin’s Waltz Op.64 No.2 in C sharp Minor so that will be uploaded as soon as I have it finished.
I will re-record this piece on my Casio Digital Piano but until now this is all I have. Better to have a piano than not have one at all! Don’t forget to check out all my other videos on my channel including: selections from Phantom of the Opera, Adele, Beethoven, Mozart, Scarlatti, more Chopin and more!

Please view my piano blog which has up to date info on my practice and videos:
http://classicalmusicpiano.wordpress.com/

Don’t forget to comment and rate! Enjoy

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Chopin Prelude No.15 ‘Raindrop’ in D flat Major (2)

classicalmusicpiano — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:28:43 +0000

http://classicalmusicpiano.wordpress.com/ Please view my wordpress piano video blog to view my videos and my piano pieces that I am currently working on/practising!
This is one of my favorites of the Chopin Preludes because of it’s beauty and lyricism. I know it’s not one of my best performance but I have uploaded another version as well to see the differences in my playing.
Please comment and rate my performance!

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Chopin Prelude No.15 ‘Raindrop’ in D flat Major (1)

classicalmusicpiano — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:47:32 +0000

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Summer time means more practising and learning new pieces!

classicalmusicpiano — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:20:45 +0000

It’s summer time now and it has only just begun. The weather here in Ireland (Dublin) has been horrible and cold for weeks and weeks, but it’s now July and the weather has certainly and finally picked up to a nice hot sunny summer for all of us to enjoy. As always with summer, I always have extra time to practice playing my piano as I don’t have school or homework/studying to worry about! I currently have a few pieces that I am going to learn over the next few weeks/months. Some are for my Grade 8 piano exam (Royal Irish Academy of Music) and some are just that I want to learn to play the pieces I like. And obviously the pieces or should I say, the style/period I like the most is Classical music. The pieces that I have planned are: Scarlatti Sonata in G Major, K.559 (Andante), Scarlatti Sonata in D Minor, K.1 (for my Grade 8 piano exam), which I will be doing sometime in the early 2012 year, Chopin Prelude No.15 in D flat Major “Raindrop” and Mozart Sonata K.280 3rd Mov. “Presto” (also for my Grade 8 piano exam). As I’m progressing more and more into the higher piano grades and the higher and difficult piano pieces, sight reading/ learning the music is getting a lot easier for me. I also am practising the usual scales and arpeggios/ cromatic scales for my piano exams and for my own use in helping me with the correct technique. I know, scales and arpeggios can be, and are boring but they just have to be done! Without them it would be difficult to play the piano. Maybe after summer or even next year I will get more into playing Chopin because he is one of my favorite composers. I might even have a go at one of his Ballades or even a few of his preludes, plonaises or even a few nocturnes. I started playing the Raindrop Prelude a few days ago and now it’s one of my favorite Chopin pieces/ preludes. I got it from the book “50 greats for the Piano” which I got off my uncle (he is starting to play piano and got it free with his Yamaha Claviona Digital Piano). The book is brilliant and has pieces from the boroque period right up to classical and romantic periods. Pieces ranging from simple pieces like Bach Prelude in C Major to difficult, complex works like Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu! A brilliant book to have which has a few famous pieces in it and a lot to keep me practising. If anyone wants to buy this book for themselves, let me warn you that it’s not that easy to find in music stores or websites because it comes free with Yamaha Digital Pianos. You can buy the book online at Amazon at a dear enough price but it’s the worth the money becuase of the joys you will get out of playing the pieces.

I’m off to practice some more now so be sure to check back here and check my YouTube channel “ClassicalMusicPiano” for new video uploads and new piano blogs. Hope you all read this and leave any comments you may have in the comment box below.

Here is a brilliant video of Irish Concert pianist John O’Conor giving a masterclass on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas:

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Mozart Sonata in C Major K.330 2nd Mov. Andante Cantabile

classicalmusicpiano — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:12:28 +0000

My latest video for my piano blog! This is for my Grade 7 piano Exam with the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Please comment and tell me what you think!

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