Can any of you guys give me some of the easier chopin pieces he wrote? The only one that I know of is Prelude in em. What other ones are there?

I started with Waltz No. 19 Posthumous.

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Mike White

I recommend the Alfred Publication of "Chopin: An Introduction to his Works." It's just super.

It not only contains about 18 of Chopin's "easier" pices (but none of less beautiful and challenging) but also a CD of Valerie Lloyld Watts playing each selection. The total cost was only $12.00. A real bargin.

I've recommended this book before on this forum and have heard from several people who have purchased it and love it also.

This book will keep you busy for about 2 years or so (the difficulty range goes from 4 to 7). The prelude you mentioned is considered a 4. But there is a nice variety of pieces: waltzes, mazurkas, nocturnes, preludes...

Kathleen

Hi, vanityx3, the simplest technically are these at around grades 4-5:

Mazurka op 7 no 1
Mazurka op 67 no 3
Mazurka op 68 no 3
Prelude no 6 in B minor
Prelude no 7 in A major
Prelude no 9 in E major
Prelude no 20 in C minor
Waltz in A minor op 34 no 2

I hope you enjoy some of these. Don't forget to call in to visit the "for those totally devoted to Chopin" thread on this forum to tell us how you are getting on, and to ask questions if need be.

Hi:

I just recently started playing again after 10 years gap (due to badly injured arm), and the first Chopin piece I picked up was Waltz Op 69 no 2. I believe this is "grade 6" or so, but if you play the legato thirds from the 3rd part portamento (which is the way Rachmaninov played it, so you would be in good company) or just the upper notes (which can be heard in Rubinstein recording), you would lower the difficulty even further, maybe to "grade 4" or so.

Beautiful waltz.

Great list, Maryrose. Here are 3 more to explore:

Wiosna (Spring), Op. 74, #2
Largo in E flat, Op. Posthumous
Album Leaf in E flat, Op. Posthumous

You can find these in Jane MaGrath's Melodious Masterpieces, Book 2, published by Alfred.