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The Clementi is a bit more difficult than the Alfred's....I kind of think of it as a "real piece" whereas I think of the Alfred's pieces as lessons. lol. I don't think it is a simplified version, but it really isn't all that difficult. It has three movements and I'm polishing up the first movement and will probably start the second movement at this week's lesson. The music I am using is from a very old book that my teacher had, so I'm not sure what would be available.

As for Loch Lomand, I do like it. It is a little different in a couple of spots from what I remember as a kid.

Char

Char "Your going to like Clementi Prelude in D minor that's in book 3...."

I'll have to check that one out.....

Char

hey mmw, I was assigned Clementi Opus 36. No. 1,2,3 and No.6 this past thursday. What a coinkeedinky. I'm going to look at book 3 as well as if I didn't have enough.

Sounds like you are moving a lot faster than I am. I've been working on the first movement for a couple of weeks.(of course it didn't help that my copy was poor and I was trying to do the fingering wrong in one part- I couldn't figure our why I needed to twist my hand all around, lol- she DID tell me that it was very important to follow the fingering.....I was trying )

Char

Lol Char. If you need a better copy, pm me and I'll send you the pdf, I have a membership with sheetmusic archive and it has all 6 sonatinas.

Thanks Oxford Girl, I think I will be ok with the rest of it. It did give us a good laugh at last week's lesson, tho.

Just to let everyone know, I have added some book two pieces. More will be added as well in the near future thanks to our own JohnFrank recording stuff. So if you need to hear a piece don't forget the opening post...

And a big thanks to JohnFrank and everyone involved in the Alfred threads..

Mark...

OG, I forget. Do you have suzuki? 1 and 5 (if my memory serves me right) are in book 3. Eh..emm... for a pro like you - they will be a breeze. Took me a couple weeks to get em down.

em.. I think we have tha same teacher.

Therese, not suzuki but Helen Curtis. My teacher swears on Helen and in addition assigns other stuff. I'm no pro he he, I suck, I just have a teacher who won't give up and is a slave driver.

argg.. couldnt get the quotes right.

anyways... you know my teach does not use the all-in-one. I am going to try those pieces on my own. I think OG commented once that esp. the HN was fun.

HEY!! you

you suck huh, girl we are our own *worst* critics, you should hear me next time I'm in Sanibel/Captiva, I'll hav ta swing by

Mark - thank YOU for the offer and opportunity - I hope they are somewhat helpful and/or entertaining - the "red light syndrome" gets a little less severe with each recording

Regards, JF

I really enjoyed your Black Forest Polka. Its at the bottom of the first post in this thread if anyone wants to hear it.

Now working on "When Johnny Came Marching Home" in Book 2 (and reviewing "Pomp and Circumstance".

Would like one day to combine "Johnny" with "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "America the Beautiful" into one great All-Americam medley (maybe I'll throw in "Stars and Stripes Forver" too!).

Regards, JF

I'm back to Book 2 at least for this week. I'm working on "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen". It's good to be back in Book 2 and hopefully on my way to finishing it up.

Cyborg - welcome back to Book 2 - "Nobody . . ." isn't too difficult. The next piece after that, "La Donna . . .", is a little more challenging, but doable,

FYI - I've recorded and uploaded some of the earlier pieces from Book 2 to the Original Post back on pg. 1.

Finishing up "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" today & moving on ...

Regards, JF

Finished "Johnny . . ." - now working on "Waltz in G Minor" - nice piece (like so many in Book 2) - recorded Johnny to OP (pg.1).

Regards, JF

You are a machine JohnFrank...

You are flying through book two...

Congrats!

Yea, Mark, like I said - a rusty old machine needing lots of oil changes! And not flying - just cruising steady - right now I'm also reviewing "Pomp and Circumstance" from earlier in Book 2, but for some reason I find this piece a little difficult (harder than it looks), but I will get it and then record it for the "cause" - where are you in Book 3 & what are you working on?

Regards, JF