Welcome to the Piano World Piano Forums
Over 3 million posts about pianos, digital pianos, and all types of keyboard instruments.
Over 100,000 members from around the world.
Join the World's Largest Community of Piano Lovers (it's free)
It's Fun to Play the Piano ... Please Pass It On!

Piano World Home Page Forums Our Most Popular Forums Adult Beginners Forum Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass?

SEARCH
Piano Forums & Piano World

(ad)

Find a Professional

Our Classified Ads
Find Piano Professionals-
*Piano Dealers - Piano Stores
*Piano Tuners
*Piano Teachers
*Piano Movers
*Piano Restorations
*Piano Manufacturers

Advertise on Piano World

Who's Online Now

60 members (brennbaer, bobrunyan, 1200s, 36251, benkeys, 20/20 Vision, anotherscott, bcalvanese, 8 invisible), 1,797 guests, and 315 robots.

Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod

Quick Links to Useful Piano & Music Resources

Quick Links:
*Advertise On Piano World
*Online Piano Recitals
*Piano Recitals Index
*Piano Accessories
*Live Piano Venues
*Music School Listings
* Buying a Piano
*Buying A Acoustic Piano
*Buying a Digital Piano
*Directory/Site Map
*Virtual Piano
*Music Word Search
*Piano Videos
*The Maine Piano Man
*Virtual Piano Chords & Scales

Print Thread

Hop To

Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? #1429988 05/05/10 12:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 769 Michigan GlassLove OP 500 Post Club Member
OP GlassLove 500 Post Club Member Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 769 Michigan	For those of you who have played pieces by Glass, are there any that a beginner (7 months of experience) could attempt? Christine

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? GlassLove #1430001 05/05/10 12:42 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky	Hmm.... that's a good question. The easiest piece of his--that I know of--is "Metamorphosis I." The trickiest part of that one is having to twist yourself up in a pretzel to play those low bass octaves with the right hand. And getting the dynamics right is crucial. But the notes themselves are not bad, and it's a straight eighth note rhythm, which is a welcome change of pace from all those polyrhythms he is so fond of. Last edited by Monica K.; 05/05/10 02:37 PM. Reason: messed up my lefts and rights! http://www.youtube.com/pianomonica

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? Monica K. #1430003 05/05/10 12:44 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky	p.s. Before you buy any of his sheet music, look for the big Philip Glass collection. I think amazon carries it. It has most of his piano solo pieces in one bundle, and it's a lot cheaper than buying the smaller collections individually. [so says Monica, who was much peeved to discover this AFTER buying the smaller collections separately. ] http://www.youtube.com/pianomonica

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? Monica K. #1430030 05/05/10 01:22 PM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,534 Jersey Shore M Mark... 4000 Post Club Member
Mark... 4000 Post Club Member M Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,534 Jersey Shore	I just did a search on u tube and found Monica playing it. If you have some hand independent issues it might be tricky. Last edited by Mark...; 05/05/10 01:23 PM.

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? Mark... #1430039 05/05/10 01:53 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky	Don't use my recording as a model. I was playing by memory and messed up the repeats. http://www.youtube.com/pianomonica

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? Monica K. #1430096 05/05/10 03:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 769 Michigan GlassLove OP 500 Post Club Member
OP GlassLove 500 Post Club Member Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 769 Michigan	Oh, I did see that recording. It is very nice!! If metamorphosis I is the easiest piece, it is for certain far too difficult for me now. Maybe in a few years Thanks! Christine

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? GlassLove #1430338 05/05/10 09:03 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 989 Toronto Kawaigirl1 500 Post Club Member
Kawaigirl1 500 Post Club Member Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 989 Toronto	I agree....Metamorphosis is a great piece to start! The reason I say this is beacause there's lost of repeats. Last edited by Kawaigirl1; 05/05/10 09:04 PM. [color:blue]flick[/color][color:magenta]r[/color]

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? GlassLove #1430428 05/06/10 01:07 AM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 41 time-lord Full Member
time-lord Full Member Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 41	Don't hate me for asking this, but why would you want to play anything by Philip Glass in the first place? Last edited by time-lord; 05/06/10 01:08 AM.

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? time-lord #1430474 05/06/10 06:13 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,226 Mumbles, Wales LaValse 1000 Post Club Member
LaValse 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,226 Mumbles, Wales	@time-lord - why would anybody want to play music by any composer? it's not rocket science. or perhaps we should all decide what we want to play based on your personal preferences...? http://uk.youtube.com/user/sailwavedev

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? time-lord #1430640 05/06/10 01:00 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky	Originally Posted by time-lord Don't hate me for asking this, but why would you want to play anything by Philip Glass in the first place? Oh, maybe because of something like this: This is my aspiration Philip Glass piece. I bought the sheet music, but it's a ball-breaker bit tough for me right now. This is the piano solo transcription of the Satyagraha evening song. I like it as a piano solo even better than the opera. I just love those deep bass notes toward the end. Welcome to the forum, time-lord. Isn't it great that there's so many different types of music and something for everybody to enjoy? http://www.youtube.com/pianomonica

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? Monica K. #1430709 05/06/10 02:08 PM
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,171 US BenPiano 1000 Post Club Member
BenPiano 1000 Post Club Member Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,171 US	Originally Posted by Monica K. Isn't it great that there's so many different types of music and something for everybody to enjoy? I really enjoy classical music right now. My wife tells me, "I really like that piece you've been playing lately". This one? [play a few bars of a classical piece] - not that one This one? [play a few bars of a different classical piece] - no This one? [play a few bars of a romantic piece] - no This one? [play a different romantic piece] - no "All that stuff sounds the same. That other one you've been playing" Oh, this one? [plays a few bars] "Yeah, that's it! I like that one" (Scarborough Fair from Alfred's Adult Book 1) Learning to play since June 2009. My piano diary on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/user/afpaSTU1096 <- 10+ ABF recitals

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? BenPiano #1430735 05/06/10 02:35 PM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,534 Jersey Shore M Mark... 4000 Post Club Member
Mark... 4000 Post Club Member M Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,534 Jersey Shore	Originally Posted by BenPiano Originally Posted by Monica K. Isn't it great that there's so many different types of music and something for everybody to enjoy? I really enjoy classical music right now. My wife tells me, "I really like that piece you've been playing lately". This one? [play a few bars of a classical piece] - not that one This one? [play a few bars of a different classical piece] - no This one? [play a few bars of a romantic piece] - no This one? [play a different romantic piece] - no "All that stuff sounds the same. That other one you've been playing" Oh, this one? [plays a few bars] "Yeah, that's it! I like that one" (Scarborough Fair from Alfred's Adult Book 1) LOL... now that's funny...

Re: Can a beginner tackle anything by Philip Glass? Monica K. #1431758 05/07/10 07:30 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 68 Ohio M mamawatchman Full Member
mamawatchman Full Member M Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 68 Ohio	Beautiful piece..........

Moderated by Bart K, platuser

Link Copied to Clipboard

What's Hot!!

Piano World Has Been Sold!
--------------------
Forums RULES, Terms of Service & HELP
(updated 06/06/2022)
---------------------
Posting Pictures on the Forums

(ad)

New Topics - Multiple Forums

Country style lessons
by Stephen_James - 04/16/24 06:04 AM

How Much to Sell For?
by TexasMom1 - 04/15/24 10:23 PM

Song lyrics have become simpler and more repetitive
by FrankCox - 04/15/24 07:42 PM

New bass strings sound tubby
by Emery Wang - 04/15/24 06:54 PM

How do you ensure long-term "stickiness" of memory?
by ranjit - 04/15/24 05:50 PM

Forum Statistics

Forums43

Topics223,385

Posts3,349,194

Members111,631

Most Online15,252
Mar 21st, 2010

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community.