Instrumental Music and Short (and Shortened) Pieces for the Amateur Pianist
Pianists, are you wishing you
- didn’t need to abandon long pieces to make time for learning new ones?
- had shorter versions of great classics?
- had more pieces memorized?
Are your pieces
- too long for the general listener?
- requiring too much practice time to maintain?
After years of experiencing the above, my practical solution is to play short pieces, and create shorter versions of long pieces I want to play. Now I can include many pieces in daily practice! As a result many are memorized, and I have several pieces in shorter forms that are more enjoyable to play.
My blogs to this site are my amateur performances of pieces I enjoy. I describe and detail the changes to any that I have shortened. I hope this is helpful to your pursuit of piano enjoyment.
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Schubert Piano Sonata D 960, Bb Major, 4th movement (Allegro, ma non troppo), shortened version
This is a wonderful, but long movement consisting of about 540 measures! I reduced this by about half by playing through measure 254, jumping to measure 491, and playing to the end.