Learning piano - love Sati, what else?

[Largechris]

I finally have a proper weighted key piano, I've cracked Gnossienne by Sati, what other pieces would I enjoy learning?

The usual sort of easy piano pieces, Fleur de Lys etc. are way too familiar, looking for something more early 20th, or is there any easy Joplin ragtime to have a go at?

[foreright]

Largechris said:

I finally have a proper weighted key piano, I've cracked Gnossienne by Sati, what other pieces would I enjoy learning?

The usual sort of easy piano pieces, Fleur de Lys etc. are way too familiar, looking for something more early 20th, or is there any easy Joplin ragtime to have a go at?

If you liked the Satie you could try the Gymnopedies - certainly the first is comparable in difficulty (IIRC!) to Gnossienne no.1, I'm not that familiar with the other two but they don't sound that tricky. The easiest Joplin rags are the Peacherine Rag or Weeping Willow (especially the latter...) I think but none of them are what I'd call "easy" simply due to the sympnocation and constant jumping around

I'm trying to think back to my early piano lesson days and really the only easyish 20thC music I learnt was running through Bartok's Mikrokosmos - I seem to remember learning some of the "6 dances in Bulgarian Rhythm" but looking at Youtube videos of those I'm not sure they are that easy either!

As for other 20thC music, you could take a look at some Debussy (I think he just about scrapes into that category...) - Reverie is nice and relatively approachable. Aside from that, possibly the Prelude from the Suite Bergamasque?

[Largechris]

foreright said:

If you liked the Satie you could try the Gymnopedies - certainly the first is comparable in difficulty (IIRC!) to Gnossienne no.1, I'm not that familiar with the other two but they don't sound that tricky. The easiest Joplin rags are the Peacherine Rag or Weeping Willow (especially the latter...) I think but none of them are what I'd call "easy" simply due to the sympnocation and constant jumping around

I'm trying to think back to my early piano lesson days and really the only easyish 20thC music I learnt was running through Bartok's Mikrokosmos - I seem to remember learning some of the "6 dances in Bulgarian Rhythm" but looking at Youtube videos of those I'm not sure they are that easy either!

As for other 20thC music, you could take a look at some Debussy (I think he just about scrapes into that category...) - Reverie is nice and relatively approachable. Aside from that, possibly the Prelude from the Suite Bergamasque?

Excellent thanks I shall look them up. Gymnopedies is just a little bit overfamiliar but the rest sound very promising.

[Skyedriver]

Scott Joplin's The Entertainer, I found that knowing the melody helped me. I can just about still do it even though I haven't touched the keyboard for months.
I have tried to follow Dr K's videos on Boogie piano but by the time I get to Lesson 5 or 6 I'm lost.

[foreright]

Skyedriver said:

Scott Joplin's The Entertainer, I found that knowing the melody helped me. I can just about still do it even though I haven't touched the keyboard for months.
I have tried to follow Dr K's videos on Boogie piano but by the time I get to Lesson 5 or 6 I'm lost.

I’d say some of the octaves in the Entertainer are not that straightforward - that’s kinda the problem with Joplin in general though - even the Maple Leaf Rag is pretty straightforward apart from a couple of sections that are easy to trip up on, especially at speed