5 Stunning Piano Pieces You've Never Played - Intermediate Edition

[@PianoRoadmap]

Thanks for voting, everyone! Piece 3 and 5 were close, but #3 won by 2 votes. Tutorial on Sleeping Lotus by Joep Beving coming soon!

[@zanettymcykova5189]

🎉🎉🎉 I just wanted to vote for number 3 too. Looking forward to it. :))

[@Mixey360]

Thank you Susan, great pieces. #3 is my favorite.

[@brendamengeling4653]

All beautiful pieces I hadn’t heard before. I don’t need a tutorial for the first two. The third piece has my vote for a tutorial as making a melody sing out over a left hand accompaniment is a current goal and challenge, and the beauty of that piece would make the challenge fun and engaging. That said, a tutorial on the fourth piece about all the ornaments and how to rhythmically think and count them, rather than just hoping for the best, would also be helpful. Thanks for bringing these pieces to my attention!

[@PianoRoadmap]

Noted, thanks for your vote! Number 3 is very fun to play. When you get to the middle part, it feels like you're soaring!

[@tonmon82]

Pieces 3 and 5 spoke to me the most. You're a great teacher and I'm happy to see your channel continue to grow. Cheers!

[@PianoRoadmap]

Thank you, and thanks for your vote!

[@freshboots_77]

Definitely number 3 for me...felt like an eagle with that one.

[@pattiruth]

The 5th piece by Catherine Rollin's is my favorite followed by the C.P.E. Bach piece

[@PianoRoadmap]

Thank you for your vote! I'll count whoever liked your comment as votes too :)

[@angelaalves9530]

Oh I love that Berceuse! I'm going to work on that ... even just bits for now would be a good left hand technique practice!

[@letthemdie777]

You are awesome. Feeling so lucky and blessed to have come across your channel/videos. I loved number 2 the most.

[@debbyb7337]

I vote for #1 ; Theme and Variation. Great video, thank you.

[@blackriver19]

Played piano for over a decade up until I went to college, been about a decade more since and had some difficulty getting back into piano after such a long hiatus, these pieces have helped me regain some confidence in my playing, thank you so much!

[@PianoRoadmap]

That's so great to hear! Thanks for sharing and hope you enjoy this new stage of piano in your life 🎵

[@jmeetze8]

Hi Susan, I am so excited that you are having new things for Intermediate players and i decided to get the Piano Roadmap membership again. Think i will start with the reading music faster course. Thanks!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I think the CPE Bach piece would be my vote. I was using Czerny but recently have been using Moulin de Ville (Burgmüller). I've started playing 1 through 4 in all the keys, and my teacher is impressed and wants me to continue. Catherine Rollin is intriguing and is on my bucket list.

[@PianoRoadmap]

Thanks for your vote! I highly recommend Rollin as a nice compliment to the technical studies you're doing (yin to your yang, if you will 😃).

[@southmansarde212]

I also like number 3 the best. Great choices, Susan!

[@jmeetze8]

I enjoyed every one of these pieces and love these types of videos. I will have to look these up and come back with an answer.

[@krasko78]

Thank you Susan for bringing us yet another set of interesting pieces to play! Loved #3 the most as well!

[@Hollycb12]

I love that you cover intermediate pieces! I'm self-taught (with KZbin and online courses) at the early intermediate level and it's difficult to find tutorials and videos for my level.

[@oleguernogues]

Very helpful vídeo as usaual, thanks Susan! Just printed piece #2, and tried. Perfect for improving my LH arpeggios, which I do have to polish.

[@kathleenthompson9391]

Thanks so much for the awesome video… This is just what I needed. My first choice is #3 and my second is # 5. I really love number five and I appreciate the suggestion for the Catherine Rollin book….just ordered my first one! It is so difficult to find pieces and lessons for intermediate players, and I appreciate your videos very much! Looking forward to seeing which one you choose!

[@mozartrn1]

All beautiful, especially Summer Splendor. Thank you 🎹!

[@denisehill7769]

Stunning is the word; I'd like to try all of them when I'm at the right stage. I like the first two pieces, will definitely try them. Thank you for this - it's good to have pieces to go at now and have others to aspire to - especially now I've access to the Piano Roadmap tuition, it's brilliant!

[@jennybui2443]

Summer Splendor is my favorite piece, although it is out of my reach at this time. I’m at Faber Book 2 currently so I hope I can play this piece in the near future. Thank you Susan for all the great lessons. I think your piano courses are the best and I’m a member even though I take private lesson as well.

[@bunnyhollowcrafts]

3 is fav, but Bach is a great teacher! Thank you!

[@PianoRoadmap]

Noted! I'll count both 3 and Bach in the vote tally 😃

[@NinaSoyfer]

This is so great You make it so easy for us. I can just send people to this video and they can just pick so cool 😊. Thanks so much great video as always, Nina ❤

[@l.w.paradis2108]

You're a really wonderful teacher. I can already tell. ❤

[@Salahdin89]

Sleeping Lotus by Joep Beving 😍

[@cjimcook]

This video demonstrates the difference between intermediate and expert. Yes, the pieces are at the intermediate level and lovely, but the playing is at the expert level as the shaping of the phrases demonstrates. By shaping, I mean the micro-expressions, subtle and minuscule speed-ups and slow-downs from the metronome beat, sorta like an expert actress my have micro-expressions with their face. Bravo, but I'm not sure how to teach or learn this.

[@NinaSoyfer]

Yes this is the classical style like some notes louder than other some slower than others. That is exactly why we do in lessons Usually it is taught in person ❤

[@PianoRoadmap]

Really insightful comment. The absolute best way to learn the art of phrasing and other musical intricacies is to have a wonderful musician/teacher conduct/sing with you as you play. Another helpful thing to do would be to find a recording that you love of a piece you can play, then play along with it. Not to copy EXACTLY what they're doing, but to gain an awareness of when they're speeding up, slowing down, getting louder, etc. Doing this will teach how the musical language works, inflections and all (just like learning a language - we need to HEAR it and copy what others say to truly get a feel for "how it goes"). Obviously, KZbin is a difficult space to do what I mentioned above, but I'm always trying to find ways to convey this through video! And it's a lifelong journey.

[@DrdaantjeGaming]

I really love Sleeping Lotus :) I'm from The Netherlands and I've saw Joep playing this piece during an performance. It was really beautiful! Thanks for introducing this piece to more people

[@PianoRoadmap]

So cool!

[@jmeetze8]

Number 3, sleeping Lotus is my vote.

[@keithtomlinson1280]

Very happy to discover this channel (via your excellent Muse Score tutorial) Looking forward to exploring more in the coming days. You are an outstanding and inspiring teacher. Congratulations on your videos. I’m too late to vote but piece 3 would have been my choice. 😎 So I feel lucky 🍀

[@PianoRoadmap]

Thank you!

[@vivimailu90]

Beautiful pieces, I'm currently doing your piano course Faber book 1 and I'm really enjoying it so far. 😁

[@PianoRoadmap]

I'm so glad to hear it!

[@tonygohagan2766]

Thanks! My Vote: 5 - for the Left Hand Skills in Full Effect! ('specially from 11.42 to 12.05!) I'm interested in the Sight Reading Course you plan to offer, too, I think I need to learn that aspect, but I'm not sure. When it comes out, I'll seriously consider it.

[@PianoRoadmap]

Thanks for voting! Yes, the LH part is very fun in piece #5, although it's much trickier than it looks.

[@tonygohagan2766]

@@PianoRoadmap Hence your LH skills were shining! - it looks super, Super Tricky!!

[@shermiesdad]

Hi Susan! I took a brief break today from my doggie nurse duties to watch this. Thoroughly enjoyed all the pieces, but if I have to pick just one, it's got to be Summer Splendor. Liked it enough to purchase Lyric: 22 Expressive Piano Solos. May be technically just a bit out of my reach just yet that won't be the case forever. Once again, how do you come up with so much music that speaks to me. You're costing me a lot of well spent money on music books! 😁

[@PianoRoadmap]

So good to hear from you! Glad you were able to take a mini break. You won't regret getting the Rollin's collection! We must we have similar tastes...! 😃

[@evelyne8133]

Thank you!

[@bh5606]

Pretty music.

[@gregosterster]

all are very nice. Would it be interesting for you to talk about tempo choices? I would choose the Rollin piece.

[@PianoRoadmap]

Thanks for your vote! Whatever piece wins, I will definitely talk about tempo choice, although I'm happy to answer something here if you have a question about one of the pieces :)

[@gregosterster]

@@PianoRoadmap no, just in general. I am happy to wait. I always enjoy your videos, thanks

[@Aurelian76]

Superb thank you so much. Your piano sounds absolutely lovely. What piano is it ? Thanks again for your video.

[@janakinathg7651]

I like to vote for 5th one, for left hand accompaniment and for a tutorial. Can I have the sheetmusic.

[@PianoRoadmap]

It's not available for free, but here's the link to purchase (affiliate link): www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/lyric-moments-book-3-19292693.html?aff_id=753781

[@johndriscoll8177]

These are beautiful! I can't remember what figured bass is (don't tell my music theory professors 😅)

[@PianoRoadmap]

I've already contacted him/her to let them know about this travesty. Expect a call soon 😉

[@johndriscoll8177]

@@PianoRoadmap omg it’s Bill Marvin at Eastman please don’t take away my degree 💀

[@PianoRoadmap]

@@johndriscoll8177 😆

[@kaitaviolin]

Reading Music Faster. When do we expect that course?

[@PianoRoadmap]

Part 1 will come out at the end of the month (May 2024).

[@williammarkland8351]

Congrats?