There’s a wide range of levels involved in these collections.As a whole, the six English suites are around a Henle level 6-7. Bach's music is so valuable to pianists because it really helps to strengthen and develop your technical skills and your musicianship at the same time. These preludes were meant to serve as lessons on the piano, and can still serve a similar purpose to us some 300 years later.Little Prelude in C major, BWV 939 (Henle 1/2, RCM grade 5)Bach’s inventions are solid early-advanced level pieces.

Pieces also … In today’s episode of PianoTV, I want to discuss the easiest Bach pieces, and the ones to avoid until you’re very skilled. Many times we'll learn edited versions of more complicated pieces so that we can still learn some classical music at a level that we can succeed in, instead of being too hard. This covers about 95% of Bach’s piano music. They’re written in two parts, which means each hand is playing a melody. There’s a prelude and fugue pair for each of the 24 keys on the piano (major and minor).Reaching this point is a pinnacle in piano playing, and many famous composers enjoyed this collection – including Chopin, who loved to travel with it for study and practice.Most of the collection is around a Henle level 5/6 (RCM grade 10/ARCT). Pieces also let us see how much we've learned technically in our practice time; work that enables us to play harder music and actual piano pieces. Various. there are very many easy … The easiest of the sinfonias to start first are:Sinfonia no 11 in G minor, BWV 797 (Henle level 3/4)These are the easiest two, but the other 13 sinfonias are not far off in difficulty – I think it’s best to read through them all in a set.The Well-Tempered Clavier is a great keyboard collection of Preludes and Fugues, which Bach paired together. Now let's look at the next piece that I recommend.

It’s rated at a Henle level 9, which is the highest level.The reason I wanted to include this on the list is so you not only have an idea of the easiest Bach pieces, but also the ones that take true mastery to accomplish.The Art of Fugue is Bach at his deadliest. As we challenge ourselves to learn new things, we'll be able to play a lot more of the music we want to play!Some of the reasons that the Musette in D is a good piece for beginning piano students are:One of the neatest things about this piece is that the right and left hands mirror each other in some measures; meaning they play the same notes and rhythms, just an octave apart. 4 Easy Piano Pieces by Bach for Every Beginner Piano Student: Every piano student gets excited about playing their first piece because it's a little more fun and interesting than when we're learning notes, counting, and where our notes are on our keyboards.

And...like all of these pieces, it is really nice to listen to and play.

They’re in a similar style to his “true” writing, and are famous pieces as well (we’ve done Minuet in G major and Minuet in G minor on this channel).Bach’s Little Preludes overlap the Notebook for Anna Magdalena somewhat, but they start a little harder.The Little Preludes are usually bound together with Bach’s Fughettas, which are significantly more challenging than the preludes.There are a few Little Preludes in the RCM syllabus around a grade 5-8 level (Henle level 1-3). 12 Easy Classical Pieces for piano solo Collection 1 www.virtualsheetmusic.com. It relies on a mode of musical execution called ‘figuration,’ which refers to a pattern used to break up chords into little, musical figures (in this case, a rising, repeating arpeggio).

They are as follows:This is Bach’s easiest collection of pieces, written for his wife Anna Magdalena Bach. The Prelude in C is really one of the best Bach pieces to start with when you're ready to start playing some classical music. I play a small part of this piece in the video if you want to stop and listen to that now. Once you watch me playing samples of these pieces you'll have a good reference for how the piece should sound all the way through, since each of these repeats the key signatures, rhythms, style of playing, and the hand/finger patterns throughout the whole piece. A start-to-finish study of Bach takes years, but his music is incredibly rewarding to work through, and will help you to achieve impeccable piano technique.Join the PianoTV mailing list today to receive exclusive updates and a free e-book!