Which one of these piano pieces is harder to learn?

Question

chopin nocturne in E flat major. or beethoven sonata in c sharp minor (moonlight) first movement?

Answer 1

The Chopin is harder.

Answer 2

The Chopin

Answer 3

Chopin is harder. The 1st mvmt to the Moonlight Sonata is in some ways repetitive enough to be relatively easy.

Answer 4

Follow the 3 times daily rule. Repetition in practice is ESSENTIAL. If you find something particularly difficult make sure you practice it at least 3 times every day. Don’t worry if it takes months to master – you’ll get there.
Don’t play for the neighbours. Practice piano at a time when you don’t care who is listening so that you can make lot’s of mistakes and play things over and over. Organise your piano music carefully – don’t keep it in a heap where you keep playing the ones on top. If you download sheet music put it in a folder. Have plenty of shelves near the piano. Be realistic – I truly believe that anyone can learn piano and learn it to an enjoyable level but no two people are alike – some are more ‘naturally’ gifted than others. If you have an average ability then it’s all down to practice. The more you practice the more you learn.


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Answer 5

Tzvi is entirely correct--playing any piece of music involves much more than managing to hit the correct notes.

After about one year of my piano studies I decided to learn the first movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata. It took me just a few days to be able to play all the notes, and I was feeling pretty pleased with myself. Then I decided to listen to a recording of this piece, played by Rudolf Serkin--what a revelation! After listening for about 20 seconds I started to feel so awful. I realized that all I had managed to do was to learn to play the notes. Serkin was making music and bringing the piece beautifully to life, but all I was doing was playing notes!

So, yes, the Chopin nocturne may be more technically demanding than the Beethoven piece. But there's certainly a lot more to making music than simply having a fine technique.

Answer 6

Definitely the Chopin. The Beethoven is difficult to master, but it's very repetitive, so once you've got the first several lines done, you're set for the rest of the movement.

Answer 7

The Beethoven is probably somewhat easier to learn from a technical standpoint, but harder to interpret properly. It is deceptively simple. You need a great deal of control to play the piece. There are multiple voices that need to be played at different dynamic levels and even one note played too loudly can disrupt the whole.

The most difficult aspect of the Chopin in my opinion are the polyrhythms. All of the passagework is very pianistic and with good fingerings is relatively simple. It requires careful pedalling and good dynamic control.

Answer 8

This is a loaded question. Playing a piece of music is far more than simply hitting the correct notes. In terms of simple technicle difficulty, I would say Chopin. That being said, to play Beethoven the way it was meant to be played, takes a certain level of musical maturity that one does not necessarily need for Beethoven. It is not surprising that all of these young prodigies are predominantly playing Chopin, and Liszt. They have yet to achieve the maturity necessary to play Bach Beethoven or Mozart, to name a few. Interestingly, Arther Schnabel, the pianist who many consider to be the foremost Beethoven interpreter, was not nearly as technically proficient as say, Emil Gilels or Claudio Arrau. I hope this gives you the insight you are searching for.

Answer 9

the moonlight is hard but I have only been play for about 2 years there are a lot of accidentals but it is a little repetitive in the end. I could not tell you about the other pieces I don't think I have ever head it.

Answer 10

First movement of Moonlight much easier!