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</head><body><div class='bwmail'><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">My fellow Gouldians</span></font></span><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">There is currently a short list of very difficult piano pieces doing the rounds on f_minor as a fun off-topic.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">I consider this as elitist and bragging. </span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Like the blokes down at the pub talking about their engines and tractors and tuning. Or like playing Quartet. I got a Chopin Sonata, you only have Satie, hand over your card. GG would dissaprove of such "competitions" I reckon. At least in theory he would.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">I suspect that there might be people around who are inspired by GG and who would like to take piano lessons so I decided to create a Kontrapunkt Thread for a short list of easy piano pieces.</span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="7"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">I'll start with Louie Louie and the Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena. Now you may go ahead. Give the beginners a go</span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 36px; "> </span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">and inspire courious people to try the piano or learn an instrument in general. </span></font></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Pat</span></font></div></span>
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