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welcome, text, you've got great taste.

Hi text, welcome to the forum!

I'm sure you will enjoy the Einaudi album! And even better - he will be touring the UK next year to promote his new album

Txs for listening and welcome to the forum text.

Einaudi's music is very addicting both listening and to play.

Enjoy

Welcome, text! I was tempted to tell you to get the greatest hits Einaudi album, but then I realized that if you're like me you'll love it so much you'll go back and buy the individual albums, too. But Eden Roc and Una Mattina are heartbreakingly lovely, too.

Thank you all for the welcome.

I will keep an eye out for the tour thanks Euan.

Text, persevere, this music is really worth it.

I'm so excited tonight I can't sleep, finally had a (relatively) clean run and the music's starting to come thru and smooth out.

Thanks again, everyone for introducing me to this piece, and drawing me back to the sheet music, I've learned so much just trying to figure out how to play this. Things I thought were impossible are now doable and I can see it becoming easier with practice and time. Every morning I see an improvement, it's as if nanobots are busy at work forming new synapses while I'm asleep...I'm just so encouraged to see the visible progress and it's becoming a positive feedback loop (the better I get the more I want to play).

Most valuable lesson learned so far, never give up, never let a seemingly impossible piece daunt you, just keep picking away at it and the grey cells will do the rest.

And best of all, after working thru the piece so often, it's still as pretty as ever and has lost none of its charm.

Can anyone advise about what difficulty the pieces are in the "best of" book.....if they are advanced, I'd be wasting my money for sure....anything on the easy side?

They vary in difficulty, rocky; some are pretty easy, others I'll be waiting a year or two to attempt. Maybe Euan and kawaigirl will have other suggestions, but I found "Limbo" very easy to learn, and "Una Mattina" looks bizarre but is actually not bad. "Nefeli" only has about 4 tough measures.

I think it's a book you could be working out of for ten years, starting with the easier pieces and then moving on. At least my goal is to eventually learn them all!

I may just have to order...guess "someday" I could play something from the book

Rocky, I'm sure you will be fine with the music

There are pretty much no 'crazy' bits - no 128th note scales or large jumps. The left hand usually just plays repetitive chord arpeggios.

On the whole, its just pretty straightforward stuff.

Thanks y'all......looks like I know a Christmas present I'll be getting for myself......off to order.....

Ok, Merry Christmas to me!!! I just placed my order for the "best of" book.....can't wait to get it and see that I'll only be able to admire it and not play anything in it.....

rocky, I guarantee you'll be able to play "Limbo."

Rocky,

You definitely can play Limbo. This is a great book to get and the different pieces found in the book are of various diffficulty, i.e. from easy to intermediate difficulty.

Thanks y'all....I've ordered the book, can't wait to get it!!! Just hope it arrives before Christmas!

nice music
Would someone tell me where I can order the sheetmusic from?

Arias, you can order this book through Amazon.

Ok ok ok, you got me - I went to my music store today and ordered it, it will be there on Saturday. Now, Rocky, let's cross our fingers that we won't be looking longingly at the book for month/years, though it cannot be as bad as my collection of ALL of Chopin's Nocturnes, I'll have to arrive at my 5th year to even try it .

Monica, it's been Nefeli, I loved that rendition of yours and from then on I listened to all the others, so I'll give it a try.

Patty

Gosh, forgot - please keep me/us updated on that concert in Europe, it might be possible for me to go!

Patty

Patty, you'll have yours before me...I ordered mine online through musicnotes.com and it shows that it is back ordered, I'm still hoping for arrival by christmas, but not holding my breath!