Essential Listening - Piano Edition

 

Good Piano Examples


Here are some great piano pieces you can listen to for inspiration and improving your musical understanding.

Explore a variety of music genres will develop your own style and preferences as a pianist.


 

Some good examples from Pop, Classical, and Jazz

1. Pop:

  • Someone Like You - Adele

  • River Flows in You - Yiruma

  • All of Me - John Legend

  • A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

  • Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen


2. Classical:

  • Fur Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Prelude in C Major - Johann Sebastian Bach

  • Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy

  • Sonata in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart


3. Jazz:

  • Take Five - Dave Brubeck

  • In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington

  • Blue Rondo a la Turk - Dave Brubeck

  • Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin

  • The Entertainer - Scott Joplin