Andrew Cavalcante Pacifico If you’ve studied piano for a little while, chances are you’ve bumped into the word sonatina—often right before meeting Clementi, Kuhlau, or Diabelli. But what is a sonatina, exactly, and…
Andrew Cavalcante Pacifico https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Lp0FC7Irg About the Piece Muzio Clementi (1752–1832) published his famous set Six Progressive Sonatinas, Op.36, in 1797. The first one—this cheerful Sonatina in C Major—is a staple of the classical…
Andrew Cavalcante Pacifico Why these songs? When people google “easy piano songs to impress your friends,” they’re really chasing three things: Instant recognition – that “Oh, I love this one!” moment in the first…
Andrew Cavalcante Pacifico Following my journey learning piano after 30, I realized I was missing a month‑by‑month repertoire plan with pieces that genuinely progress in difficulty. I asked ChatGPT for help and received…
Andrew Cavalcante Pacifico Why bother with theory when you “just want to play”? If you’re serious about progressing at the piano, there comes a point when extra scales and YouTube tutorials stop giving…
Andrew Cavalcante Pacifico Minuet in G Major (BWV Anh. 114), famously known as Bach's Minuet in G, was actually composed by the German musician Christian Petzold, a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach. For…
