Increasingly Hard Songs for Piano and Violin?

[Kokowam]

So, I have a piano (well, keyboard; almost the same thing) and a violin. I can't really play either. HOWEVER, I feel like if I practice, I will get better. No?

So, I was wondering if anyone had songs that I could try and learn for either or both instruments starting at a beginner level and then going up. Of course, learning two new instruments at once is kinda dumb, so I'll most likely be going with the one that I have more knowledge (from you guys) about. Or I'll just do both anyways because it's not like I'm trying to be pro, but I just want to have fun, lol.

So yah?

[tSwitch]

Chopsticks.

[Sophist]

Yann Tiersen's work can be very simple and moving but extremely complex in technicality. Same with Final Fantasy themes.

[Kokowam]

What are some good FF themes? The only one that comes to mind is "To Zanarkand."

[Sophist]

http://bladiator.vgpiano.com/other/gaia.pdf

[cozziekuns]

Ode to Joy's a classic for beginning keyboard players.

[Kokowam]

http://bladiator.vgpiano.com/other/gaia.pdf

That's really silly in the beginning; it seems more like a compound meter. But is there any recording of anyone playing it? It always helps to have heard it first P:

And "Ode to Joy" is a bit easy. P: I mean, I don't have it memorized or anything, but yeah. I guess that'd be a good gauge to see how well (or not) play the piano.

[Sophist]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XiSJ-WaCNw[/yt]

[Sophist]

This is actually one of the first songs I learned to be able to play from start to finish, the first being the Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.

[Shiroiyuki]

Work up from Beethoven to Chopin, making sure to stop for some Brahms on the way.

[Sophist]

Brahms is very slow and easy, and so is Beethoven. The hardest you can get, in my opinion, is Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky.

[Kokowam]

Thanks, guiz. :3 I like the sound of the medley. I think I'll start with that.

[Moss.]

Franz Liszt, if you want the impossible.

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[Ruzu]

How about, Requiem for a dream, its somewhat difficult I hear. It's by Clint marshall.

[Shiroiyuki]

Brahms is very slow and easy, and so is Beethoven. The hardest you can get, in my opinion, is Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky.

Erm.....which is why I suggested them. They are great for newbies.