[For Piano Beginners] Play Right Now with Free Sheet Music! A Roundup of Recommended Practice Pieces

For those who have just started teaching themselves piano, choosing practice pieces can be one of the trickiest parts.

If you’re taking lessons, your teacher will pick sheet music that suits your current level.

But when you’re practicing on your own, it’s easy to wonder, “What should I practice next?” or “What pieces will help me improve more?”

So in this article, we’ve selected recommended practice pieces to help piano beginners choose what to work on.

We’re also sharing free sheet music, so feel free to download it and give it a try!

Playlist

[For Piano Beginners] Play Right Now with Free Sheet Music! A Roundup of Recommended Practice Pieces
	Title	Playlist	Review
1	CanonJohann Pachelbel		A beautiful masterpiece with the Pachelbel chord progression
2	Ave MariaCharles Gounod		A masterpiece in which Gounod layered his own melody over Bach’s theme
3	Für EliseLudwig van Beethoven		Beethoven’s famous piece, a beautiful piano work in rondo form
4	Album for the Young, Op. 68: No. 1 “Melody”Robert Schumann		Schumann’s piano piece for children, “Melody”
5	Forest Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1 ‘To the Wild Rose’Edward MacDowell		Commentary on Masterpieces from MacDowell’s Piano Collections
6	Variations on “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart		Variations on a theme from a love song composed by Mozart
7	GavotteFrançois-Joseph Gossec		Gossec’s Gavotte, played lightly
8	Minuet in G majorLudwig van Beethoven		Beethoven’s Minuet Beginner Etude
9	Children’s Album, Op. 39, No. 16: “Old French Song”Pyotr Tchaikovsky		Beginner piano pieces by Tchaikovsky
10	Spinning SongEllmenreich Albert		About the Spinning Song of Elmenreich
11	EcosseLudwig van Beethoven		Beethoven’s Ecossaises for Beginners
12	Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114Christian Petzold		The Minuet composed by Petzold, long attributed to Bach
13	At the time of the danceHeinrich Lichner		Play precisely in triple time during Lichner’s dance.
14	Harpsichord Pieces, Book I, Suite No. 3, No. 1: “The Cuckoo”Louis-Claude Daquin		Tips for Performing Daquin’s “The Cuckoo,” a Contemporary of Bach
15	SumireStreabbog		Streobog’s Elegant Waltz Piece
16	Csikos PostHermann Necke		A gem of a lively tune beloved as sports day BGM
17	Bling-Bang-Bang-BornDJ matsunaga		Piano Pieces for Beginners in Anime Songs
18	First workday of the yearHisaishi Joe		The fresh, hopeful music of Kiki’s Delivery Service
19	Hanyu no YadoInguranndo min’yō		The poignant insert song from Grave of the Fireflies
20	7 Ländler WoO 11 No. 7Ludwig van Beethoven		An elegant 3/4 time, a masterpiece by Beethoven
21	MemoryWolfgang Amadeus Mozart		An elegant piano piece in G major
22	Pirates of the Caribbean: “He’s a Pirate”Hans Zimmer		Adventurous piano piece from a Disney movie
23	Moana: The Legend of the Sea “How Far I’ll Go”Lin-Manuel Miranda		A song that portrays a girl's adventure and her first step toward her dreams
24	Peter Pan: The Second Star to the RightSammy Fain		Iconic Disney songs with themes of dreams and hope
25	Passacaglia Harpsichord Suite No. 7 (HWV 432)Georg Friedrich Händel		A masterpiece that distills the charm of Baroque music