Relaxing pieces

Slow, gentle music for the end of a long day. 25 pieces, easiest first.

Some evenings you do not want a challenge, you want to sit down and let the piano breathe. These pieces move slowly, sit kindly under the hands and sound lovely even at half speed, which makes them perfect for practising slowly too.

Beginner Levels 1 to 3

Intermediate Levels 4 to 6

Advanced Levels 7 to 10

Picture credits

Erik Satie. Suzanne Valadon, 1893. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Johannes Brahms. C. Brasch, Berlin, 1889, New York Public Library. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
My Lady Greensleeves. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1863, Harvard Art Museums. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Antonín Dvořák. Unknown photographer, 1882. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Frédéric Chopin. Eugène Delacroix, 1838. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Robert Schumann. Josef Kriehuber, 1839. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Unknown photographer, c. 1865–1871. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Friedrich Burgmüller. Jakob Becker, 1836. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
August Eberhard Müller. Friedrich August Brückner, after 1810. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Felix Mendelssohn. Thomas Howell Jones, after Theodor Hildebrandt, 1842–1870, British Museum. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Title page of The Well-Tempered Clavier, in Bach's hand. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1722. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Ludwig van Beethoven with the score of the Missa solemnis. Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Claude Debussy. Atelier Nadar, c. 1908. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
Franz Schubert. Wilhelm August Rieder, 1875. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.