Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
09:10 on Sunday, February 11, 2007
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
13:13 on Sunday, February 11, 2007
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
17:11 on Monday, February 12, 2007
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
00:48 on Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
13:32 on Friday, February 16, 2007
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
20:13 on Saturday, February 17, 2007
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Account Closed (904 points)
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None of my pieces are as complicated as any of yours, but after almost a year of lessons, I've learned Schubert's Impropmtu No. 2 in A-flat (7 and a half minutes of sheer beauty), started a solo piano reduction of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A-minor (not as complicated as the orchestral version), and I tried teaching myself some pieces from Mussorgsky's Pictures from an Exhibition (how Mussorgsky put this together so masterfully, I don't think anyone will ever know). And, if I may say so, sometimes complexity doesn't make the piece "better" or "worthy", but often-times, a piece that has a simplistc melody that can be played by sight can achieve admiration from anyone (if you don't get what I mean, try playing Edward MacDowell's To a Wild Rose).
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
19:31 on Sunday, February 18, 2007
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
11:37 on Monday, February 19, 2007
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
13:36 on Monday, February 19, 2007
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The-Scientist-Ma n
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Posted by The-Scientist-Man
Well because I have only been playing a-littile, I guess How To Save A Life By The Fray.
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
00:09 on Sunday, February 25, 2007
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
00:51 on Sunday, March 11, 2007
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rhuff412 (2 points)
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hmm, hardest I've come across... I would probably have to say Jeux d'Eau by Maurice Ravel. Some other toughies would include La Campanella by Liszt (actually, lots of Liszt is pretty tough, though practice is truly your friend). It's issue is hand jumping that cannot be avoided and probably should not be attempted until you have very strong fingers and have developed good technique for trilling with your 4-5 fingers. If you are looking for a tough piece to play that sounds impressive, I'd go with one I worked on a few years ago, The Winterwind by Chopin. Lots of practice should pay off for you. Also by Chopin, I think someone mentioned his Polonaise Heroic. For a good classical sound, try the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique (far from pathetic if you ask me, but only bad if you can't tremolo). Oh, and whoever said Flight of the Bumblebee is by Beethoven is an idiot. Also, a piece I particularly like is the Khachaturian Toccata, but is quite tough and requires development of technique. Islamey is also very respectable.
The fact is that there are very few pieces that practice cannot make easy. Jeux d'Eau is an exception. There are rapid somewhat obnoxious parts that just cannot be done easily. I would probably call it the toughest.
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
03:34 on Monday, March 12, 2007
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
09:21 on Monday, March 12, 2007
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
14:53 on Saturday, March 17, 2007
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Re: What is the hardest piece of music you have learned or heard?
21:52 on Sunday, March 18, 2007
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