Liebestraum, No. 3

[eawitt3]

Hello,
This is my first time posting so I apologize if this has already been addressed.  I recently finished learning Liebestraum No. 3 by Liszt and would like to know what grade it possesses so I can sort of rank my own abilities.  Thanks in advance.

[gyzzzmo]

No way of telling it, unless you post some mp3's of yourself.

[eawitt3]

Here is a video of me playing, it is a little faster than I intended.  Feedback is greatly appreciated.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnypkjyhTzE

[gyzzzmo]

Here is a video of me playing, it is a little faster than I intended.  Feedback is greatly appreciated.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnypkjyhTzE

Well, you should play it even faster :p
Seriously, its abit on the slow side and the melody doesnt come out fluently now. Also those fast 16th arent fast enough. As far as i know this piece is like grade 7/8, wich makes you grade 6 i gues :p

gl on the piece,
gyzzzmo

[classical88]

I listened to your posted recording, and didn't find your opening tempo to be a problem.  But the next time it's too fast, and the last time it's too slow.  In other words, i would prefer to hear more of the same tempo for the tune each time it returns.  I also prefer a less erratic rubato throughout the piece - you frequently delay beats both for technical accuracy and for expressive emphasis (both admirable goals ), and it becomes kind of a mannerism.

Keep playing it - it's wonderful music!  And don't worry about difficulty grade levels - they're pretty meaningless.

[Kassaa]

Here is a video of me playing, it is a little faster than I intended.  Feedback is greatly appreciated.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnypkjyhTzE

Why do think that is finished? (No harsh meaning behind this, I don't think it's bad or something.)

[dnephi]

It's really ferociously hard.  If you learned it, you would be almost ready for Fur Elise.

[tanman]

It's really ferociously hard.  If you learned it, you would be almost ready for Fur Elise.

no way!
I think that Fur Elise is still out of his reach.

[invictious]

no way!
I think that Fur Elise is still out of his reach.

Fantaisie-Impromptu on the other hand....

[akonow]

I don't mean to sound harsh but this piece still needs quite a bit of work. The first and last sections are less worrisome but they do sound a bit chaotic (but maybe that's the recording system?). The sixteenth notes leading up to the climax and those leading to the third section are both too slow and too sloppy and, I'm sorry to say, that the climax is a bit slow and sloppy also. If you have a teacher, I would suggest firing them and, if you don't have one, I would suggest getting one because they could help you more than any of us can. All these kinks in your performance can be fixed and, when they are you will surely be around grade 8 standard. Good luck!

[pianisten1989]

Well... The Hard part, the small notes, should sound like a pearl necklace falling to pieces: Really light and just... well, a bit faster. The other thing, is that you loses way to much tempo in the end, in my opinion. And you do almost extact the same phasering (or whatever it's called) everytime in the theme, and that's nice... like one time, but not through the whole piece. It's really beautiful as it is, don't do too much out of the musical view.

Everything is in my own opinion, you don't have to agree, and I am just 19, so I maybe not have any idea of what I am talking about. But that's what I think.