For a Mozart or Haydn concerto, including memorisation, it would take me about three to four months. For a Romantic/20th Century concerto..... let's not go there, eh?
yeah, well I'm crap so don't forget that.
From what I know, the average time is about 3 - 5 months to learn 1 movt of a concerto up to casual-concert level. Of course these people have school/work/family that take up the majority of their time. If you have nothing else to do but practise all day then the time is much shorter. Profesionals can probably learn a not-too-difficult concerto in a month if they're pushed...
dear gorbee,did you say that red meat causes stiffness in the fingers? are you serious? i used to love steak, but now - if it threatens my piano playing - maybe i'll just eat more vegetables. where did you read this? (thinking this might be true)i agree with the person who likes to eat bananas before performance. they are known to have potassium.how long for a concerto? for me, a year. must learn one.
Beethoven 2 = One week
Welcome to the club.
HOLY BATMAN!!!!!!!!!! I didn't realize people learned them this quickly. I would think it would take 6 months to a year to accomplish a concerto
I think we should get a membership list going on.
By the way,that's so scary about the red meat!And depressing I guess I'll cut it out.Oh dear.
thanks, bernhard, for at least letting us see both sides. i'd never heard of meat affecting a person badly. i've only been concerned with the taste and texture of meat. for instance, you buy a piece of round steak or top sirloin, and the texture isn't normal... i throw it out. and, just yesterday, we bought some hamburgers that didn't taste right. so, instead of eating the whole thing, threw it out. this sounds wasteful, but i'd rather not eat, than eat a piece of meat that has dubious qualities.who wants to watch a pianist who has mad cow disease play a concerto?
My favourite food is steak (rare).
Yuck! I have to have steak (on the rare occasions that i do have it) well done. How can you eat it with all that blood? I guess for me blood reminds me that i am actually eating an animal that was once alive, which is why i rarely eat red meat anymore. In fact i don't really like meat at all, much prefer fish, much lighter. Euuuggghhhhh *shudders* (just had an image of rare steak again lol)
Er… When you bite a juicy apple, or a lush mango, or a succulent watermelon, what do you think you are gorging yourself on? Exactly! Sap! Or in other words vegetable blood I eat my steaks rare, but vegetarians eat the poor creature raw! Lettuces are still alive when people cut them and shred them. Fruitarians are even worse, for what are fruit but foetuses? The poor fruits don’t even have a chance to become baby plants and grow. And of course so are grains. What about all that fruit juice in supermarkets. Anyone who drinks that stuff is clearly a plant vampire, extracting their blood and drinking it raw.And guess what, fish have blood too! The difference between eating a steak rare or well done has little to do with blood. The blood is still there. The reason is consistency and flavour. A well-done steak is the same as a shoe sole in terms of taste and texture. Unfortunately there is no way round it. If you are going to fret over the morality of eating living creatures, your only choice is fasting. Everything else is equally immoral. Best wishes,Bernhard (who eats meat because he cares too much for the vegetables ).
i don't feel so bad about taking a year when i read that invictus took 14 years! whew! 14 years and 2 months x 45 minutes every day. now that's a slacker.
I think he meant he was 14 years old at the time.
Topic: How long does it take people to learn a Concerto? 