Giving up

[stormx]

Hi !! 

Are there any pieces that you have been learning (for at least a week), making extremely slow progress (if any), to finally giving up recognizing that there are out of your reach?

[donjuan]

I took the trouble to completely learn the notes for Liszt's transcription of Gounod's Waltz from faust, but after months and months, it just seems like I cant play it any better than I did when I first memorized it.  I also cant perform it in front of anyone, no matter how stupid they are..

so I recently decided to walk away from it and pick it up when and if I am ever ready for it.
donjuan

[Ruro]

I attempted, because I love it SO much, the Prokofiev Toccata. I made a topic about it a while ago, about the hands getting mashed up I easily got to half way down of the second page... then I was doomed ¬_¬ So I had to stop, too technically and physically difficult, I can't move my arms accurately enough at any reasonable speed for the piece, especially when the chords came along

I shall try again in the future! ^_^ So I'm doing another stupid thing, a Rachmaninoff Prelude, lol, I'm working on a better approach to learning it this time though, I jumped into HT with that Toccata ~_~ *Smacks his head*

[alzado]

I had that happen for me on Moussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition." 

Studying the score, I thought some of the sections were within my reach.  But after two weeks, I just put it aside.

Some long pieces -- say, 6 pages of score or more -- I will decide to play part.  This is more logical if they are structured in sonata form, with sections. 

So if the first 2-1/2 pages of a 6 + page piece seem to comprise a section with a kind of integrity, I may just learn that.

My time is finite, and I am just an amateur after all.

I am thinking of playing the first part of MacDowell's "Mid-Winter" as a piece to learn.  The later parts of the piece have extensive, very fast runs that don't suit my skills very well.

Hope that helps.

[Bouter Boogie]

Scriabin's 5th etude op. 42

I really really wanted to play it, it's such a beautiful and powerful piece, but after more than a week sight reading I had to give up Maybe it's just too difficult for me at the moment, but I'm sure I will play it in the future

[2xtreme619]

heroic polonaise no matter how hard i try i can't get it to sound right! lol

[Dazzer]

Scriabin's 5th etude op. 42

I really really wanted to play it, it's such a beautiful and powerful piece, but after more than a week sight reading I had to give up Maybe it's just too difficult for me at the moment, but I'm sure I will play it in the future

i'm sure you will - pats back -

I attempted, because I love it SO much, the Prokofiev Toccata. I made a topic about it a while ago, about the hands getting mashed up I easily got to half way down of the second page... then I was doomed ¬_¬ So I had to stop, too technically and physically difficult, I can't move my arms accurately enough at any reasonable speed for the piece, especially when the chords came along

I shall try again in the future! ^_^ So I'm doing another stupid thing, a Rachmaninoff Prelude, lol, I'm working on a better approach to learning it this time though, I jumped into HT with that Toccata ~_~ *Smacks his head*

same thing happened to be 4 years ago. Then i picked it up again earlier in the year and got it memorised in a week. funny.

still can't play it nicely enough though, which sucks.

[Siberian Husky]

i have a love/hate relationship with moonlight 3rd..i have to learn this pregnant dog in shifts because it is the cause and main stressor of my tendinitis

[llamaman]

I have not yet given up on a piece. I am considering doing so with Consolation #1 however, as I'm taking 3 times as long as usual for me to learn.

[Bouter Boogie]

i'm sure you will - pats back -

You know I wanted to play this piece after that I saw your recording I'm so jealous that you can play it and me not

[nanabush]

I had been trying the Prok Toccata for the last week, and I got to the third page realizing OMG this is impossible!  Usually if something like this happens, pick it up in a month or so and you'll get a bit more done, it's what I did to learn the Black key etude, which I don't feel I was advanced enough to play when I had learnt it...

[twinkletoesfaery]

Chopin's Ballade in G minor Op. 23. My fault for aiming for them twinkly stars though. Gave up by second page but I still do occasionally try to play it although I know I won't ever. *pout*

[leahcim]

Are there any pieces that you have been learning (for at least a week), making extremely slow progress (if any), to finally giving up recognizing that there are out of your reach?

All of 'em 

Thinking of sticking with programming, you only need the beard scratching stage and I can do that