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Topic: Rank these in order of difficulty...  (Read 1855 times)

Offline infamousbr

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Rank these in order of difficulty...
on: September 05, 2005, 11:40:00 PM
hardest to easiest, well if u do it the other way its fine as well.

i was just curious, these pieces are part of my current/former repertoire and i just wanted to get a feel on how other people think about it, and if i think the same way

in no particular order:

chopin scherzo op20 b minor
scriabin etude op8 no 12 in dsharp minor
bach prelude and fugue WTC2 No. 6 in d minor
Beethoven Op2 No3 Sonata (ALL 4 movements)
-1st mvt
-2nd mvt
-3rd mvt
-4th mvt
Chopin Etude Op10 No4
Rachmaninoff Op23 No. 5 Prelude
PRokofiev Op10 No12 Scherzo

any help is appreciated..ie if u dont know some of the pieces it'd be helpful to rank the pieces that u know..

thanks!

Offline da jake

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Re: Rank these in order of difficulty...
Reply #1 on: September 06, 2005, 12:04:09 AM
BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!

No more difficulty rankings. I beg of u.
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Re: Rank these in order of difficulty...
Reply #2 on: September 06, 2005, 12:11:13 AM
out of curiosity :), if u dont want to do it it's fine with me

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Re: Rank these in order of difficulty...
Reply #3 on: September 22, 2005, 06:22:55 AM
upp ;D

Offline rob47

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Re: Rank these in order of difficulty...
Reply #4 on: September 22, 2005, 10:14:50 PM
i'd say the easiest is the rach prelude the hardest is the Beethoven.

everything else is in between somewhere.

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Offline pianowelsh

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Re: Rank these in order of difficulty...
Reply #5 on: September 24, 2005, 10:40:00 PM
depends on your strengths. Prokofiev quite tricky. Ive heard pros fall off Scherzo. d# etde is tough but only if you find 8ves and 10th difficult. Rach prelude is rel straighfrward
P+fg not too bad. Study Chopin is difficult but not insanely so. In terms of stamina musicality and technique i would be inclined to agree that the Beethoven is the most challenging.
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