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stevie

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Liszt - Pensee des morts (thought of the dead)

on: October 03, 2005, 02:53:02 AM

this piece is awesome, should i randomly learn it?

its very moving, and profound, possibly.

anyway what do you guys think of it?

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Reply #1 on: October 03, 2005, 03:12:19 AM

Stevie, please explain something to me (although I know you won't.) Why would learning this piece by "random?" Randomly, what's with all the "random"s? Isn't choosing any piece to learn "random"? Forgive me for being so square.

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Re: Liszt - Pensee des morts (thought of the dead)

Reply #2 on: October 03, 2005, 07:49:04 AM

Quote from: mrchops10 on October 03, 2005, 03:12:19 AM

Stevie, please explain something to me (although I know you won't.) Why would learning this piece by "random?" Randomly, what's with all the "random"s? Isn't choosing any piece to learn "random"? Forgive me for being so square.

lol - go to dasdc.net and see if you can understand anything! - i'm still having trouble!

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Reply #3 on: October 03, 2005, 12:02:33 PM

yeah you should, its great. And while youre at it, randomly pack in La lugubre gondola n1 and 2, this is recital-worthy! Mebbe Vallée too (altho I had a really bad time learning those alternating octaves in the middle). Also include the poem attached to Vallée, tis gonna be really somber. I am missing La lugubre dongola n2 sheet, so I can't group this altogheter for a nice family recital $:-\$

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Reply #4 on: October 03, 2005, 02:00:34 PM

Quote from: mrchops10 on October 03, 2005, 03:12:19 AM

Stevie, please explain something to me (although I know you won't.) Why would learning this piece by "random?" Randomly, what's with all the "random"s? Isn't choosing any piece to learn "random"? Forgive me for being so square.

possibly.

but this is a random choice for me because its unlike any other piece ive played.

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Reply #5 on: October 04, 2005, 12:01:39 AM

Quote from: stevie on October 03, 2005, 02:00:34 PM

possibly.

but this is a random choice for me because its unlike any other piece ive played.

Oh, well I guess that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying for this imbecile.

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Reply #6 on: October 04, 2005, 01:24:30 AM

Quote from: mrchops10 on October 04, 2005, 12:01:39 AM

Oh, well I guess that makes sense. Thanks for clarifying for this imbecile.

mildly, on occasions.

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Re: Liszt - Pensee des morts (thought of the dead)

Reply #7 on: October 04, 2005, 01:31:34 AM

Quote from: stevie on October 03, 2005, 02:53:02 AM

this piece is awesome, should i randomly learn it?

its very moving, and profound, possibly.

anyway what do you guys think of it?

YES!!!

YES!!! YES!!!

IT'S REALLY REALLY GREAT! LEARN IT NOW!!!

Also it's not played so much, what a relief and pleasant change

But why do the dead think in 5/4 and 7/4....kinda spooky...

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Reply #8 on: October 04, 2005, 01:55:02 AM

hahaha true, i think its a much greater piece than FUN ON THE RAILS, really underplayed.

i randomly have it on dvd played by some guy(literally, his name is GUY), and a rec by hough.

any other randomly good recs?

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