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How long had you all who can play La Camanella been playing piano, before you had mastered the piece ?

1-2: 5 (29.4%)
2-3: 0 (0%)
3-4: 0 (0%)
4-5: 2 (11.8%)
6-7: 1 (5.9%)
7-8: 0 (0%)
8-9: 1 (5.9%)
9-10: 3 (17.6%)
10-11: 1 (5.9%)
11-12: 2 (11.8%)
12-13: 2 (11.8%)
13-14: 0 (0%)
14-15: 0 (0%)
15-16: 0 (0%)
More than 16 years: 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 17

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lisztener

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La Campanella

on: October 07, 2005, 04:15:03 PM

Hi!
I love this piece and it is my dream to be able to play it fluently

I also want to know how long you had been playing piano before you even started playing La Campanella.
And when I said "mastered" the piece I mean playing it with great technique and making it sound as wonderful as the piece really is.

Enjoy life

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thalbergmad

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Re: La Campanella

Reply #1 on: October 07, 2005, 07:51:34 PM

I had been playing 20 years before i even attempted it, as i have always tended to keep away from very popular pieces.

I also learned the original version, the Busoni version and La Clochette.

La Campanella mastered me. Not the other way around

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lisztener

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Re: La Campanella

Reply #2 on: October 07, 2005, 08:22:55 PM

20?
OMG It really is a hard piece then!

Good luck with it in the future

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casparma

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Reply #3 on: October 08, 2005, 07:47:06 AM

Another guy is Yundi Li..

He played that in the Liszt competition when he was about 15 or 16.

He started piano at 7.

So, he had been playing piano for about 8 or 9 years, or maybe shorter (since it is a competition, which mustn't be his first attempt) before he played La Campanella.

of course, it depends from people to people...

to thalbergmad,

how well you do you play La Campanella now?

cheers

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sonatainfsharp

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Reply #4 on: October 08, 2005, 08:50:22 PM

I, too, stay away from popular pieces, so I may never learn it.

(When I do secretly learn a popular piece, I do it in the privacy of my own home, so learning it to performance quality may never happen, anyway.)

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thalbergmad

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Reply #5 on: October 08, 2005, 10:05:58 PM

Quote from: casparma on October 08, 2005, 07:47:06 AM

to thalbergmad,

how well you do you play La Campanella now?

cheers

When i did play it, it was passable. Because i am not a professional pianist, i have got into the awful habit of not really mastering something before i get sidetracked onto something else.

The 1837 version of La Campanella, I probably played better, the Busoni version worse and La Clochette, I gave up on coz it is not a good composition.

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