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Topic: witch pianosong has the most inzane "jumping to reach" (2 octaves or more)  (Read 2057 times)

Offline sportsmonster

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i played liszt la campanella. and it had much jumping that reached all the way up to 2 octaves. is there any other songs that has more inzane jumping than that??
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You know, this is the wrong forum to ask these questions. Check out daSDC (https://dasdc.net). It's devoted to things like these.

Offline tompilk

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Polka Italienne - Volodos version has loads of 2 octave jumps going right down the piano a the end - one of the most impressive piees I have heard.
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daSDC seems like a crazy site for angry fury people who likes to take their aggressions out on the piano. and yes they would probably know. i could ask these crazy people.
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Offline rob47

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you could play the first pages of la campanella  with the RH in octaves?

don juan has a nasty camapenlla-esque two bars, with the LH and RH together.

but, realisitcally I can explain this to you better at daSDC so yes, go there.

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daSDC seems like a crazy site for angry fury people who likes to take their aggressions out on the piano. and yes they would probably know. i could ask these crazy people.

many of them are refugees from baghdad, they were originally planning to be suicide bombers but they decided to take their aggressions out at the piano and join da SDC.

i believe this was a wise decision.


You know, this is the wrong forum to ask these questions. Check out daSDC (https://dasdc.net). It's devoted to things like these.

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la campanella must be very popular at da SDC. i can imagine other piano pieces that is their favorites. godowsky etudes, islamey, rachmaninovetudes etc.
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la campanella must be very popular at da SDC. i can imagine other piano pieces that is their favorites. godowsky etudes, islamey, rachmaninovetudes etc.

correct, although chopin, liszt and alkan etudes are their core diet.

Offline gorbee natcase

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i played liszt la campanella. and it had much jumping that reached all the way up to 2 octaves. is there any other songs that has more inzane jumping than that??
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Offline sportsmonster

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yes alkan. he has a song called "le chemin de fer?" i dont remember the exactly name.....but that piece is something of the most inzane i have ever heared. i have the midifile. that is the nr. 1 most inzane midifile i have ever listened to.
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yeah well, its an amazing piece actually, one of quite a few 'perpetual motion' pieces he wrote.

the piece depicts a train, and thats the translation of the title, it doesnt really contain that many jumps though, but it is very difficult.

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i played liszt la campanella. and it had much jumping that reached all the way up to 2 octaves. is there any other songs that has more inzane jumping than that??

you may want to try Petroushka 3rd mvt, Liszt TE 12, Pletnev's version of the tarentella from the nutcracker,  a couple of bars can be found in Islamey.

These are good starting points.  ;D

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Liszt: Reminiscences de Don Juan, 6th Rhapsody
Schumann: Fantasia in C (2nd mov, i think)
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