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presto agitato

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Ranking of Etudes Op 39 by Rachmaninov

on: December 22, 2005, 03:31:42 AM

Im not a Rachmaninov specialist

Can you list them according to their difficulty?

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Re: Ranking of Etudes Op 39 by Rachmaninov

Reply #1 on: December 22, 2005, 09:09:02 PM

From easiest to most difficult: 2, 4, 7, 8, 5, 6, 1, 9, 3

Of course, as everyone is well aware, difficulty depends on your innate and developed skills with different pianistic techniques. And many would disagree with this arrangement.

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Re: Ranking of Etudes Op 39 by Rachmaninov

Reply #2 on: December 23, 2005, 02:11:46 AM

Can someone do the same with the preludes (all 24)? I already know which ones I could play and such, I'm just curious about other people's opinions on their relative difficulty.

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Re: Ranking of Etudes Op 39 by Rachmaninov

Reply #3 on: December 23, 2005, 03:41:26 PM

Depends really, some are extremely difficult musically, while others are just difficult technically. Technique is something that can be ironed with a lot of work, where is the music needs to be aquired by working through different standards of pieces. You might hear a really a slow piece and think that its really easy, but its not.

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Re: Ranking of Etudes Op 39 by Rachmaninov

Reply #4 on: December 24, 2005, 10:34:23 PM

technically?

2-4-8-5-7-9-3-1-6 IMO

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