here's a hint it's not a song it's an etude.
After doing a little search on mazeppa on this sight, I am getting worried. Everybody says that Mazeppa is harder than la campanella. Mazeppa doesn't even seem hard to me. It seems just as hard as Fantasy impromptu if not easier. I have the first 2 pages learned. But does it just seem like this because I haven't gotten to the hard part yet?
The 2-4 2-4 for thirds makes it so much easier, they just bounce.
people like u amuse me
It is no way that it is easier than the Fantasy impromptu!I agree with Pita bread that it is because you only played slowly (haven't leart the whole + not up to concert standard) and once you try to play it up to speed........oh my god it will be so difficult.La campanella is nit easy either.If Mazeppa is a "song" that is easier than the FI, why didn't I see posts like: am I ready to learn Mazeppa while I saw tons of post asking should I learn the impromptu Hope to hear something from you in the auditon room
I don't have the equipment to record my playing
You guys all remember Thierry?
jeff, are you sure you know what kind of people he is?he can either be -really stupid, and naiveor, pretending to be stupid and naive for CG purposeseither way, i agree, amusing.
I wouldnt seriously learn Mazeppa unless you are an outstanding pianist, with several competitions under your belt. There's no point learning it unless you can play it with reasonable perfection. However, you can always fool around with the piece.
mazeppa shmaleppa. I can handle it. I don't understand what is so hard about it.can somebody just tell me what is so hard about it?!?!?! please, that's all I made this thread for and all you guys say is "I wouldn't go there if I were you"
and yet the question remains unanswered
Considering how bad you probably play it, it's not hard at all.
***! I <3 lau, but this comment is pure comedic geniusMaybe it's your short attention span Lau? Anyways, to actually answer your question, and to very quickly summarize, it's difficult because it requires so many different virtuostic techniques, like parallel octaves, double notes, unpianistic chords, fast arpeggios, large and difficult leaps across the keyboard and some tricky pedalling too. Plus everything you do, you do it really fast.thanks, my question is finally answered!!!!Then if I finish learning this, i guess i am a virtuoso.
the difficulty is roughly equal to play fantasie impromtu with your nuts.
The first page of the score in this thread looks like the 2nd revision of Mazeppa, from Douze Grandes Etudes. The Mazeppa that most people know come from the 3rd and final revision, the Transcendental Studies. All of these revisions have their beginnings from 1826, the Etudes en douze excercices (Studies in 12 exercises), composed when Liszt was 14. So in total, there are 3 versions of Mazeppa.
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