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Offline verywellmister

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Is it right for me?
on: January 30, 2006, 10:21:32 PM
I really like the Chopin Scherzo no.2 op.31 in Bb minor.

I am currently playing the Beethoven Sonata in A and Ravel Sonatine.

Is the Chopin right for me?  I have been playing 7 years and am 14.
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Re: Is it right for me?
Reply #1 on: January 31, 2006, 04:32:55 AM
It's going to be a piece of cake for you.
I think Ravel sonatine is much more harder than teh Scherzo 2
But hey that's just me.

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Re: Is it right for me?
Reply #2 on: February 03, 2006, 08:38:00 PM
Thanks.

Ok...what about Etude-tableaux op.33 no.7(Eb, Allegro Con fuoco) by Rachmaninoff?
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Re: Is it right for me?
Reply #3 on: February 03, 2006, 10:42:21 PM
Thanks.

Ok...what about Etude-tableaux op.33 no.7(Eb, Allegro Con fuoco) by Rachmaninoff?

I found Ravel's Sonatine to be much harder than the Chopin Scherzo no.2.  But that was the first Ravel I was ever assigned to play; the fingering and technique involved can be awkward at first.

That Rachmaninoff Etude-tableaux is one of the more difficult ones, and has a different set of technical and interpretation problems than the Ravel.  Definitely harder than the Chopin Scherzo.

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Re: Is it right for me?
Reply #4 on: February 03, 2006, 10:56:23 PM
Thanks.

Ok...what about Etude-tableaux op.33 no.7(Eb, Allegro Con fuoco) by Rachmaninoff?

actually, i find it very managable, it belongs to easier ones. but thats just me. if you wanna some realllly evil one, try op39 first etude c mol

that op33 Es dur actually sounds harder then it is. besides, its short. try it, you'll see
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Re: Is it right for me?
Reply #5 on: February 03, 2006, 11:01:36 PM
Really, you figure the sonatine is more difficult?  I don't play the scherzo, but it seems like it would be much more difficult.  I think the length of it is around that of the sonatine, 'page wise not timewise.  It sounds like there are more drastic leaps, and the fast sections sound a bit more difficult than those of the third movement of sonatine.  If the sonatine is more difficult, then it would only be because of the third movement IMO.
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