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shoshin

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This is pretty amazing

on: May 17, 2006, 07:52:59 AM

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YouTube - Prokofiev Toccata in D minor Op.11

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nicco

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Re: This is pretty amazing

Reply #1 on: May 17, 2006, 07:57:39 AM

This has been posted a few times before i think

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henrah

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Re: This is pretty amazing

Reply #2 on: May 17, 2006, 11:01:36 PM

The end jumps are absolutely amazing (it looks like he has 16 fingers), but it's such a dissapointment that he ends on the wrong chord

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jlh

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Re: This is pretty amazing

Reply #3 on: May 18, 2006, 04:41:05 AM

Quote from: henrah on May 17, 2006, 11:01:36 PM

The end jumps are absolutely amazing (it looks like he has 16 fingers), but it's such a dissapointment that he ends on the wrong chord

The mistake at the end is very easy to do... I've done it many times (not in performance, though). It's an octave, and not a chord, to be more accurate.

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henrah

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Re: This is pretty amazing

Reply #4 on: May 18, 2006, 02:53:17 PM

Are you saying it's easy to make that mistake, or easy to play it correctly?

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bench warmer

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Re: This is pretty amazing

Reply #5 on: May 18, 2006, 03:35:58 PM

The only thing easy in that piece is the opening alternating D's. After that, it's a ride through the fires of hell my friend.

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jlh

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Re: This is pretty amazing

Reply #6 on: May 19, 2006, 10:06:32 PM

Quote from: henrah on May 18, 2006, 02:53:17 PM

Are you saying it's easy to make that mistake, or easy to play it correctly?

Well until you practice it thoroughly, the octaves at the end are easy to screw up. Take a look at the score and see what you have to do with the LH while doing the gliss in the RH. Even when you've got it 'perfect', it's still easy to screw up.

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apion

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Re: This is pretty amazing

Reply #7 on: May 29, 2006, 08:08:12 PM

Quote from: shoshin on May 17, 2006, 07:52:59 AM

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YouTube - Prokofiev Toccata in D minor Op.11

I love this piece.
I love Prokofiev.
I love toccatas.

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