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pianogeek_cz

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There's something weird about Chasse-Neige...

on: June 04, 2006, 04:07:15 PM

I was bored to death this afternoon, so I printed out Chasse-Neige, more less just to see for myself that it really is as bloody difficult as it looks on paper and everyone is saying.

Surprise, I was more less able to sight-read it HS and after some fifteen minutes of work on one tricky-looking passage, with leaps and all, I was able to play it HT!

But I don't like it. It's coming waaay too easily to be true, especially with all those references from concert pianists I know. So the question is, where is the difficulty? It seems that the tremolos themselves are not such a problem... Leaps can be managed... Is it stamina? Will it become obvious only after some time spent practicing (Week)? Or is it somehow possible that I managed to sail past it right away (which I don't deem probable)?

I'm very curious about this...

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pianiststrongbad

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Re: There's something weird about Chasse-Neige...

Reply #1 on: June 04, 2006, 04:17:24 PM

Try playing it at the correct tempo.

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pianogeek_cz

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Re: There's something weird about Chasse-Neige...

Reply #2 on: June 04, 2006, 04:22:13 PM

Quote from: pianiststrongbad on June 04, 2006, 04:17:24 PM

Try playing it at the correct tempo.

Yeah, HS was at tempo... HT part didn't take long to get to tempo.

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emmdoubleew

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Re: There's something weird about Chasse-Neige...

Reply #3 on: June 04, 2006, 08:42:36 PM

1. Did you try the cadenza?
2. Can you post a rec so we can judge how well you really are playiing it?

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kriskicksass

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Re: There's something weird about Chasse-Neige...

Reply #4 on: June 05, 2006, 11:42:40 PM

It's always amazing to hear yourself sight-read something that's really difficult, but it probably won't impress many other people. That's why I almost never sight-read for people.

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Re: There's something weird about Chasse-Neige...

Reply #5 on: June 06, 2006, 01:18:58 AM

Quote from: kriskicksass on June 05, 2006, 11:42:40 PM

It's always amazing to hear yourself sight-read something that's really difficult, but it probably won't impress many other people. That's why I almost never sight-read for people.

I agree. I never realized how hard it was to sight-read before I tried myself. I always assumed that pianists, somehow, magically learned how to sight-read. Now I can't even sight-read beginners' pieces and people tell me: but they are beginner's pieces...

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