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Topic: Simplest and Hardest of the Paganini Grand Etudes (Liszt)  (Read 3606 times)

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Re: Simplest and Hardest of the Paganini Grand Etudes (Liszt)
Reply #1 on: November 12, 2006, 12:06:40 AM
Hardest - 4b 1838
Easiest - 5 1851
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Re: Simplest and Hardest of the Paganini Grand Etudes (Liszt)
Reply #2 on: November 12, 2006, 08:51:20 AM
Simplest - No. 2 or No. 3

Hardest - Depends on the pianist of course; for me, it's No. 6.
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Re: Simplest and Hardest of the Paganini Grand Etudes (Liszt)
Reply #3 on: November 16, 2006, 12:49:02 AM
Simplest - No. 2 or No. 3

Double octaves and la campanella are the easiets? Wow, you must be good! I would have said the hunt.
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Re: Simplest and Hardest of the Paganini Grand Etudes (Liszt)
Reply #4 on: November 16, 2006, 01:30:19 PM
Double octaves and la campanella are the easiets? Wow, you must be good! I would have said the hunt.

LOL, difficulty is subjective. I always found them easier to learn than La Chasse.
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