DUELS

[imbetter]

its find. whats the deadline?

[amelialw]

could we set the dateline it let's say a month,cauz i'm going for a 10 day holiday soon and gotta really make sure i'm ready for my comptition 1st but anyway i'll start learning it today

[schubertiad]

I have the schubert all learnt, but only a crappy phone to record it on. I will post it tomorrow with a proper camera instead, otherwise you won't be able to hear what's being played anyway.
Sorry 

[imbetter]

amelia, i  apologize but i cant do the 6ths in 25/8 im gonna have to back out sorry   

field sonata no.1 movement 1 anybody?

the score is here: https://vkgfx.com/scores/field/Field.-.op.1-1.-.Piano-Sonata-No.1.pdf

[thalbergmad]

Indeed it is a lovely piece, but regretfully it is no longer in my feeble repetoire and i lack the motivation to regain it.

Thal

[imbetter]

youve played it?

[thalbergmad]

Yes, but never very well.

I did not find the Rondo particularly easy and i am not a great fan of broken left hand 10ths.

Thal

[amelialw]

amelia, i  apologize but i cant do the 6ths in 25/8 im gonna have to back out sorry

it's ok...really. I was going to tell you that anyway  cauz one of my friends and I have been challenging each other and this is what we decided on:

Op.10 No.8
Op.10 No.5
Op.10 No.3
Op.10 No.12
Op.10 No.4
Op.10 No.11   

[pianowolfi]

it's ok...really. I was going to tell you that anyway  cauz one of my friends and I have been challenging each other and this is what we decided on:

Op.10 No.8
Op.10 No.5
Op.10 No.3
Op.10 No.12
Op.10 No.4
Op.10 No.11   

Cool! Can we listen to this sometime?

[amelialw]

yup...i'll record it

anyway this is between me and my friend from school, so I have to ask him 1st

[pianowolfi]

yup...i'll record it

anyway this is between me and my friend for school, so I have to ask him 1st

 

[rallestar]

Anyone up for a duel on the Butterfly etude? Deadline thursday the 13th sept.

[prongated]

Anyone up for a duel on the Butterfly etude? Deadline thursday the 13th sept.

...Butterfly!

[rallestar]

I don't get it Are you on?

[prongated]

Let's do it ^^ I need a kick in the Etudes department

[rallestar]

Haha, cool. Good luck. It's hard for me to play without tension so far.

[pianogeek_cz]

*heavenly choir* REEE-sur-REEE-ction re-su-REEeEEe-cTION */heavenly choir*

Chopin 10/4 and/or 25/1 and/or Mozart K333 1st movement.

December 15th, so that they're not like rollerskating on cobblestones.
Whaddayasay?

*heavenly MIDI* R-E-E-E---s-u-r---R-E-E-E---c-t-i-o-n... */heavnely MIDI*

[pianowolfi]

*heavenly choir* REEE-sur-REEE-ction re-su-REEeEEe-cTION */heavenly choir*

Chopin 10/4 and/or 25/1 and/or Mozart K333 1st movement.

December 15th, so that they're not like rollerskating on cobblestones.
Whaddayasay?

*heavenly MIDI* R-E-E-E---s-u-r---R-E-E-E---c-t-i-o-n... */heavnely MIDI*

Okay I'll try the 10/4. But I've played it before. And it's a pregnant dog to me. And I might step out if I don't feel comfortable. But I feel like trying. Okay?

[pianogeek_cz]

Okay. I've never played it before, and nevertheless, it is on its way to pregnant-dog-ism. But, it has to get done (exams). Let the duel commence!

[pianowolfi]

Okay. I've never played it before, and nevertheless, it is on its way to pregnant-dog-ism. But, it has to get done (exams). Let the duel commence!

Okay December 15th

[amelialw]

anyone up for a duel for any of these piece?

Bach-Partita No.2(sinfonia)
Haydn-Sonata in E flat No.49(1st and 3rd movement)
Chopin-Etude in F major Op.10 No.8
Beethoven-Sonata in A major Op.2 No.2(1st and 3rd movement)

will be ready by the beginning of next month....

[rallestar]

I thought you had been working on those pieces for months by now?

[schubertiad]

Yes, i think i know your repertoire list better than my own... 

[pianogeek_cz]

Come on, people, no one for the Mozart K333?

[amelialw]

nah, not months. The only one I started a pretty long time ago was the Bach. Haydn in Feb. The rest I recently started.

[pianogeek_cz]

So, is this arena dead?
Or perhaps, not yet?

For the record...
Current challenges from me:
Mozart K333 1st movement  . . . due Dec 15
Chopin op. 10 no. 4 . . . due Dec 15, already duelling with Pianowolfi
Chopin op. 25 no. 9 . . . due Dec 20
Rachmaninoff op. 33 no. 7 (for clarification, it's the slow g minor one) . . . due Nov 30
And, just for fun, any two-voice invention, twelve days after duel is confirmed. (Plan to learn them all, might just as well start now...)

Well?

[arensky]

So, is this arena dead?
Or perhaps, not yet?

For the record...
Current challenges from me:
And, just for fun, any two-voice invention, twelve days after duel is confirmed. (Plan to learn them all, might just as well start now...)

Well?

Invention #4 in d minor? Let me know.....

[pianogeek_cz]

OK, let's say deadline November the 13th?

[arensky]

OK, let's say deadline November the 13th?

We're on 

[franz_]

anyone up for a duel for any of these piece?

Bach-Partita No.2(sinfonia)
Haydn-Sonata in E flat No.49(1st and 3rd movement)
Chopin-Etude in F major Op.10 No.8
Beethoven-Sonata in A major Op.2 No.2(1st and 3rd movement)

will be ready by the beginning of next month....

Me for the Haydn 

[amelialw]

what date? you pick, I have my competition for that one comming up on the 21st of Nov, so anyway I need it to be played flawlessly

[schubertiad]

When you say no.49 I assume you mean Hob.49, not sonata 49 (which is in c sharp minor).
I'm up for a duel, how about November 18th? I've nearly finished mvt I, not looked at the 3rd yet but it shouldn't be too bad.

[amelialw]

hob.49 in E flat major right? sure nov 18th

[ilikepie]

Any one up for a duel on one(or more???) of the following pieces:
Chopin Etude op.10 no. 12 in c-
Chopin Etude op.25 no. 9 in Gb+
Schumann Novelletten no. 1 in F +
Rachmaninoff Prelude op.23 no. 4 in D+
Rachmaninoff Prelude op.32 no. 12 in g#-
Beethoven Sonata op.10 no.3 1st movement/4th movement(or all, but I'd rather it be just the first)
Scriabin Etude op. 42 no.4,5 or 7
Debussy Etude  Pour les Degrés chromatiques

I'd rather any duel be set one month before for preparations etc. as most of these I have to learn(or polish) so any time after Dec 10 is okay, but I'd like to be informed one month ahead.

[pianogeek_cz]

Chopin Etude op.25 no. 9 in Gb+

Dec 16?

[ilikepie]

Dec 16?

As sure as pie.

[franz_]

hob.49 in E flat major right? sure nov 18th

Me too, we're 3 now

[amelialw]

alright, let's do it

[kard]

lol darn...I'd duel Haydn Hob. 49 mvt. 3 (i still haven't started mvt. one yet..) but I have no recording stuff. 
The powers that be should arrange a more organized version of this ^^

[wotgoplunk]

Anyone still back at my level on here? 

[mcgillcomposer]

I've got a real toughy ... anyone want to duel with Bach's two-part invention in C major?

[ilikepie]

I've got a real toughy ... anyone want to duel with Bach's two-part invention in C major?

Randomly, I still find that piece hard...

[mcgillcomposer]

Randomly, I still find that piece hard...

I wasn't being sarcastic...it is hard. Kudos for admitting it though - most people wouldn't.

[wotgoplunk]

I'll do it!  =P

Did that three years ago, I wonder if it's still up to scratch.

[mcgillcomposer]

I'll do it!  =P

Did that three years ago, I wonder if it's still up to scratch.

Great - I am going to record it and post a video on Google videos. When do you want to do it for? My piano is beautifully out of tune  but I don't rly care as this is just for fun.

[wotgoplunk]

Shouldn't take long to get it back to where it was, so it's up to you.

[ilikepie]

I wasn't being sarcastic...it is hard. Kudos for admitting it though - most people wouldn't.

I know, you didn't seem like you were being sarcastic. I'm just saying even though I've played it like when I was half my current age, I still find it hard until now(not beethoven sonata hard, just annoying hard). I never was any good at Bach, no matter how "easy." Sure I'm up for it too. XD Tell me when it's due.
EDIT: Actually, scratch that. I don't think I'd wan to learn it ever again... T_T

[wotgoplunk]

My recording is ready, I made so many mistakes the first time learning it that I'm seemingly unable to fix them 

EDIT: Here it is, it's take two, and not as good as the first, but the first recording had no ornaments, and I suppose they are necessary.

It's nowhere near as good as mcgillcomposer's. 

I think when you learn a piece, you don't realise how many mistakes you made learning it the first time through until you go back. There's definitely way too many tempo fluctuations in mine.
 

[mcgillcomposer]

My recording is ready, I made so many mistakes the first time learning it that I'm seemingly unable to fix them 

Alright, my video is posted at Google videos:

https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8821336720048954817


Just a few notes (no pun intended):

- I wasn't sure of the rules that govern a piano duel, so I did not take any liberties in terms of editing the sound or doing several takes. This is take#1 (I sped up a bit near the end...grrr!!!) and no sound editing has been done.
- Sorry for the C quarter-tone flat major
- Sorry for the über bright sound...just had a very competent technician here on Friday...said my piano will take about $4000 worth of work (new hammers, voicing, regulation, tuning) to get it up to a respectable level

Anyway...enough of me blabbing...LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

[viking]

Does anyone want to learn the Prokofiev Toccata over christmas break?  Or a Ligeti etude?