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Offline hodi

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Difficulty ranking, need help.
on: April 06, 2007, 11:56:31 PM
Could you please rank these pieces in order of difficulty?
i know that some are ridiculous easy compared to others.

Scriabin - Preludes Op.11 no.18 & 24, Etude Op.8/12,Mazurkas: Op.3 - no. 2 & 9

Brahms - Rhapsody in G minor

Debussy – Mazurka, Reverie

Grieg – Lyric Piece op.71/4

Medtner – Fairy Tales Op.20/1 & Op.26/1

Mendelssohn Variations Op.54

Rachmaninov – Prelude Op.23/2

Scarlatti  - Sonata K27

Beethoven -  Sonata no.17 'Tempest'

Franck - Prelude, fugue and variation op.18

Mozart - sonata in a minor k310

haydn - sonata no.33 in c minor

scriabin - sonata no.2 'sonata-fantasy'

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Re: Difficulty ranking, need help.
Reply #1 on: April 07, 2007, 12:13:18 AM
god, not another one of these threads. difficulty is very subjective. my suggestion would be to play through each piece and determine it for yourself, or ask your teacher.
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Offline cloches_de_geneve

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Re: Difficulty ranking, need help.
Reply #2 on: April 09, 2007, 08:04:58 AM
Good luck with Rach op. 23/2  :P
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Offline elevateme_returns

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Re: Difficulty ranking, need help.
Reply #3 on: April 09, 2007, 06:18:48 PM
start with the grieg, thats the easiest.
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