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danielsmith

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Paganini Etude

on: October 24, 2009, 08:31:51 PM

Franz Liszt - Paganini Etudes :
Etude 6, no 6

How should I go about learning this one?

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nanabush

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Re: Paganini Etude

Reply #1 on: October 25, 2009, 04:19:07 AM

lol.

What other stuff have you recently played?

Look at the theme, and possibly the first variation; try hands alone, then see how well you can put them together.

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ara9100

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Re: Paganini Etude

Reply #2 on: October 25, 2009, 05:30:04 AM

I have know idea about how good you are. But to play this you should have ad least played quite a few of liszts other etudes, this is one of the more difficult ones. if you post your past and current repertoir it would be good. You would probably have to study a couple of other etudes specialising on some of the technique used in this etude. But this is a really fun piece to play

Good luck

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antichrist

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Re: Paganini Etude

Reply #3 on: October 25, 2009, 09:33:51 AM

if you can play un sospiro

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nanabush

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Reply #4 on: October 25, 2009, 02:51:48 PM

Un Sospiro among others...

There's alot more hand/finger independence in this one. The triplet arpeggios coming down in the right hand, with the theme in 16ths are killer, in one of the early variations.

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gyzzzmo

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Reply #5 on: October 25, 2009, 03:45:26 PM

Not much point in giving general advices here, or say stuff like 'if you can play un sospiro'.
This etudes requires a wide range of decent techniques since the variations each have different difficulties.
Im just curious though if someone conciders playing this etude, why is he asking about how to learn this one.... Its a concert etude afterall. Maybe you should play some easier stuff first, learn how to learn, learn how to play. If you start pieces like this you should already have passed that stage.

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richard black

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Reply #6 on: October 25, 2009, 04:08:56 PM

I hate to sound as if I'm trying to be superior, but really it's pretty much true that if you have to ask that sort of question it indicates very clearly that you should not be tackling the piece with any seriousness yet.

That said, the obvious straight answer is 'slowly'.

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danielsmith

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Reply #7 on: October 27, 2009, 05:28:37 AM

wow, lot of replies, and i just looked away for a few days.

To answer your questions, I have played a few liszt etudes before (not to mention a lot of other pieces by various artists and parts of other the paganini etudes). I was just kind of curious about the fingering and parts with the 3's on 4'sand stuff (it was coming out kind of muddy with me).

I appriciate all your responces

I am currently working on:
Paganini etude 6
Chopin sonata 2
Chopin polonaise op 53
rachmaninoff prelude in g minor op 23 n 5
Los Colches de Geneve (the origonal version) -Liszt (kinda)

Thanks again everyone

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mike_lang

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Reply #8 on: October 29, 2009, 12:51:43 AM

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jbmorel78

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Reply #9 on: October 29, 2009, 01:52:20 AM

Quote from: danielsmith on October 24, 2009, 08:31:51 PM

Franz Liszt - Paganini Etudes :
Etude 6, no 6

How should I go about learning this one?

Section by section, with great attention to musical details, and with complete physical freedom...

Very Best,

Jean-Baptiste Morel

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