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Topic: What piece should I learn first?  (Read 1416 times)

Offline presto agitato

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What piece should I learn first?
on: January 22, 2010, 03:44:49 AM
Hello friends i have six months and i need to learn these pieces:

1.- Bach - Rondeaux from partita BWV 8262
2. - Chopin - Etude Op 10-4
3. - Brahms - Capriccio Op 116-1

As you can see, three very different and difficult pieces.

Bach´s is about conterpoint and very good use of dynamics and melodic lines in both hands.

Chopin´s is about speed and precision.

Brahms´s is about chords and octaves

Which one should i learn first?

PD I practice two hours per day.

Thanks
The masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the cocomposer what he ought to have composed.

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Offline berniano

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Re: What piece should I learn first?
Reply #1 on: January 22, 2010, 04:06:06 AM
Bach helps with everything else eventually, so................? I would consider what happens to be you current greatest technical dificiency in light of choosing repertoire, and also consult your teacher.

Offline nanabush

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Re: What piece should I learn first?
Reply #2 on: January 22, 2010, 06:50:22 AM
Bach for sure.

The Capriccio has octaves and probably some difficult voicing, but the Chopin is probably the most beastly of those 3. 

Some people like playing easiest->hardest, but I'd be a little less stressed starting the more difficult one a bit earlier. 

What about working more than one at a time?
Interested in discussing:

-Prokofiev Toccata
-Scriabin Sonata 2
 

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