also i am doing hanons exercises.
I am an amateur and can play it, so it can't be that hard.
Not terribly hard....hmmmm, strike that!Terribly hard for those who are on the threshhold of mastering the technical requirements.Impossible for those who have not mastered the technical requirements. This piece is about grade 15. Take it on when you reach grade 14.
I learned the revolutionary etude after about a year and a half of teaching myself and it turned out okay; in fact for some reason I found it to be one of the easier etudes for me. Does this mean I would recommend anyone else to do it? No. Does this mean I would do it again myself if I could go back knowing what I know now? No.
For the scariest performance of it ever, check Richter's version on YouTube -
Teachers don't like surprises, especially if you cripple yourself attempting to play it.Wait until you are grade 8.Thal
I wonder if silly nicknames are now supplanting the prosaic opus numbers in popular usage. (Until recently, I had never encountered the recently-coined ones outside of Wikipedia. Who in the world decided on the likes of "Sunshine" or "Cartwheel"? And why?) Call me old-fashioned, but I don't understand the usefulness or the appeal.