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Topic: Easy Pieces questions  (Read 1471 times)

Offline chopinlover23

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Easy Pieces questions
on: May 04, 2011, 02:52:13 PM
Hey I wanted to ask what is the easiest or most manageable....

Beethoven Sonata/s
Chopin Nocturne/s
Liszt Etude/s
Chopin Waltz/es
Chopin Mazuka/s
Piece from Prole do Bebe no. 1

THANKS =D

Offline reelypiano

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Re: Easy Pieces questions
Reply #1 on: May 05, 2011, 07:33:41 PM
Hey!

This is, of course, subjective. Assuming the Liszt études in question are the transcendental études, or any collection of études he wrote, I'd definitely place them at the most difficult end, closely followed by Beethoven sonatas (if referring to all 32). Don't know the piece from Prole do Bebe, but regarding the Chopins, there are technically easy nocturnes, technically easy waltzes and technically easy mazurkas. That said, I'd nevertheless place the mazurkas a notch above the others, as they're quite challenging musically.

Hope this helps! If not, feel free to ask again.
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Offline mlbbaseball

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Re: Easy Pieces questions
Reply #2 on: May 06, 2011, 10:17:36 PM
Easiest

Chopin Waltzes
Chopin Mazurkas
Chopin Nocturnes
Piece from Prole do Bebe no. 1
Beethoven Sonatas
Liszt Etudes


Hardest

The Etudes and Sonatas are interchangable based on which sonata and which etude.
For example, Feux Follets is much harder than Sonatas op. 49, but Hammerklavier is harder than, say, Un Sospiro.


Bach: Toccata BWV 914
Beethoven: Sonata op. 57
Liszt: HR 12
Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12
Prokofiev: Suggestion Diabolique
Liszt: La Campanella
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 18
 

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