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Offline chopinlover23

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Repertoire Staples (Not too Overplayed)
on: May 30, 2011, 03:31:09 PM
What are some repertoire staples that are familiar to the ear, but are not overplayed? Not too hard, just something manageable for an advanced amateur. Nothing for virtuoso please ;D

Offline pianisten1989

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Re: Repertoire Staples (Not too Overplayed)
Reply #1 on: May 30, 2011, 03:53:50 PM
yeah, you have to do a bit more effort than "advanced amateur". You should record some of your playing, or at least show us a repertoire list. I assume this is for the competition, so your teacher will know better than we will.

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Re: Repertoire Staples (Not too Overplayed)
Reply #2 on: June 01, 2011, 01:52:06 AM
Schubert Impromptus, Chopin Nocturnes
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats.
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Re: Repertoire Staples (Not too Overplayed)
Reply #3 on: June 01, 2011, 03:32:59 AM
Also debussy's arabesques, reverie, valse romantique? Albeniz's Tango Op 165, No 2? Tchaikovsky the seasons, 37b, there are a few very famous pieces here. Especially June. Beautiful too. These are all relatively easier 'staples', but are still played quite a large amount. Ravel's Pavane Pour Infante Defunte is another...Should the difficulty be up to grade 8, or possibly first level of diploma? It would be helpful to know ;D

Offline chopinlover23

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Re: Repertoire Staples (Not too Overplayed)
Reply #4 on: June 01, 2011, 10:54:27 AM
Um.. they should'nt be for diploma or more than Grade 8..

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Re: Repertoire Staples (Not too Overplayed)
Reply #5 on: June 01, 2011, 11:31:43 AM
How can you play Chopin op 10/2 and Gnomenreigen if you don't go above 8? :S

Offline chopinlover23

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Re: Repertoire Staples (Not too Overplayed)
Reply #6 on: June 02, 2011, 03:54:19 AM
My friend is asking me.... I showed her the pieces I could play, she said ''that's too hard''. So I asked in the forum if anybody knows some of them.

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Re: Repertoire Staples (Not too Overplayed)
Reply #7 on: June 04, 2011, 02:03:28 AM
Some of Shostakovich's P&F's.
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