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Topic: Trans Paganini Etude 6  (Read 1896 times)

Offline csano

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Trans Paganini Etude 6
on: July 24, 2012, 05:37:12 AM
I'm tackling this impossible piece along with tons of other pieces, so note that I won't have time to practice this piece for more than 20 min a day.

Practicing about 10 min a day on this piece, I've gotten through the theme, memorized the right hand for most of the variations, in a long 3 months.

Compared to the easy version of this, this version is definitely a lot harder, but I found that I absolutely love the transcendental version, compared to the grande version, especially on Var 2,4,6,8,9 and the end.

So, I've felt like it's impossible to play these variations: 1, 6, and 8
1) The chords always make me give errors, easily recognizable ones when played on tempo.
6) First of all, I can't even reach tenths on the left hand, but even assuming I did (I probably will because I'm still growing), I don't think I'll be able to play the left hand with accuracy.
8) The leaps on the white keys are really challenging, and the leaps for the right hand that spans about 2 octaves is simply devastating

So, any suggestions for those 3 variations?
Just as a reminder: This isn't the famous paganini etude no 6, on that, the variations I pointed out was really easy, it was sight - readable to a certain degree. This is the Transcendental Etudes After Paganini no.6 , the 1838 version. Sheet music can be found on this video:
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