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Topic: Hardest French Suite?  (Read 1594 times)

Offline williampiano

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Hardest French Suite?
on: August 25, 2012, 08:55:54 PM
My teacher has suggested that I learn a French Suite by Bach next (which I'm most likely going to learn all the movements of). She said I can choose which one I want to do, so that's why I'm here. I'm interested in challenging myself a little bit, so which one would you say is the most technically difficult? I've already learned a few parts from Suite no. 5 so I'm probably not going to do that one. Let me know which you think is the hardest out of the others.

Offline m1469

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Re: Hardest French Suite?
Reply #1 on: August 25, 2012, 10:05:32 PM
I don't know what is the most tricky, but I know that I like the third one the best kind of by far - I enjoy every movement.  I'm not terribly in love with the others (though perhaps they'd grow on me) and that would make those trickier already!
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Offline j_menz

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Re: Hardest French Suite?
Reply #2 on: August 26, 2012, 11:49:17 PM
I think that they're all pretty much of a muchness when it comes to difficulty. Pick one you like.
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Re: Hardest French Suite?
Reply #3 on: August 30, 2012, 02:56:24 PM
I played French Suite No. 5.  The Gigue is pretty cool.

I haven't played them all so I couldn't tell you which one is the hardest.  But 5 was hard.. not impossible.  But definitely a challenge.
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