La campanella vs Islamey difficulty

[lisztomania]

Hey guys, new to the forum. vI know Islamey is generally thought of as harder, but how big is the difference?

[j_menz]

Thirteen cubits and a peck.

[dima_76557]

I know Islamey is generally thought of as harder, but how big is the difference?

HARDER - HARD = ER, which suggests that immediate medical care may be required if not tackled properly.

[classicalnhiphop]

la campanellas like an 8.5 outta 10 and islamey is prolly 9.3 or something idk both hard, islamey is just harder in general

[lisztomania]

could u rate things like HR2, scarbo, and maybe Fantasie impromptu

[classicalnhiphop]

lol, ok, um HR2 is like 7.5 (really not hard, just fast), scarbo 9.7, FI 5
keep in mind that something like the entire rach 3 or prok 2, or entire gaspard de la nuit would prolly be a 10/10

[dima_76557]

@ classicalnhiphop

I heard that's all just numer-illogical superstitions. Better be careful though!

[hellsing6661]

How did you compute the decimal fraction of difficulty of them?! As the matter of fact, Islamey has more pianistic problems than La campanella, and it's much longer - thus I think it is harder to play. And for the rest of pieces - it is not as easy to segregate as you think - it depends on someone's  technical abilities, musicality and so on. Some may say, that Hungarian Rhapsody no.2 may be easier than La campanella and vice versa. However, Scarbo is the hardest piece in the set you gave

[piano1mn]

Fantasie Impromptu is not hard, just handle the rhythm, make it pretty, and master it, you're done.
Islamey= Level 99/100
La Campanella= Level 67/100

[david456103]

both are really hard. I would say la campanella is an 8.5/10, islamey and scarbo are comparable in terms of difficulty, i would say probably a 9.8/10, HR 2 around a 7.5/10, FI around a 5/10

[symphonicdance]

UK exam syllabus :

Balakirev Islamey - Fellowship diploma

Ravel Gaspard de la nuit (complete) - Fellowship diploma

Any of Liszt Concert Etudes, Paganini Etudes, Hungarian Rhapsodies - Licentitate diploma

Chopin Fantasie Impromptu - Associate diploma