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Topic: The Rach 3 First Movement. Am I ready? (Read 1493 times)

xiuber

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The Rach 3 First Movement. Am I ready?

on: September 16, 2013, 02:53:20 PM

Hi guys, a Grade 8 student here, I just finished playing the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 and would like to start on the 1st Movement of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 3. Am I ready? If it helps, I have played his Prelude in G Minor Op. 23, No. 5 and his Prelude in C-sharp minor Op. 3, No. 2,

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Re: The Rach 3 First Movement. Am I ready?

Reply #1 on: September 16, 2013, 09:35:33 PM

Way to go on completing the rhapsody!
His concerti are much more complex than his preludes, and are definitely harder than the second rhapsody. I think you should wait with learning the concerto.

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Re: The Rach 3 First Movement. Am I ready?

Reply #2 on: September 16, 2013, 11:15:30 PM

You are absolutely 100% not ready.

If you were ready, you wouldn't have to start a thread asking people if you were ready.

Don't waste your precious youth trying to fight a grizzly bear with a butter knife.

We all know who is going to come out on top in that fight....

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rachmaninoff_forever

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Re: The Rach 3 First Movement. Am I ready?

Reply #3 on: September 17, 2013, 02:03:09 AM

Nah

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Re: The Rach 3 First Movement. Am I ready?

Reply #4 on: September 17, 2013, 03:39:02 AM

Quote from: awesom_o on September 16, 2013, 11:15:30 PM

Don't waste your precious youth trying to fight a grizzly bear with a butter knife.

We all know who is going to come out on top in that fight....

https://www.wikihow.com/Escape-from-a-Bear

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