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thalbergmad

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Barrett's Tract or Fur Elise

on: February 17, 2014, 10:29:26 AM

What is the mostest difficult of de above songs as I want to impress my teacher at next lesson??

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Bob

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Re: Barrett's Tract or Fur Elise

Reply #1 on: February 17, 2014, 12:32:47 PM

You need to get a second teacher. Most world class pianists have two teachers.

Before you even think of working on either of those pieces, you need to work on some Hanon too. With two teachers.

Check on youtube for a video of how to play those without reading the music. I'm thinking of Barrett's Tract. I haven't heard of this Fur Elise piece.

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Re: Barrett's Tract or Fur Elise

Reply #2 on: February 17, 2014, 01:14:12 PM

You might want to think about Plinkmaninoff's Variations on a concerto by Schumann. I've heard variation 431 is a blast to play.

It sounds awfully similar to Phist von Kluster's Chaconne on a whimpering A minor fragment. If you are good with chords and the requirement for three and five-sixteenth hands this may be the piece for you.

What is a Fur Elise?

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Re: Barrett's Tract or Fur Elise

Reply #3 on: February 17, 2014, 09:36:23 PM

Quote from: quantum on February 17, 2014, 01:14:12 PM

What is a Fur Elise?

Some sort of beauty cream apparently:

Not sure if that would impress a teacher so much as terrify them.

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Re: Barrett's Tract or Fur Elise

Reply #4 on: February 18, 2014, 05:45:31 AM

Quote from: j_menz on February 17, 2014, 09:36:23 PM

Some sort of beauty cream apparently:

Obviously Thal does not need any of that, being as handsome as he is...

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Re: Barrett's Tract or Fur Elise

Reply #5 on: February 18, 2014, 07:41:17 AM

The massive long pause between parts I & II of Tract is a real killer to play, so it might just be that this is the harder of the two.

You should pick your teachers carefully, though (Bob's suggestion of two is a wise one); maybe Valentina Grimaud and Hélène Lisitsa...

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Alistair

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