Deciding between these three.

[schwartzer]

Between Chopin's Scherzo no. 2, Chopin's 3rd ballade and the Heroic Polonaise, which one is the hardest?

Could you please put then in order from hardest to easiest?

[dima_76557]

Between Chopin's Scherzo no. 2, Chopin's 3rd ballade and the Heroic Polonaise, which one is the hardest?

Could you please put then in order from hardest to easiest?

I'm a bit confused. The title says 2 pieces but you mention 3...

Let me see:

Scherzo no.2 is Op.31.
Ballade no.3 is Op.47,
and the Heroic Polonaise is Op.53.

Here is a complete list of all of Chopin's works by opus number for your convenience. Try and decide for yourself (according to your personal strengths and weaknesses) which ones in between the ones mentioned are the easiest.

List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by opus number

[schwartzer]

Yea, I added the Heroic Polonaise after the post was created. Just changed it.

I don't really need he opus number, I know most of them. Chopin is my favorite piano composer. I'm asking which one is the hardest and the easiest.

[dima_76557]

I'm asking which one is the hardest and the easiest.

I know what you are asking. I am just wondering why you are doing that when virtually everybody here is already fed up with that kind of questions.

Judging from your previous posts, you are already familiar with the rankings for piano pieces, so you should be able to find the FORMAL answer really easily.

But formal rankings are not good enough to really find out what makes or breaks a piece. You *have to* try the pieces yourself to know. The polonaise, for example, came natural to me, but I still don't know what to do with the ballade.

[schwartzer]

Perhaps. I was just looking for some opinions.

But I'll try them all out. I'll start with the scherzo first. Not many difficult passages compared to the ending of the third ballade or the octaves part of the Polonaise.

Thanks for your input.