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Relative difficulty of these Rachmaninoff preludes?
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Topic: Relative difficulty of these Rachmaninoff preludes?
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azbroolah
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Relative difficulty of these Rachmaninoff preludes?
on: August 29, 2015, 02:44:45 AM
Having only seriously played the c# minor and sort-of played the D major, I'm interested in learning more of the preludes. I like listening to Op 23 no 2 (B flat major), Op 23 no 6 (E flat major), Op 23 no 9 (E flat minor), Op 32 no 3 (E major), and Op 32 no 13 (D flat major, my absolute favorite). Would I be correct in my intuition that the Db major, Bb major, and Eb minor are more difficult than the others? I know none of them is easy besides perhaps the c# minor, so.
I'm particularly interested in the Db major and the E major.
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chopinlover01
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Re: Relative difficulty of these Rachmaninoff preludes?
Reply #1 on: August 29, 2015, 03:10:55 AM
C# minor and D major are IMO the easiest of the preludes that I've played through (which is not all of them but a few of them, so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt).
The e flat major isn't too bad. Definitely not something to underestimate though.
E flat minor is quite difficult. Even if you take it at a fairly moderate presto.
Don't have experience with the other two.
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diomedes
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Re: Relative difficulty of these Rachmaninoff preludes?
Reply #2 on: August 29, 2015, 11:40:43 AM
If you want to learn them, possibly the E flat and E major might be ok given your experience. If you're looking to perform them, maybe the E flat. Unfortunately, the Rachmaninov preludes require very mature pianism. The e flat minor is quite a bit of a terror.
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