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Topic: Ranking these pieces in difficulty  (Read 3167 times)

Offline charles coop

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Ranking these pieces in difficulty
on: July 04, 2020, 06:20:01 AM
How would you rank these works in increasing difficulty?
-Prokofiev Sonata 8
-Rachmaninov Sonata 2
-Scriabin Sonata 3
-Janacek Sonata "From the Street"
-Beethoven "Appasionnata"
-Mozart a-minor Sonata
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Offline dogcbt1

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Re: Ranking these pieces in difficulty
Reply #1 on: July 15, 2020, 12:37:38 AM
Obviously it depends on the pianist but anyway:
From least to most difficult:
Mozart Sonata A minor
Beethoven and Scriabin are about the same
Janacek Sonata
Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev are about the same
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Offline rachmaninoff_forever

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Re: Ranking these pieces in difficulty
Reply #2 on: July 16, 2020, 12:13:33 AM
I suck at Mozart so the a minor sonata would probably be the most difficult for me

Scriabin 3 is way harder than appassionata btw

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Re: Ranking these pieces in difficulty
Reply #3 on: July 16, 2020, 01:54:46 PM
Quote from: rachmaninoff_forever on July 16, 2020, 12:13:33 AM
I suck at Mozart so the a minor sonata would probably be the most difficult for me

Scriabin 3 is way harder than appassionata btw
truth. Both statemts . Preach.
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Offline cuberdrift

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Re: Ranking these pieces in difficulty
Reply #4 on: September 06, 2020, 11:40:33 AM
Quote from: rachmaninoff_forever on July 16, 2020, 12:13:33 AM
I suck at Mozart

Mozart is just pop music.

Once you got this in your head everything'll be easy.
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