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Topic: Mephisto Waltz VS El Contrabandista  (Read 2092 times)

Offline gregoireabadie1

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Mephisto Waltz VS El Contrabandista
on: July 04, 2020, 03:13:51 PM
Hello everyone,

I was wondering which of these pieces is the most difficult : Mephisto Waltz or El Contrabandista ? Thank you !  :)
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Offline lowk-_-y

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Re: Mephisto Waltz VS El Contrabandista
Reply #1 on: August 07, 2020, 01:35:42 AM
I think the question should be: Which of these pieces is most difficult for you. They both present lots of potential technical/musical problems. It depends on what your strengths and weaknesses are, which most likely only you or your teacher knows.

Not very helpful I know but the question wasn't exactly Winter Wind vs Tristesse.

With that said El Contrabandista does rank more difficult on this list:

https://www.reddit.com/r/piano/comments/i1t09y/guide_to_liszt_pieces_by_difficulty/

Offline cuberdrift

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Re: Mephisto Waltz VS El Contrabandista
Reply #2 on: September 06, 2020, 04:03:04 AM
Hello everyone,

I was wondering which of these pieces is the most difficult : Mephisto Waltz or El Contrabandista ? Thank you !  :)

As I previously commented, you ought to consider creating your own showy arrangement of something like "Despacito" instead of studying El Contrabandista. The point of it was to titillate Spanish audiences with songs they knew so you're guaranteed to have some popular appeal the same way if you did that.
 

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