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Topic: Liszt tarantella or b minor ballade  (Read 2294 times)

Offline the green piano man

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Liszt tarantella or b minor ballade
on: October 25, 2023, 07:01:22 AM
Im just curious which one is more difficult overall. Technically, musically
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Offline the_franzliszt

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Re: Liszt tarantella or b minor ballade
Reply #1 on: October 26, 2023, 02:58:30 PM
Liszt Tarantella technically wise is about the same difficulty as his Hungarian Rhapsody(according to most people), musically I feel it's a lot harder(or more intimidating) to play in front of a full audience then the B minor ballade. It's easy to make mistakes or skip runs with the Tarantella. Ballade in B minor on the other hand, is a lot more musical. Not saying that it's easy, but easier than the Tarantella. And to someone whose assigned a student this before, it honestly sounds better and is a lot easier to memorize.
Hope this helps :)

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Re: Liszt tarantella or b minor ballade
Reply #2 on: October 27, 2023, 04:27:06 AM
Thank you very much, it helps a lot!

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Re: Liszt tarantella or b minor ballade
Reply #3 on: October 28, 2023, 11:06:13 PM
I believe the B minor ballade is easier overall.

Offline piabanoch

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Re: Liszt tarantella or b minor ballade
Reply #4 on: November 08, 2023, 03:00:16 PM
i think the tarantella is much more difficult to play in public and there is much more music to read. The tarantella must be played at a really fast pace so i think on a scale 1 at 10 the tarantella would be a 8.5 and the ballade a 7.5
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