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Which of these two pieces is harder?

Chopin - Op. 53 in Ab Major (Heroic Polonaise)
1 (16.7%)
Schumann - Op. 7 Toccata in C Major
5 (83.3%)

Total Members Voted: 6

Voting closed: March 10, 2024, 03:44:07 PM

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Musical Madness! Round 1, match 3; Cast your vote!
on: March 08, 2024, 03:44:07 PM
Round 1-2 has come to a conclusion, and so we move on to match 3. Vote for which song you think is harder!

Heroic Polonaise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW0Y3M4EJ4M
Op. 7 Toccata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYWPhVizpZ8

Bracket:


Also, so this tournament will be completed faster, I've decided to do 2 matches at a time. Both matches close at noon (US Eastern time) on March 10.
Link to round 1-4: https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=70771.0
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Re: Musical Madness! Round 1, match 3; Cast your vote!
Reply #1 on: March 10, 2024, 02:15:19 AM
I just realized I messed up on the end time for both rounds 1-3 and 1-4; they should've been ~5 pm, not 3. Apologies for the error, I'll try to have that fixed for the rest of the matches.
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Re: Musical Madness! Round 1, match 3; Cast your vote!
Reply #2 on: March 10, 2024, 02:48:09 AM
I voted for the polonaise because I never heard or saw the Schumann. Apparantly I'm in the minority...
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Re: Musical Madness! Round 1, match 3; Cast your vote!
Reply #3 on: March 10, 2024, 02:54:56 AM
I attached links to videos of people playing the pieces in the OP. You could've clicked the link or looked it up.
Once again, I ask that if someone doesn't know/isn't familiar with a piece, that they please watch a video of someone playing it so they can make a vote that is accurate to their opinions. :)
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Re: Musical Madness! Round 1, match 3; Cast your vote!
Reply #4 on: March 10, 2024, 02:58:27 AM
I realised that when I went to look at the other vote 😭
As I mentioned in last post wins, I'm really dumb 😭
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