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Which of these two pieces is harder? (In your opinion)

Chopin - Etude op. 25 no. 6 (Double Thirds)
Rachmaninoff - Moment Musicaux no. 4

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Topic: Musical Madness! Round 1, match 12; it's not that hard, right?  (Read 3415 times)

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They can. I can handle the Moment Musical decently but not the thirds etude  >:(

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They can. I can handle the Moment Musical decently but not the thirds etude  >:(
The joke was that the etude doesn't look too hard on first glance, but the second you try it you break a finger.
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Both of these votes have been unanimous.
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