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Which is your favorite?

Etude op. 104b no. 1
2 (66.7%)
Etude op. 104b no. 2
0 (0%)
Etude op. 104b no. 3
1 (33.3%)
F minor etude (no opus #)
0 (0%)

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Topic: Mendelssohn etudes: favorite and hardest?  (Read 2241 times)

Offline liszt-and-the-galops

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Mendelssohn etudes: favorite and hardest?
on: May 30, 2024, 03:14:15 AM
Title.

IMO
Favorite        no. 1, F minor, no. 2, no. 3      Least favorite
Hardest        no. 2, no. 1, F minor, no. 3      Easiest
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Re: Mendelssohn etudes: favorite and hardest?
Reply #1 on: May 30, 2024, 06:22:50 AM
I've never played them so I couldn't say which is the hardest but no.3 was always my favourite.
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Re: Mendelssohn etudes: favorite and hardest?
Reply #2 on: June 08, 2024, 04:51:09 AM
Favorite to least favorite: 1, F Minor, 3, 2
Hardest to easiest: 1, 2, F Minor, 3

All of them seem at similar difficulty/quality so it's hard to rank.
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Re: Mendelssohn etudes: favorite and hardest?
Reply #3 on: June 10, 2024, 02:42:00 PM
Quote from: transitional on June 08, 2024, 04:51:09 AM
All of them seem at similar difficulty/quality so it's hard to rank.
True. 1 & 2 are pretty close in difficulty and 1 & F Minor are really close in how good they are (IMO).
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Re: Mendelssohn etudes: favorite and hardest?
Reply #4 on: June 11, 2024, 10:08:56 PM
Not too familiar with his etudes. but Op. 104 No. 6 in A Minor is pretty awesome!
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