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> Whats The Hardest Piece People Can Play?
Pianist53
post Jun 3 2006, 11:36 AM
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Hey Everyone,

I was just wondering what is the hardest piece everyone out there can play?

Mine would be Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor - Legend Piece.

Thanks, I look foward to hearing your hardest pieces!

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IrisH - LoonY
post Jun 3 2006, 01:07 PM
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Not that it really matters but for me

Piano - Debussy Sarabande from Pour le Piano, Schubert Impromptu No.4 in A flat from Op.90 and Rachmaninov Prelude in C# minor Op.3 No.2 (?)
Flute - Errr...Not a clue
Recorder - Various Telemann/Vivaldi sonatas
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sarah-flute
post Jun 3 2006, 04:05 PM
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Kinda depends how you're grading the pieces and what you mean by "play" - play well, or just about get one's fingers round?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) There is a BIG difference between playing the notes and actually being able to do a decent performance.
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crazy_purple_piano_freak
post Jun 3 2006, 05:36 PM
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QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Jun 3 2006, 05:05 PM) *
Kinda depends how you're grading the pieces and what you mean by "play" - play well, or just about get one's fingers round?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) There is a BIG difference between playing the notes and actually being able to do a decent performance.


I definitely agree...I'm living proof (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

Hardest pieces are probably my G8 exam pieces, esp Debussy's Arabesque 1.

Also Tchaikovsky's June (Barcarolle)



I don't actually value the hardest pieces I can play all that much. When asked to play stuff, I'd always much rather play a grade 4 or 5 standard 'pretty' piece (i.e. Hisaishi, Uematsu, Einaudi...) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

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bohemian
post Jun 3 2006, 10:21 PM
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Who cares? I wouldn't do any of my "hard" repertoire justice in performance anyway.
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Christian
post Jun 3 2006, 11:26 PM
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Well, if we're going to make a thread out of this, then let's say hardest piece that you would feel comfortable playing for someone. That way it is pretty well learned, but doesn't have to be "professional" status to count. Mine is piano: Pathetique - 1st movement. I have played it in public a few times but it still has slips throughout. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Rhoda
post Jun 3 2006, 11:57 PM
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Kitten on the Keys (Confrey). Beethoven is easy comapred to that!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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SuzyMac
post Jun 4 2006, 09:51 AM
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If the question was 'what is the highest-graded piece you wouldn't be ashamed to air in public?' then my answer would be Mendelssohn's Song Without Words (duetto).

If the question was 'what is the most famous "hard piece" that you can give a decent rendition of to a non-musical audience (e.g. the grandparents want to hear your latest 'thing')?' then my answer would be Beethoven, 1st movement from the Moonlight.

All depends on your definition of 'play' and your definition of 'hard'
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post Jun 4 2006, 10:51 AM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) *It's not the level of difficulties, but the level of interpretation* (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
You can play a dauntingly difficult piece but screw up entirely, on the other hand you can do a simple one and interpret it like the composer playing it....(a good composer though... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) )
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Patricia
post Jun 4 2006, 02:18 PM
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QUOTE(SuzyMac @ Jun 4 2006, 10:51 AM) *

If the question was 'what is the highest-graded piece you wouldn't be ashamed to air in public?' then my answer would be Mendelssohn's Song Without Words (duetto).



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I absolutely love this piece.
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meerkat
post Jun 4 2006, 02:32 PM
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Surely everything's hard until you can actually play it, at which point it becomes considerably less difficult?
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Pianist53
post Jun 4 2006, 06:10 PM
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I guess when I said 'hard', I meant the most technically difficult piece which you can play well. If you you cant play it well, you can't really say you can play it! lol

Also, I also asked because I noticed lots of people in the student section were Grade 8 or higher (Diploma etc) and I just wondered what you would value as your hardest piece seeing as you are so good!

In accordance to crazy_purple_piano_freak's reply, I love Einaudi! His music is so simple, yet so beautiful - Especially Nefeli and Nuvole Bianche! They are some of my favourite pieces and arent any harder than say, Grade 5 (Oh, and who are the other Japanese composers in that last section - one sounds familiar).

So I guess what I'm saying is - Simple music can easily be beautiful, so if you think I mean that a piece has to be hard to be liked, think again!!! lol

Have fun playing! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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Noodelz
post Jun 4 2006, 06:39 PM
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Einaudi can be a lot harder than it looks. Getting the notes right is pretty easy but it's very important to get the right tone.

Joe Hisaishi does the music to the Studio Ghibli films (Hayao Miyazaki and that) and Uematsu is a video games composer. He's most famous for doing the music to Final Fantasy.
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Pianist53
post Jun 4 2006, 06:46 PM
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QUOTE(Noodelz @ Jun 4 2006, 07:39 PM) *

Joe Hisaishi does the music to the Studio Ghibli films (Hayao Miyazaki and that) and Uematsu is a video games composer. He's most famous for doing the music to Final Fantasy.


Yes! I knew it! He composed a beautiful piece called To Zanarkand - That is a brilliant piece, I was playing it the other day. If I rememeber right his first name is Nobuo (I think!)

Thanx for that! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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Noodelz
post Jun 4 2006, 06:51 PM
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QUOTE(Pianist53 @ Jun 4 2006, 07:46 PM) *

If I rememeber right his first name is Nobuo (I think!)

Yep! He's a bit of a superstar in Japan.
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