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Virtuoso pianists: prove your worthyness!

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I wrote this peice in the summer. I worked out the fingering for all of the parts separately, not together, and now I have forgotten how to play most of it.. I was able play most of it in sections, but the dilemma is the last 10 measure waltz- I'm doubting that my hands are worked up enough for that.. I was wondering if one of you accomplished pianists could be so kind to speculate whether you would be able to play that last part if you worked at it long enough.......:hmmm:

Etude No.1.MUS

Finale 2005a - [Etude No new new new.pdf

Etude No.MID

I'm not a virtuoso (nor even a good pianist), but the last 10 bars certainly look playable.

By the way, by 'worthyness' you mean 'worth'.

I don't see what makes you think it too difficult

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Thank you Dan.. and yes, that is what I ment, thank you for letting me know..haha. As for 'wayne-scales,' I felt the connection from the the 4-4 to 6-8 (not the time change itself, but the notes ofcourse) in the right hand could prove to be difficult.. especially with the momentary 3rd voice.. I also thought that maybe the leaps to & from the chords in the left hand might be hard to put together with the right hand..

It doesn't seem too difficult, and I'm almost certainly sure it's play-able

I think the most difficult think would be for someone to try to figure out how to play a rhythm of two 16th followed by an eighth note in the right hand while trying to play and even triplet in the other like in meas. 28 and 29....

I am not at a piano at the moment, but this piece *looks* much more difficult to play than it really would be to play; more difficult to read at first.

From a teacher-student perspective this would fit into an early-advanced (maybe borderline advanced) category, but I wouldn't put it in a virtuosic category in the general scope of piano repertoire. There are a few measures here in there that would be tough, but then you would end up with agogic accents at those pionts in getting from one range to another, which wouldn't be a bad thing.

Is "worthyness" similar to truthiness? :P

As for the piece itself, it was quite reasonably playable. The right hand jump at measure 41 is not a problem, as the C# and A at the fifth beat can be taken with the left hand, leaving only the single E for the right. :)

It is playable, but I HATE the triplets in the bass. Darn!

For the rest of the piece, it is a challange. But not unplayable. With some practise it can be done. However, I would like to hear YOU play it!

Pieter Smal

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