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Tuesday, June 6. 2017

A piano piece that gets harder and harder every 30 seconds.

La Campanella by Franz Liszt is considered one of the most difficult piano pieces. This piece is like an acid trip.



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I took piano as a child/teen. I never was great, but I got pretty good at some stuff. Easy, probably, by any stretch of the imagination. I would always look at a new piece before I'd play it. If it had more than 3 sharps or 3 flats, I was out of there. LOL.

Probably because my musical brain had not achieved the next level of skill.

This piece is dizzyingly difficult...and she plays it all by heart, which is even more impressive. WOW!
#1 MissT on 2017-06-06 16:33 (Reply)
Some of those passages probably took weeks for this pianist to "tighten up". That said, I would think memorizing the piece would be equally difficult.
Most excellent..............
#2 I.......... on 2017-06-06 20:18 (Reply)
Watch the movie 'Shine' if you haven't. This song is featured.
#3 Ray on 2017-06-06 21:42 (Reply)
The teenage Gary Graffman divided young women into two types: the ones who responded to La Campanella and those who preferred the Rachmaninoff prelude in C sharp minor.
#4 chuck on 2017-06-06 22:24 (Reply)
I am in the Rachmaninoff camp. As for playing 3 and 4 sharp/flat songs: D flat is easiest because the fingers don't have to stretch. Having small hands can be a challenge, but I can at least play through the prelude in c sharp minor without hurting myself!
#5 Jewel on 2017-06-06 22:59 (Reply)
Thank you so much !
#6 faculty wife on 2017-06-07 00:13 (Reply)

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