Difficulty of Brahms/Joachim Hungarian Dances
Hey everyone! In a previous thread, I was deciding between playing the Haydn C Major and the Bach E Major concerto. I decided on the Haydn and am playing that for a competition next January.
I was thinking of what to play after that (I know it's a long way off, but I like thinking about repertoire), and one thing that came to my mind was the Joachim arrangements of the Brahms Hungarian Dances. Difficulty-wise, would they be appropriate to play after the Haydn C Major concerto?
Thanks. Oh, and any other repertoire ideas would be welcome. I will, of course, discuss any ideas with my teacher.
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Upon first viewing, the notes don't look too hard, however if you try to learn it in depth, the rhythm, the clarity in string crossings, and keeping the original tempo throughout might prove to be much more difficult than it looks.
Anyway, what's learning violin without challenge?? :) I'd say go for it!! They're a bunch of fun little pieces that a majority of people heard before, so they might be great to play in front of your friends, etc...
-Peter
I would vote for 1 and 4 as maximizing the 'ease of play to enjoyable to listen to' ratio. Tom
Okay, I'm thinking about it. They look hard, but they look fun. :)
What does everyone think of the Bartok Roumanian Folk Dances as compared to the Brahms Hungarian Dances? I assume the Bartok is not quite as difficult, right?
Greetings,
well, part of the difficulty lies on not having your Bartok sound like Brahms......
Cheer,s
buri
The trouble is, they want to be played as if they were easy, and that's pretty difficult. And they're miniatures: you get no second chance.
They are on my list of Things I Should Be Able to Play But For Some Reason Cannot.
Try the arrengements of Hubay of 10 dances. They are easier than Joachim's
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June 11, 2010 at 03:40 AM ·
They're quite hard, more so than they sound.
However, so is Haydn C major, and they share some problems of upper-position awkward finger patterns and nasty string crossings. So, if you like them, go for it!