Song difficulty and source
Hey,
After hearing to some fancy music on YouTube, I came up with a list of fancy music that I would like to play eventually and I would like to sort them by difficulty.
Green Pastures - Phuong Medley
Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor, BWV 1041, 1st movement - Bach
Zigeunerweisen (Aires Gitanos) – Sarasate
The Four Seasons – Vivaldi
Devil’s Thrill - Tartini
24 Caprices - Paganini
I'm imagining the 24 Caprices to be the last thing (there's a lot of talk of how difficulty they are) but, I'm not sure where everything else lies.
Also, does anyone know where to get the music sheet for the last 3 pieces? Apparently, there's not a commercial version for Green pastures and I was able to find Bach and Sarasate but, I could not find the others. Well, I did find the four seasons but, it seemed WAY to short for a 40 minute concerto.
:D
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Green Pastures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOtkYRsUl8o
Pretty sad song that's kinda become a YouTube meme at this point. Does sound pretty nice though.
"most difficult pieces from violin repertoire, requiring years of study to get the technique for them"
Yeah, I figured. I have some easy-ish songs in my to-do list and I put the classical ones in last since I figured from listening to them that they were very complicated.
Bach violin concerto #1 in a minor is an intermediate level piece, very far from one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire.
Four Seasons and Devil's Trill are harder but are within reach of a solid high school or college student or conservory-track middle schooler.
The difficulty of the Paganini caprices varies from the simply hard to the nearly unplayable.
Fourth movement of Devil's Trill, with its unisons and double-trills, is very hard for anyone who doesn't have big hands. The rest of it is pretty straightforward though.
- "Well, I did find the four summers but, it seemed WAY to short for a 40 minute concerto."
Assuming you meant seasons and not summers. Were you listening to all 4 seasons in one sitting? They're separate concertos (Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter) that takes approx. 40 minutes give or take to perform all of them.
Hey, man. Don't be discouraged about choosing difficult pieces.
Eventually, I'm going to play Der Erlkonig. ;)
@Javi
Hell yeah. I don't know how far I'll get playing these pieces (and the violin in general) but, I'm setting my sights high and fir going for it.
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May 3, 2017 at 08:08 AM · Well, I never heard of Green Pastures, the rest are among the most difficult pieces from violin repertoire, requiring years of study to get the technique for them, you may forget about them now. The most accessible is Vivaldi, Summer or Spring (possibly arrangements as well). You may be spoilt for choice which edition to choose from The Four Seasons, Op. 8 (Vivaldi, Antonio)(editions) .