A couple of comments. Try practicing it with a metronome playing. I actually would recommend purchasing a digital one with headphones that you can stick in your ear. Get the tempo fixed in your mind's ear and that will help. Secondly, the last two bars are marked "Au mouvt" (movement) so should be a little faster, not slower. Keep going!
I'm 19, learning this song right now. It's so hard!!! Seriously! It's definitely fun to play, but for how easy it sounds, it is incredibly difficult (there is one part in particular that I just can't get!) Hopefully it will be worth it in the end!
i still haven't played this piece yet my teacher just gave it to me last week and i think its hard, but the hardest piece i have played is the flight of the bumblebee. which is harder? this one or the flightof the bumblebee, because if this one is harder i'll CRY!!! hahaha
Sorry to criticise but I played this for G7and loved it; there should be a much greater change in dynamic. Doesn't it start p/pp? The L.H. should be very quiet and it's a bit clunky and heavy. It says something like 'distant' - imagine a donkey trotting along far away. Also, it makes the sudden forte bits more effective, which you did really well. My fav part is 1:20-1:30 it would be loads better if you diminuendoed, so that the C you hold in R.H. really sings. I enjoyed this, takes me back :)
Very good, but a couple of times you sped up/slowed down when it should be the same, like at the very beginning and when you go into the 2nd 'section'. ( the bit after accented quavers
Sorry if I sounded a bit too critical, lol. It is one of the hardest pieces I ever played, and when you can play it it gives ya so much pleasure. I done it for my grade 7 music exam with the London College of Music and got an Honours(don't know how I did but I did). Not an easy piece at all. Where you from?
Critiscm is good, as long as you know what you're talking about (which you seem to). Yes, this song is hard, although when I picked it to play for the MMTA, I thought it was one of the easier choices; for me, the difficult part is keeping it memorized and the rhythm correct. How does the music grade system work? ie: what is a grade 7? I haven't used that system here in the USA.
With the London College of Music,you start at step 1,then step 2 and 3, then you move on to grade 1 all the way up to grade 8. Each grade increasingly harder and when you complete grade 8 you go on to do your Diploma. Typical grade 3 piece might be a Burree,grade 6 piece might be the Turkish Rondo,Diploma piece might be John Flields Noturne No.4 which turned me off playing the piano altogether,and so so so many scales,arpeggios,major/minor 3rd,inverse chromatics,ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Average performance, about 25-25 seconds before the end your left hand lagged behing your right for a bit. What's the story with very last note? Sound a bit off tune?
@acadia23 wow...I wonder if your kids survived this kind of negativity....in fact for everyone concerned, I hope you do not have children to ridicule and demoralize!
I am playing this song for solo ensamble class A this year!!!! this song is amasing!!!
swimmerr0304 2 weeks ago
Tiger Mother 's weapon of choice.
CHASV123456 5 months ago 6
A couple of comments. Try practicing it with a metronome playing. I actually would recommend purchasing a digital one with headphones that you can stick in your ear. Get the tempo fixed in your mind's ear and that will help. Secondly, the last two bars are marked "Au mouvt" (movement) so should be a little faster, not slower. Keep going!
CaptainCouchman 11 months ago
i hear some nails clicking
KMaMaa 11 months ago
I'm 19, learning this song right now. It's so hard!!! Seriously! It's definitely fun to play, but for how easy it sounds, it is incredibly difficult (there is one part in particular that I just can't get!) Hopefully it will be worth it in the end!
bekaboo212 11 months ago
Bravo...a wonderful job in a difficult song. Bravo!!
MrJohnmaciver 1 year ago
Tiger Mother Amy Chua sent me here.
evilfishytank 1 year ago 61
@evilfishytank Same!!!
stewartxie1 11 months ago
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@evilfishytank
SAME!!!
stewartxie1 11 months ago
0:00 restart button!!!!!!! (:
TeeTeeHayBay99 1 year ago
oh my godddddd memories! i used to love playing this at my gannies when i was little. great jos with the chords on the right hand!!!! :)
jackieatran 1 year ago
i still haven't played this piece yet my teacher just gave it to me last week and i think its hard, but the hardest piece i have played is the flight of the bumblebee. which is harder? this one or the flightof the bumblebee, because if this one is harder i'll CRY!!! hahaha
tikbalang11 2 years ago
I haven't actually played flight of the bumblebee myself, but I'd say this is easier. Not so ridiculously fast.
aflocka 2 years ago
@aflocka Flight of the Bumblebee is obviously harder.
hjklhjklhjkl2008 10 months ago
Sorry to criticise but I played this for G7and loved it; there should be a much greater change in dynamic. Doesn't it start p/pp? The L.H. should be very quiet and it's a bit clunky and heavy. It says something like 'distant' - imagine a donkey trotting along far away. Also, it makes the sudden forte bits more effective, which you did really well. My fav part is 1:20-1:30 it would be loads better if you diminuendoed, so that the C you hold in R.H. really sings. I enjoyed this, takes me back :)
ladysoul100 2 years ago
I finished second place with this piece, prettly easy to sight read. Basically everything's sharps. Those triples are hard isn't it?
lmlkokthl14916 2 years ago
Very good, but a couple of times you sped up/slowed down when it should be the same, like at the very beginning and when you go into the 2nd 'section'. ( the bit after accented quavers
bluepingu345 2 years ago
you should have won the contest....your awesome
johnnynoirman 2 years ago
kris this is insane
ephus56 2 years ago
i got to the honor's recital in level 4b and saw dillan perez play , the guy who won state last year
dfairbanks06 2 years ago
Sorry if I sounded a bit too critical, lol. It is one of the hardest pieces I ever played, and when you can play it it gives ya so much pleasure. I done it for my grade 7 music exam with the London College of Music and got an Honours(don't know how I did but I did). Not an easy piece at all. Where you from?
acadia23 3 years ago
Critiscm is good, as long as you know what you're talking about (which you seem to). Yes, this song is hard, although when I picked it to play for the MMTA, I thought it was one of the easier choices; for me, the difficult part is keeping it memorized and the rhythm correct. How does the music grade system work? ie: what is a grade 7? I haven't used that system here in the USA.
aflocka 3 years ago
With the London College of Music,you start at step 1,then step 2 and 3, then you move on to grade 1 all the way up to grade 8. Each grade increasingly harder and when you complete grade 8 you go on to do your Diploma. Typical grade 3 piece might be a Burree,grade 6 piece might be the Turkish Rondo,Diploma piece might be John Flields Noturne No.4 which turned me off playing the piano altogether,and so so so many scales,arpeggios,major/minor 3rd,inverse chromatics,ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
acadia23 3 years ago
Average performance, about 25-25 seconds before the end your left hand lagged behing your right for a bit. What's the story with very last note? Sound a bit off tune?
acadia23 3 years ago
Thanks for the critique. As for the last note, it doesn't sound off tune to me, but I think I should have played it much quieter.
I seem to have more difficulty playing well for a camera than for a live audience. Strange.
aflocka 3 years ago
@acadia23 wow...I wonder if your kids survived this kind of negativity....in fact for everyone concerned, I hope you do not have children to ridicule and demoralize!
MrJohnmaciver 1 year ago
sorry u didn't win the MMTA...i won it and had to sit through a two hour concert..
great job!
luxisufeili 3 years ago
Wow...man, that was incredible.
vinnygangsta 3 years ago