The Little White Donkey - Jacques Ibert

This is a fun song to play and to listen to (well, I think so :-). I played it for the 2008 MMTA Piano Contest, becoming a finalist. However, I did not win at the state level.

Performed by Kristofor Gieske.

Enjoy! Please rate and leave comments.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• Jacques
• Ibert
• Kristofor
• Gieske
• piano
• solo
• performance
• MMTA
• contest

[tikbalang11]

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

[aflocka]

I haven't actually played flight of the bumblebee myself, but I'd say this is easier. Not so ridiculously fast.

[acadia23]

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?

[aflocka]

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.

[acadia23]

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?

[aflocka]

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.

[evilfishytank]

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[swimmerr0304]

I am playing this song for solo ensamble class A this year!!!! this song is amasing!!!

[hjklhjklhjkl2008]

@aflocka Flight of the Bumblebee is obviously harder.

[CaptainCouchman]

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!

[KMaMaa]

i hear some nails clicking

[stewartxie1]

@evilfishytank Same!!!



[bekaboo212]

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!

[MrJohnmaciver]

Bravo...a wonderful job in a difficult song. Bravo!!

[MrJohnmaciver]

@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!