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Post by schubertiad on Aug 22, 2006 21:50:18 GMT
I'm definitely taking the plunge on my grade 8, and have had a look at the AB syllabus, which i think has a better repertoire list than trinity. I was coincidentally just about to start the beethoven g major sonata (op.31 no.1) when i saw that it was on the syllabus. It seems awfully difficult for a grade 8 piece ( i would have expected it on the lower diploma at least), but i think it would make a good exam piece. What speed would you recommend? One edition i have has minim=80, which seems ludicrously fast, the other edition i have is edited by liszt, and gives crotcet=138. I don't have any recording of it (yet) so was just looking for some opinions. The only bit which i think could cause a few problems is the section after the walz, where the right hand plays semiquaver chords, which looks like a bit of a nightmare. Any comments/advice would be welcome.
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Post by Steve Hopwood on Aug 24, 2006 9:11:51 GMT
I would be perfectly happy for one of my grade 8 candidates to play this one. Tempi need to be appropriate to the grade expectations, so you are not expected to play it at the same speed as a top-flight soloist in a recital. I suggest about crotchet = 120 to allow all the notes to sound. Most of the movement is nothing like as difficult as it sounds. The most obviously difficult passages are those where both hands are playing samiquaver running passages, so a good tempo will allow you to articulate crisply; I suggest you base your performance speed on what you can achieve in these (and the extended passage from bar 136, especially).  |
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Post by schubertiad on Aug 24, 2006 15:20:21 GMT
Thanks for the (as always very helpful) advice, steve. I'm looking forward to getting stuck in, and won't get too hung up about the tempo for now. Hopefully i can post a recording on the site when it's in reasonable shape. p.s. i realised that i wrote about the 'waltz' section, which, being in 2/4, was obviously a mistake. i meant the bit with the jumping left hand chords. Those semiquavers following that little section seem like they will cause me the most grief, but we'll see.
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