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Hi guys 😊. Yeah, it's that guy that start with Spanish Rhapsody as beginner. Can I play this piece (requiem) in easy way not Liszt way but... And what I need to improve? I think have again stiff hands...
Hey Max The beginning sounds good— but the camera angle and distance from your hands makes any comment about tension difficult. Depending on how long these measures took for you to learn, you can carry on or play an easier version. Any choice will be an arrangement as it was not written for piano — so don’t worry about authenticity.
"Music, rich, full of feeling, not soulless, is like a crystal on which the sun falls and brings forth from it a whole rainbow" - F. Chopin "I never dreamt with my own two hands I could touch the sky" - Sappho
You have tense hands, as you say. You seem to hold your non-playing fingers in position sometimes. Your seating position gives me backache just looking at it! 😳 I'm a reformed low-sitter. 😀😀😀
Actually, I knew that I am not sitting straight. I thought that it's kinda performance, because it is a requiem
Uh, no - please don’t 🙄 If you want a performance posture for a requiem, you would need to lie down on the bench and reach your hands up to the keyboard
"Music, rich, full of feeling, not soulless, is like a crystal on which the sun falls and brings forth from it a whole rainbow" - F. Chopin "I never dreamt with my own two hands I could touch the sky" - Sappho
You can try the version by Saltykov, I like it more than Liszt or Thalberg, and I think it is a little easier. Still you will have to do the big chords all the way. Saltykov was the husband of Maria Yudina I read somewhere. She plays the version here:
I found the sheetmusic somewhere on ineternet, I dont remember where.
It doesn’t get any darker than this, it is beautiful, but absolutely terrifying. For performance, I can imagine playing it on the sinking Titanic or something like that. Otherwise, just stick to your headphones and do your family a favor (well, that is what I do with it at least).
"I don't play accurately - anyone can play accurately - but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life."
