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bro commented about that 1 year after the performance

The tempo should not rise much past this point. 120 BPM is enough and allows the greatest amount of musical expression; Huang Yi-Chung plays it much too fast and rushed.

Wow, the composer himself commented!

Also the one that I played the best here. Looking back I am almost appalled at how badly I played the S.139 lmao

Nowhere close to "most difficult". Spanish Fantasy is like 10x harder than this lmao

@@zswu31416 Is it? I guess I didn’t look closely enough

@@loganm2924 If you need proof just look at this video... Do you really think I can conquer the hardest original Liszt work just like that? This is recorded in 1 take by the way, so basically a live recording. I'm not even "fighting for my life" (as is the case when I play Le Preux). I believe the reason why this piece is regarded as so difficult is because both live performances on youtube are quite mediocre. But after learning the piece I am simply baffled at why these professional pianists did so badly (perhaps they didn't get enough practice time?). As you can see, in many sections (0:15, 2:03) my accuracy and interpretational details far surpasses that of Howard's live recording.

@@zswu31416 fair enough. The spanish fantasy does seem a lot more intense, especially at faster speeds. The paganini fantasies as well.

@@loganm2924I’m not sure if there’s a tempo marking for this piece, but the tempo at which Howard and other recordings play it is quite a bit faster than this take. Not only that, those recordings are the entire piece, and therefore by the time one gets to the final section (this), they’re already gassed out quite a bit. This piece, at the assumed “intended” tempo (or the tempo at which other recordings play it) is far harder than any other Liszt piece. S 253 is nearly as difficult as this, but it’s still easier for sure. Maybe I’m wrong, but it’s something to consider..

*3 weeks lol, my advice to practice is to play it slowly and hold down each note before suddenly jumping to the next, this way your hand gets a solid memory of where things are

@@zswu31416yea i probably should have waited until my piano skill was higher before attempting it but at this point the coda is ingrained in my brain cuz ive been playing it for like a year and a half now lol

@@zswu31416just saw you mereaux playlist, id argue your coda is "better" because seonyong can reach 11th easily which is basically a cheat code for this etude. btw, it says one video got removed. whose performance is it, if you know?

The removed video is Chad G Music's performance. It was deleted completely for some reason. Somehow, I cannot even find his channel anymore.

In my opinion i Do like pops and jazz, i just want to arrange the songs myself those improvisation ya know.. i don’t wanna be like, oh here’s mozarts song play it just like he played and you’ll get a prize

It's not surprising. Also very sad.

My hands are way too small for that...

@@zswu31416real 😔

Play some Liszt, the show-off kind with lots of octaves and stuff! You definitely need the stamina.

@@zswu31416 Right, so play just as difficult pieces to prepare for this difficult piece, got it😆

@@_Cyxnide nono, most of Liszt's stuff is easier. I'm not even kidding, you can learn the B Minor Sonata as preparation for this (although I have never played that).

I've never played the entirety of Mereaux 63-45 due to my hands being too small to reach the 2-5 octaves.

this is easier. mereaux 45 coda is riskier than le preux coda

I can play 10ths in the left hand but not in a fast setting, I can barely reach 10ths in the right hand but its not playable. (And you say your hands are small)

@@zswu31416 well in my family yes because my fathers handspan is huge (he can reach 12ths) and my mother can reach 11ths

Mereaux never gave tempo markings on this piece, the midi makers put an arbitrary speed that turned out to be too fast

No I'm not that good also I don't want to become a professional pianist anyway

How much doe You work by the way?

@@Pamela-dv7gb I practice for 1 hour every day.

@@zswu31416 only that? Its very impresive

​@@zswu31416Wow, for how long though?