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by tandeitnik » Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:24 am
Thank you very much! I'm just finishing learning Mozart's Sonata n#11, first movement, the advance piece, after it I'm going to tackle Scarborough Fair. I really don't understand the criteria between the grading! For example, although the beginning of Sonata 11 is quite easy, the middle section is quite a challange (section 9) and it's taking me a while to play it. In the other hand it took me just 3-4 days to learn to play Prelude in C (advance) from Bach. Although from first glance the Prelude seems more difficult (there's a higher density of notes and it's quicker) it's quite easy once you get the idea behind it. I'm just giving these two examples because Sonata 11 is graded Advance - Easy and Prelude in C is Advance - Medium, in my opinion it ought to be the opposite! The same thing with many other pieces. The lesson is: just because there are fewer notes and it's slower, it does't mean that's easier. The rhytm, for example, can be far more complex.