This is the theme from the Movie The Deer Hunter, which features a surprisingly young Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken, and Meryl Streep. Anyway, it was originally composed for the guitar. I started with a piano transcription but didn’t like it. The version here is a more faithful transcription, in that the notes are the same as those played in the guitar version (except for the parts where I possibly misread it… some parts don’t sound quite right…).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioDT45Nch0U
I would like to try to do a piece a week if at all possible. Next up is a Bach.
January 23, 2009 at 11:57 am |
When I heard about this, I was originally worried that you’d rush and be all about technique and never develop any expression in your playing, but you’re becoming very well expressive. Keep that up.
January 23, 2009 at 3:06 pm |
I don’t think you should push yourself to do a piece a week. I feel you should stay on one or two pieces and work on them until you really master them, rather than just rushing on. I realize that you are working towards a larger goal that will require you to move quickly, but I don’t think half-baking your pieces is the answer.
January 28, 2009 at 5:28 pm |
just stumbled upon your site… imo the 1 piece a week is great for building technique even if u dont master those pieces. good luck w/ ur goal… im personally on my own mission to learn the etude in one week (started today)
February 13, 2009 at 5:19 pm |
I want to keep seen ur progress!
February 18, 2009 at 3:41 am |
Well played. You play with great musicality – expressive, delicate, tasteful phrasing etc.
Technique can always come later; musicality is something you’re born with! Looking forward to following your further progress.
April 14, 2009 at 7:15 pm |
lol looking forward to your k545
April 15, 2009 at 9:46 pm |
As someone else already said, try to play pieces for longer and learn less pieces.
You’re really sticking to your goal and I believe that this might leave you with bad/sloppy technique.
I am starting to learn ‘Revolutionary Etude’ right now and I believe that the hardest part in the end will be having the right dynamics for both parts and the right expression. (As this was the case when I was learning the allegro part of Fantasie Impromptu)
You must learn how to stick to a piece for over a month and develop the dynamics.
Any piece that is played before you have the technical ability will cause injury. Learn scales, arpeggios and other exercises. When you get better, find pieces with a fast and demanding left hand part. Learn songs with octaves in the right hand.
You probably won’t read this but I hope you will understand that there are many things you need to learn before playing semi-complex pieces.
April 22, 2009 at 4:18 am |
nice playing… you play it musically