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>> Doesn't sound very difficult. But Jesus, I'm twisting my hands into
>> knots trying to follow all these crazy notes!
>
> That's often the most difficult music. Some of the most technically
> challenging music I've played are pieces like the Barber Adagio for
> Strings - its simplicity makes it very difficult because (a) it's so
> recognisible and (b) its subtlety makes mistakes in performance glaringly
> obvious.
Heh. I never really liked that thing very much...
>> Paganini was a violin virtuoso, so it probably wasn't that hard for
>> HIM...
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> He did write them to showcase his own talents, but for most others things
> like left-handed pizzicato thrown in with bowed elements (such that it
> would be physically impossible to do the pizz with your right hand even
> if you wanted to) or double-stop artificial harmonics (single-stop
> artificial harmonics are a challenge on their own because the interval is
> so precise). The speed isn't the killer, it's the precision and mix of
> elements that will drive you insane. ;-)
...left-handed pizzicato?? O_O
OK, that's just frightening.
(Then again, I suck at playing the violin, so...)
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