what's the hardest piece of music in the world to play?

Question

i mean for a soloist of course but you knew that right?

Answer 1

i think is dem slow jamz coz you have 2 b very carefull

Answer 2

there's a usual checklist of goods that are stated as among the main confusing products for piano. (This has been asked many circumstances). Nemesis is right... that's the subsequent one which you would be able to not play. To be honest - there is quite no standards by ability of which to choose. take a glance on the recordings by ability of the excellent-virtuosos like Hamelin, Volodos, Pollini,et al. you will see that they frequently play works like: Ravel's "Gaspard de l. a. Nuit." Balakirev's "Islamey." Stravinsky's "3 products from Petroushka." Liszt's "recollections of Don Juan." Godowsky's "examine on Chopin's Etudes." All murderously confusing... yet how might an insignificant mortal %. one as "the main confusing." they're all impossible to all yet an exceedingly few stay overall performance pianists. So i assume they may be the only ones to have a valid opinion - I quite am not qualified to declare.

Answer 3

I don't think there can ever be a 'right' answer to this, or a correct instrument choice, but at the most basic level it would be the piece of music that demands the most in the shortest space of time, while maintaining the musical integrity of the piece ('tone').

To prove the point, here's a debate among pianists:

http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=18;t=000007;p=0

Here's one that sounds like Prolonged Hell For Fingers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_clavicembalisticum

Here's classical guitarists having a free-for-all:

http://www.8notes.com/f/9_71597.asp

For me personally (a non-classical guitarist) it's music that challenges dexterity, reach, and technical skill. Many of Leo Kottke's difficult compositions can be played note-for-note at speed, but few people can maintain his accurate dynamics and phrasing (the subtle ability to make music come 'alive' by letting some notes ring, breathe or fade slightly).

On the electric side, there are any number of lycra pant-clad ''shredders' around who use a technique called 'string-skipping' to generate speed.

But to me that pales before the challenge of trying to replicate the sheer 'feel' of a Hendrix, a Stevie Ray Vaughan or a Buddy Guy.

So speed is only part of the story, I guess.

Answer 4

Ever seen Jason Becker played Bach's Lute Suite No. 4 Prelude?
That 1 was crazy. It has to be 1 of the hardest piece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X93DwoDUbRE
(This is his documentary. The Lute Suite piece is right after the documentaries footage.)

Answer 5

Piano? My demons are Mozart and Joplin (Scott, not Janis). I think Wolfie-dear had some odd ideas of composition...oh yeah..it sounds great once you get there, but it's the getting there. I'd have to go look up the piece, and I'm being lazy.

Joplin because the syncopation differences, although the music itself isn't usually tough.

Answer 6

Icarus Dream Suite - Yngwie Malmsteen

Answer 7

Saw a guy play Led Zepplin's "Stairway to heaven" on a yamaha 12 string and was well impressed

Answer 8

I heard that it is difficult to play anything by Liszt on the piano as he had a huge finger span and could play notes that other pianists couldn't play

Answer 9

Anything by Coldplay, Blur, Oasis etc if you don't have a clue how it goes! Also the 1992 hit "Tetris".

Answer 10

The 1812 overture. On your own.