hello I just started flute at my highschool about 4 months ago,
but I picked up on it pretty quickly and joined the senior orchestra at my
school. The two hardest ensemble pieces were Finlandia by Jean Sibelius and
Largo from the New World Symphony by Dvorak, both of which were the original
compositions, not the ''watered down'' highschool versions. Could anyone
tell me about what grade level I''m at? I would like to purchase some sheet
music for the summer. I don''t know if anyone can answer this, but thank you
anyway. *AnastasiA*
level?
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level?
I cant tell exactly where you are at based on ensemble music
because much of it is difficult based on things other than technique. But,
having played both of those pieces in youth Symphony a while ago, you may want
to look at grade 2+ music like the Handel Sonatas or Telemann suite in A minor,
or get some books that have music of varying difficulty so that you can use the
easy stuff to pratice your sight-reading and the hard stuff to work on and make
yourself work. Easy music is good to have anyways in case you get a job playing
at an event for a hour or more so that you'll have stuff to play and not have
to work too hard. You can always talk to your teacher at school. A lot of times
school music programs have small music libraries and maybe your teacher will
have music that you can read through and learn. He/she is more familiar with
your abiliteis and limitations than I am.
because much of it is difficult based on things other than technique. But,
having played both of those pieces in youth Symphony a while ago, you may want
to look at grade 2+ music like the Handel Sonatas or Telemann suite in A minor,
or get some books that have music of varying difficulty so that you can use the
easy stuff to pratice your sight-reading and the hard stuff to work on and make
yourself work. Easy music is good to have anyways in case you get a job playing
at an event for a hour or more so that you'll have stuff to play and not have
to work too hard. You can always talk to your teacher at school. A lot of times
school music programs have small music libraries and maybe your teacher will
have music that you can read through and learn. He/she is more familiar with
your abiliteis and limitations than I am.
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level?
I am not an expert in this area but I do know a few things.
First leap frogging usually doesn't pay off in the long run. Play the easy
pieces. Skipping them to play harder pieces because you want to show you can
will hurt only you in the long run. Different arrangements of the same piece can
vary greatly in difficulty. The same piece by Bach by one publisher maybe a 3
and by another a 5! I am fairly certain the Dvorak is a beginner piece, a 1 or
2. Work your way through the lesson books when you have conquered advanced
excercises start to be concerned over what level piece to work on. Until then
take the good advice of the previous answer it was well stated.[:)]
First leap frogging usually doesn't pay off in the long run. Play the easy
pieces. Skipping them to play harder pieces because you want to show you can
will hurt only you in the long run. Different arrangements of the same piece can
vary greatly in difficulty. The same piece by Bach by one publisher maybe a 3
and by another a 5! I am fairly certain the Dvorak is a beginner piece, a 1 or
2. Work your way through the lesson books when you have conquered advanced
excercises start to be concerned over what level piece to work on. Until then
take the good advice of the previous answer it was well stated.[:)]