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10-17-2005, 02:00 PM
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Hi everyone. I am auditioning for GSMD this year, and they say they want one study from volume one of this book : Storch Hrabe 57 studies for bass volume 1.
Has anyone played any of these to give an opinion on which ones are best? I can choose any one in the book but as studies go, I'd like a more musical rather than technical arpeggio exercise style thing. Any ideas guys??
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10-20-2005, 03:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ventura, CA | | | I would play one that has a slow intro and an "allegro" second part. A quick glance at the book shows 11, 19, 22, 26 and 29 to be like that.
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06-24-2006, 06:55 PM
| | | | i guess i'm reviving a dead topic, but for college auditions (i will be auditioning at most of the major conservatories), it has been suggested by a very reliable source that i play an etude from volume II of the storch-hrabe books. i was just reading a few of them, and they seem pretty tricky. does anyone have a suggestion on a particular etude from volume II to play? i guess it should be something impressive enough to get me accepted, but not way over the head of a high school senior. i'm open to all suggestions, so please share everything! |
06-24-2006, 08:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | | Have you played through the first Volume yet? If not, you are going to have a rough time with the more advanced etudes.
I would suggest you should play something that you can play well.
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06-24-2006, 08:40 PM
| | | | i've gotten through the first book, but never performed anything or used them for auditions. i treated them as simply technical studies. now that i am preparing a more challenging one for audition purposes, i want to find the perfect one, without spending TOO much time playing through ALL of them to find it. |
06-25-2006, 07:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | | Look at #3 (my favorite) #5 or #15. They are all fairly musical, but personally, I like the Études from the first book better, or maybe the Bille Études.
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06-25-2006, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by bassman1489 i want to find the perfect one, without spending TOO much time playing through ALL of them to find it. | And, once again, the perfect etude is the one you can play musically, with good rhythm, tone, and dynamics.
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06-25-2006, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by reedo35 Look at #3 (my favorite) #5 or #15. They are all fairly musical, but personally, I like the Études from the first book better, or maybe the Bille Études. | +1 on Number 3. If you think about playing it like a movement from a Bach suite, and put some dynamic variation in where it seems appropriate, it's a pretty musical etude. |
06-25-2006, 09:12 AM
| | | | yeah i was thinking about 3 or 14. i think i might go with 14, but i'll play through them both again, and i'll check out 5 and 15. thanks for the help. |
06-25-2006, 08:45 PM
| | | | I played number 7 for my audition at Juilliard and like it a lot. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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