Top 10 Most Difficult Piano Pieces

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  • @TheMusicalLounge
    @TheMusicalLounge  4 роки тому +61

    Who wants hardest violin pieces next?

  • @bobthestickman2110
    @bobthestickman2110 4 роки тому +98

    Asian parents be like:
    Good warm up, now play it backwards while washing the car and doing a math problem or else no dinner tonight.

    • @shootingstar8178
      @shootingstar8178 3 роки тому

      True thing man!!

    • @sdyt1.143
      @sdyt1.143 3 роки тому +1

      Ur racist

    • @KrissVEctor-yg4kj
      @KrissVEctor-yg4kj 3 роки тому +1

      @@sdyt1.143 only racist if bob the stick man isn’t asian. Also, all he’s doing is exaggerating a well known stereotype of asians and using it as a joke to give us a good laugh. This is true because i am asian as well. Chinese to be more specific

    • @sdyt1.143
      @sdyt1.143 3 роки тому

      @@KrissVEctor-yg4kj Im asian but nobody i know acts like dat ;;;;4

    • @KrissVEctor-yg4kj
      @KrissVEctor-yg4kj 3 роки тому +1

      @@sdyt1.143 I see what you mean. Also the stereotype is really just about the parents and not the kids. And it’s true that not everyone acts like that but it’s pretty common.

  • @reocung1107
    @reocung1107 4 роки тому +120

    Title Correction: "Top 10 songs that sound the most difficult but aren't that difficult"

  • @potatoman2449
    @potatoman2449 2 роки тому +28

    As a pianist for 8 years, I can guarantee you that these songs are DEFINITELY not the most difficult. However, they still do take some time to learn

    • @ragingcanadian8987
      @ragingcanadian8987 2 роки тому

      do youu by any chance remember the names of those songs? would definitely love to listen to them

    • @potatoman2449
      @potatoman2449 2 роки тому +1

      @@ragingcanadian8987 I would suggest "Top 100 Hardest Piano Works (up to 1920)" by Caleb Hu

    • @johnnyberman4768
      @johnnyberman4768 2 роки тому

      I’m surprised they didn’t include other composers such as Ravel, but I think they were mainly focusing on piano solos rather than with an orchestra

  • @luisenriquezapataarellano7591
    @luisenriquezapataarellano7591 4 роки тому +152

    The person who made this list probably has not that much piano knowledge

    • @2011persol
      @2011persol 4 роки тому +46

      THT'S FOR SURE!! HAVENT MENTIONED; GODOWSKY, ALKAN, MEDTNER, SCRIABIN, PROKOFIEV, LIGETI, SORABJI, SZYMANOWSKI AND THE LISZT GOES ON....

    • @luisenriquezapataarellano7591
      @luisenriquezapataarellano7591 4 роки тому +3

      Jérôme Lemieux mention any good Mereaux piece that is not intended to just develop technique...

    • @luisenriquezapataarellano7591
      @luisenriquezapataarellano7591 4 роки тому +2

      per solbakken and I still haven’t discovered yet something about Sorajbi that I can decently understand

    • @luisenriquezapataarellano7591
      @luisenriquezapataarellano7591 4 роки тому +3

      Jérôme Lemieux oh yeah, thanks bro

    • @calebhu6383
      @calebhu6383 4 роки тому +5

      @@2011persol Subscribe to my channel, I'm soon going to release a video with 100 of the REAL most difficult pieces. Including Feinberg, Sorabji Godowsky, and anyone else you can think of!

  • @ZzKingz1
    @ZzKingz1 3 роки тому +10

    I’ve played both Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Prelude in G Minor by Rachmaninoff. G minor is about 12 times more difficult 😅

  • @zhengyuzha8880
    @zhengyuzha8880 4 роки тому +4

    no.1- lvl 10056
    no.2- lvl 10058
    no.3- lvl 10059
    no.4- lvl 10057
    no.5- lvl 10055
    no.6- lvl 10060
    no.7- lvl 10053
    no.8- lvl 10061
    no.9- lvl 10054
    no.10- lvl 10062

  • @ravel111
    @ravel111 4 роки тому +61

    None of these pieces truly belong on the “most difficult piano pieces” list. There are many more difficult pieces than the ones shown.

    • @Alex-v6c3f
      @Alex-v6c3f 4 роки тому +3

      I think so too. Can you present your own top most difficult pieces, please?

    • @ravel111
      @ravel111 4 роки тому +13

      Sure.
      Islamey - Balakirev
      Grande Etudes de Paginini - Liszt
      Piano Concerto No. 3 - Rachmaninoff
      Gaspard de la Nuit - Ravel
      Study of Chopin’s Etudes - Godowsky
      Concerto for solo piano - Alkan
      Etudes - Ligeti

    • @Alex-v6c3f
      @Alex-v6c3f 4 роки тому +3

      @@ravel111 thank you very much!

    • @ravel111
      @ravel111 4 роки тому +2

      Сарибег Караханян no problem! Also a good resource here for some lesser known pieces that are insanely difficult:
      www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/comments/9pdwxn/100_most_difficult_piano_pieces/?

    • @calebhu6383
      @calebhu6383 4 роки тому +4

      @@ravel111 I am the creator of that list! I'm currently working on a sheet music video with the 100 most difficult pieces, so subscribe if you'd like to see it.

  • @francescofabbroni5697
    @francescofabbroni5697 4 роки тому +6

    You took the same 10 pieces that also Rousseau chose for its Top 10. You have exlouded so much pieces that are way more difficoult than this ones

  • @Eqnzo
    @Eqnzo 3 роки тому +8

    the real list would go like 10. godowsky etude 10 1 tied with liszts s140 9. 8. alkan le preux 7. godowsky etude 10 no 3 6. alkan concerto for solo piano . symphonic etude no6 4. Brahms variation on paganini 35 3. György Cziffra: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka transcription 2. grande etude dapres 1. Mereaux a hectic day

    • @j.rohmann3199
      @j.rohmann3199 3 роки тому

      What about Sorabji and other atonal composers like Feinberg? They made some much harder stuff imo

    • @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5
      @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 2 роки тому +1

      @@j.rohmann3199 yeah

    • @David-_0
      @David-_0 2 роки тому

      There's Gallop in A-Minor by Liszt and the first one in your list is actually Sherzo allá Napolanita by Amedee Mereaux. A hectic day is a joke arrangement 😅. It's completely impossible, but the original version is also one of the hardest pieces ever.

    • @sovietunion4875
      @sovietunion4875 Рік тому

      A hectic day by mereaux shouldn't even be on this list lol, the tempo required makes it physically impossible

    • @iceman18ize
      @iceman18ize Рік тому

      @@j.rohmann3199u h

  • @ericknece6157
    @ericknece6157 Рік тому +1

    I can say that as a pianist, there are definitely harder songs, but u can admit even I can’t play Chopin Op. 25 No. 11: Winter Wind.

  • @gianantoniofrisonepianist
    @gianantoniofrisonepianist 3 роки тому +7

    Prelude in C sharp minor is one of Rachmaninoff's easiest pieces. Of course it's not an easy piece tho, there are no easy Rachmaninoff pieces.

  • @LM-oz2sc
    @LM-oz2sc 3 роки тому +12

    Where is Islamey, Dante Sonata, Sonata b minor, Gaspard de la nuit, Rachmaninoff sonata no.2 and Hammerklavier? Fantasie impromptu and Torrent etude aren´t difficult pieces, but great video.

    • @greggi331
      @greggi331 3 роки тому

      And all the atonal stuff lol

  • @afkmandelagd
    @afkmandelagd 3 роки тому +15

    Rachmaninoff wrote harder things than his prelude in C sharp minor

  • @louisb.8172
    @louisb.8172 4 роки тому +14

    There is No way that the Moonlight sonata 3rd movement is more difficult than la campella

    • @infxnity4198
      @infxnity4198 3 роки тому +1

      @Shostacovid Beethoven literally just put some tonic, 7th, and neapolitan chords and each of them were played for like 2 or 4 bars so i dont see how the harmony is difficult

    • @infxnity4198
      @infxnity4198 3 роки тому +2

      you're right la campanella is hands down harder

    • @infxnity4198
      @infxnity4198 3 роки тому

      @Shostacovid You too!

    • @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5
      @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 2 роки тому

      There’s no way Sorabji Opus archimagicum is easier than Liszt

    • @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5
      @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 2 роки тому

      Ignorant creeps

  • @keystream788
    @keystream788 4 роки тому +10

    Good liszt, my only concern is the rachmaninoff one? That one isn't that hard.
    Problem with those liszts is that the actualy hardest pieces are defined by their length mostly..
    Take "hammerklavier" by beethoven for example.
    That's why I like your list, since those are actually "playable" pieces.
    Good choices!
    (I don't see paganini/liszt etude no. 6 though?)

  • @shootingstar8178
    @shootingstar8178 3 роки тому +3

    Me: Fast, my phone charge is just 25%.
    Also me: First watch the video full.

  • @icravecheddar7401
    @icravecheddar7401 3 роки тому +5

    I was legit confused to why Vivaldi was in the thumbnail...Turns out there's a piano arrangement for Summer.
    Also these pieces are just technically challenging, not necessarily the most difficult...

  • @BadmashAMVsnitinspecial
    @BadmashAMVsnitinspecial 4 роки тому +6

    I love music ❤️

  • @yanghe4293
    @yanghe4293 4 роки тому +6

    can you make a list of every song in this video and their timestamps? thx

  • @chrisy367
    @chrisy367 3 роки тому +2

    A lot of these shouldn't even be on here, you've got things like gaspard de la nuit, hammerklavier, alkan solo concerto, Beethoven/Liszt symphony no.9, Liszt's sonata in b minor, 1838 etudes, stuff like are miles ahead of everything on this list

  • @kiwikevnz
    @kiwikevnz 4 роки тому +3

    Hi KingSide, Thank You very much for introducing me to classical music, i am in awe of their talent and can see why they are so famous with huge follower numbers. I look forward to getting to know more. Good Luck with your channel. Cheers Kev Borg

  • @williamyeet7375
    @williamyeet7375 4 роки тому +1

    Underrated vid

  • @Eqnzo
    @Eqnzo 3 роки тому +2

    come on godowsky’s study on 25 11 is harder than the original, the real list would go like 10. godowsky etude 10 1 tied with liszts s140 9.Islamey op.18 Balakirev 8.alkan le preux 7. godowsky etude 10 no 3 6. alkan concerto for solo piano . symphonic etude no6 4. Brahms variation on paganini 35 3. György Cziffra: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka transcription 2. grande etude dapres 1. Mereaux a hectic day

    • @utuberme1
      @utuberme1 2 роки тому

      where's no 5?

    • @ryzikx
      @ryzikx Рік тому

      a hectic day is just a remix of etude 45 by some no name musescore composer

  • @Arevilov3
    @Arevilov3 4 роки тому +7

    TBH, I wouldn’t call these pieces the “toughest”

  • @6942-i2i
    @6942-i2i 4 роки тому +8

    Where is Paganini Etude no 4 (1838)

  • @randomcubing7106
    @randomcubing7106 3 роки тому +4

    LOL Rachmaninoff Prelude is on there while the beautiful concertos ain't

  • @fortherepublic6475
    @fortherepublic6475 4 роки тому +5

    #1 for me would be 4' 33'' by John Cage

  • @LQchess
    @LQchess 13 днів тому

    Why not torrent or waterfall for Chopin?

  • @markitoswolf
    @markitoswolf 6 місяців тому

    Bro, you have put the easiest pieces, and I understand you, since a person who does not know classical music or piano, would do something like that in his life, but you, as a person not involved in the world of classical music, I refuse to think that you have made this ranking saying that they are the most difficult. Anyway, they are not easy obviously, but they would not enter the top 10 for example.

  • @theressa1029
    @theressa1029 2 роки тому

    Rage over a lost penny is CHAOS

  • @danielflorencio6017
    @danielflorencio6017 3 роки тому +2

    But flight of the bumble bee is just a chromatic scale....

  • @machicolationmc
    @machicolationmc 3 роки тому +6

    Neither of the chopin etudes in this video are the hardest in their respective set.
    No.1 is (arguably) the hardest of op.10
    No.6 is ABSOLUTELY the hardest of op.25.

    • @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5
      @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 2 роки тому

      You know Chopin and Liszt aren’t the hardest, correct

    • @boromir_8428
      @boromir_8428 2 роки тому

      @@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 yes but it's the tremendous speed you hear that is hard to achieve! my GOODNESS! Also how do we know the composers were playing that fast?

    • @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5
      @IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 2 роки тому

      @@boromir_8428 speed so what? Sorabji has the same technique of fast chords and they are harder cause the chords are in both hands

    • @infxnity4198
      @infxnity4198 2 роки тому

      no. 2 is hardest of op. 10

    • @ryzikx
      @ryzikx Рік тому +1

      @@infxnity4198 1 and 2 are pretty equivalent in raw difficulty , their techniques are just very different so some people find one much easier than the other

  • @BlueskyStarLight
    @BlueskyStarLight 2 роки тому

    La campanella is actually difficult but i like this song ❤️

  • @ehregenimmt9178
    @ehregenimmt9178 4 роки тому +2

    👍👍👍

  • @wolfgangamadeusmozart8177
    @wolfgangamadeusmozart8177 4 роки тому +7

    *okay..*

  • @infiniterats3870
    @infiniterats3870 4 роки тому +2

    These are easy compared to a lot of pieces

  • @randomcubing7106
    @randomcubing7106 3 роки тому +4

    To be honest Moonlight Sonata is rather *straightforward*

  • @Dylonely_9274
    @Dylonely_9274 4 роки тому +3

    You forgot Rondo Alla Turca

  • @dragonofficial7430
    @dragonofficial7430 Рік тому

    The first one always jumpscare me by his piano sound…

  • @Mereaux
    @Mereaux 3 роки тому +1

    Etude no 4 1838.ver

  • @multicraftfan69420
    @multicraftfan69420 2 роки тому +1

    Chopin always compose hard pieces

  • @tomole4444
    @tomole4444 3 роки тому +1

    What about Beethoven Virus

  • @rajatm9333
    @rajatm9333 3 роки тому +1

    These aren't the most difficult songs on piano. The most difficult is happy birthday to you 🎹🎹🎵🎼

  • @SCRIABINIST
    @SCRIABINIST 3 роки тому +5

    None of them are remotely near the hardest generally considered lol. You know this is inaccurate when you see La campanella, chopin etudes and moonlight sonata on the list

    • @goatcraft1304
      @goatcraft1304 3 роки тому +3

      While those pieces are very hard, they’re certainly not the most difficult

  • @blackhole3407
    @blackhole3407 3 роки тому +1

    WHY THE HELL is prelude in c sharp minor here? Its like soo easy

  • @olestenmark5348
    @olestenmark5348 3 роки тому

    Unlike the other videos I have watched, this one is. Meh, wrong. I expected something like the wagner/ liszt tannhauser overture, I mean even Liszt himself had to take breaks in between because he didn’t have the stamina or the famous ninth symphony arr by Liszt, but when I saw the first one being the Chopin etude. I was surprised I thought everyone knew abt the ninth symphony. Welp

  • @averageagreeable6050
    @averageagreeable6050 4 роки тому +7

    As the ultimate pianist,this is easy

  • @oneninetyfourXOcom
    @oneninetyfourXOcom 3 роки тому

    You Forgot Etude Op 27 from Alkan

  • @jordangermanenriquez1243
    @jordangermanenriquez1243 3 роки тому

    Scarbo: seriously?

  • @sonnybrunelli1527
    @sonnybrunelli1527 2 роки тому

    This is very inaccurate, i would put flight of the bumblebee (as a professional pianist) at around the 1000th hardest piece. The hardest pieces may be: Reminiscence de don juan, sonata in b minor ect.

  • @m.buchprojekt2283
    @m.buchprojekt2283 3 роки тому

    wow that rendition of "summer" is truly disgusting

  • @arlettehellemans2117
    @arlettehellemans2117 4 роки тому +1

    Why a piano version of Vivaldi's Four Saesons among these works typically for piano? I regret

  • @elias7748
    @elias7748 3 роки тому

    None of these are even one of the most difficult. Just the most well-known.

  • @juliea2864
    @juliea2864 4 роки тому +1

    The comments about this list are funny.

  • @teddythemlgcorgi7309
    @teddythemlgcorgi7309 4 роки тому +3

    No Rach 3? No Alkan Concertó? No Sorabji? Stupid list

  • @seangazelle3214
    @seangazelle3214 3 роки тому

    Flight of the bumblebee is differently not one of the hardest piano pieces

  • @sabriparlakyldz3994
    @sabriparlakyldz3994 3 роки тому

    Sorabji laughs.

  • @sweek2626
    @sweek2626 3 роки тому +1

    Torrent is verrryyyyy hardest

    • @Piano_improvisations
      @Piano_improvisations 2 роки тому

      no wtf. La camp is way harder. Indeed it is really hard but it is also nowhere near the hardest pieces.

    • @sweek2626
      @sweek2626 2 роки тому

      @@Piano_improvisations The campanella is certainly harder but it is not that technical, It is quite fluid which makes it easier to master I find.
      When torrenting it is certainly not the most difficult piece, but I find it technically high above.

    • @Piano_improvisations
      @Piano_improvisations 2 роки тому

      @@sweek2626 have you played them?

  • @canweplay7487
    @canweplay7487 3 роки тому +2

    Yeah, these are just semi hard and very well known pieces

  • @Kameronnz
    @Kameronnz 2 роки тому

    Flight of the bumble bee isnt that hard its just the speed wich is hard but its not the top 10 hardest

  • @chopinfanclub6672
    @chopinfanclub6672 3 роки тому +2

    delete this video or change the title. dont perpetuate lies. these pieces do not belong on top 10 hardest.

  • @Piano_improvisations
    @Piano_improvisations 2 роки тому

    now this is so cap wtf. La camp is way harder than op 10 no 4. they are also not even close to be called hardest pieces. Also wtf fanatsie impromtu isn´t even top 5000 or top 10000 lol

  • @xiaolanliu1786
    @xiaolanliu1786 3 роки тому

    all pieces is too easy

  • @Kameronnz
    @Kameronnz 2 роки тому

    Vivaldu summer isnt supposed to be played on piano
    Sounds horrible man
    Its made for violin

  • @luisevanperezbasanez944
    @luisevanperezbasanez944 2 роки тому

    Bro this mam :/ i have only a few questions, first how does Chopin winter winds is even hard!! Like the thing that the piece looks difficult doesn’t make the piece hard’__’. Second, how torrent is the hardest piece ever it doesn’t make sense!! and when i saw that moonlight sonata 3rd movement was in the list i relished that you need to play a a litle bit of piano to make a list (no hate, you are just dummy)

  • @cindywong2878
    @cindywong2878 3 роки тому

    I think moonlight sonata is not that hard to play🤧

  • @charles-valentinalkan9200
    @charles-valentinalkan9200 4 роки тому +1

    WTF?! NO NO BRO... I've been playing the piano for 1 year and a half and i can easily play flight of the bumblebee and I'm studying fantasie impromptu... moonlight sonata 3rd m. in pretty easy too.. i think Rach 3 is the hardest piano piece and Finale (alkan) or Scherzo Diabolico (alkan) are certainly in the top 10 hardest piano pieces...and all the Hungarian Rhapsodies 😂 and etude tableaux?! where are they? 😂 🥱

  • @randomchannel-px6ho
    @randomchannel-px6ho 3 роки тому +1

    WTF is this awful list:
    Winter wind - yeah okay it's a virtuosic show piece, though a little short.
    La Campanella - Yeah it's difficult but it's one of the easier Paganini Grande Etudes
    Moonlight Sonota third movement - still an pretty advanced piece but this is not even close to the most difficult ever.
    Fantasie Impromptu- I'm laughing now. It's really not that hard.
    Vivaldi summer - um, this list of just getting easier and easier????
    Waterfall etude- okay finally a piece that scares even some concert pianist, but still I wouldn't call it ine of the most difficult piece ever.
    Prelude in C# minor - LMAO I'm dying. That this is the only rach on the list makes this some much more hilarious bruh
    Hungarian Rhapsody No 6. Liszt has written so much more difficult shit next
    Flight of the Bumblebee - well this arrangement is by Rach so I guess I lied earlier but yeah its not that difficult next
    Torrent - yeah its difficult but there's so much more out their
    I highly recommend this video essay for a look at just how far piano writing can go.
    ua-cam.com/video/8LfSC8soqXo/v-deo.html

  • @Amthaus2600
    @Amthaus2600 3 роки тому

    The list is rubbish.