How would you play this?
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Working on some Poulenc.
I've always found this passage, with the descending 6ths vexing.
Starting at the 2nd measure of the passage, I've played as annotated. I find it difficult to keep my thumb "in phase" playing this.
So, I'm thinking "fuck legato" and rather than going 5, 4 , 3, 3, 4. playing 5, 4, 5, 4, 5.
Does that make sense?
Any other suggestesions?
@George-K said in How would you play this?:
Working on some Poulenc.
I've always found this passage, with the descending 6ths vexing.
Starting at the 2nd measure of the passage, I've played as annotated. I find it difficult to keep my thumb "in phase" playing this.
So, I'm thinking "fuck legato" and rather than going 5, 4 , 3, 3, 4. playing 5, 4, 5, 4, 5.
Does that make sense?
Any other suggestesions?
What's the tempo?
OPTION 1:
If not too fast and your hand is big enough, I'd say the following gives you the best chance for "legato" in the melodic line without relying too much on pedaling:
5 4 3 2 3
2 1 1 1 1OPTION 2:
If hand not bit enough, and tempo not too fast, try:
5 4 5 4 5
2 1 2 1 2Pivot a bit on the thumb to get a facsimile of legato.
OPTION 3:
If the tempo is fast, I'd say optimize the fingering for speed and just wing the legato with pedaling.
Good luck.
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If you don't mind cheating a bit, a suggested cheat below that allows faster speed without requiring large hand (by skipping a couple of harmonically inconsequential notes):
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I play it by saying “Alexa, Play Poulenc…” It does pretty well…
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OK, another question.
The second part of Joplin's "Cascades."
I played this years ago, and was pretty comfortable with it, except this measure. The arpeggios is awkward for my hand. The only fingering I've seen is to play
5 4 3 2 1 4 2 1 in the first measure. For my hands, I find it easiest to land on 5/3 for the first note of the 2nd measure.
Any suggestions?
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Make sure there are no black spots on your white keys. That will screw everything up.
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Make sure there are no black spots on your white keys. That will screw everything up.
@LuFins-Dad said in How would you play this?:
Make sure there are no black spots on your white keys. That will screw everything up.
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Your comment was as helpful as the last time you replied in this thread. Thanks!
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You're also a racist.
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@LuFins-Dad said in How would you play this?:
Make sure there are no black spots on your white keys. That will screw everything up.
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Your comment was as helpful as the last time you replied in this thread. Thanks!
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You're also a racist.
@George-K said in How would you play this?:
@LuFins-Dad said in How would you play this?:
Make sure there are no black spots on your white keys. That will screw everything up.
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Your comment was as helpful as the last time you replied in this thread. Thanks!
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You're also a racist.
Not at all. Black keys need their own separate safe space. That’s just good wokeness. You should also no longer use the note name B# for a white key… That’s Cultural Accidental Appropriation.
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@George-K said in How would you play this?:
@LuFins-Dad said in How would you play this?:
Make sure there are no black spots on your white keys. That will screw everything up.
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Your comment was as helpful as the last time you replied in this thread. Thanks!
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You're also a racist.
Not at all. Black keys need their own separate safe space. That’s just good wokeness. You should also no longer use the note name B# for a white key… That’s Cultural Accidental Appropriation.
@LuFins-Dad said in How would you play this?:
Not at all. Black keys need their own separate safe space. That’s just good wokeness. You should also no longer use the note name B# for a white key… That’s Cultural Accidental Appropriation.
(Expensive) Scotch all over my keyboard.
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Working on some Poulenc.
I've always found this passage, with the descending 6ths vexing.
Starting at the 2nd measure of the passage, I've played as annotated. I find it difficult to keep my thumb "in phase" playing this.
So, I'm thinking "fuck legato" and rather than going 5, 4 , 3, 3, 4. playing 5, 4, 5, 4, 5.
Does that make sense?
Any other suggestesions?
@George-K What works well for my hands is to play the upper line with 5-4-3-2 and the lower line with 2-1-1-1. If you have tiny Trump hands, that might be difficult, though.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rlG5bCaP5olHL5kiOBpEmqKbJBGokXnr/view?usp=sharing