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Anyone have any tips for the ornaments in measure 23 and later on in the piece??? I'm trying to come up with a way to play it with less hyper-extention...
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I think you need to recount the measures. There aren't any ornaments in m. 23. I could guess which ones you mean, but I'm not sure I'd be right, and better if we don't have to guess.
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I'm going to hazard a guess that it's the octaves with the trills. To which the answer is, don't stretch. Play the lower note then hop to a position where the trill is comfortable. It's so much easier than trying to hurry and killing your hands.
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I'm going to hazard a guess that it's the octaves with the trills.... That's what I thought too, but I'd rather he let us know for sure, since there are other ornaments around there that have issues too.
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If in fact you do mean the octaves with the trills at the top, there is a really neat trick that Stanisalv Bunin does. Instead of playing the octave after each trill with the right hand only (which is where the difficulty comes from), ADD the bottom half of the octave to the left hand's chords. That way you free the right up while the left hand feels virtually the same. Take a look. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUCFQlXeTuc#t=0m48s
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If in fact you do mean the octaves with the trills at the top, there is a really neat trick that Stanisalv Bunin does. Instead of playing the octave after each trill with the right hand only, ADD the bottom half of the octave to the left hand's chords.... Cheater, cheater!! (.......he says, as he runs to try it.....)
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Yeah... I guess i counted too fast! It's the octave trills! Thanks for the replies so far!
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Been trying to figure this out for the last 170 years, and you just solved it for me. But please don't tell anybody I'm doing it. Keep it real hush-hush.
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If in fact you do mean the octaves with the trills at the top, there is a really neat trick that Stanisalv Bunin does. Instead of playing the octave after each trill with the right hand only, ADD the bottom half of the octave to the left hand's chords.... Cheater, cheater!! (.......he says, as he runs to try it.....) and the verdict is.......
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Been trying to figure this out for the last 170 years, and you just solved it for me. But please don't tell anybody I'm doing it. Keep it real hush-hush. It's probably the best cheat I've ever encountered. I wonder who taught Stan that trick. (maybe he figured it out on his own...)
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I wonder who taught Stan that trick.... Probably Chopin himself! (Y'know, 'channeling' and stuff....)
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Yes, I had found that "trick" a long time ago too. (I mean as done by Bunin, not my idea).
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Two active threads now on "cheating" in the op 53. Must be the hardest piece ever... -J
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Two active threads now on "cheating" in the op 53. Must be the hardest piece ever... Except the other cheat made it harder!
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....and when we get done with these 'cheats,' maybe we can talk about what we think of "helping out" with the right hand on those 'solo' LH octaves in the middle part....
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...so obvious, why didn't I think of it before?? Methinks I'm going to cheat from now on and spare myself tenosynovitis playing that dratted piece the way it is written
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....and when we get done with these 'cheats,' maybe we can talk about what we think of "helping out" with the right hand on those 'solo' LH octaves in the middle part.... Doesn't everybody use two hands when the RH is free? Don't tell me that's cheating......
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Maybe we need a thread entitled Best Professional Cheats with embedded YouTube videos...
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....and when we get done with these 'cheats,' maybe we can talk about what we think of "helping out" with the right hand on those 'solo' LH octaves in the middle part.... Doesn't everybody use two hands when the RH is free? Don't tell me that's cheating...... Hey, but it's "written" for just the L.H.! (Good rule of thumb [as well as all the other fingers]: What is "written" isn't necessarily what's written. And of course vice versa!)
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...so obvious, why didn't I think of it before?? Methinks I'm going to cheat from now on and spare myself tenosynovitis playing that dratted piece the way it is written Well - I just tried it - and yes, it is easier - and the trill is cleaner - although burying the lower octave note in the LH chord doesn't quite sound the same as when it's played by the RH thumb. But I don't know whether after playing the doggone piece for over 40 years now that I can make the change.
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