Question about Hungarian Rhapsody 2, bar 35 - 40

[fiasco]

I'm having a difficult time working out these measures, I'm practicing without a teacher and can't tell exactly what to do bginning with bar 35:  LH plays a low G, then rolls a D-G-D-B#.  Over this RH plays G-B#-G-B#.  Now, is the left hand faster, is the D-G-D played during the same time as the first two RH notes, or are all these notes played together?  I'm having a hard time even practicing these slow, esp. measures 39-40, it doesn't seem to sound like anything slow.  Should I learn both hands seperately then just throw them together and hope for an automatic pilot thing?

[mjin1]

Hey, how's it going.

I'm learning hungarian rhapsody 2 also, however, i started with the friska instead of the lassan.. Almost finished with it too..

Anyways, I went back and looked at bars 35-40..

What I would suggest doing is getting a recording and listening to how that part is being played, then learning the hands seperately very well. These have alot of decorative little notes in them that isn't quite polyrhythm but the exact timing can be obnoxious.... Liszt used some of this in the beginning of the friska as well, but the range wasn't as big as the part you are on.

That's what I generally do if I cannot make sense of some sheet music for the life of me, is get a good copy of it performed by somebody, sit down, and see where the notes are for yourself.

I'd also suggest maybe getting a teacher at some point depending on how advanced you are. A teacher has really helped my technique when learning the friska. I definetly would not be as far as I am into it now without having her.. The worst thing you can do is learn something by yourself incorrectly, practice it, then learn later on it's incorrect and have to redo it, and it's practice...