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Topic: Wouldn't this piece sound 5 times better with right hand octaves?  (Read 1733 times)

Offline ranniks

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Notice how she playes 1 note each time with her right hand. What if she took octaves?

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Don't blame her, or Bizet. This is a transcription, so blame the transcribe.

That said, octaves would make it harder. With these "easier piano" type transcriptions you should feel free to embellish as your abilities and tastes dictate.

You probably should have the same freedom with the really show-offy  very advanced ones, too, but they're generally challenging enough without trying to add extra bits.
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Don't blame her, or Bizet. This is a transcription, so blame the transcribe.

That said, octaves would make it harder. With these "easier piano" type transcriptions you should feel free to embellish as your abilities and tastes dictate.

You probably should have the same freedom with the really show-offy  very advanced ones, too, but they're generally challenging enough without trying to add extra bits.

The idea for using octaves in the right hand came from this:



The melody is much more powerful because of 4 hands, and I thought in my head; aren't these two guys playing the same notes for the 'awe' effect. So then I thought, maybe the lady doing this solo could do the same but with right hand octaves.

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I don't think that lady could handle octaves.


I hate it when they read stuff that should go in program notes.  A little is ok, maybe ten seconds, but... A quick reminder is ok.  The rest I can read up on if I want to.  *Bob had a bad experience of being stuck in an audience while the conductor read the entire program notes for the audience because the conductor didn't think the audience read program notes.*  I believe that was a three hour concert. 


There's got to be a better solo transcription of that.... Hmm....
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(This is one of those!  Just lost my post....)


All right, piano duo.  Close enough.



Around 4:05 I hear Habanera.
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Favorite new teacher quote -- "You found the only possible wrong answer."

Offline ranniks

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I don't think that lady could handle octaves.

There's got to be a better solo transcription of that.... Hmm....

I've searched a little bit. The duo that you posted is fine I guess, but the lady irks me for some reason. It's in her playing I think.

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She's "playing the piano!"
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