Bunch Of Fingers!

[Ruro]

Hey people, posting yet another thread, different topic!

I started a new piece, and is the only one I'm working on, except it was more for fun, because it is quite difficult if not impossible for me... so if you notice what it is through the score example, don't kill me ~_~ lol, filename is a give away, I'm an idiot.

https://www.geocities.com/ninja_kirb/toccata.png

The parts highlighted red... how on Earth do you play these keys at a fast tempo? I know, start slow and get gradually faster, but the hands are so mashed up it must take alot of... dexterity or something? Is this reason alone a reason why I shouldn't continue learning this piece?
But as a solution, somehow I need to keep my Right Hand lower to allow the left hand jumping space perhaps, or is this a bad idea?

And for the sake of asking, the blue square... there are changes with the clef's, I presume the Bass causes the hand to jump down to the bass notes, and use the bass key system... ACEG instead of FACE?

Thanks for putting up with ridiculous questions, if the answer to the first one is not what I want, I will give up with the piece now ~_~ It's a shame how the first page is easy though... how deceptive!

[rhapsody in orange]

Hmm by looking at the score it seems like you gotta play this cross-handed. And that's quite a lot of jumps in the left hand too. Yep the hand position would probably be kinda awkward (v close together). So I guess you'd probably need to do it slow first before you try bringing up to speed. But as you play more, you'd encounter pieces that are not friendly for the hands either so it's just a matter of getting used to playing in awkward hand positions.
As for the left hand jumps, yes you've gotta jump over the right hand.  Practice is the key to build accuracy. You might wanna do it slow first (again) to get a feel of the distance that your left hand has to cover in that jump..
Think there are more threads in this forum on jumps..

[BoliverAllmon]

don't worry you are not an idiot. We are all hear to ask questions and get answers.

[Ruro]

Ah, the same guy as the other night ^_^ Quick replier.. I actually read it soon after you posted, but I hit the Toccata piece again a while longer... and it's getting better.

I think in the 24th measure (my score doesn't have numbers), where the Treble Clef changes to the Bass clef, and theres that repeated... set of notes... as soon as I try it with left hand notes I begin hitting D, F, A, A, F, A, D, F repeatedly. Guess it's one of those muscle memory things trying to screw me over ~_~ Then again the pattern for the hand seemed a bit perculiar from the start!

But yeah, thanks Rhapsody in Orange ^_^ I'm trying to push further up the note, as well as testing hand positions for better accessiblity.... I wonder if this is too long and wretched for my time >_< As the the jumping about the keyboard, I'm not too shabby at that ^_^;; Least I'm not failing everywhere!

Did I say I was an idiot? Probably... thankyou for your words BoliverAllmon, I should take more advice from my signature really ~_~

[rhapsody in orange]

Hee if you like the piece enough there's no harm in spending a bit more time in exchange for the satisfaction you get from being able to play the piece. You'll need the patience to keep you going though