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[lava]

It's Debussy's Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, from the Children's Corner. I learned it recently.

For the first part: I use RH 531 421 in both bars.

Second part: play only first note with the left hand, the other 3 notes in the right hand. Make sure to keep the notes rythmical instead of just playing on intuition. Make the left hand melody sound clearly until the end of the piece.

Study the last part while maintaining original speed, after mastering apply the accelerando more and more but keep playing accurate notes.

When I play fast, I hardly use the pedal, though pedalling can be nice when playing slow.

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[m1469]

In the first measure of your example, I would use the following fingerings :

RH  531 521 531 521
LH  (52-1)  5 and 2 on the first chord, 1 for the "a"

Next measure :

RH  531  the whole way
LH  (25)  (14)  (13)  (12)


Hope that helps,

m1469