Fingerings in Chopin's prelude n°4

[stormx]

Hi,

i am starting to learn Chopin's prelude n°4.
I have a good edition, but with very few fingerings indicated...
Can you point out to a (free) score to download, with good and complete fingerings (specially for all those LH chords).

I am not coming back to my piano classes until march, and i do not want to use bad fingerings 

Thanks in advance !!

[steve jones]

I just used what felt most comfortable. You shouldnt have to much trouble sorting it out.

[stormx]

For instance, LH:

Bar1 --- G/B/E --- 4-2-1 (?)
Bar2 --- F#/A/E --- 5-3-1 (or 4-3-1?)
Bar2 --- F#/A/Eb --- 5-3-1 (or 4-3-1?)

I am not an experienced player (just 14 months playing), so i am pretty unsure about fingerings choices 

Thanks !!

[steve jones]

Ah, you've been playing longer than me mate, so Im probably not the best man to answer you.

All I can say is that I play this prelude, and I tend to use what ever fingering come naturally. If I find trouble with fingering, I look around for other editions. For example, Im doing some Bach Inventions, and ever edition seems to have a different fingering. This way, it is easy to mix and match.

But for this prelude, I dont think the LH fingering is THAT important. The chords are all pretty close together, and not difficult to play with a variety of fingerings. Just have a mess around and see what feels the best.

The ones you posted above seem quite reasonable.

PS. Sergio Tiempo did a vid of this prelude, so you could download that and see what he uses.

[henrah]

Bad fingerings are only those that do not allow you to play well. Don't follow the book and/or other fingerings to the number, go with whatever feels right in your fingers/hands. A teacher (a properone at that) will only pick on you about fingerings if s/he notices that they are giving you trouble, s/he would never make you change if you are playing well with them.
Henrah

EDIT: I too am playing this prelude at the moment, and sometimes I change my fingering halfway through a sequence of repetitive chords just to keep the fluency and make it more interesting for my LH.

[notturno]

There was a post on Prelude #4 that I found helpful, since you're working on it.

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=081ffdc8f8f91f0440e23f5411b18061&topic=4016.0