Piano Forum

Topic: Fingerings in Chopin's prelude n°4  (Read 2587 times)

Offline stormx

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 396
Fingerings in Chopin's prelude n°4
on: February 06, 2006, 01:58:34 PM
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 !!
Sign up for a Piano Street membership to download this piano score.
Sign up for FREE! >>

Offline steve jones

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1380
Re: Fingerings in Chopin's prelude n°4
Reply #1 on: February 06, 2006, 04:09:56 PM

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

Offline stormx

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 396
Re: Fingerings in Chopin's prelude n°4
Reply #2 on: February 06, 2006, 04:50:59 PM
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  :P

Thanks !!

Offline steve jones

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1380
Re: Fingerings in Chopin's prelude n°4
Reply #3 on: February 06, 2006, 06:31:45 PM

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.

Offline henrah

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1476
Re: Fingerings in Chopin's prelude n°4
Reply #4 on: February 06, 2006, 08:47:49 PM
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.
Currently learning:<br />Liszt- Consolation No.3<br />J.W.Hässler- Sonata No.6 in C, 2nd mvt<br />Glière- No.10 from 12 Esquisses, Op.47<br />Saint-Saens- VII Aquarium<br />Mozart- Fantasie KV397<br /

Offline notturno

  • PS Silver Member
  • Jr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 79
Re: Fingerings in Chopin's prelude n°4
Reply #5 on: February 06, 2006, 09:08:01 PM
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

The artist does nothing that others deem beautiful, but rather only what to him is a necessity.  Arnold Schoenberg, Theory of Harmony
For more information about this topic, click search below!

Piano Street Magazine:
Enfant Terrible or Childishly Innocent? – Prokofiev’s Complete Piano Works Now on Piano Street

In our ongoing quest to provide you with a complete library of classical piano sheet music, the works of Sergey Prokofiev have been our most recent focus. As one of the most distinctive and original musical voices from the first half of the 20th century, Prokofiev has an obvious spot on the list of top piano composers. Welcome to the intense, humorous, and lyrical universe of his complete Sonatas, Concertos, character pieces, and transcriptions! Read more
 

Logo light pianostreet.com - the website for classical pianists, piano teachers, students and piano music enthusiasts.

Subscribe for unlimited access

Sign up

Follow us

Piano Street Digicert