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Offline eyeballnick

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help needed, and appreciated
on: November 01, 2006, 07:35:28 PM
im a terrible sight reader, and i need to learn the prelude in c# minor (rachmaninoff) for someones wedding ( i know odd choice but its her fave) i was wondering if anyone has the sheet music with notes written on, or could help me with the first few bars or so. I would REALLY REALLY appreciate this.
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Offline zheer

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Re: help needed, and appreciated
Reply #1 on: November 01, 2006, 08:20:22 PM
 Yup i play this by memory now, well i will give you some tips, once the three opening octaves have been played make sure that the rest of the octaves are'nt as loud as the chords, it's often played the other way round , loud octaves soft chords arggg. Secondly i personally dont like the first section played too slowly, it's nice when it flows.
   Know the second section is t`he difficult bit, it shoud be fast with a clear melody and not soft, the third and final section has to be very loud and slightly faster than what is normally heard, well thats how i like it, it sort of takes flight. Good luck but for a wedding  ??? :o ??? :o.
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Offline debussy symbolism

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Re: help needed, and appreciated
Reply #2 on: November 04, 2006, 02:47:10 AM
Greetings.

Good luck playing that piece during the wedding.

Best.

Offline ihatepop

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Re: help needed, and appreciated
Reply #3 on: November 04, 2006, 11:57:05 AM
i was wondering if anyone has the sheet music with notes written on,   

All sheet music have notes on them, do they not? ???

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Re: help needed, and appreciated
Reply #4 on: November 04, 2006, 12:49:45 PM
For sheetmusic from the net, you can go to www.sheetmusicarchive.net.  Not great quality though, but you have your notes ;)
For better music, you should go to a decent library and start copying stuff there.

Good luck with the wedding, gyzzzmo
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