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Ryan

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scriabin hand span

on: March 07, 2004, 02:32:21 PM

Is it true scriabin could only span an octave and if so then how did he play his own music, they have bigger spans trhan rachmaninoff'S. Also which is technically easier, sonata 2 or 3?

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chopiabin

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Re: scriabin hand span

Reply #1 on: March 07, 2004, 08:49:46 PM

He could not play some of his own etudes. I am not sure which is harder. Are you asking about the whole sonata?

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Ryan

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Reply #2 on: March 07, 2004, 09:05:14 PM

Hi, yes i wondered which sonata is hardest technically. My teacher suggested doing number 3 but i prefer number 2 musically but wondered if there is much in them in terms of difficulty?

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scriabinsmyman

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Reply #3 on: March 16, 2004, 03:45:30 PM

I have small hands too, but Scriabin's my man!!! I find that I take a lot of my LH notes w/ my RH, and vice versa. I also break up the chords, or roll them, which adds a very nice sound to the piece...I don't find that his Sonatas differ too much in technical difficulty- if you want to check out a Scriabin that's way off the charts (at least for me) Fantasy B minor Op 28- it's so much fun!

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