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Topic: Rach Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 Fingering (Read 2528 times)

sissco

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Rach Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 Fingering

on: December 30, 2007, 02:20:35 PM

Hi there! Long time no post. Can somebody help me with the fingering on page 2 of this prelude? I am talking about the right hand in the measures 17 to 20. Can I play this like 1,3,5-5-1,5-5 (measure 18) or legato like 1,3,4-5-1,4-5?

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stringoverstrung

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Re: Rach Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 Fingering

Reply #1 on: December 30, 2007, 02:55:25 PM

i used 3 but that didn't work out very well. I think it's better to not use 3 in bar 18 for the RH

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Re: Rach Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 Fingering

Reply #2 on: December 30, 2007, 05:21:18 PM

I use 1,2,4/1,5/1,5/1,4/1,3,5 in m. 17 and 1,2,4/5/1,4/1,5/1,2,4 in mm. 18. and 19. In m. 20 1,2,4/5/1,4/5/1,2,4

it depends on the hand span, if you have smaller hands you might try 1,3,5/1,5/1,5/1,4 in m. 17 and 1,2,4/5/1,4/1,5/1,3,5 in m. 18. In m. 19 1,3,5/1,4/1,5/5. For m. 20 it would be 1,3,5/5/1,4/5/1,3,5

hope this helps.

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acha114

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Re: Rach Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 Fingering

Reply #3 on: January 02, 2008, 04:55:17 AM

Quote from: sissco on December 30, 2007, 02:20:35 PM

Hi there! Long time no post. Can somebody help me with the fingering on page 2 of this prelude? I am talking about the right hand in the measures 17 to 20. Can I play this like 1,3,5-5-1,5-5 (measure 18) or legato like 1,3,4-5-1,4-5?

Thanks

I do:
measure 17: 1-2-4, 1-5, 1-5, 1-5
measure 18: 1-2-4, 5, 1-4, 5
measure 19: 1-2-4, 5, 1-4, 5
measure 20: 1-2-4, 5, 1-4, 5

It's the most helpful fingering at fast speeds, and quite comfortable too.

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