Tips for Scriabin Etude, op. 8 no. 11

[aewanko]

The problem is the big chords, the grace notes and the tempo. Any tips? Especially the cantabile instruction.



By the way, can anyone translate Scriabin's footnotes in the etude? I can't understand much Russian. It could be vital.

[momopi]

If you can post the footnote maybe I could help. I know someone who speaks Russian.

Can you type in Cyrillic?

[aewanko]

No, my computer does not support Cyrillic.

[momopi]

Hello, thanks for posting them. I'm still busy. Maybe by weekend or next week, I can write them down then ask a friend or two to translate them for you.

Please wait. Thank you.


momopi ^___^

[momopi]

Hello sweetie. Did you miss me?

Ok, here goes:

1) Initially there was no designation of tempo: there was only "cantabile." Then Skryabin wrote by hand "andante"

2) Initially this part was like [insert image with notes]. Then fifth semiquaver was struck out.

3) Before this bar, the author considered "caesura" necessary.

4) These chords should be performed "tenuto" by instructions of the author.

5) In autograph, at the end of this bar, dim is put. It applies to the next whole bar and leads to pp. However, the author considered possible other dynamic plan of these parts: instead of dim. he permitted crescendo, then subito pp, connecting the latter with rit. Then in the beginning of this place pp is necessary.

6) In autograph, there is pp in this place.

[aewanko]

Thank you for the translation. Now I just need to polish those octaves as well as the notes between them.

[momopi]

Wow! You work fast! Good luck on your piece. I hope you will able to play it the way you expect to play it.

Actually, I don't even know who Scriabin/Skryabin is. My knowledge of music and composers is still very much lacking. Maybe you can record your work and post it on audition room. I'm interested in that etude. 


*although it will probably take me 10 years or more to be able to play that one*
*hehe*

[yuyue314]

Could anyone suggest the fingering of the big chords at the beginning?
Does the "staff division" of notes in the score suggest LH/RH division (i.e. thumbs shall cross)?
Or shall hands be separated whenever possible?
From Youtube I've seen many different solutions...
I wonder which one makes the most sense???
Many thanks!