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Offline pies

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Pieces with big left hand leaps
on: December 29, 2008, 10:26:25 AM
I need a piece with big LH leaps.  Nothing too long.  Can be from any period, but preferably modern.

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Re: Pieces with big left hand leaps
Reply #1 on: December 29, 2008, 12:38:29 PM
scriabin op.8 no.12?

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Re: Pieces with big left hand leaps
Reply #2 on: December 29, 2008, 01:15:10 PM
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Re: Pieces with big left hand leaps
Reply #3 on: December 29, 2008, 07:25:48 PM
Off the top of my head...Shostakovich's Concerto for piano, trumpet, and strings has a famous passage near the end. Chopin's etude op. 25 no. 4 (if that's not right, I mean the A minor), and lots of Scriabin (I like op. 65 no. 3). You know this is such a common thing, it makes it a broad issue!
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Re: Pieces with big left hand leaps
Reply #4 on: December 29, 2008, 11:18:13 PM
Scriabin also wrote an etude in a random opus I think it's 56?  It's either a single piece or from a set of pieces; it's only two pages long but the left hand has some crazy huge chords.  Sounds kinda mysterious too :P

I second the Op 65 #3, left hand is a bit similar to the other one I mentioned but the piece is definately much tougher.
Interested in discussing:

-Prokofiev Toccata
-Scriabin Sonata 2

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Re: Pieces with big left hand leaps
Reply #5 on: December 30, 2008, 12:22:03 AM
Perfectly- a great piece which I learnt - Rag infernal by William Bolcom-  a pain in the arse to learn, but short and effective.
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Re: Pieces with big left hand leaps
Reply #6 on: December 31, 2008, 07:37:14 AM
Rhapsody In Blue.  Too long, though. 
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Re: Pieces with big left hand leaps
Reply #7 on: December 31, 2008, 01:31:53 PM
Not modern, I'm afraid, but certainly has a fair amount of left hand leaping - Fumagalli Casta diva transcription for left hand. Left hand constantly jumping between registers trying to create the effect of a two hand texture. About 6 mins long, and an interesting test of left hand technique. I must admit to being quite taken with the piece.
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Re: Pieces with big left hand leaps
Reply #8 on: December 31, 2008, 04:30:55 PM
I detest big left hand leaps.
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