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Topic: Playing Apreggios Fast and Clean  (Read 3231 times)

Offline pianolover9

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Playing Apreggios Fast and Clean
on: April 12, 2009, 06:02:48 AM
Hello All,

This is my first post at this amazing piano forum and so glad I found it!

Please help!

I have been playing piano for about 18 years however I have never really been able to play arpeggios like I have seen some people. I can go to about 2 maybe 3 octaves upward without any problems but cant go past that like I would like and can't come back down "clean", meaning without missing the desired keys.

I don't know if I am lacking fingering (which I doubt but could) or I am not playing the proper scale/chord arpeggio.

I found a perfect example of what I am trying to play here https://tinyurl.com/dgzzaq.

If you notice at :15-:19, this pianist is playing the upward passage with 2 hands but then comes down with one.

The other great passage is around :21 and especially the end.

Can anyone please tell me what is the solution to this? I know it's something basic, maybe just simply practice but I have practiced for many hours. I just can't seem to get it that clean.

I am all ears guys and gals.

Looking forward to hearing back from you!
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Offline Petter

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Re: Playing Apreggios Fast and Clean
Reply #1 on: April 12, 2009, 11:29:37 AM
At 0:21 it sounds like he's playing a sus chord, with pedal down. Easier then to play then a triad in some keys. Some of the arpeggios looks like patterns as well, and not regular triad arpeggios. Not sure about the arpeggio going down in 0:18. Anyway those fast chop things are probably idiomatic suitable.
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Re: Playing Apreggios Fast and Clean
Reply #2 on: April 13, 2009, 03:19:33 AM
@petter

I appreciate the feedback and it I would agree with you. Thanks!

Can anyone else provide more feedback as to what the solution is?

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Re: Playing Apreggios Fast and Clean
Reply #3 on: April 13, 2009, 09:20:40 AM
I'm practicing it by isolating the hard part, ie in a descending C#m it's the 4th finger passing over the thumb from E to C#. When the thumb hits E the 4th finger should already be in position to play the C#.
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