Piano Forum

I think you should remember to rotate the right hand towards the thumb; stroke lightly the small notes, don't play down but stroke out; and be loose in the shoulder, so the elbow can move in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction depending on where you have to move in the music.

I would practice this first with just the notes played by the thumb, trying to achieve a complete legato melody.  Then you can practice putting the thumb notes simultaneously with their octaves on the pinky; then adding the other notes while still playing octaves; then breaking it up as written.

One just has to be creative.  I know a pianist who refuses to play the prelude or etudes in concerts, because he says, you practice for hours on hours, and then it lasts two seconds on stage.  It is just going to take a lot of work.  Don't expect any of these preludes to come easily.

Walter Ramsey