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Offline pk

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right hand etude
on: July 01, 2009, 05:10:33 PM
I have hurt my left hand and I wonder if you know any right hand etudes that are really difficult.
There are thousands of left hand etudes but I dont need those right now  ;D
I know the alkan 16 minutes etude, but that one is too long and "boring", and Im tired of practising tricky right hand parts of two hand etudes.

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Re: right hand etude
Reply #1 on: July 01, 2009, 05:21:56 PM
Ned Rorem's Etude No. 7 is for right hand alone. It is very difficult and will keep your busy. It isn't too long either. Also, it's not an etude, but York Bowen has a piece called Caprice, for the Right Hand Alone which should suit your purposes.

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Re: right hand etude
Reply #2 on: July 01, 2009, 05:26:19 PM
thanx,
 you dont happen to have the sheets, or know where I could find them  ???

Ned Rorem's Etude No. 7 is for right hand alone. It is very difficult and will keep your busy. It isn't too long either. Also, it's not an etude, but York Bowen has a piece called Caprice, for the Right Hand Alone which should suit your purposes.

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Re: right hand etude
Reply #3 on: July 01, 2009, 06:39:43 PM
Ned Rorem is still alive, so I can't post them. The Bowen is also under copyright. Just google them and you should find them. I don't know the publishers.

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Re: right hand etude
Reply #4 on: July 01, 2009, 06:46:33 PM
Want me to write/transcribe you a piece for the right had alone?  :)
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Re: right hand etude
Reply #5 on: July 02, 2009, 06:43:24 AM
Want me to write/transcribe you a piece for the right had alone?  :)
Again, not an étude - and not even a piece that is entirely for right hand alone (and apologies for any self-advertising that may be perceived) - but I have a Rakhmaninov song transcription that begins for left hand alone, continues for right hand alone and concludes with both hands together.

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Re: right hand etude
Reply #6 on: July 02, 2009, 10:17:57 AM
these are not etudes for the r.h alone but do focus on the r.h:
chopin op.10 no.1,2,5,8
Liszt transcendental etudes: Feux Follets, no.1
J.S Bach Italian Concerto,Beethoven Sonata op.2 no.2,Mozart Sonatas K.330&333,Chopin Scherzo no.2,Etude op.10 no.12&Fantasie Impromptu

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Re: right hand etude
Reply #7 on: July 02, 2009, 02:02:37 PM
these are not etudes for the r.h alone but do focus on the r.h:
chopin op.10 no.1,2,5,8
Liszt transcendental etudes: Feux Follets, no.1

These won't help him much because his left hand is hurt. He needs something for the right hand alone.

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Re: right hand etude
Reply #8 on: July 04, 2009, 05:54:12 PM
I know the alkan 16 minutes etude, but that one is too long and "boring

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Re: right hand etude
Reply #9 on: July 05, 2009, 11:12:33 AM

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Re: right hand etude
Reply #10 on: July 05, 2009, 05:32:52 PM
Yes  8)
No. It's not quite Alkan at his best and, at times, it seems to be a little contribed and at other times almost impractical (which Alkan rarely is, even when writing his most challenging music), but boring? - never!

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Re: right hand etude
Reply #11 on: July 05, 2009, 07:21:30 PM
I have practiced that one and I got bored, seriously  :(
But he has done a lot of good stuff though
No. It's not quite Alkan at his best and, at times, it seems to be a little contribed and at other times almost impractical (which Alkan rarely is, even when writing his most challenging music), but boring? - never!

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