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Topic: Ginastera Sonata No. 1, fingering in first movement...help?  (Read 2288 times)

Offline rasteen

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Am preparing the Ginastera sonata no. 1; wondered if anyone had ideas about the left hand passages on page 4 (Boosey and Hawkes) beginning on the fourth line; it is the third such left hand figure that still gives me trouble when I play up tempo; I am fingering it, 5 2 1 4 5 2 1 4 5 3 2 1; any one with any suggestions? would appreciate it; thanks so much! the others work fine, just that one--of course it may just be beyond me at tempo...oh well...
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Re: Ginastera Sonata No. 1, fingering in first movement...help?
Reply #1 on: July 28, 2009, 05:47:22 PM
Here is what I use

1st:
4321 4321 3212

2nd:
4321 4321 4321

3rd:
5321 5321 5321

4th:
5321 4321 5321 1
5321 4321 4212 1

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Re: Ginastera Sonata No. 1, fingering in first movement...help?
Reply #2 on: July 28, 2009, 07:13:46 PM
I use the same except for the last one:

 5421 4213 2132 1  or
 5421 3213 2132 1

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Re: Ginastera Sonata No. 1, fingering in first movement...help?
Reply #3 on: July 28, 2009, 09:11:30 PM
Thank you Quantum:

Here is my complete fingering;

First

4321 4321 3212 1

Second

4321 4321 3132 1

Third

5214 5214 5321

Fourth

5321 3213 2132 1

I got these from two sources; a friend of mine at a local college who had a lesson with Ginastera on this sonata; secondly, from Stanislav Ioudenitch who is a friend/colleague of mine and shared the gold medal at the Cliburn back in 2001 with Olga Kern.

Thanks for sharing your fingerings;

Ron Steen
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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