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Topic: debussy - The Sunken Cathedral  (Read 9465 times)

Offline ptyrrell

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debussy - The Sunken Cathedral
on: December 11, 2009, 11:12:20 PM
Does anyone have a fingering for the awkward left hand chord in Debussy - The Sunken Cathedral (the first chord in measure 56) ?

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Offline Bob

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Re: debussy - The Sunken Cathedral
Reply #1 on: December 11, 2009, 11:31:31 PM
Is that the part with the jump?
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Re: debussy - The Sunken Cathedral
Reply #2 on: December 12, 2009, 02:12:24 AM
My mistake...I was talking about the left hand chord on the 1st beat of measure 58.

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Re: debussy - The Sunken Cathedral
Reply #3 on: December 12, 2009, 07:32:20 AM
Do you mean the g# a c# d# g#?
It's not that awkward is it? I guess depending on your hand.  You don't have much of a choice for fingering - 54321 unless you try 45321.
In bar 58 you could take the top g# with the RH while holding the rest with the pedal but you get the same chord the next bar and the RH is busy with its own chord....
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