Left hand hurts, need suggestion for right hand repertoires

[whitepiano555]

My left hand is hurt and need to stop playing for a little while.
I hurt myself from playing Scriabin etude Op.8 No.12, by stretching and forcing the left hand too much.
So do you have any good and cool repertoires for right hand alone??

thanks

[keyboardclass]

I'd do the Bach solo cello suites or re-finger Godowsky's Chopin Etudes for the left hand.  Just try not to injure this one, OK?

[pianist1976]

You can also use Scriabin prelude and nocturne for left hand Op 9, playing them with the right hand as does the spanish pianist Achúcarro, who is left-handed  . I think that they are far easier than Godowski's etudes. If you injured your left hand, you probably do not have a good technique so playing Godowski ultra difficult arrangements can be too much stressful for your hand.

I also injured my arms and hands many times when I was younger by playing too difficult pieces for my former level and my lack of a good relaxed technique. My advise is to find a good teacher as soon as possible before the damage becomes worse and to find a good chiropractor who helps you to heal and recover mobility on your injured hand.

P.S. Some of the Moszkowski etudes for the left hand Op 92 can be suitable for playing with the right hand, such as no 2 but be careful, other etudes from this opus can be too difficult.

[mistermoe]

I would work on some Bach Fugues. You have to work them hands separatly anyway. The d major (first book) also has a prelude which needs a lot of work in the right hand.
Then of course you have the good ol' chopets: op.10 N. 1, 2, 5, 8 op.25 N. 2, 6, 8, 11 but those are really demanding and need guidance of a good teacher or we risk to have a topic called "Left and right hand hurt, need suggestions what to to with all my spare time" 

As allways, the best idea is to talk to your teacher...

(i wouldn't transcribe left hand rep for the right hand, as most of those pieces are written to fit the left hand and would probably be awkward to play with the other hand. And you wouldn't learn a lot on common techniques. Look for 2 hand pieces with challenging right hand)

[retrouvailles]

I also second the motion not to transcribe pieces for left hand alone for usage for the right hand. Left hand alone pieces are written with the anatomy of the left hand, and can possibly cause injury to the right hand, for they are already taxing on the left.

There are a few right hand alone pieces that were written that way. A few examples are a movement from the Curiosity Suite by York Bowen and an etude by Ned Rorem. Czerny also wrote an etude that can be used for either hand alone.

Here is an extensive list: https://pianoeducation.org/pnoonhnd.html

[pianist1976]

I've been taking a look to the Scriabin prelude (which I played some years ago but for left hand) and you may be right: it's really uncomfortable for the right hand.

But I still maintain my other advice: to look for a good teacher before it's too late and he injures also his right hand.  

[lontano]

My left hand is hurt and need to stop playing for a little while.
I hurt myself from playing Scriabin etude Op.8 No.12, by stretching and forcing the left hand too much.
So do you have any good and cool repertoires for right hand alone??

thanks

This probably won't help at all, but didn't Alkan write one (or more) works for the RH?

[birba]

I had the same problem a few months ago - due to surgery - and I found that none of the left hand repertoire was good for the right hand.  Mr. Moe has the right suggestion:  practise repertoire that emphasizes the r.h.  I, too, rehashed the chopin etudes, some of the preludes, etc.  Steer away from Godowsky.  You might end up injuring your r.h. as well!

[thorn]

This reminds me of something I came across years ago (article or video I don't remember) of Feuchtwanger; a student of his injured his right hand so took the Ravel Concerto for left hand to him, he told the student, there's no point practising this, you will just injure that hand as well.

You need to address what you were doing that damaged that hand, which sounds like a typical case of too much tension. The Feuchtwanger exercises are an example of something that can help with this (I'm sure I uploaded them in the sheet music request thread years ago). Though any other form of relaxation exercises and techniques will help you with this too.

But whatever you do, don't go and overwork your right hand too.

[pk]

Look at this thread, I had the same problem
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=34492.msg400531#msg400531