Descending Glissando on Black Keys

[shoenberg3]

Can anyone give tips on how to execute these painful passages? (I'm specifically working on Debussy's etude-pour les huit doigts)

[abe]

make you finger as horizontal as possible, rather than vertical (thats kinda obvious, i know). Your finger will eventually callous up.

[janice]

elaborate in detail for all of us (we're curious what you mean!)

[dj]

elaborate in detail for all of us (we're curious what you mean!)

have your finger laying down across the keys instead of standing up  

[Will Millar]

Take a look at:

https://www.pianoforum.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=repo;action=display;num=1088630573

I put a link to another site on there which will help you to do it without "Callousing" your fingers.

Regards

Will

[janice]

have your finger laying down across the keys instead of standing up  

Duh, I know that  But is palm down, palm up, sideways?  which hand do you use?  stuff like that, thats what i meant.

[in_love_with_liszt]

Duh, I know that  But is palm down, palm up, sideways?  which hand do you use?  stuff like that, thats what i meant.

Heh. You're not the only on confused. I think that they mean you use the fleshy part on the opposite side on you hand of your thumb, and make a kind of fist and turn your hand sideways to use that part of the hand. But again, I'm confused about this myself.

[Will Millar]

Palm facing up, using the first two thirds of the fingers (from the fingeranail), seriously check out the website I posted in the other board.

Will