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Topic: New around here. technical problem with schubert's nş 3 Moment musicale.  (Read 1228 times)

Offline maizacolors

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Hi there! I will describe my situation a little before getting to the main point. I took piano lessons when I was 15 almost for a year, but then I stopped 3 years, and recently (like 4 months ago) I have decided to start playing the piano, this time more seriously... and well, i don't have a teacher so i'm trying to teach myself the best i can. I find one of the biggest problems of self-learning is choosing the repertoire, I just pick pieces that I like and try to play them...some times they are too difficult and I drop them for later :P.

Well, this time I've decided to study schubert's moment musicale Nş3 and I think it's going pretty good but i'm having problems with one thing, I just can't seem to be able to play the consecutive thirds with the right hand that are on the 9 compass right (even) and fast, so I would like to know if anyone knows a good exercise or a good way of improving this kind of thing, of acquiring the skill that its required to play this part, I would really appreciate if you could share it with me  :).

Thanks!.

Offline birba

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Look, you've only been at it now for 4 months (after a hiatus of 3 years), so don't despair.  Those are not tricky thirds and they will come with time.

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Thanks for replying so fast Birba, I know technical ability comes with time and patience, but I lack a bit of the second one :P, so I just wanted to know if there was one way to shorten this time.

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Thirds come with independence of the fingers.  I would do some simple excercises like:
3 4 5 4 3 with the r.h.   and 1 2 3 2 1  with the l.h.  begin on c-e in the r.h. and g-e in the l.h. 
1 2 3 2 1                           3 4 5 4 3
play twice up and down and then play twice in the minor key, substituting e with e-flat.  Then move the whole hand up to c-sharp-e-sharp and repeat.  Not sure if I'm making myself clear.
Anyway, try it and do them 5-10 minutes a day.

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yup, I think I get what you're trying to say, so I'll take your advice, practice and see how it goes. (One again) thanks!

Offline keyboardclass

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I did this for someone a couple of summers back:

Should be part of your daily routine - the wrist movement gets less as you get faster (in fact I doubt I'd have any in the Schubert).
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