It's kind of an odd proposition, but I would be willing to pay someone to finger it for me.
agreed to a certain extent...if someone is truly at the level to be taking on the 4th ballade (seriously, not just dabbling with it like I do from time to time to convince myself that it's still way to hard for me), then they should be able to work out fingerings on their own.
I'm looking for a good single edition of the ballade that has good fingering. I'm reluctant to purchase what I normally do, the Henle Urtext, because i'm going to need a more complete fingering, especially for the coda.
It is an odd proposition, but I have seen many posts like this on this forum and my answer is always the same.My hand is not the same as your hand so YOU MUST WORK IT OUT YOURSELF. The only way anyone could do this for you, is if they they were sitting next to you at the piano.I seem to spend a lot of time crossing out fingerings on scores and entering my own.Thal
I think the fingering for the coda is pretty intuitive in a way, there aren't many different ways you could finger it and still play it in tempo. My edition (Wiener Urtext) supplies enough fingering to help you play all the worst passages, i e the horrible thirds all have fingering, and the easier bits have the same fingering that you easily could figure out by yourself.
If you are good enough to attempt it, you should be good enough to finger it.
I find so many people agreeing with me in one thread slightly worrying.Thal
I was clearing out the pile of old junk behind my piano the other day and came across my old book of Chopin Nocturnes, in which I had carefully fingered the Op.9 No.1 nocturne that I last played about 8 years ago.Strangely, I could not play with my own fingering and had to make several adjustments before it worked out as I wanted.Not only can I not cope with other people's ideas of fingering, it now appears that I cannot cope with my own either, given a sufficient time lapse between attempts.What hard work this piano playing lark is.Thal
Why do you want to use the 4th Ballade for auditions? This piece requires a certain maturity to perform with depth and feeling, and no offense at 18 -20 (age for college i'm guessing) you WILL lack the maturity to perform this work. If you are set on a Ballade, so be it, but pick one of the other 3.
Chopin is my composer. I have no lack of maturity, at least in Chopin. I think I understand him really well. Just don't ask me to play Bach!
Scott, I really appreciate you reply. Thank you very much.I have read a biography on Chopin and understand his life struggle very well, but I now understand what you mean by maturity. I suppose you would be right- I don't think I could completely understand what was going through Chopin's brain when he wrote it. I appreciate Bach. I think he is a genius and I also know of Chopin's great respect for him. Although, I can't stand playing a song without.... emotion. It is all too structured for me, as was the style at the time. I have no lack of respect for Bach, I'm just not geared to that style of playing. I still listen to him though!You've definitely made me think about my choice here. Thanks