Un Sospiro: Etude No. 39

[Ludvig_Van_Me]

Is this piece public domain?

If so then has anyone got any links to where I can download it?(sheet music)

Thanks

[Ludvig_Van_Me]

I forgot to add 'for free'


thanks

[donjuan]

Just go to the music store and buy it!  Such a common piece will not be hard to find.  cmon, it will be like 2 bucks.

[.COM]

Ok, here is what you would have to do.

First: go to this site- https://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=5067

Wait for it to finish loading then browse to the bottom and you should see the two image downloads for Un Sospiro. There are actually three images, but the last one is found in the next page of the web site.

You are required to register and have a username, password, and etc. It is FREE.

After you finish registering you should be able to download the images of Un Sospiro.

Reply if you have any questions, I'm willing to be of an assistance.

GOOD LUCK

-P/L

[Ludvig_Van_Me]

Thanks .com, great link

[.COM]

Thanks .com, great link

You're welcome.

[Ludvig_Van_Me]

Wow, this is truly a great song.....Uh I mean piece (joke)!


It's a stange one as it's tough to master but it sounds so simple to the ear.

It's the perfectly perfect romantic piece.

[donjuan]

Wow, this is truly a great song.....Uh I mean piece (joke)!


It's a stange one as it's tough to master but it sounds so simple to the ear.

It's the perfectly perfect romantic piece.

Indeed.  I played it in a number of competitions.  In my experience, it impresses non musical people more easily than musical.  

[aki]

I love playing that piece, I played it for my ARCT exam, and I got quite a good mark on it.  I think this is a good piece to "show off" your skills to people who don't know much about music.

[Ludvig_Van_Me]

I'm having trouble with a particular bit,


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Stuck.jpg


The first 2 are ok but then it's really quite hard to cross my arms and make the stretch for the higher notes.

Am I playing it right?

[donjuan]

I'm having trouble with a particular bit,


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Stuck.jpg


The first 2 are ok but then it's really quite hard to cross my arms and make the stretch for the higher notes.

Am I playing it right?

This part is easy if you position your body up the keyboard.  Otherwise, it is impossible- physically

[janice]

I agree with DonJuan.  I played this for a recital once, and that is what I had to do, or else my body got in the way of being able to cross over and be accurate.

[Ludvig_Van_Me]

Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try.

[donjuan]

That's one butt-shift in the right direction

[janice]

But make sure that you don't lean too far and lose your balance and fall off the bench! LOL How embarrassing!!  Then you can make a post under the "most embarrassing moment at the piano" thread!

[janice]

But make sure that you don't lean too far and lose your balance and fall off the bench! LOL How embarrassing!!  Then you can make a post under the "most embarrassing moment at the piano" thread! (Hey, someone needs to revive that thread.  I need a good laugh!)

[goansongo]

Sospiro is such a nice piece.  I cheated my way through this one though, forgeting altogether about the switching of hands to play the melody.  I just used my right hand the whole time to play the melody and my left hand just ran up and down.  It doesn't look as impressive of course, but it sounds just the same.  

[Clare]

Woah. That sounds harder than doing the hand swapping thing. Way harder.

The good thing about this piece I think is it's easy to memorise and if you mess up, you can recover easily! I love that rocking bit before the first cadenza.

I agree that you have to sit a bit to the right and also make sure that you're not sitting too close to the keyboard.

[donjuan]

make sure that you're not sitting too close to the keyboard.

That's a good point- make sure your wrists arent twisted in weird shapes, or you will really feel it tomorrow...
donjuan

[goansongo]

A lot of people have told me that I made the piece a lot harder than it is by not swapping hands, but really, I think it makes things more simple.  Plus, it exercises your left hand to move faster and with more precision (if you do play with precision, that is).  And it does kinda look cool in it's own way because it seems like your left hand is flying over the keys while your right hand does little work.  

[Sketchee]

A lot of people have told me that I made the piece a lot harder than it is by not swapping hands, but really, I think it makes things more simple.  Plus, it exercises your left hand to move faster and with more precision (if you do play with precision, that is).  And it does kinda look cool in it's own way because it seems like your left hand is flying over the keys while your right hand does little work.  

The point of the piece as an etude, though is the hand swapping.  There are similar pieces Liszt writes where the left hand does do arpeggios and the right hand just does the melody in octaves and things like that.  The switching hands helps keep the piece even and without fatigue.  Most people could play it at a faster speed that way (if they wanted to) or even with less or no pedal. Still I agree it can work with the left hand alone; Just stating reasons reasons why Liszt may have done things that way.

Of course, there's still large sections of Sospiro that have other things going on anyway..

[goansongo]

Yeah, I know Liszt wrote it that way for a reason, but to me, I don't really care about exercising my hands or anything like that.  As long as I can play the piece and it sounds correct, it's fine with me.

.... I did go back and relearn the piece the "correct" way with the handswapping after I found out that I was playing it wrong though.  Still, I prefer to play it without the hand swapping.