Rhapsody Op.76 No.2 Brahms

[cdowlen]

Hi, I'm having difficulty playing this piece. I've got a competition coming up on February 5 and I need some MAJOR help.  My problem is playing 3/2. I understand the concept of right hand being triplets and the left being eighth notes. But I can not get a fingering that works well for my left hand in those passages particularly in the Development stage.
     Is their anything I can do dynamic changes with octaves? Hand position or techniques to make the runs clean as a whistle?
    Also, I am trying to memorize this piece in order to go to a State Competition. Is there any tricks to memorizing it?

Thank you for your help!

[cdowlen]

Hi, I'm having difficulty playing this piece. I've got a competition coming up on February 5 and I need some MAJOR help.  My problem is playing 3/2. I understand the concept of right hand being triplets and the left being eighth notes. But I can not get a fingering that works well for my left hand in those passages particularly in the Development stage.
     Is their anything I can do dynamic changes with octaves? Hand position or techniques to make the runs clean as a whistle?
    Also, I am trying to memorize this piece in order to go to a State Competition. Is there any tricks to memorizing it?

Thank you for your help!

[jgallag]

Op. 76 No. 2 or Op. 79 No. 2? There doesn't appear to be a rhapsody in Op. 76...

Look up posts by bernhard on learning music, and make sure to talk to your teacher about these questions, and check the opus number. If it's Op.79 I've played both rhapsodies and may be able to help you. Also, come back with measure numbers, please.

[chauncey]

Hi, I'm having difficulty playing this piece. I've got a competition coming up on February 5 and I need some MAJOR help.  My problem is playing 3/2. I understand the concept of right hand being triplets and the left being eighth notes. But I can not get a fingering that works well for my left hand in those passages particularly in the Development stage.
     Is their anything I can do dynamic changes with octaves? Hand position or techniques to make the runs clean as a whistle?
    Also, I am trying to memorize this piece in order to go to a State Competition. Is there any tricks to memorizing it?

Thank you for your help!

I believe your talking about Rhapsody in G minor op. 79 no. 2? If so, then I think I have a few tips that can help.
For the octave dynamics: If your hands are big enough, you could work on using the 1st and 4th fingers (or you can keep the 1st and 5th fingers) for hitting the flat note octaves, such as the Ab. Then what you can do is start of slowly by adding a little pressure every time you move from one octave to another for the dynamics. Starting off slowly is key here. For the tricky left hand parts, can you provide measure numbers? For me, the trick to memorization is to keep on playing it again and again. Just play a section over and over and over. Make sure your playing it completely right though, you wouldn't want your muscle memory to memorize something that is Innocent. Again, starting of slow here would be key.

Cheers.