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Offline paul1234

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Help please..I can't reach
on: November 27, 2012, 03:05:42 PM
How do I play the left hand in the last bar here please..I cannot reach the notes

Offline chopin2015

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Re: Help please..I can't reach
Reply #1 on: November 27, 2012, 03:14:53 PM
you bar with your thumb, B is natural in that last bar, so just use your thumb and play both a and b with it.
"Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice."

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Re: Help please..I can't reach
Reply #2 on: November 27, 2012, 03:55:42 PM
Is there anything wrong with thinking that those B's in the bass can be played with the LH?

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Re: Help please..I can't reach
Reply #3 on: November 27, 2012, 06:28:34 PM
Thanx Chopin...appreciate that.

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Re: Help please..I can't reach
Reply #4 on: November 27, 2012, 06:33:57 PM
:D
"Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice."

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Re: Help please..I can't reach
Reply #5 on: November 28, 2012, 05:56:29 AM
Is there anything wrong with thinking that those B's in the bass can be played with the LH?

That's another option
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Re: Help please..I can't reach
Reply #6 on: November 28, 2012, 07:37:37 PM
That's another option
May even be easier, I can just barely reach it otherwise.
"Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice."

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Re: Help please..I can't reach
Reply #7 on: November 29, 2012, 10:33:17 PM
How do I play the left hand in the last bar here please..I cannot reach the notes



Don't stretch that. Use your thumb on the top two notes, and depending on your hand size you may want to roll it as well.

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Re: Help please..I can't reach
Reply #8 on: December 08, 2012, 06:01:06 PM
You can use you thumb from your right hand to play the two top notes on the left hand and simply play the rest with the left hand, and it should be easy! But you might need good fingering to get your right hand to the fourth finger or pinky on that last note...
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