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Topic: Chopin Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39. (Read 1363 times)

musike

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Chopin Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39.

on: October 07, 2013, 05:58:11 PM

how to play 6 measure left hand chord?

i'm not small hand but still hard to play D, F at the same time using thumb

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awesom_o

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Re: Chopin Scherzo No. 3 Op. 39.

Reply #1 on: October 07, 2013, 06:48:39 PM

Hah.... I could never get the thumb to cleanly play both the D# and the F#. So I used thumb for the F# and 2 for the D#!

I have extremely powerful and flexible hands though. This may be out of your reach. It's a very wide chord.