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Topic: alkan Grande sonate  (Read 1941 times)

Offline lemagnifik

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alkan Grande sonate
on: October 28, 2013, 10:29:40 AM
Hello , i'm a new membre, french... so scuse me for my English please , I need some help, for the second page of Alkan grande sonate "les quatre ages"

i've tried a lot of combinations for my fingering in the first mouvement ( second page) but i can't find the good one ... somebody already play this sonate ? someone could help me ?

theholygideons

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Re: alkan Grande sonate
Reply #1 on: October 28, 2013, 11:25:08 AM
i've played it a long time ago, luckily i found what my fingerings were.
i hope you enjoy yourself

Offline lemagnifik

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Re: alkan Grande sonate
Reply #2 on: October 28, 2013, 11:59:10 AM
Isn ´ t it strange thé répétition of the second finger ?

theholygideons

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Re: alkan Grande sonate
Reply #3 on: October 28, 2013, 12:04:52 PM
not really..
well it's your playing, if you can't decide fingering then you shouldn't play this piece.

theholygideons

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Re: alkan Grande sonate
Reply #4 on: October 28, 2013, 12:08:36 PM
you could use 1 instead of 2 in some places. up to you

Offline lemagnifik

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Re: alkan Grande sonate
Reply #5 on: October 28, 2013, 12:34:49 PM
Anyone got another solution?

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Re: alkan Grande sonate
Reply #6 on: October 28, 2013, 10:40:52 PM
I don't see what the problem is.  The note patterns lend themselves to pretty obvious fingerings. If you can't play it, then you may have a faulty technique that prevents you from playing it at speed.  What kind of finger exercises have you done?
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