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Topic: Help With Spoon River - Percy Grainger  (Read 1469 times)

Offline owenchan

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Help With Spoon River - Percy Grainger
on: September 21, 2015, 11:34:08 PM
Hi,
My conductor recently gave me the accompaniment/piano solo that goes along to Spoon River. Some bits are challenging but solvable, except for this one. Any advice (posture, technique, crossover, fingering, etc.) is welcome! Please help  :(

The main problem lies in the cross over and fingering within the given speed (88 per half note in cut time).

Here's a video of the piece: