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Offline zpianist

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on: November 17, 2015, 06:05:27 AM
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Re: Prokofiev- Sarcasms
Reply #1 on: November 18, 2015, 02:38:05 AM
my first legit question about piano playing! ;D

Anyway... so basically I've been learning this piece (beware of ugly art accompanying the recording) and there is one part in the 5th movement that really trips me up:



these are the 2nd to last + last pages of the entire piece (in this score)

the tempo is actually super slow (if you listen to the recording at around 9:30) but still
how do I play these 32nd notes with rhythmical precision and "feel" them as opposed to carelessly playing them as "grace notes?" or should I just not bother? d:

thanks in advance ;D
zpianist/schumaniac (I locked myself out of my "schumaniac" account. whoops)





From your other posts, I was guessing you were either schumaniac or theholygideons.

When I saw the title "Prokofiev Sarcasms" I was like..... THAT MUST BE SCHUMANIAC

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Re: Prokofiev- Sarcasms
Reply #2 on: November 19, 2015, 01:33:34 AM
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Re: Prokofiev- Sarcasms
Reply #3 on: November 19, 2015, 09:43:32 PM
The fact that you are unable to play the 32nd notes correctly in time means that you're not keeping (or trying to keep) an internal pulse. The tempo of these few bars is relatively slow, so there shouldn't be much difficulty in counting quaver beats. However, if the syncopation in the left hand still troubles you, you could further divide the pulse into semiquavers and after mastery, count in quavers again. Remember, there are no short cuts in piano, you just have to think smart.

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Re: Prokofiev- Sarcasms
Reply #4 on: November 20, 2015, 01:21:43 AM
The fact that you are unable to play the 32nd notes correctly in time means that you're not keeping (or trying to keep) an internal pulse. The tempo of these few bars is relatively slow, so there shouldn't be much difficulty in counting quaver beats. However, if the syncopation in the left hand still troubles you, you could further divide the pulse into semiquavers and after mastery, count in quavers again. Remember, there are no short cuts in piano, you just have to think smart.

Best regards,
            theholygideons

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