Tips for playing notes out of reach

[goddess13387]

Hi all, I'm new here. I've been trying to learn Beethovens Sonata Pathétique- 2nd mvt Adagio Cantabile, but am having some trouble with some of the left hand notes being WAY out of my reach. I can usually reach a 10th (just) but I'm finding these particular notes (highlighted) just impossible.

What would you suggest? would you suggest to "roll" the notes (to me this sounds clumsy)? or play the lower notes an octave higher? Any other tips?

Thanks!

[mjames]

You're supposed to play the arpeggios with the right hand, not your left.

[iansinclair]

As mjames said -- just because they are on the lower stave doesn't mean they have to be the left hand.  Use your right hand for the whole arpeggio...

[adodd81802]

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[rmbarbosa]

This is a case of poliphonie. With your RH, you play the first voice with more "accent" and the second voice in second plan.
Like with the "etude" of Chopin "Tristesse".

[louispodesta]

I have fell for this on occasion, it's also worth noting that this doesn't just limit to this piece, but in general if you can make a section easier by moving a high note to the right hand or a low note to the left, do it.

One of the flaws of Youtube is you can get so caught up with watching somebody play it and assume that's how you should play it to achieve the same results, when Lang Lang can reach a 12th and I can reach a 9th....

Partially correct, and then, no sir!

What my cited research has shown me (Kenneth Hamilton, Neal Perez Da Costa, and most of all their mentor, Clive Brown), is that the written page (URTEXT!) is not the way one should interpret a particular work of piano music.

Earl Wild in his Memoir, makes a very big deal out of the fact (per his own life experience), that every concert pianist he had ever known made significant changes in fingerings.  This included not only the harmonic distribution of the notes, but also the morphology of a particular pianist's hand.

[siveron]

I would really recommend cutting of your little finger, and put it on top of some of the others.

[adodd81802]

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[siveron]

Grow up and stop putting pointless comments. It honestly isn't funny and is a waste of time. You make 2nd, 3rd accounts to plague this forum with your drivel. GO AND LEARN THE PIANO

I'm sorry Mr. Can you please forgive me?