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Topic: How do I play this bit? No. 1093289  (Read 1872 times)

Offline Ludvig_Van_Me

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How do I play this bit? No. 1093289
on: December 25, 2004, 03:46:57 AM
How on earth am I meant to play this bit ?

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/fastrun.jpg

What is the fingering?

Thx

Offline donjuan

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Re: How do I play this bit? No. 1093289
Reply #1 on: December 25, 2004, 04:04:04 AM
whats the key signature? treble on top and bass on bottom right?
just for curiousity, what's the piece?

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Re: How do I play this bit? No. 1093289
Reply #2 on: December 25, 2004, 04:07:49 AM
It looks like one of the Chopin nocturnes, but I can't remember which one.  Is it the E minor?  I don't have my Chopin book at home, and I can't get into sheetmusicarchive now either.
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Offline Stolzing

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Re: How do I play this bit? No. 1093289
Reply #3 on: December 25, 2004, 04:11:12 AM
Chopin's  Nocturne in C#m correct?

1-2-3-4 1-2-3 1-2-3-4 1-2-3 1-2-3-4-3-2-1 3-2-1 4-3-2-1 etc.

Bernhard explains how to do fast runs here:

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3100.0.html

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Re: How do I play this bit? No. 1093289
Reply #4 on: December 25, 2004, 04:17:20 AM
Ah yes, C sharp minor.  Measure 59....
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Offline Ludvig_Van_Me

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Re: How do I play this bit? No. 1093289
Reply #5 on: December 25, 2004, 04:35:24 AM
Thanks for the help,  yes sorry it's chopin's norturne 20, a stunning, tear jerking piece.


Thanks for the links stolzing, and thanks bernhard for an awesome tutorial, :)

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Re: How do I play this bit? No. 1093289
Reply #6 on: December 25, 2004, 09:28:01 PM
that's Chopin #20.
Played it last year.
Quite easy though.
The fingering's like in scales.
Not hard at all.
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Offline chopin_girl

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Re: How do I play this bit? No. 1093289
Reply #7 on: December 25, 2004, 09:28:46 PM
oh. you solved it.
anyway... .:)

one of the most beautiful chopin pieces I've ever played.
100% emotions..
"As this cough will choke me, I implore you to have my body opened, so that I may not be buried alive." - Chopin's last written words
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