Alborado del gracioso

[tomclear]

Anyone else playing Ravel's Alborado del gracioso (pardon misspellings, if necessary).
It's very difficult, but one section seems physically impossible! I refer to the place in the middle section where the left hand has the melody and the right hand is supposedly playing 4 notes: F/G#, F/G#. Am I reading this right? Do you just need big hands or what?
Any help appreciated.

[Colette]

If I'm resoponding to the right section in Alborada, ( the middle plus lent section), the left hand carries the melody and the right hand accompanies with: E#/Gnatural/E#Gnatural, which is only a ninth, so maybe you were reading it wrong or have a really odd edition

[tomclear]

merci infiniment! je fais une betise.

[Colette]

pas probleme

[ciocia_fifi]

and how do u find those tricky repetitions and double glissandos?( comment trouvez-vous ces repetitions et 2ble glissandos? )

[tomclear]

I love the double glissandos! Maybe I'm playing them wrong too, but I just put down two fingers and slide. For the repeated notes (you mean like the quintuplets?) I just follow the editor's suggested fingering and it's not impossible.

[ciocia_fifi]

yeah, tomclear, those gliss r fun!! especially when u keep listening 2 d left hand +u pay attention 2 this specific rythmic motive. but at the beginning it happened 2 me that my keyboard was literally covered with my blood!( it was the 3rd finger which suffered so badly from the gliss) maybe my skin is just to soft
and the repetiotions-quite a tricky thing when it comes to playing it on some poor instrument. generally, "ca va".
WELL, I LOVE THIS PIECE!!!! i love spanish vibes ( u know the nights in the gardens of spain or fantaisie-beatice by de falla ?), i am on my way to learn flamenco (that will be hilarious- me, a typical blonde dancing with those spanish guys;) ravel is 1 of my beloved- if not the most beloved !! i know all his literature by heart (uhm...as a listener:) , i ve studied alborada , oiseaux tristes and valses nobles et sentimentales;planning 2 play more & more....
do u know an original, orchestral version of this piece?its even cooler!

[tomclear]

Blood on the keys! How Chopinesque! About the repeated notes: For years I thought my playing had just plateaued and I was never going to be able to play some things--it was the piano! I got a very nice, well-regulated Yamaha and keep it in good condition and have gone back for a second look at things I wrote off years ago.
Do you know L'enfant et les sortileges, Ravel opera? I teach in a French school and my kids really liked it.

[ciocia_fifi]

yep, i felt a bit flattered by this view of my blood on the keys;) especially as a compatriote of chopin
i know enfant... very well, its fun!!those colours, the ways he uses the possibilities of d orchestra &human voice... im reading som einteresting biography of ravel by a guy called jankelevitsch (?)( edited in paris ) right now. there is plenty of books on his subject in brussels&in paris - thats why im desperated 2 improve my french as fast as its only possible ( j ai commence il y a qq mois slmnt, mais mntnt je peux parler assez courament;je dois, c est la langue  dont je fais mes cours;) )
vive maurice, ole!:)