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Hey, I think I know that piece.

I'd still do it as written.  Break it down into pieces.  Practice in more keys or chords so you get more repetition.

Land the weight on 2 in the left.  After enough practice it's all one motion, 'landing' on 2.

The roll isn't stuck in time so there's a little wiggle room there.  As long as it's a rip and everything hits on one. 

For practice, you could a block chord for the first part.  It's an octave or a seventh there.  Then crossing over the thumb with 2.  You can make exercises crossing 2 over the thumb (or 3, or 4).  Even something simple, all white key.... thumb on the third of a chord, cross 2 up and down on the root and fifth of the chord. 

This might be one of those spots that is a technique you don't down yet, so it's more difficult now.  Later it become easy.

I'd probably go with those fingerings.  I think it's possibly to just roll from 5 up to 1 though too. 

Coordinating with the RH, there is some help with the accents.  The dim doesn't help.

It's all light though.  Motions.  Not heavy fingerwork.  The tempo's clippy, in one.  You do have some wiggle room with the tempo, but it will be obvious if it's pushing you.

For theory, just i V i, if that helps.

Pedalling looks like a challenge too.  Catch the bass note on that roll?  And it's also staccato while held by the pedal?


I'd go for it.  Drill the heck out the LH until it gets the motion down.  It is still an awkward roll since it's a roll with a cross over like that.  Shtuff will come up in future music though that's like that.

If you still wanted to, you could leave out the B's but it's not the same.  Chords still function.  i viio i.   Fifth isn't needed on i.  It is losing the root on V7 though.


There's also the historical angle.  Was this a piece Chopin wrote when he was playing on a piano with lighter action?  If you're playing on a piano with heavy action, it's not quite the same.  Not impossible though either.