Leggiero Section in Chopin's Scherzo No. 2 Help

[yechanee]

Hello, I'm currently learning Chopin's Scherzo No. 2 and I need some help on the Leggiero section; especially situations where you have to go from the thumb to the 4th finger. I've marked it in the attached pdf along with the fingering I'm using. I practiced this wrong yesterday and have very mild tendonitis, and am abstaining from practice.

How I play it is like so: When you reach the thumb, you move your hand horizontally to the left instead of twisting your hand to connect it in order to continue to play. But yesterday I had a mindless practice session (I know  ) and ended up going much faster than I intended. I think instead of simply moving my hand, my thumb is stressed compared to the other fingers. Because of this, during practice I may have done that twisting motion where your fourth finger goes over your thumb to connect, even though I wasn't connecting the two notes physically.

My question is, how do I rehabilitate myself so that this doesn't happen again?

[thirtytwo2020]

Hi yechanee,

I would be surprised if the sole cause of your pain was the "twisting motion" that you may or may not have done while practicing this section.

I think you are absolutely right that it's smarter to just move the hand, not connecting the notes physically. But I find it more likely that your 'mild tendonitis' is due to what you yourself call "mindless practice" - perhaps too much strain on the fingers during a long practice session with no breaks?

Of course, there may be something in your scale/broken chord technique that needs to be adjusted, but that's very hard for someone in this forum to address. Can you get help from a teacher?

[yechanee]

Hi yechanee,

I would be surprised if the sole cause of your pain was the "twisting motion" that you may or may not have done while practicing this section.

I think you are absolutely right that it's smarter to just move the hand, not connecting the notes physically. But I find it more likely that your 'mild tendonitis' is due to what you yourself call "mindless practice" - perhaps too much strain on the fingers during a long practice session with no breaks?

Of course, there may be something in your scale/broken chord technique that needs to be adjusted, but that's very hard for someone in this forum to address. Can you get help from a teacher?

Yeah, I texted my teacher about it this morning but she hasn't replied yet (I'm sure she will later).

I think it's more towards the mindless practice as well - I didn't really take any breaks and it was quite a long practice session. Hopefully I can fix this soon.