Chopin Prelude No.7 Q??

[lennoxconner]

Hi all,

Just been looking through some of the Preludes that are around my level. Started No.6, very nice little piece. But I also wanted to do No.6. Problem is Im a little confused about something:

Towards the end there is a particularly rough chord in the treble. It goes A#, C#, E, A#, C#. I can reach the tenth easy enough, but I cant fill in the inner voices of the chord.However, on the music there is a bracket by the bottom notes with a '1' in it. I assume this is specifying the fingering, but I dont get what the bracket is about.

Could someone explain this chord and notation to me? Im wondering whether there is some other excepted way to play this chord that I am not yet aware of. Other than that, I would probably omit a note (it doesnt seem right to arpegitate this one to me).

Thanks!

[jimf12]

For chords I can't reach, I generally roll them.   That chord you are talking is awkward.  Use your entire thumb laying flat to play the A# and C# together (assuming the bracket means to play both keys with the thumb)

[quantum]

The 1 with bracket is an indication to play A# and C# with your thumb. 

[jimf12]

Picture is worth a thousand words...

https://melaniespanswick.com/2019/01/12/fruitful-fingering-part-2/

Scroll down a bit and there is a picture of how to splay your thumb out to play that.