Piano Forum

Helllo.
How do you accent the melody in a piece ? I know that when there’s a double note sound in the right hand as in Claire de Lune first bar in the right hand you play the highest note a bit louder with your pinky - and the rest which is the left hand and the lower sound in the right hand quieter ( by the way do you play left hand and the lower non melodic note in the RH at the same volume ?) - Claire de lune bar 1

What about octaves or chords which have an octave in them - should you accent the highest melodic note then? Bar 13 Claire de lune

Or when there’s a chord both in the left and in the right hand at the same time simultaneously played and the melody in the highest note in the right hand - then the melody note with your pinky should be played louder and the rest quieter - at the same volume both in the left and in the right hand ? - Claire de lune bar 10


What about arpeggios ? It 3rd movement of Beethoven tempest sonata starting in Bar9 and on there’s arpeggios starting in the left going up to the right hand. - should you play the left hand quieter as usual or treat it as a whole?