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Topic: To take down or not to take down : Chopin's 1st Prelude  (Read 1100 times)

Offline mediocrepianist123

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To take down or not to take down : Chopin's 1st Prelude
on: May 08, 2025, 12:02:35 AM
For those of you who have seriously worked on this piece, do you take the lower counterpart of the last notes of each measure in the left or right hands?
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Offline lelle

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Re: To take down or not to take down : Chopin's 1st Prelude
Reply #1 on: May 08, 2025, 12:43:03 PM
I play them with the right hand as written. I don't think taking them with the left hand makes anything easier. When playing as written, all the left hand has to do is roll the arpeggios without any stress.
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Re: To take down or not to take down : Chopin's 1st Prelude
Reply #2 on: May 13, 2025, 07:56:20 PM
Never with the left, play it as written.
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Re: To take down or not to take down : Chopin's 1st Prelude
Reply #3 on: June 09, 2025, 09:58:55 PM
Quote from: mediocrepianist123 on May 08, 2025, 12:02:35 AM
For those of you who have seriously worked on this piece, do you take the lower counterpart of the last notes of each measure in the left or right hands?

Just curious, why would you think to use the LH to play that note?
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Offline sonata_5

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Re: To take down or not to take down : Chopin's 1st Prelude
Reply #4 on: June 10, 2025, 04:20:23 PM
Play it with the right hand! This isn’t an etude for lh jumps ;)
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