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Topic: To take down or not to take down : Chopin's 1st Prelude  (Read 434 times)

Offline mediocrepianist123

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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?

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.

Offline anacrusis

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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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