To take down or not to take down : Chopin's 1st Prelude

[mediocrepianist123]

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?

[lelle]

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.

[anacrusis]

Never with the left, play it as written.

[jonslaughter]

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?

[sonata_5]

Play it with the right hand! This isn’t an etude for lh jumps