Chopin Fingerings - Sorry!

[p_2005]

I know the Revolutionary Etude has been brought up enough times - but then, it is the first Chopin Etude I am doing, so would appreciate any help with the fingerings, particularly in bars 7-8 and 17-18.  The fingerings I'm using at the moment feel too cramped, and I am sure that they will not work when I try the piece any quicker.  Thanks.

[queenrock]

Hi, sorry to bring up and old post but i searched for revolutionary etude and this came up and i have the same question about what fingerings people use for bars 7-8?

Thanks for any help,

Peter.

[faulty_damper]

Chopin's own fingering for measure 7:

RH: [2 1] 4 [3 2 1] 4 [3 2 1] 4 [3 2 1 4 3]
LH:  4  5  1 [2 3 4] 2 [3 4 5] 1 [2 3 4 1 2]

This, of course, only tells you what finger touches the key - it doesn't tell you how to best coordinate them.  It should be easy.  If not, you are doing something wrong.

[queenrock]

Chopin's own fingering for measure 7:

RH: [2 1] 4 [3 2 1] 4 [3 2 1] 4 [3 2 1 4 3]
LH:  4  5  1 [2 3 4] 2 [3 4 5] 1 [2 3 4 1 2]

This, of course, only tells you what finger touches the key - it doesn't tell you how to best coordinate them.  It should be easy.  If not, you are doing something wrong.

Thanks a lot this is what i needed ,

[gyzzzmo]

I know the Revolutionary Etude has been brought up enough times - but then, it is the first Chopin Etude I am doing, so would appreciate any help with the fingerings, particularly in bars 7-8 and 17-18.  The fingerings I'm using at the moment feel too cramped, and I am sure that they will not work when I try the piece any quicker.  Thanks.

If your fingers feel too cramped when playing those, you miss technique. The best thing to do, is not avoiding your technical flaw but working on it by doing technical etudes for those cramped fingers.

gyzzzmo

[dnephi]

Personally, I use thumbs the whole time, alternating hands.

LRLRLRLRLRLLRRLRLRLRLRLRLRLRLRLRLLRLRLRLRLRLRLRLRLRLR with some modifications, as I have indicated, to fit the passages better.