Chopin Prelude in C Major

[morphie]

I feel dumb...

The prelude in C major has me a little stumped fingering-wise. At the end of almost every measure there is an octave. In the Schirmer edition the octave is stretched between the hands, but it seems as though you are suppsoed to play it with on hand. I am not sure, as the notation is not clear. I see benefits to both.

Any suggestions?

[allchopin]

Most likely you will not want to play the last lower sixteenth note with the left hand and jump down on the downbeat of the next measure.  Get it with the right if possible.

[m1469]

Music is funny, no matter how long one has been playing there are always things about it that can make a musician feel as though they don't know what they are doing (it seems).  What a magician that music is... anyway...

I am not positive to understand everything you are meaning here, but I will do my best from what I think I understand.

First, I am staring at my Schirmer edition here, and I don't see what you are talking about exactly when you say that the "octave is stretched between hands" (?) in my edition the LH and RH are clearly seperated within the respective staves and there is no written or otherwise formally indicated alternate hand usage for any of the octaves (other than I know it is an option for this).

I would experiment with both possibilities and see what is most comfortable for you and what works best for you to get the sound quality that you are looking for.

m1469