Lastly, when you play the final few measures where you play a chord in the center and then jump outwards to reach the last few high chords, you have to just "throw" your arm out there and practice being accurate, because you don't have time to really aim. Try keeping the left hand in a fixed position, but moving your arm to hit each octave. The minute I tried a "light touch" or "relaxed fingers" my left hand octaves became sloppy. I found that I had to keep my left hand pretty much stiff in one position for me to nail those octaves. I found that all of this advice was true for 90% of the piece, but as soon as you reach the coda (both hands on a D# octave), You have to do that difficult sequence of jumping octaves in the left hand. I have little to add, only that the ending deviates from the rest of the piece, and here's why. What a great piece! I remember learning this piece, and all of this advice rings true.
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In a book by Charles Rosen, he mentions on how pianists often have problems nailing and mastering difficult pieces, and he refers to La Campanella and the Rach 3.Īlthough it is not as difficult as the Rach 3, to be compared in that manner lets you know that it isn't childsplay. La Campanella is an incredibly difficult piece, so don't let it get you down, and don't overwork it. I am actually still having difficulties mastering a couple of sections.
Chopin scherzo 2 vs liszt la campanella free#
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to e-mail me or keep posting on this thread. The majority of the piece should be played very lightly, with relaxation, ease, so if you are tense, you need to slow down and play softly. Speaking of, remember that La Campanella has much movement involved in it, but this does not mean you should be loud. This is the only way to conquer that page with relaxation. You will notice (if you watch any video of la campanella) that when the pianists play the jumps, they always throw their hand at the high notes and come back, making it look effortless.
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Try even bigger jumps - Jump two octaves instead of one, this will make the one octave + jumps much easier.
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Play this with a metranome and gradually increase tempo.ģ. Practice SLOW, but, instead of doing the jumps slowly, get used to throwing your hand whenver you want to hit a high D sharp, and do it quickly. Keep your hands in normal position (yes you will stretch a bit, but don't strain)Ģ. Your teacher is correct, mine gave me the same advice, and I am glad that he did.ġ.