Right hand in red, left hand in blue:
“I find this extremely awkward passage is easier with the hands mostly reversed. The crowding toward the end of the passage is alleviated somewhat by taking the bottom octave of the top staff in the left hand.”
Submitted by Michael Clark with thanks to Nancy Weems
Published on 1/1/2020
“Switching the right and left hand seconds in m. 48 slightly reduces the stretch in the left hand (every little bit helps in this piece) and establishes the new pattern in the left hand.”
Submitted by Michael Clark
Published on 1/1/2020
“Uncrossing the hands two beats early enables a smoother transition to the next gesture.”
Submitted by Michael Clark
Published on 1/1/2020
“These redistributions help to clearly voice the melody and facilitate swift and smooth grace notes in m. 68.”
Submitted by Michael Clark
Published on 9/1/2023
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/5/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 56, 69.
56: “In addition, divisi fingering allows the rapid flourish of notes written in small notation to lie conveniently beneath the hands. Without divisi fingering, the extra arm or wrist motion required to play the notes could be detrimental to the fluidity and speed which the passage require.”
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/29/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 101.
SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings
Published on 4/29/2022 with the author’s permission
First appeared in Dorothy Woster Brandwein, "Divisi Fingering in Selected Passages from Ravel's Solo Piano Works" (DMA diss., University of Missouri–Kansas City, 1981), 33, 101.
33: “The passage-work in Example 15 is often performed with inadequate clarity and speed. Notes can be redistributed, as shown, to allow more time to cross the hands over and under one another.”