“This distribution facilitates better voicing of the right-hand melody: F-F-G-G-C-C.”
Submitted by Michael Clark
Published on 1/1/2020
“This fingering gives you a little extra time to accurately land the right-hand leaps.”
Submitted by Michael Lenahan
Published on 12/16/2022
“Using the left hand helps bring out the melody (and looks extra virtuosic!).”
Submitted by Michael Lenahan
Published on 12/16/22
“My accuracy is better without the thumbs crossing over each other.”
Submitted by Michael Lenahan
Published on 12/16/2022
“Taking the top notes with the right hand helps for voicing!”
Submitted by Michael Lenahan
Published on 12/16/2022
“Taking the A-flats as an octave in the right hand helps smooth out the left-hand sixths.”
Submitted by Michael Lenahan
Published on 12/16/2022
“It's very hard to play the left hand the way Schumann wrote it, especially to keep the staccato notes crisp. This solution simplifies it.”
Submitted by Michael Lenahan
Published on 12/16/2022
“This figuration repeats many times, and each time I redistribute it this way. It makes the voicing and repeated notes so much easier.”
Submitted by Michael Lenahan
Published on 12/16/2022
“It's obviously much easier to leave out the redundant right-hand notes. I let the left hand do all the work which lets the right hand focus on phrasing and voicing.”
Submitted by Michael Lenahan
Published on 12/16/2022
“This redistribution keeps the left hand from moving around too much.”
Submitted by Michael Lenahan
Published on 12/16/2022
“I always avoid overlapping thumbs!”
Submitted by Michael Lenahan
Published on 12/16/2022
“I don't like Schumann's fingering here! I take some of the running 8th notes with my left hand, but I find it much more smooth to take a lot of them with the right hand.”
Submitted by Michael Lenahan
Published on 12/16/2022
“The lowest notes of the inner voice can be taken with the left hand to facilitate leaps in the right hand.”
Submitted by Michael Clark
Published on 3/15/2020
“Taking some notes of the inner voice with the left hand allows better fingering in the right hand.”
Submitted by Michael Clark
Published on 3/15/2020
“The left hand often reaches directly into the hand position of the right hand. It’s simpler to have the right hand play these notes.”
Submitted by Michael Clark
Published on 3/15/2020
“These distributions prevent unnecessarily large shifts in position in both hands.”
Submitted by Michael Clark
Published on 3/15/2020
“I find this fingering gives me more control over the sound of the various lines.”
Submitted by Michael Clark
Published on 3/15/2020
“I prefer this hand-over-hand arrangement.”
Submitted by Michael Clark
Published on 3/15/2020