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RAVEL | Sonatine: III. m. 60
 
Piano fingerings for Sonatine by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/19/2022 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), 75.

 
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RAVEL | Sonatine: III. m. 74
 
Piano fingerings for Sonatine by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/19/2022 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), 47, 75.

47: “Example 30 illustrates divisi fingering in situations where a small hand does not have the span necessary to play all the notes.”

 
Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Sonatine, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, split large chord, avoid stretch, avoid rollComment
RAVEL | Sonatine: III. mm. 78–79
 
Piano fingerings for Sonatine by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/19/2022 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), 31, 75.

30: “Divisi fingering should always be considered in situations where one hand remains static while the other is involved with fast-moving figuration. Such passages as those in Example 12 flow more easily by using less right or left hand motion.”

 
Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Sonatine, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, divide more evenly between hands, improve voicing, improve legatoComment
RAVEL | Sonatine: III. mm. 82–83
 
Piano fingerings for Sonatine by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/19/2022 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), 31, 75.

30: “Divisi fingering should always be considered in situations where one hand remains static while the other is involved with fast-moving figuration. Such passages as those in Example 12 flow more easily by using less right or left hand motion.”

 
Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Sonatine, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, improve legato, improve voicingComment
RAVEL | Sonatine: III. mm. 85–87
 
Piano fingerings for Sonatine by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/19/2022 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), 75.

 
Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Sonatine, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, improve voicing, improve legato, reduce position shiftsComment
RAVEL | Sonatine: III. mm. 104–6
 
Piano fingerings for Sonatine by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/19/2022 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), 76.

 
Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Sonatine, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, reduce position shifts, avoid stretch, split large chordComment
RAVEL | Sonatine: III. mm. 162–63
 
Piano fingerings for Sonatine by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/19/2022 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), 32, 76.

31: “When a pianist performs Ravel's difficult music, the accurate playing of the notes is threatened by the quick changes from one hand position to another. One way to improve accuracy is to use fingering which requires a minimum of hand movement. Example 13 cites measures…which involve rapid jumps that can be avoided with divisi fingering.”

 
Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Sonatine, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, reduce position shifts, facilitate leapComment
RAVEL | Miroirs: Noctuelles: mm. 6–7
 
Piano fingerings from Noctuelles from Miroirs by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/4/2022 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, 78.

55: “Divisi fingering allows the rapid flourishes 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.”

 
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RAVEL | Miroirs: Noctuelles: mm. 12–14
 
Piano fingerings for Noctuelles from Miroirs by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/21/2022 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), 41, 78.

40: “Rapid leaps from one range of the keyboard to another require extra energy and may interrupt the flow of both the rhythm and the phrasing. However, a pianist can maintain his energy level while increasing his accuracy and musical expression by dividing notes, as shown, in the measures of Example 22. With divisi fingering, the angularity of abrupt motion from one register to another is lessened by allowing the right hand more time to move.”

 
Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Miroirs, Noctuelles, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, reduce position shifts, facilitate leapComment
RAVEL | Miroirs: Noctuelles: mm. 21–22
 
Piano fingerings for Noctuelles from Miroirs by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/21/2022 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), 28, 78.

28. “The expressiveness of many passages in ‘Noctuelles’ is impeded by the angularity of the right hand figuration. Example 8 shows that if the left hand plays notes which are convenient to its position, then the right hand can more comfortably and smoothly phrase the highest melodic notes of the pattern.”

78, fn4: “Careful balance must be maintained between the melodic motif and the notes of the figuration.”

 
Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkMaurice Ravel, Miroirs, Noctuelles, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, reduce position shifts, facilitate leapComment