Piano Fingerings Database

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine: m. 83

Piano fingerings for Ondine from Gaspard de la nuit by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/28/2022 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), 97.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Ondine, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, double notes, divide more evenly between hands, awkward passageworkComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine: m. 89

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/28/2022 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), 98.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Ondine, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, reduce position shifts, reduce reach across bodyComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Le Gibet: m. 25

Piano fingerings for Le Gibet from Gaspard de la nuit by Maurice Ravel

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/28/2022 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), 98.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Le Gibet, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, avoid roll, avoid stretchComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Le Gibet: mm. 37–39

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/28/2022 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), 98.

64: “Much attention should be given to the tonal color of the ‘tolling bell’ in ‘Le Gibet’ (Example 49). Divisi fingering allows the right hand to voice the B-Flat within the surrounding chord.”

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Le Gibet, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, improve voicing, avoid stretchComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Le Gibet: mm. 40–42

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/28/2022 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), 48, 99.

46–47: “When possible, a pianist with small hands should divide the notes in wide-spaced chords, rather than rolling them with one hand alone. Those ninth chords having an interval of a second on the bottom or at the top of the chord (for the right or left hand, respectively,) are usually not difficult to reach since the thumb can play two notes simultaneously.... However, many other ninth chords, as well as all chords containing the interval of a tenth are inaccessible to small hands. 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 ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Le Gibet, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, avoid stretch, improve voicing, avoid rollComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Le Gibet: mm. 43–44

Piano fingerings for Le Gibet from Gaspard de la nuit

SPECIAL COLLECTION | Dorothy Brandwein’s Ravel Fingerings

Published on 4/28/2022 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), 99.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Le Gibet, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, avoid stretch, improve voicing, avoid rollComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 35–36

Piano fingerings for Scarbo from Gaspard de la nuit by Maurice Ravel

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), 99.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, arpeggios, divide more evenly between handsComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: m. 69

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), 99.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, reduce position shifts, reduce reach across body, divide more evenly between handsComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 73–75

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), 99.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, divide more evenly between hands, reduce reach across bodyComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 93–94

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), 99.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, use stronger fingers, avoid stretchComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 98–102

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), 99.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, redistribution, Dorothy Brandwein, divide more evenly between hands, break up running passage, reduce position shifts, repeated notesComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 113–15

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), 27, 100.

27: “The following measures taken from ‘Scarbo’ can be fingered for one chord position which is the same for both hands.”

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, alternating hands, divide more evenly between hands, maintain technical patternComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 168–70

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), 31, 100.

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 ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, reduce position shifts, divide more evenly between hands, wide accompaniment patternComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 179–81

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), 31, 100.

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 ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, divide more evenly between hands, reduce position shifts, wide accompaniment patternComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 190–91

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), 100.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, reduce position shifts, wide accompaniment pattern, divide more evenly between handsComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 200–1

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), 100.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, avoid crowding, uncross, divide more evenly between hands, wide accompaniment pattern, reduce position shiftsComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 208–9

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), 100.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, reduce position shifts, divide more evenly between hands, wide accompaniment patternComment

RAVEL | Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo: mm. 220–21

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.

Solo Piano, Special CollectionMichael ClarkApril 15, 2017Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Scarbo, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, facilitate leapComment