“I use the sostenuto pedal to sustain the low F without blurring the grace notes in the damper pedal. Dividing the grace notes between the hands results in a powerful and secure delivery.”
Submitted by Michael Clark with thanks to Nancy Weems
Published on 1/1/2020
“The left hand can grab the Cs to give the right hand a tiny break.”
Submitted by Michael Clark with thanks to Nancy Weems
Published on 1/1/2020
“As the hands uncross, the left hand can catch the F3 with the thumb, allowing more time for the right hand’s position shift.”
Submitted by Michael Clark with thanks to Nancy Weems
Published on 1/1/2020
“Taking these notes in the left hand allows the right hand more time for its leaps and facilitates the use of stronger fingers in m. 53.”
Submitted by Michael Clark with thanks to Nancy Weems
Published on 1/1/2020
“Taking the top of the left roll as an octave eliminates a fingering crossing, resulting in a more secure delivery.”
Submitted by Michael Clark
Published on 1/1/2020
“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
“This fingering helps prioritize the smooth line without an over-reliance on pedal that might muddy the texture and overcast the great counterpoint in the inner voices.”
Submitted by Wade Troyer
Published on 9/27/2022
