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RACHMANINOFF | Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: III. Rehearsal 55

Piano fingerings for Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Submitted by Seolyeong Jeong

Published on 8/23/2021

“I repeat the fingering of 3/1 to let the top of the chord in the second measure be played with 5. I rearrange the hands in the second measure for the sake of bringing out the melody.”

Piano ConcertoMichael ClarkMay 16, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor (Op. 30), Seolyeong Jeong, redistribution, improve voicingComment

RACHMANINOFF | Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: III. Rehearsal 55

Piano fingerings for Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30, by Sergei Rachmaninoff

“By keeping most of the 16th notes in the left hand, the right hand is simplified so you will be free to focus on legato and phrasing.”

Submitted by Michael Lenahan

Published 5/25/2020

Piano ConcertoMichael ClarkMay 16, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor (Op. 30), Michael Lenahan, redistribution, isolate melody, avoid stretch, improve legatoComment

RACHMANINOFF | Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: III. Rehearsal 55

“By keeping most of the 16th notes in the left hand, the right hand is simplified so you will be free to focus on legato and phrasing.”

Submitted by Michael Lenahan

Published on 5/25/2020

Piano ConcertoMichael ClarkMay 16, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor (Op. 30), Michael Lenahan, redistribution, isolate melody, avoid stretch, improve legatoComment

RACHMANINOFF | Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: III. Rehearsal 60

Submitted by Michael Lenahan

Published on 5/25/2020

Piano ConcertoMichael ClarkMay 16, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor (Op. 30), Michael Lenahan, reduce position shifts, redistributionComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in D Minor, Op. 33, No. 4: mm. 56–58

Piano fingerings for Rachmaninoff's Etude-Tableau in D Minor, Op. 33, No. 4

Submitted by Perry Zhou

Published on 5/20/2025

“The voicing of the middle line towards the end of this Etude proves to be more effective with hand redistribution (and relieves the left hand from all those distances.) Particularly between the 4th and 5th eighth notes of m. 57 where the R.H. is able to hold the A to connect to the G (LH) keeping the line.”

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 15, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, redistribution, avoid stretch, avoid roll, improve legato, Études-Tableaux (Op. 33), Perry ZouComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in C-sharp Minor, Op. 33, No. 8: m. 14

Piano fingerings for Rachmaninoff's Etude-Tableau in C-sharp Minor, Op. 33, No. 8

Submitted by Perry Zhou

Published on 5/25/2025

“This was one of the pesky sections of the final etude of Op. 33; here are my ideal fingerings. Notice in the first beat unlike the right hand, which utilizes the distance between the 1st and 2nd fingers for easier grouping (5-4-3-2), the LH has to make do with (1-2-3-1) since the 4th and 5th fingers don’t have the distance.”

Michael ClarkMay 13, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 33), fingering only, Perry ZouComment

RACHMANINOFF | Étude-Tableau in C Minor, Op. 39, No. 1: mm. 67–70

Piano fingerings for Rachmaninoff's Études-Tableaux, Op. 39.

User Requested Fingering

Submitted by Noah Sonderling

Published on 12/15/2022

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 12, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Noah Sonderling, fingering only, user requestedComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5: m. 3

Submitted by Brian Marks

Published on 3/8/2023

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 11, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Brian Marks, redistribution, uncross, avoid crowdingComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5: mm. 5–6

Piano fingerings for Sergei Rachmaninoff's Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5

Submitted by Brian Marks

Published on 3/8/2023

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 11, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Brian Marks, uncross, avoid crowdingComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5: mm. 8–10

Submitted by Brian Marks

Published on 3/8/2023

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 11, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Brian Marks, redistribution, reduce position shiftsComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5: m. 26

Submitted by Brian Marks

Published on 3/8/2023

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 11, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Brian Marks, redistribution, isolate melody, facilitate articulation, reduce position shiftsComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5: m. 29

Submitted by Brian Marks

Published on 3/8/2023

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 11, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Brian Marks, redistribution, isolate melody, reduce position shifts, facilitate articulationComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5: mm. 41–44

Submitted by Brian Marks

Published on 3/8/2023

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 11, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Brian Marks, redistribution, isolate melodyComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5: mm. 53–56

Submitted by Brian Marks

Published on 3/8/2023

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 11, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Brian Marks, fingering only, thumb on two notesComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5: m. 66

Submitted by Brian Marks

Published on 3/8/2023

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 11, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Brian Marks, redistribution, reduce position shiftsComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5: mm. 79–80

Submitted by Brian Marks

Published on 3/8/2023

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 11, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Brian Marks, redistribution, wide accompaniment pattern, facilitate clearer pedaling, reduce position shiftsComment

RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5: mm. 81–82

Submitted by Brian Marks

Published on 3/8/2023

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMay 11, 2017Sergei Rachmaninoff, Études-Tableaux (Op. 39), Brian Marks, redistribution, wide accompaniment pattern, reduce position shiftsComment

RAVEL | Pavane pour une infante défunte: mm. 7–8

Piano fingerings for Pavane pour une infante défunte 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), 67.

Special Collection, Solo PianoMichael ClarkApril 29, 2017Maurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte, Dorothy Brandwein, redistribution, avoid stretch, divide more evenly between handsComment