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RACHMANINOFF | Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: III. Rehearsal 48

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

“By taking the B and the A with the thumb in the left hand, this makes the right hand simpler.”

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, thumb on two notes, avoid crowdingComment

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

“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