Question by yama: i need help in playing fantasie impromptu on the piano?
okay, i’m not a very good piano player, but i’m a determind piano player. i learn extreamly fast, but my parents cant afford a piano. i just got the piece fantaise impromptu and i played the first few mesures. then when the right hand came in, i got stuck. there were 5 beats in right hand but six in left. i’ve been working on it for DAYS but i couldnt find a way to play it. please help and answer in a way a nonadvance piano play could understand, cus i didnt learn all the piano “words”. i’ve played things like entertainer, four peices of the little notebook, and sonta. all not very hard peice BUT i am determind to play this peice.
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Answer by glinzek
Well, first off, you have got it slightly wrong. There are the same number of beats in each hand, but you have run into a polyrhythm, in this case 4 against three (or 8 against 6).
So in other words the right hand plays 4 notes per beat while the left plays 3.
Using a metronome, the right hand can be counted “1-oh-and-oh, 2 oh-and-oh” etc.
The left can be counted “1-on-ly, 2-on-ly” etc. at the same tempo.
The only time that notes in each hand will be played simultaneousy will be on the beat.
Now, how to learn to play them together is the difficulty. Using the metronome again, play each part hands seperately until they become more or less automatic. Then when you finally put them together (after a long time!) you should have less of a problem.
Good luck!!
EDIT:
I could diagram how all the notes fit together, and have you convert avery beat into twelve-pulse sections — etc. etc. but the ideas is to make the music flow naturally. If you practice slowly with both hands, making sure each note fits into its little metric groove, you will never get a natural flowing sound.
That is why I advocate playing one hand alone until it is automatic, and then the other — before you EVER put them together. Once done, all other polyrhythms become that much easier.
Polyrhythms are not hard — get that idea out of your head. They are simply something new for you to learn.
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