Hi, i just turned 16 and had passed my grade 8 test 2 years back. I stopped playing the piano after i went to my private highschool, and after some youtube inspirational videos (la campanella ), i decided that i'd give a go at that piece and get back into the piano groove again. I miss my piano .

ANYWAY, on to the important stuff, what are some good tips to help me practice la campanella? My fingers are quite rusty...and i had one small question, i know it doesn't matter but when you play the right hand, jumping between octaves like 5 meausures into the piece, do you think it's better to use your thumb and pinky? or your thumb and your fourth finger? ON the piece, one part had a 5 on top, and another place started it with a 4...so i know it's really preference, but i still get the feeling that theres a difference when you play the octave hopping with the fourth finger or with your pinky.

ANyway, if you have any other comments/tip on how to help, please answer away! I really need help with this song because i am in mad love with it, and it's sort of the song that's really hooking me back into playing the piano after dropping it for academic reasons.

If I remember correectly:

1-4 for octaves on black keys,
1-5 for octaves on white keps.

Never played or attemped La Camp, so I can't help you out other than the octave rule.

Matt

Thanks, i'll take a look into that. Anyone else have any ideas? please ?

Assuming you have hands the size the rest of us, I suggest thumb and pinky for those large leaps.

it's not a song, it's an étude, and take at least a year or so to learn it...

As the thread is over two years old, maybe he did - who knows.

you see, this happens once in a blue moon, the threads
I get in the list suddenly appear to be fossiles, I don't know how to prevent that, but thanks for letting me know, and, hey, what the hack?

It's weird isn't it - the date order has occasionally flipped for me, too, for no apparent reason. The page was then full of names I didn't recognise, and I thought there had been a massive influx of new members.

If you're a PW addict as I am, the minute I see a new(?) thread(s) with a dozen - or more - posts since I last looked (two hours ago?), I know that either someone has revived an old thread or the date order has flipped.

Regards,