Hello everyone, I am studying Chopin's Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1 and I have reached the double movement. Although I had no difficulty in the part marked "poco più lento," I am encountering enormous difficulties with the left-hand stretches. In particular, due to the wide chords, I am forced to stop several times, as I feel pain in the carpal tunnel area and I cannot explain why this happens despite being relaxed and my hand having a stretch that allows me to comfortably reach a ninth.
I will speak about it briefly with my teacher soon, but I would also like to have some external opinions on the matter. I should specify that:
the most painful point is when one has to take the dyad B-flat (fifth finger) - A-flat (second finger) and then move to the F-D dyad.
The chords assigned to the left, you take them with ease, but if you have pain it is because most likely you are doing it with stiffness. Having an elastic hand helps, especially when greater efforts are required, to avoid tense and prolonged situations over time.
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I read the topic. But is the "Squarcio" and other exercises to make the hand elastic only mentioned and not described?.
Anyway, I will try to avoid stiffness as much as possible
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I spoke about it in class with the Maestro and according to him, the problem is that I move my wrist too much from one stretch to another (especially from B-flat - A-flat to F - D) when instead the wrist movement should be minimal and I should get there by "opening" my fingers.
I will try to widen my finger span through practice (the Maestro recommended some exercises from Beringer). The problem is that this will certainly take time, but then again, this is considered the most technically difficult nocturne for a reason...
Basically, the teacher says that I tend to make too many wrist movements when it is not necessary and it would be enough to have a wider opening (with minimal lateral movement of the wrist). If you have any other suggestions, they would be useful to me.
basing it would just be having a wider opening (with minimal lateral wrist movement). If you have any other suggestions, they would be useful to me.
.. exactly. Take Mozzati, Piano Technique Exercises; you will find the gap. If practiced often and WELL (to be used under the supervision of a Teacher)... it helps to widen the hand opening, but not only that
