Fingering and problems

Notes too far apart

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Salvatore71

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Opening post by Salvatore71

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Good evening,

I cannot play some notes of this sheet music because they are too far apart. For example, in the first measure in the bass clef, one must play F, C, and A together. The C and the A are in the same octave, but the F is much lower, too...
And also, why are the lower notes smaller than the others?

I have been studying piano for a short time,

can you help me?

Thank you

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Reply 2 by Chopin

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It is a tenth (the one in measure 4... prohibitive)... not everyone manages to reach it. The small note indicates an alternative solution to the one preferred by the composer; he writes the notes small because he knows that the solution he is looking for is very difficult to demand. In this case, however, it seems to me that the value of these little notes is different.

In any case, I would arpeggiate the first chord of every measure and, helping myself with the sustain pedal, I would repeat the note of every half-measure

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Reply 4 by Salvatore71

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It is about "Ob la di ob la da" by the Beatles.

I don't know what a reduction is...

In other measures I played the highest note of the chord with the right hand, but here it's just not possible.

I had also thought about moving the A of the first chord in the bass clef up an octave to play it with the right hand, or perhaps not playing it at all, but I don't know...

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Reply 5 by Lupino

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The score you are using is a piano reduction of a piece that, in fact, was not written for the piano... when you listen to the song, what instruments do you hear?

Practically, it is a synthesis of the sounds of the arrangement... to play it on the pf [piano], one must manage (excuse the pun) as best as possible... namely: resonance pedal at will)

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Reply 6 by cromatismo

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Typical light music notation... it is just a sketch of the fundamental and characteristic parts of the song. You can also take the melody and develop the chord symbols indicated.

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Reply 7 by Crisantemi

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besides, both the melody and the chords are wrong... perhaps it would be better to look for a more correct edition, even if simplified.

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